May Jammin with the Stars Sat., May 12, 2pm Rockaway, NJ. Getaway Sold Out! Membership, corrections/changes: Joanne Cronin

May 2018 www.folkproject.org TM TM Box 41 Mendham, NJ 07945 www.folkproject.org Newsletter submissions: George Otto E-mail: newsletter@folkproject.org 582 Long Hill Road, Gillette, NJ 07933 Deadline is the 15th Membership, corrections/changes: Joanne Cronin E-mail: membership@folkproject.org c/o Joanne Cronin 200 Ross Drive, Apt.23 Boonton, NJ 07005 Folk Project Officers: President: Steve Humphreys Vice President: Kathi Caccavale Secretary: Jay Wilensky Treasurer: Chris Riemer Trustees: Trustees thru 2018: Olga Alvarez, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Bob McNally Trustees thru 2019: Ken Brody, Allan Kugel, Evelyn McNally Trustees thru 2020: Christine DeLeon, Dave Heistand, Steve Humphreys facebook.com/folkproject twitter.com/thefolkproject youtube.com/c/folkprojectvideo Jammin with the Stars Sat., May 12, 2pm Rockaway, NJ 201/207-8696 Tickets: $20 Jammin with the Stars is the kind of new and exciting event that only the Folk Project can launch: it combines a great house concert with a music party and a chance for us to play music with the star performer. On Saturday, May 12th at 2pm in Rockaway we will feature one of our favorite singer-songwriters and world-class musicians, Dave Nachmanoff AND YOU! After Dave presents a full house concert set, we ll hold an open stage where he ll back up audience members. Imagine this amazing opportunity and lifetime memory Folk Project members playing their own music accompanied by one of America s premier guitarists. And if that isn t enough, everyone will join Dave for a round-robin music party, socializing, and great conversation. For tickets and information, go to folkproject.org or email getaway@folkproject.org or call Mark at 201/207-8696. Tickets are $20. Dave Nachnamoff is a one-man wrecking crew, a singer-songwriter of rare humor and subtlety, a top-national-level guitarist, a thrilling pianist, and a great vocalist. He earned fame as a solo performer and as the guitar genius behind Al Stewart s (Year of the Cat) concert tours. He has headlined festivals and shared the stage with the likes of Alison Krauss, Cheryl Wheeler, Steve Forbert, Firefall, and John Wesley Harding and now he ll share the stage WITH YOU! Project cognoscente may notice that the afternoon Jammin with the Stars is followed by the Folk Project s monthly Evening of Music. After a break for supper, we re all invited to stay on for that great monthly event. Wow! The music never ends! Getaway Sold Out! The Folk Project Acoustic Getaway is sold out as always. If day passes become available, we ll send notice to the Getaway email list. You can sign up for these fascinating, scintillating, entertaining, informative, and some say lifesaving messages by emailing Getaway@folkproject.org. Spring Getaway performers include famous singing sister Terre Roche, the voice of Heartbeat of America Cliff Eberhardt, blues and ragtime joy of joys Del Rey, classically trained old-timey greats Oliver The Crow, Gypsy jazz Django-ists Occidental Gypsy, Southern songwriter and singer supreme Louise Mosrie, rapper Sinatra singer and rock aficionado Rowan Groth, Philly folk phenom and all-round great guy Jerry Krantman, and 150 of the happiest Folk Project friends you ever wanted to hang with. QUICK GUIDE TO THE INSIDE Evening o Music... 2 Director Wanted for Halloween Show... 2 OpenStage Outreach... 2 Harmonica Classes with Seth Holzman... 6 Members Gigs (& Friends)... 7 Pelvis Burlapp s Guide to Gardening... 7 Board Meeting: The Summary...10 Good o the Order...11 NOTE: web links in the enewsletter are now clickable

2 Evening o Music Sat., May 12, 8pm Mark and Robin Schaffer s 196 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Rockaway, NJ 973/989-4429 Mark and Robin Schaffer (upstairs) and Mitch Radler (downstairs) welcome us with all of our instruments, voices, potluck dishes, beverages, and desserts. Please try to carpool if possible because parking in the driveway is somewhat limited. Follow the directions below exactly because this home exists in a zone that s protected by a force field which sometimes foils GPS accuracy. Directions: Route 80 to exit 35A (Dover and Shopping Mall). Go 1/2 mile to the Exxon and make a left onto Mt. Pleasant Avenue. Ignore house numbers for one mile. At one mile, the road starts downhill and you will pass a Baptist church with a red electronic sign. A metal guardrail will start on the right, then there is a 25mph sign, and a mailbox on the right that says 196 with three reflectors, about 10 feet past the 25mph sign. The driveway is a hairpin turn on the right that heads downhill to the house. Yes, there is street parking, but fold in your rearview mirror if you can and then walk cautiously. Green Light Music Series Sun., Jun. 24, 4pm 2 Green Village Road, Madison, NJ Mark your calendars. Henry Nerenberg will be performing at Studio Yoga as part of the Green Light Music Series on June 24 at 4pm. Admission is $10/advance and $15/door. For more information visit www.studioyogamadison.com/events, call 973/966-5311, or email staff@studioyogamadison.com. More details next month. Director Wanted for Halloween Show Each year the Folk Project hosts several Member Shows: the upcoming Summersongs, the Birthday Show, Halloween Party, and the fabulous Valentine s Day Extravaganza. These are all opportunities for our FP Family & Friends to showcase their talent, performing on stage, and producing a special and fun time for all. Be a mover and shaker on and off the stage. