Date and Time
Friday Apr 7, 2017
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CDT
Friday, April 7 at 7:00 pm
The first 50 people to register will be eligible for an exclusive backstage Meet & Greet with Jim DeRogatis & Greg Kot before the program at 6:30 pm.
Location
Raymond Moore Auditorium, Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, IL
Fees/Admission
Tickets are $20 for Historical Society members, $30 for non-members and FREE for students. The first 50 people to register will be eligible for an exclusive backstage Meet & Greet! Tickets may be purchased at www.lflbhistory.org or at 847-234-5253. The Historical Society is closed on Mondays.
Link to website ticket sales:
http://www.lflbhistory.org/event-pop-musics-greatest-year-1984
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Contact Information
Janice Hack, Executive Director
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Description
Cue the big hair, shoulder pads and leg warmers and get ready for a fascinating debate!
For the first time, Chicago Public Radio Personalities and nationally respected rock critics, Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot of WBEZ's Sound Opinions will examine the year-in-music for 1984 on the stage of the Raymond Moore Auditorium at Lake Forest High School. The year 1984 (famously imagined in George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four) was a time of Rondal Reagan, the first availability of the Apple Macintosh computer in stores, and a pop music hit list including Prince's Purple Rain and Michael Jackson's Thriller that reached a wider audience than ever thanks to the dominance of MTV. At the same time hip-hop and indie rock were laying the groundwork for a musical revolution. Both Rolling Stone and Billboard magazines have dubbed 1984 "pop music's best year ever." But is it really?