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Klezmer Conservatory Band
Saturday, November 1
Southern Jewish Experience
Roanoke College
Salem, VA
8 p.m. at Alumni Gym.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students and senior citizens. For tickets and information, call 540-375-2333 or go to www.roanoke.edu/jewishfest.
Reggae and Judaism Collide at the Unity Sessions II
9PM Sat, Nov 1
Makor 35 West 67th St (between Columbus and Central Park West) NYC
$15
Presented by JDub Records and Murat Art Productions, The Unity Sessions II is the second installment in a series of musical events that bridge ethnic, religious, and political lines through shared musical experiences. The event also marks the first preview screening of Awake Zion, the documentary-in-progress by Monica Haim that explores the relationship between reggae culture and Judaism. The Unity Sessions II will bring together Jewish and Jamaican reggae musicians on one stage as a testament to the unifying power of music.
Selector Yossi Fine (Ex-Centric Sound System) will kick off the night. Hasidic Reggae Vocalist Mattissyahu, conscous dancehall performer Super Dane, Treasure Don, and King Django will perform. Jammyland Allstars play all night long. www.jdubrecords.org www.awakezion.net
2/3 of Australian band Klezmeritis will be touring New Zealand for the second year in a row, soon under the duo guise of Gypsy Nights - Klezmer with gypsy, russian, continental, jazz, middle-eastern and tango music.
Ernie Gruner on violin, stories. Phil Carroll on accordion, ney, singing.
Saturday 1 November The Upstairs Room, Taranaki www.flyingpiglets.co.nz/upstairs.html or phone 06 754 6928
Isle of Klezbos sextet plays at NYU's Bronfman Center
this Saturday night, November 1st
as part of the Queer Urban Retreat:
"Strength and Growth in Queer Jewish Communities"
a two-day conference focusing on activism and organizing in Queer Jewish
communities.
8:00pm show - admission free, college ID required.
7 East 10th St (a brownstone/Hillel), NYC
Concert on the second floor -- beautiful & cozy!
www.nyu.edu/bronfman/buttons/queerurbanretreat.php
or email conference organizer Mike Brown: mgb247@nyu.edu
Featuring:
Pam Fleming, trumpet & flugelhorn
Deborah Karpel, vocals
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & sax
Catherine Popper, upright bass
Eve Sicular, drums
& special guest accordionist extraordinaire Ismail Butera
The November jam at the Workmen's Circle is Sunday November 2, 6-8 PM. We hope you will come and enjoy a great jam led by clarinetist Michael Winograd.
We have been playing mainly from printed music, which we will have available in C and B-flat. All levels of players are welcome.
The WC is at 1762 Beacon St in Brookline, about 5 blocks west of Washington Square, which is about 12 blocks west of Coolidge Corner. The Green Line Beacon Street route goes right to the WC (just tell the conductor, "Ich gay in Arbeter Ring," and they'll know where to let you off).
We recommend a contribution of $5-$10, but no one should be kept away on account of money.
If you have your own list of people who might like to attend, please forward this to them.
The December jam will probably be held on Dec 14, since the Klezmatics are playing on Dec. 7 - keep tuned for definite date.
11/2: MetroKlezmer & friends at the Tonic Klezmer Brunch, Sunday 1:30pm &
Sunday, November 2, 10am- 5pm, THE BIGGEST HORA IN HISTORY. Be a
part of history- dance in the largest Hora ever, (7,000 people
expected) and be recorded in the Guinness Book of Worlds Records as
the largest circle dance in history. The event features live music
all day as well as Israeli vendors. @ The Blue Claws Baseball Stadium
(First Energy Park)in Lakewood, NJ. Admission: Adults $3, Children
and Seniors $2. For tickets or to register to dance contact the
Jewish Federation of Ocean County: 732-363-0530 or
www.bighora.com
Adonai and I
Sun. November 2nd-NYC Museum of Jewish Heritage-
FAMILY-FRIENDLY DAY SHOW!!!!- 2:30pm
We will be performing for 50 minutes followed by a 50-minute workshop for kids. Please bring homemade instruments to play along at the workshop
36 Battery Place • Battery Park City • New York, NY 10280
Free for family-level members, $10 adults, $7 non-family-level members/seniors,$5 students/children under 12
Tel. 212.968.1800
visit us on the web: www.mjhnyc.org
Monday, November 3
Afro-Semitic Experience
8:30 p.m.
Buttonwood Tree
with Will Bartlett on reeds and percussion, Warren Byrd on piano, Alvin Carter, Jr., on drums, Mixashawn.com on tenor saxophone, Stacy Phillips on dobro and violin and Baba David Coleman on African drums and percussion.
The Buttonwood Tree is located at 605 Main Street
in Middletown and the phone number is (860) 347-4957.
Wednesday November 05
DAVID BUCHBINDER & LULA LOUNGE PRESENTATION
FEAST OF THE EAST
Wednesdays Monthly November 5. December 3. January 21 2004. February 18 2004
Dance your ass off…guaranteed!
Doors Open @ 7:00 pm Balkan, Jewish+ Arabic Dance Class @ 8pm
Concert @9pm
Admission $15 Student $12
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street West
Dinner Reservations Recommended 416.588.0307
www.lula.ca
LIVE CONCERT + COMMUNITY EVENT + DJ MEDICINEMAN + ROULETTES DANCE + DANCE CLASS + SHISHA LOUNGE
On November 5, Lula Lounge & David Buchbinder will inaugurate Feast of the East, an unprecedented series of Wednesday night dance parties that will feature funked-up dance rhythms from Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Drawing on the music of the Jews, Arabs, Greeks and Roma, the sound of Feast of the East will be the sound of radical roots: traditional, yet filtered through the prism of Toronto, a rainbow of the world’s richest colours. Feast of the East dance-music hybrid features numerous local jazz luminaries and a plethora of globally-grounded musical friends. Feast of the East harmonious intoxication presents a challenge to all those who delight in dance . Join us for our first step into Feast of the East - if you are not moved to dance, we’ll refund your cover charge!
Feast of the East is built around ensembles led by trumpeter and composer David Buchbinder, including the expanded, dance version of his Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band (Eastern European Jewish fusion music), Buchbinder’s Brass (Roma dance music) & Medina (Arabic music), as well as hot world music band Maza Meze performing Greek & Arabic dance music. Feast… will be dedicated to creating not only one of the hottest dance parties in Toronto but a complete event, with visual and olfactory delights to accompany the expected auditory awesomeness.