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to lead the way under the tutelage of seasoned producers. Call Elizabeth for more information at 908/230-2280 and/or see Deborah at the Minstrel for insights as to what s involved with hosting this party. All FP events are all volunteer produced and staffed, and they keep happening because of people like you. Thank you. OpenStage Outreach The OpenStage on 5/11 will be hosting its first nine invited guests from The Rose House, a group home in Budd Lake whose mission is to enhance the lives of the special-needs individuals they serve by offering them the opportunity to live, work, and socialize in the community to their fullest ability. We re providing a wonderful community service to residents while building an audience for the OpenStage performers. Mitch Radler For more information about the organization, go to www.therosehouse.org. If you have a suggestion for a group or organization we might reach out to, please forward the contact information to mitchradler@gmail.com. Sat., May 5: Ted Crane & Gotham Carnival Joe Depaolo: percussion Dominique Gagne: flutes Julia Hartman: fiddle Jean Monroe: piano You ll be whooping it up as Crane macaws high flying contras to make you screech owl night and leave you puffin. All the Terns will flock to the Gotham Carnival which is sure to hawk stilts, dippers, laughing gulls, warblers, pygmy nuthatches and maybe even merlin. After using your spoonbill to swallow some kiwi and magpie at the break, cormorant and raven from heron in or you ll egret it. Take mynah word, put some petral in your roadrunner and come on plover. If you duck out and don t budgie, you ll be bittern. Sat., May 19: Don Flaherty & Strumbow Squeezeblow Jason Borisoff: guitar Tom Phillips: fiddle Jody Kruskal: Anglo concertina Trip Henderson: harmonica Flaherty fosters fast furious fancy footwork for faithful feisty fanatics favoring flirtatious flowing flawless figures. Strumbow Squeezeblow shares sensational scrumptious saucy seductive spirited savory seismic sonorous syncopated selections. Our admission is now $12 for adults Student admission will remain at $5 This increase will allow us to continue to provide exceptional talent for our dances.. 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. $12, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover Parish House 14 Hanover Road, East Hanover, NJ 07936 From I - 287 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. 973/295-6864 TERN ON THE NET! Find us at http://dance.folkproject.org Presented by the Folk Project 15

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. 971/991-0597, 347/275-7983, or www.lcfd.org/nyc or e-mail 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., www.cdny.org or 212/459-4080 Lambertville Country Dancers: Contra/English Country,1st Friday of every month, American Legion Hall, 41 Linden Avenue, Newtown, PA,soft soled shoes only! Info 609/882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org Maplewood International Dancers: Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Rd., Maplewood, NJ. Thursdays 8pm, $5. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Call 973/627-4386 or 973/376-7568. 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), 973/539-7020 or 973/228-5966, 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. 201/445-4497 or 201/447-1136. www.northjerseyenglishcountrydancers.yolasite.com 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) www.princetonfolkdance.org, 609/921-9340, 609/912-1272 Princeton Folk Dancers: 9pm (teaching 8pm) Fridays, Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St. and Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, NJ, www.princetonfolkdance.org 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), 609/844-0459 or 609/275-7275, e-mail pcdinfo@aol.com. Performer listing at www.princetoncountrydancers.org, 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: 609/844-0459, www.princetoncountryddancers.org Scandinavian Folk Dancing: Bound Brook. Alt. Thursdays, See www.skandinoje.org 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, www.rscds-nj.org, 732/356-3923 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). www.valleycontradance.org, 610/868-7432, valleycontradance@verizon.net The Minstrel May 2018 Acoustic Concert Series presented by 7:30 start $10 door Concerts every Friday at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ www.folkproject.org 973/335-9489 Minstrel@FolkProject.org Fri., May 4: The Heather Pierson Trio with Rupert Wates Heather Pierson is an award-winning pianist, multi-genre singer/songwriter, arranger, bandleader, and performer. She effortlessly shifts from New Orleans-style jazz and blues to rousing Americana and poignant folk narratives. In addition to singing and playing piano, she also plays tenor banjo, melodica, and guitar. Her trio adds strings, cornet, bass, and harmony vocals. Rupert Wates is a transplanted Englishman who writes, sings, and plays witty, wordy, and quirky songs on unlikely subjects. A writer who makes you think while he entertains. Fri., May 11: OpenStage ($5 admission OpenStage only) The Minstrel OpenStage is the place where a diverse collection of acoustic musicians perform for a welcoming, supportive, and attentive audience. We re a listening room, not a noisy bar. We ve often seen previews of our regularly scheduled opening acts for the first time at our Open Stage. Admission is $5 at the door, but is free for anyone under the age of twenty-five. (Free-will donations are encouraged.) For information on how to sign up to perform at our next OpenStage, visit www.openstage.folkproject.org. Featured performers: Todd Dennison, Carrie Cantor, Mitch Radler Fri., May 18: Jim Kweskin with Jerry Krantman & the Durn Tootin String Band In the 60 s Jim Kweskin, with his famous Jug Band, was instrumental (if you ll forgive the pun) in resurrecting the long forgotten jug band music of the 20 s and 30 s and adding it to the repertoire of the Folk Revival. A brilliant guitarist and band leader, he renders the tricky guitar