'Catters in NYC area

Subject: Typo correction
From: Suffet
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 08:39 PM

After the open microphone at the Triad we will find n eatery which can accommodate both vegans and carnivores, as well as everyone in-between. That's vegans with a v. Please excuse that and several other typographical errors.

--- Steve

--- Typo ("vegans") above corrected. ---

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: InOBU
Date: 19 Jun 01 - 10:49 PM

Hi Steve, I will show up in the near future! This Wendsday I am doing the third session at the new studio for a contempory classical composer, who is recording her chamber music at Hearthside. Great stuff soon to be available on our lable on CD, a bit like a young American Gian Carlo Minnotti, her name is Rebeka Driscol, great stuff
See you soon,
Larry

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST,djh
Date: 20 Jun 01 - 09:22 AM

I am just to the north in Rockland county.

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 21 Jun 01 - 06:28 AM

Important note to all in the New York metro area:

For the months of July and August 2001, New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club is considering holding the Traditional Folk Music Open Microphone out of doors, possibly in Central Park or Riverside Park. If this happens, we will run it as a singaround (round robin, song circle) rather than as a series of two-song mini-sets.

Please check our newsletter for details. You can get a free sample copy by calling [phone] and leaving your mailing address. We will also put the information on Folk-Fone (same telephone number) and on our website. URL: http://www.folkmusicny.org

We should be back indoors in September.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST,boo hoo
Date: 21 Jun 01 - 03:37 PM

i had to miss triad last night -- was buying/building shelves all day, and pitched over at 7pm. highlights? news? i miss everyone.

erica (taking the week off to convert boyfriend's bachelor pad into girly oasis, then move in)

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 21 Jun 01 - 08:31 PM

Erica,

You missed a really great session, but a truly atypical one. The Triad booked a jazz combo into the lounge, so they moved the open mic into the theatre upstairs, a very classy place. No one bothered enforcing the 2-drink minimum, but I turned up buying three (soft) drinks anyway over the course of the evening. At 7 PM, there were only a handful of us there -- David K., Bob M., Rich F., myself, and a guy from the Bronx also named Steve -- so we started a song circle jam session. It was lots of fun. Over the next hour about a dozen more people drifted in, but David kept as a song circle rather than as a true open mic, a good move on his part. Mostly newcomers, including a young fiddler named Hannah. On one go around we had to sing a song out of our typical genre. For example, Bob did an a capella Scottish drinking song, I did Statesboro Blues, and David sang a song in Hebrew. Towards the end, Ellen W. came with some folks from her songwriters, including Dennis and Val.

We missed you. :-(

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From:
Date: 21 Jun 01 - 09:19 PM

Rockland County, but I do get down to NJ to attend Hurdy Gurdy.

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 22 Jun 01 - 06:34 PM

when is the next SUNNYSIDE SONG CIRCLE? Is it on for the summer? I'm due for a visit to NY family very shortly.

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 23 Jun 01 - 12:54 PM

The Sunnyside Song Circle is taking a summer break. We should be back at it in September, possibly the 16th, 23rd, or 30th. I will post sufficient notice here, on the rec.music.folk newsgroup, in the Peoples Music e-group, and in the September issue of the New York Pinewwoods newsletter. The location will be either my own house or Joel Landy's apartment. We are just 4 short blocks apart.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST,Kevin at work
Date: 18 Jul 01 - 10:37 AM

Is anyone planning a Mudcat Cafe gathering in New York any time soon?

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 18 Jul 01 - 04:48 PM

The Sunnyside Song Circle is meeting next on Sunday, September 30, 2001, from 2 to 6 PM.
Stephen & Marilyn Suffet
41-05 47th Street, 1st floor
Sunnyside, Queens, New York
Near Skillman Avenue

Bring instruments, voices, and songs to share. Munchies and libations also welcome.

For information or directions, please call [phone].


--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Sep 01 - 10:58 AM

Here are our NYC area Mudcatters.

