An Evening with The Boomers, Featuring Stamford Author Michael Macari at The Ferguson Library

On Thursday, December 4 at 7 p.m., Stamford author Michael Macari, author of The Boomers: The Story of Adonis, A Story of Our Generation, will be speaking at The Ernest A. DiMattia Jr. Main Building of The Ferguson Library at the corner of Bedford and Broad Streets, Stamford.

35 years in the making, The Boomers is a truer-than-fiction story of the 1970s Stamford band, Adonis—told by Adonis member, Michael Macari. Expect a Stamford “Throwback Thursday,” as Mr. Macari talks about the local clubs and the various neighborhoods of the 1960s and ‘70s.

Adonis played alongside legends. Emblematic of their generation- The Baby Boomers—they helped define their times through the shared experiences of millions in pop music.
The Boomers - often graphic and tense, often funny and human, is filled with recollections and stories of hope, triumph and tragedy. Facing their mid-life crisis’ thirty years later, three “survivors” of the 70s music scene decide to reunite, and write music about their lives. In doing so, they are unprepared for what they encounter: decades-long angst and resentments that haunt their relationships- and their music. This, alongside unresolved tragedies they faced, and differing views of their past and its failures, they are forced to consider the meaning in life’s great disappointments.

Their reconciliations bring about a renewal—not only of their relationships, but at the unexpected and untimely death of a band mate, the realization of the brevity of life and the finality it holds.

Michael Macari is a world-traveled, 30-year veteran of the television and music industries. He has produced and written over 1,000 TV and video programs and over 600 live events worldwide, in a career that has spanned over thirty years and six continents.

He is currently working on a follow-up to The Boomers, a unique, multi-generational insight on tradition and family life in America. He lives in Stamford with his wife Sally. They have five children and a granddaughter.

Following the presentation, stay for An Evening with the Boomers. Adonis founder, Steven Matsis and band members Peter Klein and Ben Lionetti, will join the author for a Question & Answer session. A book sale and signing will follow. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, call 203 351-8231.