Online Events
Online SOFA Series Program Archives
(Some Other Folk Arts)
Thursday evenings, 7:00 - 8:30pm (ET)
View the FAC event calendar for more upcoming online events
Access to many of these SOFA Series programs is available in the FAC Music Shop.
2024 Sofa Series
- May 23: Inspirational Women: the Researchers Who Worked with Cecil Sharp, presented by Alex Cumming
- May 30: The 1914 Lowell Tango Trial, presented by Ruth Evans
- June 29: My Borrowed Heritage: A Documentary by Efie Derksen (North American premiere) - followed by a Dance Party
SOFA Series Archives
2023
- January 12: Meet the Band with Gogofski
- January 26: The Story of Chinese Writing with Paul Tong & Siu-ching Lui
- February 23: The Wild History of Cocktails with Richard Powers
- March 11: Ukrainian Folk Costumes with Vera Sukhorukova and Oleksii Kryvenko
- September 14: Aloha Thursday with Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche & Friends
- October 5: For the Love of GuZheng with Master Weishan Liu and Anna Wong
- December 14: The Art of Jewish Papercutting with Rachel Asarnow
2022
- January 6: From the Solstice to Twelfth Night with John Roberts
- January 20: Balkan Costumes with Ron Wixman
- February 10: Chinese Watercolor Brush Painting with Paul Tong and Siu-ching Lui
- February 24: Balkan Romani Music and Dance: Heritage, Profession, Commodity with Carol Silverman
- March 10: Nostalgia Night Through the Magic of Movies with Ahmet Lüleci
- March 24: Ballads Across the Atlantic with John Roberts and Sara Grey
- April 7: More Than Skin Deep: The Significance of Tattoos with Fade Meraki
- April 14: The Music Man: Behind the Accordion with Tom Pixton
- May 12: "Can You Stop the Birds from Singing" - Preserving Afghan Music with Louise Pascale
- June 16: Ladarke Workshop with Julia Poirier and Friends
- October 27: Diary of a Dowry: Balkan Textiles from Sheep to Wedding with Miriam Milgram
- December 1: A Musical Evening with Audrey and Ben Jaber
- December 15: Folk Religion and Practices: in Ashkenazi Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with Ron Wixman
2021
January 2021
- January 7: Soups for the Soul with Barbara Model
- January 21: FAC Game Show
February 2021
- February 4: Crafters Panel: Susan Lind-Sinanian (Armenian embroidery), Regina Laskowski (Polish wysinanki), and Liz Levin (Balkan embroidered clothing)
- February 18: Hungarian Cooking with Dénes Takácsy
March 2021
- March 4: Sing-along with Matt and Joan Shear
- March 18: Vävstuga Textiles–A Nordic Journey with Becky Ashenden
April 2021
- April 1: Czech Spring Traditions with Jan Pumpr
- April 8: Wycinanki Workshop(Polish papercuting) with Sue Van Wassenhove (collaboration with the NFO Annual Conference)
- April 22: When Spring Comes to Romania with Dorina Nimigean
May 2021
- May 6: Cook and Kibitz with Barbara Model
- May 20: From Bulgaria to Boston with Nadia Ullman
June 2021
- June 3: From Petroglyphs to Pottery with Ann Schunior
- June 17: Textile Detective: Cultural Clues from Fabric Fragments with Miriam Milgram
July 2021
- July 22: Intangible Beauty: What Dress Traditions Reveal About Self and Identity with Paula Davis
September 2021
- September 9: The Complete History of Square Dancing, Abridged with Tony Parkes
- September 30: The SongCatcher: Olive Dame Campbell with Alex Cumming
October 2021
- October 14: Faith and Folktales: Russian Storytelling Through Image with Laura Garrity-Arquitt of the Museum of Russian Icons
- October 28: FAC Game Show 2.0
November 2021
- November 4: Balkan Women’s Culture with Ron Wixman
- November 18: The Entwining of Bobbin Lace and Dance with Sally Jenkins
December 2021
- December 9: Balkan Singalong with Henry Goldberg
2020
September 2020
- September 10: Dance History of the Ragtime, Jazz, and Swing Eras (rebroadcast) with Richard Powers
- September 17: Georgian Cooking Workshop with Bennett Clifford
- September 24: Estonian Craft Experience with Kathryn Black
October 2020
- October 1: Armenian Puklavah Baking Workshop with Susan Lind-Sinanian
- October 8: Meet the Band: An Evening with Zdravets
- October 15: Salads from What You Have with Barbara Model
- October 22: Beads without End with Martha Forsyth and Pat Iverson
- October 29: Bulgarian Travelogue, Part I with Pierre Neville
November 2020
- November 5: Guy Fawkes Adventure with Susan Worland
- November 12: CanCan, Apache, and Tango Storytelling (reprise) with Richard Powers
- November 19: Bulgarian Travelogue, Part II with Pierre Neville
December 2020
- December 3: Norwegian Cookie Baking with Mary Seim
- December 10: Balkan Sing-along with Henry Goldberg
- December 17: Christmas in Czech Republic with Jan Pumpr