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New York Folklore Society Graduate Student Conference Legends and Beliefs CALL FOR PROPOSALS November 12, 2010 Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY Students are encouraged to submit proposals by August 15; the final deadline for submission is September 15. Theme: Legends and Tales Legends and tales present characters under duress in extraordinary circumstances. They preserve cultural patterns and facilitate social change. Legends such as “The Vanishing Hitchhiker” and “The Killer in the Back Seat” have a kernel of truth; tales such as “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Armless Maiden” are clearly fictional but have complex layers of meaning. When legends and tales inspire literature and films, they bring richly resonant traditions to the minds of readers and viewers. This multidisciplinary conference welcomes papers about legends and/or tales from graduate students in literature, folklore, anthropology, American studies, cultural studies, film studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, social and cultural history, and other fields. We especially encourage papers related to the cultural traditions of New York State. For more information about the upcoming conference, and to download a proposal submission guide and form, visit the NYFS conference page. Questions? Please contact: Ellen McHale, nyfs@nyfolklore.org, 518-346-7008

Caffè Lena presents
Forward Kwenda
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance / $17 at door (How to get tickets)
Tonight Caffè Lena audiences will experience authentic African music with mbira master Forward Kwenda of Zimbabwe. Often called a thumb piano in the West, the mbira consists of a board or gourd fitted with small metal keys that are plucked with the thumbs. It sounds sweet no matter who touches it, but in the hands of this master, it brings powerful, ancient spirits to earth. Forward was born in an area known for its fierce resistance to colonial rulers and adherence to Shona tradition. As a young boy he excelled in traditional dance and recitation of ancient poetry. At the age of ten he was given the name “Forward” because of his curious and lively personality, and his singing for liberation war freedom fighters. At an early age Forward borrowed an mbira and, with no teacher other than occasional radio program, began to play on his own. He formed his own mbira group in the mid 1980s and began making records and performing on national radio. During this period, he was informed by powerful rain-making spirits that he was to devote his life to playing mbira for their ceremonies. Much to the amazement of master mbira players two and three generations his senior, Forward adopted a uniquely complex playing style considered in Shona culture to be “more ancient” because spirits prefer it. Dubbed the “the Coltrane of mbira,” Forward Kwenda has received international acclaim for his virtuosity, soulfulness, and unprecedented range of melodic and rhythmic improvisation. He is in great demand in Zimbabwe, where the most ancient spirits, the makombwe, believed to be the ancestors of all mankind, prefer Kwenda’s ancient style and come to earth as soon as he begins playing his mbira. Kwenda claims “It’s not me, my spirits just play through me,𔄭 and takes no credit whatsoever for his virtuosity.

Earlville Opera House presents
La Vent du Nord
8 p.m.
Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main Street, Earlville, NY 13332, 315/691-3550
Order tickets online: $22, $20 members and $17 students ($5 premium in the first four rows)
Since its inception in August 2002, Le Vent du Nord has been enjoying meteoric success. They have received several prestigious awards, including two Junos (Canadian Grammys). The band is now one of the most-loved Quebec folk outfits throughout the world. Le Vent du Nord delivers a joyful, high-energy concert experience that overflows with heart and good humor. The highly acclaimed and award-winning band complements their songs from traditional repertoire with original compositions. The instruments are guitar, violin, accordion and Hurdy-gurdy. There is plenty of beautiful four-part singing in French. The group’s current line-up consists of singers / multi-instrumentalists Nicolas Boulerice, Simon Beaudry, Olivier Demers, and Réjean Brunet. On stage, these four friends achieve peaks of happiness that they eagerly share with any and all audiences. Le Vend du Nord know how to deliver music that will move any crowd — to their feet and in their hearts! This is undoubtedly music of the here and now.

Mexicanidad and Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Nueva York bring you Danzón Dare yourself to dance the most elegant, rhythmic and magnificent dance there is! 10 Sessions on Fridays at 6 p.m. starting July 1st at Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders 126 Saint Felix Street. Brooklyn, NY 11217, 212/587-3070 Sign up at NYCharities before June 25 to get a discount of 40% About Danzón: Cuban danzón was the predecessor of mambo or sabrosura and it arrived to Mexico in the 1940s. About the classes: José Refugio González “Cuco” Artistic Director of Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Nueva York and Dulce Torres will be the instructors. They will teach 10 sessions of danzón in their efforts to disseminate and revive Mexican traditions to the world by building links to other cultures that have impacted the development and diversity of the Mexican Nation. For information on any of Mano a Mano’s programming, please send an email to info@manoamano.us or call 212-587-3070

Caffè Lena presents
See the Future! Saturday Night Sampler
Featuring Heather Maloney and Brad Yoder
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $10 at door
Tonight we’ll enjoy another installment in our hugely popular See the Future! series. These shows offer a sample of the excellent artists who are creating a brilliant future for the world of folk music. Underwritten by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, the tickets are an incredible bargain at only $10. Tonight we feature two thoroughly contemporary acoustic artists each playing in a duo format. Since her head-first dive into the indie music world in November of 2009, Heather Maloney has taken her poetic and powerful folk-rock songs to more than 200 stages a year and has gotten the attention of top artists in the field. Her second album, Time & Pocket Change, was just released. Brad Yoder “rules the Pittsburgh coffeehouse scene” (Pittsburgh Magazine), having been in the top three slots multiple times since 2002 for Pittsburgh’s “Best Acoustic/Solo Artist.” He is the classic DIY artist, with five self-released albums that have sold more than 7,000 copies at his 150+ annual concerts. His latest disc, Excellent Trouble (2010), features Brad’s unique mix of humorous, poetic, political, funky and edgy original songs, covering a musical range from folk to indie rock (with unexpected musical and lyrical twists), that has earned him a loyal following ranging from kids in single digits through retirees.

HARLEM MEER FESTIVAL Sundays, June 19-September 4 2:00-4:00 p.m. Central Park, New York, NY (on the plaza of the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Central Park’s beautiful northern end (on 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues). Cost: Free For more details, day-of weather-related changes or cancellations, and accessibility information, please call 212-860-1370. The Central Park Conservancy’s Harlem Meer Performance Festival, now in its 18th summer, features the best in local established and emerging artists in the genres of jazz, Latin, gospel, blues, and world music. Some chairs are provided, or bring a blanket and picnic lunch to enjoy the music from one of the Park’s nearby lawns. The concerts are free and there is no advance registration required. All ages are welcome. Schedule of performers: June 19: Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Quintet (Latin Jazz) June 26: Calpulli Danza Mexicana (Mexican Dance) July 3: Los Soneros de Oriente (Cuban Salsa) July 10: Stew Cutler (Jazz and Blues Guitar) July 17: The Ebony Hillbillies (String Band) July 24: Pucci Amanda Jhones with the J.B.E.R. Quartet (Jazz Vocals) July 31: Willie Villegas y Entre Amigos (Classic Salsa) August 7: The Steven Kroon Sextet (Latin Jazz) August 14: Charansalsa (Salsa) August 21: Sounds of Deliverance (Gospel) August 28: The Dennis Day Ensemble (Soul Jazz) September 4: The Pedrito Martinez Group (Afro-Cuban Percussion)

The Grange Lyceum and John Brown Lives! presents
Dreaming of Timbuktoo Exhibit
2-6 p.m.
1610 NYS Route 22, Whallonsburg, NY
For information, contact: 518-962-4386; ghall@westelcom.com
Cost: Free
In 1846 and 1847 wealthy New York abolitionist Gerrit Smith, gave away 120,000 acres of Adirondack wilderness to 3,000 black New Yorkers to meet the requirements for voting rights. This exhibition uses images, documents and letters to tell the story of the settlement in North Elba, its connection with John Brown, and what happened to these Adirondackers.

BRONX SALSAFEST
Various locations in the Bronx
Admission: Free - $55
For more information and schedule of events: Please visit SalsaFest website or call 718-590-3527 / 718-590-3543 / 917-209-4974 /347-524-4727
In a tribute to the musical genre that gave the borough its popular nickname, “El Condado De La Salsa” (Salsa Borough), Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will host the first-ever Bronx SalsaFest July 7–10, featuring outdoor and indoor concerts, special tours, a salsa trolley, and of course, dancing. SalsaFest, which is produced by the Bronx Tourism Council at BOEDC and funded in part by a grant from the NYC & Company Foundation, kicks off with a Warm-Up Party on Thursday, July 7, at 7:00 p.m. at Pregones Theater (571 Walton Avenue). The free evening starts with a screening of the award-winning documentary by City Lore, From Mambo To Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale followed by a discussion on the history of salsa music by film co-producer Elena Martínez and multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria, who was inducted to the Bronx Walk of Fame in 2006 and appears in the film. Afterwards, professional dancer and instructor Elvis Collado, winner of the 2010 New York/ New Jersey Salsa Open Championship, and his partner Melanie Castillo will lead a demonstration and group lesson to get salseros ready for Salsafest weekend. On Saturday, July 9, salsa lovers are invited to pay tribute to the “Queen of Salsa,” Celia Cruz, as part of a narrated tour that features musical greats interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton. The tour highlight is the rare opportunity to view Ms. Cruz’s open mausoleum and take part in a musical tribute as conga and bongo players play at her gravesite. Tours are free and led by City Lore Folklorist, Elena Martínez. The tour will begin at 3:00 p.m. and again at 4:00 p.m., rain or shine. Reservations recommended, 718-920-1469.