~Susan

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST,Sam Pirt
Date: 11 Sep 01 - 01:29 PM

Hi

Goo thread Joy, nice to see the music is still flowing in NYC

Cheers, Sam

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST,Genie
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 01:55 AM

Hope all the NYC catters are OK. Today's got to be especially hard on you. My thoughts and prayers are with you, as are my concerns for all of us.
G

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST,treaties1
Date: 12 Sep 01 - 05:43 AM

Thoughts and best wishes go out to you all in NYC and indeed all of your country. I hope that all is well with you, my love and prayers are with you. Theresa in U.K

Subject: Sing in NYC!
From: Suffet
Date: 20 Aug 03 - 10:15 PM

Attention all Big Apple Catters!

Here are three upcoming participatory singing events in New York City, each in a different borough and all sponsored by the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club (Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.). Come enjoy good times and good music with friends and neighbors. Bring voices, instruments, and songs to share. All acoustic styles are welcome.

BROOKLYN OPEN SING
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
7:00-10:00 PM
At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street), in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Families with children are especially welcome. A small donation would be appreciated. For information, please call Alison Kelley-Kraan at 1-718-636-6341. Yes, that's Alison from the Johnson Girls!

RIVERDALE SING
Thursday, September 18, 2003
7:30-10:00 PM
At the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway (between 246th & 249th Streets, west side of parkway), in Riverdale in the Bronx. Go down the driveway to the double red doors off the parking area. The sing is in the auditorium. On-site parking is available for the first 18 cars. A $3 donation is requested. For information, please call Evy Mayer at 1-718-549-1344 after 11:00 AM.

SUNNYSIDE SONG CIRCLE
Sunday, September 21, 2003
2:00-7:00 PM
At the home of Joel Landy, 41-08 43rd Street (less than 2 blocks north of Queens Blvd.), apt. 4F, in Sunnyside, Queens. Snacks and beverages to share are welcome. For information or directions, please call Joel Landy at 1-718-937-2240.


NY Pinewoods website: http://www.folkmusicny.org

Be there!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 06:10 AM

Reminder...

BROOKLYN OPEN SING IS TONIGHT!

Wednesday, September 3, 2003
7:00 to 10:00 PM

Ethical Culture Society
53 Prospect Park West (near 2nd Street)
Brooklyn, New York

All acoustic styles welcome, traditional or contemporary.

Sponsored by New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club.

Be there!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 03 Sep 03 - 09:38 PM

Hi Steve, I'm planning a trip to NYC in October. Are there going to be any such activities next month?

Mike

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 12:20 AM

Here are some New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club (Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.) October activities. All are in New York City, except for Fall Folk Music Weekend in Connecticut.

Wednesday, 10/1/03: Brooklyn Open Sing, 7:00-10:00 PM. Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn.

Friday, 10/3/03: Martyn Wyndham-Read house concert, 8:00 PM. Manhattan location. For information and reservations call Evy Mayer at [phone] after 11:00 AM.

Saturday, 10/11/03: Flapjack in concert, 8:00 PM. Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway & West 93rd Street, Manhattan.

Thursday, 10/16/03: Riverdale Sing, 7:30-10:00 PM. Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway (between 246th & 249th Streets, west side of parkway), in Riverdale in the Bronx.

Friday, 10/17/03: Tom Spiers house concert, 8:00 PM. Manhattan location. For information and reservations call Evy Mayer at [phone] after 11:00 AM.

Friday-Sunday, 10/24/03-10/26/03: Fall Folk Music Weekend at Camp Isabella Freedman in Falls Village, CT. For information call Alice Backer at [phone].

Friday, 10/31/03: Halloween singing party in the evening. Brooklyn location. For information call Maggie Bye at [phone].

NY Pinewoods phone: [phone]

NY Pinewoods website: http://www.folkmusicny.org/

I hope this helps.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 05 Feb 04 - 04:04 PM

Attention all you 'Catters in the New York vicinity! It is once again time for some truly shameless self-promotion!


HOOT!

MacDougal Street Rent Party asks you to put on your black beret, light up a Gaulois, and let us transport you back to closing days of the Eisenhower era. A rag-tag band of friends have gathered in a rent controlled Greenwich Village pad to make joyful noise the only way they know how. A dollar gets you in, and if you can't afford a dollar, just let everyone take a swig of Mateus from your wine skin. The bathtub is in the kitchen, the toilet is down the hall, the Great Folk Music Revival is about to happen, and you're invited! Can you dig it?

