This spring the Family Folk Machine will be singing songs about spring, food, and gardening. Our big projects will be a concert at the Senior Center on April 19 and the making of a music video for Tom Chapin’s song about composting, “Brown Gold.” Read more

Join us this Saturday from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. for an all-request sing-along! Bring instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. We’ll have Rise Up Singing books, and Uptown Bill’s will provide the warm and cozy atmosphere.
There’s free parking evenings and weekends in the UI lot across from Uptown Bill’s. Read more

Here’s an article I wrote for the Community Music feature in the Press-Citizen. It ran Sunday, November 2, 2014:

PEACE WILL COME
The Family Folk Machine presents its fall concert, “Peace Will Come,” at 3 p.m. Nov. 9 in the assembly room of the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center. Read more

The Family Folk Machine is excited to present “Peace Will Come,” songs for imagining peace, at 3 p.m. on November 9 in the Assembly Room at the Senior Center in downtown Iowa City. Read more

On November 9, the Family Folk Machine will present a concert titled “Peace Will Come.” We are very excited to bring you songs about living peacefully, imagining peace, and bringing about a more peaceful world. The concert will take place at 3:00 p.m. at the Iowa City Senior Center Read more

This is not directly related to the Family Folk Machine, but might be of interest to some who visit our site.

Community Singing Gathering
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month
Next Gatherings: Oct. 14th and 28th
6-7:30pm
FREE and Open to the Public Read more

A new singing group is starting in Iowa City! This is a community-building, non-performance based group inspired by the Village Fire Gathering. (You can check out Village Fire at www.villagefiresinging.com .) The first gathering will be on September 23, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., at Willow Creek Park Shelter Read more

Join us this Saturday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:30 for an all-request sing-along! Bring instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. We’ll have Rise Up Singing books, and Uptown Bill’s will provide the cozy atmosphere.
There’s free parking evenings and weekends in the UI lot across the street from Uptown Bill’s. Read more

Join us this Saturday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:30 for an all-request sing-along! Bring instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. We’ll have Rise Up Singing books, and Uptown Bill’s will provide the cozy atmosphere.
There’s free parking evenings and weekends in the UI lot across the street from Uptown Bill’s. Read more