In addition to the music Feast of the East will feature: The Roulettes-awesomely hip Bellydance troupe led by Roula Said ~ Dance lessons in Jewish, Balkan & Arabic dance ~ the Belly-a-Go-Go pillar dancers ~ the Shisha Smoking Lounge (authentic Middle Eastern hookah experience)
Musicians (for the first two events) include: David Buchbinder, Dave Wall, Marilyn Lerner, Andrew Downing, Daniel Barnes, Bob Stevenson, John Johnson, Stephen Donald, Levon Ickhanian, William Carn, Debashis Sinha, Rick Shadrach Lazar, Mai Kelly, Jeff Wilson, Robert Botos ; Maryem Tollar, Ernie Tollar, Sophia Gregoriadas, Jennifer Moore, Debashis Sinha, , Jayne Brown, John Gzowski Brenna McCrimmon
Toronto DJ MEDICINEMAN is known for his adventurous blends of musical styles and sonic landscapes. For the past two years he has hosted 'No Man's Land' on CIUT radio and has earned a reputation for his on-going exploration into the evolution of world music. His sets flow from soothing ancient rhythms and textures through rippling primitive and progressive beats, always challenging musical boundaries and traditions.
Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 1:00 p.m.
"A Brookliner Shtetl." Brookline Music School faculty
perform Yiddish folk songs, art songs and instrumental
favorites. Featuring vocalist Stephen Pixley, clarinetist
Mark Margolies, pianist Linnéa Bardarson, and bassist
Andrew Blickenderfer.
Brookline Senior Center
93 Winchester Street, Brookline, MA (near Coolidge Corner)
Free admission.
Teresa Tova in concert
Nov 5th 2003
La Vieille Grille
Paris France
I'll be performing a mixed program in three languages Yiddish, English and French. Have even translated a Quebecois Separatist anthem into Yiddish. The refrain being ...
ven mentsh volt nor gelebt far libe
volt nit geven kayn troyer lider
bloyz bloye teg, gebentshte tribe
nor mir, mir veln shoyn toyt zayn mayn brider.
2/3 of Australian band Klezmeritis will be touring New Zealand for the second year in a row, soon under the duo guise of Gypsy Nights - Klezmer with gypsy, russian, continental, jazz, middle-eastern and tango music.
Ernie Gruner on violin, stories. Phil Carroll on accordion, ney, singing.
Wednesday 5 November The Mussel Inn, Takaka, phone 03 525 9241
SECOND ANNUAL WORKMEN’S CIRCLE/ARBETER RING
“YIDDISH IN AMERICA” GALA CELEBRATION
TOWN HALL, NYC - NOVEMBER 6th, 2003 - 7:30PM
Tickets for YIDDISH IN AMERICA are $250, $100, $50 and $36. They are currently available at the Town Hall Box Office, Ticketmaster, or at The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter-Ring New York office 212-889-6800 x 301.
John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO & Theodore Bikel, Actor/Recording Star
To Be Honored
October 7, 2003, New York The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring (WC/AR) will hold the second annual celebration of YIDDISH IN AMERICA on November 6th, 2003, at Town Hall, 123 West 43th Street, New York City, at 7:30pm The evening will celebrate the organization’s ongoing commitment to Jewish community, Yiddish language and culture, and a dedication to progressive values and social action.
The program will feature performances by Broadway and film stars including:
· Award winning Broadway and film star Lainie Kazan, who will emcee the evening,
· Judy Kaye, star of Mama Mia and many hits,
· Two time Tony award nominee Bruce Adler,
· Broadway and Yiddish theatre star Eleanor Reissa,
· Multi-talented performer Joanne Borts,
· Internationally acclaimed Cantor Simon Spiro,
· Internationally acclaimed Yiddish song interpreter Adrienne Cooper,
· An all-star, all-female Klezmer band led by violin virtuoso Alicia Svigals. The band will feature virtuoso clarinetist Eileen Stahl of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Susan Watts of Mikveh, Canadian jazz-piano star Marilyn Lerner and more.
· The New Yiddish Chorale, the New York City Labor Chorus and the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus will join in a rousing finale to celebrate Yiddish.
YIDDISH IN AMERICA 2003 will also honor several outstanding individuals and one institution, all of which have embraced the passions and ideals of the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring:
John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO, and America’s preeminent labor leader, reflects the WC/AR’s historic partnership and identification with the American Labor Movement. Early in its history, The WC/AR drew its tens of thousands of immigrant members into the shelter of the unions and continues today in its support of the American labor movement.
Theodore Bikel, internationally acclaimed film, theatre, and recording artist, human rights activist, and an icon of Yiddish and international folk-music,
Motl Zelmanowicz, a Democratic Socialist leader and the current head of the Jewish Labor Bund, and a generous supporter of causes that perpetuate Yiddish language and culture and humanist, democratic values.
Also being honored for their crucial role in promoting and maintaining Jewish identity in America are:
Seena Stein, a prominent New York realtor, and active alumna of the WC/AR’s venerable Kinder Ring summer camp.
The West Side Yiddish Cultural School, NYC, which for eighteen years has served as a creative community force in progressive, secular Jewish education.
The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring is a national organization. They were instrumental in championing the integration of working class Jewish immigrants into American society, and leading the quest for economic and social justice. Since its inception at the turn of the last century, when ten Jewish immigrants gathered in a tenement flat on the New York’s Lower East Side, WC/AR has been at the forefront of efforts to sustain a vital Jewish future. Along with its social justice mission, the organization maintains a network of Yiddish schools, produces many free Yiddish musical events, supports Yiddish theater, and publishes countless volumes and journals, all with the intention of preserving the cultural legacy of East European Jewry for future generations.
Tickets for YIDDISH IN AMERICA are $250, $100, $50 and $36. They are currently available at the Town Hall Box Office, Ticketmaster, or at The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter-Ring New York office 212-889-6800 x 301.
2/3 of Australian band Klezmeritis will be touring New Zealand for the second year in a row, soon under the duo guise of Gypsy Nights - Klezmer with gypsy, russian, continental, jazz, middle-eastern and tango music.
Ernie Gruner on violin, stories. Phil Carroll on accordion, ney, singing.
Thursday 6 November The Harbour Light, Lyttelton, 8.30pm, door sales $15 from 7.30pm
As you may know, the Dakota Bar & Grill has moved to downtown Minneapolis at 10th & Nicollet, just a few blocks from the Convention Center. Klezmerica will be celebrating the move by performing at the new Dakota this Thursday evening, November 6, from 8:30 PM until 12:30. There will be a $10 cover. For more information, people can phone (612) 332-1010.
The Dakota is one of America's foremost jazz venues and one of the Twin Cities' finest restaurants. Virtually every major jazz musician has performed there. Roy Hargrove called it "the most comfortable jazz club in the world for musicians and audiences."
As it happens, the national Reform Jewish movement will be holding its Biennial Convention just a few blocks away, at the Minneapolis Convention Center Wednesday, November 5 through Sunday morning, November 9. Thousands from across the U.S. and beyond will be attending. Klezmerica has been selected to open the convention with a brief "Welcome to Minnesota" performance Wednesday night, November 5, in the Convention Center. It may be that someone you know who is here for the convention might also want to hear more of our music after their convention participation ends on Thursday evening.
Explore the rich diversity of American Jewish musical expression, from its modest beginnings with early Jewish settlers of the Colonial era all the way through the vibrant creativity and dynamics of the 20th century. Celebrate musical masterpieces once thought lost forever; chart future directions with world premieres and workshops.
