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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

Earlville Opera House presents
April Verch Band
8 p.m.
Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main Street, Earlville, NY 13332, 315/691-3550
Order tickets online: $23, $18, $13
Ontario’s Ottawa Valley is steeped in cultural history, including a musical style and stepdancing heritage influenced by the French, Irish, Scottish, Polish, and German settlers of this region in Canada. April Verch, a modern pioneer of this tradition, is emerging as one of the top female artists in the roots music genre. She has built a repertoire rich in original tunes influenced deeply by the treasure chest of musical jewels passed down through the generations. Her fiddling and stepdancing styles were shaped by the diverse roots of the immigrants drawn to the region’s lumber camps in the mid-1800s.

Mano a Mano announces that Student Registration Is Now Open for Mexicanidad 2011-12 Mexicanidad 2011-12 Classes in Nahuatl, Music, Dance & Visual Arts September 19, 2011 - June 16, 2012 Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders 126 Saint Felix Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Mexicanidad provides people from all over the New York City area the opportunity to learn about and participate in Mexican culture. From mariachi to nahuatl, Mexicanidad offers a variety of classes to students of all ages, taught by instructors who are passionate about what they do. At its heart, Mexicanidad is a celebration of Mexican heritage, a way of promoting Mexico’s rich cultural traditions. However, Mexicanidad is also about eliminating boundaries and bringing people from all walks of life together to share a common experience. We are extremely pleased to welcome our new teachers Alberto Villalobos, of the Villalobos Brothers band; Diana Rosano, a soprano; and Irwin Sanchez, a native Nahuatl speaker from central Puebla, who are joining our talented Mexicanidad teaching artists. This year we are adding Nahuatl language and Huapango. Additionally we are continuing our courses in instrumental music, dance, song, and visual arts, to be taught by distinguished artists and performers. For more information, visit the website. Call 212/587-3070 or email mexicanidad@manoamano.us for more information.

Caffè Lena presents
Broken String Band
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $14 advance / $16 at door (How to get tickets)
Enjoy a night of traditional Celtic music with the Broken String Band, the area’s oldest Irish music band. This big, lively ensemble features Ray Wall on low whistle and hammered dulcimer; George Ward on concertinas, accordion, and guitar; Kara Doyle playing uilleann pipes and whistles; Hilary Schrauf and Peter Jones on fiddle; and Eric Everson on Irish bouzouki.

Caffè Lena presents
Ray Murray and the Bomb Squad
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $12 advance / $14 at door (How to get tickets)
The Bomb Squad’s previous incarnation as The Parlour Boys was a Caffè Lena mainstay in the ‘80s and ‘90s and performed primarily Old Timey, Bluegrass, and traditional string band music. Now they’re sporting a more contemporary sound featuring original compositions that would sit well alongside the music of Dave Mathews and the Beatles, while still maintaining a folksy appeal. They celebrate the release of their debut CD featuring their tight harmonies and melodic, sophisticated arrangements. By the way, no one in the band is actually named “Ray Murray.” Instead, they are named Tim Whalen (guitar, mandolin), Peter Taormina (guitar, drums), and Bill Cormier (bass).

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)

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 Please note: Yolanda Duke will not be performing September 7, due to a death in her family. We send her and her family our deepest sympathy and condolences. September 7 The Jimmy Delgado Taller Boricua All Stars: Johnny Dandy Rodriguez, Nelson Gonzalez, Reynaldo Jorge, Andy Gonzalez, Kevin Bryan and George Delgado along with special guest singers: Jorge Maldonado, Renzo Padilla, Papote Jimenez and other surprise invited guests Arts & Crafts at Salsa Wednesday featuring wearable art by Nanette Sanchez-Velasquez of Old Earth Creates and Polymer Clay Artist Olga Ayala. September 14 Grupo Latin Vibe Arts &Crafts at Salsa Wednesday: Artwork by Artist Tanya Torres, Graphic Artist Arieana Rodriguez, Polymer Clay Artist Olga Ayala and Introducing Mixed Media Artist Jose Antonio Goicurioa September 21 Charange America Arts & Crafts at Salsa Wednesday: Wearable Art and Photography by Arlette Cepeda and Homero Herrera Chez, Wearable Art by Nanette Sanchez-Velasquez of Old Earth Creates, Paintings by Morivivi El Jibaro and introducing the handiwork of Bruny Munoz September 28 Los Soneros del Oriente

Long Island Traditions presents
On the Bay Book Release & Signing by Author and Folklorist Nancy Solomon
8:00 p.m.
Sewanhaka Sail and Power Squadron, Blue Water Yacht Club, 1944 Bayberry Avenue, Merrick, NY
For more information, call 516-767-8803 or email info@longislandtraditions.org
Cost: Free
The second edition of On the Bay: Bay Houses and Maritime Culture of Long Island is now available. Author and folklorist Nancy Solomon will give a presentation about the history, architecture and culture of the vernacular structures which have been built by generations of baymen, duck hunters, and recreational fishermen since the 18th century. The illustrated lecture will be followed by a signing of the 2nd edition.

Johnny A.
The Guitarist’s Guitarist
8 p.m.
The Parting Glass Irish Pub, 40-42 Lake Avenue ~ Saratoga Springs, NY, (518) 583-1916
Tickets: $16 limited advance/$20/$25 VIP
Johnny A. has one of the most eloquent voices in modern music; and he doesn’t sing a note. Instead, he channels joy, love, humor, sadness — every aspect of the human experience — through his guitar. The secret is his blend of melody, sonic definition, technique and that indefinable-yet-tangible quality called “soul.” The stylish player flaunts an amazing array of techniques, each of which are used to execute a particular arrangement His potpourri can be compared to the likes of Danny Gatton and Dick Dale at one end of the spectrum, and Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix at the other.

Caffè Lena presents
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $18 advance / $20 at door (How to get tickets)
The husband-and-wife duo Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion have accomplished a great deal in the six years since they formed their musical partnership. Between the release of their 2005 debut album Exploration, and their new, full-length Bright Examples, they’ve undertaken a busy tour schedule both as a duo and as part of the “Guthrie Family Rides Again” tour (with Sarah Lee’s dad, Arlo Guthrie). They’ve also released the children’s album Go Waggaloo (Smithsonian Folkways), a live DVD entitled Folk Song, a solo album by Johnny (Ex Tempore), and brought two young daughters into the world. Their new album features the spine-tingling harmonies and country-rock sound they’re known for, but leaning in the direction of colorful, dreamy songs with a retro ‘60s flair. In the opinion of reviewers and fans alike, this duo has clearly found their sweet spot.

Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) announces Community arts engagement in Staten Island through a five-borough program supported by the NEA The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) is pleased to announce Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC), a community arts engagement program that places artists-in-residence at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City. The program provides selected artists with access to workspace in senior centers and a stipend in exchange for the creation and delivery of arts programming for seniors. Participating seniors will be engaged in an art project or series of cultural programs over the course of the residency, which will also include a public program component — a series of exhibits, open houses and other cultural interactions open to the surrounding community. This initiative seeks to connect artists with seniors in senior centers and positively impact the well-being of seniors through arts-based activities. Artists will be selected for SPARC through a competitive application process. A Call to Artists (with application form) is available on COAHSI’s website for all artists interested in working with a senior center in the borough of Staten Island. Artists interested in a SPARC residency with a senior center in another borough are encouraged to visit the website of their local arts council for application materials and guidelines. The submission deadline is September 30th, 2011. SPARC is a collaboration among the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department for the Aging and the City’s five local arts councils situated in each borough — Brooklyn Arts Council, Bronx Council on the Arts, Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Queens Council on the Arts. It was developed as part of Age-Friendly NYC, a citywide effort to make the City more livable for seniors, and previously ran as a successful pilot called Space for Art. The program is supported, in part, by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Golden Link Folk Singing Society presents
The 40th Anniversary 2011 Turtle Hill Folk Festival
Gates open Friday at 5:00 p.m.
Friday concert: 7:30-10:00 p.m.; Saturday concert 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Daytime workshops and mini-concerts 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Contra Dance: 4:00 p.m., Saturday
Rotary Sunshine Campus, 809 Five Points Road, Rush, NY 14543
To purchase advance tickes, check website or call 585-234-5044.
A casual, intimate and family-oriented weekend event featuring concerts, campfire singing, jamming, daytime workshops and demos and children’s fun, held at a spacious and beautiful facility with rain-proof cover for all activities, nature trails, rough camping, cabins, restrooms, hot showers and a small array of food and craft vendors. This year’s performers include: Jay Ungar and Molly Mason and Jamcrackers (Peggy Lynn, Dan Duggan and Dan Berggren) on Friday, September 9, and Grace and Pierce Pettis, Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys, and Carrie Rodriguez on Saturday, September 10.

Help Save Caffè Lena’s History! Seeking Caffè Lena Audio & Video Recordings For Caffè Lena Archives Did you or someone you know make an audio or video recording at Caffè Lena between 1960–2011? Summer cleaning and found old Caffè recordings in your closet, attic, basement, garage or shed? Please contact the Caffè Lena History Project and help us save Lena’s recorded history. Contact Caffè Lena Historian caffelenahistory.org/index.php?18 For more information visit: www.caffelenahistory.org Since 1960, America’s longest running folk music coffeehouse, Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY, has welcomed the country’s most notable folk, country, blues, bluegrass, and jazz musicians, poets and actors to its stage. It is now a non-profit organization and continues to host approximately 400 events each year, serving more than 12,000 patrons and artists. The Caffè Lena History Project is working with the GRAMMY Foundation to rescue and preserve all existing Caffè Lena audio and video material for deposit at the Library of Congress. The recordings will be used for educational purposes to benefit Caffè Lena by shedding new light on Lena’s impact on the American folk revival movement. Please contact us with both audio and video recordings from any era of the Caffè’s history. We seek recorded material in any condition including but not limited to the following: live shows at Caffè Lena, rehearsals, benefits and anniversary concerts, Lena Spencer’s memorial service, interviews with Lena Spencer and Caffè Lena artists, radio programs related to Caffè Lena. We are also looking for memorabilia including photographs, posters, articles, calendars, letters etc for inclusion in the collection.

Genesee Valley Council on the Arts (GVCA) announces the
Genesee Valley Folklife Festival
10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Livingston Arts Center Campus, 4 Murray Hill Drive, Mt. Morris, NY 14510, 585/243-6785
Donation: $5 adult; $3 children; 5 and under, free
Information: Karen Canning, (585) 243-6785
Join us under the canopy of trees and tents for a sampling of our region’s diverse traditional arts. Music, dance, arts demonstrations, workshops, storytelling and good food will all be on hand. Come explore your own family folklore, visit our New Deal Gallery, and enjoy the day.

In the Peformance Tent:
10 a.m. Kelly’s Old Timers: round & square dance music
11:15 a.m. Barbara Mahooty: Native American stories
Noon Alma Latina: Mexican dance
1:00 p.m. Genesee Valley Mountain Dulcimer Club
1:30 p.m. Barbara Mahooty: Native American stories
2:00 p.m. Al Mastrolio & Pat Gambacurta: Italian favorites
3:00 p.m. Gan Ainm: Irish music

Arts Demonstrations, Displays & Workshops York Towne Quilters, Rug Hooking, Leatherworking with John Mary, Mexican piñatas, Mountain Dulcimer Workshop (1:30 p.m.), Woodcarving, Stories of the Salt Mine, Native American jewelry, Stories & Memories of Murray Hill with Livingston County Historian

Dundee Scottish Festival of the Finger Lakes
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Black Rock Speedway, Dundee, NY
For more information, contact 315-729-2124
Cost: Tickets at the gate, adult $10, $8 Seniors, $5 Students, and under five free
Entertainment features McLeon Fiddlers, teen musicians from Ontario, Canada; Penny Whiskey band from Western New York; Pro and amateur Highland Games with national competitors; the Highland Dancers of Bucks County PA (also National competitors); Irish Celtic Dancers; and the Scottish Drill Team Horses! Bag Pipes, Pipe Bands, Food, Wine tasting, Children’s games and Music lessons, Crafts, and much more! Parade at 10 a.m.

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.
Also on September 17, 24, and every Saturday in October.

The Arts Center of the Capital Region presents
JOHN CAGE 99
A celebration of legendary composer
Free ongoing community participation: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Concert 8:00 p.m.
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, 265 River Street, Troy, NY 12180
Concert tickets $10; $12 non-members; for more information, see the Art Center’s website
The Arts Center of the Capital Region is pleased to partner with Albany Sonic Arts Collective to present a celebration of John Cage, one of the most influential American composers. The day will begin at 9 a.m. with 99 performances of 4'33", a composition without any musical notes. We invite you to help us perform this piece! To reserve a time, please e-mail Alana at cage91011@gmail.com. In addition, local artists will perform John Cage’s music and writings at an 8 p.m. concert. The works will follow the progression of John Cage’s career.

Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) presents
A Culture of Joy & Resilience
Live Traditional Music, Dance, and Crafts at Your Local Library:
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC & DANCE
2-4 p.m.
Tottenville Public Library, 7430 Amboy Road, Staten Island, NY, 718/984-0945
Free and open to the public
Since July of 2011, COAHSI’s “The Culture of Joy & Resilience: Reframing Cultural Conversations on Staten Island” program brought a series of large exhibition panels profiling four community-based folk arts practices to select New York Public Libraries on Staten Island. This fall, COAHSI will bring those artists to three libraries throughout Staten Island to give live presentations and demonstrations about their traditional art forms and heritage. Patrons of these programs will meet the artists and watch live demonstrations and performances and engage in conversations about these important art forms and communities that practice them. On the front lawn of the historic Tottenville Public Library, visitors will meet traditional Irish musicians Linda Hickman (flute/tin whistle), Iris Nevins (harp/guitar), and Douglas Barr (concertina) and dancer Dawn Daniels. Participants will watch and listen to live traditional Irish music and dance while learning about the important connection between Irish music and dance.
See also September 18 and October 1.

Donna the Buffalo
9 p.m.
Putnam Den, 63A Putnam Street, (old Backstreet Billiards), Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, (518) 584-8066
Tickets: $20 Advance & Door (if available)
Donna the Buffalo’s feel-good, groove-oriented, danceable and socially conscious music all began over twenty years ago with roots in old time fiddle music that evolved into a soulful electric Americana mix infused with elements of cajun, zydeco, rock, folk, reggae, and country. The band is known for touring the country remaining fiercely independent as one of the industry’s most diverse roots-music bands and has earned a reputation as one of the most respected, eclectic and hardest-working acts today.

