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Grace O’Malley – A Notorious Woman
Marni Gillard, storyteller
8 p.m.
Reformed Church, Schenectady, NY
Marni performs six tales from the life of Grace O’Malley, Irish clan chieftain’s daughter, political activist and pirate (1530-1603). The stories are backed by traditional Irish musicians debuting Tom O’Hare’s suite of tunes, A Notorious Woman. Save the date! Reservation information to follow.

HAMMERED DULCIMER WORKSHOPS
with KEN KOLODNER
Sponsored by the The Golden Link Folk Singing Society and Sampler Records Ltd.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Avenue, Penfield 14526
Advanced registration encouraged. Handicapped accessible
For a detailed schedule of the day and registration, contact Mitzie Collins at samplerrec@aol.com or call 585-464-9377.

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Masters of Indian Music: Shujaat Husain Khan
8:00 p.m.
Peter Norton Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street, New York
Tickets $30, WMI Friends $25, Students $18
The extraordinary sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan, son and disciple of the late Ustad Vilayat Khan, is one of the leading Indian classical musicians of his generation. Seventh in an unbroken line in a family that has produced many musical masters, he performs in the gayaki ang style, which is imitative of the subtleties of the human voice. He has been noted for his solo appearances of Indian music, as well as for his tours and recordings with the Grammy-nominated Indo-Persian Ghazal Ensemble. He is accompanied by the remarkable tabla player Abhiman Kaushal.

The Golden Link Folk Singing Society presents
Ken Kolodner
7:30 p.m. Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Ave, Penfield, NY
Admission: $18 ($15 for Golden Link members; $10 for students; 12 years and under free)
Purchase advance tickets online at http://www.goldenlink.org/html/kkolodner.html
As a member of the trios Helicon (with Chris Norman and Robin Bullock) and Greenfire (with Laura Risk) and in solo appearances, Ken has toured extensively in the U.S. and abroad. Ken was the first American to be featured at the International Hackbrett Festival in Germany. Widely known for his expressive and improvisational style, Ken is highly sought after as a teacher of the dulcimer having taught at countless festivals and music camps throughout the U.S. including The Swannanoa Gathering (nine years), Common Ground, the John Campbell Folk School (four years), the Augusta Heritage Festival, the Summer Solstice Festival, Meadowlark (four years) and numerous others. Among Ken’s eight recordings, Ken’s first solo release of Celtic music in 1997, Walking Stones, hit the top of the World Music charts and was a top seller for BMG in their Classical/World Music category.

The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY presents the
“Documented Italians” Film and Video Series
Spring 2010
RICORDATI DI NOI! (2007), 26 min.
Paul Tana, dir.
HO FATTO IL MIO CORAGGIO (2009), 50 min.
Giovanni Princigalli, dir.
6 p.m.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY
Free and open to the public.
Seating is Limited
These two films look at post-World War II Italian immigration to Montreal and the ways in which it is remembered. Ho fatto il mio coraggio features contemporary interviews with immigrants who arrived in Montreal in the 1950s and 60s, often to fulfill arranged marriages or reunite with fiancées they met in Italy. Among the protagonists are Carlo, one of the few Italian-Canadian communists in Montreal, and Lina, who celebrates the ritual of Saint Anthony in her home every year. The film features archival film footage and photographs from personal and institutional collections. Ricordati di noi! documents the Cinematique Quebecoise’s effort to salvage, catalogue, and preserve footage from the television show Teledomenica. Broadcast every Sunday from 1964 to 1994, Teledomenica was Montreal’s first and favorite Italian-language television program. More than a decade after the final show aired, hundreds of discarded film reels were discovered in the basement of the program’s old office headquarters. The long-forgotten footage provides a vivid, intimate record of the life of Montreal’s Italian community.

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Sones de Mexico
10:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th St. and 7th Ave., New York
Tickets $38, $46, WMI Friends $32, $40, Students $10
This acclaimed Grammy-nominated Mexican folk music ensemble from Chicago specializes in the various regional styles of son, recreating the atmosphere of a traditional fandango (dance fiesta).

The Golden Link Folk Singing Society presents
April Verch
7:30 p.m. Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Ave, Penfield, NY
Admission: $18 ($15 for Golden Link members; $10 for students; 12 years and under free)
Purchase advance tickets online at http://www.goldenlink.org/html/verch.html
When you see April Verch perform, the first thing that strikes you is the pure energy that infuses her fiddle playing and stepdancing. When you listen to her, though, what draws you in are more subtle things̵;her pure voice, the finely detailed elegance of her fiddle phrasing and the depth of a repertoire that ranges through material from bluegrass to Brazilian to Celtic, from a jaunty Canadian folk- song to a poignant contemporary ballad. April is world-class fiddler, a champion Ottawa Valley stepdancer, an acclaimed composer, and a vocalist whose voice has been hailed as “absolutely captivating” by the Toronto Star. In addition to April’s talents, the April Verch Band features world-class musicians Marc Bru on percussion, Lincoln Meyers on guitar, and Cody Walters on upright-electric bass.

