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First Baptist Church in Oak Park presents folk singer songwriter Mark Dvorak March 21

The First Baptist Church of Oak Park, 820 Ontario St presents Coffee House Concert with folk singer songwriter Mark Dvorak March 21 5:30pm

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OAK PARK IL - The First Baptist Church of Oak Park, 820 Ontario Street will present a Coffee House Concert with folk singer songwriter Mark Dvorak on Saturday, March 21 at 5:30 pm.

“At this stage of the game,” said the singer from his home outside Chicago, “I feel like I’m doing my best work.”

Dvorak who accompanies himself on guitar, 5-string banjo and 12-string guitar, is celebrating the release of his 20th CD, Live & Alone, recorded in an empty concert hall during the height of the pandemic lock down, and his fourth book of essays, 31 Winters, which reflects on his long journey through music and teaching.

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The Chicago Tribune has called Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” Dvorak has won awards for journalism and children’s music and was honored in 2013 with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 Rich Warren, long time host of The Midnight Special radio program named Dvorak “Chicago’s official troubadour”.

The event is open to the public and all ages are welcome. Admission is free.

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Learn more about the First Baptist Church of Oak Park at http://www.fbcoakpark.org .


Find out more about Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com

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