Caffè Lena presents
See the Future! Saturday Night Sampler
Featuring Kyle Carey with Rosie MacKenzie, and Hannah Sanders and Liz Simmons Duo
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $10 at door
Tonight marks the triumphant homecoming of Kyle Carey, a 2008 graduate of Skidmore College who deepened her love of folk music while volunteering at Caffè Lena and participating in local Irish sessions. Kyle left Saratoga determined to develop her musical craft. She studied Celtic fiddle styles on a Fulbright scholarship in Cape Breton, learned Gaelic in Scotland, and attracted the support of some of the world’s finest Celtic musicians. The result is her debut CD, Monogah, a collection of her Appalachian-inspired songs with a Celtic twist. Her lyrics are those of an accomplished poet with a love of history, and her gentle, clear singing relaxes into the songs with maturity and confidence. She is joined tonight by fiddler Rosie MacKenzie of the Cottars. Hannah Sanders (The Dunns) from Old England, and Liz Simmons (The John Whelan Band, Annalivia, Long Time Courting) from New England, are the perfect show-mates for Kyle and Rosie. Their music draws from English and American traditions as well as old time, blues, and contemporary folk. This duo has a natural elegance and panache, both physical and melodic, that is captivating to behold in the live setting.

The Dewey Hall Folk Series presents
The Joint Chiefs
8:00 p.m.
Dewey Hall, 91 Main Street, Sheffield, MA
Suggested Donation: $15; Refreshments
Mark your calendars for the first Saturday of each month — beautiful, intimate setting, checkered tablecloths, superior acoustics, and exceptional local, national, and international musicians. The Dewey Hall Folk Music Series begins the season with The Joint Chiefs performing music that infuses an acoustic dynamic with a delivery that rocks.

Philanthropy New York invites you to a special screening of the film
Women, War & Peace: War Redefined With Wine and Cheese Reception and Q&A with the Filmmakers
5:30-8:15 p.m.
The Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues), New York, NY
Please RSVP
Women, War & Peace is a bold new five-part PBS television series challenging the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. The vast majority of today’s conflicts are not fought by nation states and their armies, but rather by informal entities: gangs and warlords using unconventional weapons. Incisive interviews with leading thinkers, Secretaries of State, and seasoned survivors of war and peace-making offer experiences that reveal how the post-Cold War proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war, with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualties. Simultaneously, they describe how women are emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict.

Arts & Business Council of New York invites you to a
Workshop on Marketing with Social Media
6:00-8:30 p.m.
Midtown Manhattan (exact location TBD)
Cost: $35 members; $55 non-members
Register online.
Questions? Contact vquinones@artsandbusiness-ny.org
After rave reviews of our sold-out SEO and social media workshop in February, Evan Bailyn, CEO of First Page Sage, is returning to present another marketing workshop exclusively on using social media to drive real world action. Are you trying to sell tickets to a show? Increase your Facebook likes? Encourage your supporters to give more? Then you should attend this session. Using case studies and on-the-spot analysis of audience members’ online presences, this workshop will enlighten, entertain, and illuminate the short list of strategies you should be focusing on to have your constituents take action. This workshop speaker is a for-profit business professional who will give a presentation tailored to nonprofit arts organizations.

Caffè Lena presents
Storytelling Open Mic With Featured Storyteller Betty Cassidy
7 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $3 at door
As a family member, friend, and teacher, Betty Cassidy has told stories all her life. A storytelling workshop a few years ago turned this natural talent into a second career as a performing storyteller. Since then Betty has participated in storytelling festivals, the Academy for Lifelong Learning story series, and has performed at schools, senior centers, libraries and local organizations. She enjoys folk tales and historic lore that make a connection with today’s world.

East Village Klezmer & Yiddish Culture Series at the new Center for Jewish Arts & Literacy Curated by Aaron Alexander Sixth Street Synagogue, 325 East 6th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues) in NYC’s East Village The series are co-sponsored by Workmen’s Circle/Arbeiter Ring of NY, Living Traditions/Klez Kamp, and Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD). 6 – 7:30 p.m. Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25 7 – 7:50 p.m. Yiddish Class, led by Dmitri Slepovitch $20 8 – 9:15 p.m. Concert (see schedule below) $15 (includes a drink) 9:30 – 11 p.m. Klezmer Jam Session, led by Margot Leverett, Pete Rushevsky, Aaron Alexander and guests, with Yiddish dance instruction by Lisa Mayer and guests $5 Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session and one drink) Generous discounts available for students, seniors and members of 6th St. Community Shul, Workmen’s Circle, CTMD, Klez Kamp and Klez Kanada attendees, and volunteers! Upcoming Concerts Sept. 13 – Jake Shulman-Ment Band Sept. 20 – Alicia Svigals Sept. 27 – Klezmerfest, with Greg Wall, Jordan Hirsch, Zev Zions, and Aaron Alexander Oct. 4 – Lisa Gutkin, trio with Pete Rushevsky and Remy Yulzari Oct. 11 – Joel Rubin and Pete Rushevsky Oct. 18 – Sukka Bash! Dmitri Slepovitch’s Litvakus Oct. 25 – Jim Guttman’s Bessarabian Breakdown Nov. 1 – Lisa, and Sruli’s Family Band, featuring Zach Mayer Nov. 8 – Eve Sicular & Isle of Klezbos Nov. 15 – Adrienne Cooper Ensemble (tentative) Nov. 22 – Pete Sokolow Nov. 29 – Matt Darriau𔄩s Shabbes Elevator Dec. 6 – Michael Winograd Trio Dec. 13 – Joanne Borts Dec. 20 – Khanike Party with Yale Strom’s Hot Pstromi, Aaron Alexander’s Midrash Mish Mosh

Arts & Business Council of New York invites you to a
Webinar on ThepARTnership Movement
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Cost: Free for members; $35 for non-members
Register online.
The pARTnership Movement is Americans for the Arts’ new campaign directed to the business community with the message that partnering with the arts can build their competitive advantage. Learn how you can participate on the local level, prepare for interactions with your businesses community, and get involved from placing ads to writing op-eds to building partnerships with media publications and business associations, at this webinar. Moderator: Mara Walker, Chief Operating Officer, Americans for the Arts. Presenters: Emily Peck , Director of Private Sector Initiatives, Americans for the Arts; Will Maitland Weiss, Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of NY; Chris Ebmeyer, Account Manager, Machinery, a strategic and creative boutique.

Capital Region Interfaith Story Circle
Marni Gillard, Facilitator
7-9 p.m.
Cathedral at the Immaculate Conception, 125 Eagle St., Albany, NY 12202 (corner of Madison Ave. and Eagle)
Parking available in NYS Museum parking lot
Cost: Free. All ages welcome.
Marni says: “I’ll focus on Sharing Stories from our CULTURAL and/or FAITH ROOTS. During the first half-hour, I’ll share tales and my journey of ‘letting in’ the Irish stories (long avoided because of difficult words, war themes, etc.) The rest of the evening is for YOUR TALES: share a memory that shows your ‘culture’ or ‘faith’ tradition, or just come listen. Maybe give a glimpse of your neighborhood, school, or any aspect of life that FEELS like CULTURE. Folktales/anecdotes welcome. My tales are IRISH, CATHOLIC, BIG FAMILY, HISTORICAL. My culture includes being a Brownie, singing in the car, joining choir, traveling as an AFS foreign-exchange student, and hanging out at the neighborhood park, swimming pool, and my Italian friends’ houses. YOUR cultural and faith tales are welcome whatever CULTURE or FAITH mean to you. Stories are 10 min. or under so many can share. Whether or not you’ve attended Interfaith Story Circle, please join us for this fun-filled story-sharing.”

