Eisteddfod Festival of Traditional Music
Friday, August 13—Sunday August 15, 2004
Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, NY
www.eisteddfod-ny.org
718.426.8555 or 212.957.8386

Eisteddfod, which ran for many years in southern Massachusetts, is a celebration of traditional music and song, with concerts, workshops, informal jamming and singing and more. This year's conferences features: Ralph Bodington - Paul Brown - Andy Cohen - Judy Cook - Joe Elias - Julia Friend - Jug Free America - Norman Kennedy - Will Noble - Ian Robb - Helen Schneyer - Rafe Stefanini - Hedy West - Jerry Epstein - Tom Gibney - Margaret MacArthur - Heather Wood - Howard Glasser (director emeritus) and many more.

The weekend conference will include fieldtrips around NYC as well as the Heritage Muse™ Symposium on Traditional Music featuring Ed Cray on Woody Guthrie and Steve Winick on Ballads. Ed is the author of Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie and also of The Erotic Muse. Steve, a student of the late Dr. Kenneth Goldstein, lectures on folk music at the University of Philadelphia and is a fine singer. Heritage Muse is an e-publisher of folk-related texts, including The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, by Francis James Child. Book early for registration and housing! Visit www.eistedfod-ny.org to register and for more information.

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NoshWalks
Nosh your way from Odessa to Bombay and never leave New York!
www.noshwalks.com

Join longtime City Lore friend and NoshWalk leader, Myra Alperson on her delicious walking tours of NYC's ethnic neighborhoods. You'll love these food tours if you love food from around the world. These tours are fun informative, original and delicious. All tours are $18 ($15 for NoshNews subscribers) and meet at 11 AM unless otherwise indicated. The price does NOT include tastes.

SLICES OF MIDTOWN (Manhattan) (rescheduled from May) Sunday, August 15
We’ll savor cheeses, dips, pastries, spices and other global goodies in 9th Avenue’s famed markets. Time permitting, we’ll conclude with a visit to Little Seoul on West 32nd St. and finish up with Korean bubble tea. Meet 11 AM at WorldWide Plaza public space, mid-block, W. 50th Sts. between 8th & 9th Aves. Take the 1, C or E trains to 50th St., walk west.

***IMPORTANT NOTE: Please check subway advisories (www.mta.info or 718/330-1234) prior to a tour so you’ll know whether any subway lines you’ll need are being rerouted for the weekend. Planning ahead will vastly improve your travel experience!***