**Updated as of 8/12/16 -incl full festival listings-- see also calendar listings. p.6** Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
July/Aug. 2016 vol. 51, No. 7
July Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 1 Fri Dave van Ronk 80th Birthday Tribute, 7pm, Brooklyn 6 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 8 Fri Ice Cream Social, 7:30pm at O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23 St. 17 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 20 Wed Ron Duncan & Alan Short, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club August Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 3 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 6 Sat Rod MacDonald house concert in East Setauket, LI; 8pm; 15 Mon Ivan Goff at the Landmark Session 17 Wed David Rovics, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club, Woodside 21 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 22 Mon John Dillon at the Landmark Session 25 Thur Newsletter Mailing, 7pm in Jackson Heights, Queens 27 - 9/2 TradMaD Camp at Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA September Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 7 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 12 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting, 7:15pm; see p. 5 14 Wed Dan & Bonnie Milner, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club 18 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 21 Wed Terry Silver, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club,. Woodside Details on pages 2-3 Table of Contents Events at a Glance...... 1 Calendar Location Info...... 11 Society Events Details...... 2-3 Survey of Festivals...... 13 From the Editor...... 3 Folk Music Society Info...... 19 Weekend Scholarships & Jobs..... 4 Mark Hamburgh ad...... 20 Topical Listing of Society Events.5 Pinewoods Hot Line...... 21 The Folk Process...... 6 Membership Form - Join Us!.....22 Calendar Listings...... 6 Fall Weekend flyer...... 23 Repeating Events...... 9 The Society’s web page: www.folkmusicny.org - 1 - Irish Traditional Music Session: Every Monday, 8-11pm Tenor banjo, harmonica and fiddle player Don Meade and friends get together every Monday night for an Irish traditional music session in the back room of this historic Hell’s Kitchen bar/restaurant. Free admission; food and drink are available. Musicians, singers, and listeners welcome. At the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue (on 46th St), Manhattan; co-sponsored with and led by Don Meade; for info 212-247-2562 or www.blarneystar.com/ Featured performers: Mon, July 18 Bruce Foley; Mon, July 25, Peter Maguire: Mon, Aug 15, Ivan Goff; Mon, Aug 22, John Dillon Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm Come join us every Wednesday at 8pm for a 3-hour pub style sing-around. All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Co-sponsored with and held at the Auber- gine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Occasionally there is a featured guest performer for part of the evening. Yummy des- serts, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. Free admission; a voluntary contribution is requested on guest nights. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local. Information: 718-899-1735. Featured performers: July 20, Ron Duncan & Alan Short; Aug. 17, David Rovics Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays, July 6th, Aug. 3rd, & Sept. 7th; 7-10pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions: F or Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture Society, Folk Music Society of NY/NYPFMC, Alison Kelley, Frank Woerner, and Tom Weir. Info: 212-695-5924. Dave van Ronk 80th Birthday Tribute: Friday, July 1st, 7pm This celebration of Dave’s music brings together performers.... [Balance deleted on- line to make room for late addtions]. Ice Cream Social and Song Swap; Friday, July 8th; 7:30pm Ice cream and music, what could be better? ... [Balance deleted on-line to make room for late addtions] Shanty Sing: Sundays, July 17th,& Aug. 21st; 2-5pm We are co-sponsoring the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5 pm at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY. Refreshments are available, including beer and wine for sale. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more information about the Noble Collection, go to http://www.noblemaritime. org -- click on "Visitor Information" for directions and a printable map. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 347-267-9394. Rod MacDonald: Saturday, August 6th, 8pm Rod MacDonald rose to prominence in NYC's Greenwich Village in the 1980s, where he was a frequent headlining artist in clubs like Folk City and Speakeasy, and co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival. With 11 CDs and 100 performances Continued on next page - 2 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued annually throughout North America and in Europe, he continues to dazzle audiences with his passionate singing and thought-provoking writing. Rod's songs have been recorded by Shawn Colvin, Jonathan Edwards, the late Dave Van Ronk, Happy Traum, Bok-Trickett-Muir, Four Bitchin' Babes (featuring Christine Lavin), Garnet Rogers, and numerous others. His most recent CD, Later That Night, reached #3 on the Roots Music National Folk chart in February 2015, and the song "Raven" reached #1. In addition to performing his own literate self-penned songs, Rod performs the music of popular 1960s and 1970s artists with his band The Humdingers and the songs of Bob Dylan project, Big Brass Bed. You can check out Rod MacDonald's music on youtube.com and read more about him at www.rodmacdonald.net. At Passing Through: A Series of House Concerts in East Setauket, LI. Reserve your seat at 516-492-5116 [email protected]. $20 contribution. Co- sponsored by LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Association and the FMSNY.. TradMaD Camp: August 27th - September 2nd TradMaD Camp (Traditional Music and Dance Camp): we'll be singing, pick- ing, dancing, jamming, swimming, relaxing -- all the things we love about Pine- woods Camp in Plymouth, Mass. See the complete list of staff at www.tradmad- camp.org. At press time the camp was full but you can get on the waiting list. www.tradmadcamp.org Newsletter Mailing: Thursday, August 25th; 7pm We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter. Join the important band of volunteers that sticks the stamps and labels, and seals the pages to mail out this newsletter. At the home of Don Wade and Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd Street, Jackson Heights (Queens). Right near the “74th St” Station of the #7 line or the “Roosevelt Ave-Jackson Heights” Station of the E, F and R trains. (Cat in residence.) Info: 718-672-6399
