Ruth Rappaport
Starting September 2024: Fiddler Jon Anderson and I are teaching a string-band ensemble class at Passim School of Music in Cambridge, Mass. Details at https://www.passim.org/school-of-music/classes-workshops/in-person-old-time-ensemble.
October 10, Blue Ribbon BBQ, Dedham, Massachusetts
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. With Joel Wennerstrom, Eric Boodman, and Gian Criscitiello
October 18, Dedham Museum, Dedham, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Tavern night! With Mickey Bones, Ben Wetherbee, and Paul Strother
October 23, Watertown Senior Center, Watertown, Massachusetts
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. "Folk Songs of the 1960s" sing-a-long.
October 23, Somerville Square Dance, Somerville, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. at Warehouse XI, Union Square. With Ben Wetherbee.
October 24, Lily P's Restaurant, Cambridge, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Old time music night! The Ruth and Ben String Band
October 28, Remnant Brewery Satellite, Cambridge, Massachusetts
8:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m. The Ruth and Ben String Band
November 13, Nick-a-Nees, Providence, Rhode Island
8:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Bluegrass Throedown! The Ruth and Ben String Band
November 15, The Dance Hall, Kittery, Maine
7:30 p.m. The Ruth and Ben String Band
November 16, Open Book Coffeehouse, Canton, Massachusetts
7:30 p.m. The Ruth and Ben String Band
December 12, Blue Ribbon BBQ, Dedham, Massachusetts
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
January 5, Watertown Free Public Library, Watertown, Massachusetts
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. With Ben Wetherbee.
February 5, Needham Senior Center, Needham, Massachusetts
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. "Folk Songs of the 1960s" sing-a-long.
Recent Massachusetts appearances include The Burren, The Cantab Lounge, Gore Place Society, Jasper Hill Cafe (with The Hoot Owls), The Bebop, Turtle Swamp Beer Hall, Dedham Historical Society, DeCordova Museum, Tres Gatos Restaurant (with The Hoot Owls), Hugh O'Neill's Pub (Malden), Chulo Restaurant (Watertown), Natick Community Organic Farm, Jewish Food Conference, St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Bedford), Lenox Contra Dance, Abandoned Building Brewery (Easthampton), Root Cellar (Greenfield), BIDA Dance, Montague Square Dance, Somerville Winter Farmer's Market, Union Square Farmer's Market, Watertown Farmer's Market, Belmont Farmer's Market, Waltham Farmer's Market, Cushing Square (Belmont) Festival.
Senior community sing-alongs and performances include: Brigham House, The Residence at Watertown Square, Sunrise Arlington, Sunrise Newton, Stonebridge at Burlington, Springhouse Boston, The Arbors at Stoneham, Waterstone at the Circle, Avenu Natick, New Horizons Marlborough and Woburn, White Oak Cottages, Camellia Gardens, Goddard House, 2Life Communities, Brookdale Cushing Park, Bridges by Epoch Sudbury, Charlton Senior Center, and Windsor Place of Wilmington.