style to perfection, while still maintaining the looseness and improvisational character of that style of music. On top of that, he is a consummate entertainer and showman. Jerry Krantman is a relatively recent member of the Folk Project, and was the featured act in last month s Open Stage. He has a large and varied repertoire of songs old and new, and presents them with skilled yet understated guitar accompaniment. The Durn Tootin String Band comprises Dara Diamant (vocals and percussion) and Bill Nixon (fiddle and bass). Fri., May 25: CLOSED for Spring Getaway A fantastic acoustic music retreat where 150 music lovers and music makers share three concerts, 40 workshops, and endless jamming with nationally and internationally recognized touring performers. Featured performers this Spring: Terre Roche, Cliff Eberhardt, Del Rey, Oliver The Crow, Occidental Gypsy, Louise Mosrie., Rowan Groth, and Jerry Krantman. 14 More on dancing at the Country Dance and Song Society www.cdss.org UPCOMING: 6/1 Toby Walker with Quentin Callewaert; 6/8 Open Stage; 6/16 A special SATURDAY edition of the Minstrel The Frank Vignola Trio with Windbourne; 6/22 A Folk Project Member Concert Summersongs; 6/29 Jacob Johnson; 7/6 Kirsten Maxwell; 7/13 Open Stage; 7/20 Christine Lavin with Hugh O Doherty To volunteer, e-mail 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, 609/971-1593 or www.alberthall.org Birdhouse Center for the Arts: 7 North Main St., Lambertville, NJ, 8pm, concerts, open folk jams, song circles, $12, www.birdhousecenter.org, birdhousecenter@gmail.com, 609/397-3964; Wed. 5/30 The DuoDuo, $25, two duos perform together 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: www.newjerseybluegrass.org Boonton United Methodist Church: open mic every 3rd Friday, 8pm, 626 Lathrop Avenue (corner of Vreeland Ave.), Boonton, NJ, free, office@boontonumc.com, 973/334-8275 Borderline Folk Music Club: Nanuet Public Library, 149 Church Street, Nanuet, NY, 1:30pm, $15 members, $20 non-members, www.borderlinefolkmusicclub.org, Intrend@yahoo.com, 845/510-9630; Sun. 5/27 Bob Dylan Birthday Song Fest & Venue Fundraiser, with Gary Solomon and the Ray-Band Dylan Tribute Community Theatre at Mayo Performing Arts Center: 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ, 8pm, www.mayoarts.org, 973/539-8008; Fri. 5/11 Arlo Guthrie, $39 $69 Earth Room Concerts: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County (UUCMC), 1475 West Front St., Lincroft, NJ, 7:30pm, $20 advance/$25 door, www.earthroomconcerts.org, 732/542-4127; Sat. 5/19 Susan Werner Ethical Brew Coffeehouse: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Avenue, Teaneck, NJ, 8pm, $20 online/$25 at door, www.ethicalbrew.org, 201/836-5187; Sat. 5/12 Sean Altman & Jack Skuller with Joshua Garcia, Everly Brothers tribute Evergreen House Concerts: Plainfield, NJ, 3pm potluck, 4pm concert, email for more information and address, $23 per person, advance purchase only, ahrre@verizon.net; Sun. 5/20 Freebo and Alice Howe Fanwood Performance Series: Patricia M. Kuran Cultural Arts Center, 75 North Martine Avenue, Fanwood, NJ, 7pm, donation adult $15, seniors/students $10, www.fanwoodperformanceseries.org, 908/418-1301; Sat. 5/12 Rachel Marie with Debra Cowan Folk Arts Fridays at Ethical Culture: 516 Prospect St., Maplewood, every 2nd Friday (except June Sep.). Bring instruments and voices for singing, playing, quilting, crafts. Run by Lisa Novemsky and Anja Moen, www.essexethical.org, lnovemsky@comcast.net, 973/763-8293 Folk Music Society of NY: OSA Hall, 220 East 23rd St, Suite 707 (between 2nd and 3rd Aves), NYC, 7:30pm, Folk Project members pay the FMSNY member s price, $25/members $20, FolkMusicNY.org; FP Spring Acoustic Getaway: North Jersey, the best three-day music party ever, three concerts, 40 workshops for musicians and listeners, jam sessions, food, lodging, and a friendly weekend community, folkproject.org/festival, getaway@folkproject.org; Fri. Sun. 5/25 5/27 Terre Roche, Cliff Eberhardt, Del Rey, Occidental Gypsy, Oliver The Crow, Louise Mosrie, Jerry Krantman, Rowen Groth Godfrey Daniels: 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem, PA, 610/867-2390, www.godfreydaniels.org Good Coffeehouse: The Good Coffeehouse at The Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY, doors open at 7:30pm, music at 8pm, 718/768-3195 or www.theoldstonehouse.org Hopewell Theater: 5 South Greenwood Ave, Hopewell, NJ, 8pm, dine-in theater with small plate options, HopewellTheater.com/live/music, 609/466-1964; Fri. 5/4 The Sweetback Sisters, honkytonk country; Fri. 5/11 Steamboats; Thu. 5/17 7:30pm, Front Country, acoustic roots pop; Fri. 5/25 Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: Fair Lawn Community Center, Fair Lawn, NJ, 8pm, $20, member $17, www.hurdygurdyfolk.org, 201/384-1325; Sat. 5/12 Mustard s Retreat Guide to Gardening (cont d) (continued from page 7) on while pulling out this green thing and planting this other green thing in its place. The warmth of the soil, with its mysterious eyeless slithering creatures and little white specks that could be almost anything; the rays of the sun piercing through your straw hat you bought on that cruise because the damn local guy wouldn t leave you alone; the little packets of seeds with the colorful photos showing amazing plants that you will never have the joy of seeing because you will do those out-of-town gigs and can t water your plants; the leaking hose that soaks your pants every time you do try to water the plants; the look on your spouse s face when you pull out the plants you thought were weeds these are the pleasures of gardening! 