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Peter Coyote Comes to Harris Center January 29

Jan 26, 2015 01:07PM ● By Brenna Mc Gowan

He's a man of many talents - respected actor, Emmy award-winning narrator, distinguished writer and activist, along with being a songwriter, guitarist and singer.

Now Peter Coyote comes to Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom to share his reflections on a life that includes "doing the Sixties" in San Francisco and chairing the California Arts Council in the '70s as an appointee of then and now Governor Jerry Brown.

Peter Coyote began his film career at 39, after living nearly fifteen years in the counter-culture during the 1960s and 70s. Since then, he has performed as an actor for some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers in over 100 films, including: Barry Levinson, Roman Polanski, Pedro Almodovar, Steven Spielberg, Walter Hill, Martin Ritt, Steven Soderberg, Diane Kurys, Sidney Pollack and Jean Paul Rappeneau.

He also is  an Emmy Award-winning narrator of over 165 documentaries and 17 audiobooks; a distinguished writer who has penned his own memoir, Sleeping Where I Fall,  and contributed to other books and publications and  a politically-engaged person who has championed a multitude of causes

An Evening with Peter Coyote will be presented Thursday, January 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are priced at $19-$29; Premium $39; Students with ID $12. Tickets are available online at harriscenter.net or from the Harris Center Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and two hours before show time. Parking is included in the price of the ticket. Harris Center is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, CA, facing East Bidwell Street.

Post information and picture courtesy of Harris Center for the Arts.