Earlville Opera House presents
Dave Ruch – Just For Fun!
11 a.m.
Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main Street, Earlville, NY 13332, 315/691-3550
Free Family Concert
Please call to reserve your tickets so you know that you’ll have a seat! To make a reservation, we need your name, address, phone number, the number of children in your party and the county of residence. 315-691-3550 or email the office.
Dave brings along his banjo, guitar, bones, spoons, washboard and jaw harp for a special program full of musical fun. Audience members will delight in seeing and learning a bit about these instruments up close while enjoying some great participatory songs performed on each. Expect singalongs, movement songs, laughter, guessing games, even a few cartoon themes.....some audience members may find themselves on “stage” and join in the fun with Dave!

Caffè Lena presents
Jean Rohe Trio
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $14 advance / $16 at door (How to get tickets)
Jean Rohe is quickly becoming a gem of New York City’s jazz and Brazilian music scene. Her original compositions and fresh arrangements blend jazz, North American folk music, and Brazilian and Afro-Peruvian dance traditions. Her beautiful voice and captivating stage presence won her the audience favorite award at the Montreux Jazz Festival (2006). She followed up with shows everywhere from New York City's Birdland to Havana’s Teatro National. Her trio features three-part harmony singing and the talented Ilia Tsinadze on guitar, Liam Robinson on accordion, and Jean on mandolin and a cornucopia of Latin American percussion instruments. What sets Jean’s performances apart is the way she engages listeners in body, heart, and mind through captivating storytelling, astute, socially conscious lyrics, and lively rhythms and melodies, in a participatory experience that involves singing, clapping, or dancing along.

Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival
Experience What Moves You
Nazareth College, 4245 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618
All events, unless otherwise noted, will be held on the Nazareth College campus.
Visit boxoffice.naz.edu to order Dance Festival tickets for the four main stage performances (Garth Fagan Dance, Rochester City Ballet with FuturPointe, and the two performances of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company).
All other events during the Dance Festival are free and open to the public.
For more information, call 585-389-2170
Experience how dance can express an emotion, set a mood, tell a story or take your breath away. Experience the creative perspectives of the world’s most exciting choreographers and dancers. Experience what moves you! Festival Highlights include main-stage performances by the internationally acclaimed Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Garth Fagan Dance; and an exciting program with regional favorite Rochester City Ballet with FuturPointe Dance. Attend a discussion with dance luminaries Garth Fagan and Bill T. Jones, moderated by Deborah Ronnen. Join us for Dance Walk on ArtWalk: a parade, Performance Showcase and Community Dance event, led by native Rochesterian Daniel Gwirtzman and his NYC-based company. Bring a picnic dinner to campus for “Dancing on the Grass” programs. See the breath-taking exhibit, Of Flight and Shadow: Photographs by Ken Riemer, Featuring FuturPointe Dance. Download a complete Dance Festival guide.

Caffè Lena presents
Deni Bonet
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $16 advance / $18 at door (How to get tickets)
Not every classically-trained musician plays the violin like an air guitar! This spunky lady has a violin and a great sense of humor, and she plays regularly with the likes of Cyndi Lauper, R.E.M., Sarah McLachlan & Robyn Hitchcock. Her own songs are catchy, high-energy, and roots-based with smart, ironic lyrics. Utterly defying the stereotype of the angst-ridden singer-songwriter, Deni invites us all to “snap out of it!” when dealing with life’s inevitable problems.

Whallonsburg Grange Hall presents
Magpie in Concert
7:00 p.m.
1610 NYS Route 22, WHallonsburg, NY
For information, contact: 518-962-4386; ghall@westelcom.com
Cost: $6; under 16, $3
Magpie is the sum of two of the finest songwriters and performers of folk music today. Their harmonies, musicianship and presence make for an unforgettable evening of music.

Schroon Lake Arts Council presents its Boathouse Concert Series 2011
Art & Music in the Park
1 to 7 p.m.
The Boathouse, Schroon Lake (directions online)
Tickets: Adults $12, Students $5
Call Phone:(518) 532-9259 for more information
Kicking off this weekly series is a day of Art & Music in the Park with visual art on display from 1-5 p.m.; Martha Gallagher, harpist, performing from 2-4 p.m., and a bluegrass concert by Modern Grass from 5-7 p.m.

Earlville Opera House presents
Hot Club of Cowtown
8 p.m.
Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main Street, Earlville, NY 13332, 315/691-3550
Order tickets online: General admission is $18 and $16 with an EOH membership. Students are discounted to $13. Premium seating is available for added $5.
Words such as “fierce” and “explosive” describe the acoustic-powered western swing and jazz of Hot Club of Cowtown. The Austin-based trio mixes the western swing of Bob Wills with the hot jazz of Django Reinhardt into something downright combustible. This three-piece combo brings a youthful spirit to the traditional music of a bygone era with violinist-singer Elana James, singer-guitarist Whit Smith and upright bassist Jake Erwin.

Gangster, Writer, Rabbi Walking Tour
11 a.m.
Tours begin at The Museum at Eldridge Street/Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
Cost: $15 per person. RSVP required.
RSVP: hgriff@eldridgestreet.org
Gangster Big Jack Zelig, writer Sholem Aleichem and Rabbi Jacob Joseph all lived and died on the Lower East Side, and all three attracted thousands to their funeral processions. Follow the path of these solemn marches, and learn about the political, cultural and religious legacies of these larger-than-life figures.

Open to All
The Polish Community Center of Albany presents a
POLISH SUMMER FESTIVAL
1:30-7:00 p.m.
Polish Community Center, 225 Washington Ave Ext, Albany NY 12205, 518-456-3995
For reservations, please call Tom Raymond at 518-283-0129 or Frank Koslow at 518-456-1961
Admission $15; Children 16 and under free admission - Spacious Dance Floor - Plenty of Parking
The activities of the day will include music by the Polka Country Musicians; Polish-American kitchen on the premises, as-well-as take-out menu; Polish beer tasting, Basket raffle including Polish goodies basket, gift certificates, wine basket, Polish beer basket; home-made bake sale; childrens’ activities including Bouncy-Bounce; pierogi-making demonstration and participation; cultural exhibit; entertainment by St. Adalbert’s Folk Dance group.

Caffè Lena presents
John Hammond
With opener The Abrams Brothers
6 and 8:30 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $30 advance / $32 at door (How to get tickets)
2011 Blues Hall of Fame Inductee. 2011 Blues Music Award Nominee for Acoustic Artist of the Year. 2010 GRAMMY Nominee. Those are just some highlights from the last couple years. All of the Grammy and Blues Award wins and nominations during the past two decades are too numerous to list. As T. Bone Burnett describes this foremost American blues guitarist: “John Hammond is a master... He is a virtuoso. A Conjurer... A Modernist... John is in a very small circle of men with a guitar and a harmonica (that includes) Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf, Bob Dylan. The guitar is an orchestra. He’s sending messages. Storytelling. All mystery. Protection. The language goes out through the night...“ Hammond’s latest album, Rough and Tough, is his 33rd since his 1962 debut. It features his National Steel and Guild guitars and harmonica and includes songs by Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Blind Willie McTell and Tom Waits, along with originals. Opening the shows are The Abrams Brothers—John, James, and cousin Elijah. They are the youngest Canadian band to have played the Grand Ole Opry. Their latest album, Blue on Brown, pays tribute to the songs of Arlo Guthrie and Bob Dylan.

Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College presents its
2011 Cajun/Creole Week
Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Tuition: $440, plus lodging and meals
To register, specify “Cajun/Creole Week” and your major class/instrument and level.
Cajun/Creole Week Coordinator Lynne Terr has lined up a wonderful staff of the most respected Cajun and Creole musicians who will keep the dance pavilion throbbing. John Vidrine, Cory McCauley, Paul Daigle, and Walter Mouton are teaching accordion this year. Jason Frey, Edward Poullard, Al Berard, and Michelle Kaminsky will teach fiddle. Yvette Landry will teach bass. Randy Vidrine will teach Cajun Vocals. Jane Vidrine will teach guitar. Jackie Miller will be teaching Cajun cooking again this year. Optional one-on-one music instruction with Tracy Schwarz and one-on-one dance instruction with Millie Ortego will be available in the afternoon. With mini-courses, concerts, dances, and a mid-week party featuring Cajun gumbo, it’s a gala week of nonstop music and dancing.

Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College presents its
2011 Early Country Music Week
Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Tuition: $440, plus lodging and meals
To register, specify “Early Country Music Week”
Early Country Music is about life...This is the real country music from its roots with Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family, through folks like Kitty Wells, Merle Haggard, and Dolly Parton, to the soulful singing of George Jones and Vern Gosdin. During this week at Augusta, we will have the opportunity to explore this true American treasure of music with some of the most dedicated instructors in the country music scene today, including Bill Kirchen, Ginny Hawker and Courtney Granger, Barry & Holly Tashian, Carol McComb, Tracy Schwarz, Thomas Bryan Eaton and Karen Collins, and Ric Sweeney (mini-course). Vocal classes cover duet harmonies, Honky-Tonk styles, and more. Instrumental classes cover acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, fiddle, and traditional country electric lead guitar. Evenings are filled with jam sessions, public concerts and Cajun and Honky-Tonk dances in Augusta’s beautiful open air dance pavilion.