Only in America takes place Friday, November 7 through Tuesday, November 11, 2003 in New York City.
Unprecedented in scope, this five-day Conference & Festival is jointly sponsored by The Jewish Theological Seminary and the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music.
Papers, Lectures, Panel Discussions, Symposia
World Premieres, Concerts, Musical Services
Choral, Klezmer & Other Workshops
New & Traditional Music
2/3 of Australian band Klezmeritis will be touring New Zealand for the second year in a row, soon under the duo guise of Gypsy Nights - Klezmer with gypsy, russian, continental, jazz, middle-eastern and tango music.
Ernie Gruner on violin, stories. Phil Carroll on accordion, ney, singing.
Saturday 8 November Fundraising concert in Wellington for Hadassah Hospital contact Jacki Stone 04 385 0046.
As part of our ongoing A Glezele Tey series, Sholem Berger will read from and discuss his recently published Yiddish translation of the Dr. Seuss classic, "The Cat in the Hat" with Celeste Sollod. "Di Kats der Payats" is the first official translation of any of Dr. Seuss's books into Yiddish. Erica Brody notes in her review:
"With his puckish grin, pert red bow-tie and ever-perky whiskers, the Cat in the Hat is once again on the prowl, ready to rescue children from the doldrums of drizzly afternoons. Thanks to Berger's translation, Di Kats der Payats makes his entrée into perfectly rhymed Yiddish and is likely to inspire warm, fuzzy feelings for the impish cat — and perhaps for Yiddish itself." - Forward, September 5, 2003.
A Glezele Tey will be presented on Saturday, November 8 at 7:00 p.m., at The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan (334 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street).
click here to buy the book (you'll also support the person who provides streaming media for the KlezmerShack).
Michael Alpert will be giving a lecture titled "Funny You Don't Look Klezmer: A Jewish Mucician's Guide to the Autobahn", followed by a half-hour klezmer performance as part of a day-long workshop on the history of Yiddish Culture on Sunday, November 9. The other speakers will be Naomi Sheindel Seidman, Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Nahma Sandrow.
Location: University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 11:30 to 5PM
Date: November 9
Contact: 250 - 472-4747 /
fax - 250-721-8774
Cost: $61.
Sponsors: Jewish Community Centres of Victoria and Vancouver ,
University of Victoria,
Department of Continuing Studies and the Waldman Holocaust Education Committee at UBC
That same evening Michael will be the main feature at the Victoria Folk Music Society; the first hour of the evening is open stage and Michael will play the second hour. We plan to have a couple of local klezmer groups on the open stage as well. Here are the details:
Place: Norway House - 1118 Hillside Avenue, Victoria, BC
Time: 7:30PM till 10PM (doors open at 7PM)
Tickets: $4 at the door - rush seats
Contact: Mary Lowther at 592-5156
Shirim Klezmer Orchestra and Fishel Bressler perform "Pincus and the Pig," a
klezmer version of "Peter and the Wolf" with new narration writen by Maurice
Sendak, music by Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, and projected illustrations by
Maurice Sendak.
Nov. 9, 3:00pm at the College of Staten Island Center for the Arts. Tix are
$15, $12, $10.
The CSI Center for the Arts is located on the campus of the College of
Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, in the Willowbrook section of Staten
Island at the intersection of Victory Boulevard, I-278 / Staten Island
Expressway, and Route 440.
More information and directions are available at:
www.csi.cuny.edu/arts/eventscalendar.html
2/3 of Australian band Klezmeritis will be touring New Zealand for the second year in a row, soon under the duo guise of Gypsy Nights - Klezmer with gypsy, russian, continental, jazz, middle-eastern and tango music.
Ernie Gruner on violin, stories. Phil Carroll on accordion, ney, singing.
Sunday 9 November Klezmer workshop, Wellington Jewish Community orchestra. Contact Stephen Sedley sedley@paradise.net.nz
Sunday 9 November 2003, 8.00pm
Tangele - The Pulse of Yiddish Tango
Lloica Czackis mezzo soprano, Gustavo Beytelman, piano/arranger, Juan Lucas
Aisemberg, viola, (Argentina via Europe).
An enthralling celebration of music from two powerful cultures: Yiddish song and tantalising Tango. Pulsating rhythms from the brothels of Buenos Aires in the '20s, show stopping tunes of the Yiddish theatres of New York in the '30s and '40s, and haunting melodies of the ghettos and concentration camps of wartime Europe. (co-presented by JMI and The Spiro Ark)
Presented by the Jewish Music Institute supported by Warner Music UK, The Spiro Ark, The Swiss Embassy, the Hungarian Cultural Centre and the Jewish Chronicle.
Doors open 7.30, bands on at 8.00
Tickets £17.50
Concessions £14.00
Pass for 4 concerts £50
Concessions for seniors, students, children, unwaged, groups of 10 or more
or if coming to more than 1 concert)
www.wayahead.com 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk T. 08700 600 100
For details of more JMI events, Tel 020 8909 2445 or visit see Website www.jmi.org.uk
11/9: KlezSka & friends at the Tonic Klezmer Brunch, Sunday 1:30pm &
3pm sharp!
TONIC on the Lower East Side
1:30pm and 3pm
107 Norfolk St. (1/2 block North of Delancey)
F train to Delancey
J train to Essex
www.tonicnyc.com
$10 for one set, $15 for both
KRISTALLNACHT PROGRAM
PLAINVIEW JEWISH CENTER
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 7:00 PM
STRAUSS/WARSCHAUER DUO
The Children's Choir of the I.L. Peretz School Of Nassau County
Guest Speaker Fred Margulies
The Holocaust Center and the Plainview Jewish Center will have a joint
KRISTALLNACHT (Night of Broken Glass) program on Sunday evening, November 9, 2003 at
7:00 PM, at Plainview Jewish Center, Long Island, NY.
Plainview Jewish Center is located at 95 Floral Drive, Plainview, NY
Their telephone number is # 938-8610.
The first part of the program will be the Strauss/Warschauer Duo and the
Children's Choir of the I.L. Peretz Jewish School of Nassau County presenting a
special program of songs, readings and instrumental music in commemoration of
Kristallnacht.
Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals, dance) and Jeff Warschauer
(vocals, guitar, mandolin) are two of the most active and well-respected performers
and teachers in the international klezmer and Yiddish music scene. They were
long time members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and have performed with
Itzhak Perlman on film and in concert.
The music program will be followed by Fred Margulies, who was a young boy of
11 the night of Kristallnacht. Mr. Margulies speaks extensively about his
experiences as the only survivor of his family.
Curated by Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, this series is dedicated to presenting performances and lectures that reflect the finest current research and creativity in the fields of klezmer music and Yiddish song.
On November 10 acclaimed musicologist and musician Walter Zev Feldman will join the duo to present OLD AND NEW KLEZMER MUSIC IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, a concert and lecture of klezmer instrumental music.
