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Blood Type: RAGU
A one-man show by Frank Ingrasciotta
You don’t have to be Italian to love Blood Type: RAGU!
8:00 p.m., Thursday, January 3, 2008
8:00 p.m., Friday, January 4, 2008
8:00 p.m., Friday, January 11, 2008
Manhattan Repertory Theatre, 303 West 42nd Street (at 8th Avenue), 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10036
For more information, log on to www.Manhattanrep.com
Cost: $20, Reservations: 646-329-6588
Blood Type: RAGU is a one-man play featuring over 20 characters based on the life experiences of writer/performer Frank Ingrasciotta. It is a poignant and humorous story of a Sicilian immigrant family and their cultural struggle in America. Blood Type: RAGU shows us a family cracking under the strain of life in a new country while they hold on to old traditions like a lifeline.
See February calendar for performance in Nyack, NY
BACKSTAGE says...“A comedian and actor of ability and heart, Frank Ingrasciotta invites us to witness and hear the stories of his Italian-American upbringing. He is adept at portraying the dozens of family members and neighborhood eccentrics that colored his youth. He speaks honestly about the eloquent conclusions he’s drawn from his experiences . . .”

La Troupe Makandal, Inc. presents
Carnival Dawn
8-10 p.m.
South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford Street, between Hanson Place and Atlantic Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
For more information, contact 718-953-6638, or e-mail makandal@earthlink.net
Cost: $15 general; $10 students/seniors; $5 age 12 and under
In these rarely seen festivities from Haiti, spectators enjoy a Caribbean Twelfth Night and dance in the season’s first Carnival band. Meet King Wangòl (the African King of the Three Kings) and Queen Congo, and savor the magical Cake of Seven Colors.

NATIONAL ACCORDION DAY GATHERING
1:00-10:00 p.m.
Old Songs Community Center, 37 South Main Street, Voorheesville, NY
$20, full registration
For more information, contact Bob Gaesser (518) 756-9097 or bobgaesser@msn.com
11:30 - 1:15 Welcome, Registration, and networking
1:30 - 2:30 Dynamics & Bellowshakes Workshop: Peggy Hart
2:45 - 3:45 Accordion Maintenance and Repair: sharing
3:45 - 5:15 Accordion Band/Orchestra Workshop, Mary Tokarski
5:30 - 6:30 Community Pot Luck Dinner (volunteer dinner music)
7:00 - 8:30 Instructor’s Concert (included with full registration ) General Public welcome for $5.00.
8:30 - 10:00 Open jam, all instruments welcome

Private lessons are available throughout the day with our keynote instructor Mary Tokarski on a reservation basis for $30 half hour and $60 full hour.

Accordion CDs and MUSIC shop: There will be wonderful CDs and related merchandise available throughout the Gathering.

Center for Traditional Music and Dance presents
Latin Fiesta!: Music and Dance of the Americas
in collaboration with El Museo del Barrio 4 p.m.
Teatro Heckscher of El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue (between 105th and 106th Streets), New York
Suggested donation for general admission: $5. Members of CTMD, El Museo del Barrio and Mano a Mano will be admitted for free. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to show time. Seating is available on first come, first served basis.
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) has helped to introduce audiences to vibrant ethnic music and dance traditions from around the globe for 40 years. CTMD will continue its enriching programmatic tradition with Latin Fiesta!: Music and Dance of the Americas, an exhilarating program showcasing the music and dance traditions of Mexico, Colombia and The Caribbean, presented in collaboration with El Museo del Barrio. The program will feature the dynamic ensembles of Ballet Fiesta Mexicana, an exciting dance company which showcases the cultural panorama of Mexico; La Cumbiamba eNeYé, a powerfully rhythmic group performing the music and dances of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Colombia; and Retumba, an all-female, Afro-Caribbean ensemble which interweaves island poly-rhythms with the dances of Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Scheduled to coincide with the 51st Annual Arts Presenters (APAP) conference, Latin Fiesta!: Music and Dance of the Americas is presented in collaboration with El Museo del Barrio, an institution specializing in the art and culture of the Caribbean and Latin America. The event is co-sponsored by Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders, an organization started as an initiative of CTMD, and dedicated to presenting the rich heritage of Mexican cultural forms. Directions and further event details may be found at http://www.ctmd.org/pages/sched.html.