Eileen Pentel Summer is really here. This is our July/August issue, so hold onto it. We have many events happening, happily!! What better way to spend a summer evening at our Ice Cream Social. Yum!. In addition, the Irish Traditonal Music Sessions, the Sunnyside Singers club, the Shanty Sing, and the Folk Open Sing continue throughout the sum- mer. TradMaD Camp continues at Pinewoods, during the last week of the summer. As many of you know, Gert Gershowitz passed away in May. We weren’t able to get the word out to everyone in time for the funeral, but a number of people were able to attend the funeral. Gert’s daughter and son sent the following message. Dear Pinewoods Friends, Thank you so much for being with us at our mom's, Gert Gershowitz, funeral last month. I know many of you who were there were not able to sign the book. We want to thank you for being with us. It gave us great comfort to know that mom and dad's Pinewood's friends were with us! Thank you for your kindness and for your friendship to mom and dad through the years! They loved it! Thanks again,, Lynne and Marc Thank you to the volunteers Marilyn Suffet, Eileen Pentel, Don Wade, and Will Wade- Pentel. We hope to see you at the next Newsletter Mailing. We really could use your help You can join us on Thursday, August 25, see above. - 3 - Weekend Help Wanted Full and Partial stipends are available in exchange for administrative work done on our folk music weekends. Contact the Club President, Evy Mayer,
Are you willing to accept a partial scholarship? No Yes If yes, how much can you afford to contribute to the cost? $______- 4 - Topical Listing of Society Events For details of current events see pages 2-3 Weekends Oct. 21-23: Fall Folk Music Weekend at HVRS see flyer after page 22 Feb. 10-12: Winter Folk Music Weekend at HVRS Concerts Good Coffeehouse, usually first Sunday, 4-6pm, in Brooklyn, will resume Oct. 2 Sat, Aug. 6: Rod MacDonald house concert in East Setauket, LI; 8pm Traditional Music & Dance Camp Aug. 27- Sept. 2: A Week at Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, Mass; at press time camp was full but you can get on the waiting list: www.tradmadcamp.org Workshops and Special Programs Sun, Oct. 16: PMN Local Gathering, 10am-6pm; Upper West Side Sings and Informal Jams Fri, July 8: Ice Cream Social, O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23 St. Note: ASAP: Please tell us that you are coming, what's your favorite flavor, and if you want non-dairy; e-mail: Don(at)folkmusicny.org or call 718-672-6399. Folk Open Sing: First Wednesday of each month (July 6, August 3, September 7, etc.), 7-10 pm; Ethical Culture Society in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Irish Traditional Music Session: every Monday, 8-11 pm, Landmark Tavern, 11th Avenue and 46th Street; free, featured performers: see page 2. Shanty Sing: on the 3rd Sunday, 2-5 pm on Staten Island (July 17, August 21, Sep- tember 18, etc.) Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm, Aubergine Cafe, Woodside. Featured Guests: July 20, Ron Duncan & Alan Short; Aug. 17, David Rovics; Sept. 14, Dan & Bonnie Milner; Sept. 21, Terry Silver Business Meetings, etc. Newsletter Mailing: Thursday, August 25th, 7pm in Queens -- see page 3 Board of Directors Meeting: 7:15pm, the second Monday except August (July 11, Sept. 12, etc.), at Cap 21, 18 W. 18th St., between 5th & 6th Aves; ask at fifth or sixth floor reception for room. Info., call Heather at 646-628-4604. Updated FMSNY events information (online) is available on our website at: http://www.folkmusicny.org Special 2016 Fall Weekend Offer The board has voted to offer a $100 credit towards the Fall weekend if you did not attend all of the last three weekends (Nov. 2015, Feb. 2016 & May 2016). In other words, you have not attended ANY weekend in the past year The first 15 individual applicants will each receive a "welcome" credit number – contact Heather Wood, 212-957-8386 or e-mail HWood50(at)aol.com. Apply ASAP. When you send in your weekend registration, write your credit number(s) on the form and deduct $100 from the total for each number. The Society’s web page: www.folkmusicny.org - 5 - by Ruth Lipman
Margaret Murray has been contributing her time and energy as a hotline volunteer for the Met Council on Housing. The organization is in the process of moving to Canal and Elizabeth Streets. Margaret says that “during the in-between period” she has been “spending more time around the home front” with Bob Dohn and their four cats. An article that I wrote, “Haunted by History: Revisiting Childhood Trauma in Philippe Grimbert’s Un Secret,” was published in the May 2016 issue of The French Review (vol. 89, no.4, pp. 122-35). It concerns trans-generational trauma in a book in which a child, who was born after World War II, learned that he had a brother who perished during the Holocaust. Evy Mayer's cousin, Danny Lyon, is a photographer whose work is currently being shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The exhibit of 175 photographs is entitled “Danny Lyon: Message to the Future.” It will be on view at the Whitney until September 25, 2016. For more information about this compelling exhibit that focuses largely upon marginalized lives, see http://nyti.ms/1Yu5Et3 If you have news to share, contact me at 372 Central Park West, #15B, New York, NY 10025; 212-663-6309; ruthlipman[at]msn.com.
