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Saturday March 15 • 8:00 pm • Woodstock IL • A very special evening celebrating the life & music of Pete Seeger • LEARN MORE HERE
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Grayslake IL • Saturday March 8 • 2:00 pm • Grayslake Heritage Museum • 164 Hawley Street • FREE • 847 543 1745 • www.villageofgrayslake.com
Des Plaines IL • Sunday March 9 • 1:30 pm • Gerri Slicer's 100th Birthday Party • Private event
Arlington Heights IL • Friday March 14 • 1:00 pm • Northwest Life Members Club • Private event.
Chicago IL • Friday March 14 • 6:00 - 10:00 pm • Uri-Eichen Gallery • 2101 S. Halsted Avenue • Art opening, discussion & singalong commemorating the 3rd Anniversary of the Madison WI Occupation. "Inside at Night, the complete collection: Madison Wisconsin Occupation of the Capitol" • 312 852 7717 • www.uri-eichen.com
Woodstock IL • Saturday March 15 • 8:00 pm • We Remember Pete • A very special concert of songs and stories celebrating the life and music of Pete Seeger • Find out how you can participate in this concert • Sponsored by Off Square Music • Unity Spiritual Center • 225 Calhoun Street • 815 338 5164 • www.offsquaremusic.com • PROMOTE • LEARN MORE
Batavia IL • Sunday March 16 • 6:00 pm • Kiss the Sky • 180 W. First Street • MD will give a free one hour concert and a short reading from "Bowling for Christmas & Other Tales from the Road" • Co-sponsored by Waterline Writers and the Water Street Arts • 630 406 0086 • www.kissthesky.net • www.waterstreetstudios.com • www.waterlinewriters.org • PROMOTE
Evanston IL • Friday March 28 • If I Had a Hammer: A Tribute to Pete Seeger • a cast of Chicago All-Stars • Evanston SPACE • 1245 Chicago Avenue • Tickets $30-50 • Proceeds to benefit the Sloop Clearwater Foundation • tickets on sale now • 847 492 8860 • www.evanstonspace.com
Chicago IL • Saturday March 29 • 7:30 pm • 25th Annual Nelson Algren Birthday Party • readings, poetry, music & video • MD will join Chicago documentarian Tom Palazzolo, boogie-woogie piano genious Erwin Helfer, actor/impressario Bob Swann, performer Donna Blue Lachman, Wicker Park Hispano-hippy Roberto Lopez, and others. Acme Artsits Housing Complex • 2418 W. Bloomingdale Avenue • 773 235 4267 • www.nelsonalgren.org • LEARN MORE
Cincinnati OH • Sunday March 30 • 6:00 pm • The Cincinnati Folk Jam • MD • The Wildermuths • Ma Crow & the Lady Slippers • Private event
Lexington KY • Monday March 31 • WoodSongs Radio Hour • An historic Old Town School reunion celebrating the life and songs of Pete Seeger • with MD, Frank Hamilton and Christopher Walz • www.woodsongs.com
Chicago IL • Sunday April 13 • Schuba's Acoustic Brunch • 3159 N. Southport • reserve a table 773 525 2508 • www.schubas.com • PROMOTE
Chicago IL • Sunday April 20 • 2:00 pm • How to Play the 5-String Banjo by Pete Seeger • For beginners • A 80 minute hands on workshop to get you headed down the banjo trail first blazed by the legendary songwriter, activist and folk icon Pete Seeger • Old Town School of Folk Music • 4545 N. Lincoln Avenue • 773 728 6000 • $25 • ENROLL • LEARN MORE
Chicago IL • Sunday April 20 • 3:30 pm • How to Play the 5-String Banjo by Pete Seeger • For intermediate players • A 80 minute hands-on workshop based on Pete Seeger's classic book & recording, "How to Play the 5-String Banjo." • Old Town School of Folk Music • 4545 N. Lincoln Avenue • 773 728 6000 • $25 • ENROLL • LEARN MORE
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