Zev Feldman will analyze selections from the klezmer repertoire of the 21st century and their 19th and early 20th century antecedents in Europe and America. Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals), Jeff Warschauer (mandolin, guitar, vocals) and Zev Feldman (cimbal) will perform recent klezmer compositions by Zev Feldman, Steven Greenman, Joshua Waletzky and Jeff Warschauer as well as older klezmer pieces.
Michael Alpert will be giving a lecture titled "Funny You Don't Look Klezmer: A Jewish Mucician's Guide to the Autobahn", followed by a half-hour klezmer performance as part of a day-long workshop on the history of Yiddish Culture on Sunday, November 9. Two of the other speakers from Nov 9 will also participate.
Location: University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Time: 11:30 to 5PM
Date: November 11
Contact: 250 - 472-4747 /
fax - 250-721-8774
Cost: $61.
Sponsors: Jewish Community Centres of Victoria and Vancouver,
University of Victoria,
Department of Continuing Studies and the Waldman Holocaust Education Committee at UBC
Zalmen Mlotek, Executive Director of The Folksbiene Yiddish Theater and Musical Director of The New Yiddish Chorale, will be presenting "Jewish Musical Drama in the New Country," a concert of rarely-heard Yiddish music, on Tuesday, November 11th at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The concert will feature an 1882 Yiddish operetta as well as the NYC premiere of a Yiddish cantata. Tickets for the performance, which begins at 7 p.m., are $18 at the door.
All performances, which are to be held in the Feinberg Auditorium, will have simultaneous English translations on screen for the enjoyment of those who do not speak Yiddish. Remaining tickets at $18 can be purchased at the door only. To reserve tickets, phone (212) 213-2120. Further information is available at http://www.milkenarchive.org/events. The Jewish Theological Seminary is located at 3080 Broadway at 122nd Street.
The concert culminates the week-long International Conference and Festival heralding the 350th anniversary of American Jewry. The festival is presented by the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music and the JTS in cooperation with the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Commission on Synagogue Music of Reform Judaism, Zamir Choral Foundation and The National Foundation for Jewish Culture.
The program will feature a concert version of the first Yiddish operetta produced in America (in 1882), titled "The Witch," or "Di Bobeyakhne" (also known as "Di Kishefmakher") by playwright Abraham Goldfaden. The piece will be performed by The New Yiddish Chorale, New York's acclaimed Yiddish vocal ensemble, with actors and vocal soloists from the Yiddish stage. Performers in the concert version with the Chorale include: Joanne Borts, Broadway actress; Hy Wolfe, actor; Arianne Slack, soprano; Jake Feldman, tenor; and Reyna Schaechter, age 8.
The Chorale will also present the New York City premiere of Di Lererin Mire ("The Teacher Mire") a Ghetto Cantata by Vladimir Heifetz with text by Abraham Sutskever, to whom the performance is dedicated. Sutskever, one of the greatest living Yiddish poets, celebrated his 90th birthday in Tel Aviv this year. The work is a lasting memorial to a legendary and idealistic schoolteacher, Mire Bernstein, who met her death in Majdanek when she stayed with her pupils in the Vilna Ghetto in September of 1941 rather than escape from the Nazis with the Partisans.
Soloists performing the Ghetto Cantata include Re'ut Ben Zev and Robert Abelson, both of whom are artists with the Milken Archive, and Susan Romalis of the Chorale. Also appearing will be Maurice Sklar, concert violinist. As an introduction to the second half of the concert, which includes the Ghetto Cantata, Adrienne Cooper will sing a song written in America by the noted Yiddish theater composer Alexander Olshanetsky (Belz, Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib). The songs pay homage to the nostalgic longing felt by immigrants for Vilna, the Jerusalem of Lithuania.
Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 8:00pm:
Mystical Music of the Middle East
A LECTURE
by Yuval Ron
(with a demonstration on the oud)
Location: Folk Music Center - 220 Yale Avenue Claremont, CA 91711
Admission: FREE
Reservations required by calling (909)624-2928
for more info: folkmusiccenter.com
At SATALLA - The Temple of World Music: in Manhattan
Thurs., Nov. 13th 10 pm & midnight $10
HASIDIC NEW WAVE & YAKAR RHYTHMS
- Frank London & Greg Wall's psychedelic Jewish Jazz group meet Alioune
Faye's Senegalese Sabar ensemble for a night of Afro-Semitic sonic
explorations.
- The Hasidic New Wave start with traditional Hasidic nigunim -
spiritual melodies - as a foundation for searing improvisations; Yakar
Rhythms are the top Senegalese Sabar drummers in NYC and have played
with everyone from Youssou N'dour to Stevie Wonder. Together, they have
toured internationally and were highlight at last year's Montreal Jazz
Festival. The two groups perform music from their CD, "From the Belly of
Afro-Semitic Experience
Thursday, November 13, at 8:00 p.m.
Collis Common Ground, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Teresa Tova in concert
Nov 13th 2003
Auditorium Patro Le Prevost
Maison de la culture Villeray/St.Michel/Parc-Extension
Montréal
I'll be performing a mixed program in three languages Yiddish, English and French. Have even translated a Quebecois Separatist anthem into Yiddish. The refrain being ...
ven mentsh volt nor gelebt far libe
volt nit geven kayn troyer lider
bloyz bloye teg, gebentshte tribe
nor mir, mir veln shoyn toyt zayn mayn brider.
Catch the Sarah Aroeste Band in a special performance:
Thursday, November 13th
8 PM
JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave. @ 76th Street
Tickets: $15 members/$20 nonmembers
available at www.jccmanhattan.org or tel: 646.505.5708
The Ladino rock sound featuring:
Sarah Aroeste: Vocals Yoel Ben-Simhon, Musical Director and oud, guitar, piano, backup vocalsThis concert is featured as part of the Diaspora: Homelands in Exile series
Hi friends! I would like to let you all know about my klezmer duo's
upcoming show next Saturday in San Diego. We'll be opening for the
Jewish folk group Chicken Soup at Temple's Hall in Poway. It should be
a really spirited, fun show.
Chicken Soup plays a mixed assortment of some original songs, Jewish
liturgical music, and Israeli folk tunes; the band is currently
comprised of three women, who sing and play guitars and rhythm. The show
will be taking place next Saturday, November 15 at Templar's Hall in Old
Poway Park, directions below; it begins at 7:00. Tickets are $12.
Directions:
I-15 to Poway Rd
East on Poway Rd
Left on Midland
Templar's Hall, Old Poway Park
14134 Midland Rd
Poway, CA
Please come by and say hi!
Punkt Azoy is a klezmer duo featuring Larry Goldfinger on Bb and C
clarinets, accordion, piano and kaval, and Risa Goldberg on accordion,
flute and percussion.
COME DANCE and LISTEN,
CELEBRATE and SUPPORT
the work of
THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASS.
with
SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 15 th
beginning with Havdalah
at 7:30 p.m.