For addresses, times, phone numbers, and other details, see the location information on page 11 following the repeating events. Events with a pound sign (#) are run or co-sponsored by the club and more info is on pages 2-3; other events are not run by the Club, and information given is the best available at press time. Events with an asterisk (*) feature members of the club. Send information for listing to: listings(at) folkmusicny.org or Margaret Murray, 1684 W. First Street, #C6, Brooklyn, New York 11223. DEADLINE is the 12th of the preceding month. This Calendar is updated online when late-breaking information is available. You can view the online pdf newsletter: there is sometimes a link on the club website. If not, for members there should be an ID number printed on the address label -- use that and your last name to login at: www.fsgw.org/nypfmc. These listings have been updated as of 8/12/16 - dates in red bold were added since the printed copy was mailed (and some earlier listings may have been deleted) NEW YORK CITY - JULY er St.; workshop space limited; Mondays#: Irish Traditional Music Ses- sheencenter.org; 212-925-2812 sion at the Landmark; 8pm; see p. 2 23 Sa Mara Levine*, Caroline Cu- Wednesdays#: Sunnyside Singers Club in troneo & Celestial Harmonies Woodside, 8pm; see p. 2 (Nancy Moccaldi* & Barbara Earlier events removed to make room for Novick with special guests added events ... Frank Moccaldi* and Bob Con- 21 Th Barefoot Dancing: James roy), 8pm; Toby Walker, 9pm; Reams & the Barnstormers and Stillhouse Serenade, 10pm: 22 Fr Jeffrey Foucault: MWB; Na- Jalopy ked Soul 23-24 Ragas Live Festival: 24 hrs.- 23 Sa Harmony Workshop with Bob- 24 sets; Pioneer Works, 159 town – From A to Z: Studio C Pioneer St.,Red Hook, Bklyn; at the Sheen Center, 18 Bleeck- - 6 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued http://www.mckittrickhotel.com 11:30am opens; www.pioneer- 18 Th Orphan Jane: Museum at works.org/programs/ragas-live- Eldridge Street; 7pm festival 19 Fr Chris Smither: MWB; Naked 24 Su Capulli Dance Company Soul (Mexican Folk Dances); Sum- 21 Su# Shanty Sing on Staten Island: mer Sundays in the Park 2-5pm; see pp 2-3 25 Mo# Peter Maguire: featured perf. 22 Mo Peter Eldridge - CD Release at the Landmark's Irish Tradi- Party with special guests: Rock- tional Session; 8pm; see p. 2 wood Music Hall; 8pm 28 Th Barefoot Dancing: Quenia Ri- 25 Th# Newsletter Mailing in Jackson beiro & Grupo Ribeiro Dance Heights, Queens; 7pm; see p. 3 Company (Brazilian Samba) NEW YORK CITY – SEPTEMBER 29-31 38th Annual American Indian Pow Wow: Queens County Mondays#: Irish Traditional Music Ses- Museum, Floral Park; 718-347- sion at the Landmark; 8pm; see p. 2 3276; www.queensfarm.org Wednesdays#: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, 8pm; see p. 2 NEW YORK CITY – AUGUST 7 We# Folk Open Sing; 7pm in Mondays#: Irish Traditional Music Ses- Brooklyn; see p. 2 sion at the Landmark; 8pm; see p. 2 Wednesdays#: Sunnyside Singers Club in LONG ISLAND – JULY Woodside, 8pm; see p. 2 22 Fr Wild Ginger and Mountain 3 We# Folk Music Sing; 7pm in Maidens: Dolfin Book store, Brooklyn; see p. 2 299 Main Street, Port Washing- 3 We Alicia Svigals & Lauren ton; 7pm Brody (klezmer &Yiddish 24 Su Homegrown String Band: Ba- song); YIVO Institute for Jew- yard Cutting Arboretum; 2pm ish Research, 15 W 16 St, 7pm; 26 Tu Folk Night - David Sear plus http://www.aliciasvigals.com/ Gathering Time: Clark Bo- index.html tanic Garden, 193A IU Willets 4 Th Barefoot Dancing: SalsaFest & Rd., Albertson; 516-484-2208; Nelida Tirado; Van Cortlandt www.northhempstead.com 7 Su Farewell Song Session aboard 30 Sa 11th Annual Huntington Folk the Peking: South Street Festival; afternoon showcases Seaport, Fulton Street & East w/ Colleen Kattau, Terry River; 5-8pm; $5 Suggested Kitchen, Mara Levine, James donation, RSVP required: O’Malley and more; evening [email protected]; concert w/ Slaid Cleaves and rain location: Melville Gallery, Kirsten Maxwell,; noon- Water Street at the Seaport. 