Concerts & Events

Saturday, October 30, 2010 | 5pm & 8pm

Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall :: 4544 N Lincoln Ave.

America 1957

A celebration of the year Old Town School was founded
Written and directed by Michael Miles
Featuring Kathy Cowan, Elaine Moore, Mary Peterson, Chris Walz, Steve Levitt, Jimmy Tomasello, Bill Brickey, Glenda Zahra Baker, David Young, Al Ehrich, David Jennings, John Brennan, Margaret James and Michael Miles
With special guests Robbie Fulks and Rick Kogan

$38 General Public/$36 Old Town School Members/$34 Seniors & Children

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A musical, political, pop-culture profile of the year the Old Town School of Folk Music was founded - 1957. Featuring an all-star and home-grown cast of musicians, actors, dancers and spectacular rear screen projection of images from this magical year. Hipsters, Wally & Beaver, West Side Story, Bonanza, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Pete Seeger, Jack Kerouac, Dr. Seuss, Norman Mailer, William Buckley, Kruschev, Sputnik, Eisenhower, McCarthy, HUAC, the '57 Chevy and Chicago's North Side where hipsters made music they called folk.

Michael Miles is one of America's most inventive banjo players. He started at the Old Town School as a teacher in 1979, served as program director from 1984 to 1998, and most recently has been honored as the school's artist-in-residence. Tonight's performance was commissioned by the Old Town School and "America 1957" is the culmination of the residency. It celebrates the year we launched our home, the Old Town School of Folk Music.

MilesMusic.org