Highlighting the inaugural Ray Browne Conference on Popular Culture at Bowling Green
State University this weekend will be a free performance and lecture by Dr.
Matthew Donahue, an instructor in the popular culture department.
"Guitar Stories: On Fender" will feature Donahue on the iconic Fender
electric guitar playing selections from his recent "MAD 45" project.
His lecture addresses the electric guitar in popular culture as well as the
Fender brand guitar. A longtime northwest Ohio musician and artist, Donahue is
an alumnus of BGSU’s American Culture Studies Program.
His lecture/performance at 5:45 p.m. Sunday in 201 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
closes the two-day conference. All events are free and open to the public.
The Popular Culture Scholars Association is hosting the conference on "Popular
Culture in the 21st Century" in 201 Union Saturday and Sunday, bringing
together scholars and students from around the country who are engaged in the
study of popular culture.
Browne, who died in 2010, was the world-renowned founder of the academic discipline
of popular culture. He taught at BGSU from 1967-92.