American Association for State and Local History presents the AASLH Annual Meeting:
Commemoration: The Promise of Remembrance and New Beginnings
Richmond, VA. All concurrent sessions and the exhibit hall for the AASLH Annual Meeting will take place at the Richmond Marriott with general sessions and select meal functions located at the Richmond Convention Center.
Schedule available online
Register online for the full meeting or to attend one day
As interpreters of our nation’s past, our field searches for meaning in the achievements and trials of those who came before us. Commemoration aims to celebrate, educate, and honor the past. With commemoration comes reflection. How do we remember key pieces of our nation’s history? Whose lens do we use to see the past? How can these spaces become meaningful and relevant? It brings the promise of new beginnings as we continuously reflect on our past, future, and stories we tell. Join us in Richmond to explore the power of commemoration, remembrance, and new beginnings. The Civil War Sesquicentennial and the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 serve as the back-drop to this essential conversation of commemoration and how we experience our past.

Talking Folklore: Italian Folk: Vernacular Culture in Italian-American Lives
Joseph Sciorra, editor and contributor
With Nancy Carnevale (A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945), Jennifer Guglielmo (Living the Revolution: Italian Women’s Resistance and Radicalism in New York City, 1880-1945), and Joanna Clapps Herman (The Anarchist Bastard)

The Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY, 718.768.3195
This year, Fordham University Press published the anthology Italian Folk: Vernacular Culture in Italian-American Lives. The book, which Joseph Sciorra edited as part of the new series “Critical Studies in Italian America,” explores local knowledge and aesthetic practices, often marked as “folklore,” as sources for creativity and meaning in Italian-American lives. Sunday dinners, basement kitchens, backyard gardens, accordion music, Sicilian oral poetry, a Columbus Day parade, and neo-stregheria (witchcraft) are some of the dynamic, hybrid cultural forms discussed in the book. As the contributors demonstrate, folklore provides occasions for observing and interpreting behaviors and objects as part of lived experiences.

The An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance presents the
Bessarabian Tantshoyz Dance Party
featuring Master Klezmer Clarinetist Isaac Sadigursky with Michael Alpert
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Ukrainian East Village Restaurant, 140 2nd Ave (between East 9th St. and St. Mark’s in Manhattan).
Admission: $10
Lace up your dancing shoes for a special Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party featuring clarinetist Isaac Sadigursky with Michael Alpert. Born in Belts, Moldova, the Los Angeles-based clarinetist/accordionist Isaac Sadigursky is a major exponent of the Bessarabian klezmer tradition and its rich Ottoman/Balkan-influenced repertoire. Isaac will lead an all-star band featuring trumpeter Frank London, violinist Jake Shulman-Ment, accordionist Christina Crowder, bassist Benjy Fox-Rosen and Isaac’s son Sam Sadigursky on reeds. Dancing will be led by klezmer revival pioneer Michael Alpert, who will interview Sadigursky at the beginning of the program. Folks new to Yiddish Dance absolutely welcome! Co-presented by the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring.

Smith Center for the Arts presents
Galactic Cowboy Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
The Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street, Geneva, NY
Cost: $15 general admission/ $10 Seniors and Colleges Students/ free for students Grades 12 and under
The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (GCO) is a unique and powerful musical ensemble that fuses an eclectic mix of original and traditional bluegrass-edged tunes with jazz and world/fusion elements. Their music is Chick Corea meets The Dixie Dregs meets A Prairie Home Companion. The mix ranges from highly accessible bluegrass tunes to extreme arrangements of East Indian ragas. GCO’s instrumentation includes guitar, fiddle, bass and drums. The widely versatile instrumentals are accessible to music-lovers of all ages!

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, fun-loving, and masterful musician has a violin and a great sense of humor, and she plays regularly with the likes of Cyndi Lauper, R.E.M., Sarah McLachlan and Robyn Hitchcock. Her own songs are catchy, high-energy, and roots-based with smart, amusing lyrics. Her band has been described in the press as “Sheryl Crow meets the B-52’s” and “Debbie Harry fronting the Dave Matthews Band.” One of her most appealing assets is “her stage presence, which mixes the attitude of a rock star with the concentration of a classically trained concert violinist.” (Wall Street Journal) We enjoyed Deni’s recent debut at Caffè Lena so much that we invited her back for her CD release tour just two months later. Her new record, It’s All Good, was produced by Richard Barone of the Bongos.

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.

2011 Traditional Artisan Show
Sponsored by Bedminster Regional Land Conservancy
Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Upper Bucks County Technical School, 3115 Ridge Road, Bedminster, PA 18910, (215) 795-0375
Admission: $8 per person
The Bedminster Traditional Artisan Show will exceed your expectations! Prepare to be amazed at the level of quality in these creations by America’s very best traditional artisans. You are invited to see and meet more than 40 artisans and their incredible handcrafted treasures, gathered together here in Bucks County for this exclusive show. Hear about the rich history of their craft and see how they did it then and how they are continuing the tradition of fine American artistry. See the list of artists and schedule of demonstrations.

The Iroquois Studies Association invites you to the
2011 Iroquois Beadwork Conference
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
View Schedule online
Cost: $25 for full conference. Pre-registration is required.
For questions,contact Dolores Elliott at dolores@stny.rr.com or at 607-729-0016.
Join us for a weekend of fun and sharing our interest in Iroquois beadwork. Friday evening there will be a reception with refreshments in the Longyear Museum at Colgate University for a special viewing of the new exhibit, Birds and Beasts in Beads: 150 Years of Iroquois Beadwork that features over 200 pieces of amazing Iroquois beadwork pieces with animal images. On Saturday there will be lectures, sales of beadwork and beading supplies, publication sales, silent auction, competition of the very best in contemporary and historic beadwork, displays, and much more. Lectures will cover such topics as dating beadwork, beadwork that illustrate stories, more birds and beasts, beadwork identification, a special purse from Montreal, and more. The featured after-dinner speaker on Saturday is Ruth Phillips, prominent author and lecturer. Workshops and demonstrations on Sunday will feature contemporary beadworkers. Morning and afternoon field trips will visit the nearby Oneida Indian Nation’s Shako:wi Cultural Center.

Reconnecting to the Wild Writer Within
Led by Marni Gillard
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Amy Musiker’s home; 146 Glenmont Rd., Glenmont, NY 12077
Cost: $65. Checks payable to Amy Musiker. Please send a $30 deposit by 9/10 to guarantee your space. REGISTER with Amy at 518/937-5393 or a.musiker@yahoo.com
Bring your own lunch. Complimentary morning coffee and snack. This is the third of an ongoing series for writers wanting to work in an atmosphere of ongoing encouragement. Newcomers welcome. We WRITE and we SHARE. Come with paper, pen or laptop. QUESTIONS? Contact Marni, 518/381-9474 or marni@marnigillard.com.