57th Annual Philly Folk Festival Thur. Sun., Aug. 16 19, 2018 Upper Salford Township, PA After years of hearing that folk music is mainly white and male-dominated, the Philadelphia Folk Festival set out to change that perception and has programmed an amazing lineup with a focus on inclusion and gender balance. We were determined to break the past talent buying trends and move decidedly toward balance and equity, and curate with a focus on more women artists, and more world music and international performers, said Festival and Programming Director Schwartz. This festival will take place on an 80-acre working farm in Upper Salford Township, a little more than 35 miles outside of Philadelphia. A legion of loyal volunteers (as many as 2,600), transform the rolling fields into a magical, melodic community that offers three full days and four nights of music and merriment. The Philadelphia Folk Festival is the longest continuously running event of its kind in North American and is celebrating its 57th Anniversary on August 16 19 at the Old Pool Farm. Upwards of 36,000 enthusiasts are expected to attend. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.pfs.org or call the office at 800/566-FOLK. Ashokan Acoustic Guitar Camp Mon. Fri., July 23 27, 2018 Olivebridge, NY Study with the masters in the beautiful Catskill Mountains. Stay on-site in our comfortable, sustainably-designed dorms, private rooms, or campsites. Tuition includes all classes and activities, workshops, and delicious meals (including vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options). All levels welcome, from absolute beginners to advanced musicians. Swing, blues, jazz, Celtic, pop, folk, country, bluegrass specialize in one genre or sample many! Plus practical music theory, mini-concerts, jam sessions, songwriting, and song swaps. Instructors include: Beppe Gambetta: flatpicking & bluegrass Happy Traum: folk & fingerpicking Mary Flower: blues & slide guitar Jefferson Hamer: guitar for songwriters Pat Wictor: blues & improve Sylvia Herold: swing accompaniment Flynn Cohen: Celtic guitar styles Larry Baione: jazz & swing Peter Davis: beginner track & more Ashokan Acoustic Guitar Camp offers guitarists of all levels an opportunity for real immersion and growth in a friendly environment where people can sing, jam, and share valuable musical information. You ll come away with new repertoire and techniques, a reinvigorated sense of direction and purpose, and a greater confidence and joy in creating music. For more information go to ashokan.org/guitar-camp or call 845/246-2121. 13

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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 www.folkproject.org. Watch archived shows on www.youtube.com/hsnoi. 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 www.mnn.org; Service Electric Cable TV, Allentown, PA (airing in 84 towns) Thurs. 9:30pm, Ch.50; Fargo Community Access 68 www.cityoffargo.com/cityinfo/accesstv/access99schedule 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. Mannion s NJAMP Acoustic Jam: every Thursday, 6pm, Mannion s, 150 West Main St., Somerville 908/203-9700, www.meetup.com/nj-acoustic-music-in-the-park 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: www.meetup.com/morristownukejam, Mark 973/978-0751, MorristownUkeJam@gmail.com Music on Main Street: Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St., Woodbridge, NJ, 7:30pm, www.woodbridgeartsnj.org/music-on-main-street.html, 732/596-4048 NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song: Eatontown Library, 33 Broad Street (Route 71), Eatontown, NJ, 2 4pm, audience members can also do a number or two, $3 $7, www.ingridmusic.com, 732/869-9276; Sun. 5/6 Joe Patratis, Belmar Arts Council, 608 River Road (at 7th Avenue), Belmar, NJ The Newton Theatre: 234 Spring Street, Newton, NJ, 8pm, www.thenewtontheatre.com, info@thenewtontheatre.com, 973/383-3700; Sat. 5/5 Yardbirds, $39 $44 Outpost In The Burbs: First Congregational Church, 40 South Fullerton, Montclair, NJ, 8pm, $22 advance/$25 door, www.outpostintheburbs.org, 973/744-6560 People s Voice Cafe: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th St., New York, NY, 8pm, $20 contribution, members $12, www.peoplesvoicecafe.org, 212/787-3903; Sat. 5/5 Jean Rohe with David Roth; Sat. 5/12 Eric Levine 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert; Sat. 5/19 Gathering Sparks with Walkabout Clearwater Chorus Pinewoods Folk Music Club: 444 W. 54th St., #7, New York, NY 10019, 718/651-1115, www.folkmusicny.org, 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 12 22 $10, kids under 12 $5, www.princetonfolk.org, info@princetonfolk.org, 609/799-0944; Fri. 5/18 Roy Book Binder Riverside Rhythm & Rhyme: Roxbury Performing Arts Center, 72 Eyland Ave, Succasunna, NJ, 4pm, an activity of the Skylands Songwriters Guild, $20/members $15/under 18 free, SkylandsSongwriters.org/rr-r; Tue. 5/29 House of Hamill, includes Rose Baldino of Burning Bridget Cleary Roxbury Arts Alliance: Roxbury Performing Arts Center, 72 Eyland Ave, Succasunna, NJ, RoxburyArtsAlliance.org, 862/219-1379; Sat. 5/5 8pm, Joan and Joni, $25/members $20, a musical tribute to Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell performed by modern singer/songwriters Allison Shapira and Kipyn Martin Roy s Hall: 30 Main Street, Blairstown, NJ, 8pm, $25, RoysHall.com, 908/362-1399 Sacred Bean Coffeehouse: Flanders United Methodist Church, 2 Park Place (corner with Hillside Ave), Flanders, NJ, 7pm, raywinch.net/coffeehouse.html, sqwinch@optonline.net, 973/584-5426; Sat. 5/5 Moderately Bright Four with Narrow Escape Sacred Harp Singings: Much info at www.fasola.org, 2nd Sun.: 2pm, St. Paul s Church, 199 Carroll St., Brooklyn. 718/293-2848, 4th Sun., 2pm, Montclair Friends Mtg., Park & Gordonhurst. 973/509-2165, 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, www.nycsacredharp.org/localsingings.html 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 email neilfein@gmail.com for more information. Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam: Mannion s Pub & Restaurant, 140 West Main Street, Somerville. Starting around 7:30pm, every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. 609/924-5353 or visit www.diamondcut.com/oldtime 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, www.walkaboutclearwater.org, 914/949-2146; Sat. 5/12 Emma s Revolution Watchung Arts Center: 18 Stirling Rd, Watchung, NJ, www.watchungarts.org, WAcenter@optonline.net, 908/753-0190; Sat. 5/5 8pm, Alan LeBoeuf & Chip Mergott, $18 advance/$22 door 5

