Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

May 2003

Contents

  • Storyteller Katie Green will join May 9 Song & Story Swap
  • Lyn Hardy hosts A Place To Be on WAMC
  • 1794 Meetinghouse sets summer schedule
  • Lou's Reviews - Interview with Greg Brown
  • Calendar

Storyteller Katie Green will join May 9 Song & Story Swap

Please come share in an evening of music and stories at the May Pioneer Valley Folklore Society SONG & STORY SWAP.

Katie GreenFriday, May 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, Mass.  

Featured as guest performer this month will be storyteller Katie Green. A former speech pathologist, Katie has adapted a penchant for teaching and language to the craft of storytelling. She is known for her skill in finding the heart of a story and bringing characters to life through voice and movement. Her programs and favorite subject areas include ancient Egytian myths, the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, and ghost stories.

Beyond her work as a performer, Katie also serves as a storytelling teacher and organizer. She is past president of the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling (LANES), was a 1998 recipient of the National Storytelling Association's Service Award, and has taught hundreds in her storytelling classes at Fitchburg State College. Her performances are featured on two audiocassettes and she has a CD, The Red Hat: Adventure Tales for Young People, in the works.

Learn more about Katie Green at http://ww.katiegreenstories.com.

The warm-up theme this month is Bloomers. BloomersBloomers

The PVFS Song & Story Swap happens the 2ND FRIDAY of every month.  For information contact Paul Kaplan, (413)-253-9484 or Jeff Lee, (413)-256-0433 or visit http://www.filbert.com/pvfs.

Lyn Hardy hosts A Place To Be on WAMC

Lyn HardyFormer Rude Girl and local luthier, Lyn Hardy, is now living in the Albany, New York area where she produces and hosts a children's music program on WAMC, FM 90.3.  Called A Place To Be, the show airs Monday through Friday at 3:30 p.m.

Lyn's daughter, Ruth Unger, is also making a musical mark as a member of the folk trio, The Mammals.  Hear them along with Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks at the Indoor Action Dome in Greenfield on May 16 before they head off to the Kerrville Folk Festival.
 

1794 Meetinghouse sets summer schedule

1794 Meetinghouse Aspire To The Arts SeriesThe 1794 Meetinghouse in picturesque New Salem has a packed calendar of quality performances lined up for the late spring and summer.

On Thursday evenings at 7:30, May through July, the Inspire Series features performances by local artists including Nick Plakias, Laura Wood, Jose Gonzalez and Yankee Notions.

On Saturdays the Aspire to the Arts Series brings popular performers from all over to the Meetinghouse stage.  Deb Pasternak, Paul Winter, and international prize-winning pianist, Rexton Park, are among this summer's Aspire headliners.

For the latest scheduling information consult the 1794 Meetinghouse web site at http://www.1794meetinghouse.org/.

Lou's Reviews – Interview with Greg Brown

Going Sleeveless and Driftless with Greg Brown by Lou WigdorThis month's review from Lou Wigdor is based on his phone interview with Greg Brown, the midwesterner with a farmer's physique, a poet's insight, and the voice of a virtuoso.  Lou delves into Greg's recent Iron Horse appearance and the music of his latest CD, Milk of the Moon. 

It's all in Going Sleeveless and Driftless with Greg Brown.

