# Arlo Guthrie to have Pittsburgh show for 50th anniversary of Alice's Restaurant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlo-guthrie-to-have-pittsburgh-show-for-50th-anniversary-of-alices-restaurant/834304>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 21, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlo-guthrie-to-have-pittsburgh-show-for-50th-anniversary-of-alices-restaurant/834304 "2019-05-21T17:49:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlo-guthrie-to-have-pittsburgh-show-for-50th-anniversary-of-alices-restaurant/834304/1 "2019-05-21T17:49:55Z")

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[Story here](https://triblive.com/aande/music/arlo-guthrie-to-have-pittsburgh-show-for-50th-anniversary-of-alices-restaurant/)

50 years? Damn, I’m old. And I still love the story and the song.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlo-guthrie-to-have-pittsburgh-show-for-50th-anniversary-of-alices-restaurant/834304/2 "2019-05-21T18:13:28Z")

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Pittsburgh is so lucky.

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**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlo-guthrie-to-have-pittsburgh-show-for-50th-anniversary-of-alices-restaurant/834304/3 "2019-05-21T22:34:41Z")

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Talk about building a career on one dopey shaggy-dog story.
