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APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN DULCIMER WORKSHOP
Taught by Mitzie Collins at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Monday-Thursday, 6-10 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. final presentation
Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY 14604
Tuition: $1,100 /credit; $370/noncredit
For more information, call 800-246-4706 or email summer@esm.rochester.edu
The Appalachian mountain dulcimer is a deceptively simple American folk instrument that is gaining in popularity. Mitzie Collins, instructor for this class, has been playing the Appalachian mountain dulcimer since 1970; for over 30 years she has performed in schools, concerts and festivals and has taught the mountain dulcimer in classrooms, conferences and camps. She has also earned a Master of Arts in Music Education from Eastman and is in a unique position to bridge the gap between playing and teaching the mountain dulcimer in school settings and learning and playing the instrument in the wider world of non-academic folk festivals and mountain dulcimer gatherings. An ideal class for music teachers, music education and ethnomusicology majors. Class size is restricted to 20. Students are encouraged to bring their own instruments, but a limited number of instruments will be available on loan for the week. For a complete summer catalog see the Summer at Eastman.

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Walsh Farm, Oak Hill, NY
Call 888.946.8495 for more information
Buy tickets online
Featuring Sam Bush, Kathy Mattea, Tim O’Brien, Doyle Lawson, David Grisman, Del McCoury, The Gibson Brothers, Donna the Buffalo, Crooked Still, The Greencards and many more. Grey Fox features four performances stages and three learning tents including the Main Stage, with its natural amphitheatre, the Masters Stage, where you’ll hear unique combinations of top artists in an intimate setting, the Family Stage with loads of activities for kids of all ages, and the Dance Stage, which features dance classes and demonstrations by day and the best dance bands in the business by night. Learning venues include: the Bluegrass Academy for Kids, the Grass Roots Sessions, with hands-on workshops by Bill Keith, Ron Thomason and others, and the Slow Jam Tent for beginning pickers at a speed that everyone can follow. Tent and RV camping available onsite.
Urban Sherpa Travel is offering a bus trip from NYC to the Grey Fox Festival. Make your reservations online.

Finger Lakes 20th Annual GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance
Trumansburg Fairgrounds, Trumansburg, NY
Call 607-387-5098 to order tickets or order online
GrassRoots has grown from humble beginnings to become a nationally recognized event, unique in its focus on traditional and contemporary roots music, and one of the few self-sustaining non-profit arts organizations in the state. 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. The schedule will be posted in May.

Cranberry Dulcimer & Autoharp Gathering 2010
Rensselaerville Meeting Center, Pond Hill Road in Rensselaerville, NY, near the intersection of CR 85 and CR 353 (approximately 30 minutes southwest of Albany)
For more information, contact CarolLynn and Gene Langley, 518-596-2288
The CRANBERRY is a three-day gathering of musicians who come together to share the joy of making music. In its 34th year, moving this year to Rensselaerville from its original home in Binghamton, the festival offers a full weekend of workshops for all levels from beginner to advanced; featured performer, workshop leader, and open stage concerts; and lots of jamming. Featuring Mike Fenton on autoharp, Tull Glazener on mountain dulcimer, and Dan Landrum on hammered dulcimer.

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
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 booked so far for 2010 include Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Vance Gilbert, Dala, Giant Robot Dance, Nerissa & Katrina Nields, and the three top voted by audience Showcase Artists from 2009: The Brilliant Inventions, Swing Caravan and chuck e. costa. The list of performers will be updated as performers are added. On-site camping is available. Campground activities such as song swaps and round robins hosted by many camping patrons abound.

Teaching the Hudson Valley presents
2010—READING, WRITING & THINKING THE HUDSON VALLEY
FDR Home and Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY
Program details and registration information coming soon
Learn and practice new ways to use the Valley’s special places to teach reading, writing, and thinking across all disciplines and grade levels. Work with teachers, staff from historic sites and museums, environmental educators, writers, naturalists, artists, scientists, historians, and others on topics such as: regional history and art, places as inspiration., collaborations between teachers and regional artists or authors, and nature as a tool for teaching analytical/scientific thinking, descriptive writing, etc. Opening speaker will be David Sobel. David co-directs the Center for Place-based Education and is director of Teacher Certification Programs at the Antioch New England Graduate School. A pioneer of place-based education, David has written several books including Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities and Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years. Participants choose from a variety of sessions including hands-on workshops, panel discussions, field trips, and more formal talks. THV institutes are open to the public with special emphases for K-12 educators and site staff working with children and teens.

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art presents:
Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion
Winter Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Museum of Tibetan Art, 338 Lighthouse Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10306, 718/987-3500
Admission: $5 adults; seniors/students $3; children under 6 - free
Please email info@tibetanmuseum.org for additional information
Tibetan Portrait highlights photographic portraits of Tibetan people by renowned contemporary artist Phil Borges. Borges’ portraits introduce viewers to individuals from a deeply spiritual culture who have been marginalized and displaced by the occupation of their homeland. The portraits range from images of everyday people, including nomads and children, to important historic figures such as the Dalai Lama. Tibetan Portrait also features interactive displays focusing on aspects of traditional Tibetan culture such as a map of Tibet’s changing borders, a moveable display of Himalayan mountains, audio recordings of mantra chanting, and a hands-on display of Tibetan prayer wheels.

March 29, 2010 – December 31, 2010

John Michael Kohler Arts Center presents:
Lynda Barry and Roz Chast
Open daily at 10:00 a.m.
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081
Free admission
For more information, contact: 920-458-6144, info@jmkac.org
Often working outside of the mainstream with work appearing in alternative weeklies, Lynda Barry has found great success producing comics that are humorous yet carry serious undercurrents. Known primarily for Ernie Pook’s Comeek, Barry relates stories of childhood angst and examines personal and social topics through a large cast of characters. Since the 1970s, Roz Chast has drawn humor from everyday emotions and experiences for The New Yorker, poking fun at such subjects as guilt, anxiety, aging, families, friends, money, and real estate. Her brand of humor takes routine incidents and events and flips them inside out, exposing them as flawed but funny moments.

May 30, 2010 – September 19, 2010

Also, check out the Norman Pettingill Exhibition: These humorous works by well known Wisconsin illustrator Normal Pettingill are a part of the Arts Center's permanent collection and are available for public viewing for the first time since 1995.

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