a pledge walk for Huntington’ s?’” says Lisa Guthrie, Arlo’ s daughter-in-law.“ Twenty-five years later, the Guthries are still showing the way to combine a good time with doing good in the search for a cure.” As for Alice?“ Alice’ s passing was like the end of an era.” says Arlo.” You had to be there to understand. She took a little piece of everyone who knew her when she passed away.” And yet, she lives on, if not just for the 18 minutes and 27 seconds of the iconic song named after the restaurant, but every beautiful day in May when folks gather in the Berkshires to walk for a cure that begins at a church where she once called home. n
Arlo Guthrie at the steps of The Guthrie Center with his daughter in-law Lisa Guthrie.
close enough. As long as they’ re able to keep working toward one, we’ ll be there to support the efforts. Meanwhile, we have to help family and friends who are dealing with Huntington’ s. So, we do the walk.” A special exhibition at The Guthrie Center,“ Arlo Guthrie— All Over the World,” will highlight Arlo’ s participation in world events throughout his career. This year’ s Garbage Trail Walk promises to be bigger than ever.“ Once upon a time at The Guthrie Center, a young woman from a local care center living with Huntington’ s Disease, asked,‘ Why isn’ t there
Interested in participating in this year’ s 25th anniversary Arlo Guthrie’ s Historic Garbage Trail Walk? For more information and to print out a sponsor form, go to garbagetrailwalk. org. Then just show up at The Guthrie Center on the morning of Sunday, May 18. Registration begins at 8:30 a. m., and the walk starts at 10 a. m. Jimmy Pollard will sign you up and get you onto a microbus for this unique yearly combination of nostalgia and hope for the future.
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DAYDREAMING IT’ S IN OUR NATURE
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Similar painted cows will be on display at OSV
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