Western Mass. Folk Calendar

  • May 8 - Anand Nyack & Polly Fiveash, Carolyn Parry, and Katie Cajigas.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  7:30pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 8 - Gaia Roots.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 8 - David Wilcox, Christine Havrilla.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 9 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Katie Green.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • May 9 - Lisa McCormick, Gideon Freudmann.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 9 - Norman Schell, Eliot Bronson.  Turningstone Coffee House, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-772-0831.
  • May 9 - Ellis Paul, Lisa Martin.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 10 - New Goshen Rollers.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  413-253-3442.
  • May 10 - Cliff Eberhardt, Liz Queler.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 10 - Chris Smither.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 10 - Lui Collins, Paul Kaplan.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street,  Greenfield, MA.  7:15pm.  413-772-2213.
  • May 10 - Catie Curtis, Maybe Baby.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 10 - Airbourne Comedians.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall,  Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • May 11 - Dean Stevens.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • May 11 - Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Langhorn Slim.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 11 - Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers.  Memorial Hall, 198 Main St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:00pm.  413-267-9506.
  • May 14 - The Hackensaw Boys, Fancy Trash, The Chuck Hestons.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 15 - Eliot Bronson, Jerree Small, Chris Pureka.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 15 - Various Artists - Falcon Ridge Preview.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 15 - Ashley MacIsaac.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 16 - Chris & Meredith Thompson, Sam Shaber.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 16 - Susan Werner.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 16 - The Mammals, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks.  Indoor Action Dome, 1385 Bernardston Rd., Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-772-8665.
  • May 16 - Michael DiMartino & the World Beat Ensemble.  Turningstone Coffee House, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-772-0831.
  • May 16 - Clem Snide, Shawn Fogel & Sam Champion.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 16 - Skypaint: A Popopera, Thane Thomsen of the Figments.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 17 - Paul Kaplan.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • May 17 - Lindsay Adler.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • May 17 - A Cape Breton Ceidlidh w. Derrick, Melody & Lisa Cameron.  White Church Community Center, Memorial St., Deerfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-774-3046.
  • May 17 - Sarah Bolen, Emily Greene & Mara Levi.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 17 - Tonny Vacca & the World Rhythm Ensemble.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  9:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 17 - Broque.  Coffee & Soul Coffeehouse, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St.,  Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • May 17 - Flying Garbanzos.  Guiding Star Grange, 401 Chapman St.,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-772-0501.
  • May 17 - Luka Bloom.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 17 - The Johnson Girls.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr.,  Springfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-562-3990.
  • May 18 - Hackensaw Boys.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 18 - Arlo Guthrie.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8:00pm. 413-528-1955.
  • May 18 - Kenny Roberts.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  2:00pm.  978-544-5200.
  • May 18 - Eileen Ivers.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 19 - Linda Thompson - featuring John Doyle and Teddy Thompson.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 20 - Open Stage hosted by Guy-Michael Grande.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 22 - Ember Swift.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 23 - Michael Troy, Jack Kid.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 23 - Francis Doughty.  Turningstone Coffee House, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-772-0831.
  • May 23 - Rainer Maria, Mates of State.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 23 - Springfield Storytellers Swap.  Blue Moon Coffeehouse, 715 Sumner Ave., MA.  7:00pm.  413-734-0193.
  • May 24 - Louise Taylor.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 24 - Guy Davis, Deb Pasternak.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 25 - Julia Rose.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • May 25 - Roseann Cash.  Mass. MoCa, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, MA.  8:00pm.  413-662-2111.
  • May 25 - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem.  Memorial Hall, 198 Main St.,  Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:00pm.  413-267-9506.
  • May 25 - Viva Quetzal.  Stanley Park, Westfield, MA.  6:00pm.
  • May 26 - Tommy Castro.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 27 - Dick Dale.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 28 - The Microphones.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 29 - Various Artists - Paul Simon Tribute.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  7:30pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 29 - The Cowboy Junkies.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7 & 9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 30 - Andrew Kerr & Teddy Goldstein.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 30 - Ray Mason.  Turningstone Coffee House, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-772-0831.
