There are a couple of free upcoming events at the Strathmore, in Bethesda/Rockville, MD, that I thought might be of interest to folks in the DC/MD/VA area:

8/25: Outdoor Ukulele Festival, with Cathy Fink/Marcy Marxer, Victoria Vox, Hula Honeys, others. Info at http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets ... sp?id=5929 .

9/24: NEA Heritage Fellowships Concert. That's inside, and the lineup is:

Yacub Addy, Ghanaian drum master, Latham, NY
Jim "Texas Shorty" Chancellor, Fiddler, Rockwall, TX
Gladys Kukana Grace, Lauhala (palm leaf) weaver, Honolulu, HI
Mary Jackson, Sweetgrass basketweaver, John's Island, SC
Del McCoury, Bluegrass guitarist and singer, Nashville, TN
Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, Bharatanatyam Indian dancer, Mastic, NY
Mike Rafferty, Irish flute player, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Ezequiel Torres, Afro-Cuban drummer and drum builder, Miami, FL
2010 Bess Lomax Hawes Award
Judith McColloh, Folklorist and editor, Urbana, IL

More info at http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets ... sp?id=5651

Again, both are free and I just thought "local" folks here might be interested -- I'm not connected to Strathmore or anything (though I go there alot...)

thank you, eileen!

I've been there to see Arlo every time he's been there. It's too far for me to go to events there but ya'll have a good time. Sounds like fun...