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Please send resumes harold@smartstaff.jobs or call Harold Levin at 908/508-0300, ext. 104. 6 Harmonica Classes with Seth Holzman 6156 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA PFS Members $85, Non-Members $95 Seth Holzman s Harmonica Classes are back at the Philadelphia Folksong Society for Spring 2018! The following classes will begin Monday night, April 30, 2018, and run for 8 weeks through Monday, June 25, 2018 (with no class on May 28). Beginner s Harmonica for Adults (ages 13 and above) Mondays 6:30pm 7:45pm Learn to play simple traditional folk songs and elementary blues on one of America s most popular, portable instruments the harmonica! Basic techniques such as bending, trilling, tongue-blocking, vibrato, and wah-wah will be covered. Individual attention will be given to each student. No musical background is required. Blues Harmonica 1 Mondays 8pm 9:15pm Let s continue our work with the harmonica and focus on the Blues. The harmonica s unique sound is integral to the distinctiveness of many great blues bands. Learn some techniques and styles of background and lead playing. We will work on songs by Slim Harpo ( Something Inside Me, Raining In My Heart ), Little Walter ( Last Night, Hoochie Coochie Man ), Sonny Terry ( Bring It On Home To Me ), etc. (Note: This class is for people who have taken Harmonica For Beginners or others who have acquired similar skills and knowledge and have Seth s permission to take the class.) What to bring: Bring a 10-hole diatonic key of C-major harmonica (such as the Hohner Special 20, Hohner Marine Band Model 1896, or equivalent) to the first class. Required text may be purchased for $8 from the instructor the first night. (Optional: bring a tape recorder, a digital recorder, or some other recording device if you wish to record the classes.) About the instructor: Seth Holzman (BA Music, Syracuse University) has been playing harmonica since 1965, teaching harmonica since 1975, and has performed with Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Ronnie Earl, Roomful of Blues, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, and many others. Seth was inspired to play by (and eventually studied with) the great blues harmonica player Sonny Terry. He is a caring and thoughtful instructor who teaches the techniques and musical knowledge he wishes he had known when he began his own studies. Seth currently performs with several bands in the greater Philadelphia area, including Johnny Never & Zep Harpo, Dr. Ben s Backbone Blues Trio, and Stevie & The Bluescasters. For any further questions about the courses, contact Seth at 610/724-3168 or email him at zepharpo@aol.com. Misc: Jean Scully noted that long-time Project friend Jacquie Manning, of Small Potatoes, is having health issues and lacks insurance, and asked the Board to consider holding a benefit event. ONWARD! The meeting was adjourned at 9:46pm. The next meeting will be held on May 1, 2018, at the home of Marie Trontell and Jay Wilensky. All members are welcome; e-mail 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 Paul Ferris reports that he was named Múinteoir na Bliana/Teacher of the Year at this year s fundraising banquet for the Lehman College (City University of New York) Irish Studies program, in recognition of his teaching at NYU and with the language and culture group Daltaí na Gaeilge. The banquet was attended by Paul s friends, family, students, and fellow teachers. He found it a very moving occasion. Paul currently teaches at the Irish Arts Center in NYC. Kathi Caccavale is going to a low flute convention in Reston, Va with herald and contrabass flute. Mark Schaffer reports that Andrew Hines and Barbara Wofsy are coming east very soon, and they are looking forward to seeing people. Mark will try to throw a party together for them. The Schaffers had a good Passover, though they were down to 40, a small number for this family. Mark praises his sister and Robin Schaffer for making the whole production run seamlessly, Steve Humphreys brother is in hospice, and his mother has also gone into hospice as of last week. Mike Agranoff had an opportunity to buy something in a store that he would normally never have cause to enter: Babies R Us. He was looking for a glider rocker and finding nothing until he discovered that they are also called nursing rockers. Unfortunately, he had to cancel the order. John Mahon will be performing with PetroGrass at the Minstrel Open Stage in May. Lindsey Meyer s son Wyatt lives in Philadelphia, and on Lindsey s recent visit, they went to see the Wanamaker organ, which sits in the former Wanamaker s, now Macy s, in center city Philadelphia. They walked into the store around noon in the middle of a free concert, and while they were standing there, mouths agape, a docent asked if they would like to see the console. Yeah! Not only did they get to see the huge console, they were invited to see the inside of the organ! It has about 28,000 pipes. and the largest pipe is big enough to hold a Shetland pony. It s in complete working order. Macy s has put a lot of money into it, it s amazing and worth a trip to Philadelphia! Wanamaker Building is on Chestnut St. between 13th and Broad Streets. Details and music clips at www.wanamakerorgan.com/index.php. Sandie Reilly