![]() Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive.Īlert: Many issues of The Village Voice contain articles and/or photos which some consider offensive, and are certainly inappropriate for children. This is the complete 56 page issue, never bound nor trimmed, crease across the center, great condition.Ī very notable issue as the festival would begin the day after this issue date. Plus a smaller ad for a bus trip to the: "Woodstock Music & Art Fair". This ad is for a bus trip to the location and includes a map of the location of the festival.The ad takes 40% of the page.Īdditionally, the same page has a store ad asking: "Are you going to White Lake to the Music and Art Fair?.for Love, Peace & Music.Then" go to their store to: ".get your groovy clothing.". Also mention of "Hundreds of acres to roam on." with detail. Details are also provided for the "Art Show", the "Crafts Bazaar", the "Work Shops" and "Food". The advertisement includes much detail including a listing of the artists which appeared on August 15, the 16th, and the 17th. The top of page 21 has the ad which includes the iconic logo of the bird on the guitar. So it is notable that this newspaper would have an advertisement for Woodstock, and perhaps one of just a few select newspapers which did. It is worth noting that " The Village Voice" was an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. * Original advertisement from a counterculture publicationĪ significant newspaper on the Woodstock Music Festival. * Woodstock music festival on Max Yasgur's farm Timmins and Northern Ontario has lost a friend.Īlan Pope, a well-known lawyer and former politician, passed away at age 76.THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, August 14, 1969 Pope was a former member of Timmins council, Member of Provincial Parliament and Provincial Cabinet Minister. He practiced law for the firm of Racicot, Maisonneuve, Labelle, Gosselin. Timmins MP Charlie Angus remembers Pope fondly – even though they belonged to two different political parties, Angus NDP and Pope a Progressive Conservative. “I had enormous respect for Alan Pope,” Angus said. “He was always a very class act and I had a lot of admiration for him.” He put the interests of the community, the North and the province first. Village voice very village voicey But to remind ourselves that we are still a tribe of urban eavesdroppers, it’s only when you listen rather than look at these pictures- perhaps hard to do as they remained staunchly wordless in their slapstick pantomimed anarchy- that the artist’s voice sounds oddly familiar. I contributed investigative political pieces, commentary, and book reviews, thrilled to see my byline in a publication of such renown. Timmins Councillor Andrew Marks grew up admiring Pope and volunteered to help get him elected to Queen’s Park. The Village Voice Returns, and Its Very Village Voice-y. “I have the utmost respect for Alan Pope and his accomplishments. He was a mentor of mine in many different ways,” Marks said. “Certainly, being from Timmins, representing Timmins, being a voice for Timmins was something I looked up to. I learned a lot from him very, very early on. On his very first election night, he signed an election sign for me and it’s something that I still have today.” “When he was first elected as MPP, I was not even voting age but I was a volunteer for the Young Progressive Conservatives, wanting to help him. ![]() He said Pope was always a great representative at every political level. “As an alderman, he certainly represented Timmins well that way, and aspired to a higher office and contributed to the province, giving Timmins a voice,” Marks said. It is published by the Parish Council four times a year and distributed for free to all local Ardingly residents. He was a strong voice and advocate for all of us.” “When I look back at his entire political career, it was always about being from Timmins and Northern Ontario. Pope was a member of the inaugural City of Timmins Council, following amalgamation, in 1973. In 1977, he was first elected MPP for Cochrane South. Under Premier Bill Davis, he was promoted to provincial cabinet as a minister without portfolio in 1979. The Village Voice MUSIC At 70, Janis Ian Sings the Truth One More Time Generations of Music, Track 1: At Seventeen was a huge hit for a young artist almost half a century on, there’s Light at. Following re-election in 1981, Pope was appointed to the Davis cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources. Hello she yelled, hoping to recieve a response.
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