Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings

October 2006

 

Contents

  • Henry Lappen will join October 8 Song & Story Swap at the Nacul Center
  • Calendar of Western Mass. folk events

Henry Lappen will be featured guest at Oct. 8 Song & Story Swap

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

Sunday, October 8, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the The Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, Mass.

Please note that the Song & Story Swap is now held on the second Sunday of each month at The Nacul Center (see map).

Henry Lappen will be storytelling on Oct 8 at the Nacul Center in Amherst

Guest performer will storyteller and comic juggler Henry Lappen.

Also known as "Henry the Juggler," Henry Lappen has been entertaining audiences young and old for 25 years. Known for his spontaneity and humor, he has enchanted thousands at theaters, libraries, schools and festivals up and down the east coast. Henry studied physical comedy at California's Dell'Arte School and has developed skill as a maskmaker, frequently fabricating beautiful bird masks for use in his act.

He is an actor and student of the Yiddish language, and in November will be appearing in the 1937 musical, "The Magic Mirror," a translation of "Hotzmakh's Shpil" at the National Yiddish Book Center. For the Song & Story Swap Henry Lappen will draw on his talent as a storyteller, delivering a tale that he composed and crafted entitled "A Yiddishe Upbringing."

Learn more about Henry Lappen at http://www.henrylappen.com.

