Allan Winkler – A Folk Revival Moment

Free community talk and musical performance in the upstairs bar at the Opera House. Allan Winkler is a retired American History professor, who taught for almost 50 years at Yale University, the University of Oregon, Miami University of Ohio, and various universities overseas. Author of 13 books, his last work was a biography of Pete Seeger, the banjo-playing father of American folk music, which combined his love of music and history. A guitar-playing musician himself, he has performed at the Princeton Folk Music Society, Harvard University, the University of Maryland, Purdue University, Helsinki University and other institutions around the country and abroad. This program, the Folk Music Revival of the 1950s and 1960s, starts with the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and then includes songs by the musicians that followed, including Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Peter, Paul & Mary, and others. Program length 75 minutes. No tickets required. Beverages available for sale at the bar, please do not bring food or drink into the Opera House.