In the film, Guthrie decides to head east after being bullied out of the Montana town where he was attending college, but in fact, he was still enrolled during Thanksgiving 1965. He lamented that ...

Every year in mid-to-late November, WMNF fans gets a specific musical anticipation. Some of theme wait for announcement. Others call in or text the DJs for inside information. They are all waiting for ...

The only prerequisite for reading the Nobel laureate, a master of short stories, is: having lived. Here’s where to start. Credit...Ian Willms for The New York Times Supported by By Ben Dolnick Ben ...

To Alice Brock, the song that immortalized her name and her long-ago Stockbridge restaurant stirred memories of the best parts of the 1960s. And she remained friends with folksinger Arlo Guthrie, who ...

On Thanksgiving, 1965, Arlo Guthrie, an 18-year-old leftist singer songwriter, went to a local Massachusetts landfill only to find it closed and instead dumped some trash on a hillside. The event ...

Every year around Thanksgiving, radio stations play Arlo Guthrie's epic song, "Alice's Restaurant." For many people, the song is a Thanksgiving tradition. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALICE'S RESTAURANT ...

ARLO GUTHRIE: (Singing) You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant. SHAPIRO: The song was inspired by 1960s artist Alice Brock, who died last week at the age of 83. Viki Merrick was a close ...

Arlo Guthrie's 18-minute long, 1967 folk song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" was inspired by his 1965 Thanksgiving meal with Alice Brock in Massachusetts Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty ...

A week ago today, the “no-nonsense gal” Alice Brock passed away at a hospice home after years of living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was 83, and maybe if you’re my age you don’t ...

GREAT BARRINGTON (NEWS10) – This Thanksgiving, a cherished tradition of community and generosity continues in the Berkshires, rooted in the legacy of Alice Brock and the iconic folk song that made her ...