10:30pm; free; FMSH 13 Sa Dutch Folksingers Nan & 31 Su Buddy Merriam: Bayard Cut- Ankie; Sea Chanties at the Wa- ting Arboretum; 2pm terfront Museum, 290 Conover LONG ISLAND – AUGUST St, Red Hook Pier 44, Bklyn; 2 6 Sa# Rod MacDonald house cncrt in & 4 pm; waterfrontmuseum@ East Setauket; 8pm; see p. 2 gmail.com; free 718-624-4719 9 Tu Buddy Merriam: Bayard Cut- 14 Su The Get Right Band: Shrine, ting Arboretum, 2pm 2271 Adam Clayton Blvd., NYC; 8pm; http://www.shrine- NEW YORK STATE – JULY nyc.com;/ free Earlier events removed to make room for 15 Mo The Get Right Band: The added events ... Manderley Bar at the McKit- 17 Su Parker Cabin Melody Makers trick Hotel, 530 W. 27th St.; (Susan Sterngld, Phyllis El- 10pm; first come, first served; kind, Betty Walker): St. John's - 7 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued dy (klezmer and Yiddish song); in-the-Wilderness, 119 St. Johns Tompkins Corners Cultural Rd., Stony Point; 4-5pm; free Center, 729 Peekskill Hollow adm.; https://www.facebook. Rd, Putnam Valley, NY 10579; com/banjolady www.aliciasvigals.com 21 Th Turn, Turn, Turn - Celebrat- 26 Fr Blues Harp Showdown with ing Pete Seeger in Dance & Steve Guygen and Dennis Music; PS21, Chatham, NY; Gruenling feat. Doug Deming 8pm; (518) 392-6121; info@ & The Jewel Tones: Towne ps21chatham.org; $30; $15 Crier; 8:30pm students; http://ps21chatham. org/event/vanaver-caravan-pete- NEW YORK STATE – SEPT. 1 Th (from Scotland): seeger/?event_date=2016-07-22 DÀIMH Towne Crier; 7:30pm 22 Fr : Caffe Lena; Bumper Jacksons 2 Fr : Towne 22 Fr : Turning Point; 8:30pm Compton & Newberry Milton Crier 22 Fr : Rosendale Café; Otter Creek 5 Mo PAL American Roots Music 8pm Fest fest. 23 Sa Old Number 7 Band Jean Rohe & The End of the and ; Back to the Garden 1969: World Show HAAS KOW- Turning Point; 12-5pm ERT TICE: Caffe Lena 23 Sa Turn, Turn, Turn --see 7/21 NEW JERSEY – JULY 24 Su Sam Boker: Turning Point; 4p 1 Fr Shun Ng plus The Eclectic 24 Su Ric Estrin & the Nightcats Consort: the Minstrel; 7:45pm and special guest Joe Nott (note new time) Band: Towne Crier 22 Fr John Gorka with Nancy Beau- 29 Fr The Barefoot Movement: dette: the Minstrel Towne Crier; 8:30pm 29 Fr The Minstrel’s 41st Birthday 29 Fr Way Down Wanderers: Caffe Show: the Minstrel Lena; 7pm 30 Sa Mike Agranoff, Alexis P. 30 Sa Steve Forbert: Towne Crier; Suter, Ministers of Sound 8:30pm with the BUMC Fusion Choir 30 Sa Lucy Kaplansky: Turning and more: Raise the Roof Con- Point; 7:30pm cert to benefit Hurricaine Sandy 30 Sa Garnet Rogers - book release Recovery, Imagine No Malaria tour and concert: Caffe Lena and other local missions; The NEW YORK STATE ─ AUGUST Music Mission, Boonton United 4 Th Honey Dew Drops: Towne Methodost Church, 626 Lathrop Crier; 7:30pm Avenue, Boonton; 2pm; http:// 5 Fr John Gorka with special guest www.themusicmission.org;/ Amy Fairchild: Towne Crier 973-334-8654 6 Sa Mark Brown: Rosendale Café NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 6 Sa Dallabar: Towne Crier; 8:30pm 5 Fr Muriel Anderson: A Folk 12 Fr Richard Shindell: Turning Project Special Concert; the Point; 8pm Minstrel location; 8pm 13 Sa Richard Shindell: Turning 19 Fr River Drivers plus Sherman Point; 5pm & Siehl: the Minstrel 15 Mo Dougie MacLean: The Eighth 26-27 New Jersey Uke Fest: Ukrainian Step; 7pm Amer. Cultural Center, Whip- 19 Fr Jonathan Edwards: Towne pany; www.folkproject.org 20 Sa Iris DeMent Band: Towne Crier; 8:30pm NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 20 Sa Pine Leaf Boys: Eighth Step 2 Fr Tracy Grammer plus Dixie 20 Sa Chris Smither: Turning Point; Lee & Ed Rainey: the Minstrel 8pm 20 Sa Alicia Svigals & Lauren Bro- - 8 - Continued on next page Folk Music Events Calendar- Continued 30 Sa Poppet: Vanilla Bean Café CONNECTICUT – JULY Earlier events removed to make room for CONNECTICUT – AUGUST added events ... 2 Tu Sarah Poterza Band: CHIRP 4 Th : CHIRP 121 Th Rani Arbo & daisy mayham: Slaid Cleaves CHIRP 9 Tu Eileen Ivers: CHIRP 11 Th : CHIRP 22 Fr A.J. Croce: KHCC; 8pm Pine Leaf Boys 12 Fr : Celtic Airs; Wilde Au- 22 Fr Eric Kuhn with Noah Baer- Goitse ditorium; U. of Hartford man and Dave Kopperman: The Buttonwood Tree; 8pm 13 Sa Maura O’Connell & Karan : KHCC; 8pm 23 Sa TheTheBANDBand: tribute Casey to Bob Dylan and The Band: 18 Th Darlingside: CHIRP The Acoustic, 2926 Fairfield 20 Sa Plywood Cowboy: KHCC; 8p Ave., Bridgeport; 8pm; www. 20 Sa Grant Rogers: Vanilla Bean theacoustic.rocks/shows 23 Tu Humming House: CHIRP 23 Th : KHCC 23 Tu Girsa: Celtic Airs; Wilde Audi- Solas torium; U. of Hartford 25 Th David Myles Band: CHIRP 27 Sa : Vanilla Bean 26 Tu Caleb Klauder Country Band: Aine Minogue CHIRP 30 Tu Texmaniacs: CHIRP 28 Th John Jorgenson Quintet: CONNECTICUT – SEPTEMBER CHIRP 1 Th Matt Andersen: CHIRP 28 Th The Wild Reeds: KHCC; 3 Sa Atwater-Donnelly: Vanilla 7:30pm Bean Cafe 30 Sa Mary Fahl: KHCC Repeating Events Space limitations permit printing only a severely abridged list this month. For a complete and constantly updated list, go on the web at: http://www.folkmusicny.org/ repeating.html. All of these listings change -- you should always call and check. Ad- ditions and Corrections to these lists are