September Loving Hearts Club Boogie Band Fri., Sep. 15, 7:30pm Morristown Unitarian Fellowship

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1 September TM TM Box 41 Mendham, NJ Newsletter submissions: George Otto Long Hill Road, Gillette, NJ Deadline is the 15th Membership, corrections/changes: D L Graham membership@folkproject.org c/o D L Graham 886 Ray Avenue Union, NJ Folk Project Officers: President: Steve Humphreys Vice President: Kathi Caccavale Secretary: Jay Wilensky Treasurer: Mike Agranoff Trustees: Trustees thru 2017: Kathi Caccavale, Lois DeRitter, Steve Humphreys Trustees thru 2018: Olga Alvarez, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Bob McNally Trustees thru 2019: Ken Brody, Allan Kugel, Evelyn McNally facebook.com/folkproject twitter.com/thefolkproject youtube.com/c/folkprojectvideo Loving Hearts Club Boogie Band Fri., Sep. 15, 7:30pm Morristown Unitarian Fellowship Love is in the air when The Loving Hearts Club Boogie Band gets on stage. This 11-piece ensemble plays a wide variety of what is commonly called "Americana." For 13 years, the group has acted as the house Rock and Roll band for The Folk Project's annual Valentine's Day show. The band consists of Mark Schaffer, Jeff Rantzer, Andy Koenig, Darrell Courtley, Kris Lamb, Frank Sole, Dave Kleiner, Liz Pagan, Dave Sherman, Bob Dowling, and Greg Sundel. The band is excited to make its headline debut for The Folk Project at the home of The Minstrel Acoustic Concert Series. The concert program will feature many original compositions that will make this show truly unique. Tickets on sale for just $15 at concerts.folkproject.org or at the door. Eric Schwartz in Special Concert Sat., Sep. 23, 7:30pm Morristown Unitarian Fellowship The Folk Project will be departing from its usual fare of entertainment with this upcoming Special Concert featuring Eric Schwartz. Eric is a satirical songwriter and powerful performer, featuring great vocal and instrumental chops, both on guitar and piano. He is a brilliant wordsmith, making great use of puns, similes, unlikely rhymes, and double entendre, with hilarious results. His experience in professional comedy clubs makes him wonderfully spontaneous and improvisational, resulting in a show that is never the same twice. Those of you who enjoy the Daily Show s Jon Stewart will find yourselves instant Eric Schwartz Fans And, like Jon Stewart, Eric s language will turn blue from time to time. And his subject matter includes sexual references and left-leaning political material. So we scheduled this concert on a Saturday to make sure that no one expecting our usual apolitical and family-friendly fare at the Minstrel will be blindsided by this more adult-oriented show. Also, note that this will be Eric s (continued on page 7) QUICK GUIDE TO THE INSIDE September Evening o' Music... 2 Jersey City's First Major Folk Festival... 2 Brooklyn Americana Music Festival... 2 Members Gigs (& Friends)... 7 Board Meeting: The Summary...10 Good o the Order...11 MUF Fundraiser Auction...13 NOTE: web links in the enewsletter are now clickable

2 2 September Evening o' Music Sat., Sep. 9, 8pm Liz Pagan and Dave Kleiner's 32 Williamson Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ (973/ This month, we ll light up the night in Bloomfield with music and the back yard fire pit (the former a guarantee, the latter, weather permitting). Bring food and drink to share and your voices and instruments, too. Directions: Get to Parkway SOUTH via EITHER Route 3 East OR Route 80 East to Route 19 South. Take Exit 149. Quick left onto Montgomery Street. Third left onto Williamson. #32 is 5th house on left. FROM PARKWAY NORTH (via Route 280 East): Take exit 148 (JFK Drive). Make the fourth right onto Montgomery St. Third left onto Williamson. #32 is the 5th house on left. Jersey City's First Major Folk Festival Sat., Sep. 9, noon 10pm 380 Montgomery Street, Jersey City The day-long event at Cathedral Hall, located in historic downtown Jersey City, will include performances from both nationally-known artists and highly regarded regional acts. In addition to live music, the festival will include music workshops, retail vendors, and food booths. The lineup includes The Mammals, Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards, Abbie Gardner, Matt Nakoa, The Chapin Sisters, Sleeping Bee, Diana Jones, Paul Sachs, Dayna Kurtz, M. Shanghai, Amy Allison, Bobtown and Tim Erbach. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, with student discounts available. Tickets and more information are available at the event website, Brooklyn Americana Music Festival Thu. Sun. Sep Brooklyn, NY This third annual festival will present original and traditional country, folk, roots, blues, old time, and bluegrass artists at seven locations along the Brooklyn waterfront. ALL FREE except for Opening Night Gala ($25). See or contact littleredhenagency@gmail.com for more information. Getaway's Just Around the Corner Fri. Sun., Oct. 6 8 Fall Acoustic Getaway The Project's Getaway is a fabulous weekend musical mini-vacation, and The Fall Classic features some of America s finest acoustic performers up close and personal. Three concerts, 40 workshops, endless music jams, 10 performers, food, lodging and all activities cost around $200. If you love music, it s the best place to be. If you play music, it s the only place to be. Getaway will be held Friday, October 6 through Sunday, October 8, 2017 at a rural Y camp near Hackettstown, NJ. Attendance is limited to 150 members and guests, so it s intimate, comfortable, and always sells out. Register on the Getaway pages of FolkProject.org. Questions? Getaway@FolkProject.org. Sat., Sep. 2: Diane Hartzell & Smash the Windows Bruce Young: viola Peggy Shutes: piano Ryck Kaiser: fiddle When you hear Smash the Windows, you'll say "Is it a Reel or is it Memorex?" Hartzell's breakthrough contras will keep your awning at bay as you sash-ay across the floor. Not to be a pane or make a federal casement, but you'll be double-hung and in a jamb if you miss this screentest. Don't be blind, drape yourself in something sheer or pleated before the final curtain. Sat., Sep. 16: Melanie Axel-Lute & Peter Paul Ed Garry Peter Szego: guitar Paul Prestopino: mandolin, banjo Ed Jankowitz: