From noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, 2013, Sinclair will
perform live with His Blues Scholars in Kochoff Hall A, inside the UM-D
University Center (UC); later, from 3-4:40 p.m., Sinclair will deliver a talk
entitled “Kicking Out the Jams,” in Room 1030 of the CASL Building (CB).
The University of Michigan – Dearborn campus is located at 4901 Evergreen Road
in Dearborn. View a campus map at http://www.umd.umich.edu/fileadmin/template/businessaffairs/files/Facilities_Planning/Revised_Campus_Map.pdf.
Author, poet and activist John Sinclair (born
October 2, 1941, in Flint, Michigan) mutated from small-town rock’n’roll fanatic
and teenage disc jockey to cultural revolutionary, pioneer of marijuana
activism, radical leader and political prisoner by the end of the
1960s.
In 1966-67 the jazz poet, downbeat correspondent,
founder of the Detroit Artists Workshop and underground journalist joined the
front ranks of the hippie revolution, managing the “avant-rock” band MC5 and
organizing countless free concerts in parks, White Panther rallies and radical
benefits. Working closely with lead singer and songwriter Rob Tyner and the
members of the band, Sinclair brought the MC5 to local fame, national attention
and a contract with Elektra Records.