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Friday is going to come alive with disco at Lynn Museum

Bill Brotherton

November 6, 2017 by Bill Brotherton

LYNN — How deep is your love for the disco era?

If you think it’s outta sight, here’s your chance to break out that bell-bottomed catsuit, polyester shirt, Afro wig and platform heels. For one night, disco lives.

“Night Fever!”, the annual major fundraiser for Lynn Museum and LynnArts, will heat up the North Shore social scene on Friday — not Saturday night? — Nov. 17 at the LynnArts building on Exchange Street.

Drew Russo, executive director, said the theme for the annual shindig was  inspired by the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Fever,” the classic film that starred John Travolta as a bored Brooklyn youth who comes alive dancing at the disco.

“We try to base the fundraiser’s theme each year on a period of history, linked with its music and impact on culture,” said Russo. Two years ago, “Paint It Black” was based on the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ Manning Bowl concert. Last year’s “The Best is Yet to Come” had a Rat Pack theme, shaped by the music of Frank Sinatra during his 100th birthday anniversary.

“Night Fever!” will feature music from the ’70s disco era, provided by DJ Seth Albaum, dancing, and food and drink courtesy of the Party Specialist. There will also be a short live auction. Proceeds will benefit Lynn Museum/LynnArts and its programs.

Several LynnArts resident artists will also open their studios to partygoers.

Russo and Carolyn Cole, director of the Downtown Lynn Cultural District, praised the support given by the city’s business community and residents, including Old Neighborhood Foods, Wayne Alarm, Susan Keats, the Boyd Family, General Electric, GE Good Neighbor Fund, Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development, the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, Community Credit Union, John’s Oil, Nancy and Brian McCarthy, Steve Rima, Maura Brown, Sandra Forziati, and a host of other sponsors and contributors.

So, celebrate good times, c’mon. It’ll be a boogie wonderland on the 17th. Tickets are $100, two for $175, and can be purchased at lynnmuseum.org or by contacting Buffy Pennick at 781-581-6200 or [email protected].

  • Bill Brotherton
    Bill Brotherton

    Brotherton is Features editor for the Daily Item. He is also editor of Essex Media Group’s North Shore Golf, 01907 and ONE magazines. A Beverly native and Suffolk University graduate, Bill recently retired from the Boston Herald, where he wrote about music, edited the Features section and was Editorial unit chairman for The Newspaper Guild-CWA local 31032. This is his second stint at the Item, having labored as Lifestyle editor back in the olden days, when New Wave and Hair Metal music ruled the airwaves.

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