upright bass Garry Moore: fiddle Puff, the magic dragon danced by the sea And contra d in East Hanover in a land called Swingin Tern. Peter Paul Ed Garry loved that rascal Puff, They played on strings and tuning pegs and other fancy stuff, oh! Puff, the magic dragon danced by the sea And contra d in East Hanover to the calls of Melanie. Together they would balance, swing, twirl and then cross trail, Melanie would call out perched on Puff's gigantic tail. Dancers far and wide would gather whene er they came, On the dance floor with whoops galore when Puff roared out his name, oh! Puff, the magic dragon is sure to return And contra in East Hanover in a land called Swingin Tern Non-dancing children must be supervised at all times. Contra and Square Dancing to Live Music. All dances taught. No partner necessary. Beginners lesson, 7:30pm; dance at 8pm. $10, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover Parish House 14 Hanover Road, East Hanover, NJ From I northbound or southbound: Exit 39, travel East on Route 10 for approx. 3.5 miles. Exit by the Ford dealership ( To River Road/Okner Pkway ) onto Mount Pleasant Ave. Right at the second light onto Hanover Rd. then immediate left into the parking lot of the Parish House. From I - 78: Exit 48 (Route 24 West) to Exit 2B, Route 510 East/Florham Park. Go 1.9 miles and turn left onto Hanover Rd. Turn right into the parking lot of the Parish House just before the road ends at Mount Pleasant Ave. Additional directions are on our website. 973/ TERN ON THE NET! Find us at Presented by the Folk Project 15

3 Feets Don t Fail Me Now! Center Contra: Gender-role free contra dance in NYC. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St., Room 301, 7:30pm. Usually 2nd Fri. Open to all. 971/ , 347/ , or or AmericanFolkDanceNYC@yahoo.com Country Dance*New York: Contra every Sat., English Country every Tues., Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. (NW corner of 7th Ave.), except July and Aug., or 212/ Lambertville Country Dancers: Contra/English Country,1st Friday of every month, American Legion Hall, 41 Linden Avenue, Newtown, PA,soft soled shoes only! Info 609/ or Maplewood International Dancers: Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Rd., Maplewood, NJ. Thursdays 7:30pm, $5. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Days 908/ , eves 973/ NJFolkdance.tripod.com/fd_maplewood.html Morristown International Dancers: Wednesdays, Mountain Lakes Community Church, 48 Briarcliff Rd., 8:30pm, 7:30pm beginners. Supporters $5, others $6 (first timers: free first visit), 973/ or 973/ , NJFolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html North Jersey English Country Dancers: 2nd & 4th Sundays, 2 5pm, Unitarian Society, 113 Cottage Pl., Ridgewood, NJ. $8 members, $10 non. 201/ or 201/ Palisades Folk Dancers: Twice a month on Sundays (except June to Aug.), 3pm, Church of the Atonement, Engle St. & Highland Ave., Tenafly, NJ, GinnyandHallB@cs.com. Princeton Folk Dance Group: 7pm, Riverside School, Riverside Dr., Princeton, NJ. Tuesdays (except school closings) 609/ , 609/ Princeton Folk Dancers: 9pm (teaching 8pm) Fridays, Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St. and Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, NJ, Princeton Country Dancers: Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton, NJ behind the former Borough Hall/police station, near intersection of Routes 27 & 206, Wed. (and most 4th Saturdays) 8pm (intro/basics 7:30pm), $8 Wed., $10 Sat. ($5 seniors & students), 609/ or 609/ , pcdinfo@aol.com. Performer listing at pickup band musicians welcome. PCD English Country Dance Series: Second Saturday of the month, 8pm, intro/basics at 7:30pm. $10 ($5 seniors & students).info: 609/ , Scandinavian Folk Dancing: Bound Brook. Alt. Thursdays, See for info. Scottish Country Dancing: most Tuesdays except June through Aug., 7:30 10pm, Fanwood Presbyterian Church, 74 South Martine Avenue (at LaGrande Avenue), Fanwood, NJ, 732/ Swingin Tern: see opposite page Valley Contra Dance Society: 7:30pm (lesson at 7pm), 2nd and 4th Saturdays, Unitarian Church of The Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $10 ($5 students) / , valleycontradance@verizon.net The Minstrel September 2017 Acoustic Concert Series presented by Concerts every Friday at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 973/ Minstrel@FolkProject.org Fri., Sep. 1: Julie Gold with Jacob Johnson Julie Gold is best known for the Grammy-winning song From a Distance, recorded by Nanci Griffith, Bette Midler, and countless more. But she is no one-hit wonder. Her canon is chock full of songs of equal quality, which she delivers with passion, wit, and humor, interspersed with fascinating anecdotes about the songs and their inspiration. Her musical chops, both vocal and piano, are more than worthy of the songs themselves. Hailing from upstate South Carolina, Jacob Johnson specializes in a style of guitar playing he calls neoacoustic folk/funk, characterized by virtuoso chops played at blinding speed enhanced by electronic looping. His off-the-cuff sense of humor and tongue-in-cheek sensibility provide an endearing counterbalance to his technical brilliance. Fri., Sep. 8: Open Stage (call 973/ or visit for a performance slot) Fri., Sep. 15: The Loving Hearts Club Boogie Band (tickets $15 advance & door this show only) The Loving Hearts Club Boogie Band is excited to make its debut concert performance. The ten-piece band has performed for the Folk Project s Valentine s show for the last 13 years, backing up a multitude of singers. Tickets at concerts.folkproject.org. or at the door. Fri., Sep. 22: Pete s Posse with Pete McDonough Pete Sutherland is a fiddler, guitarist, pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and all-around revered elder of the New England folk community. He has gathered round him two brilliant young multi-instrumentalists to form Pete s Posse: twin fiddles in tight, wild harmony over high-powered guitar and pounding footwork with mandolin, banjo, jawharp and keyboards combined with their voices. Pete McDonough is a fingerstyle guitarist who has been performing, studying, and writing about acoustic blues for more than 40 years. His performances present a journey through