UCSC Press Release: Folksinger Ronnie Gilbert to appear

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November 10, 1999
Contact: Barbara McKenna (831) 459-2495; mckenna@cats.ucsc.edu
Folksinger activist presents public performance at UC Santa Cruz
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Ronnie Gilbert, a leading voice in music and activist circles for a half century, will present a public performance at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, November 18.
A founding member of the Weavers (a legendary folk ensemble that also featured Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman), Gilbert is in town as a UC Regents' Lecturer. Her performance is entitled "The Making of Mother Jones" and takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 18, in the Second Stage Theater in the Theater Arts Center. A reception follows. The event is free and open to the public.
As a Regents' Lecturer, Gilbert has presented a number of workshops, performances, and lectures this month on activism, performing arts, and social movements. The November 18 presentation is based on her collaborative work, "The Most Dangerous Woman in America: A Musical Tribute to Mother Jones," a stirring theater piece about the great labor leader Mother Jones. The play was also turned into the book, Face to Face with the Most Dangerous Woman in America (Conari Press).
A playwright, singer, and actress, Gilbert has performed and created works that have appeared in a range of venues, from small experimental theaters to Broadway stages. She was the voice of Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Ken Burns's documentary, Not For Ourselves Alone, and has served as the narrator for and appeared in several film documentaries, most notably, The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!
The performance is presented by UCSC's Women's Studies Department. For more information, call (831) 459-4324.
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November 10, 1999 Contact: Barbara McKenna (831) 459-2495; mckenna@cats.ucsc.edu Folksinger activist presents public performance at UC Santa Cruz FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA--Ronnie Gilbert, a leading voice in music and activist circles for a half century, will present a public performance at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, November 18. A founding member of the Weavers (a legendary folk ensemble that also featured Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman), Gilbert is in town as a UC Regents' Lecturer. Her performance is entitled "The Making of Mother Jones" and takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 18, in the Second Stage Theater in the Theater Arts Center. A reception follows. The event is free and open to the public. As a Regents' Lecturer, Gilbert has presented a number of workshops, performances, and lectures this month on activism, performing arts, and social movements. The November 18 presentation is based on her collaborative work, "The Most Dangerous Woman in America: A Musical Tribute to Mother Jones," a stirring theater piece about the great labor leader Mother Jones. The play was also turned into the book, Face to Face with the Most Dangerous Woman in America (Conari Press). A playwright, singer, and actress, Gilbert has performed and created works that have appeared in a range of venues, from small experimental theaters to Broadway stages. She was the voice of Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Ken Burns's documentary, Not For Ourselves Alone, and has served as the narrator for and appeared in several film documentaries, most notably, The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! The performance is presented by UCSC's Women's Studies Department. For more information, call (831) 459-4324. ##### Press Release Home \| Search Press Releases \| Press Release Archive \| Services for Journalists
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