Caffè Lena presents
Dylan Brody
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $16 advance / $18 at door (How to get tickets)
Originally from Schuylerville, NY, Dylan Brody is an award-winning playwright, humorist, thrice-published author, and regular contributor to The Huffington Post. For more than two decades in television, radio, and live performance, Dylan Brody has been toeing the line between long-form joke-telling and straightforward short story-telling, hitting his cadences easily and confidently. In recent years he has emerged as a radio raconteur whose witty and profound tales have earned him a reputation as one of America’s fastest rising storytellers. Heard on satellite radio and premiere internet sites, his short comedic rants acquire more than a million and a half listeners weekly. In addition to his regular performance schedule, Dylan had the recent honor of appearing in the George Carlin Tribute at the New York Public Library, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. George Carlin, whom Dylan admired as a child, once referred to Brody as a “very funny young political comic.”

Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) presents
A Culture of Joy & Resilience
A CELEBRATION OF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY Featuring Traditional Music and Dance of Balet Guadalupano
2-4 p.m.
Faber Park, 2175 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY
Free and open to the public
Since July of 2011, COAHSI’s “The Culture of Joy & Resilience: Reframing Cultural Conversations on Staten Island” program brought a series of large exhibition panels profiling four community-based folk arts practices to select New York Public Libraries on Staten Island. This fall, COAHSI will bring those artists to three libraries throughout Staten Island to give live presentations and demonstrations about their traditional art forms and heritage. Patrons of these programs will meet the artists and watch live demonstrations and performances and engage in conversations about these important art forms and communities that practice them. Traditional Mexican dance troupe from Port Richmond, Ballet Guadalupano, will present regional dances of Mexico in commemoration of Mexican Independence Day in Faber Park. The program will recognize, reconnect, and celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day for the Mexican community on Staten Island through traditional music and dance. It will also introduce the larger Staten Island community to the historical and cultural significance of this important day.
See also September 10 and October 1.

Folk Music Society of New York/New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club invite you to hear noted traditional folk musicians
Joy Bennett and Chris Koldewey
In a Free House Concert
2 p.m.
At the home of John Ziv and Deborah Rubin, 594 Rte. 97, Sparrowbush, NY 12780
For more information, call 845-858-7890 or 212-662-6575
Admission: Free
As a member of the quartet Water Sign for 13 years, Joy explored the close-knit harmonies of both traditional and contemporary folk music. Joy is also a founding member of the all woman chantey group The Johnson Girls. The “J-Girls” bring a sound and energy to sea and work songs that has brought entire audiences to their feet. They not only have beautiful harmonies, but raw power, allowing audiences a glimpse of the situations in which the chanteys were used. At the same time, the beauty of their ballads is unparalleled. Joy has performed solo, with Water Sign, the Johnson Girls, and with guest artists in the U.S. and Europe. Chris Koldewey, has been singing folk music and sea music in particular since his early teens. He comes from a family rich in maritime traditions, and his lullabies as a child were traditional songs of the sea. Chris has played many concerts and festivals in states along the U.S. eastern seaboard and internationally, and has led workshops dealing with a variety of traditional music forms. He accompanies himself on guitar, banjo, fiddle, concertina. When Chris and Joy come together for concerts, leading workshops or organizing events, they deliver powerhouse chanteys, haunting ballads, and tender laments rich with harmonies sung either a capella, or accompanied by Chris on one of his many instruments. Their repertoire will often move far away from water, perhaps to the mountains with an old-time song, or to some distant land with a ballad. Joy and Chris encourage audience participation audience members will leave with a new song running through their heads.

Museum at Eldridge Street presents
Beyond the Façade Book Party
3:00 p.m.
The Museum at Eldridge Street/Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
Cost: Free. RSVP required.
RSVP: hgriff@eldridgestreet.org
Join us for a reception celebrating the publication of Beyond the Façade: A Synagogue, A Restoration, A Legacy. This beautiful hardcover book chronicles the award-winning restoration of the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue, the first great house of worship built in America by East European Jews. Images by 23 photographers vividly capture the decline and renewal of this National Historic Landmark. Remarks by Bonnie Dimun, Executive Director, and Roberta Brandes Gratz, founder. Light refreshments will be served.

The An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance presents the
Tantshoyz Dance Party in Tompkins Square Park
featuring Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars with Dance Leader Jill Gellerman
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Tompkins Square Park, Avenue A and East 7th Street in Manhattan’s East Village
Admission: Free
Join us for a special free Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party in Tompkins Square Park featuring the music of Grammy-winning trumpeter Frank London of The Klezmatics and his Klezmer Brass All-Stars with guest Yiddish singers Eleanor Reissa and Joanne Borts. Dancing will be led by Jill Gellerman. Followed by a set of Latin jazz by The Arturo O’Farrill Sextet. And it’s happening outdoors at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village! Bring your dancing shoes for an afternoon of frelekhs, bulgars and horas — no experience necessary, Jill will show you the steps! Presented in partnership with the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring.

Caffè Lena presents
Colgate Vintage Thirteen
With Special Guests Skidmore Drastic Measures & Waldorf A Capella
Benefit for Caffè Lena and Universal Preservation Hall
Noon-1:00 p.m. Open House featuring the Uncalled 4 at Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
2:00-4:00 p.m. Vintage Thirteen Concert at Universal Preservation Hall, 25 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, (518) 584-2627

Price: $15-Adult; $25-Couple; $30-Family; $6 students at door
Since 1942, the famed Colgate Thirteen has delighted audiences with fun, musical surprises, and the best collegiate a cappella sound anywhere. Many consider the 1960s, a decade during which the group took on popular new material and deepened their commitment to harmony, to be the musical high point of the Colgate 13. This chorus of more than twenty-five alumni singers from the 1960s gathers once a year to celebrate their undiminished joy in singing together. With a repertoire of more than fifty crowd-pleasing songs, we promise you an afternoon of delightful entertainment in the beautiful surroundings of a restored, historic church in downtown Saratoga Springs. Opening the concert is Skidmore College’s charity co-ed a capella chorus the Drastic Measures, and the Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs’ A Capella chorus.

Caffè Lena presents
Triskele
7 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $10 advance / $12 at door (How to get tickets)
This new quartet has become the Capital Region’s premiere all-female Irish group. Their mystical harmonies on traditional Gaelic music touch the soul, and their humor and high spirits spread smiles and good cheer. The group features Dublin-born Noeleen Whelan on guitar on bodhran, her daughter Christine on bass, multi-instrumentalist Sharon Wheeler, and Jennifer Kiliniski on flutes, vocals and percussion. Their vocal harmonies, passion for helping others, and sharp wit make them a unique blend of sweet and saucy!

The Gotham Center presents the first Fall 2011 History Forum:
9/11, Part I – A People’s Response
6:30 p.m.
Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY
Single tickets are $10; Members, $8. All Forums are $50; Members $40. No Surcharges. To purchase tickets, call 212-868-4444 or buy online
On September 11, 2001, the digital age was just emerging. Before youTube, before Facebook and Twitter, communities sought ways to witness and share their experiences. Please join Steve Brier of the 9/11 Digital Archive, Ruth Sergel, and Pamela Griffiths of Voices of 9/11, and Mary Marshall Clark of Columbia University’s Oral History Program to view and discuss select projects that reflect the diversity and passion of a people’s response to 9/11.

Caffè Lena presents
The Sweetback Sisters
7 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $18 advance / $20 at door (How to get tickets)
The rollicking country swing of the Sweetback Sisters is as infectious as it is heartbreaking. Their charismatic charm harkens back to the golden era of both the silver screen cowgirl and the ersatz cowboy stars of TV kiddie shows. That whimsical exterior is wrapped around a core of traditional country music styles and a palpable joy in playing and singing together. Like their pseudo-sister role models, the Davis Sisters, the Sweetback Sisters sing country songs in close, surrogate-sister harmony and, of course, their signature matching dresses. Their repertoire combines several of the Sisters’ passions—country music from before they were born, and new interpretations of those traditions—to create a fresh take on what it means to be country.