is coaching the National Cycling Team for Wrestling MS, a. non-corporate organization that raises funds to put people with MS on bikes. She did a symposium and got three people who hadn t been on bikes since their teens (and were now in their fifties) mounted and riding again. Lots of happy happiness. She went riding in Kansas City, MO, and Kansas City, KS. She followed that with a mountain bike race in Texas called the Austin Rattler, where she learned to pick cactus needles from a fellow rider. Sandie will also be participating in Project Hero, helping forty servicewomen recovering from injuries to get mountain bikes and ride. She s having a lot of fun. Elizabeth Lachowicz has a dozen siblings, and so she has two dozen nieces and nephews. Four of the nieces are pregnant, so there will be four new babies for the holidays. Ken Brody was asked again by the MS Society in Woodbridge to help with the MS Motorcycle Rally on May 19th and 20th. The rally will go from Long Branch to Point Pleasant and return the next day. Jean Scully: Dave Heistand and Jean went to the March For Our Lives rally in Morristown on March 24th. It was very inspiring, The official attendance figure she heard was 13,000 not bad for little Morristown! She saw several Folk Project people and some people from her Quaker Meeting before her ankle gave out right in front of the Dublin Pub. So it was not a total loss they drank all the calories they d burned off by walking. And Von Scully is coming home soon, but probably just for the summer. Joanne Cronin went to the David Bowie exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. Even if you only liked one or two of Bowie s songs, this is worth a visit two visits. Incredibly detailed, incredibly fascinating, incredibly exhausting. They give you headphones on your way in that track with the room you re in and change soundtracks as you move along. Amazing costumes, biographical material, lyric sheets, props, video, wow. I am now making my way through his full catalog 11

10 Folk Project Board Meeting April 3, 2018 Board Meeting: The Summary The April 3, 2018 meeting was called to order at 8:03pm, in the Grand Ballroom of Mitch Radler s home. Present: Steve Humphreys, Christine DeLeon, Dave Heistand, Ken Brody, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Kathi Caccavale, Jay Wilensky (officers and trustees); Lois DeRitter, Mark Schaffer, Sandie Reilly, Jean Scully, Joanne Cronin, Mike Agranoff, George Otto, Paul Fisher, John Mahon, Pam Robinson, Lindsey Meyer (committee chairs). Absent: Leigh Walker, Allan Kugel, Bob McNally, Mitch Radler, Evelyn McNally, Olga Alvarez, Chris Riemer. Guest: Pat Brangs. The meeting was made possible by the heroic snow-shoveling efforts of Mark Schaffer and Rowan Groth. MOTIONS The minutes of the March 6, 2018, Board meeting were accepted. Kudos to Chris Riemer for splendid pinch-scrivening. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS President: Steve Humphreys presented his ambitious initiatives for 2018. His organic goals for the Project are to support the venues, increase membership, and recruit new volunteers. The Future Planning Committee will report within two months, and Steve will consider its findings in relation to those goals. Steve s other goal is to increase the Project s integration with the community Morristown and Morris County, and beyond by coordinating with local officials and other non-profit arts organizations. He presented statistics showing that arts tourism has a tremendous local impact, with 2/3 of the people who drive into Morris County reporting that they do so for the arts. Steve reported that there is room for more growth, which the Project can both benefit from and spur. Jean Scully noted that Morristown real estate values have exploded, in part because millennials value cultural opportunities within walking distance again providing opportunities for the Project. Steve, with the Board s enthusiastic assent, plans to meet with State and local officials and arts-organization chairs. Possible results are receiving more State funding and the development of paying venues for Project performers. Steve will also explore forming an Advisory Board with leaders of other arts organizations, to coordinate efforts and inject new ideas. Elizabeth Lachowicz noted that fresh eyes will expand the Project s thinking, and Dave Heistand suggested that input from other organizations would be useful in solving administrative problems. Steve s vision and efforts were applauded by the Board. COMMITTEE REPORTS Sound Reinforcement: Chair John Mahon reported that an ad hoc committee of MUF, chaired by Kathi Caccavale, will soon meet to discuss the re-installation of sound-deadening materials in the hall. Archives: Chair Lindsey Meyer reported that Rutgers owns six boxes of Project historical materials. Four hours was not enough to inventory them, and she will return. Also, the Committee will re-send its survey and contact those who have responded. Horses Sing None Of It: Chair Sandie Reilly reports that all of the new equipment is in the Mendham TV studio, behind a new locked door. She happily reports that the show is now airing [cabling? sec y] at 9pm on Sundays and is thus almost prime time. Sandie notes that towns whose local-access TV carry HSNOI, and the times and shows presented, are listed on the Project web page, and added that the public can ask cable providers to carry the show. Special Concerts: Chair Pam Robinson reported that she is finalizing plans for Uke Fest, which will present four performers. Mark Schaffer reported that following on the roaring success of the Toby Walker afternoon that combined a house concert with an open stage and jam with Toby, he is beginning a new series, Jammin With The Stars, using that format. Australian singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow, with