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"The Bowls Project", San Francisco, CA, 11 Jul 2010

Charming HostessJuly 11, 2010 12-6pm
25th Jewish Music Festival
The Bowls Project
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Sculpture Court,
entrance @ Mission & 3rd Street
FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION

Conceived by Jewlia Eisenberg, founder of the band Charming Hostess. The interactive sound installation is based on sex and magic in "demon bowls," amulets common in late-antique Babylon. Musical context for project is drawn from the female body, the rich traditions of the Babylonian Jews, and other diaspora sources, both Jewish and African.

Presented in association with New Frequencies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
For more information: www.jewishmusicfestival.org
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Posted by Ari Davidow on July 11, 2010 12:00 PM |

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