Information: email polson@igc.org, or call 215-848-6246
2018-2019 Calendar:
Thursday, March 28 People's Choice Open Stage/Open Circle (see below for description)
7:30pm $2-5* (to get on Open Stage list, try to arrive by 7:15)
Saturday, April 13 Lui Collins traditional and original folk (see below)
8:00pm $11-40* Opening: Mary Kay Mann Celtic harp, Irish flute, tin whistle, vocals (see below)
Thursday, April 25 People's Choice Open Stage/Open Circle (see below for description)
7:30pm $2-5* (to get on Open Stage list, try to arrive by 7:15)
Fri., May 17 The DeMasi Brothers progressive political music
8:00pm $11-40* Opening: Anam Owili-Eger singer/songwriter, great improv piano
Thursday, May 23 Regular Open Stage/Open Circle (optional theme: Music for the New Revolution)
7:30pm $2-5* (to get on Open Stage list, try to arrive by 7:15)
Sat., June 15 People's Choice Concert!
8:00pm $7-20* (top Open Stage vote-getters)
past events
7:30pm $2-5* (to get on Open Stage list, try to arrive by 7:15)
Saturday, April 13 Lui Collins traditional and original folk (see below)
8:00pm $11-40* Opening: Mary Kay Mann Celtic harp, Irish flute, tin whistle, vocals (see below)
Thursday, April 25 People's Choice Open Stage/Open Circle (see below for description)
7:30pm $2-5* (to get on Open Stage list, try to arrive by 7:15)
Fri., May 17 The DeMasi Brothers progressive political music
8:00pm $11-40* Opening: Anam Owili-Eger singer/songwriter, great improv piano
Thursday, May 23 Regular Open Stage/Open Circle (optional theme: Music for the New Revolution)
7:30pm $2-5* (to get on Open Stage list, try to arrive by 7:15)
Sat., June 15 People's Choice Concert!
8:00pm $7-20* (top Open Stage vote-getters)
past events
Open Stage/Open Circle
7:30pm, 4th Thursday of most months, $2-5*
Doors open at 6:45pm. Come at least 15 minutes early to sign up for the Open Stage. Feel free to bring food and non-alcoholic beverages with you to eat before showtime. The Open Stage (maximums: 10 minutes/2 songs or pieces) normally lasts from 7:30 to 9:00, followed by a break, and then the Open Circle runs from 9:15-10:30. In the Open Circle, everyone present is invited to sing a song, read a poem, tell a story, request a song, or pass; songs are often participatory. It's a great place to perform for the first time or try out new material! People's Choice Open Stage/Open Circle (January through April): The Open Stage part of the evening involves People's Choice audience voting; top vote-getters earn a spot in the June People's Choice Concert! People's Choice acts get a bonus for multiple performances (different months), but many acts have won a slot just from one appearance. Tell and bring your friends!
7:30pm, 4th Thursday of most months, $2-5*
Doors open at 6:45pm. Come at least 15 minutes early to sign up for the Open Stage. Feel free to bring food and non-alcoholic beverages with you to eat before showtime. The Open Stage (maximums: 10 minutes/2 songs or pieces) normally lasts from 7:30 to 9:00, followed by a break, and then the Open Circle runs from 9:15-10:30. In the Open Circle, everyone present is invited to sing a song, read a poem, tell a story, request a song, or pass; songs are often participatory. It's a great place to perform for the first time or try out new material! People's Choice Open Stage/Open Circle (January through April): The Open Stage part of the evening involves People's Choice audience voting; top vote-getters earn a spot in the June People's Choice Concert! People's Choice acts get a bonus for multiple performances (different months), but many acts have won a slot just from one appearance. Tell and bring your friends!
Saturday, April 13, 2019, 8:00 PM:
Lui Collins Concert
Join us on Saturday, April 13, for a performance by Lui Collins, with Mary Kay Mann opening!
Folk singer/songwriter Lui Collins has a beautiful voice, and has been performing, writing, and recording for over 40 years, earning international acclaim for her music. Her repertoire, accompanied on tenor ukulele and banjo, ranges from original and traditional folk songs and American standards to bossa nova in the original Brazilian Portuguese. She’s made 16 CDs, performed on others’ projects, and shared the stage with such folk-world notables as Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, and Stan Rogers.
Lui has been hailed by the Boston Herald as a “folksinger for our times” and by the Boston Globe as “one of New England’s first and brightest stars.” She was voted third most popular performer at the Champlain Valley Festival in 1992, along with Pete Seeger and French Canadian band La Bottine Souriante. Renowned guitarist Dave van Ronk called her “one of the best guitarist-arrangers I have heard in years.” Canadian folk icon Stan Rogers quipped, “Lui sings my songs better than I do,” and Waterbug Records’ Andrew Calhoun claims, "Lui Collins sings the way people did a great long time ago, before most of us forgot how to breathe."