Schroon Lake Arts Council presents its Boathouse Concert Series 2011
Jamcrackers
Dan Berggren, Peggy Lynn & Dan Duggan
8 p.m.
The Boathouse, Schroon Lake (directions online)
Tickets: Adults $12, Students $5
Call Phone:(518) 532-9259 for more information
Jamcrackers returns again to our Boathouse Theater. Peggy Lynn, referred to by poet Maurice Kenny as “The Voice of the Mountains,” is recognized for her soulful songwriting and extraordinary vocal versatility. Dan Duggan is known nationally for his wizardry on hammered dulcimer and flat picking guitar, and is the recipient of the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship. Adding to his extensive array of recordings, Dan has recently released a new album of original airs and waltzes called Once in a Blue Moon. Dan Berggren has been collecting, writing and singing folk music of the Adirondacks for the past 30 years. Growing up in the Adirondack Mountains, Dan has developed a style that captures the spirit of those mountains. Dan has released nine albums including Ten Miles to Saturday Night, Cloudsplitter, and Rooted in the Mountains. Dan is professor emeritus of audio and radio studies at the State University of New York College at Fredonia State University.

El Taller Boricua presents SALSA WEDNESDAYS Doors open 5:30 p.m. 1680 Lexington Avenue, 105 St. & 106 St., The 6 Train to 103rd St., New York, 212/831-4333 Beginning at 6 p.m.: Arts & Crafts at Salsa Please contact Taina Traverso for reservations and general information: 646.331.8956 July 13 Ralphy Sabater Jr. Y Su Orchestra Celebrating Ralphy Jr.’s Birthday Arts & Crafts — Graphic art by Arieana Rodriguez, Paintings by Tanya Torress, Graphic T-shirts by Luis Cordero Santoni of Cemí Underground and wearable art by Nanette Sanchez-Velasquez of Old Earth Creates! July 20 Wayne Corbea’s Salsa Picante July 27 Tipica 73 Celebrating Jimmy Delgado’s Birthday

Los Pleneros de la 21 presents
EXPRESIONES SACUDIDAS – desde la Punta ‘el pie hasta la Coronilla
Thursday, Friday 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturday 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
1680 Lexington Avenue Room 213, New York, NY 10029
For information, contact: plenereos21@gmail.com, 212-427-5221
Cost: $30 per session, discounts available!
Join Julia Gutierrez-Rivera, Los Pleneros de la 21’s lead dancer, teacher and one of today’s most dynamic Bomba dancers in the 3rd and last cycle of LP21’s Un Paso Alante summer series in 3 days of Un Paso Alante classes that bring forth what many have been asking for—intensive Bomba dance sessions that focus on the technique, the art and the passion of Bomba dancing. For three consecutive days, dancers will learn how to navigate this powerful dance form, using different body and movement techniques, skirt work and more! Hailed as a top Bomba dancer of her generation, Julia Gutierrez-Rivera has been giving classes since the early 2000s. As a member of LP21’s Bomba and Plena Community Workshop’s inaugural class, and a dancer/performer working with several Bomba and Plena ensembles and music groups nationally, Julia bridges the knowledge of many elders with the energy of today’s youth.
As the final cycle of the 2011 installment of Un Paso Alante, registrants can get access to great discounts when they pre-register by July 8th, or when they register for either of the previous cycles in June (see June 10-11 for first in series, and see June 23-25 for the third in the series). At intensive dance classes, previous knowledge in Bomba dance or dance in general is highly recommended. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity! For more information or to register: www.losplenerosdela21.org

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Walsh Farm, Oak Hill, NY
Call 888.946.8495 or 315.404.5738 for more information
Buy tickets online. Advanced Ticket Sale: May 1 thru June 30 $165 with Camping Included
Grey Fox is famous for presenting a wide range of bluegrass styles—from old time and traditional bluegrass to contemporary and new grass along with some of the best dance bands in the business. Featuring Sam Bush, Del McCoury, O’Brien Party of Seven, J.D. Crowe & the New South, SteelDrivers, Peter Rowan, Yonder Mountain String Band, Claire Lynch, Michael Cleveland & Flame Keeper, Gibson Brothers, Infamous Stringdusters, Boxcars, Tony Trischka, Greensky Bluegrass, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Crooked Still, Rockin’ Acoustic Circus, Hillbenders, Della Mae, Monroeville, Donna the Buffalo, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Dixie Bee-Liners, Red Stick Ramblers, John Kirk & Trish Miller, Fiddlestyx and SO many more! View the complete line-up. In addition to the Main and Dance Stages, Grey Fox offers an intimate Masters Stage and a big grin-producing Family Stage for kids of all ages. In addition to performance venues, Grey Fox offers hands-on learning sessions at the Grass Roots Tent.

Caffè Lena presents
Beaucoup Blue
With Special Guest Greg Klyma
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance / $17 at door (How to get tickets)
David and Adrian Mowry of Beaucoup Blue identify their musical influences as blues, folk, soul, R&B, jazz, country and bluegrass. Or, if you have to use one word to sum it up, Americana. Based in Philadelphia, this father-and-son duo offer reverential, arrestingly soulful songs on a handsome range of instruments, and blend voices like only family members can. These days Beaucoup Blue is getting heavy radio and internet play, and is a favorite of magazine reviewers. “Their voices work superbly together, frequently attaining a mesmeric panache that must be thrilling to view in person. Beaucoup Blue is a versatile, imaginative team that has something to say and say it with an adventurous sense of personality from the bottom of their hearts.”—Sing Out! Opener Greg Klyma of Buffalo, NY is the quintessential folk troubadour. With a quick wit and a reverence for the folksingers of yesteryear, Greg’s rollicking stories flow seamlessly into songs, evoking the spirit of Mark Twain, Woody Guthrie, and David Sedaris.

Earlville Opera House presents
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
8 p.m.
Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main Street, Earlville, NY 13332, 315/691-3550
Order tickets online: $30, $28 EOH member, $25 student. ($5 premium seating charge in the first four rows)
Since his apprenticeship some 45 years ago with Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, roots music icon Peter Rowan has blazed trails across an unsurpassed angle of musical territory. Now, with producer Alison Brown at the helm of his Compass Records debut, LEGACY, he revisits the style that launched his career. Backed by his veteran touring Bluegrass Band (Jody Stecher, Keith Little, Paul Knight) and a handful of guests that include fellow Monroe graduate Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings and Tim O’Brien, Rowan delivers a hefty dose of inspired singing and traditionally-informed but fresh original songs that bear his unmistakable stamp. From the searing “The Family Demon” through the delicious “So Good” and the ominous drive of “Jailer Jailer,” LEGACY is a compelling set that reaffirms Rowan’s stature as an unsurpassed master of the music’s “ancient tones”—and its modern forms.

Bowery Arts + Science and City Lore announce
SING IN ME, O MUSE!
New York’s Greek Community Honors Its Poetic Heritage with a special visit by the POEMobile
8:00-10:00 p.m.
The Federation of Hellenic Societies, Stathakion Center, 22-51 29th Street, Astoria, NY 11105 (N, Q to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd)
Admission: Free, RSVP required. For more information and reservations: 212-529-1955, x 308 or cfletcher@citylore.org
On Friday, July 15th, a special visit by the POEMobile, projections of poems on the side of the Hell Gate Bridge, and performances of poetry and music will mark the hundredth anniversary year of the birth of Greece’s Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis. New York’s Greek-American poetry community will honor its cultural heritage with SING IN ME, O MUSE! a performance of poetry, music, and dance at the Federation of Hellenic Societies sponsored by Bowery Arts + Science, City Lore, and the Federation. Dean Kostos, editor of Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry, Nicholas Samaras, winner of the Yale Younger Poets Award, Penelope Karageorge, and Sylvia Mouzourou will read their poems on the subjects of love, longing, homeland, and exile accompanied by building-sized projections of text from their poems. The poems will be projected from the roof of the POEMobile, a handpainted truck and travelling cinema of words, onto the exterior of the Federation’s headquarters in Astoria and the Hell Gate Bridge. Additional projections will include the poems of Elytis himself as well as Sappho, Aeschylus, Ritsos, and Cavafy and be accompanied by traditional music by the Greek Folk Ensemble. The Greek-American Folklore Society will perform two sets of dances: one from the mainland and one from the islands.

Tullamore Celtic Band & Drumcliffe School of Dance at Sonnenberg
8-10 p.m.
Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua, 585-394-4922
Cost: $9 adults, $7 for Sonnenberg members, $4 for youth 6-17, ages 5 and under are free
n addition to Celtic music and dance, there will be a Fairy Garden Lighting in the Japanese Garden at 7:30 p.m. Horse and carriage rides, wine by the glass, and light refreshments available for purchase. Mansion open for tours. Bring lawnchairs or blankets. This year’s performance venue will be the newly renovated veranda of the Mansion. Rain or shine.