New York State Archives announces a Documentary Heritage Workshop
From the Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC)
The Internet and Local Resources for Researching Military History
Presented by Heidi Bamford, WNY DHP Regional Archivist
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
WNYLRC Training Center, 4455 Genesee Street, Cheektowaga, NY
Cost: $10 for WNYLRC members; $15 for non-members
Registration: http://www.wnylrc.org
For more information, call 716-633-0705 x 114
“Dead Men Do Tell Tales” as we will discover during this final session in the series, focusing on “voices” from the past that help increase our understanding about significant periods of military conflict in local and national history. From great military leaders to everyday foot soldiers, this session examines ways in which individual experiences in military conflicts have been documented and preserved, and how they have enduring value for us today.

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Ancient Strings of India: Joydeep Ghosh
7:30 p.m.
Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street, New York
Tickets $25. WMI Friends $21, Students $18
This program provides a rare opportunity to hear the surshringar, a lute that is nearly extinct in India today. The surshringar, derived from ancient instruments and probably introduced in the early 19th century, can be described as a bass sarod and is used mainly in the introspective dhrupad and dhamar styles. The award-winning Joydeep Ghosh, who has been hailed as one of India’s most respected surshringar players, is helping to keep alive this venerable tradition. Tabla accompaniment by Subhen Chatterjee. This program is dedicated to the late sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan.

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Conga Kings: Candido Camero, Francisco Aguabella, and Giovanni Hidalgo
8:00 p.m.
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, New York
Tickets $32, WMI Friends $27, Students $18
This dynamic 9-member rumba group features three master congueros of Afro-Cuban music: Candido Camero, the 88-year-old elder statesman of congas who is a living encyclopedia of Cuban music; 83-yearold Francisco Aguabella, the “John Coltrane of the conga” and winner of the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship; and Giovanni Hidalgo, the current master of congas who melds Afro-Caribbean, jazz and folkloric influences with his signature style. The program is directed by Ray Santos and features guest dancers.

Old Songs, Inc. presents
Malinky
8:00 p.m.
Old Songs Community Arts Center, 37 S. Main St., Voorheesville, NY, 518/765-2815, oldsongs@oldsongs.org
Cost: $20/adults; $5/ages 12 and under
Buy tickets online
Ranked among today’s foremost young exponents of Scottish song, Malinky combine an array of vocal talent with a highly distinctive instrumental palette, in fresh yet timeless arrangements of both traditional and contemporary material. Their fast-track progress on the international Celtic scene, since forming in 1998, has been underpinned by outstanding musical prowess, fruitful artistic evolution and a maturity well beyond their years.

American Banjo Fraternity presents its
Spring Rally
Players and listeners are invited
Genetti Hotel, 200 West Fourth St., Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 17701, 800-321-1388 or 1-570-326-6600
Free performance, 7:30 p.m., May 22, 2010
For more information, please contact: Paul Heilman, Executive Secretary, abfbanjo@rochester.rr.com
This presentation features solo and group performances on 5-string banjos of different sizes using nylon strings and bare fingers, no picks. This was the primary form of urban banjo playing in the 1900s.

The World Music Institute (WMI) presents
Fiesta Colombiana!
Cimarrón
8:00 p.m.
Peter Norton Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th St., New York, Info: 212-545-7536
Tickets $25, WMI Friends $21
Colombia’s Grammy-nominated Cimarrón ensemble is composed of masters of the joropo llanero tradition — festive and joyous dance music that is practiced along the cattle-rearing plains shared by Colombia and Venezuela. This irresistible music, which is relatively unknown in the U.S., is performed on harp, the mandolin-like bandola, cuatro (small guitar), bass, cajon (large wooden box) and maracas backed by high pitched vocals. Under the direction of the phenomenal harpist Carlos Rojas Hernández, the seven-member ensemble of musicians and dancers has enraptured audiences throughout Latin America and Europe.

The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY presents the
The Philip V. Cannistraro Seminar Series in Italian American Studies
Spring 2010
From Gangsters to Gangstas: African Americans, Italian Americans, and the Culture of Crime
Kimberly Sims, American University
6 p.m.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th floor, New York
Free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
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 idea that there is a similarity between Italian-American and African-American criminality dates back to the late nineteenth century and persists to this day. Kimberly Sims will examine this presumption by looking at the political and cultural significance of symbols and stereotyping, which play out in African-American hip-hop artists’ adoption of Italian-American gangster iconography, as well as anti-defamation groups’ continued attempts to shape pop-culture representations of African-American and Italian-American criminals.

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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