Congregation B'nai Israel
253 Prospect Street, Northampton
Donation: $12 per adult, $4 per child
All proceeds benefit the Food Bank of Western Mass
Sponsored by the Tikkun Olom Committee of
Congregation B'nai Israel
and the
Wholesale Klezmer Band
Saturday night November 15 at The Folksbiene, Opening for the New York Yiddish Theater's production of "The Lady Next Door"!
7:00 pm, as part of the "A Glezele Tey" series at the JCC of Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street
Including songs from our Debut CD "Intoxicated: Yiddish Songs of Love and Drinking"
performance is FREE and open to the public! ("The Lady Next Door" is not free.)
Wednesday 3rd December
CRAKOW TZADIK SESSION
CRACOW KLEZMER BAND
UK debut – the Klezmer Kings
DJs: Max Reinhardt + Lemez Lovas (Oi Va Voi)
The Spitz
Old Spitalfields Market, London E1 (Aldgate East/Liverpool Street tubes)
Tel: 020 7392 9032
8pm – 12am, Tickets £10
In association with the Polish Cultural Institute.
YaD
0207 535 0251
www.yadarts.com
Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg (both of The Klezmatics) will be performing in an intimate coffeehouse setting. During the second half of the evening, they will host an open klezmer jam session.
Saturday, November 15th at 8pm
Workmen's Circle
1762 Beacon Street
617-566-6281
Brookline MA 02445
Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 at the door ($2 discount per Workmen'sCircle member). Mail check (payable to the Workmen's Circle) to the Workmen's Circle. Advance ticket orders must be received by 5pm on November 14th.
Perhaps best known as the trumpeter and vocalist of the Klezmatics, FRANK LONDON and LORIN SKLAMBERG have a creative electricity that has produced dozens of collaborative Yiddish musical, theatrical and film projects. From the haunting melodies of Jewish mystical songs on their recording The Zmiros Project to the playful tunes of their cooking/singing show Esn: Songs from the Kitchen, they are true innovators in the world of klezmer music. Now here is your chance to meet Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg up close and personal. Appearing for the first time in an intimate duo setting, they will perform nigunim and z'miros from their own collaborations as well as tunes from the Klezmatics repertoire. Whether you are a klezmer regular or looking for a taste of world music, the harmonies they weave with voice and trumpet will engage and enchant.
2003 NOMAD Festival
November 15-16, 2003
New Haven Career High School
140 Legion Avenue, New Haven, CT
The 2003 NOMAD Festival of Traditional Music, Art, and Dance will be Saturday and Sunday, November 15-16, 2003, at the New Haven Hill Career High School, 140 Legion Avenue, New Haven, CT.
The festival will feature:
Participatory dance sessions, including contras, squares, English country, international, and more
Concerts of folk music from the US and around the world
Musical instrument workshops
Sing-alongs and song-swaps
Dance performances
Family song, dance, and craft activities
Storytelling for kids and adults
Handcrafts and folk bazaar
Jewish Happenings
Sat. November 15
11:00 am Family Israeli Dances taught by Danny Pollok
4:00 pm Yale Klezmer Band in concert
Sunday, November 16
12:00 noon Arab and Israeli Dance taught by Danny Pollock
1:00 pm Klezmer Music Jam Led by NEFESH
3:00 pm Klezmer Dance Workshop Taught by Willa Horowitz Music by NEFESH
For lots more info visit the NOMAD website:
www.geocities.com/nomadfest/
I would like to invite you to a charming Cornelia Street Cafe- a wonderful
jazz club in Greenwich Village, NYC to hear our group- David Glukh Klezmer
Ensemble. Ronn Yedidia- Accordion, Dan Auerbach- Violin, David Glukh-
Piccolo Trumpet.
The event will take place on November 16, 2003 at 9PM
Directions to the Cornelia Street Cafe are available from
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Sunday, November 16
Count Basie Theatre,
99 Monmouth Street
Red Bank, NJ
7 p.m.
Tickets range from $25 - $40. For tickets and information, call 732-842-9000 or go to www.countbasietheatre.org.
Hebrew Love Songs CD Release Party
Sunday, November 16, Ashkenaz, Berkeley
Come celebrate with us the release of Hebrew Love Songs, a collection of songs from and inspired by Shir Hashirim, the biblical Song of Songs. The album, as well as the evening program, feature the musicians of the band ADAMA: Achi Ben Shalom, Markos Sowlakis, Daniel Hoffman, Michael Gill, Jan Padover, Jeremy Cohen and many more talented musicians.
The choral group East Bay Jewish Folk Chorus will join us for part of the evening.
Admission $10.
Ashkenaz is located on San Pablo (at Gillman), Berkeley.
L'Chaim Klezmer Band is featured on the American Roots Music Show
4-6pm, Nov 16, $5
The Music Store
66 West Portal Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94127
(415) 664-2044
The Music Store hosts The American Roots Music Show every Sunday afternoon. The ARMS is a live music show spotliting a forms of traditional music. "Klezmer-Jewish Music Series is every 3rd Sunday of the month, 4-6pm, $5. We also showcase bluegrass, cajun and a New Orleans "Dixieland In The City". Check-out our calendar at www.AmericanRootsMusicShow.com. E-mail: info@americanrootsmusicshow.com.
Sunday, November 16, 2003 at 7:30pm:
.
Mystical Music of the Middle East
The Yuval Ron Trio
Maya haddi - voice
Jamie Papish - percussion
Yuval Ron - oud, musical director
.
Location: Folk Music Center 220 Yale Avenue Claremont, CA 91711
Admission: $10 students / $12 general
Reservations required by calling (909)624-2928
for more info: http://folkmusiccenter.com
doors open at 7:00pm
11/16:
The Village Klezmer Quintet
This sophisticated young group treats to a shimmering travelogue from Eastern Europe and beyond.
Tonic Klezmer Brunch, Sunday 1:30pm &
3pm sharp!
TONIC on the Lower East Side
107 Norfolk St. (1/2 block North of Delancey)
F train to Delancey
J train to Essex
www.tonicnyc.com
$10 for one set, $15 for both
2003 NOMAD Festival
November 15-16, 2003
New Haven Career High School
140 Legion Avenue, New Haven, CT
The 2003 NOMAD Festival of Traditional Music, Art, and Dance will be Saturday and Sunday, November 15-16, 2003, at the New Haven Hill Career High School, 140 Legion Avenue, New Haven, CT.