Piedmont, Delta, and other acoustic blues styles associated with such greats as Rev. Gary Davis, Bo Carter, Mississippi John Hurt, and others. Sat., Sep. 23: A Folk Project Special Concert Eric Schwartz (special Saturday concert) Tickets $20, available in advance at concerts.folkproject.org or at the door Who is Eric Schwartz? Think Jon Stewart with a guitar. His humor is wickedly biting, and to the point. On top of this, he is also a superb songwriter and instrumentalist, not only on guitar, but piano as well. Well known as the bad boy of the Folk World, Schwartz is possibly the only artist in the history of the world to get raves from both Gloria Steinem and Hustler Magazine. PLEASE NOTE: This concert is rated R for language and sexual content Fri., Sep. 29: Vance Gilbert with Liz Queler & Seth Farber Those who experienced Vance Gilbert s bravura performance at the Folk Project Spring Getaway will be thrilled to know he ll be back at the Minstrel. And those who missed it will get a chance to see why. Vance brings an intricate guitar style, a brilliant way with words, and a sophisticated vocal technique to the stage. His personal charisma and wicked wit sing pure entertainer at the top of those powerful lungs. Vance is a great showman, an amazing singer, and a real swell guy. Partners in marriage and music, Liz Queler & Seth Farber are both three-time Grammy nominees. With individual credits including appearances at Newport Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall (Liz), and the conducting podium of numerous Broadway shows (Seth), their family band presents a truly unique sound and soul. Heavy on harmonies, their music is infused with a rock sensibility, 14 More on dancing at the Country Dance and Song Society UPCOMING: 10/6 Closed for the Folk Project Fall Getaway; 10/13 Rosie & the Riveters with Betsy Rose and the Chicago Fire; 10/20 Cindy Mangsen & Steve Gillette with Paul Kaplan; 10/27 Folk Project Halloween Show; 11/3 Split Bill Terry Kitchen & Mara Levine and Celestial Harmonies; 11/10 Open Stage; 11/17 Joe Jencks with Katherine Rondeau & the Show; 11/24 The Lords of Liechtenstein with Bill Buttner To volunteer, volunteers@folkproject.org 3

4 All Venues That Fit We Print Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go Albert Hall/Sounds of the NJ Pines: Country/bluegrass/folk 7:30 every Saturday. 125 Wells Mills Rd. (Route 532), Waretown, NJ, 609/ or Birdhouse Center for the Arts: 7 North Main St., Lambertville, NJ, 8pm, concerts, open folk jams, song circles, $12, birdhousecenter@gmail.com, 609/ ; Sat. 9/2 JAERV, $20, Swedish quintet; Fri. 9/8 Everything Turned To Color; Wed. 9/27 Andrew & Noah Band, $15 Bluegrass & Old Time Music Assoc. (BOTMA): Every 3rd Sun. from Sept. thru May, Embury United Methodist Church Hall, 49 Church St, Little Silver, NJ. 1 5pm. $4 for BOTMA members, $5 nonmembers. Info: Brooklyn Americana Music Festival: original and traditional country, folk, roots, blues, old time, and bluegrass artists at seven locations along the Brooklyn waterfront, Brooklyn, NY, ALL FREE except for opening night gala; Thu. Sun. 9/21 9/24 Third Annual Festival Chatham House Concerts: Chatham, NJ, 7pm, call or for reservations and address, $20 donation, ChathamHouseConcerts@mac.com, 973/ ; Sat. 9/30 Girls from Mars, with Rolly Brown on guitar and Ralph Gordon on bass, two sets, pot luck hors d'oeuvres at intermission Community Theatre at Mayo Performing Arts Center: 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ, 8pm, 973/ ; Wed. 9/27 The Simon & Garfunkel Story, $39 $69 Earth Room Concerts: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County (UUCMC), 1475 West Front St., Lincroft, NJ, 7:30pm, $20 advance/$25 door, 732/ ; Sat. 9/16 Shawna Caspi with Efrat Shapira Ethical Brew Coffeehouse: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Avenue, Teaneck, NJ, 8pm, $20 online/$25 at door, 201/ ; Sat. 9/16 Craig Bickhardt with Rachael Kilgour Fanwood Performance Series: Patricia M. Kuran Cultural Arts Center, 75 North Martine Avenue, Fanwood, NJ, 7pm, donation $15, seniors/students $10, facebook.com/fanwood-performance-series , 908/ ; Sat. 9/9 Rorie Kelly and Jessy Tomsko Duo Folk Arts Fridays at Ethical Culture: 516 Prospect St., Maplewood. 2nd Friday (except June Sep.). Bring instruments and voices for singing, playing, quilting, crafts. Run by Lisa Novemsky and Anja Moen, lnovemsky@comcast.net, 973/ Folk Music Society of NY: Folk Project members pay the FMSNY member's price, public $20, members $18, kids and full-time students $10, FolkMusicNY.org; Thu. 9/21 7:30pm, Iain Matthews & Jim Fogarty, O.S.A. Hall, 220 E 23rd St, Suite 707, Manhattan (between 2nd & 3rd Av), info: 646/ Green Light Music Series: Studio Yoga, 2 Green Village Road, 3rd Floor, Madison, NJ, 4pm, $10 advance/$15 door, staff@studioyoganj.com, 973/ ; Sun. 9/17 Diane Perry, the "Broke But Not Broken" Tour Hudson West Folk Festival: 380 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ, noon 10pm, $25 in advance, $30 at the door, student discounts available, Sat. 9/9 The Mammals, Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards, Abbie Gardner, Matt Nakoa, The Chapin Sisters, Sleeping Bee, Diana Jones, Paul Sachs, Dayna Kurtz, M. Shanghai, Amy Allison, Bobtown and Tim Erbach Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: Fair Lawn Community Center, Fair Lawn, NJ, 8pm, $20, member $17, 201/ ; Sat. 9/9 Modern Man Mannion s NJAMP Acoustic Jam: EVERY Thursday, 6pm, Mannion s, 150 West Main St., Somerville 908/ , Morristown Uke Jam: Ukulele playalong and jam, 7pm every 1st Wed at Anthony s Pizza & Pasta, 47 S Park Pl, Morristown (on the Green in warm weather. Info: Mark 973/ , MorristownUkeJam@gmail.com 4 MUF Fundraiser Auction How We Can Help Our Host As owner of the beautiful building that is now home to our Minstrel Acoustic Concert Series, the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship (MUF) is the Folk Project's kind and generous landlord. Each fall, MUF conducts an auction event its largest fundraiser of the year and the FP tries to help make that event a success. We are asking you, as an FP member, to please assist in this year's efforts by offering MUF an auction donation of some sort, preferably a service you are willing to perform. Here's