Caffè Lena presents
See the Future! Saturday Night Sampler
Featuring Twangtown Paramours and Nate & Kate
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $10 at door
Our popular “See the Future!” series continues with two romantic and musical duos whose excellent work is helping to create a brilliant future for folk music. Come sample what’s fresh and new in the folk world at a price that’s right! Our costs are underwritten by the New York State Council on the Arts, enabling us to give you an amazing bargain. The music of The Twangtown Paramours (“Twangtown” as in Nashville, "Paramour" as in they're an item) has been called "Sophisticated Americana," and is a hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes. After spending last summer on the Folk DJ and Country Roots charts, the Paramours were named one of the Artists on the Verge for 2011 by Bluegrass Special magazine, and in May they were chosen as finalists in the prestigious Kerrville New Folk competition. And, perhaps most relevant to the Caffè Lena audience, they receive high praise from Albany's own Queen of the Folk DJs, Wanda Fisher. Nate and Kate from Ithaca are central New York's folk superheroes. This spunky duo delivers a mix of heartfelt modern folk songs, humor, and juggling (yes, you read that right) that adds up to a completely unique and dynamic show fit for old, young, and all in between. They update old-time sounds for younger listeners, blending shades of blues, ragtime, music hall, and gospel. Their fresh, vivacious energy breathes new life into this tried and true musical form.

Caffè Lena presents
Nisky Dixie Cats
7 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $10 advance / $12 at door (How to get tickets)
The Nisky Dixie Cats are an 8-piece, family-friendly band dedicated to playing tuneful, Dixieland-style music. They aim to have fun and sound good, and boy do they ever succeed! Come tap your toes to the songs of Jelly Roll Morton and other greats of America’s original jazz. The current line-up is Lynne Colose on saxophone, Dave Crump on vocals and guitar, Randy Jennings on bass, Don Nania on trumpet, Tom Pratt on clarinet, Dave Rhodes on trombone, Marion Rhodes on piano, and Chandler Rowell drums.

Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College presents its
2011 Blues Week
Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Tuition: $440, plus lodging and meals
To register, specify “Blues Week” and your main instrument (or vocals).
Blues Week, in its 27th year at Augusta in 2011, unites aspiring students with some of the world’s finest blues musicians to celebrate a classic form of American roots music. A wide variety of blues guitar styles and techniques will be taught in Blues Week’s classes by Stan Hirsch, Mike Lightnin’ Wells, Mary Flower, Steve James, Andy Cohen, Jake Heck, Elijah Wald, and Rich DelGrosso. Blues mandolin will be taught by Steve James. Blues repertoire for mandolin, fiddle, and voice will be taught by Andra Faye. Piano will be taught by Daryl Davis, Ann Rabson, Erwin Helfer, and Judy LaPrade. Eduardo “Lalo” Garcia will be teaching blues bass. Teaching blues harmonica will be Joe Filisko, Phil Wiggins, Allen Holmes, and Dennis Gruenling. (All levels of harmonica will work with all four instructors during the week.) Gaye Adegbalola will teach blues vocals. Blues Duos (a class for harmonica, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle covering arrangements and the art of working together) will be taught by Joe Filisko and Rich DelGrosso. The talented Roddy Barnes, in addition to supporting the blues vocal classes, will be on hand for piano accompaniment and assistance, as well as teaching a Gospel Singing mini-course. Jake Heck will teach the Band Lab. Maria Woodford will give the Blues Week teens a workout by organizing and supporting Teen Bands in their own band lab in the afternoons. Elijah Wald will teach Dave Van Ronk guitar arrangements as well as present lectures on the rich blues history in the afternoons on a variety of topics. Ian Walters and Roddy Barnes will be on hand as staff musicians. Blues Week coordinator Rich DelGrosso will host daily group sessions, and the Ice House campus pub will host its legendary jams nightly. Concerts, informal sessions, dances, and a Wednesday night “Blues Week Party” all will give students many opportunities to interact with the Blues Week staff. Optional mini-courses will be available in the evenings on a variety of subjects.

Schroon Lake Arts Council presents its Boathouse Concert Series 2011
Flipsydz
A Cappella Doo Wap
8 p.m.
The Boathouse, Schroon Lake (directions online)
Tickets: Adults $12, Students $5
Call Phone:(518) 532-9259 for more information
The Flipsydz group creats a sound from the golden oldies reminiscent of American Bandstand. The group concentrates on performing a cappella (without instrumentation) evoking memories from the groups of the 1950s and 1960s singing doo wap on the street corners of Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Composed of Roy Dell, Tom Torebka, Pete Avilles, and Stan Simkins this local group has many years of experience in the music field.

El Museo del Barrio presents
Joann Jimenez presents ¡WEPA! at El Museo Del Barrio’s Wepa Wednesdays
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street), New York, NY 10029, 212.831.7272
Admission: FREE
Resident DJ
Antonio Ocasio (Tribal Winds) & guests
Spinning Afro-House & Latin Soul
Grab a friend and join us for FREE extended Gallery hours, live DJ-in-Residence, and specials at El Café and La Tienda. This celebration is based on Afro-Latino roots, re-creating “the way it was on the block” vibe they experienced growing up as Neoyorquinos. Their soundscape incorporates the wide range of their culture’s musical wealth, blending Afro-Cuban, Latino Tribal, Orisha chants and straight up percussive rhythms mixed in with old salsa classics and other lovely sounds that live inside them…house music. ¡Wepa! pays homage to the music that influenced them as youngsters, and celebrates a new generation of music that echoes it.

Finger Lakes 21th Annual GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance
Trumansburg Fairgrounds, Trumansburg, NY (10 miles north of Ithaca, NY on Rt. 96)
Tickets: Order online
The festival is presented over a four day period (Thursday-Sunday) on four stages which run ridiculously long hours to accommodate the 60 some bands that play the festival. The band selection reflects the eclectic tastes of our ‘amorphous committee,’ a difficult to nail down group of musicians and artists who lean toward roots related and world music. GrassRoots doesn’t hesitate to bring you great music you’ve never heard of before. Every year wonderful new bands are discovered and presented along with many old and true friends.The schedule is available online.

Caffè Lena presents
Paul Geremia
With opener L.B. Walker
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $18 advance / $20 at door (How to get tickets)
Paul Geremia is your classic bluesman, raconteur, and road warrior. He has travelled the globe since 1966, during which time he has earned a rock solid reputation as a fingerpicker, songwriter, and scholar of early jazz and blues. Playing six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica, piano, and singing in a husky, whiskey-and-heartbreak voice, Paul has an innate sense of the humor and drama of his songs. He mixes classics by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Scrapper Blackwell and Blind Blake with his original compositions to create a show that has received endless accolades in the U.S.A. and Europe. Opening tonight’s show is local bluesman L.B. Walker bringing us the street sounds of Memphis, the soul of the Delta, and the rhythms of North Mississippi.

Cranberry Dulcimer & Autoharp Gathering 2011
New York State University campus in Cobleskill, NY
For more information, call (518) 283-4769 or email langley.clms@gmail.com
Download Cranberry Registration Form
Download Cranberry Gathering Reservation Form (for lodging and meals).
The CRANBERRY is a three-day gathering of musicians who come together to share the joy of making music. Featured performers include Sue Carpenter, Mountain Dulcimer; Bill Spence, Hammered Dulcimer ; and Bryan Bowers, Autoharp. The full 2011 schedule and list of mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, autoharp, and special workshops, as well as scheduled jams, are available online.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Dodds Farm, just off Route 22 north of Hillsdale, New York
For more information, contact info@falconridgefolk.com
FRFF Ticket Hotline 866-325-2744 or order online
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is a three-day community of folk music and dance at the foot of the Berkshires in east-central New York State. Artists for 2011 include Greg Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter, CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky, Susan Werner, Red Molly, Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams and many more! The list of performers is available online. On-site camping is available.

Storytelling Camp at Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Life Center: 1.5 hours N of Albany, NY, Take exit 28 of the Northway, I-87, turn right and go 6 miles east. Watch for the PYRAMID LIFE CENTER sign
Cost: $130. Register online at pyramidlife.org.
For more information, call Marni at 518/381-9474 or email marnigillard@earthlink.net
Storyteller Marni Gillard is joined by Massachusetts tellers Laura Packer and Kevin Brooks at this annual event. The workshops are experiential, playful, and insight-filled. According to Marni, “We try on characters, story structures, and both mythical and memorable scenes. This doesn’t FEEL like school, yet we never stop learning from each other and our tales. No evaluations, and not many rules. Simply appreciation for creativity, curiosity, communication, and courage.” Registration cost includes meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, plus snacks and drinks available in dining hall) and housing, as well as a campfire story concert, a Sunday participant story swap (optional), four 75-minute workshops, private coaching (if interested), play time for hikes, swimming in a gorgeous lake, walk to waterfall or time for reading, meditation, or loon-listening.

Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders announces
ENCUENTRO DE SONEROS EN NY
Locations: Barbès, 376 9th Street, Brooklyn NY 11215; Boat @ Marble Hill, 52 Marble Hill Avenue, Bronx NY 10463; Brooklyn Music School, 126 St. Felix Street, Brooklyn NY 11217; Casa Mezcal, 86 Orchard Street, NY 10002; Terraza 7 Train Café: 40-19 Gleane Street, Queens, NY 11373
Workshop prices: 1 class $15, series of 3 (zapateado or jarana) $40, series of 6 (zapateado and jarana) $70
Centuries old music and dance of Veracruz comes alive through the musical collaboration of SONANDO SUR and JARANA BEAT in a week of concerts, workshops and fandangos for New York’s first Encuentro de Soneros, bringing together son jarocho groups from Mexico and New York, all to be featured in an upcoming documentary. Veracruz is a vibrant region of Mexico with a rich history of music, most notably Son Jarocho, a unique centuries old Mexican music genre that originated in the colonial era and fuses Spanish, indigenous and African rhythms to create a musical poetry that is a central part of the musical heritage of the region. Son Jarocho is experiencing a resurgence of interest through the works of young musicians who experienced the history of the genre through their elders, and are now reinterpreting a modern historical continuation of the music and a devotion to exposing new generations to the Son Jarocho heritage. SONANDO SUR is a collaboration between three Veracruz based musicians who are bringing the rich history of Son Jarocho music and dance to the global stage. The music is rich in poetry, and performed with traditional instruments such as jarana, requinto, and quijada, accompanied by zapateado dancing as the main percussion instrument. They will be joined by members of JARANA BEAT, Juan Lucero on the requinto and Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza (musical director) on the leona.
Schedule of events:
Friday, 22 July
8 p.m. SONANDO SUR presents documentary, concert and fandango at the Boat at Marble Hill
Saturday, 23 July
9 p.m. SONANDO SUR presents documentary, concert and fandango at Casa Mezcal
Sunday, 24 July
12:30 p.m. JARANA BEAT family concert and fandango at Terraza 7 Train Café
Tuesday, 26 July
5-6 p.m. Workshop (int/adv zapateado) at Mano a Mano – Brooklyn Music School
6-7 p.m. Workshop (beginner’s zapateado) at Mano a Mano – Brooklyn Music School
Wednesday. 27 July
5-6 p.m. Workshop (int/adv zapateado) at Mano a Mano – Brooklyn Music School
6-7 p.m. Workshop (beginner’s zapateado) at Mano a Mano – Brooklyn Music School
Thursday, 28 July
5-6 p.m. Workshop (int/adv jarana) at Terraza 7 Train Café
6-7 p.m. Workshop (beginner’ jarana) at Terraza 7 Train Café
10 p.m. SONANDO SUR concert and fandango at at Barbès
Friday, 29 July
5-6 p.m. Workshop (int/adv jarana) at Terraza 7 Train Café
6-7 p.m. Workshop (beginner’s jarana) at Terraza 7 Train Café
10 p.m. SONANDO SUR concert and fandango at Terraza 7 Train Café
Saturday, 30 July
2-3 p.m. Workshop (int/adv jarana) at Terraza 7 Train Café
3-4 p.m. Workshop (beginner’s jarana) at Terraza 7 Train Café
4-5 p.m. Workshop (int/adv zapateado) at Terraza 7 Train Café
5-6 p.m. Workshop (beginner’s zapateado) at Terraza 7 Train Café
9:30 p.m. ENCUENTRO DE SONEROS EN NY with Son de Montón, Sonando Sur & Jarana Beat at Terraza 7 Train Café

El Museo del Barrio presents
El Barrio Today Walking Tour
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Departs from El Museo del Barrio lobby, 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street), New York, NY 10029, 212.831.7272
Admission: FREE. RSVP required.
El Barrio Today Arts Cluster invites you to come explore our neighborhood. Highlights include the Graffiti Wall of Fame, Julia de Burgos Boulevard, local murals and much more. The El Barrio Today Arts Cluster is comprised of local organizations who have joined forces to raise awareness about the cultural richness of the area.

Caffè Lena presents
Boréal Tordu
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance / $17 at door (How to get tickets)
“Friendly reminder from Boréal Tordu: Cajun wasn’t born on the Bayou.“ As these Acadians from down east will tell you, Cajun music was born in Maine when French traders first tightened their fiddle bows there in 1604. Four hundred years later, this talented foursome keeps their musical tradition rocking with footstomping fiddle tunes for a new generation. The result is a rhythmically unstoppable, lyrically fantastic blend of French-Canadian traditions with original Americana sensibilities. Their 2006 release La Bonne Vie was called “an inspiration to the Franco-American community” by Dirty Linen Magazine,. The band features fiddler/accordionist Steve Muise, and Acadian singer-songwriter and dobro player Rob Sylvain, known for his work in the band Douce with Matthew Doucet of Lafayette, Louisiana. Rounding out the rhythm section is Pip Walter on guitar and backing vocals, and Andy Buckland on upright bass.

The Arts Center of the Capital Region presents
STORY COOKING: BRAZILIAN FAMILY
Noon - 2:30 p.m.
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, 265 River Street, Troy, NY 12180, (518) 273-0552
Cost: Members $34, Non-members $38
Join Brazilian-American artist/chef Ellie Markovitch and her mother Celeste, for an intimate culinary arts workshop that goes far beyond your average cooking class by transporting you to a kitchen in Brazil , for a true home-cooking experience, complete with recipe family secrets–the ultimate shared food experience! Students will be introduced to rare ingredients, preparation techniques, receive a recipe and share a meal together. Dishes prepared will feature regional Northern Brazilian cuisine. Space is limited, please register in advance!

Yiddishe Mamas Walking Tour
11 a.m.
Tours begin at The Museum at Eldridge Street/Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
Cost: $15 per person. RSVP required.
RSVP: hgriff@eldridgestreet.org
Follow in the footsteps of strong-willed women associated with our gateway neighborhood. Hear about free-thinker Emma Goldman, Henry Street founder Lillian Wald, and mikvah operator Gittel Natelson. Stops include the Lower East Side’s old red light district, NYC’s oldest operating mikvah, and former famed shops and eateries.

GoArt! invites you to an
Accordion Fest
1-5 p.m.
Hickory Ridge Golf & Country Club, 15816 Lynch Road, Holley, NY
Cost: $5 donation; 18 & under free. Refreshments available
For more information, call 585-343-9313 or email info@goart.org
Featuring Nordanvind, The Buffalo Touch, and Irish, Italian, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, and Polish Squeezebox Music. Enter to win a keyboard, ukelele or guitar from Roxy’s Music. Plus open mike, demos, and jam sessions. Presented by the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council, Hickory Ridge Golf & Country Club, and Roxy’s Music, with support from the New York State Council on the Arts.

Caffè Lena presents
John Kribs
7 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $12 advance / $14 at door (How to get tickets)
Ace guitarist John Kribs, familiar to area concertgoers for his affiliations with the Racquette River Rounders, Johnny and the Triumphs, and the McKrells, stepped into the spotlight in 2000 as a solo artist. His songs are rooted in folk and bluegrass but span spoken-word, up-tempo pop, and solo intimacy. An accomplished guitarist, John is equally at ease on mandolin and clawhammer banjo. His voice has been described by reviewers as “clear,” “smooth,” “haunting” and “captivating.”

1st Annual Philadelphia Tibetan Festival of Life
A Celebration of Tibetan Art and Culture
4-7 p.m.
Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, 22nd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Tickets: $15 or what you can afford, available at the door
For more information visit www.TibetanBuddhist.org
To RSVP, please contact Ashley Porter at ashleykaypotter@yahoo.com The festival includes traditional prayer and chant, Tibetan dance and music, sand mandala painting, arts and crafts vendors, light refreshments and more. All proceeds benefit the Tibetan Schools Fund and the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center Capital Campaign Fund.

Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College presents its
2011 Irish / Celtic Week
Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Tuition: $440, plus lodging and meals
To register, specify To register, specify “Irish/Celtic Week” and your instructor and class.
Augusta has contributed to the growth of a vibrant Celtic music and dance scene in America for over 3 decades. Irish/Celtic Week 2011 celebrates the very best in Celtic craft, folklore, music and dance. Students choose one subject and one instructor for intensive classes that meet each morning and afternoon. Join lively Ceili sessions, swap ballads with master musicians, or just settle into a morning slow session led by experienced staff. Optional evening mini-courses complement the week’s Celtic theme. Tuesday & Thursday concerts feature world-class performers, and there’s Ceili and set dancing every night.

Schroon Lake Arts Council presents its Boathouse Concert Series 2011
Boréal Tordu
8 p.m.
The Boathouse, Schroon Lake (directions online)
Tickets: Adults $12, Students $5
Call Phone:(518) 532-9259 for more information
Boréal Tordu — Maine Acadians have been harboring a rich musical culture underground for generations. Now, there is a new music rising up out of Maine steeped in that tradition with a fresh take on familiar ground. Boréal Tordu has played to enthusiastic English and French speaking audiences throughout New England, The Adirondacks in NY, Quebec, and the Canadian Maritimes. They have been featured three times on Maine’s 207, NPR, CIFA Radio 104.1 Nova Scotia, WMPG 90.9 Portland, ME, CBC Radio Canada, Lakes Region Radio 94.1 Poultney, VT and Robert Resnick’s, All the Traditions on Vermont Public Radio.

Neighborhood Preservation Center presents
Preservation Vision Café 3: Preservation and the Sustainable City
6-8 p.m.
Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street, NYC, NY 10003
COst: $10; RSVP is required. Space is limited to 20.
RSVP: Call 212.228.2781 or email info@neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org
Part-guided discussion, part-networking session, each Preservation Vision Café transforms the Neighborhood Preservation Center into that local watering hole where bartender and a regular embark on a conversation that grows to engage everyone at the bar. A synopsis of the discussion and the recipes of cocktails served will be written up for distribution after the program. Recaps of the previous cafés can be found on the Preservation Vision Café program page and photos are on our Picasa site.

