For more information, contact:
Dan Fein, Promotion Director WMGK
Direct: 610-617-4866; Cell: 610-761-9146
GARY SOHMERS, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW APPRAISER, AT MGK CLASSIC ROCK ART SHOW FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
The 11th Annual 102.9 WMGK Classic Rock Art Show & Sale
Friday March 11 through Sunday March 27
at Suburban Square (next to the Apple Store)
Honorary Chairperson: “Little Steven” Van Zandt
Bala Cynwyd, PA (March 17, 2011): 102.9 MGK is proud to welcome Gary Sohmers, who appears as an an appraiser of Collectibles, Memorabilia and Toys on the PBS program, Antiques Roadshow, to the MGK Classic Rock Art Show this Friday March 18 through Sunday March 20. The exhibit is located at Suburban Square (65 St. James Place, Ardmore, PA 19003). Attendees are welcomed to bring their rock n roll related memorabilia to have it examined and verbally appraised by him. Sohmers will also be bringing his own collection of rare rock n roll memorabilia that he will be selling.
This Friday will be an exciting day at the Classic Rock Art Show, 102.9 MGK's afternoon DJ, Andre Gardner will be broadcasting his show live from the exhibit from 2p to 7pm.
The prices of the artwork in the exhibit range from as low as $5 to as high at $10,000. Admission to the show is FREE. A portion of the sales made during the show will go to this year's charity, Little Steven Van Zandt's Rock N Roll Forever Foundation.
Some of the this year's more notable pieces include: artwork created by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Jim Hendrix and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia. There will also be amazing photos of The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who and Bruce Springsteen; Beatles animation art; gold records and concert tour posters and hand signed artwork from John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
This year’s 100% charity section of the exhibit will be comprised of drawings, photographs and sculptures by area artists/photographers. All of the pieces in this section will be sold at a discounted price at the request of the artists that have donated their work. 100% of the proceeds from that section of the exhibit will go to Little Steven Van Zandt’s Rock N Roll Forever Foundation .
The Rock N Roll Forever Foundation is a 501(c)(3) created in 2007 by Little Steven Van Zandt. Little Steven’s Rock and Roll High School (LSRRHS) is the Foundation’s national middle and high school curriculum initiative. The LSRRHS program is geared toward national and state standards and is interdisciplinary in scope. It’s curriculum will feature a forty-chapter History of Rock and Roll, written by famous authors, that will provide the basis for over fifty lesson plans, teacher guides, and supporting audio and video materials. The aforementioned will be provided free to interested schools and will be available online for the general public. Van Zandt plays guitar in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, played the role of Silvio Dante in The Sopranos, and hosts Little Steven’s Underground Garage nationally syndicated radio show (Sunday nights from 10-Midnight on 102.9 WMGK).
Hours of the MGK Classic Rock Art Show are:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10a -7p
Wednesday and Friday: 10a-9p
Sundays: Noon-5p
Pictures of the artwork are available upon request. Interviews available from Gary Sohmers. Please contact Dan Fein at .
102.9 WMGK-FM is owned by Greater Philadelphia Radio, Inc., a subsidiary of Greater Media, Inc., the parent company of 23 AM and FM radio stations in the Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, New Jersey and Philadelphia markets. Greater Media also owns a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey and several telecommunications towers located throughout the United States.
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Dan Fein
Promotion Director, WMGK
Promotion Director, WBEN
610-667-8500