how the auction works: People donate all sorts of goods and service offerings, which are then put on display and sold to the highest bidders. The auction process has both a live segment (items offered by an auctioneer for vocalized bids) and a silent segment (items displayed with sign-sheets for written bids accumulated over several days). The whole process will open with a gala evening costume party on November 4, during which attendees can examine the offerings, place initial silent bids, and socialize. The party culminates in a great sit-down dinner accompanied by live music, the live auction segment, and prize awards for best costumes. (Last year the music was a donated performance by FP's Circle 'Round the Sun Jay Wilensky, Marie Trontell, & friends who did a smashing job, making MUF very happy and the FP very proud.) You can contribute this year to the MUF November auction in any of several ways: 1) donate a good or service item for MUF to sell; 2) bid on something donated by others for sale; 3) make a simple cash donation. More details about times, methods, etc., will be forthcoming in the October newsletter, but please start now to think creatively and plan for your donation, as the deadline for actually submitting goods or final service proposals will be in early October, closer than it now feels. Examples of desirable auction goods: musical instruments you no longer use, artwork, jewelry, antiques, collectibles, ticket(s) to an event, homebaked bread. For this 2017 auction, however, MUF particularly wants to emphasize donated service items which build community while raising money: Our members and friends offer events and services for and with each other. Examples: guitar lesson(s) by a master player or singing lesson(s) by a pro; lessons in anything in which you have technical skill or expertise, e.g., computer use, knitting, bridge, cooking; a ride on your boat; a home-cooked special meal; a weekend in your vacation home; a dinner or games party in your home; an organized hike or excursion; redecorating a room; professional services of any sort, e.g., accounting, plumbing, sewing; labor of any sort, e.g., gardening or mowing, cleaning, painting, carwash, transportation, handyman repair. Your service offering can, and should, specify your parameters and limits in number of hours, task details, location, dates or times available, etc. Watch for the October newsletter. Meanwhile, please formulate a generous plan for sharing your time and accomplishments. Urgent questions: contact Sandy Jackson at 973/ Use Your Refrigerator Magnets New readers of the FP newsletter may not realize that its layout is designed to be used with refrigerator magnets. How's that, you say? Magnets? Yes. Open up your paper copy of the newsletter to its exact middle, where the staples are, and you will be looking at the Calendar section, left page and right. Next, put it up on your refrigerator opened that way using your magnets so you can see the Calendar every day. You will now be shown every day all the important folk activities for the month ahead, making planning your folk activities much easier. If you get the electronic version of the newsletter you can do something similar by going to the Calendar spread and printing it out to be posted on your refrigerator, or you can convert it to your computer screensaver. Either way, you are covered when it comes to seeing what is happening in the folk world for the month ahead. 13

5 12 Save a Tree Sign up for E-Newsletters Our monthly newsletter is now available in electronic version. Advantages of receiving the E-Newsletter? You will receive it earlier each month The web and links will be clickable You will be less likely to misplace it This will save trees, energy, and reduce greenhouse gases You will save the Folk Project almost one dollar per month Sign up at enews.folkproject.org Join the Folk Project Mail with payment to: FP Membership c/o D L Graham 886 Ray Ave. Choose at least one: New Renew Skip to my Lou Union, NJ Name: Home Phone: Cell Phone Address: 1: 2: Do you play or sing music? For fun Occasionally perform in public Professionally or semi-professionally Help us save Trees and save Energy! Choose to receive your Newsletter via ! Receive Monthly Newsletter via Receive Paper Newsletter (Save $5.00 from each membership category with our Go Green enewsletter Discount!!!) Please consider supporting the Folk Project with a Premium membership! Choose your (fully tax deductible) membership category below: Individual $25/yr. ($20 for Go Green enewsletter!) $ Family ($25 for Go Green enewsletter!) $ Names of additional family members: Bard Receive 1 special DVD featuring blues performances from Horses Sing None of It Balladeer Receive 2 special DVD featuring blues performances from Horses Sing None of It Troubadour deductible) Receive 5 special DVD featuring blues performances from Horses Sing None of It Star Performer deductible) Receive 10 special DVD featuring blues performances from Horses Sing None of It Multiple Year Membership (You do the math!) Make your check payable to: The Folk Project. If membership in the Folk Project is important to you and you feel that you cannot afford our membership dues, please contact membership@folkproject.org for arrangements....horses Sing None of It! A folksy non-commercial public access TV series featuring a surprising variety of guest performers, hosted by Ralph Litwin. All types of mainly acoustic music, storytellers, dancers, others. Schedule available at Watch archived shows on Seen on: Cablevision Morris (Ch.21), Bergen (Ch.77), and Oakland (Ch76), NJ, 7:30pm Sun.; Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), New York City 2:30pm Thurs. on Time/Warner Cable Ch.56 & 1996, RCN Cable Ch.83 & FIOS Ch.33; also broadcast via streaming video on the web at Service Electric Cable TV, Allentown, PA (airing in 84 towns) Thurs. 