Place and the Digital Native: Using technology and social media to
Teach the Hudson Valley
FDR Home and Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY
To register, visit the web site for more information.
Students—and growing numbers of teachers and site staff—are digital natives. iPods, wikis, online collections and collaborations, PDAs, virtual tours, and more, are second nature to them. At this year’s institute we’ll uncover ways to use these proliferating tools to build community and teach about special places. Tuesday morning’s kick-off is, Would the Lorax or FDR Tweet? Thoughts on Technology in Place-Based Education. This year’s keynote speaker is Dina Strasser, an 11-year veteran of ESA and ELA middle school classrooms, former Fulbright scholar, and NYS Master Teacher. Select from more than 15 workshops offered on Tuesday and Thursday. Wednesday will once again be dedicated to field experiences. Visit the Revolutionary War-era Fishkill Supply Depot. Meet curators from five regional art collections at the Samuel Dorsky Art Museum in New Paltz. Delve into the science of place at Norrie Point or the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum. Check out the program for workshop descriptions, field experience options, and more information.

Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center and Auburn B.I.D. present
Market Street Concert Series
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Market Street Park, Auburn, NY (rain location: Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, 205 Genesee St., Auburn, NY)
For more information, contact Connie Reilly, Executive Director of Auburn B.I.D., (315) 252-7874/ Allison Graff, Program Coordinator at SMAC, 315-255-1553
Cost: Free
Please bring your own lawn chairs and sit in the park under the trees for a delightful summer evening filled with joyful African music!
6:00-6:45 p.m.: Wacheva Cultural Arts African drums and dance from Ivory Coast
7:00-8:00 p.m.: Kambuyu Marimba Ensemble

El Museo del Barrio presents
Joann Jimenez presents ¡WEPA! at El Museo Del Barrio’s Wepa Wednesdays
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street), New York, NY 10029, 212.831.7272
Admission: FREE
Resident DJ
Antonio Ocasio (Tribal Winds) & guests
Spinning Afro-House & Latin Soul
Grab a friend and join us for FREE extended Gallery hours, live DJ-in-Residence, and specials at El Café and La Tienda. This celebration is based on Afro-Latino roots, re-creating “the way it was on the block” vibe they experienced growing up as Neoyorquinos. Their soundscape incorporates the wide range of their culture’s musical wealth, blending Afro-Cuban, Latino Tribal, Orisha chants and straight up percussive rhythms mixed in with old salsa classics and other lovely sounds that live inside them…house music. ¡Wepa! pays homage to the music that influenced them as youngsters, and celebrates a new generation of music that echoes it.

39th Annual Fiddlers’ Picnic Festival
Featuring George Wilson
North American Fiddlers’ Hall of Fame and Museum, 1121 Comins Road, Osceola, New York, 315-599-7009
Offering Daylong Fiddle Workshops
Cost: Weekend Performance Pass: $12; $5 for Friday Evening, Saturday evening, or Sunday afternoon only; $35 for daylong Friday workshop including lunch and Friday evening performance pass
The New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers’ Association’s 39th annual picnic festival features multi-talented Northeast Fiddler George Wilson with his guitarist Tom Hodgson. Sign up for workshops online.

Caffè Lena presents
Spampinato Brothers
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $20 advance / $22 at door (How to get tickets)
Two Members of the legendary band NRBQ (New Rhythm and Blues Quartet), Joey and Johnny Spampinato, have launched a new band, The Spampinato Brothers. These guys rock…enough said. In addition to singing, songwriting, and playing bass for NRBQ, Joey Spampinato played on Keith Richards’ album Talk Is Cheap, Bonnie Raitt’s Fundamental, and was one of the bassists on Eric Clapton’s 24 Nights: Live From Albert Hall in 1991. Johnny Spampinato, the personable left-handed guitar slinger, continues to provide vocal and writing talents to NRBQ and was part of the band’s lineup when they appeared on “The Simpsons” both live and as animated characters. Now, Joey and Johnny are doing what they always knew was their destiny: to write, record and perform music together as The Spampinato Brothers. They are joined by Aaron Spade on guitar and Jay Cournoyer on drums.

Lowell National Historical Park presents the
Lowell Folk Festival
Friday 6:00-10:00 p.m., Saturday 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Sunday 11:00 a.m.-5 p.m.
Downtown Lowell, Massachusetts (67 Kirk St Lowell, MA 01852)
Cost: Free
For information, call 978-275-1705
Don’t miss the largest free folk festival in the United States,this year celebrating its 25th anniversary, featuring live bands on six downtown stages, delicious ethnic food, children’s activities, and arts and crafts demonstrations. The celebration begins Friday evening with the downtown parade!

El Museo del Barrio presents
El Barrio Today Walking Tour
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Departs from El Museo del Barrio lobby, 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street), New York, NY 10029, 212.831.7272
Admission: FREE. RSVP required.
El Barrio Today Arts Cluster invites you to come explore our neighborhood. Highlights include the Graffiti Wall of Fame, Julia de Burgos Boulevard, local murals and much more. The El Barrio Today Arts Cluster is comprised of local organizations who have joined forces to raise awareness about the cultural richness of the area.

Caffè Lena presents
See the Future! Saturday Night Sampler
Featuring Frank Fotusky & Will Scarlett and The Buskers
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $10 at door
Come try our hugely popular “See the Future!” series. These shows offer a sample of the excellent artists who are creating a brilliant future for the world of folk music. Underwritten by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, the tickets are an incredible bargain at only $10. Tonight we feature two ensembles notable for their superb instrumental talents. New Jersey’s Frank Fotusky plays acoustic blues in the style reminiscent of the great Piedmont players such as Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller, John Jackson, and Blind Willie McTell to name a few. A majority of his material is culled from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, but with this he blends original tunes rooted in the syncopated, finger-picked Piedmont Blues style. Tonight Frank will be joined by harmonica ace Will Scarlett, a legendary member of the Berkeley, CA music scene since the late ’60s. Scarlett has performed and recorded with a huge a variety of top artists including Brownie McGhee, Hot Tuna, the bluegrass group Old and in the Way, David Bromberg, Rosalie Sorrels, Steve Mann, David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, and a number of Zydeco artists including Clifton Chenier and Buckwheat Zydeco. The Buskers are “folk impurists” from the state of Vermont with a smart, distinct voice and a kitchen sink repertoire where they mix everything from jug band and jazz to roots rock. Their sound is defined by deep respect for the craft of songwriting and arranging and a shared love for the inventive possibilities of improvisation.

Caffè Lena presents
Motherjudge, Sten Isachsen and Mike Bisio
7 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $12 advance / $14 at door (How to get tickets)
With muses ranging from Hank Williams and Ella Fitzgerald to swampy rhythms and deep gospel soul, MotherJudge’s painterly lyrics, soaring vocals and generous arrangements showcase a broad songbook of originals and well chosen covers. Sten Isachsen is an in-demand guitar and mandolin player with Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys, Harold Ford & The Cash Band as well as classical guitarist with Musicians of Ma’alwyck. Isachsen and Michael Bisio will play a set of traditional and fiddle tunes informed by improv jazz. Slideman Kevin Maul (Burns Sisters, Lustre Kings, The Nellies) contributes pedal steel and dobro to this evening of Americana soul.

Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College presents its
2011 Bluegrass Week
Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Tuition: $440, plus lodging and meals
To register, specify To register, specify “Bluegrass Week” and your your instrument/vocal level.
For 2011, Bluegrass Week coordinator, John Rossbach, brings together a spectacular lineup yet for Augusta’s 28th year of Bluegrass Week. The staff of legendary bluegrass figures will share their talents with students in workshops, demonstrations, special presentations, concerts and picking sessions throughout the week. A bluegrass vocals class is offered again this year. Informal picking sessions at all levels will go on into the wee hours all over campus as students get together with old friends and make new ones. Evening concerts will feature exciting combinations of master bluegrass artists with special guests. J. D. Crowe is the 2011 Bluegrass Guest Master Artist. Teaching banjo will be Jim Mills, Carl Jackson, and Ned Luberecki. Guitar will be taught by Josh Williams, Tim Stafford, and Tyler Grant. Fiddle classes will be handled by Byron Berline, Jim Buchanan, and Tammy Rogers. Mandolin instructors will be Mike Compton, Sharon Gilchrist, and Herschel Sizemore. Dobro/Resonator Guitar will be taught by Rob Ickes and Mark Panfil. Mike Fleming will teach Bass. Bluegrass Vocals instructors are Dudley Connell and Sally Love. Staff Musicians for the week are Mary Burdette, Ira Gitlin, Neel Brown, and John Seebach.

A once-in-200 years opportunity A War of 1812 Commemorative Bicentennial Quilting Challenge Sponsored by The Seaway Trail Foundation We invite you to make an authenic 1812 reproduction quilt for the 2012 Great Lakes Seaway Trail Quilt show. Quilting is a popular cultural and arts heritage, even nature, travel theme for the Great Lakes Seaway Trail byway that has clusters of both traditional and modern day quilt makers Trailwide. The Great Lakes Seaway Trail Quilt Show is held annually at the Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor, NY. For more information, Call: 315-646-1000 x202 or x203 or email lynette@seawaytrail.com. Respond by January 15, 2012 if you intend to participate and receive a registration packet. Guidelines are available online. Visit the blog at www.1812quiltchallenge.blogspot.com to see new fabric collections and links from the 1812 era and other tidbits of interesting information for the quilt project!