superb guitarist Mark Punch, will perform on April 22, and Project favorite and Al Stewart guitarist Dave Nachmanoff on May 12. Minstrel Staffing: Chair Jean Scully reported that all is well, but she is seeking more volunteers and considering consolidating some positions. To increase interest, she has begun giving packages of information about the Project to first-timers and is considering making a photo display of Project events. Getaway: Chair Mark Schaffer reported that plans for Spring Getaway are on track. Mark also reported that the planned Kids Getaway has been canceled because of lack of signups. Mark described KG as an Edison-ish good idea that didn t work, and he and Mitch Radler ain t givin up on the concept. Members Gigs (& Friends) Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go Mike Agranoff (www.mikeagranoff.com, mike@mikeagranoff.com): Sat. Sun. 5/5 5/6 Tuscon Folk Festival, kicking off the Festival on Saturday, 12 noon, at the Plaza (Main) Stage, El Presidio Park, 160 W Alameda St., Tucson, AZ, www.tucsonfolkfest.org, the biggest folk event of the year in Tucson; Mon. 5/7 6:30pm, Catalina Concerts, at the private home of expatriate Projectiles Andrew & Barbara Hines, Tucson, AZ, www.catalinaconcerts.info, andrew@catalinaconcerts.info, 973/331-3758, phone or email for directions and reservations Blue Jersey Band (www.bluejerseyband.com, frankruck@verizon.net, 609/921-7837): Sat. 5/19 2pm, Mountainside Public Library, 1 Constitution Plaza, Mountainside, NJ, www.mountainsidelibrary.org, 908/233-0115 Roger Deitz (www.rogerdeitz.com, roger@rogerdeitz.com, RagTag column postings at singout.org/ragtag): Sat. 4/28 New Jersey Folk Festival, 11am at the Skylands Stage and 12:30pm at the Pinelands Stage, Eagleton Institute of Politics on the Douglass Campus of Rutgers University (Woodlawn, at the corner of George Street and Ryders Lane), New Brunswick, NJ, www.njfolkfest.org, 848/932-5775 Christine DeLeon (www.christinedeleon.com, christine@christinedeleon.com): Sat. 5/5 2pm, Joint Free Public Library of the Chathams, Song and Dance of the Roaring Twenties, 214 Main Street, Chatham, NJ, www.chathamlibrary.org, 973/635-0603, free; Thu. 5/17 6:30pm, Hackettstown Public Library, Song and Dance of the Roaring Twenties, 110 Church Street, Hackettstown, NJ, www.hackettstownlibrary.org, 908/852-4936, free Nancy and Russ Kelner: Fri. 5/11 Minstrel Open Stage, with PetroGrass band; Sun. 5/20 1pm, BOTMA, with PetroGrass band, Embury United Methodist Church, 49 Church St., Little Silver, NJ, $5 Mara Levine (www.maralevine.com, marablevine@gmail.com, 732/549-9722): Sat. 4/28 8:30pm, Brouwcafé De Hofnar, split bill with John & Nienke, Doctor Lelykade 28, Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands Kathy Moser (KathyMoser.com, kathymoser@mac.com): Sun. 5/20 12:30pm, Medicine Wheel Festival, Lusscroft Farm, 50 Neilson Rd, Wantage NJ, MedicineWheelGarden.wordpress.com, $7 for adults, kids are free Katherine Rondeau (www.katherinerondeau.com, showrondeau@gmail.com, 609/432-9127): Fri. 5/18 7pm, Spring Gulch Folk Festival, Spring Gulch RV Campground, 475 Lynch Road, New Holland, PA, SpringGulch.com/folk-festival-on, 877/570-2267; Thu. 5/24 7pm, Ardmore Music Hall, Bob Dylan Birthday Bash, 23 East Lancaster Ave, Ardmore, PA, www.ardmoremusic.com, 610/649-8389 Pelvis Burlapp s Guide to Gardening It s that time of year again! Spring! Time to get out in the yard, put on your gardening gloves and gardening top hat, and enjoy the loving tick bite of nature once again. As your resident expert, I have compiled some great ideas to make your garden grow like toe fungus on a legionnaire. Inventive plant straps: Feeling less-than-green when disposing of those old banjo strings? Pelvis suggests using them to tie plants in the desired position, so they grow thin and tall like Mike Agranoff. Better yet, plant the entire banjo head first, and you will have a decorative plant stand, as well as keeping one more banjo out of the hands of humans. The worms will love you. Edible crops: Many plants are beautiful as well as delicious. Try planting some lily-of-the-foodtruck, a beautiful purple flowering plant, whose leaves taste like Korean tacos eaten on a splintery wooden picnic table. How about hydrangorangina, with its tasty buds, favoring an aroma of Sunny-D and vodka? While you re at it, ask your local garden center for Prince s Nosebleed, false goat s beard, true goat s beard, baby s breath, baby s flatulence, or flatulent goat s breath. These flowers taste as delicious as they sound. Many people ask me, Pelvis, for that is my name, what beer goes with gardening? I prefer something light and airy, like the delphinium or the foxglove or other names I found when I googled lists of names of flowers. A nice local lager, fresh out of the icebox, hits the spot when out among the weeds and biting gnats. There is nothing so refreshing to the soul as a nicely chilled beer to sip (continued on page 13) 7