9:30pm, Ch.50; Fargo Community Access 68 on channel 68 at 6:30pm Fridays & 3pm Mondays in Fargo, North Dakota; Comcast Central NJ 2, 3:30pm Friday, Ch.280, Simulcast on Comcast Northwest NJ (Hunterdon County area) Ch.21. NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival: Brookdale Community College, Larrison Hall Commons, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ, 11am 7pm, on three stages, bring your own blankets and chairs, free, Sat. Sun. 9/9 9/10 42nd Annual Festival, with The Wag, The O Neill & Martin Band, Dune Grass, George Wirth, Poppa John Bug, JT & Bleeders, Lydia Adams Davis, Rockit, Dawg Whistle Featuring Vinny Mad Dog Lopez & Paul Whistler Circle of Song Singers NJ Storytelling Festival: Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Lamberville, NJ, noon 6pm, storytellers from throughout New Jersey and the Tri-State area, Sat. 9/16 25th Annual Festival The Newton Theatre: 234 Spring Street, Newton, NJ, 8pm, info@thenewtontheatre.com, 973/ Outpost In The Burbs: First Congregational Church, 40 South Fullerton, Montclair, NJ, 8pm, $22 advance/$25 door, 973/ ; Sat. 9/16 Anthony D'Amato, $20 advance/$25 door People s Voice Cafe: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th St., New York, NY, 8pm, $20 contribution, members $12, 212/ ; Sat. 9/16 Carolyn Hester 80th Birthday Celebration; Sat. 9/23 Joshua Garcia with Jan Luby; Sat. 9/30 CLOSED for Yom Kippur Pinewoods Folk Music Club: 444 W. 54th St., #7, New York, NY 10019, 718/ , Every Monday, Irish Traditional Music Session, 8 11pm at the Landmark Tavern. Visit website for details. Princeton Folk Music Society: Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, 8:15pm, $20, members $15, students $10, kids under 12 $5, info@princetonfolk.org, 609/ ; Fri. 9/15 Anne Hills Roxbury Arts Alliance: Roxbury Performing Arts Center, 72 Eyland Ave, Succasunna, NJ, RoxburyArtsAlliance.org, 862/ ; Sat. 9/16 8pm, Steve Forbert, $20 members, $25 door or in advance, $30 pre-event snacks & early entry, Investors Bank Theater, 72 Eyland Avenue, Succasunna Roy's Hall: 30 Main Street, Blairstown, NJ, 8pm, $25, RoysHall.com, 908/ ; Sat. 9/23 The Mammals with Milkweed, $22.50 $27.50; Fri. 9/29 The Seldom Scene, $37.50 $47.50, an evening of legendary bluegrass Sacred Harp Singings: Much info at 2nd Sun.: 2pm, St. Paul s Church, 199 Carroll St., Brooklyn. 718/ , 4th Sun., 2pm, Montclair Friends Mtg., Park & Gordonhurst. 973/ , Midweek singing Wednesdays, 7 9:30pm, St. John's Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher St. (bet. Bleecker & W. 4th Sts., near 7th Ave. S.), Greenwich Village, Sanctuary Concerts: The Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham, NJ, 8pm, boxoffice@sanctuaryconcerts.org, 973/ , CLOSED for the Summer Songwriting Circle of Central NJ: Every other week in the Edison, NJ area (exact location depends on weather). Go to facebook.com/groups/songwriting.circle.nj or neilfein@gmail.com for more information. Spruce Run Bluegrass Jam: Glen Gardner VFW, 179 Main St., Glen Gardner, NJ, open stage format, last Sunday of the month from Sept. through May, 1 5pm, $10 at the door includes lunch, coffee, dessert, 908/ Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam: Mannion s Pub & Restaurant, 140 West Main Street, Somerville. Starting around 7:30pm, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month. 609/ or visit Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave., White Plains, NY, 7:30pm, Walkabout Chorus "Teachabout" at 6:45pm, $18 advance/$23 door, 914/ Woodbridge Wednesdays: Parker Press Park, 400 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ, 7:30pm, bring a lawn chair, free, Wed. 9/6 Iain Matthews & Lipbone Redding 5

6 Open Stage Passes the Baton Hello to all, The baton has been passed. I'm very excited to announce that I have gratefully assumed the stewardship of the Minstrel Open Stage. For over four decades, the Minstrel Open Stage has offered acoustic musicians the opportunity to perform in front of supportive and enthusiastic audiences. Sometimes Minstrel Concert Series opening acts are selected from our Open Stage performers. My vision for the Open Stage is to expand our outreach activities to broaden our performer demographic and diversify our appeal across all age groups. So I invite you to come back to the Open Stage and please, bring the "young'uns." See you soon at the Minstrel! Mitch Radler Hammered Dulcimer House Concert Sun., Oct. 15, 7pm New Providence, NJ Here is your chance to see National Hammered Dulcimer Champion Ted Yoder in an intimate house concert setting on Sunday, October 7pm in New Providence, NJ. Mr. Yoder has been wowing audiences with his technical skills. And he will whisk us away on a spiritually uplifting journey across genres with his symphonic solo musical touch. This event is an official house concert of Folk Alliance International. Tickets are $15 and seating is limited. You can order your tickets online at FolkProject.org. Give me a call if you need more info. 908/ Pam, Special Concerts Chair Bill Bragg's Skiffle Lecture Many may have recently heard Bill Bragg's interview on NPR's Fresh Air, but his talk at the Library of Congress was mesmerizing. I was torn between the Minstrel lineup and the lecture in DC, opting for the Minstrel, and wow! So glad to have seen the Library of Congress lecture up online so quickly. I thought it worth sharing via the newsletter, good all the way to the end of the Q&A session. Billy Bragg, musician, activist, Woody Guthrie tunesmith, and author of Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World, gave a great lecture at the Library of Congress about skiffle, a catchy name for a do-it-yourself music craze that swept Britain in the 1950s, influenced by American jazz, blues, folk, and roots music. Skiffle is the main reason the guitar came to the forefront of music in the UK, and in this sense led directly to both the UK folk scene and British rock and roll, including the British Invasion of the US charts in the 1960s. