Peter, Paul and Mary arrived on the scene in Greenwich Village in the early 1960's and at the time, for the majority of America, folk was viewed merely as a sidebar to pop music. The nation was still recovering from the McCarthy era and the Cold War was heating up. Peter Yarrow, Noel (Paul) Stookey and Mary Travers came together to reclaim folk's potency as a social, cultural and political force. The Trio lived their songs. They sang at the 1963 March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, they participated in the Selma to Montgomery March, they sang at countless anti-Vietnam War rallies and they launched decades of musical activism. These individual and collective efforts addressed a wide range of issues from women's rights, to farm-worker rights, to gay rights, to the environment and education. No American folk group lasted longer or amassed a more loyal following than Peter, Paul and Mary. During their legendary career, the trio won five Grammy® Awards, produced 13 top 40 hits of which six ascended into the top 10, and earned eight gold and five platinum albums. The loss of Mary Travers in September of 2009 was a loss to her family, friends and the nation. She fought leukemia and its consequent illnesses with an inspiring strength. Her life and legacy remain a great American treasure. When Peter and Noel perform together, audiences comment that in many ways it feels as if Mary were still on the stage with them. The energy and enthusiasm for the music has not diminished, in fact it seems ever more impassioned, and frequently the audience steps in to sing Mary's part, their voices strong, their hearts full. It's community at its best and what folk music is all about carrying it on, just as Mary would have wanted. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 • 8:00 PM • BENEDUM CENTER 10+ TICKETS SINGLE TICKETS [email protected] • TRUSTARTS.ORG/GROUPSALES Per ticket cost listed. To order less than 10 tickets, please call 412-456-6666. NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. Dates, times, locations and prices subject to change without notice. Groups do not need to sit together or in the same price range, they need only to attend the same performance. Best available seating. Per order handling fee applied to all group sale orders ($4.00 phone and $7.00 online). A $.75 per ticket district fee is includ- ed in all prices. *Single per ticket phone and online service charges vary from performance to performance. .