The Folklife Center of Crandall Public Library presents
Tasty Talks: Joe York
7:00-8:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Crandall Public Library, 251 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY
For more information, call 518/792-6508 or email degarmo@crandalllibrary.org
Tasty Talks are food pairings with interesting people who document food traditions. We talk with Joe York, an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Since 2003, Joe has worked closely with the Southern Foodways Alliance to document and celebrate the diverse food cultures of the American South through film. Joe’s films focus on working class people—farmers, pitmasters, pie bakers, and fry cooks. Based at the University of Mississippi’s Media & Documentary Projects Center, Joe is a repeat winner at NYC’s Food & Film Festival. He has produced to date over 30 short films for SFA including “Cut/Chop/Cook,” “Smoke & Ears,” “To Live & Die in Avoyelles Parish”—all among the number we will view. Tonight’s local food pairing is Iron Pig BBQ of South Glens Falls.

North Sea Gas Concert
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Dundee Central School gymnasium, 55 Water St. Dundee, NY
Cost: Tickets at the door, adult $10, $8 Seniors, $5 Students and under five free
Info: 315-729-2124
Directly from Scotland: Ronnie MacDonald, Grant Simpson and Dave Gilfillan! One of Scotland’s most popular folk bands with tremendous three part harmonies! Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bouzouki, Whistles, Bodhrans, Banjo and good humour are all part of the entertainment. North Sea Gas regularly have sell out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!! North Sea Gas have received Gold and Silver disc awards from the Scottish Music Industry Association and have 16 albums recorded!

Folk Music Society of New York/New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club present
Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen
8 p.m.
OSA Hall, 220 E. 23rd St, Suite 707 (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues), New York, 10010
For more information, call 212-957-8386
General Admission is $20; children, and full-time students under 22 are free. Tickets available at the door or online.
Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen have been called America’s premier folk duo. They have been performing together for 20 years, melding their love of traditional music and their wealth of original songs. Accompanying themselves with guitar, concertina and banjo, their live performances are known for rich harmony, compelling songs and a good dose of humor. Steve Gillette sings easily, smoothly, in a mellow voice free of any affectation. He writes thoughtful, perceptive, unpretentious songs which refrain from elevating every situation of life to some cosmic significance. His songs have been covered by Ian and Sylvia, John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, and many others. Cindy Mangsen has a voice that can warm a New England winter. She shows intelligence in choosing songs, in writing songs, and understanding of what she sings. And this beautiful American folk soprano is as much a master of Anglo-Scottish tradition as many better-known singers from across the pond. Steve and Cindy consistently produce entertaining stage shows and high quality recordings (16 so far). Their warm voices and instrumental accompaniments join seamlessly with a gentleness and a maturity that is unmatched in the world of folk duos.

Caffè Lena presents
Maria Muldaur and Her Red Hot Bluesiana Band
6:30 and 9 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $27 advance / $29 at door (How to get tickets)
So much more than the seductive singer of the ‘70s pop classic “Midnight at the Oasis,” Maria Muldaur is an acclaimed interpreter of just about every stripe of American roots music: blues, early jazz, gospel, folk, country, R&B. Born in Greenwich Village, Maria grew up exploring blues, bluegrass, and Appalachian old-time music and began her music career applying her magnificent voice and alluring persona to the Even Dozen and Kweskin Jug Bands. Her passion for an eclectic range of musical genres is reflected in her 35 solo recordings, which include children’s albums and her 2001 Grammy Award nominated Richland Woman Blues. At long last she is making her Caffè Lena debut in conjunction with the release of her brand-new album, Steady Love. It’s a wonderful collection of funky, blues-and-gospel-based tunes, all with uplifting, positive messages. She’s touring the nation with her Red Hot Bluesiana Band to promote its release, stopping in Saratoga Springs on her way to New Orleans, where the project was born.

The Greater Danbury Irish Festival
Charles Ives Concert Park, Westside Campus of the Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT
For more information, contact j.corbett8321@sbcglobal.net
All weekend there are vendors selling quality Irish goods, entertainers on the main stage and in the cultural tent, a children’s area with games and crafts, a beverage tent and a food tent which caters to everyone’s tastes. See the 3 days of music at the 2011 Music Schedule and 2011 Cultural Schedule here.

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance and our Ukrainian Wave Community Cultural Initiative present their next
Ukrainian Folk Vechornytsi (Ukrainian Village Dance Party)
7-10:00 p.m.
Ukrainian East Village Restaurant, 140 Second Avenue (between 8th and 9th Streets), New York, NY
Admission $10 Adults, $5 Children (admission fee does not include dinner).
For further information call 212-571-1555 ext. 35.
With Carpathian dance master Roman Lewkowicz and live Ukrainian mountain music by Andriy Milavsky and Cheres. The Vechornytsi recreates the spirit of traditional Ukrainian village dance parties, with delicious Ukrainian food and instructions for children and adults. Founder of Obrij Ensemble, Roman Lewkowicz will teach a traditional wedding/social dance from the Maramores/Marmaroshchyna area of Transcarpathia.

Earlville Opera House presents
Bruce Cockburn
8 p.m.
Earlville Opera House, 18 East Main Street, Earlville, NY 13332, 315/691-3550
Order tickets online: $40, $35, $30
Celebrated Canadian recording artist Bruce Cockburn will be supporting the release of his 31st studio album Small Source of Comfort on True North Records. Cockburn will be accompanied on this tour by violinist Jenny Scheinman and percussionist Gary Craig who are both prominently featured on the new album. Small Source of Comfort is an adventurous collection of songs of romance, protest and spiritual discovery. The album, primarily acoustic yet rhythmically savvy, is rich in Cockburn’s characteristic blend of folk, blues, jazz and rock. As usual, many of the new compositions come from his travels and spending time in places like San Francisco and Brooklyn to the Canadian Forces base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, jotting down his typically detailed observations about the human experience.

Sand Lake Center for the Arts presents:
Marty Wendell
8 p.m.
Squire Jacob Coffeehouse, 2880 Route 43, Averill Park, NY 12018, Phone: (518) 674-2007
Tickeets: $16; under 18 $10. Reservations appreciated.
When the mid-sixties revolution from Folk to Rock broke out in New York’s Greenwich Village, Marty Wendell was there! When Johnny Cash toured in 1968 promoting his Live at Folsom Prison album, Marty Wendell was an opening act! He grew up during the birth of Rock and Roll and while he was influenced by that, he can always be counted on as a writer who provides fresh and meaningful songs. Marty is an original!
Sit comfortably at small tables and enjoy delectable desserts and beverages from our café. The Squire Jacob Coffeehouse Concert Series brings the pleasure of the multifaceted sounds and rhythms of traditional music to the ears, and hearts of the audience.