AMERINDIANS: the Return
A Cross-Cultural Performance Exhibition of Dance, Spoken Word, Body Art, and a Sound/Video Installation
Thursday - Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.
Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets), New York, NY 10003
Telephone: (212) 254-1109
Fax: (212) 979-6570
All seats $10; Special benefit performance Thursday, Jan. 17- Tickets, $50. Buy tickets .
In AMERINDIANS: the return, a future of cross-cultural empowerment is envisioned; Native Cosmo-vision is revisited — rites, iconography and symbolisms — exploring indigenous memories, history and politics with a contemporary performing and digital multimedia and language. AMERINDIANS: the return eschews “official” versions of Native History. The most fascinating aspect of this “journey of recovery” is the contradictory political perspectives and interpretations of historical references. Two years ago AMERINDIANS: the return was a nice dream written on paper, today the “journey of recovery” has gathered artistic director, and choreographer Cristina Cortes; Luis Garay; illustrations for multimedia; Prem Neerajan, actor, totem/ objects/body-art design; Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota/Sioux) music and spoken word; traditional choreographer and adviser; Lance White Magpie (Oglala - Lakota - Sioux); Elaine Benavides (Apache); lighting, costumes and stage design; sound video installation by Alejo Gordillo and Dan Goldman. With music, spoken word and lyrics by the most prominent and controversial Native contemporary musicians today: Trudell, Robertson, Ghosthorse, Blackfire, Aztlan Underground and Cherokee opera singer Barbara Mcalister.

The Alliance of NYS Arts Organizations presents
Local Advocacy Webinars:
Local Advocacy in Rural Communities
3:00 p.m.
You may encourage your board and staff to participate.
Taking this short webinar will teach you...
Strategies for Positioning your agenda in your community
- determining your value
- your organization as a community asset
- building relationships and partnerships
Tips and Tools you can put to work
- what works and why
- making the case behind the scenes
The member money story
- how it works
- how to access member money for your organization
- how to position your request

You do not need to be a techie to participate; the software is user friendly and we will tell you exactly what to do. All you need to participate in the 90-minute webinar is a telephone and high speed internet access. There will be a minimal $10 fee for Alliance members and $25 fee for non-members.Once you register online, you will be taken to the next window to pay the fee.

Tantshoyz (Yiddish Dance House)
7 - 10 p.m.
Jewish Community Center (76th and Amsterdam), Manhattan
For more information, contact Peter Rushefsky, Executive Director, Center for Traditional Music and Dance, 212/571-1555 x 36, e-mail prushefsky@ctmd.org
Admission: $10; $8 for JCC and Workmen’s Circle members
Workshop/Dance Party . Master dance instructors lead the dancing to live klezmer music. Dancers of all abilities welcome. Support for the Yiddish Dance Project was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Forward Association, the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage and Preservation, the New York State Council on the Arts Folk Arts Program, a State agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Additional dates on February 14 and April 17, 2008

The Alliance of NYS Arts Organizations presents
Local Advocacy Webinars:
Local Advocacy in Suburban and Urban Communities
2:00 p.m.
See January 23, 2008 webinar above for more details. Both webinars will shed light on the local advocacy process while arming you with the tools to be a more effective leader and advocate.

Book Warming and Writers Presentation for
THE ANNALS OF PERIOUS FRINK
Anecdotes & Imaginings, Folk Tales & Fact, Musings & Mysteries, Discoveries & History
The New Anthology from Benevolent Bird Press of Delmar, New York
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Perfect Blend Coffee House, 376 Delaware Ave., Delmar, NY
Open to Public
For more information, contact ACASLINE@aol.com
Featuring work by Alan Casline, Paul Horton Amidon, Tim Lake, Maryanne Hannan, Cathy Anderson, Dennis Sullivan, Sarah Wellen, Mark W.P.T. O’Brien, Tom Corrado, anonymous, Edie Abrams, Dan Lawlor, Philomena Moriarty, Gary William Yeager