most welcome! Send to: Don Wade, 35-41 72nd St, Jackson Hts, NY 11372; E-mail: Don(at)folkmusicny.org §= organization with newsletter 8 -11: Tuesday Acoustic NYC General Repeating Mondays: Music: Cafe Vivaldi, 32 Jones Street (Off Bleecker multi-day: St, near Seventh Ave), Greenwich An Beal Bocht Cafe, 445 W. 238th St, Village, Manhattan; 212-691-7538; Riverdale (Bronx) bet. Greystone & various music every night; Mon open mic Waldo Ave; 718-884-7127; Music most night; www.caffevivaldi.com/ days; Sun 4-7pm John Redmond & Charles Street Synagogue, 53 Charles St Friends; Sun 8pm singer-songwriter (at W. 4 St, 2 bl. N. of Sheridan Sq); session; Tue open mic; Fri, .Mary American roots music most Mondays w/ Courtneys Ballad Night 6-8pm; www. Andy Statman & Friends; 8:30pm; $15 anbealbochtcafe.com 212-242-6425
More detailed information for locations listed in the chronological Events Cal- endar. The information given is the best available at press time. Additions and corrections to this list are most welcome! Send location info to: Don Wade, 35-41 72nd St., Jackson Heights, NY 11372; E-mail: Don(at)folkmusicny.org. §= Organization with a newsletter which lists area events AROUND TOWN (The 5 boroughs of NYC) Barefoot Dancing in the Park – see Van Cortlandt Park. Ethical Culture Society (Brooklyn), 53 Prospect Park West, B’klyn 11215 (at 2nd St) Ethical Culture Society (NYC), 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West New York, NY 10023 ; 212-874-5210 Folk Open Sing: Ethical Culture Society (Brooklyn), 53 Prospect Park West, B’klyn 11215 (at 2nd St) – see p. 2 Irish Arts Center/An Claidheamh Soluis, 553 W. 51 St, Manhattan; 212-757-3318; classes, wrkshps, concerts, dances, ceilis with dance, music & song. Info: 718-441-9416 (for theatre & classes, call IAC directly); www.inx.net/~mardidom/rchome.htm Jalopy, 315 Columbia St., Brooklyn; 718.395.3214; www.jalopy.biz/ Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue (on 46th St); co-sponsored with and led by Don Meade; for info 212-247-2562 or http://www.thelandmarktavern.org/events.php Museum at Eldridge Street, 12 Eldridge St; 212-219-0888; www.eldridgestreet.org; 3pm on Sun, 7pm other days; $15 Naked Soul; see Rubin Museum of Art 92nd St Y: Ninety Second Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave (at 92nd Street); 212-996-1100; $25 OSA (Organization of Staff Analysts), 220 E. 23rd Street New York., suite 707 (between 2nd and 3rd Ave).--for NYPFMC concerts, see page 2-3. Prospect Park Bandshell, 9 St & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (F train to 7 Ave, bklyn); Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30pm; $3 contrib; 718-855-7882, x52 or www.brooklynx.org/ celebrate Queens Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Floral Park; 718-468‑4355; www. queensfarm.org Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St. NYC; 212-620-5000; www.rmanyc.org Shanty Sing: The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection, 2 to 5 PM, see pages 2-3. For further info, [email protected] or 347-267-9394 Summer Sundays in the Park; 78th Street between 34th Ave and Northern Blvd alongside Travers Park, Jackson Heights, Queens. 4:00 PM, Sundays in July & August; www. facebook.com/Summer-Sundays-in-the-Park-189375064443655 Summerstage; Central Park Rumsey Playground, 72nd Street just west of 5th, Manhattan Ave; weeknights at 7:30 or 8:30pm; Sat & Sun at 3pm; free (except for benefits); 212- 360-2777; www.summerstage.org Symphony Space; 95 St & Bway, Manhattan; 212-864-5400; various groups. www. symphonyspace.org Town Hall, 123 W. 43 St, Manhattan, 212-840-2824; Ticketmaster 212-307-7171; used by various groups - 11 - Continued on next page Calendar Listings information continued from previous page Travers Park; 34th Avenue between 77 and 78 St, Jackson Heights, (Queens) Van Cortlandt Park: Barefoot Dancing in the Park, 6:30-8 pm; free. Various ethnic music with dance instruction; 242nd St and Broadway, Bronx (last stop on #1 train) at the Van Cortlandt House Museum. Outdoors (indoors if rain). http://www.vcpark.org/; 718-430- 1890 WMI‑World Music Institute Concerts: (8:00 PM unless indicated) various locations: info: World Music Inst., 68 Jay St., Ste. 201, Brooklyn, NY 11201 ; www. worldmusicinstitute.org; 212-545-7536 LONG ISLAND Bayard Cutting Arboretum Carriage House; on Montauk Highway in Great River; free, Carriage House; Oakdale; 2 pm limited seating; free tix issued at 12:30pm; www. isliparts.org/programs/html/#bayard FMSH=Huntington Folk Music Society § (PO Box 290, Huntington Station 11746) 1st Saturday Concerts