Caffè Lena presents
See the Future! Saturday Night Sampler
Featuring Robin O’Herin and Troubadours of Divine Bliss
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $10 at door
Tonight’s See the Future sampler brings us two perspectives on songs for the spirit. Robin O’Herin is an acoustic blues and gospel musician from the Berkshires. She plays bottleneck and fingerstyle guitar, and her mountain dulcimer adds the welcome sounds of Appalachian folk. She specializes in historically rich, interactive concerts that take listeners on a journey through the Delta and Piedmont regions of the South. Song selections may include Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and Robin’s own original blues and ballads. She has been a finalist in the prestigious Memphis International Blues Challenge and Telluride Blues contest and has contributed songs for PBS productions. Aim Me and Renee of Troubadours of Divine Bliss met more than twenty years ago in a spirit-filled, holy rollin’, charismatic church in Kentucky where these two best friends were baptized, sanctified, and deodorized. A family feud pushed them apart from each other, their church, and their faith. But a decade later, they found each other again, strapped on battery-powered Christmas lights, and made their musical debut as carolers on the streets of New Orleans. These days they travel around the globe encouraging Revolution of the Spirit and Courage of the Heart. “Their acoustic music with a streak of old-time flavor appeals to those who like the female camaraderie and harmonies of the Indigo Girls but are looking for something with a bit more weirdness, humor and range . . . sultry narratives . . . vaudeville send-ups . . . luscious covers . . . they move from pathos to flippancy with breathtaking speed.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Albany Institute of History & Art presents a Gallery Talk:
Marie Triller — Ten Years: Remembering 9/11
2 p.m.
Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210
Free with museum admission
For the past decade, from a few days after the tragic events of 2011 and every year since on the anniversary of 9/11, well-known area photographer Marie Triller has visited ground zero in New York City to document the anguish, dignity, and spirit of thousands of people who have come to the site. More than one hundred of Triller’s complex and passionate images are collected in her new book Ten Years: Remembering 9/11, which includes essays by United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Eleanor Heartney, contributing editor of Art in America. Join Marie Triller at the Albany Institute as she talks about her remembrance project and her efforts to tell “a truer story of that bright, dark day.”

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance and our FolkColombia Música y Danza ontinue an ongoing series of family-friendly Domingos Colombianos programs:
Vaqueros y Campesinos
2-6:00 p.m.
El Taller Latino Americano, 2710 Broadway at 103rd Street in Manhattan
Admission: Free
For further information call 212-571-1555 ext. 35.
Vaqueros y Campesinos will explore Colombia’s Andes and plains traditions with performances, workshops, games for children, film, and a demonstration and tasting of regional foods. Performances by: Pajarillo Pinta’o: Daniel Fetecua-Soto/Anna Amadei; Agrupación Danza y Música Aires de Colombia: Ruben Dario Mejia/Paula Andrea Vélez Toro; Johanna Castañeda and Joropeando!; Sebastian Cruz; Nilko Andreas; Victor Cruz; Vidal Guzman and more.

The Preservation League of Staten Island presents
Artist and Architecture: An evening of talk and talent (and maybe a little music)
4:00 p.m.
2nd in Series: At the West Brighton home of Joann Nelsen, one of the first buildings on Staten Island to receive official landmark designation, shortly after the passing of the NYC Landmark law in 1965. The location address will be supplied as we get closer to the event date.
For more information on the series please call 917-886-389.
Cost: $45 per person. Register for All Three in the Series $108.00 (20% discount).
As both part of the League’s mission of education and as a fund raiser, the series will feature three separate informal talks by local award winning artists, designers and architects who craft, work and design from inside some of Staten Island’s historic and architecturally unique homes. Wine, non-alcoholic refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served. These wonderful houses provide some of the inspiration and ideas for their talented owners. These ‘artisans’ will speak on the joys and challenges of their respective trades.
See the first in series date on June 4, 2011.

Caffè Lena presents
Joy Kills Sorrow
With Opener Rosary Beard
7 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $15 advance / $17 at door (How to get tickets)
With its bold new brand of acoustic music, Boston-based quintet Joy Kills Sorrow brings a decidedly modern sensibility to an old-world sound, channeling the prodigious talents of its individual members into elegant arrangements and well-crafted songs. While the group pays due homage to its Bluegrass roots—its name is taken from WJKS, a radio station that broadcasted the Monroe brothers’ show in the 1930s—the band truly excels in its rich and textured treatment of more contemporary material. Boasting a full arsenal of original songs, Joy Kills Sorrow plumbs the entire spectrum of its spare instrumentation, effortlessly merging influences as diverse as folk, rock, pop, and jazz. The music that emerges is dark and often funny, ruminating on modern life and love with eloquence and wit. The result is a radical new strain of folk music, one that bravely breaks with tradition even as it salutes the past. Rosary Beard is the duo of Matthew Carefully and Hunter Sagehorn. They play mellow, lush acoustic guitar duets.

The Gotham Center presents a Fall 2011 History Forum:
Mystery Fiction and New York City History
6:30 p.m.
Skylight Room, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY
Single tickets are $10; Members, $8. All Forums are $50; Members $40. No Surcharges. To purchase tickets, call 212-868-4444 or buy online
Join novelists Lyndsay Faye, Joseph Wallace, and Edgar winner Stefanie Pintoff as they discuss the integration of history into their novels, along with other issues of gender, race and ethnicity in early New York City and how such issues have changed over time.

Benefit for Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders
A Party Celebration in Honor of Zarela Martínez
6:00 p.m. Cocktails, Tasting Menu, and Silent Auction
Hemispheric Institute, New York University, 20 Cooper Square, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10003
“Zarela Martínez and her namesake restaurant, Zarela, are Manhattan institutions, responsible for exposing this city’s diners to a Mexico more multifaceted than most Mexican restaurants visit.” (New York Times 2006). Call 212-587-3070 or email info@manoamano.us for more information on this celebration.

El Museo del Barrio presents
IN OUR LINGO: Esmeralda Santiago
Conversation with the author and book signing
6:30-8:00 p.m.
El Teatro, 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street) New York, NY 10029
Cost: Free
The El Barrio Today Arts Cluster invites you to explore our neighborhood on this tour which focuses on the public art and cultural highlights of El Barrio. Stops include the Graffiti Wall of Fame, Julia de Burgos Boulevard, local murals, and more. All tours depart from El Museo’s lobby. Space is limited. RSVP required

Sadaodi:yos (Lend a Good Ear) — Words from our Haudenosaunee Elders Friends of Ganondagan’s 2011 Native American Lecture Series
Words That Come Before All Else — Tom Porter
7-9 p.m.
Nazareth College Shults Center, 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, NY
Cost: $30 non-members, $20 Friends of Ganondagan; $80 for three-lecture series non-members; $50 member price.
Pre-registration required. For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit www.ganondagan.org/programs/LectureSeries.html or call 585-742-1690
Tom Porter, Mohawk elder and lifelong champion for the revitalization of Native languages and traditions will speak about the traditional “Thanksgiving Address” which explains the Haudesnosaunee (Iroquois) connection to the natural world, and is at the core of the Haudenosaunee view of the universe.
See also October 19, November 3, and November 15 for related events.

The Folklife Center of Crandall Public Library presents
Tasty Talks: Naomi Duguid
7:00-8:30 p.m.(Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Crandall Public Library, 251 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY
Cost: Free
For more information, call 518/792-6508 or email degarmo@crandalllibrary.org
Tasty Talks are food pairings with interesting people who document food traditions. Naomi Duguid, traveler, writer, photographer, is often described as a culinary anthropologist. She is the co-author of six award-winning books of food and travel, including Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through South-East Asia; Seductions of Rice; and Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Stories from the Other China. In stories, recipes, and photographs, the books explore daily home-cooked foods in their cultural context. Naomi is a contributing editor of Saveur magazine, writes a weekly blog and conducts immersion food tours in northern Thailand each winter. Her next book, Rivers of Flavor: Recipes and Travel Stories from Burma, celebrates the food cultures of Burma and will be published in autumn 2012 by Artisan. Tonight’s food will be a sampling of rice dishes from around the world.

