Enjoy an evening with Mark Dvorak exploring Woody Guthrie's life, including readings from his essays and letters and lots of great songs from America's iconic folk ballad maker.
Mark Dvorak served for 30 years as an integral member of the faculty at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, IL, and has spent a lifetime following in the musical steps of Woody Guthrie. He has performed in nearly all of the United States and released seventeen albums of traditional and original music. In 2008 Dvorak received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 WFMT 98.7 fm Fine Arts Radio named him “Chicago’s official troubadour.” In 2013 he received the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International.
“ I hate a song that makes you think you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think you’re born to lost. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothin’. I am out to sing the songs that will prove to you that this is your world… I am out to sing the songs that’ll make you take pride in yourself.”
- Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
From the south: Go north on Green Bay Road. Turn left on Wilmette Ave. Turn right on Park Ave. Library is located on the corner of Wilmette Ave. and Park Ave. Parking lot is on the north side of the building.
From the north: Go south on Green Bay Road. Turn right on Wilmette Ave. Turn right on Park Ave. Library is located on the corner of Wilmette Ave. and Park Ave. Parking lot is on the north side of the building.
From I-94 (Edens Expressway):from the South - exit at Lake Ave. East. Go east on Lake Ave. a little over 2 miles. Turn right on Park Ave. • from the North - exit at Rt. 41/Skokie Blvd. Turn left (east) on Lake Ave. Go east on Lake Ave. a little over 2 miles. Turn right on Park Ave.
Mass transit options include CTA, Metra, and Pace.