at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport (north side of Route 25A at Huntington border); also Hard Luck Cafe concerts on the 3rd Thursday at the Sky Room of the Cinema Arts Center, 423 Park Ave., Huntington; also monthly (usually the 2nd Sunday) Folk Jams at the Huntington Library from 1 to 5pm. Info: [email protected]; http://fmsh.org LITMA § (Long Island Traditional Music Assn. c/o Liz Levitt, 133 Clinton Ave, Mastic NY 11950). Smithtown events at Smithtown Historical Society’s Brush Barn, 211 Main St (Rte 25 east of Rte 111), Smithtown: Contra dance 2nd Fridays, 8pm (631-369-7854); English Country Dances 3rd Sunday 2pm (631-757-3627); Orchestra rehearsals (516- 433-4192). Other Locations: Contradance 1st Saturday, 8pm Oct.-June Watermill Community Center (631-725-9321). Shape Note Sing 3rd Sunday, 1pm, Bethany Presbyterian Church, 425 Maplewood Rd., Huntington Station. House Song Circle 2nd Saturday at various locations (631-281-5648). www.LITMA.org UPSTATE NEW YORK also look at: The Hudson Valley Calendar: www.hvmusic.com/listing/calentry_list.php Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs; 518-583-0022; www.caffelena.org Eighth Step Coffeehouse; 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady; 518-434-1703; Fiddle & Dance News is a bi-monthly dance & music calendar for the Mid-Hudson region; $6 to 987 Rte. 28A, West Hurley 12491; 845-338-2996. Folk Times is a bi-monthly listing of events in the Albany area: $10 to Addie & Olin Boyle, 969 Co.Rt.10, Corinth 12822; 518-696-2221; www.folktimes.com Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale 12472; 845-658-9048; 9pm cover & min; www. rosendalecafe.com Towne Crier Cafe, 379 Main St, Beacon, 845-855-1300; www. townecrier.com; concerts many nights; open mic Tue & Wednesday; reservations suggested Turning Point, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont, Rockland County (off rte 9W south of Nyack); (845) 359-1089; food avail; www.piermont-ny.com/turning NEW JERSEY Minstrel Coffeehouse; Fri, 8:30pm, $7 (2nd Fri, open stage); Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ. (Run by Folk Project §, POB 41, Mendham 07945; 973-335-9489; www.folkproject.org; Sat concert info: 973-335-9489 CONNECTICUT (Southern New England-WWUH FOLKFONE: 860-768-5000) Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Middletown; 860-347-4957; www.buttonwood.org Celtic Airs: Lincoln Theater at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25; $10 for UHar students. Information: 860-768-4228 and harttweb.hartford.edu CHIRP - Concert Happenings in Ridgefield’s Parks; Ballard Park or Ridgefield Playhouse in inclement weather; 7pm; call 431-2760 after 4, concert days to conf. loc.; www.Chirpct. org KHCC, Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook, 06475; 860- 510-0473; http://www.katharinehepburntheater.org Univ. of Hartford - (W)Wilde Auditorium or (M)Millard Auditorium in Harry Jack Gray Center, 200 Bloomfield Ave. (Rt. 189), W. Hartford; Fridays 7:30; 860-768-4228 or 800-274-8587; www.hartford.edu Vanilla Bean Café, corner of 44, 169 & 97, Pomfret; 8pm Sat eve’s plus first Fri open mike, 860-928-1562; www.thevanillabeancafe.com; $5-15 - 12 - SURVEY OF FESTIVALS Compiled by John Mazza Send info for future festivals to me at 50 Plum Tree Lane, Trumbull CT 06611, jmazza@ snet.net. (These online listings are unabridged.) ** Bluegrass festivals – Only a few listed here. Contact: Tri-State Bluegrass Assn. for Blue Book Band and Festival Guide, RR1, Box 71, Kahoka, MO 63445, 660-341-3762.
- 18 - Folk Music Society of NY Information The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc./NY NEWSLETTER INFORMATION (ISSN 1041‑4150) Pinewoods Folk Music Club was started in 1965 and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational corporation; DEADLINE: the 12th of the month prior to publi an affiliate of the Country Dance & Song Society cation (no Aug. issue). of America and a member of the Folk Alliance. A Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 444 copy of our annual report is available from our office W. 54 St., #7, NYC, NY 10019. © 2015 at 444 W. 54th St, #7, NYC, NY 10019 or from the Office of Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, Send address changes to the membership chair: 162 Washington Av, Albany, NY 12232. Tom Weir, 340 W. 28 St, #13J, NYC, NY 10001; 212-695-5924; membership(at)folkmusicny.org We have approximately 400 members and run con- Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35‑41 72nd St, Jackson certs, week-ends, classes, and get-togethers, all with Hts, NY 11372; 718‑672-6399.