  • May 30 - Steve Forbert, Roger Salloom.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • May 31 - Almost Speechless.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • May 31 - Klezmer Mountain Boys.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • May 31 - Francis Doughty.  Spring Fling, Leverett Food Co-op, Leverett, MA. 12:00am.  413-367-9581.
  • May 31 - Paul Winter.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • May 31 - Kate Mesmer, Jen Toby.  Shea Theater, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA.  7:00pm.  413-626-1642.
  • Jun. 1 - Charlie King & Karen Brandow.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 1 - The Massacoustics.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 2 - Willem Breuker Kollektief.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 4 - Randal Bays & Daithi Sproule.  Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7:00pm.  413-584-4699.
  • Jun. 5 - Maria Muldaur, Jon Dee Graham.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 6 - Faith Petric.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 6 - Terence Martin, Sloan Wainwright.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jun. 6 - Laura Siersema.  Turningstone Coffee House, 233 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-772-0831.
  • Jun. 6 - The Blood Oranges.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 7 - Frank Critelli.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 7 - Nadine Goellner & Natalia Zukerman.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jun. 7 - Mad Agnes, Margo Hennebach, Adrienne Jones, Mark Saunders.  Coffee & Soul Coffeehouse, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St.,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Jun. 7 - Sarah Harmer.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 7 - Walter & Valerie Crockett & the Oxymorons.  Common Grounds Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 55 Fenn St.,  Pitsfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-499-0866.
  • Jun. 8 - Arnold & Gretz.  Stone Soup Coffeehouse, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  3:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 8 - Martin Sexton & Colleen Sexton.  Memorial Hall, 198 Main St.,  Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:00pm.  413-267-9506.
  • Jun. 11 - Kasey Chambers.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St.,  Northampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 11 - Fairport Convention.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 12 - Karaugh Brown, James O'Brien, Gooselove.  Cafe Koko, 204 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-774-2772.
  • Jun. 12 - Jose Gonzalez y Banda Criolla.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 13 - PVFS Song & Story Swap with guest Jackie Steiner.  Black Sheep Café, 79 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-253-9484.
  • Jun. 13 - Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jun. 13 - Jonatha Brooke.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Jun. 13 - Laura Siersema.  Cafe Koko, 204 Main Street,  Greenfield, MA.  8:00pm.  413-774-2772.
  • Jun. 13 - Vinx.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 14 - Roger Tincknell.  Eric Carle Museum, 125 West Bay Rd., Amherst, MA.  413-283-6246.
  • Jun. 14 - Sara Ransom.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 14 - David Roth, Cadence Carroll.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jun. 14 - Mark Erelli.  Railway Café, St. John's Episcopal Church, 59 Summer St., North Adams, MA.  8:00pm.  413-664-6393.
  • Jun. 14 - Sue Foley.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 15 - Dan Vaillancourt.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 15 - Finn McCool.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  2:00pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 15 - Suzy Bogguss.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 18 - Wholesale Klezmer band, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Hadley, MA. 7:00pm.  413-586-7870.
  • Jun. 19 - Laura Wood.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 20 - Erin McKeown.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 20 - Little Charlie and the Nightcats.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  9:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 21 - Erin McKeown.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 22 - Bruce & Linda Pollack-Johnson.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 22 - Jonathan Edwards, Brian O'Connor.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 23 - Jonathan Edwards, Brian O'Connor.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 24 - Alix Olson & Pamela Means.  P.A.C.E., 41 Union St.,  Easthampton, MA.  8:00pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Jun. 24 - James Taylor.  Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA.  7:00pm.  617-266-1200.
  • Jun. 26 - Yankee Notions.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 26 - Roger Tincknell & Davis Bates.  Stanley Park, Westfield, MA.  10:00am.
  • Jun. 27 - Briz.  Stone Soup Cafe, Bob Blue's, 170 E. Hadley Rd.,  Amherst, MA.  7:00pm.  413-256-8784.
  • Jun. 27 - Springfield Storytellers Swap.  Blue Moon Coffeehouse, 715 Sumner Ave., MA.  7:00pm.  413-734-0193.
  • Jun. 28 - Tarbox Ramblers.  Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA.  8:00pm.  413-528-3394.
  • Jun. 28 - A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.  Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA.  5:45pm.  617-266-1200.
  • Jun. 28 - Martha Gallagher.  1794 Meetinghouse, New Salem, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-5200.
  • Jun. 28 - Steve Roslonek.  Mass. MoCa, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, MA.  10:30am.  413-662-2111.
  • Jun. 28 - The Stone Coyotes.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St.,  Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Jun. 28 - Roger Tincknell.  Village Commons, South Hadley, MA.  10:30am.
  • Jun. 29 - Metropolitan Klezmer.  National Yiddish Book Center, Hampshire College,  Amherst, MA.  2:00pm.  413-256-4900.

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