The Rob Chalfen Interview: Boston's Counterculture Performing Arts History

Rob Chalfen is one of the living connections to the history of Boston and Cambridge's countercultural performing arts scene. I have had the opportunity to perform in at least two of his iconic venues over the decades but did not know in those years just how knowledgeable he was about the political economy of the arts, though I did know him as a serious jazz historian and scholar and recording collector. Rob Chalfen is what at one time would be identified as a hippie from the 60s and 70s, or as he would more accurately categorize it. "freak." One of the things I have always appreciated about greater Boston is its attempt to combine political aspirations with aesthetics and Rob Chalfen has been in the thick of that over many decades. I certainly learned a lot in this episode about Boston past and present. Links to Rob’s beautiful work: Website/Blog: https://thecambridgeroom.wordpress.com/tag/rob-chalfen/ Gallery Address OUTPOST 186 : 186 1/2 hampshire st. cambridge ma 02139 Outpost Events Calender: http://www.outpost186.com Outpost Producer's Handbook:  http://outpostproducershandbook.blogspot.com/ Support Local Community Radio Act : http://freepress.net/lpfm/