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Faces, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and David Bowie not to mention Martin Carthy, John Renbourn, and the Watersons all got their start playing skiffle. Watch the lecture at Mihal Gross Unclassified Ad I'm a member of the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts South Jersey Chapter, and we have the "remains" of an upright piano the soundboard with strings to give away to anyone interested in having it for recycling into other instruments, etc. Salem Friends Meeting had an old upright circa 1915 Harrington that we were unfortunately unable to give away. So it got turned into an art project, with multiple artists creating a variety of works...now the soundboard and strings are left do you know of anyone who would be interested in having it? Please contact me at scissordoodles@gmail.com. 6 Christine Cameron (Evelyn Maurer's sister), OLD BUSINESS Legal Housekeeping: President Steve reported that a draft report on the Project s legal compliance will be available shortly, and that the review of our insurance coverage is progressing. NEW BUSINESS Christine Hands Off To Mitch: Event Hosting Chair and Open Stage host Christine DeLeon advised that because of her new employment and the increasing demands of her performing career, she is stepping down from those positions. To heartfelt applause, President Steve stated that Christine has done an amazing job, and Mark S. noted how she has put her personal stamp on Open Stage. To cheers all around, Christine passed the Open Stage torch to Project stalwart Mitch Radler. ONWARD! The meeting was adjourned at 9:40pm. The next meeting will be held on September 5, 2017, at the home of Mark and Robin Schaffer. All members are welcome; secretary@folkproject.org for directions and details. Good o the Order A place to share news with your Folk Project Community about memorable events and challenges. Please send items to Joanne Cronin, joannelcronin@optonline.net Christine Del Vecchio just got back from the Summer Songs songwriting retreat in Stony Point, NY. She had a blast: wrote three songs, had a great time, can t wait till next year. Lindsey Meyer saw Senator Al Franken on his book tour. She got a picture taken with Al! The Clinton Book Shop sponsored the event and gets a lot of interesting authors in. Like them on Facebook and they ll post events on their page, like John Waters and David Sedaris. Al talked about his book, what s going on in DC, and his shift from writing for Saturday Night Live to Washington, where there is very little humor. Peter Glenn just got back from a week in Mount Bethel, PA. A Saturday night concert was given by the group Seula, a Christian music group, and it was very enjoyable. The rest of the week was welcome R & R. Lois DeRitter made a quick trip up to visit her daughter in Massachusetts. Lauralyn and her husband just got a golden retriever puppy-cream colored, sweet, and adorable. She had lots of fun playing with the puppy and visiting her family. John Mahon went down to Orlando with his daughter, son-in-law, and grandkids. When he got back, he did sound for Bob Safranek s Americana group, and then a doubleheader with his bluegrass band: Friday night a downtown outdoor concert in Haddonfield, and Saturday morning at the Collingswood farmers market. Bob McNally finished his run of eight art fairs in three months, which kept him very busy. He and Sandy are now going sailing for a few days in Long Island Sound. Elizabeth Lachowicz celebrated another birthday. Her son Thomas has turned out to be a thoughtful gift-giver. This year s gift to Mom was a Roku. Elizabeth is thrilled. It s something she would not have thought of for herself. Mark Schaffer went to guitar camp with Ed Ludlow. At Fiddle Camp he learned a lot, but at Guitar Camp, after Jay Ungar, he s the best fiddler. Robin Schaffer was very glad to be able to reschedule a vacation to the Outer Banks, which suffered a power failure due to a severed power line to the islands, They were able to get a refund and switch the venue to a place in Cape May big enough to hold all the kids and grandkids. "It s all good." Tom Taylor considers the existence of the Folk Project nothing short of a small miracle, and we are to be congratulated. Steve Humphreys just got back from a week in Colorado. They hiked in a place near Aspen called Maroon Bells, and also visited a 150-year-old hotel in Cremeley, up in the mountains. The hotel has a room dedicated to John Denver, with lots of memorabilia, and the proprietor performs as John Denver for his guests. Steve s party got a little concert while they were there. George Otto closed on his mother s house last Friday, after a year and a half of downsizing, finding places for things, and auctioning things off. This brings the frequent trips to Virginia to an end, and George hopes to be able to devote more time to Folk Project activities. Jay Wilensky thanks all the Projectiles who came out to support Reeds, Rhythm and All That Brass in Rockaway. The band is on the street in Madison on September 8, and he hopes people will come down and support them again. 11

7 10 Folk Project Annual Board Meeting August 1, 2017 Board Meeting: The Summary The August 1, 2017, meeting was called to order at 8pm in President Steve Humphreys Northern White House. Present: Steve Humphreys, Jay Wilensky, Mike Agranoff, Lois DeRitter, Olga Alvarez, Ken Brody, Allan Kugel, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Evelyn McNally (officers and trustees); Bob McNally, Mark Schaffer, Peter Glenn, Lindsey Meyer, Pat Brangs, Christine DeLeon, George Otto, Lori Falco, Paul Fisher, Joanne Cronin, John Mahon, (committee chairs). Absent: Kathi Caccavale, Sandie Reilly, Pam Robinson, Leigh Walker. Guests: Robin Schaffer, Tom Taylor, Mitch Radler. MOTIONS Consideration of the minutes of the June 2017 Board meeting was deferred until the September meeting. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS President: Steve requested volunteers to host Board meetings, and several Board members stepped up to the plate. Treasurer: Emerald Eyeshade Chris Riemer deferred his report, but noted that the Project is having a very good year financially. COMMITTEE REPORTS Community Services: Chair Pat Brangs reported the sad need to send a condolence card to Barb Moo upon the loss of two of her sisters. Pat noted that the Project has supplied musicians for the upcoming Mount Tabor house tour. Secretary Jay praised Pat for her enthusiastic promotion of the Project. Getaway: Chair Mark Schaffer noted that Fall Getaway is already 2/3 full and that Getaway Day was halffull after only two selling days. Mark has kept the price low and expects Getaway Day to cost less than $400. Mark s goal is to attract new Getaway-goers by offering an introduction to the G. experience, and eight newbies so far have