"Why do we sing about science?"

[madfilkentist]

I just came across this fascinating piece about music within scientific communities. Absolutely watch the video. Eva Amsen talks about songs sung by scientists for other scientists, comparing it very knowledgeably with filk music. She explores the question "What is filk?" from the standpoint of someone who understands the filk community but isn't part of it.

Pasadena - Next Year and Beyond!

[kayshapero]

From the Pasadena Folk Music Society's update.

We have finished another year of concerts and this should be our last message for 2017.  We hope you were able to attend and enjoy a few of these events.  2018 will also be a year with plenty of great music and we've been scrambling to get tickets\ set up for all of these shows, just in case you want to give concert tickets as a gift during this holiday season.  We don't mean to be blatantly commercial about this, but we honestly think that the Folk Music Society and the Office of Public Events have lined up a great season in 2018 and you might want to share this music with special people in your life.  And you can save money on processing charges by ordering all of your tickets at once, because on phone orders the basic fee is charged per order, not per ticket or show.  There is never a service charge if you buy your tickets at Caltech's Ticket Office in person.  Online ticket sales will be set up a little later.  Peter Yarrow, Old Blind Dogs, the New Kingston Trio, Tannahill Weavers, and John McCutcheon are just some of the names.  Wait till you find out more about the ones we didn't just mention above!  You can see the whole year at our web site, here.  Click on a show and get a brief description and a link to a video of each performer.  All shows are Saturdays, except Old Blind Dogs, which is on a Friday.

 

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