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NYHS Bill Graham Exhibit: Reviews are in!

February 19, 2020 by BGMF

The BGMF contingent at the corner in NYC where the Fillmore was – the street has been renamed “Bill Graham Way” – in town for the opening of Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution.

From left to right: Cynthia Parsons, Danny Scher, Rita Gentry, Susy Barsotti, Arlene Owseichik, Bonnie Simmons, Bob Barsotti, James Olness, Jerry Pompili

Photo taken by a nice passerby on Jerry’s iPhone

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WSL Radio’s Sirott and Murciano Interview David Graham

September 8, 2017 by BGMF

Bob and Marianne interview David Graham about his father’s Bill Graham Exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, longtime Chicagoan weather forecaster Jim Tilmon stops by to talk about his new book, controversial doctor Joseph Mercola talks about alternative medicine and healthy eating, plus hurricane updates from NBC reporter Laura Rodriguez, Aviation Meteorology Professor Rick DiMaio, […]

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Bill Graham exhibit rocks on at Illinois Holocaust Museum

August 31, 2017 by BGMF

Miriam Di Nunzio @MiriamDiNunzio | email You may not know his name, but it’s almost a certainty you’ve heard some of his work. ‘Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution’ When: Through Nov. 12 Where: Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie Admission: $6-$12; additional $5 for Graham exhibit ticket Info: […]

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Bill Graham, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer Who Escaped Nazi Germany

August 22, 2017 by BGMF

Chicago Tonight, WTTW TV He was a ringmaster of rock ‘n’ roll. Promoter Bill Graham made a colossal impact on the music of the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, and always maintained a strong social conscience. His past was prologue. Escaping Nazi Germany as a child helped form the man who became a tireless champion of […]

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‘Bill Graham’ rock and roll exhibit at the Holocaust Museum is a hit

July 19, 2017 by BGMF

A Review in the Chicago Times about Bill Graham and the Rock and Roll Revolution Having a rock music exhibition in a Holocaust museum does not seem like the most natural fit. But “Bill Graham and the Rock and Roll Revolution,” newly opened at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, is not your standard museum rock show. Graham, the […]

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Slide photos: Bill photos (left to right) Unknown, Chris Scott, Unknown*
Organization photos courtesy of: Berkeley Old Time Music Conference, Little Kids Rock, Fiddle Kids, Destiny Arts, Los Centzontles, Urban Sprouts, 826 Valencia Street, Art with Elders, Friends of Sausal Creek, East Bay Center for Performing Arts, Ceres Community Project, Urban Sprouts
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