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A Three Day Community of Folk Music & Dance at the Foot of the Berkshires *Mainstage Concerts, 900 Sq Foot Tented Dance Floor* *All Day & into-the-night Dancing, Emerging Artist Showcase* *Activities 4 Kids, Family Stage, Crafts, International Foods * *Thursday Pre-Fest Tastings, Farm Market & Lounge Stage* Tom Rush, The Mike + Ruthy Band, Gaslight Tinkers, Brother Sun, Professor Louie & the Crowmatix, Metropolitan Klezmer, SONiA, Patty Larkin, Peter Mulvey, Vance Gilbert, The Felice Brothers, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Nerissa & Katryna Nields, Pete’s Posse, Hoopoe, The Storycrafters, others www.FalconRidgeFolk.com - 860 364-0366 - 20 - Anyone may place Advertisements of 40 words or less; RATES: $10 each Hotline per month ($5 for members), 1/2 year for $30 ($15 for members). Members please include mailing label or ID number for discount. (Lost & Found ads are free.) Send all ads to: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. We will be happy to accept ads by E-mail with the text as part of the message (coincident with mailing your check) to DonWade(at)donwade.us. All ads must be prepaid, make checks to: Folk Music Society of NY, Inc. (FMSNY). [Last run date is in brackets.] Sound reinforcement: Your program deserves the best, whether it’s a concert or a large festival. Location recording: Direct to stereo or Digital 8-track recording and editing. Acoustic Folk and Classical are specialties. Collegium Sound, Inc.; 718-426-8555; soundman(at)computer.org [1-17] Minstrel Records: Bob Coltman, David Jones, Jack Langstaff, Almeda Riddle, Frank Warner, Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis, Jerry Epstein, Dwayne Thorpe, Sonja Savig. On LP, newer releases on CD. www.minstrelrecords.com or Minstrel Records, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, NY 11372, 718-426-8555 [1-17] Come do English and American country dancing with Country Dance *NY! Always live music! All dances taught, beginners and experienced dancers wel- come, no partners necessary. English dancing (think Jane Austen!) Tuesdays, 7:00-10:00 pm. American (mostly contra) dancing most Saturdays, 8:00-11:00 pm (beginners at 7:30). Sept. through June. All at the Church of the Village, 201 W. 13th St. at 7th Ave. For current schedule and other information see: www.cdny.org or call the Dancephone: 212-459-4080. [12-16x2] Clogging lessons in NYC! Learn to Flatfoot to traditional old-time tunes every Wednesday and Friday evening at Chelsea Studios with Megan Downes and The City Stompers. Find out more at nycitystompers.com, facebook and you- tube. Call Megan 718-441-9416 or Daniela 347-926-3264 [10-16] Entertainment/Arts Attorney – Making a record? Publishing your book? Collabo- rating on a score, play, film? Licensing copyrights? Registering Trademark? Forming LLC or incorporating non-profit? I negotiate fair agreements, draft readable contracts, file forms, mediate disputes. Law Office of Leslie Berman, 631-675-1139, [email protected] Advertising. [1-17] Irish country sets, sean nos dance, steps and footwork classes with Megan Downes. 8pm every Monday at Theatre 80 St. Mark's. Traditional music ses- sion at 9 led by Deidre Corrigan and Bernadette Fee. East 8th Street near 1st Ave, NYC. 718-441-9416 [10-16] Apartment Wanted. Looking for studio/1BR along D, E, F, J, L, M, N, R, Q, Z, or 7 in Queens, Downtown Brooklyn, Bushwick, Ridgewood, Prospect Park or Greenwood areas. $1300 max. Safe neighborhood late at night a must. e-mail Pierre at pierre.jelenc[at]gmail.com. References can be supplied. Free records, caliphone, banjo (needs repair). I have several portable cases of Ed Lipton's folk & square records- 33 1/3 s @ 78 s! He used these with his big caliphone. I realize these are way out of date, but I can't discard them. Would anybody be interested? Also, a banjo. The case is falling apart, & the banjo looks to be in disrepair. These are offered FREE to anyone interested, who could pick them up- upper WS, Manhattan. Thanks! All best wishes! Gila Lip- ton gilead1966(at)aol.com - 21 - Membership Form - JOIN US! (For a sample newsletter, write to the Society office—address at left.) To join (or to renew) and receive the newsletter regularly, you may join online at http://fmsny. eventbrite.com or mail this to: FMS membership, c/o Tom Weir, 340 W. 28 Street, #13J, New York, NY 10001; 212-695- 5924; membership(at)folkmusicny.org. Make all checks payable to: Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. Yearly Dues $38 individual; $55 family/dual; low income/full-time student: $25 individual; $30 family (low income is a hardship category for those who can’t otherwise afford to join). (please state reason: ______) Two Year dues: 70 individual; $100 family/dual Lifetime: $700 ind.; $1000 family/dual Memberships above include newsletter, and reduced admission to concerts and most events. Long Distance Membership (more than 50 miles from midtown Manhattan): Yearly: $30 Individual; $48 family/dual Includes newsletter, weekend discounts, and voting privileges. I wish to be a supporting member, my check includes an additional $______over regular dues. (Additional contributions are tax deductible, as permitted by law.) renewal (exp month:______) new (How did you first hear about us? ______) Send the newsletter online Name(s): ______Address:______City:______State:______ZIP______Telephone (______) ______