MacDougal Street Rent Party is Joel Landy, Eric Levine, Anne Price, Gina Tlamsa, and Steve Suffet.

The dollar, the Gaulois, and the Mateus are mentioned only by artistic license. There admission for this event is now $5, smoking is no longer permitted, and while you can purchase alcoholic beverages at the bar, you may not bring in any from the outside. Also, we've moved a little bit southeast so we're now doing our thing, so to speak, in NoHo rather than the Village, and we're in a fully licensed club rather than in someone's apartment. Oh my goodness, how things have changed! Just try finding a rent controlled apartment anywhere in New York!

We will also be having with us our good buddies Jane Babits, Toby Fagenson, and Jessica Feinbloom. In addition, each of us will do a song or two individually as well as with the group. So it's going to be one heck of a hoot indeed.

Here are the details:

Second Annual Midwinter Hoot
Round Robin Songfest
Sunday • February 29, 2004 • 7 to 9 PM
CB's 313 Gallery
313 Bowery
New York City

That $5 cover lets you stay all evening and hear other acts as well. Or you can hurry home in time to see who won all the major Oscars, Either way, it's a cheap night out, so come prepared to sing along, clap, holler, and shout! For more information about the Midwinter Hoot, please call [phone].

Be there!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: KateG
Date: 05 Feb 04 - 05:13 PM

Bathtub in the kitchen...what memories. My first apartment in NYC had a bathtub in the kitchen. It was up on legs and was so tall that the cat box fit underneath it, even with a cat inside. A plywood lid hinged down from the wall to make the only kitchen counter. Toilet was in a tiny closet and you had to be careful of the steam pipe when sitting down.

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: InOBU
Date: 05 Feb 04 - 06:24 PM

Hi Steve, any of you going to do any songs by that seldom heard singer writer, Lorcan Otway????
Cheers
LO

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 06 Feb 04 - 10:40 PM

Lorcan: We don't know what we are doing yet, but if you want to be in one of these CB's 313 Gallery songfests just give me a holler. However, the invitation will be to you as an individual, and it would not extend to your band. After our first show I made a decision that I wasn't going to invite groups to participate, just individuals. Among ourselves we can and do provide whatever instrumental and vocal back-up was need. I thank you for bringing Eric Levine and Gina Tlamsa along as your accompanists for the 2001 Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash, but now they are appearing as Eric Levine and Gina Tlamsa rather than part of Sorcha Dorcha.

I already hear someone asking, "Then what about MacDougal Street Rent Party"? Well, that's a special case because we are a core (corps?) of people who played the last three songfests together and have evolved into a de facto band by chance rather than by design. We all make a strong point of maintaing our own individual musical identities.

KateG: You didn't live at 8 Saint Mark's Place by any chance? You weren't one of my various roommates or roommates' girlfriends by any chance? Your apartment sounds freakishly like mine, down to the bathtub, kitty litter box, and steam pipe! :-)

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Easy Rider
Date: 23 Jul 05 - 11:08 AM

Refresh:

Is anybody out there?

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 27 Jul 05 - 01:12 AM

I'm still here, along with my band, MacDougal Street Rent Party. We just did a gig at CB's 313 Gallery in the East Village on July 10, and our next one will be in Queens. Here are the details:

MacDougal Street Renty Party
Joel Landy • Eric Levine • Anne Price • Steve Suffet • Gina Tlamsa

present

Folk Music Night at the Aubergine Cafe
Saturday • September 17, 2005 • 8 to 10 PM
49-22 Skillman Avenue
At the corner of 50th Street
Woodside, Queens, NY

There is no cover charge, but musicians' tips are appreciated.
For additional information please call 718-899-1735.

Meanwhile, I'm working on a CD due to be released in December. Stay tuned for details. What I can say now is that about half the songs will be my own creations, and the rest will be a mixture of traditional folk songs and covers. MacDougal Street Rent Party is providing vocal and instrumental accompaniment. I'm playing banjo on one song, Sally Ann, and mountain dulcimer on another, Shady Grove. Otherwise, I'm sticking strictly to voice and guitar.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Suffet
Date: 12 Sep 05 - 01:39 AM

Attention all of you good Mudcat folks in and around New York City!

