Today was one of those absolutely perfect Iowa City summer days and we were lucky enough to spend a couple of felicitous hours at Uptown Bill’s. Among the players today: Marc (guitar, mandolin, and fiddle), Maia (fiddle), Guy (fiddle), Wendy (tin whistle), Will (fiddle), Tim (guitar), Annie (fiddle), John (guitar), Arianne (fiddle), Abram (fiddle and… Read More July Irish session at Uptown Bill’s
“I thought of the word.” Tom Gilsenan said to me yesterday when we took a break during the Irish session. “It’s diaspora.” I looked it up last night when I got home and he’s right, it does describe our little informal group of musicians who began playing together at the Gilbert Street Uptown Bill’s a… Read More June Irish session at Uptown Bill’s
It’s really hot. We staggered to the library for storytime this morning and lurched home again but that was all the outside time that we could manage today. Susan Pagnucci was the guest storyteller today and she had some great ideas of ways to bring the story home, including a shadow puppet theatre! You know… Read More Shadow Puppets
I wanted to post these on Wednesday but I couldn’t find my camera cable anywhere. I turned my house upside down looking for it to no avail and accidentally cleaned All The Things in the meantime. Joe wandered down to the basement the next morning and found it within three minutes, the leading theory being that… Read More Snow Day
This workshop is hosted by our yoga teacher Dana Robinson and taught by Dana’s mentor Mira Binzen at Dana’s studio in Coralville. One of the best decisions that I ever made as a parent was taking my boys to Dana’s yoga classes ever since they were babies. From Dana’s e-mail that came along with the flier:… Read More Yoga for Families
Tara McGovern 