The warm-up theme this month is Drinking.  Drinking

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


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Western Mass. Folk Calendar

  • Oct 6 - Bruce Mandel, JoAnne Redding.  Dream Away Lodge, 1342 Country Rd., Becket, MA.  8:30pm.  413-623-8725.
  • Oct 6 - Shiftless Rounders with Luther Wright.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct 6 - Arlo Guthrie.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Oct 6 - Marc Cohn, Vienna Teng.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 7 - Lisa Germano, Winterpills.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 7 - James Taylor.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 7 - Vance Gilbert.  Common Grounds Coffeehouse, First United Methodist Church, 55 Fenn St., Pittsfield, MA.  8pm.  413-499-0866.
  • Oct 7 - Mawwal.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Oct 8 - Song & Story Swap with guest Henry Lappen.  Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7pm.  413-256-8025.
  • Oct 8 - Lui Collins.  Ashfield Fall Festival, Ashfield Common, Ashfield, MA.  3:45pm.  413-628-4641.
  • Oct 8 - Tom Rush.  Holiday Farm Music Festival, Holiday Cottage Rd., Rt. 9, Dalton, MA.  2pm.  413-499-0457.
  • Oct 8 - Arlo Guthrie.  Guthrie Center, 4 Van Deusenville Rd., Housatonic, MA.  8pm.  413-528-1955.
  • Oct 8 - John Gorka, Jesse DeNatale.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 9 - Damien Dempsey, Brendan James.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 10 - Hot Buttered Rum.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 11 - Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Sarah Borges.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 12 - Marjorie Thompson.  Dreamaway Lodge, 1342 Country Rd., Becket, MA.  7:30pm.  413-623-8725.
  • Oct 12 - Marty Helly, Shandy Lawson and Frank Critelli.  Manhan Cafe, 72 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  6:30pm.  413-529-2526 .
  • Oct 12 - David Kaynor, Steve Howland, "A History of Contradance".  Guiding Star Grange, 401 Chapman St., Greenfield, MA.  7pm.  413-772-0501.
  • Oct 12 - Old School Freight Train, The Greencards - co-bill.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 13 - Roy, Brown, Fernando Ferrer & Jose Gonzalez plus Tao Rodriguez-Seeger.  Bowker Auditorium, UMass, Amherst, MA.  7pm.  413-545-2511.
  • Oct 13 - Pamela Means & Rachael Sage.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct 13 - Peter Case, Jon Dee Graham.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 13 - Eric Sardinas.  Theodore's, 201 Worthington St., Springfield, MA.  .  413-736-6000.
  • Oct 13 - Zoe Darrow & the Fiddleheads.  Westhampton Town Hall, 1 South Rd., Westhampton, MA.  7:30pm.  413-527-0463.
  • Oct 14 - Brooks Williams & Paul Asbell, Stephanie Marshall.  St. James Coffeehouse, 1 South Rd., Westhampton, MA.  7:15pm.  413-527-0463.
  • Oct 14 - Ryan Montbleau Band, John Francis.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  10pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 14 - The Nields.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 14 - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins.  Academy of Music, 274 Main St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-584-8435.
  • Oct 14 - Indigo Girls, Arizona.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 14 - Huun Huur Tu - Tuvan Throat Singers.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Oct 14 - Castlebay.  U'n'I Coffeehouse, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Oct 15 - North Sea Gas.  Cushman Market, 491 Pine Street, North Amherst, MA.  6:30pm.  413-549-0100.
  • Oct 15 - Gaia Roots.  Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, 127 Coombs Rd., Easthampton, MA.  2pm.  413-584-3009.
  • Oct 15 - Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Mozella.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 16 - Jolie Holland, David Dondero.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 17 - Larry Keel & Natural Bridge.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 18 - Jay Mankita.  Garden House, Look Park, Florence, MA.  5pm.  413-584-2220.
  • Oct 18 - Naked Eyes, School for the Dead.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 19 - Steve and Jonny Rodgers from Mighty Purple, Dylan Connor.  Manhan Cafe, 72 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  6:30pm.  413-529-2526 .
  • Oct 19 - King Wilkie, Appalachian Still.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 20 - Mark Schwaber.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct 20 - Girlyman, We're About 9.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 20 - Brothers Past.  Pearl Street Nightclub, 1 Pearl St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 21 - Thomasina.  Captain Charles Leonard House, 663 Main Street, Agawam, MA.  7:30pm.  413-786-9421.
  • Oct 21 - Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Oct 21 - Jonathan Byrd, Stephanie Corby.  Montague Bookmill, 440 Greenfield Rd, Montague, MA.  8pm.  413-367-9206 .
  • Oct 21 - Nancy Rockland-Miller.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 21 - Beatles Triibute.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 22 - Kaki King Band - The Yellow Umbrella Tour.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 23 - Juke Joint Jam, Blues Open Mic hosted by Stewart James.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 24 - Barenaked Ladies.  Mullins Center, UMass, Amherst, MA.  .  413-545-0505.
  • Oct 24 - Joe Zawinul Syndicate.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 25 - Acoustic Alchemy.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 26 - Taj Mahal Trio.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 26 - Ember Swift.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 27 - Black 47.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 28 - Jennifer Kimball & Emily Greene.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Oct 28 - Amos Lee, Dayna Kurtz.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 28 - Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams.  Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-584-7327.