CALL FOR PAPERS The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites Abstracts (sessions, papers and posters) for the Program of the 72nd Annual Meeting: “Bays, Boundaries, and Borders.” In Baltimore, MD, March 27-31, 2012. The Society is a multi-disciplinary association that focuses on problem definition and resolution. We welcome papers from all disciplines. This meeting invites advocates, activists, policy makers, scholars and researchers to respond creatively to the 2012 program theme, “Bays, Boundaries and Borders,” with papers, posters, roundtable discussions, sessions or videos on a broad range of issues, problems or topics including those that arise from the interaction of people with their natural or community environments; those that help us better understand or “push beyond” the current boundaries of our knowledge, methods, practices or theories in helping resolve human problems; and those focused on border control and the crossing or transport of goods, people or ideas across borders. More... The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2011. For additional information on the theme, abstract size/format, and the meeting, please visit www.sfaa.net/sfaa2012.html.

The Lark Camp— A Celebration of World Music, Song & Dance 2011 July 29 - August 6, 2011 Lark Camp PO Box 1176, Mendocino, California 95460 USA (707) 964-4826 registration@larkcamp.com Music & Song & Dance Workshops * Cabins * Dances * Parties * Sessions * Great Food * Dance Hall * Dining Hall * Camping * Fire Circles * Mendocino Woodlands Redwoods * Full Camp 8 Days * 1/2 Camp 4 Days Lark In The Morning Music Celebration was started in 1980 to provide a venue to allow traditional musicians and dancers to get together and share their music and dance (A music and dance party with educational overtones). This event is an open forum for musicians, singers and dancers to exchange ideas and learn without being in a rigid school structure. You are free to take as many or as few of the workshops offered as you like; jam sessions 24 hours a day, big dances every evening. Many workshops for the professional as well as the beginner! Registration For Lark Camp 2011 Is Open! See the Lark Camp 2011’s staff. See photos from Lark Camp 2010 and other years and visit Lark Camp’s Youtube page.

John D. Calandra Italian American Institute announces a CALL FOR PAPERS Reconfiguring White Ethnicity: Expressivity, Identity, Race April 27-28, 2012 Deadline for submissions: September 16, 2011. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Queens College, City University of New York 25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues). Manhattan This conference situates European-American ethnicities in relation to recent scholarship on whiteness, transnationalism, and diaspora. It positions collectives such as Greek America, Irish America, Italian America, Polish America and others as historically distinct yet interrelated cultural fields, whose complexity has not been sufficiently recognized by scholarship. Globalization and multiculturalism have contributed to significant new developments in the cultural expression of these ethnicities, including revitalization of heritage, institution-building, transnational exchanges, hybridities, and progressive cultural politics that remain severely under-researched. Multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and transnational scholarship, cultural work, and political activism have changed older concepts of white ethnicity. The conference enters into a dialogue with dominant representations of white ethnicity as expressions of primarily individual albeit surface identities, politically conservative anti-minority politics, and full assimilation into the ideology of whiteness. Though particularly valuable in the understanding of power relations and racial hierarchies, these latter trends have neglected emerging and alternative cultural and political expressions of white ethnicity. As a result, European-American ethnicities have largely been devalued as a subject in a number of academic disciplines. The conference seeks to reclaim white ethnicity as a complex and historically-situated site inviting reflections on those heterogeneous and hybridic identities that often challenge hegemonic narratives and histories. The conference theme is concerned with a broad range of groups, not Italian Americans in particular as has been the case with the Calandra Institute’s past conferences. This conference is co-sponsored by the Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Queens College, CUNY. Suggested paper topics include, but are not limited to: Review of classic texts, e.g., Herbert Gans’s “Symbolic Ethnicity: The Future of Ethnic Groups and Cultures in America” (1979), Richard Alba’s Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of White America (1990) A historizatation of the “white ethnic revival” movement and the ideology of heritage European ethnicities in mixed race identities Gender and sexual identities in relationship to white ethnicity Transnationalism, “diasporas,” and interactions with the ancestral homeland Comparative approaches of different groups and between different countries Mediascapes, e.g. film, television, the Internet The power of language and narratives to maintain or challenge constructions of history and identity The impact of post-World War II immigration from Europe and elsewhere on white ethnicity, e.g., the politics of empathy or the politics of exclusion? The changing nature of religious belief and practice in re-conceptualizing white ethnicity Commodification and consumption of white ethnicity, e.g., the problematics of food, sports, music Uses of folklore and its revival The academic politics of race/ethnic studies; re-imagining the study of white ethnicity in ways that do not reinforce white racial privilege In addition to scholarly papers and panels, this conference is open to presenting creative work such as memoir, fiction, and poetry. Abstracts for scholarly papers (up to 500 words, plus a note on technical requirements) and a brief, narrative biography should be emailed as attached documents, by September 16, 2011, to calandra@qc.edu, to whom other inquiries may also be addressed. We encourage the submission of organized panels (of no more than three presenters). Submission for a panel must be made by a single individual on behalf of the group, with all the paper titles, abstract narratives, and individual biographies. For further information, visit the website.

You are invited to the exhibit
“Three Generations on the Erie Barge Canal”
Subtitled “Photographs from the Graham Family Collection”
Opening on Downtown Schenectady’s Summer Night
Gallery of New York Traditions, 133 Jay Street, Schenectady, NY, 518/346-7008
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Saturday, 10:30-3:00 p.m.
July 15, 2011 — September 9, 2011

A Century of Commemorations of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911
NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, 100 Washington Square East, Manhattan
Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; OPEN LATE Wednesday: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
For more information: 212-998-6780, or nyu.edu/greyart
Admission: Suggested donation: $3; NYU students, faculty, and staff: free of charge
Marking the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Factory Fire—New York City’s largest workplace disaster before 9/11—Art, Memory, Place: Commemorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, co-curated by City Lore’s Dr. Marci Reaven and Dr. Lucy Oakley along with NYU students, traces 100 years of the fire’s memorializations. The exhibit explores both historic and contemporary efforts to document the tragedy in which 146 young garment workers, mostly daughters of Jewish and Italian families from the nearby Lower East Side, lost their lives. The fire broke out on March 25, 1911, in the Asch Building—now named the Brown Building and part of NYU’s Silver Center complex (which is also home to the Grey Art Gallery). It quickly spread throughout the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors, which were home to the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. With many of the stairways blocked, only some of the workers managed to escape; others climbed out the windows, leaping to their deaths, or perished on the factory floor.

Art/Memory/Place is divided into four sections. Beginning with the ladies’ garment workers’ strike of 1909, Section One chronicles the fire itself, the display of bodies at the morgue, and the funeral processions—via photographs, magazine and newspaper illustrations, memorial sculptures, and even sheet music. Tracing the fire’s legacy from 1920 to 1945, Section Two ranges from a 1938 issue of Life Magazine profiling the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU), which references the fire, to documentation of Ernest Fiene’s striking but little-known 65-foot-long mural of 1938–40 in the auditorium of the High School of Fashion Industries (formerly Central High School of Needle Trades) on West 24th Street. Commissioned by the ILGWU, Fiene’s mural casts the fire as a touchstone of the union movement. Section Three explores activities surrounding the fire’s fiftieth anniversary in 1961, including memorial ceremonies, the publication of Leon Stein’s landmark book, The Triangle Fire (1962), and the Brown Building’s inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Demonstrating the renewed vitality of interest in the fire today, Section Four documents annual memorial activities, both on site and in various New York City cemeteries where the victims are buried; includes contemporary mural, performance, and installation art—as well as novels, poems, and children’s books—addressing the fire’s legacy; and displays the winning proposal in a competition to design a permanent memorial to victims of the fire being sponsored by the Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Coalition. City Lore participated in the successful effort to landmark the building, and is the fiscal sponsor for a wide range of programs coordinated by artist Ruth Sergel for the centennial.

January 11, 2011 — March 26, 2011, and April 12, 2011 — July 9, 2011

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents
Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028-0198, 212-535-7710
Hours: Tuesday–Thursday: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; Sunday: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
New York City and nearby New Jersey, Long Island, and Westchester County have been home to a vibrant Italian American population since the late nineteenth century. Within this community, a remarkable tradition of lutherie (stringed-instrument making) has flourished. Italian American craftsmen have produced an enormous variety of musical instruments, from traditional European-style violins, mandolins, and guitars to newer American instruments such as archtop guitars and mandolins and even electric guitars. Since the 1930s, makers from this tradition in the New York region have become especially well known for their extraordinary archtop guitars. This exhibition examines the work of three remarkable craftsmen from this heritage—John D’Angelico, James D’Aquisto, and John Monteleone—their place in the extended context of Italian and Italian American instrument making, and the inspiration of the sights and sounds of New York City.

