Upcoming Live Events in the Chicago Area

This post will be updated as events come to our attention.  Let us know of other events in the comments. This post is being retired as of Jan 2024 and will no longer be updated.  See https://argonneifd.blogspot.com/2023/12/upcoming-events-you-might-be-interested.html

https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/christmas-around-the-world/
Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light
Nov 18, 2023 - Jan 7, 2024
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL

https://chicagolandecd.org/chicagoland-west-ecd/
Chicagoland West ECD and IFD
Sun Dec 17, 2023
Glen Ellyn,IL

http://www.uofcfolk.org/
University of Chicago Folk Festival
Feb 9-10, 2024
Chicago, IL

https://sites.google.com/site/junecampifd/
June Camp International Folk Dance with Roberto Bagnoli
Jun 13-16, 2024
Lake Forest Academy
Lake Forest, IL

NPR: Syrian Cassette Archive Online

 https://www.npr.org/2022/10/03/1126589744/the-syrian-cassette-archive-preserving-a-disappearing-history

 

 

NPR: Altin Gun's New Album 'Yol' Reimagines Old Turkish Folk Songs

 https://www.npr.org/2021/03/16/977928961/altin-guns-new-album-yol-reimagines-old-turkish-folk-songs

 

Mayim-Mayim, Ricky Holden, and Japanese video games

Listening to PRI's The World on the radio, I heard familiar music and an interesting story -- it starts at about time 40:25:

It refers to this article "How an Israeli Folk Song Became A Hit on Japanese Video Game Soundtracks":
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/242738/jewcy-mayim-mayim

"...Seriously, everyone in Japan knows “Mayim Mayim.”
"How did this happen? It began in the post-WWII occupation of Japan, led by General Douglas MacArthur. As part of the (admittedly somewhat forced) cultural exchange, the United States decided to teach the youth in Asia folk dances. They enlisted the aid of Rickey Holden, a prominent square and folk dance-caller, scholar, and educator..."

If you search for "Mayim Mayim Anime" in youtube, you find an amazing number of clips:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mayim+mayim+anime 
Who knew?

Louise WBOM interview - Tim Macdonald + Jeremy Ward Mon 5/30 8am

Memorial Day Monday May 30, 2016, at 8am, on wbom.playtheradio.com, there will be a program called Artist's Showcase broadcast from the Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center in Rockford, with Louise interviewing folk musicians Tim MacDonald and Jeremy Ward.
http://wbom.playtheradio.com/index.cfm
http://mendelssohnpac.org/wbom-radio-2/

NPR: Alan Lomax's Massive Archive Goes Online

Heard part of this story on NPR this morning:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/03/28/148915022/alan-lomaxs-massive-archive-goes-online

Following the link in the article, I see one can click on "Culture" to arrive here:
http://research.culturalequity.org/get-audio-ix.do?ix=culture&id=0&idType=0&sortBy=abc

And (for example), click on "Balkar" to arrive here:
http://research.culturalequity.org/rc-b2/get-audio-ix.do?ix=recording&id=34&idType=cultureId&sortBy=abc

Where the first song "Taulu Kyz" translates to "Mountain Girl" (Rose should like that one :-) )

And following the link for Radio Shows, I find this one:
Your Ballad Man: Dancing Around The World