Spring session! Rehearsals begin January 10
The Family Folk Machine will begin rehearsals for “Hard Times Come Again No More: Songs of Struggle and Hope” on Sunday, January 10. E-mail Jean for more information.
Blooming where you’re planted: FFM’s spring session
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
Festival of Carols December 9th at the Englert
Join us for the Festival of Carols, a FREE concert at the Englert Theatre December 9th at 7:00 p.m! There will be a selection of holiday, Chanukah, and Christmas songs from old-time/bluegrass musicians Marc and Brandi Janssen, the Old Capitol Chorus, and The Family Folk Machine. Read more
Community Folk Sing Dec. 13, 3-4:30 p.m.
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
November/December Community Singing Gatherings
These aren’t Family Folk Machine events, but might be of interest to our readers!
Community Singing Gathering
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month
Next Gatherings: Nov. 11th and 25th and Dec. 9th (no second December date)
6-7:30pm
FREE and Open to the Public. Read more
Press-Citizen Community Music column about FFM fall concert
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
“Peace Will Come”: concert on November 9!
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
Check out these great flyers for our Peace concert!
The kids have been working hard drawing what they think peace looks like – so now we have some great flyers to share with the community! Just a couple weeks until our November 9th Peace concert at the Iowa City Senior Center. See you there!
Rehearsal for our Peace Concert
The last couple weeks before a concert is really the time to knuckle down and memorize the music and start putting together all of the parts to make a beautiful whole. Our Peace concert is just a couple weeks away!
Peace Will Come: Concert on November 9
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