Lincoln Center Local: Free Screenings - A Memorial Concert for Pete and Toshi Seeger

Wednesday, August 31 at 7:30pm

Join us outdoors on the Main Library Plaza for a live performance by Spook Handy at 7:30pm with the screening to follow.

About the screening
An all-star lineup of friends and family gather to honor these leaders in folk music and activism.

Pete and Toshi Seeger’s legacies run deep: from transforming the way we listen to our American roots to demanding social justice and successfully advocating for grassroots environmental change. Organized by their grandson Kitama Cahill-Jackson, an all-star line-up of family and friends pays tribute to these leaders in folk music and activism. Featuring performances by Judy Collins, Peter Yarrow, Martha Redbone, Tom Chapin & The Chapin Sisters, Dar Williams & Dan Zanes, and speakers including Harry Belafonte and more.

About Spook Handy
Spook Handy performed alongside Pete Seeger at festivals and concerts more than 50 times from 2003 – 2013. He learned firsthand many of Pete’s songs and the stories behind them. The passion, purpose and spirit of Pete Seeger and American Folk Music are alive and well in Spook Handy’s “Remembering Pete Seeger” World Tour and concert. Spook was named Best Folk Artist by Upstage Magazine, Gannett New Jersey, The Courier News, The Home News and About.com. He has written for theater and film and his original songs have charted as high as #6 on the International Folk Radio Charts. Learn more about the “Remembering Pete Seeger” World Tour and how you can help bring the concert to your town at www.spookhandy.com/wp/pete.

*No registration required. Seating provided first come, first served. In case of rain, screening will be held in the Main Library Auditorium.

For more information, call 973-744-0500 ext. 2235 or visit montclairlibrary.org/lincolncenter.

Lincoln Center Local partners with your local library to bring exclusive free screenings of Lincoln Center’s finest performances directly to your neighborhood. Major support for Lincoln Center Local: Free Screenings is provided by the Oak Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Booth Ferris Foundation and the Altman Foundation.