The festival will feature:
Participatory dance sessions, including contras, squares, English country, international, and more
Concerts of folk music from the US and around the world
Musical instrument workshops
Sing-alongs and song-swaps
Dance performances
Family song, dance, and craft activities
Storytelling for kids and adults
Handcrafts and folk bazaar
Jewish Happenings
Sat. November 15
11:00 am Family Israeli Dances taught by Danny Pollok
4:00 pm Yale Klezmer Band in concert
Sunday, November 16
12:00 noon Arab and Israeli Dance taught by Danny Pollock
1:00 pm Klezmer Music Jam Led by NEFESH
3:00 pm Klezmer Dance Workshop Taught by Willa Horowitz Music by NEFESH
For lots more info visit the NOMAD website:
www.geocities.com/nomadfest/
Yiddish Song Workshop -- Political Songs and Songs of Freedom
Monday, November 17 12-1:30pm
Congregation Beth Sholom -- corner of 14th & Clement, San Francisco
Friedman Center
Led by Sharon Jan Bernstein
A combination teaching session and sing-along, these Yiddish song workshops
are designed for us all to learn -- and sing -- more of the thousands of
amazing Yiddish songs that exist. Texts will be provided in Yiddish and in
transliteration, and we'll go over the meanings and melodies together. Both
more and lesser known songs will be covered.
If these workshops appeal to you, but the timing doesn't work, please
contact Sharon Bernstein at hazzanbernstein@bethsholomsf.org. We're looking
into offering these workshops at a different time and are trying to gage
interest.
Teresa Tova in concert
Nov 17th 2003
Centre culturel Pierrefonds-Senneville
Montréal
I'll be performing a mixed program in three languages Yiddish, English and French. Have even translated a Quebecois Separatist anthem into Yiddish. The refrain being ...
ven mentsh volt nor gelebt far libe
volt nit geven kayn troyer lider
bloyz bloye teg, gebentshte tribe
nor mir, mir veln shoyn toyt zayn mayn brider.
Tuesday November 18th at Lilith Magazine's Musical Celebration of the Art of Aging
7:00 pm at Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th St. New York
Including songs from our Debut CD "Intoxicated: Yiddish Songs of Love and Drinking"
performance is FREE and open to the public!
Gerry Tenney & California Klezmer
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
premier Klezmer & Yiddish music ensemble
Door 7:30pm, Music 8:00pm | Purchase advance tickets: $15.50
At California Klezmer's near-annual pre-Thanksgiving/Khanukah concert, you can expect the usual combination of hot playing and great Yiddish vocals from this always-exciting stalwart of the Bay Area music scene. Traditional tunes and songs as well as recently composed (English and Yiddish) material always highlight a California Klezmer show; throw in some Yiddish rock and roll and let the wild rumpus begin! Singer, guitarist, and mandolinist Gerry Tenney leads the group, which also features Rick Elmore on trombone, Peter Jacques on clarinet, David Laub on bass, Jim Rebhan on accordion and percussion, and Irene Sazer on violin, plus singers Betty Albert Schreck and Leslie Tenney.
Wednesday 19th November
DAKAR-PARIS CONNECTION
DAARA J
Here come the Senerap Warriors
DJs: Rita Ray + Eric Soul
Cargo
83 Rivington Street, London EC2 (Old Street/Liverpool Street tubes)
Tel: 020 7739 3440
7pm – 1am, Tickets on door £10
Advance tickets available from ticketweb.co.uk
YaD
0207 535 0251
www.yadarts.com
Pharaoh's Daughter
Thursday, Nov. 20
8PM, Res. tix $16
Basya Schechter combines her religious jewish spiritual music with a world beat. See them live at The Regent before their appearance on the ABC documentary in December, "Sacred Voices". Special host Pnina from WERS's Chagigah.
The Regent Theatre
7 Medford St., just off Mass. Ave.
Arlington Center
Info: www.fireflyatnight.com
Box office: 781.646.4849
Purchase tix online: www.regenttheatre.com/events
On Thursday, November 20th the group Klezska! will be performing at
Satalla - 37 West 26th Street in NY City (between 6th & Broadway). The
show begins at 8PM and there is a $15 cover charge.
Klezska! is a newly-formed group that dedicates itself to the preservation of the old-school style of Ska popularized by the Skatalites. This ten-piece ensemble which includes a five-piece horn section, combines Klezmer and Jewish melodies with the traditional style of the Ska music.
This concert is a tribute to one of the founders of the Ska music. Roland Alphonso was one of the most prolific composers in Jamaican history and his tenor, soprano and flute playing was unequaled. This night marks the 5th anniversary of his passing and Klezska would like to dedicate the evening to Roland's memory and music.
Klezska will be joined by several guest musicians as they perform many of the old Skatalites compositions from the 1960's composed by Roland and fellow Skatalite Don Drummond (trombone). These songs will include: Guns of Navarone, Man in the Street, Eastern Standard Time, Ringo, Confucious, Garden of Love, Four Corners and the James Bond Theme.
To learn more about the life and music of Roland Alphonso you can visit www.mp3.com/rolando where you will be treated to a wealth of his music and a more detailed hisoty of the life of this master musician.
Thursday 20 November 2003, 8.00pm
The World Quintet Formerly known as Kol Simcha (Switzerland)
The World Quintet's sophisticated mix of thrilling jazz improvisations,
exotic Mediterranean melodies and sensuous Eastern European rhythms,
alternating with tender ballads, captivates and enthrals demanding audiences
at New York's Carnegie Hall, London's Queen Elizabeth Hall as well as the
most renowned jazz, classical and world music festivals on three continents.
Presented by the Jewish Music Institute supported by Warner Music UK, The Spiro Ark, The Swiss Embassy, the Hungarian Cultural Centre and the Jewish Chronicle.
Doors open 7.30, bands on at 8.00
Tickets £17.50
Concessions £14.00
Pass for 4 concerts £50
Concessions for seniors, students, children, unwaged, groups of 10 or more
or if coming to more than 1 concert)
www.wayahead.com 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk T. 08700 600 100
For details of more JMI events, Tel 020 8909 2445 or visit see Website www.jmi.org.uk
Isle of Klezbos
Isle of Klezbos returns to lovely upstate Ulster County (+ excites the
airwaves
from the Capital District to the Berkshires to the Hudson Valley & beyond)
all on Friday, November 21 -- live radio by day, club stage by night!
Friday morning, 11/21: WAMC Northeast Public Radio's Roundtable show
presents Klezbos on "Performance Place" with host Paul Elisha
live on-air performance & interview from about 11:20am til noon
show details & station/s info at www.wamc.org
then (still Friday, 11/21) at 8:00pm: The West Strand Grill, Kingston NY
50 Abeel St... directions/tickets at www.greatdamesproductions.com
more info: 845-331-8128
$15 advance, $20 at the door
Two sets from the powerhouse, fun-loving all-female klezmer sextet!
untamed frolic ~ modal mystery ~ soulful originals ~ Yiddish swing & tango
presented by the Great Dames Productions women's music series
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Nov 21 2003
Friday 11:30 AM
Holiday Concert
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL
Glenn Dickson, of Shirim and Naftule's Dream, writes:
I have another Clarinetrics Concert, Nov. 22, 7:30, at the West Medford Congregational Church, 400 High St. Solo Clarinet with electronic sound processing. Spiritual, emotional, and meditative without being vacuous. Plus, the Labyrinth will be kept open for meditative walking. Admission by donation. Call 781-648-4282 with questions, visit www.ccwm-medford.org for driving directions. Hope to see you there.