FIRST CLASS MAIL FIRST E-Mail: ______For family memberships, please list the names of others in the same household not listed above: adults:______444 W. 54 St, #7 W. 444
New York, NY 10019 NY York, New children:______www.folkmusicny.org I want to help: with the newsletter; with mailings; I can help with ______NY Pinewoods Folk Music Club NY Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc. Folk Music Society of N.Y., ______July/Aug. 2016 - 22 - COLLEEN CLEVELAND is a fifth-generation singer of OCT 21 - 23 traditional ballads and songs passed on by her FALL FOLK grandmother, Sara Cleveland. Colleen and her Dad, 2016 Jim, keep the family songs alive. They received the 1994 Traditional Arts of Upstate New York Heritage At the Hudson Valley Resort & Award. The family repertoire runs the gamut from MUSIC Spa, Kerhonkson, NY, ninety miles 15th-century Irish, Scots, and English ballads to local area songs, cowboy songs, Civil War and World north of New York City. War I songs. WEEKEND Folk Music Society of NY, Inc
ARCHIE FISHER is Scotland’s foremost troubadour, NY Pinewoods Folk Music Club a stunning singer of traditional and contemporary songs, a fine songwriter, and a More details @ www.folkmusicny.org/weekends master guitarist. Hailing from a singing family in Glasgow, those musical beginnings have propelled him through five decades as a Join us in Kerhonkson, performer, documentarian, and host of BBC picture perfect, relaxing Radio Scotland’s award-winning “Traveling Folk” show. He is a Member of the British Empire, an honor recognizing "distinguished service to the arts" and a little luxurious, and an inductee in the Scots Traditional Music Hall of Fame. great for music, song, dance and socializing with friends, old and new.
DENNIS STROUGHMATT, fingers and bow flying, takes listeners on a musical odyssey of Upper Louisiana Creole culture. Schooled by local Creole fiddlers living along the Mississippi River near St. SUSAN TRUMP is a much sought-after instructor Louis, Dennis is now the authority. A vibrant and performer. Susan’s magic stems from her ability blend of Celtic, Canadian and Old Time sounds, to link the pastoral, tranquil images of traditional this music bridges gaps between contemporary rural America to our contemporary life. Her songs Canadian and Louisiana Cajun styles. Preserved by touch the heart, recall the past, and inspire the times families in the Ozark foothills, the music remains largely intact AND ahead.Her sense of humor always adds a fresh touch true to the traditions passed down over three centuries. to her performances, combined with her outstanding www.creolefiddle.com artistry on the mountain dulcimer, guitar, banjo, and fretless banjo. www.susantrump.com MORE STAFF TO BE ANNOUNCED! check our website for updates: www.folkmusicny.org/weekends HUDSON VALLEY RESORT & SPA, KERHONKSON, NY Make checks payable to “FMSNY” 15 miles west of New Paltz - Detailed directions sent upon registration. Mail registration form and payment to: In the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains, amid beautiful lakes and Heather Wood, 444 W. 54 St, #7, New York, NY 10019 waterfalls. Great food! Renovated rooms, indoor and outdoor recreation, swimming. Double or single rooms, all with private baths. Note: payment in full is required with registration. Need a ride? Our Transportation Coordinator will try to arrange rides for those who need them. There is public transportation available to Kerhonkson, we can arrange pick up from the bus.
ABOUT THE FALL WEEKEND From dinner on Friday night to lunch on Sunday, expect a weekend full of music, camaraderie, and relaxation. After dinner on Friday, we will Meet the Staff, when each staff members does a brief show-and-tell about their workshops. Then we'll play Themes from a Hat, followed by late- night jamming and singing (with snacks and coffee). Plus a Silent Auction to benefit our scholarship funds. The weekend offers a variety of workshops, a dance, a Camper Concert, (all attendees are invited to perform), and an evening concert, with late- night jamming and singing.
The hotel and the area offer plenty of options for hiking, swimming in the heated indoor pool, indulging in the spa (extra charges), or just lying about and relaxing. Ph eve ( )______
SCHOLARSHIP information and WHAT DOES IT COST? application are on the website: www.folkmusicny.org/schol-app.doc WEEKEND RATES, PER PERSON TWO DAYS, FRI – SUN Double Member $330 Non-member $350 Single Member $390 Non-member $410 Triple Member $300 Non-member $320
Children (in a room with two adults) under 6 yrs, free ______6 - 12 years $90; 13 - 17 years $130
Extra days (Thurs and/ o Special "Friends" rate for those 21 – 35 years old or Mon)$50, no meals Double $190; Triple $160
REGISTER ONLINE o o o o o fallweekend.eventbrite.com flat rate $50
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____ adults, double at $ ______ each ____child(ren), age(s)______ at $______each ____ adults, single at $ each; Adults, triple at $ each ____ early bird special $50 each to arrive Thursday (hotel only, no meals).
Ph. day ( )______Address______City______ State _____ Zip ______E-Mail ______Emergency contact ______Others in Party ______ Roommate request ______Dietary no beef no chicken no fish vegetarian vegetarian eats fish vegan Other special requirements ______Questions?www.folkmusicny.org/weekends or [email protected] I am driving from ______at ____am/pm. I can take ____ additional passengers.