February 9, 2011 —July 4, 2011

Staten Island Museum History Center presents
Portraits of Leadership: African American Entrepreneurs on Staten Island
Opening Reception Saturday, February 12, 1 p.m., free
Staten Island Museum History Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Snug Harbor Campus, Building H Staten Island, NY 10301, Telephone: 718.727.1135
Hours: Monday - Friday: 12 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
Recommended admission: Adults $3, Students and seniors $2, Children under 12 and members free
A video and audio exhibit featuring the voices and faces of Staten Island’s African American Community. The wit, wisdom, entrepreneurial spirit, and deep roots of this prolific community are highlighted. Curated by Jeannine Otis with photographer Willie Chu, guest historian Cynthia Copeland, and folklorist Chris Mulé. Also, be sure to check out some upcoming related programs offered by the Staten Island Museum surrounding this exhibit:
(1) Staten Island African American Entrepreneurs: A Community Panel Discussion- Tuesday, February 15, 6-9 p.m.; Spiro Hall II, Wagner College Campus; Featuring Distinguished community members and the Wagner College Department of Historym and
(2) Killa Hill’s Gerald Barclay: The Film Business—February 24, 6-8 p.m.; Staten Island Museum History Center Building H, Snug Harbor Campus.”

February 12, 2011 — November 1, 2011

Taller Boricua presents
BARRI-O-RAMA: Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Rosalinda González, Johnny Ramos, Hatuey Ramos Fermín, Emcee C.M., Master of None and Marna Chester
Curated by Fernando Salicrup and Christine Licata
Opening: June 3, 2011, 6-9 p.m.
Taller Boricua Galleries, 1680 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10029, 212.831.4333
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12-6 p.m., Thursday 1-7 p.m., Monday and Sunday closed
For additional information about any of the artists, please contact Taller Boricua: contact@tallerboricua.org
Taller Boricua is proud to present BARRI-O-RAMA, a group exhibition featuring artists Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Rosalinda González, Johnny Ramos, Hatuey Ramos Fermín, Emcee C.M., Master of None and Marna Chester. Incorporating interactive, site-specific multimedia projects, the show both celebrates East Harlem and its community and addresses the different perspectives and challenging issues of the neighborhood. Nayda Collazo-Llorens’ interactive, multi-channel video installation, Reverberation PS72/107, constructs a spatial narrative that explores the phenomenology of architecture. Through an examination of the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center’s building, history and context, she investigates the elasticity and transient nature of public spaces: fragmented, complex places that echo and embody our memories and negotiate our past, present and future. Responding to the growing issue of gentrification and displacement in East Harlem, Rosalinda González combines two individual yet integrated bodies of work: The Red Lipstick Tour and 10029: Diversity is Development. An ongoing psycho-geographic art project that investigates the art, culture and social space in New York City, The Red Lipstick Tour is a progressive series of multi-media and performative work that explores the challenges and opportunities around our changing socioeconomic and cultural climate. For BARRI-O-RAMA, The Red Lipstick Tour is partnering with Taller Boricua, local East Harlem residents, artists and students to produce the site-specific installation 10029: Diversity is Development, an evolving program in the spirit of “social sculpture” in which the individual is self-empowered to build and redefine existing social structures for their community. In the tradition of Harlem photographers such as Rudy Castilla and James Van Der Zee, Johnny Ramos transforms one of Taller Boricua’s galleries into his own temporary East Harlem Portrait Studio. Throughout the course of the exhibition he will be photographing East Harlem residents in the classic manner of “sittings.” For example, families and individuals are encouraged to dress up and to bring “props.” such as objects that hold personal meaning and importance to them for the photo session. For BARRI-O-RAMA, Hatuey Ramos Fermín, has created EAsT Harlem. a collaborative multimedia, curatorial-art-project that investigates alternative solutions to the on-going problem of fresh food access in East Harlem. One of the main issues in healthy eating is accessibility – knowing where to find alternatives and having choices and options. In response to this challenge, Ramos Fermãn has constructed a multi-faceted exhibition and participatory action-work space. The main component being a map of all the available healthy food and fresh produce options in East Harlem with a concentration on bodegas, delis, farmers’ markets, green carts, local gardens, supermarkets and community-supported agriculture. EAsT Harlem also incorporates individual artist collaborators Emcee C.M., Master of None, and Marna Chester as part of the project. Emcee C.M., Master of None is participating through his MOBILIZE: The Portable Pantry project, offering a “foraging tour” throughout El Barrio that focuses on identifying and gathering edible plants in local parks. He has also constructed an interactive EAsT Harlem Seed and Recipe Library both in the gallery and outside of the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center. Marna Chester has created a woodcut print poster for visitors to take with them that encourages and promotes healthy choices.

June 3, 2011 — July 16, 2011

El Museo del Barrio presents
El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 Takes to the Streets
6th Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American Biennial will showcase 75 emerging artists at 6 venues throughout New York City
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, New York, NY 10029
Curators Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Trinidad Fombella, Elvis Fuentes, and guest curator Juanita Bermúdez have chosen the street as focal point of this year’s biennial deliberately, to call attention to the direct effect of economic and political crises in art production. “Social tensions as well as economic limitations have historically pushed artists to employ their urban environment as creative setting as well as a source for materials,” explains Fuentes. “The (S) Files 2011 foregrounds both Latino artists who have been involved in New York street art movements like graffiti since the 1970s and others who due to current circumstances are taking on the street for the first time to produce their art.”

It is in this context that this year’s biennial aims to expand the definition of contemporary Latino and Latin American art by taking on a broad exploration of the aesthetics, events, and visual energy of the street. The exhibition will feature works in all media, including murals and graffiti as well as non-traditional presentations in fashion and music. “The (S) Files 2011 explores how the boundaries between public/private and personal/universal are blurred by urban culture, and examines the street as catalyst for change in mainstream culture,” says Aranda-Alvarado. “We are interested in how these social borders mix and dissolve in urban environments, and how artists use these social alterations as points of creative departure.”

Among the themes developed in the exhibition are the influence of early New York street art movements, which were led by Latino artists; popular aesthetics and urban styles of the neo-baroque; and the creation of art works from urban debris. “What stands out is the variety of issues that artists address—from daily life situations, to social behaviors, to economic distress,” points out Fombella. “Some focus on poignant narratives to undermine false notions of comfort and security in times of anxiety, while others revisit past events or appropriate materials to recreate them in a way that is conceptual, edgy, and playful.” While El Museo will exhibit a wide variety of works, the satellite venues will feature art objects grouped by specific themes and/or media. BRIC Rotunda Gallery will showcase video and photo documentation of performance art and other politically motivated works, Lehman College Galleries will focus on animation and illustration, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance will show graffiti works and art objects made of recycled materials, Socrates Sculpture Park will present large scale works made of materials found in urban landscapes, and Times Square Alliance will display a selection of outdoor sculptures on the street. El Museo will produce a map/brochure including information about all venues, works, and artists featured at each location, as well as an illustrated catalogue including essays by Aranda-Alvarado, Bermudez, Fombella, and Fuentes. The artists featured in The (S) Files 2011, whose backgrounds span almost every Latin American country, hail from multiple neighborhoods across New York City including Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx.

June 14, 2011 —January 8, 2011

The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute presents
Migrating Towers — The Gigli of Nola and Beyond
Exhibition Opening and Panel Discussion, Wednesday, June 22, 6-9 p.m.
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor, New York, New York
Gallery Summer Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Free and open to the public. Please call (212) 642-2094 to pre-register with the Calandra Institute. Be prepared to show a photo ID to the building’s concierge.
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute is happy to present a photographic exhibition from the collections of the Museo Etnomusicale I Gigli di Nola and the Archivio della Contea Nolana. The exhibit was curated by Katia Ballacchino (Università di Roma, Sapienza) and Felice Ceparano (Museo Etnomusicale I Gigli di Nola). La festa dei gigli in Nola (Naples province), Campania, is a dramatic reenactment of the safe return of St. Paulinus (354-431) from slavery. The sacred narrative recounts that joyous townspeople greeted bishop Paulinus by waving gigli ("lilies") and by the 19th century, spires representing these flowers and reaching heights of 25 meters (82 feet) were introduced to the annual feast. The eight gigli towers are complex architectural wooden structures built by local artisans, decorated with elaborate papier mâché facades featuring religious, historical, or topical themes. A musical band rides on each individual giglio platform and provides the sonoric accompaniment as the structure is “danced” through the streets. Since 1903, Italian Americans have sponsored giglio feasts in the New York City metropolitan area. This annual tradition continues in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and East Harlem, Manhattan.

June 22, 2011 —August 19, 2011

New Haarlem Arts Theatre presents
Blues for Mister Charlie
by James Baldwin; directed by Eugene Nesmith
Thursdays through Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Aaron Davis Hall, Theatre B, located at West 135th Street and Convent Avenue, Tickets: $25 General Admission; $15 Seniors/Students; $10 CUNY Students with valid ID. Available online
This will be the first major New York production of Baldwin’s morality play, which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till, since its Broadway debut in 1964. This production, designed to entertain and provoke, re-imagines Baldwin’s notions of race, class and gender relations, casting actors beyond racial lines to present a modern complex picture of American culture today. The director, Eugene Nesmith, chairman of the theater and speech department at City College, has 25 years of experience as an actor, educator and director. He chose “Blues for Mister Charlie” for the inaugural production because “a lot of the issues we were dealing with in the ’60s — the racial, the economic, the gender issues — are coming around again.” (New York Times)

June 23, 2011 —July 17, 2011

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