signed up. Mark added that it has been cool to deal with G.D. performers Terre Roach and Cliff Eberhardt. President Steve noted generally that venue chairs have latitude for experiments such as G.D. Minstrel Booking: Chair Mike Agranoff reported a stellar month for Minstrel, concerning both finances and attendance. Mike noted that people were turned away from the Tom Chapin concert, but that 15, at no charge, saw the show on Concert Window and were seated for the second half. The show was quite profitable for both the performer and Minstrel. Also, opener Butch Ross received a standing ovation, and 55 audience members gave checkmarks indicating that they would return to see Butch as the feature. Mike applauded the staff that worked this overflow night. Additional favorable developments noted by Mike: The audience for Concert Window is building. MUF has granted us the use of a computer, which enabled the showing of the Chapin show to the overflow crowd. And, MUF is considering both re-installing its sound panels, which would reduce echo, and allocating additional storage space. New bookings include Betsy Rose, to open for Rosie and the Riveters on October 13; Bill Staines (!!!), for Chorus Song Night on December 1; and Jim Kweskin on May 18, Swingin Tern: Chair Leigh Walker reported a good month. Attendance is improving, and in July, the losses from individual dances in July were minimal and an anonymous $500 donation to Tern and the Project was made. Leigh advised that both large contributions and a steady stream of small donations at dances have produced an overall gain, and he is confident in the future. Allan Kugel noted that the Board fully supports Tern and wants to ensure that the Committee is not overly concerned with fundraising. Archives: Chair Lindsey Meyer reported that in September, she will survey Project members concerning historical items that they might have and be willing to donate. Horses Sing None Of It: Ken Brody reported that the taping studio will be closed until September and that the studio operates on a shoestring. President Steve will follow up on a lead for equipment that will enable off-site taping. Regardless, HSNOI taped a show with Dave Vargo in July and has scheduled Loretta Hagen and Kim Boyko for Sept. 21, and Jack Petruzzelli w/ Cameron Greider on October 12. Members Gigs (& Friends) Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go Jennie Avila ( jennie@jennieavila.com): Sat. 9/9 8pm, Folk 'N Great Music House Concert, as a member of Hot Soup, Rockville, MD, FolkNGreatMusic.org, donation, see last month's Antietam performance at Blue Jersey Band ( frankruck@verizon.net, 609/ ): Wed. 9/13 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, lesson at 7:30pm, Suzanne Patterson Bldg, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton, NJ, $10 Enslow, Anne & Ridley (EnslowMusic.com, menslow@aol.com): Tue. 9/5 4:15pm, Gendebien Room, Skillman Library, songs for the Marquis de Lafayette, music in celebration of the 260th anniversary of Lafayette s birth, Lafayette College, 710 Sullivan Road, Easton, PA, 610/ , free; Sun. 9/10 2pm, The Oakley Farmhouse, colonial American music in celebration of Grandparents Day, 189 Wemrock Rd, Freehold, NJ, free Mara Levine ( marablevine@gmail.com, 732/ ): Sat. 9/9 11am 7pm, NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival, Circle of Song Stage, also with Lydia Adams Davis at 11am, Brookdale Community College, Larrison Hall Commons, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ, free, donations accepted; Thu. 9/14 2:30pm, Atria Kew Gardens, performing with Marty Ingber and Judith Zweiman, Ave, Queens, NY, also selling her jewelry in the lobby Long Hill String Band (with Bob Safranek): Sat. 9/16 10am 4pm, Millbrook Days Folk Life Festival, celebrating 19th-century rural life, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Millbrook Village, Old Mine Road & Millbrook Road, Hardwick, NJ, free; Sun. 9/17 noon 5pm, 1920s Country Fair and Harvest Festival, wagon-rides, food trucks, farm animals, live music, exhibits, old-fashioned games, demonstrations, and hands-on activities that offer something for everyone, Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, 73 Kahdena Road, Morris Township, NJ, 973/ , $8 adult, $7 senior (65+), $6 child age 4 16, $4 child age 2 3, FREE for children under age 2; Sat. 9/30 1pm, Baronfest, A Festival of Music, Beer & Food, Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street, River Edge, NJ, revolutionarynj.org/event/baronfest-a-festival-of-music-beer-food, $15 Adults, 1 16 year-olds free Carolyn Messina ( Thu. 8/31 5pm, Meet Me in Morristown, South Street between the Green and Elm Street, Morristown, NJ, Fri. 9/22 7pm, Table 42, 42 North Sussex Street, Dover, NJ, 973/ ; Sat. 9/23 3pm, Festival in the Borough, 44 E Washington Avenue, Washington, NJ, rain or shine Diane Perry ( dianeperryjazz@yahoo.com): Sun. 9/17 4pm, Green Light Music Series, Studio Yoga, 2 Green Village Rd, Madison NJ, staff@studioyoganj.com, 973/ , $10 advance, $15 door, reception after the concert; Fri. 9/29 8pm, Salon 33 House Concert, with special guest Kathy Moser, Princeton, NJ, killerviolinandvox@gmail.com, 908/ , donation, in advance for exact address, Pot Luck at 7pm Reeds, Rhythm and All That Brass (with FP members J. Rantzer, H. Nerenberg, F. Sole, D. Courtley, J. Wilensky, bluesq55@gmail.com, 18-piece jazz/swing band): Fri. 9/8 6pm, Madison Downtown Concert Series, outdoor concert, weather permitting, Lawn of the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Corner of Main Street and Green Village Road, Madison, NJ, free, picnicking is encouraged Eric Schwartz (cont'd) (from page 1) farewell tour. So all of you diehard Schwartz fans should take this last opportunity to see him in concert. For more information about Eric see The show will take place at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship (The Minstrel s regular venue), 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ. Tickets are $20. They are available in advance at Concerts.FolkProject.org and (maybe) at the door. 7

