Bowery Poetry Club to Host Centennial Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash, 7/14

By: Kelsey Denette Jun. 15, 2012

New York City's Bowery Poetry Club will play host to a two-and-a-half-hour songfest honoring the Centennial of the birthday of American folk music legend Woody Guthrie. This Woody Guthrie Centennial Birthday Bash will begin promptly at 7:00 PM, on Saturday, July 14, 2012, Guthrie's actual 100th birthday. The cover charge is only $10, with a minimum purchase of one drink required.

The Woody Guthrie Centennial Birthday Bash will be the twelfth and final event in a series of Woody Guthrie Birthday Bashes that began in 2001.

The Bowery Poetry Club is located at 308 Bowery between Houston and Bleecker Streets in the East Village section of Lower Manhattan.

Born in Okemah, Oklahoma, on July 14, 1912, Woody Guthrie lived in New York off and on from 1940 until his death from Huntington's disease in 1967.

The Birthday Bash will feature the songs of Guthrie and others performed in round robin fashion by various folk artists. Among them will be Hillel Arnold, Don Friedman, Beth Kotkin, Joel Landy, Anne Price, Steve Suffet, and Gina Tlamsa. Each is an established performer in his or her own right.

As an added bonus, the Woody Guthrie Centennial Birthday Bash will celebrate the third anniversary of the release of Open Your Hearts To The Paradise / The Best Of The Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash. This CD features carefully selected live performances by 13 artists from the first eight Woody Guthrie Birthday Bashes.

Additional information about the Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash and the CD can be found at the website: www.tinyurl.com/woodybash.

For information regarding the Bowery Poetry Club, please call 212-614-0505 or go to their website: www.bowerypoetry.com.

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