Lake Zurich - Ela Township features Chicago folk artist on August 19

LAKE ZURICH IL - The Ela Township Senior Center, 380 Surryse Road, welcomes back Chicago's "official troubadour" Mark Dvorak for an evening of song and story on Friday, August 19 at 7:00 pm.

Dvorak who accompanies himself on guitar, 5-string banjo and 12-string guitar, has performed in thirty-eight states and in parts of Europe and Canada. He has released seventeen albums and has won awards for journalism and children's music. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and received the Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International in 2013.

"We're happy to welcome Mark back to our series," said program coordinator Susan Dillon. "He is an amazing musician and a favorite with our audience."

Dvorak is busy at work on his 20th CD release Live & Alone, recorded in an empty concert hall during the height of the pandemic lock down. He is also planning to publish his fourth book of essays, 31 Winters, which reflects on his long journey through music and teaching.

"At this stage of the game," said the singer from his home outside Chicago, Illinois, "I feel like I'm doing my best work."

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."

For information phone 847 438 9160 or visit elatownship.org/departments/seniors.

Learn more about Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com.