8 FP Calendar: September 2017 For venue addresses & contact information, see Venues, Feets, or Gigs Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go 31/Thur. Carolyn Messina: 5pm, Meet Me in Morristown, South Street between the Green and Elm Street, Morristown, NJ, 1/Fri. Minstrel: Julie Gold with Jacob Johnson 2/Sat. Swingin' Tern: Diane Hartzell & Smash the Windows Birdhouse Center for the Arts: 8pm, Lambertville, NJ, JAERV, $20, Swedish quintet 4/Mon. EVERY MONDAY: 7:30pm, Maplewood International Dancers. Maplewood, njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_maplewood.html 5/Tues. FP Board Meeting: 8pm, at Mark and Robin Schaffer's in Rockaway EVERY TUESDAY: 7pm, Northwest NJ Acoustic Jam. Westside United Methodist Church, Hopatcong. 973/ EVERY 1ST & 3RD TUESDAY: 7:30pm, Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam. Mannion s Somerville. Enslow, Anne & Ridley: 4:15pm, Gendebien Room, Skillman Library, songs for the Marquis de Lafayette, Easton, PA, 610/ , free 6/Wed. EVERY WEDNESDAY: 7:30pm, Morristown Int l Dancers. Mountain Lakes Community Church. 973/ , njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html EVERY WEDNESDAY: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, Contra Dance, $8 ($5 seniors & students). More info on Dance page. EVERY 1ST WEDNESDAY: Morristown Uke Jam; meetup.com/morristownukejam; Mark 973/ , MorristownUkeJam@gmail.com Woodbridge Wednesdays: 7:30pm, Iain Matthews & Lipbone Redding, free 7/Thur. EVERY THURSDAY: 6pm, Mannion s NJAMP Acoustic Jam. Somerville. 908/ ; meetup.com/nj-acoustic-music-in-the-park 8/Fri. Minstrel: Open Stage Birdhouse Center for the Arts: 8pm, Lambertville, NJ, Everything Turned To Color, $12, Reeds, Rhythm and All That Brass: 6pm, Madison Downtown Concert Series, outdoor concert, weather permitting, Madison, NJ, free, picnicking is encouraged 9/Sat. FP Evening o' Music: 8pm, at Liz Pagan and Dave Kleiner's in Bloomfield EVERY 2ND SATURDAY: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, English Country Dance, $10 ($5 seniors & students). More info on Dance page. Fanwood Performance Series: 7pm, Rorie Kelly and Jessy Tomsko Duo, donation $15, seniors/students $10 Hudson West Folk Festival: noon 10pm, Jersey City, NJ, $25 in advance, $30 at the door, Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: 8pm, Modern Man, $20, member $17 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival: 11am 7pm, through Sun. 9/10, 42nd Annual Festival, Lincroft, NJ, free, 10/Sun. Enslow, Anne & Ridley: 2pm, The Oakley Farmhouse, colonial American music in celebration of Grandparents Day, 189 Wemrock Rd, Freehold, NJ, free 13/Wed. EVERY 2ND WEDNESDAY: 6:30pm, Central NJ Song Circle. Mara's Cafe & Bakery, 250 South Ave, Fanwood, NJ. Blue Jersey Band: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, lesson at 7:30pm, Suzanne Patterson Bldg, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton, NJ, $10 14/Thur. Mara Levine: 2:30pm, Atria Kew Gardens, performing with Marty Ingber and Judith Zweiman, Ave, Queens, NY, also selling her jewelry in the lobby 15/Fri. Minstrel: The Loving Hearts Club Boogie Band 8 Newsletter Deadline: Send stuff to newsletter@folkproject.org Princeton Folk Music Society: 8:15pm, Anne Hills 16/Sat. Swingin' Tern: Melanie Axel-Lute & Peter Paul Ed Garry Long Hill String Band: 10am 4pm, Millbrook Days Folk Life Festival, Millbrook Village, Old Mine Road & Millbrook Road, Hardwick, NJ, free Earth Room Concerts: 7:30pm, Shawna Caspi with Efrat Shapira, $20 advance/$25 door Ethical Brew Coffeehouse: 8pm, Craig Bickhardt with Rachael Kilgour, $20 online/$25 door NJ Storytelling Festival: noon 6pm, 25th Annual Festival, storytellers from throughout New Jersey and the Tri-State area Outpost In The Burbs: 8pm, Anthony D'Amato, $20 advance/$25 door People s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Carolyn Hester 80th Birthday Celebration, $20 contribution, members $12 Roxbury Arts Alliance: 8pm, Steve Forbert, $20 members, $25 door or in advance, $30 preevent snacks & early entry, Investors Bank Theater, 72 Eyland Avenue, Succasunna 17/Sun. Long Hill String Band: noon 5pm, 1920s Country Fair and Harvest Festival, Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, Morris Township, NJ, 973/ Diane Perry: 4pm, Green Light Music Series, Studio Yoga, Madison NJ, staff@studioyoganj.com, 973/ Green Light Music Series: 4pm, Diane Perry, $10 advance/$15 door, the "Broke But Not Broken" Tour 21/Thur. EVERY 3RD THURSDAY: 6:30 8pm, Thursday Night Sing Along, Sussex-Wantage Library, Wantage, NJ, Brooklyn Americana Music Festival: through Sun. 9/24, Third Annual Festival, sixty shows at seven locations, ALL FREE except for opening night gala Folk Music Society of NY: 7:30pm, Iain Matthews & Jim Fogarty, public $20, members $18, kids and full-time students $10, O.S.A. Hall, Manhattan, info: 646/ /Fri. Minstrel: Pete s Posse with Pete McDonough Carolyn Messina: 7pm, Table 42, 42 North Sussex Street, Dover, NJ, 973/ /Sat. Minstrel Special Saturday Concert: Eric Schwartz (R rated) ALMOST EVERY 4TH SATURDAY: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, Contra Dance, $10 ($5 seniors & students). More info on Dance page. Carolyn Messina: 3pm, Festival in the Borough, 44 E Washington Avenue, Washington, NJ, rain or shine People s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Joshua Garcia with Jan Luby, $20 contribution, members $12 Roy's Hall: 8pm, The Mammals with Milkweed, $22.50 $ /Sun. EVERY 4TH SUNDAY (EXCEPT JULY AND AUGUST): 2 5:30pm, Sacred Harp Singing, Montclair Friends Meeting House, 289 Park Street, Upper Montclair, NJ; gssh.hostoi.com 27/Wed. Birdhouse Center for the Arts: 8pm, Lambertville, NJ, Andrew & Noah Band, $15 Community Theatre at Mayo Performing Arts Center: 8pm, The Simon & Garfunkel Story, $39 $69 29/Fri. Minstrel: Vance Gilbert with Liz Queler & Seth Farber Diane Perry: 8pm, Salon 33 House Concert, Princeton, NJ, killerviolinandvox@gmail.com, 908/ , donation, in advance for exact address, Pot Luck at 7pm Roy's Hall: 8pm, The Seldom Scene, $37.50 $47.50, an evening of legendary bluegrass 30/Sat. Long Hill String Band: 1pm, Baronfest, A Festival of Music, Beer & Food, River Edge, NJ, revolutionarynj.org/event/baronfest-a-festival-of-music-beer-food Chatham House Concerts: 7pm, Girls from Mars, with Rolly Brown on guitar and Ralph Gordon on bass, $20 donation, two sets, pot luck hors d'oeuvres at intermission 9