Library programs commemorate 50th anniversary of Woodstock
Woodstock was a music festival held Aug. 15-18, 1969, which attracted an audience of more than 400,000.
The Dover Public Library will host a series of programs commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival.
In August 1969 the Woodstock Music Festival began on a dairy farm in upstate New York outside the small town of Bethel. Musicians who played at the three-day festival included Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young and Jimi Hendrix.
Free programs commemorating this anniversary include 1969: 365 Days of Transformation and Should I Just Go Back to Being a Dairy Farmer?
1969: 365 Days of Transformation will be Thursday, Aug. 8 at 6:30 p.m. It was a year of extremes, violence and madness as well as achievement and success. It started with the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl and ended with Jimi Hendrix in New York. Along the way man walked on the moon, Woodstock took place, the Cuyahoga River caught fire and more. Join Chris Hart for an examination of 12 months in American history.
Should I Just Go Back to Being a Dairy Farmer? will be Thursday, Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. After two area villages declined to provide venues, dairy farmer Max Yasgur leased his farm to festival promoters for the Woodstock Music Festival. One year later Yasgur was asked to rent his property again. But was he ready to endure the anger of his neighbors, the threatening phone calls and the boycott of his milk, not to mention the damage to his land? Join Yasgur, as portrayed by living historian Hart, at his kitchen table as he recalls those three days in August.
The Dover Public Library is located at 525 N. Walnut St., across from Dover High School. For more information or to register, call the Dover Public Library at 330-343-6123.