Kar-Foley Band
8 p.m.
The Parting Glass Irish Pub, 40-42 Lake Avenue ~ Saratoga Springs, NY, (518) 583-1916
Tickets: $16 limited advance/$20/$25 VIP
“He Said – She Said” is an inspired and winning collaboration of original songs by the blues’y Canadian Juno award winning guitarist Sue Foley and critically acclaimed U.S. singer/songwriter Peter Karp. The songs are adapted from letters and e-mails between them over a two years. The show encompasses folk, jazz, flamenco, and blues resulting in an event that is moving, literate, romantic, rocking, and exciting. It also has lots of humor and is very engaging moving between nylon acoustic guitar, dobro, grand piano and electric guitars. Their CD was released in March and hit #1 on the Blues Chart

Caffè Lena presents
Ray Bonneville
8 p.m.
Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY, 518-583-0022
Cost: $18 advance / $16 at door (How to get tickets)
Ray Bonneville is a Canadian born, Austin based blues singer-songwriter known for his “loose, darkly funky vibe” (All Music Guide). His Red House release Goin’ By Feel was named one of the best CDs of 2008 by DownBeat Magazine and featured the Americana hit “I Am the Big Easy,” which was #1 most played song on folk radio that year and won the Folk Alliance Award for Song of the Year. Noted for having one of “the sexiest guitar styles around” (Acoustic Guitar), Ray has performed with B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Robert Cray. His new songs have a down and dirty quality, capturing the hardships of everyday life. He writes from his experience as an immigrant, Vietnam War vet, taxi driver and bush pilot, drawing inspiration from the many places he has called home—Montreal, New Orleans, Colorado, Arkansas, Alaska, Boston, Seattle and Paris, France. Honing his songwriting craft for the last 35 years, Ray’s gritty storytelling and deep-grooving, world-class blues style has won him the prestigious Juno Award (Canadian Grammy), and rave reviews from DownBeat and No Depression.

Anabella Lenzu DanceDrama premieres
The Grass Is Always Greener...
7:30 p.m.
Baryshnikov Arts Center, Howard Gilman Performance Space, 450 W. 37th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY
General Admission: $20. Tickets at the door
Preview performance for invited guests and media professionals: Studio 6A, Friday, September 9, 2011 at 8 p.m. - 20 minute performance followed by Q&A and refreshments. RSVP required.
RSVP recommended: info@anabellalenzu.com
Conceived and directed by Argentinean choreographer Anabella Lenzu with photographic projections created by Todd Carroll, The Grass is Always Greener... is a gripping, polemical piece of dance theater that hashes the personal, practical, and political struggles of immigrants to the United States. The piece moves in between the turn of the twentieth century, during the great waves of immigration at Ellis Island, and modern day. In a non-linear approach, the work weaves in scenes from our current conflict on U.S. immigration policy, bringing the contemporary debate into sharp relief against historical, forgotten experiences. Five women travel through time, across borders, and along the roads of memory and anticipation. Each carrying her own suitcase filled with memorabilia, images of home, and hopes for a new life, these voyagers are archetypal immigrants caught between cultures. The women arrive in a new land, carrying old traditions to which they no longer relate, finding fault with the home to which they do not yet belong. Past and present are superimposed, the lines of individual narratives blur. As the women unpack their suitcases to share their stories with the audience, Lenzu unpacks the question of what it means to be an immigrant, whether in 1900 or 2011. Dancers: Lauren Ohmer, Trina Mannino, Julia Lindpaintner, Debra Zalkind & Anabella Lenzu.

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.

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!

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, 129 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

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

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, 2012

The Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery presents
Celebrating Artists of the Finger Lakes
Artist Opening Reception: August 12, 6-8 p.m.
The Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY
Gallery Summer Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday 12:30–4 p.m.
Thirty regional artists with new works in painting, sculpture, drawing, pastels, jewelry, glass and ceramics will be featured.

August 12, 2011 —September 17, 2011

Outsider FolkArt Gallery presents
Interface: Expressions from the Collection
Opening Reception: September 9, 2011, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Outsider FolkArt Gallery, 201 Washington Street, Suite 504, Reading, PA 19601 (5th Floor, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts), 610.939.1737
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Interface: Expressions from the Collection will feature many important works from the George & Sue Viener Collection. The exhibit, which includes paintings, drawings, ceramic works, sculpture, and mixed media works on wood, paper, and other materials is curated by Emily Branch, Gallery Director, who joined the Outsider Folk Art Gallery this June. Not merely a selection of portraits, Interface dives into various methods and reason for expression spanning Folk Art, Self-Taught and Visionary Art. Comparing and contrasting methodology revolving around historical and personal accounts, this exhibit challenges the viewer to analyze perceptions of “seeing” and individual artist intention.

September 9, 2011 —December 9, 2011

John D. Calandra Italian American Institute presents the exhibition:
Graces Received: Painted and Metal Ex-votos from Italy
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor, New York, New York 10036, (Between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 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 works featured in the exhibition date from 1865 to 1959 and are from the collection of Professor Leonard Norman Primiano of Cabrini College. Within Catholicism, ex-votos are votive objects offered in thanks for heavenly intercession with a misfortune such as an accident or illness. Historically, objects in Italy included metal ex-votos that took the shape of persons (e.g., a soldier, a swaddled infant), afflicted body parts, or hearts representing the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In addition, painted narrative tablets (tavolette), usually on wood, often depicted the dramatic moment of crisis for which intercession was requested. Ex-votos were an important part of the Italian-American religious practices in New York City in the first half of the twentieth century.

September 16, 2011 —January 6, 2012

Philadelphia Folklore Project presents the exhibition:
Cultural Change
Opening: September 16, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m., free
Philadelphia Folklore Project, 735 South 50th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Exhibition Hours: Tuesdays and Tursday, 10-6 p.m.
Call 215.726.1106 for more details
Four vanguard cultural workers fill PFP’s gallery with folk arts from the African Diaspora, made and gathered over 40+ years. This new PFP exhibition features Rashie Abdul Samad and Sharif Abdur-Rahim (African Cultural Arts Forum), Frito Bastien, and Isaac Maefield. Folk arts have been resources for these men and sources of value. Cultural Exchange recognizes the significance of their labors, takes inspiration from their 40+ years of diligent and dedicated service, and honors their efforts to shape a future for others (especially others who have been written off, or sacrificed as collateral damage). In making, trading, and re-circulating folk arts, and in constant devotion to others, Rashie Abdul Samad and Sharif Abdur-Rahim, Frito Bastien, and Isaac Maefield have forged ways forward. Humbly and with consistent ethical principles, they have regenerated value, community, beauty, integrity, and resistance. Examples of their work trace community-based movements in formative stages. The exhibition can be experienced in many ways: one way is to take it as a reminder that revolutions begin in everyday actions. Rashie Abdul Samad says: “If anything is going to change, it will come from exchange with each other.” Cultural Exchange aims to create temporary ground for conversational exchange, for considering what we know and what we need to know from one another. You are invited to attend the exhibition and to amplify the stories that can be told about the people, works, and issues represented, and about the future we want to shape together.

September 16, 2011 —December 16, 2011

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