Museum of the City of New York Announces Folk Concert, 6/20

The Museum of the City of New York today announced a star-studded line-up of musicians and writers for a special concert to benefit the upcoming exhibition Folk City. The concert will be held at 8:00 PM on Thursday, June 20th at the New York Academy of Medicine at 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street.

In 2014, the Museum will present Folk City: New York and the American Folk Revival, a special exhibition that will explore New York City's crucial role in fueling the nationwide musical revival in the late 1950's and early 1960's.

Pete Seeger is the event's Honorary Chair. WFUV Radio is serving as the event's Media Sponsor. Additional sponsors are: Folk Alliance International, Folk Music Society of New York, Brooklyn Folk Festival, Washington Square Folk Festival, and Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives.

In the coming weeks, the City Museum will announce additional guest performances. The current line-up of entertainers includes:

• Host John Wesley Harding - Acclaimed singer-songwriter, novelist, and creator/host of NPR's John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders show, described by The New Yorker as "one of the finest nights of entertainment this city has to offer."
• Peter Yarrow - Revered folk singer/songwriter, social activist, co-founder of Peter, Paul and Mary, composer of "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and honored founder of Operation Respect.
• Lucy Kaplansky - Beloved singer/songwriter and integral figure from Greenwich Village since the 1980's who joined up with John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson to form new folk super-group Red Horse in 2010.
• Langhorne Slim - Innovative singer/songwriter whose band, The Law, released its fourth full-length album, The Way We Move, last year. The New Yorker said Slim had "Leadbelly's gift for storytelling and Dylan's ability to captivate crowds."
• A.C Newman -Founding member - and main writer and vocalist - of supergroup The New Pornographers. His latest solo project, Shut Down the Streets, showcased a Baroque and folk-pop sound.
• Josh White, Jr. - Renowned folk/blues artist and actor, now in the 69th year of his career. He is the son of famed singer/guitarist Josh White.
• David Hajdu -Music Critic at The New Republic, Professor t the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and author or Positively 4th Street, which The Washington Post Book Review called "one of the best books about music in America."
• Izzy Young - Former owner of the Folklore Center - described by Bob Dylan as the "Citadel of Americana folk music." - in Greenwich Village and owner of he Folklore Centrum store in Stockholm.

Visit http://www.mcny.org for more information. You also can purchase tickets at http://boxoffice.mcny.org/public/loader.asp?target=show.asp?shcode=533 or register by phone, please call (917) 492-3395.

Reservations and prepayment are required. Individual premium seating tickets are $500. Individual regular seating tickets range in price from $50 to $250. Tickets purchases at $1,000 or above allow entry into a post-performance reception. Premium ticket packages begin at $1,000, which includes premium seating for one and access to the post-concert reception with performers. Other premium ticket packages include the: $2,500 package, with premium seating for two/access to the post-concert reception; $5,000 package with premium seating for four/access to the reception; and, the $10,000 package, offering event co-chair program listing, premium seating for eight/access to the reception.

About the Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York is located at 1220 Fifth Avenue (between 103 and 104 streets), Manhattan. Founded in 1923 as a private, nonprofit corporation, the Museum of the City of New York celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character, especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. The Museum connects the past, present, and future of New York City, and serves the people of the city as well as visitors from around the world through exhibitions, school and public programs, publications, and collections. For more information, call (212) 534-1672 or visit http://www.mcny.org.

Directions: By bus: M1, M3, M4, or M106 to 104th Street, M2 to 101st Street.
By subway: Lexington Avenue #6 train to 103rd Street, walk three blocks west, or #2 or #3 train to 110th Street, walk one block east to Fifth Avenue, then south to 104th Street.

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