AUDIO RECORDING AND PRODUCTION WORKSHOP For Folklorists, Presenters, and Musicians Enrollment limited to 15 participants. ENROLLMENT CLOSED NOW — Add your Name to a Waiting List for a repeat of this workshop later in the year. Friday, January 25th and Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, New York Cost: $50:00. Includes use of equipment and materials and lunch both days. Scholarship support will be available on a competitive basis. The New York Folklore Society presents a two-day intensive workshop on the basics and finer points of working with audio recording, especially in the digital domain. The workshop is intended to refine your skills at recording in a wide variety of settings from interviews to live concert recording. In the second half of the workshop, the focus will shift to basic computer-based digital editing and conversion of sound files for dissemination over the internet in .MP3 files and pod-casting. Workshop leaders are studio recording engineer and musician, William Aleman, and independent radio producer, Emily Botein. See the Workshop web page for more information. Please contact the New York Folklore Society for lodging information/assistance, (518) 346-7008 or nyfs@nyfolklore.org.

PRESERVATION VISION: New York City Preservation Vision: NYC is a year-long initiative to engage those interested in preservation in a conversation about their aspirations for preservation in New York City in the year 2030 and the actions needed to make those hopes a reality. A unique, online survey has been launched to gather feedback, ideas and opinions from New Yorkers interested in the future of historic preservation in the city. This online survey provides the best opportunity for all stakeholders to participate — interested citizens, those working directly in historic preservation, and those working in all allied fields (planning, housing, community development, the environment, etc.). Visit the Preservation Vision: New York City website to learn more about the project and to take the survey. St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund/Neighborhood Preservation Center is honored to be on the steering committee of Preservation Vision: New York City.

Call for Proposals for the Interdisciplinary Conference: HERITAGE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE October 3-4, 2008 Cooperstown, NY Proposals must be received by April 1. Proposals are now being accepted for papers to be presented at the upcoming conference “Heritage: Past, Present, and Future,” which will be held October 3-4, 2008, in Cooperstown, New York. This interdisciplinary conference marks the centennial of the birth of Louis C. Jones, and explores his legacy in the field of heritage preservation. Presentations should explore the history, current state, and/or future of the heritage preservation field, with special emphasis on the ideals espoused by Dr. Jones including the perpetuation of traditional craft, study of material culture, and commitment to the common folk. Submissions are encouraged from individuals working in all areas of heritage preservation, including museums, archives, historic preservation, documentary film, public archeology, and folklore. Proposals that directly address Dr. Jones’s pioneering contributions are strongly encouraged, as are those that explore new ways to not only preserve elements of the past but to make them accessible and relevant to audiences today. The conference is co-sponsored by the Cooperstown Graduate Program, a master’s degree program in history museum studies founded by Dr. Jones in 1964 and affiliated with the State University of New York College at Oneonta and the New York State Historical Association, as well as its alumni organization, the Cooperstown Graduate Association. The New York State Historical Association, which will host the conference at its Fenimore Art Museum, was directed by Louis C. Jones from 1947 to 1972. Proposals are invited for 20-minute presentations, although panels, workshops, films or other alternative formats will also be considered. Please list any audio-visual equipment or other needs at the conclusion of the proposal. The Cooperstown Graduate Program will not be able to pay travel costs or honoraria for speakers, although registration fees for the conference will be waived. Send a one-page proposal and brief curriculum vitae, including telephone numbers and email address, in Microsoft Word 2004 format to falkcg@oneonta.edu. Hard copies can be sent to Cynthia Falk, Cooperstown Graduate Program, P.O. Box 800, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

Outsider Folk Art Gallery presents an
Exhibition of the Recent Works of JIM BLOOM
Opening Reception: Friday, January 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The Outsider Folk Art Gallery, located inside the Goggleworks Center for the Arts: 201 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19610
Please contact the Gallery at 610-939-1737 for more information

Jim Bloom’s new works combine dynamic drawing, mixed media collage and text to describe the artist’s powerful experiences and express his personal vision. The bold works are satiric and affecting. Bloom has made a transition in his pieces from working on cardboard and other found materials to large stretched canvases. Jim Bloom (b. Allentown, 1968) has lived in Philadelphia since the mid-1980s. He is a self-taught artist. “Making art is a way to interact with the world. I communicate things through my work that can not be said with words alone. I like that these thoughts are communicated to people who see the art.”
January 5 - February 29, 2008

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