MACDOUGAL STREET RENT PARTY
Joel Landy • Eric Levine • Anne Price • Steve Suffet • Gina Tlamsa

will be appearing

This coming Saturday, September 17, 2005
8:00 to 10:00 PM
Folk Music Night at the Aubergine Cafe
49-22 Skillman Avenue
Corner of 50th Street
Woodside, Queens, NY

Come to sing along, clap, holler, shout, and show everyone which side you are on!

No cover charge. Musicians' tips appreciated.

Excellent food available for light dinner or dessert.

For information: 718-899-1735.

MSRP website: http://msrp.home.att.net/

Yes, both Eric and Gina once played with InOBU's band Sorcha Dorcha, but that was long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 30 May 07 - 09:10 AM

'Catters in NYC - don't miss Danny Spooner's concert on June 29, 2007 - brought to you from the Folk Music Society of NY!

the concert begins at 7:30 and will be at the Unitarian Universalist's community Church of Manhattan -- 35th st and Park Avenue.

Danny is a ex-pat Brit who has lived in Australia for many years. He comes to NYC every once in awhile.

Danny has a wealth of material from Australia and England, traditional and contemporary. He is a wonderful singer, concertina and guitar player. His songs and stories will delight you whether you are 5 or 95 (and everything in between). Danny's passion is the expression of British and Australian culture through folk music.

The event is free to Folk Music Society of NY members, full time students 22 and under and all young people under 18. Adult non-members are $20, seniors $12

so come and join us there -- and check out our website for info on this and other events in NYC and beyond. (some events are free)

Folk Music Society of NY, Inc.

Any other 'catters in NY, NJ, CT, PA?

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 11:45 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jun 07 - 11:25 PM

Joy Bennett started this thread more than six years ago, and now she's brought it back to life. That may not be a Mudcat record, but does anyone know for sure?

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: stallion
Date: 07 Jun 07 - 07:14 AM

What is required is a mudcat recruitment drive in NYC

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 08:28 AM

probably true

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: GUEST,Suffet on the road
Date: 30 Apr 08 - 11:44 AM

Greetings:

The Peoples' Voice Cafe, one of New York City's premier folk and acoustic venues, has long been housed in the Workmen's Circle Building at 45 East 33rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. Unfortunately, the building has recently been sold and the Workmen's Circle has until the close of business June 30 to vacate the premises. That leaves the Peoples' Voice Cafe out in the cold. It's currently looking for a new site to reopen in September, and the prospects look good that it will find one nearby. But one thing is certain: the three remaining shows this season will be the last ones at the current location. They will take place Saturday night, May 3, 10, and 17, each beginning at 8:00 o'clock. Doors open at 7:30.

The May 3 show will feature me and my friend Joel Landy, the May 10 show will be a tribute to the late Dave Van Ronk, and the May 17 show will feature the New York City Labor Chorus. Suggested admission is $12 for the general public and $9 for Peoples' Voice Cafe or Workmen's Circle members, but you are welcome to pay whatever you can afford. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Please click here for more information.

Be there!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: wayfarer
Date: 02 May 08 - 02:28 PM

Anyone hear about a music happening down at the seaport this Sunday May 4? ( songs of the sea, sea chanties etc.) I wrote something down in my notebook but can't find details. ( maybe I'm getting mixed up with the Mystic festival.)

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: NY Pinewoods
Date: 02 May 08 - 08:53 PM

Wayfarer,

Here's what you are looking for.

Sunday, May 4, 2008, 3 PM. Sea music concert with the singers Mrs. & Mr. Milner plus the New York Packet. Sponsored by the Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. (NY Pinewoods Folk Music Club) and the South Street Seaport Museum. At the Museum's Melville Gallery, 209 Water Street, between Fulton and Beekman Streets in Lower Manhattan. Call 212-691-7610 for directions. Donation is $5 for adults, $2 for children $2.

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: wayfarer
Date: 03 May 08 - 07:21 AM

Thanks for the info, NY Pinewoods.

Subject: RE: 'Catters in NYC area
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 23 Aug 08 - 08:45 PM

reviving this thread...