These days, along with creating playful 4-string arrangements of some favorite original songs, Lui has been exploring the fabulous jazz chords in old American standards and bossa nova on tenor ukulele. She also contributes to 3-part vocal harmonies and plays ukulele, banjo, and piano with fiddler Donna Hébert and guitarist Max Cohen in the band 3 Ravens. In October 2018 they released The Infinite Dark, a collaborative recording with renowned author Jane Yolen, including recitations and musical settings of Yolen’s poems.
Mary Kay Mann's classical music career included playing flute with the Newark (DE) and Wilmington symphonies and singing with the Baltimore Symphony Chorus, and she continues to play flute in private events. But for several decades, her main interest has been in Celtic music. Mary Kay performed with the duos HeartSounds and Urban Celtic for many years, but she is currently a solo artist, singing and playing the Celtic harp, along with lively tin whistle and Irish flute. She has performed for all types of audiences, in all types of venues, with music from Ireland, Scotland, and America from the past three centuries. She currently lives in Media, PA and teaches private lessons there and in Hockessin, DE.
Doors open at 7:30, and the show will start at 8:00pm. Admission is by requested donation of $11 to $40 (sliding scale, online or at the door), half price for no or low wage, with children under 12 admitted free. Childcare is available with advance registration; by April 8 if possible by calling (215) 848-6246.
Lui Collins Concert
Join us on Saturday, April 13, for a performance by Lui Collins, with Mary Kay Mann opening!
Folk singer/songwriter Lui Collins has a beautiful voice, and has been performing, writing, and recording for over 40 years, earning international acclaim for her music. Her repertoire, accompanied on tenor ukulele and banjo, ranges from original and traditional folk songs and American standards to bossa nova in the original Brazilian Portuguese. She’s made 16 CDs, performed on others’ projects, and shared the stage with such folk-world notables as Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, and Stan Rogers.
Lui has been hailed by the Boston Herald as a “folksinger for our times” and by the Boston Globe as “one of New England’s first and brightest stars.” She was voted third most popular performer at the Champlain Valley Festival in 1992, along with Pete Seeger and French Canadian band La Bottine Souriante. Renowned guitarist Dave van Ronk called her “one of the best guitarist-arrangers I have heard in years.” Canadian folk icon Stan Rogers quipped, “Lui sings my songs better than I do,” and Waterbug Records’ Andrew Calhoun claims, "Lui Collins sings the way people did a great long time ago, before most of us forgot how to breathe."
These days, along with creating playful 4-string arrangements of some favorite original songs, Lui has been exploring the fabulous jazz chords in old American standards and bossa nova on tenor ukulele. She also contributes to 3-part vocal harmonies and plays ukulele, banjo, and piano with fiddler Donna Hébert and guitarist Max Cohen in the band 3 Ravens. In October 2018 they released The Infinite Dark, a collaborative recording with renowned author Jane Yolen, including recitations and musical settings of Yolen’s poems.
Mary Kay Mann's classical music career included playing flute with the Newark (DE) and Wilmington symphonies and singing with the Baltimore Symphony Chorus, and she continues to play flute in private events. But for several decades, her main interest has been in Celtic music. Mary Kay performed with the duos HeartSounds and Urban Celtic for many years, but she is currently a solo artist, singing and playing the Celtic harp, along with lively tin whistle and Irish flute. She has performed for all types of audiences, in all types of venues, with music from Ireland, Scotland, and America from the past three centuries. She currently lives in Media, PA and teaches private lessons there and in Hockessin, DE.
Doors open at 7:30, and the show will start at 8:00pm. Admission is by requested donation of $11 to $40 (sliding scale, online or at the door), half price for no or low wage, with children under 12 admitted free. Childcare is available with advance registration; by April 8 if possible by calling (215) 848-6246.
About the Folk Factory
The Folk Factory, based at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration in Mount Airy, is a forum for people interested in music of all kinds and progressive social change. Facilitated announcements of progressive events (marches, boycotts, etc.) can be made before the start of each event. The Folk Factory is a kindred spirit of the People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle, co-founded by Charlie King and Pete Seeger. Regular concerts are normally on the first or second Friday or Sunday of most months during the academic year, and an Open Stage/Open Circle is held on the fourth Thursday of most months. To volunteer or for more information, call (215) 848-6246.
If you have snail mail and/or email address changes, deletions, or additions, you can call us at 215-848-6246 or email us at polson@igc.org. You can send any financial contributions (we suggest $5/yr or $15 for 5 yrs to help cover our copying and postage costs for snail mail, and other donations are gratefully appreciated!) to The Folk Factory, 6900 Stenton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19150. |
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More information about the Folk Factory: polson@igc.org