A look at how communal potlucks, student apartments and social media shaped a tradition that long predated its 2007 name.

Arlo Guthrie, a folk singer whose epic-length "Alice's Restaurant" became a 1960s touchstone, says he's retired from performing. Arlo Guthrie, a folk singer whose epic-length "Alice's Restaurant" ...

ARLO GUTHRIE: (Singing) You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant. SHAPIRO: The song was inspired by 1960s artist Alice Brock, who died last week at the age of 83. Viki Merrick was a close ...

Arlo Guthrie was born with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He grew up surrounded by dancers and musicians: Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, ...

NEW YORK – Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83. Her death, just a week before ...

Arlo Guthrie is still a renegade more than 40 years after his music debuted. Although Guthrie is a registered Republican, he’s not afraid to voice opinions in opposition to the party line. Perhaps ...

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” has died at age 83. Her death, just a week before ...

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic "Alice’s Restaurant Massacree," is photographed in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in 2008. Alice Brock, whose ...