Hip Hop Hoodíos
Nov. 22 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Academy of
Music (BAM Cafe) FREE! (band peforms at 9pm sharp -
arrive early to ensure seating)
Brooklyn Academy of Music Address:
30 Lafayette Avenue (between Ashland Place and St.
Felix Street), Brooklyn
Info: 718.636.4100
We’re happy to announce a major FREE concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Cafe on Saturday, Nov. 22nd. What better way to kick off the holiday season than with a night of Latino-Jewish pre-Turkey Day mayhem? Pencil it on your calendars now, Friends & Romans, and be sure to arrive EARLY to get through the full body cavity inspection by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and obtain seats – we’ll be going on at 8pm sharp.
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Saturday, November 22
Nazareth College Arts Center’s Callahan Theater
4245 East Ave. Rochester, NY
8 p.m.
Tickets are $38 (Groups $34). For tickets and information call (585) 389-2170 or go to www.naz.edu/dept/artscenter.
Yiddish Sing
Thursday, November 20, 7:30-9:00pm, at the Workmen's Circle, 1762 Beacon
Street, Brookline
Admission: FREE
Yiddish Sing is an informal, multigenerational gathering to sing Yiddish
folk songs. All are welcome, regardless of singing ability or knowledge
of Yiddish. Sponsored by the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring. For further
information, please call Mike or Linda at (617) 625-8689.
The Workmen's Circle Yiddish Lecture Series presents
A READING OF YIDDISH POETRY IN ENGLISH AND YIDDISH
Read by Richard Fein, poet, translator, and Professor Emeritus at SUNY,
New
Featuring the work of Anna Margolin, Yankev Glatshteyn, and Avrom
Suztkever
Date: Sunday, November 23
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: The Workmen's Circle, 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline
Admission: Free
Fiery, fearless, and stunningly modern, Yiddish poetry exploded onto
the
literary scene in the late nineteenth century and flourished throughout
the first half of the last century. In America, Europe, and later
Israel, Yiddish poets captured in luminous, and oftentimes bold and
experimental verse, the complex personal and communal struggles of life
in a rapidly changing world. Masters of language, they transformed
Yiddish into a powerful medium of poetic expression.
This program is funded, in part, by the Albert E. Marks Charitable
Trust
and the J.T. Zuckerman Fund of the Workmen's Circle.
Thanks!
The Workmen's Circle
circle@workmenscircleboston.org
www.workmenscircleboston.org
1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02445
P: 617-566-6281
The Purchase Klezmer Band will be performing at SUNY
Purchase on November 23rd at 7pm. The performance will
take place in the Music Conservatory Recital Hall. There
is no charge for entry. Adam Berkowitz (Clarinet), Ronen
Codor (Accordion), Carl Negro (Piano), and Steve Solook
(Drums).
735 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase NY, 10577
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Sunday, November 23
Temple Israel,
600 New Scotland Avenue
Albany NY
4 p.m.
Tickets are $9 - $18 in advance; $12 - $22 at the door. Co-sponsored by Congregation Beth Emeth. For tickets and information call 518-438-7858 Ext. 117 or 518-436-9761 or go to www.TempleIsraelAlbany.org.
“Mandolins of the World”
A spectacular celebration of the mandolin and
its musical cousins in a variety of international styles
Featuring four great artists:
Toronto Mandolin Orchestra
(Ukrainian, Russian, Classical Music)
Beyond the Pale
(Klezmer and East European Folk Music)
Skitnice Tambura Ensemble
(Croatian Folk Music)
Kostas Apostolakis
(Greek Bouzouki)
Sunday November 23, 2pm
Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina (at Bloor), Toronto
Tickets $30. Call 416-533-2725 to order. Visa accepted.
Seating is limited so call soon!
For more information visit:
www.geocities.com/shevchenko1951/motw2.html
or
www.beyondthepale.net
Rivers of Babylon
Sunday 23 November 8pm
The extraordinary religious and secular music of the Jewish-Babylonian (Iraqi) tradition returns to artsdepot at The Bull in the form of the brilliant London-based Rivers of Babylon.
Venue: artsdepot at The Bull 68 High Street Barnet EN5 5SJ
Date: Sunday 23 November
Time: 8pm
Travel: Tube: High Barnet (Northern Line) BR: New Barnet
Tickets: £10/£8 conc
Box Office: 020 8449 0048
Rivers of Babylon’s repertoire focuses on traditional folk songs and hymns from Sabbaths, festivals and the synagogue. These beautiful and sociable songs are sung in Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic with a hint of Indian spice. The majority of the band originally met growing up in Bombay and cite this experience as a strong influence on their music - evident in their growing repertoire of vintage Bollywood songs from the 1940’s and 1950’s.
The group is led by Dr Sara Manasseh on drums and vocals. Sara is an ethnomusicologist and teacher of music who has extensively researched the musical traditions of the Jews of Iraq, in Bombay, Israel and the UK. Sara’s doctoral dissertation focused on Iraqi Jewish women in music performance during the twentieth century.
This performance will also feature original compositions from special guest Ehsan Aleman who specialises in playing the ‘oud, a traditional Middle Eastern lute. The rest of Rivers of Babylon comprise of a skilled erhu (Chinese two-string fiddle) player, a violinist, keyboards, a mandolin, tambourine and a whole host of superb singing!
For more information please contact:
Clare Lewis or Lydia Ruffles on 020 8275 5371
11/23: Klez Dispensers & friends at the Tonic Klezmer Brunch, Sunday 1:30pm &
3pm sharp!
TONIC on the Lower East Side
107 Norfolk St. (1/2 block North of Delancey)
F train to Delancey
J train to Essex
www.tonicnyc.com
$10 for one set, $15 for both
The Klez Dispensers' New York CD release concert of the brand new and already highly acclaimed album, "New Jersey Freylekhs."
24 November 2003 8.00pm
JMI Klezmer Jam at Lauderdale House
Led by Ilana Cravitz with dancing led by Vivi Lachs
Bring your instruments and your favourite Klezmer tunes and join North London’s first Klezmer Jam. Led by experienced players and KlezFest graduates all levels will be made welcome or just hang out and listen.
Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG 020 8348 8716
£5 (concessions £4 if you bring an instrument) on the door - Bar open from 7.30pm.
25.11.2003
08056 Zwickau,
Massel-Tov Trio,
Galerie am Domhof,
Domhof 2,
19.00h,
T. 0375-2040678
Wednesday 26th November
BERLIN ROAD BLOC
RUSSENDISKO featuring ROTFRONT
Russian cabaret disko fever
DJs: Yuriy Gurzhy + Lemez Lovas (Oi Va Voi)
Madame JoJo’s
8-10 Brewer Street, London W1 (Piccadilly Circus/Leicester Square tubes)
Tel: 020 7734 3040
8pm – 1am, Tickets £10
YaD
0207 535 0251
www.yadarts.com
Saturday 29 November 2003, 8.00pm
Budapest Klezmer Band (Hungary)
Coming from the heart of Europe, where klezmer music originated, this
ensemble sweeps you off your feet from the first moment with their raw
energy, soaring sounds and gypsy folk rhythms. With exuberant vitality and
yet with extreme poignancy they conjure up a time when this music was an
integral part of European Jewish life.
