Lots of cool New York City stuff coming up sponsored or cosponsored by New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club.

Friday, 5/4/01. 8 PM. Geoff Kaufman, maritime musician from Mystic Seaport. Great singer, not just maritime!! Be there! Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center, Downtown Brooklyn. $10. NYPFMC members: $9. Polytechnic students: free.

Sunday, 5/6/01. 3 to 5 PM. Howie Leifer's Homesick Sailor Puppet Theatre + New York Packet. Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport Museum, 213 Water Street, Lower Manhattan. $3.

Thursday, 5/10/01. 8 PM. Bill Staines, singer-songwriter, folksinger, story teller, yodeler. Advent Lutheran Church. Broadway & West 93rd Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan. $13. Seniors & students: $9. Children: $6. NYPFMC members: free.

Wednesday, 5/16/01. 7 PM SHARP!. Traditional Music Open Mike. Triad Lounge, 158 West 72nd Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan. $5 + purchase of 2 drinks (maybe).

Sunday, 5/13/01. 2:30 PM. Old Time String Band Get-Together in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Phone Alan Friend for details: 718-965-4074. Free.

Thursday, 5/17/01. 6 to 8 PM. The Renaissance Charter School Coffee House. Featured guest artist: Toby Fagenson. 35-59 81st Street, just off 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, Queens. Free.

Sunday, 5/20/01. 11 AM to 1 PM and also 2:30 to 5:30 PM. Sacred Harp Singing. Saint Bartholomew's Church, 109 East 50th Street, Midtown Manhattan. Contributions welcome.

Sunday, 5/20/01. 2 to 7 PM. Sunnyside Song Circle. At the home of Steve & Marilyn Suffet, 41-05 47th Street, 1st floor, Sunnyside, Queens. Phone: 718-786-1533. Free.


--- Steve