Join us this Saturday, July 12, 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 cozy atmosphere.
There’s free parking evenings and weekends in the UI lot across from Uptown Bill’s. Read more
We will be taking a few new members for our fall session, “Peace Will Come.” To inquire about joining in the fall or to request more information about the fall session, send a note to Jean at jeanlittlejohn@gmail.com before August 1.
Join us this Saturday for a two-choir extravaganza! The Senior Center’s Family Folk Machine and Voices of Experience present a program of songs reflecting on the stages of life, including favorites like “Turn, Turn, Turn,” and the Weavers’ arrangement of “When the Saints Go Marching In” Read more
On Sunday, June 22, the Press-Citizen published this article about the Family Folk Machine and Voices of Experience concert that’s coming up this Saturday the 28th:
The Family Folk Machine and the Voices of Experience will join forces to present a fun and free intergenerational concert on Saturday, June 28 Read more
Join us on Saturday, June 14, from 3:00 to 4:30 at Uptown Bill’s for our monthly Community Folk Sing. We will have piles of Rise Up Singing books, thanks to the Senior Center. Just bring your voice, your instrument, and your friends and relations Read more
Join us on Saturday, June 7, at the Iowa Arts Festival! The Family Folk Machine will sing from 2:30 to 3:00 on the Family Stage as part of Children’s Day at the festival. We’ll be trying out some new songs along with a couple of old favorites.
Join us on Saturday, May 10, from 3:00 to 4:30 at Uptown Bill’s for our monthly Community Folk Sing. We will have piles of Rise Up Singing books, thanks to the Senior Center. Just bring your voice, your instrument, and your friends and relations for a fun afternoon of sing-along requests. Everyone is welcome.
Community Folk Sings take place on the second Saturday of each months and are sponsored by Uptown Bill’s and The Family Folk Machine (a Senior Center group).
The Family Folk Machine presents “Down By the Riverside,” our spring concert, on Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. at the Senior Center. The concert will include familiar water songs like “The Water is Wide” and “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore” as well as lovely and lively new favorites. Read more
A version of this column appeared in the Iowa City Press-Citizen on Sunday, April 27, 2014
“The heart of Iowa is its rivers.” So writes Jazmine Enriquez of the Iowa Youth Writing Project in a poem created to accompany the Family Folk Machine in “Down By the Riverside.” Read more
On Saturday, April 26, a group of Folk Machinists met at the Coral Ridge Mall for an Earth Day event at the food court. Along with the local chapter of the 100 Grannies, the Iowa River Friends, and others, we sang the Climate Song. Read more
