I can't even tell you how much I wish I could go to the Steampunk Cabaret & Dinner Theater with the Cygnet Sisters and Dr. Caterwauls. "Salon-style performances of cabaret, operetta, and other old-timey repertoire with unconventional instrumentation," featuring the stellar kuzu_no_ha -- how awesome does that sound? And the event is *free*! Connecticut/ ( Read more... )

We had a marvelous, marvelous weekend playing the Wrightstown Village Renaissance Faire. It's a surprisingly great little festival -- full of performers, merchants, games, etc. (including jousting) -- for such a small local deal, not to mention a ticket price approximately one-fifth of PARF's! And the proceeds go to support the town's public ( Read more... )

This concert was one of the highlights of Pennsic for me, and now you can see it on YouTube!

Owain Phyfe (of solo fame as well as part of the New World Renaissance Band) and Wolgemut perform together for the first time.They had so much fun that they'll be touring together, including some dates at the MDRF. Woot ( Read more... )

From digitalemur:

Saturday afternoon at 4 pm in Sweeney Concert Hall at Smith College in Northampton MA, Voces Feminae will be doing a program of Jewish and Old Testament-inspired music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. We're even doing two songs in Ladino! It will be a fun concert, so if you like early music and harpsichord, do come see us!

redshinma and I are planning on going to the Niyaz concert this Friday at the Trocadero. Anybody else interested? Animus, a very cool Philly-based world fusion jam band, is opening, and there will also be a Persian dance class (which I'd really like to take, but... uh... maybe not so much at the moment ( Read more... )

This weekend was one of my last major road trips scheduled for the foreseeable future, and it was definitely a good one.

I spent most of the weekend working in the kitchen for the Quest Game (Continuing Game #100, believe it or not! Oy!), under redshinma's capable supervision. I enjoyed that a lot -- much more than I was expecting to, actually. First off, ( Read more... )

Ack! I forgot this concert was tonight! I'm really supposed to be doing other stuff, but... uh... is anyone going to be around/interested ( Read more... )

Check this out! (swiped from ellen_kushner). The tour starts in NY on March 4 -- see Lucidarium's website for more information. There's also a CD available at the site ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I know absolutely nothing about this band. I got the email and thought it sounded neat, so I'm passing it on ( Read more... )