FP Calendar: May 2018 For venue addresses & contact information, see Venues, Feets, or Gigs Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go 1/Tues. FP Board Meeting: 8pm, at Marie Trontell & Jay Wilensky s in Whitehouse Station EVERY TUESDAY: 7pm, Northwest NJ Acoustic Jam. Westside United Methodist Church, Hopatcong. 973/770-0179 EVERY 1ST & 3RD TUESDAY: 7:30pm, Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam. Mannion s Somerville. www.diamondcut.com/oldtime 2/Wed. EVERY WEDNESDAY: 7:30pm, Morristown Int l Dancers. Mountain Lakes Community Church. 973/228-5966, njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html EVERY WEDNESDAY: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, Contra Dance, $8 ($5 seniors & students). More info on Dance page. EVERY WEDNESDAY: 7:30pm, Down Jersey with Jim Albertson. WSNJ am1240, am1440 and www.wsnjam.com; members.aol.com/downjerseyjim EVERY 1ST WEDNESDAY: 7pm, Folk Open Sing. Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. 212/636-6341 or 718/788-7563 EVERY 1ST WEDNESDAY: Morristown Uke Jam; meetup.com/morristownukejam; Mark 973/978-0751, MorristownUkeJam@gmail.com 3/Thur. EVERY THURSDAY: 6pm, Mannion s NJAMP Acoustic Jam. Somerville. 908/203-9700; meetup.com/nj-acoustic-music-in-the-park EVERY THURSDAY: 8pm, Maplewood International Dancers. Maplewood, njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_maplewood.html ALTERNATE THURSDAYS: 7:30pm, Scandinavian couple dancing. Bound Brook. See www.skandinoje.org for dates/info 4/Fri. Minstrel: The Heather Pierson Trio with Rupert Wates 5/Sat. Swingin Tern: Ted Crane & Gotham Carnival EVERY SATURDAY: CD*NY: 8pm, Contra dances. NYC, www.cdny.org Mike Agranoff: Tuscon Folk Festival, through Sun. 5/6, Tucson, AZ, www.tucsonfolkfest.org, Christine DeLeon: 2pm, Joint Free Public Library of the Chathams, Song and Dance of the Roaring Twenties, Chatham, NJ, www.chathamlibrary.org, 973/635-0603, free The Newton Theatre: 8pm, Yardbirds, $39 $44 People s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Jean Rohe with David Roth, $20 contribution, members $12 Roxbury Arts Alliance: 8pm, Joan and Joni, $25/members $20, a musical tribute to Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell Sacred Bean Coffeehouse: 7pm, Moderately Bright Four with Narrow Escape Watchung Arts Center: 8pm, Alan LeBoeuf & Chip Mergott, $18 advance/$22 door 6/Sun. EVERY SUNDAY: 7pm, Music You Can t Hear on the Radio. WPRB 103.3FM; www.wprb.com EVERY SUNDAY: 7 10pm, Radio Nowhere. WMSC 90.3FM Montclair or streaming at www.wmscradio.com or www.live365.com/wmsc EVERY 1ST & 3RD SUNDAY: 6pm, Open Irish session. Dublin House, Red Bank NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song: 2 4pm, Joe Patratis, $3 $7, Belmar Arts Council, 608 River Road (at 7th Avenue), Belmar, NJ 7/Mon. Mike Agranoff: 6:30pm, Catalina Concerts, at the private home of expatriate Projectiles Andrew & Barbara Hines, Tucson, AZ, www.catalinaconcerts.info, 9/Wed. EVERY 2ND WEDNESDAY: 6:30pm, Central NJ Song Circle. Mara s Cafe & Bakery, 250 South Ave, Fanwood, NJ. www.facebook.com/centralnjsongcircle 11/Fri. Minstrel: OpenStage, featuring Todd Dennison, Carrie Cantor, Mitch Radler Community Theatre at Mayo Performing Arts Center: 8pm, Arlo Guthrie, $39 $69 8 Hopewell Theater: 8pm, Steamboats, dine-in theater with small plate options 12/Sat. FP Jammin with the Stars: 2pm, Dave Nachmanoff (see page 1) FP Evening o Music: 8pm, at Mark and Robin Schaffer s in Rockaway EVERY 2ND SATURDAY: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, English Country Dance, $10 ($5 seniors & students). More info on Dance page. Ethical Brew Coffeehouse: 8pm, Sean Altman & Jack Skuller with Joshua Garcia, $20 online/$25 at door, Everly Brothers tribute Fanwood Performance Series: 7pm, Rachel Marie with Debra Cowan, donation adult $15, seniors/students $10 Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: 8pm, Mustard s Retreat, $20, member $17 People s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Eric Levine 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert, $20, memb. $12 Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: 7:30pm, Emma s Revolution, $18 advance/$23 door, Walkabout Chorus Teachabout at 6:45pm 15/Tues. Newsletter Deadline: Send stuff to newsletter@folkproject.org 17/Thur. EVERY 3RD THURSDAY: 6:30 8pm, Thursday Night Sing Along, Sussex-Wantage Library, Wantage, NJ, www.friendsofswlibrary.org Christine DeLeon: 6:30pm, Hackettstown Public Library, Song and Dance of the Roaring Twenties, Hackettstown, NJ, www.hackettstownlibrary.org, 908/852-4936, free Hopewell Theater: 7:30pm, Front Country, acoustic roots pop 18/Fri. Minstrel: Jim Kweskin with Jerry Krantman & the Durn Tootin String Band Katherine Rondeau: 7pm, Spring Gulch Folk Festival, Spring Gulch RV Campground, 475 Lynch Road, New Holland, PA, SpringGulch.com/folk-festival-on, 877/570-2267 Princeton Folk Music Society: 8:15pm, Roy Book Binder, $20, members $15, students 12 22 $10, kids under 12 $5 19/Sat. Swingin Tern: Don Flaherty & Strumbow Squeezeblow Blue Jersey Band: 2pm, Mountainside Public Library, 1 Constitution Plaza, Mountainside, NJ, www.mountainsidelibrary.org, 908/233-0115 Earth Room Concerts: 7:30pm, Susan Werner, $20 advance/$25 door People s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Gathering Sparks with Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, $20 contribution, members $12 20/Sun. Nancy and Russ Kelner: 1pm, BOTMA, with PetroGrass band, Little Silver, NJ, $5 Kathy Moser: 12:30pm, Medicine Wheel Festival, Lusscroft Farm, 50 Neilson Rd, Wantage NJ, MedicineWheelGarden.wordpress.com, $7 for adults, kids are free Evergreen House Concerts: 3pm potluck, 4pm concert, Freebo and Alice Howe, $23 per person, advance purchase only, email for more information and address 24/Thur. Katherine Rondeau: 7pm, Ardmore Music Hall, Bob Dylan Birthday Bash, 23 East Lancaster Ave, Ardmore, PA, www.ardmoremusic.com, 610/649-8389 25/Fri. FP Spring Acoustic Getaway Minstrel: CLOSED for Spring Getaway Hopewell Theater: 8pm, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason 26/Sat. ALMOST EVERY 4TH SATURDAY: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, Contra Dance, $10 ($5 seniors & students). More info on Dance page. 27/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 Borderline Folk Music Club: 1:30pm, Bob Dylan Birthday Song Fest & Venue Fundraiser, $15 members, $20 non-members, with Gary Solomon and the Ray-Band Dylan Tribute 29/Tues. Riverside Rhythm & Rhyme: 4pm, House of Hamill, $20/members $15/under 18 free, includes Rose Baldino of Burning Bridget Cleary 30/Wed. Birdhouse Center for the Arts: 8pm, The DuoDuo, $25, two duos perform together 9