Marty Winkler and Friends Neil Golden and Lisa Cesnick Ferguson 6 pm Friday December 22, 2023 Marty Winkler and Friends Neil Golden and Lisa Cesnik Ferguson Photo by Anne Yarboroug Marty Winkler is best known nationally for opening Lilith Fair in Minneapolis in the late 90's. She is a nationally known singer-songwriter whose work has been played on WNYC and KCRW. Locally she is best known for founding The Georgia Women of Song concert series. Marty is very excited to be joined in her No. 3 Railroad Street debut by her talented friends Neil Golden and Lisa Cesnik Ferguson. Marty Winkler has sung pop, jazz, folk and opera at venues from New York's Bitter End to the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul to the Classic Center in Athens. A Nebraska native, from a family of 14, Marty studied voice at the state university and later with Broadway vocal coach Norman Fields. Her resume includes recording three CDs, most recently Under Your Heart, and opening the Minneapolis stop of the Lilith Fair music tour in 1999. Her songs have been featured on noted musicologist Jonathan Schwartz's WNYC-New York broadcasts and Harry Shearer's (from The Simpson's and This is Spinal Tap) NPR series "Le Show." In recent years, Marty has turned to acting. She has studied with Sharon Foote at The Alliance Theater in Atlanta, worked privately with Cindy Nason and has done numerous turns performing smaller parts in movies by Tyler Perry, Ben Loederman and other notable directors. She's enjoying her 'morphing' into an actress very much and is pleased to be working her way up the food chain with the help of an agent and other talented folks. Marty Winkler on the Web: martywinklermusicacting.com ReverbNation Facebook Neil Golden has been playing piano since he was seven. He received his degree in Music at Lander University in Greenwood, SC. After moving to Athens in 1999, he has worked with The Glands, Elf Power, Shonna Tucker and many others. He released his own album in 2015, Periscopes in the Air and lately tours with Kimberly Morgan York and The Pink Stones. Neil Golden on the Web: Facebook Golden Eels bandcamp discogs.com Lisa Cesnik Ferguson is probably best known locally as the founder of Rose of Athens Theater. She has sung locally with TRIO and The Kate Morrissey Band. She is a tenured theater professor at Gordon State College and the education director at Collective Artist Workshop. You can see Lisa as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd with Athens Creative Theater. Lisa Cesnik Ferguson on the Web lisacesnik.com Facebook Winkler, Golden and Ferguson in concert at 6 pm Friday, December 22, 2023 Suggested Donation: Ten dollars. Modified 16 December 2023 by Glenn Galau   |   Web Design by Glenn Galau