ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME TO PRESENT 'WOMEN WHO ROCK'

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, CLEVELAND, OH, WILL OPEN A GROUND-BREAKING AND PROVOCATIVE NEW EXHIBIT THAT WILL ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANT ROLES WOMEN HAVE PLAYED IN ROCK AND ROLL, FROM ITS INCEPTION THROUGH TODAY. 'WOMEN WHO ROCK: VISION, PASSION, POWER' WILL HIGHLIGHT THE FLASH POINTS, THE FIRSTS, THE BEST, THE CELEBRATED AND SOMETIMES LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN WHO HAVE MOVED ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC AND AMERICAN CULTURE FORWARD. THE EXHIBIT IS SPONSORED BY PNC AND TIME WARNER CABLE. WOMEN WHO ROCK WILL OPEN TO ON 31.MAY.2011. THE EXHIBITION WILL SPOTLIGHT MORE THAN 60 ARTIFACTS AND FILL TWO ENTIRE FLOORS OF THE MUSEUM. THE EXHIBIT WILL FEATURE ARTIFACTS, VIDEO AND LISTENING STATIONS, AS WELL AS A RECORDING BOOTH WHERE VISITORS CAN FILM A SHORT STORY OR MOMENT OF INSPIRATION RELATED TO WOMEN IN ROCK. THE EXHIBIT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ROCK AND ROLL ERAS, WEAVING A POWERFUL AND ENGAGING NARRATIVE THAT DEMONSTRATES HOW WOMEN HAVE BEEN THE ENGINES OF CREATION AND CHANGE IN POPULAR MUSIC, FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 20th CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. 'THIS EXHIBIT IS GOING TO ILLUSTRATE THE VITAL ROLE WOMEN PLAYED IN SHAPING THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK AND ROLL', SAID JIM HENKE, VP OF THE EXHIBITIONS AND CURATORIAL AFFAIRS FOR THE MUSEUM. 'VISITORS ARE GOING TO WALK FROM THIS EXHIBIT WITH A DEEPER APPRECIATION OF HOW THESE ARTISTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL ART FORM AND CHANGED OUR SOCIETY. WOMEN WHO ROCK WILL COMPARE AND CONTRAST ARTIST EXPERIENCES, HIGHLIGHTING THE FEMALE SPIRIT AS THE ENGINE OF CREATION AND CHANGE IN THE MUSIC.'