  • Oct 28 - Zoe Darrow & the Fiddleheads.  Orange Town Hall, , Orange, MA.  7pm.  .
  • Oct 28 - Kalmunity Vibe Collective, Kim Zombik.  Hilltown Folk, Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580.
  • Oct 28 - Lisa Martin.  Westwood Pub, 94 Elm St., Westfield, MA.  9pm.  413-564-6963 .
  • Oct 29 - Heart of the Valley Chorus.  Belchertown High School, 142 Springfield Rd., Belchertown, MA.  2pm.  413-323-9419.
  • Oct 29 - Tracy Grammer, Adam Sweeney.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 31 - The Strawbs.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Oct 31 - Lavender Diamond, The Decemberists.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 2 - Aric Bieganek, Kristen Gass.  Manhan Cafe, 72 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  6:30pm.  413-529-2526 .
  • Nov 2 - Lesbians of Laughter featuring Deborah Eisner, Elisabeth Furtado, Jackie Monahan, Anne Neczypor, Lisa Kaplan.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 2 - Madeleine Peyroux.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 3 - Ruth Ungar & Michael Merenda.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov 3 - Patty Larkin, Stewart Lewis.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 3 - Lisa Martin Band.  Crossroads, Rt. 20, Palmer, MA.  9:30pm.  413-283-8880.
  • Nov 3 - John Hammond.  Theodore's, 201 Worthington St., Springfield, MA.  .  413-736-6000.
  • Nov 4 - Lonesome Brothers.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov 4 - Fred Eaglesmith.  Route 63 Roadhouse, 32 Federal St., Millers Falls, MA.  9pm.  413-659-3384.
  • Nov 4 - The Duhks.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 4 - 1964: The Tribute.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 5 - Battlefield Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 6 - The Bottle Rockets.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 7 - Peter Rowan.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 8 - Los Straitjackets Twist Party! featuring Kaiser George and The World Famous Pontani Sisters .  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 9 - Lee Roy Parnell.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 10 - Brooks Williams, Swing Caravan.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov 10 - John Eddie, Lisa Martin.  Waterfront Tavern, 920 Main St., Holyoke, MA.  7pm.  413-532-2292.
  • Nov 10 - Jonathan Edwards, Kenny White.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 11 - Andrea Coller & Pesky J. Nixon.  PACE, 41 Union St., Easthampton, MA.  8pm.  413-527-3700.
  • Nov 11 - Bill Staines.  St. James Coffeehouse, 8 Church Street, Greenfield, MA.  7:15pm.  413-772-2213.
  • Nov 11 - Ziggy Marley.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 11 - Bob Franke.  uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series, 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA.  8pm.  413-562-3990.
  • Nov 11 - Charles Neville.  Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, Town Hall, Wendell, MA.  7:30pm.  978-544-8339.
  • Nov 12 - Song & Story Swap with guest Agnes McCraven.  Nacul Center, 592 Main St., Amherst, MA.  7pm.  413-256-8025.
  • Nov 12 - Richard Shindell.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 12 - John Scofield.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 13 - Gary Jules, Matthew Ryan, David Mead, Thad Cockrell - Iron Horse Emerging Artists Showcase.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 15 - Bob Dylan, The Raconteurs.  The Mullins Center, UMass, Amherst, MA.  7:30pm.  413-545-0505.
  • Nov 15 - Francis Doughty.  All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  12pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Nov 15 - Acoustic Africa.  Pearl Street, 1 Pearl St., Northampton, MA.  .  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 17 - Donovan.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 17 - Enter The Haggis.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 17 - BB King.  Symphony Hall, 34 Court St., Springfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-788-7033.
  • Nov 18 - Kimberly Fraser, Janine Randall, Cape Breton fiddle, piano.  Capt. Charles Leonard House, 663 Main Street, Agawam, MA.  7:30pm.  413-786-9421.
  • Nov 18 - Cahal Dunne.  American Legion Post 275, 41 Robbins Rd., Chicopee, MA.  .  413-592-1126.
  • Nov 18 - Bill Morrissey, Jennie McAvoy.  Coffee & Soul, All Soul's Church, 399 Main St., Greenfield, MA.  7:30pm.  413-773-5018.
  • Nov 18 - Rebecca Hall & Ken Anderson, Andrew Smith.  Montague Bookmill, 440 Greenfield Rd, Montague, MA.  8pm.  413-367-9206 .
  • Nov 18 - Enter The Haggis.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 19 - Joe Belmont - Tribute to Wes Montgomery.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 19 - Doc Watson.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 20 - The Dadz and The Northamptones.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 21 - James Hunter Band.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 21 - Jewel.  Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, MA.  8pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 22 - Juke Joint Jam, Blues Open Mic hosted by Stewart James.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  8:30pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 24 - Roomful of Blues.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 25 - Roomful of Blues.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 25 - Jeffrey Foucault, Crooked Still.  Memorial Hall, 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, MA.  7:30pm.  413-625-2580 .
  • Nov 26 - Aztec Two-Step.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 29 - The Microscopic Septet.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.
  • Nov 30 - Tom Rush.  Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton, MA.  7pm.  413-586-8686.

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