Presented by the Jewish Music Institute supported by Warner Music UK, The Spiro Ark, The Swiss Embassy, the Hungarian Cultural Centre and the Jewish Chronicle.
Doors open 7.30, bands on at 8.00
Tickets £17.50
Concessions £14.00
Pass for 4 concerts £50
Concessions for seniors, students, children, unwaged, groups of 10 or more
or if coming to more than 1 concert)
www.wayahead.com 0871 22 00 260
www.ticketweb.co.uk T. 08700 600 100
For details of more JMI events, Tel 020 8909 2445 or visit see Website www.jmi.org.uk
JCC on the Palisades
411 East Clinton Avenue
Tenafly, NJ 07670
Presents their Annual Cantorial Concert
Sunday, November 30 at 2 pm in the Taub Auditorium
Traditional cantorial pieces and lighter fare.
Free of Charge
For further information, please contact Ophrah Listokin:
Phone: 201-569-7900, ext. 433; Fax: 201-569-2765
Email: olistokin@jcconthepalisades.org
The following New Jersey area cantors will participate:
Nathaniel Benjamin, Chavurah Beth Shalom, Alpine
Steven Blane, Congregation Beth Israel, Bergenfield
Kenneth Butensky, Temple Beth Am, Teaneck
Regina Lambert-Hayut, Barnett Temple, Franklin Lakes
David Perper, Perth Amboy
Brian Shanblatt, Temple Beth Sholom, Fair Lawn
Kurt Silbermann, Temple Emanu-El, Closter
Kerith Spencer-Shapiro, Congregation Adas Emuno, Leonia
Faith Steinsnyder, Temple B'nai Shalom, East Brunswick
Rica Timman, Temple Beth El of Northern Valley, Closter
Sam Weiss, JCC of Paramus
Directions (We're closer than you think):
FROM ROUTE 4
Exit at Grand Avenue/Englewood. Follow Grand Avenue North about 1 mile, where it becomes Engle Street. Continue on Engle Street past Englewood Hospital. 2nd Traffic light past hospital make right onto E. Clinton Avenue. JCC is approximately 1 mile on left.
FROM GARDEN STATE PARKWAY NORTH
Exit 161 to Route 4 East. Continue directions from Route 4.
FROM GARDEN STATE PARKWAY SOUTH
Exit 163 to Route 17 South to Route 4 East.
FROM NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE
Exit 18 to Route 46 East to Grand Avenue. Proceed North past Route 4 and continue as described below (from Route 4).
FROM I-80 EAST
To Garden State Parkway North to Exit 161 and then to Route 4 East.
FROM NEW YORK CITY & LONG ISLAND
Go over George Washington Bridge to Palisades Parkway North. Get off at Exit 1, Englewood Cliffs & Palisades Avenue. Make right and go to 1st light. At light make a right onto Route 9W No. At 4th light make a left onto E. Clinton Avenue. JCC is 3/4 mile on right.
FROM SOUTH OR WEST
Take New Jersey Turnpike (95) No. or Route 80 East to Broad Ave. Exit. Bear right onto Broad Ave. toward Englewood. Broad Ave. will become Dana Place. Take Dana Place to end. Make right onto E. Palisades Ave. At 3rd block (on left) make left onto No. Woodland Street to end. Make right onto E. Clinton Avenue.
JCC immediately on left.
FROM NORTH
Take Palisades Parkway South and get off at Exit 2. Make left off ramp onto Route 9W South. At 3rd light make right onto E. Clinton Avenue. JCC is 3/4 mile on right.
FROM TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE
To Exit 13 So. (Palisades Parkway So.) to Exit 2. Proceed as above from North.
FROM CONNECTICUT (Stamford)
Route I 95 So. to 287 West to Tappan Zee Bridge. Proceed as above.
For further information, please contact Ophrah Listokin:
Phone: 201-569-7900, ext. 433; Fax: 201-569-2765
Email: olistokin@jcconthepalisades.org
Khevre, live performance on Boston Radio
Sunday, November 30th, 9:00- 11:00 AM
WERS, 88.9 FM
11/30:
Harel Shachal & Anistar Group
Middle Eastern Jewish Jazz.
Tonic Klezmer Brunch, Sunday 1:30pm &
3pm sharp!
TONIC on the Lower East Side
107 Norfolk St. (1/2 block North of Delancey)
F train to Delancey
J train to Essex
www.tonicnyc.com
$10 for one set, $15 for both
The Golden Dreydl: a Klezmer Nutcracker
Ellen Kushner and Shirim Klezmer Orchestra
November 30, shows at 3:00pm & 5:30pm
Regattabar, Charles Hotel, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
$16 / kids under 12: $10.
Info & Tix: 617-876-7777, www.Concertix.com
"The Golden Dreydl: a Klezmer Nutcracker" at the Regattabar
WGBH "Sound & Spirit" radio host Ellen Kushner and the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra will perform their award-winning collaboration, "The Golden Dreydl: a Klezmer Nutcracker!" at the Regattabar (in the Charles Hotel, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA 617-876-7777) on November 30 at 3:00 and 5:30pm. Tickets are $14 (adults), $8 (seniors & kids).
"The Golden Dreydl: a Klezmer Nutcracker!" is a Chanukah-inspired fantasy-adventure tale: 'Tchaikovsky meets Harry Potter and they go to a Jewish wedding! Kushner's enchanting storytelling is woven into a live musical performance of Shirim's ingenious klezmer adaptations of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. The whole family will enjoy this multifaceted performance: a new twist on an old favorite. It is available on CD by Rykodisc and has won radio’s prestigious Gracie Allen Award.
Ellen Kushner writes and hosts the nationally distributed PRI show "Sound & Spirit" and is also an award-winning fantasy writer with three novels to her credit: Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners, Thomas the Rhymer, and (with Delia Shkerman) The Fall of the Kings, just published by Bantam Books. "Sound & Spirit" is heard on over 100 stations nationwide, and 89.7 FM WGBH Radio on Sundays at 5:00 p.m.
Shirim Klezmer Orchestra has released five recordings, including their crossover hit "Klezmer Nutcracker" on Newport Classic. They were featured on the soundtrack of Woody Allen’s "Deconstructing Harry" and have toured in North America and Europe.
"We wanted to create a new holiday story rich in Jewish themes and values, drawing on Jewish folklore and ethics,"
-Ellen Kushner ("Sound & Spirit")
"Shirim's Klezmer Nutcracker sounds utterly natural and totally compelling. Klezmer devotees will rejoice at the fresh stock of great tunes, and classical fans so far immune to the Russian composer's populist favorite
should find themselves swooning. Shirim's genre-crossing conception is a delight and its playing a joy.
-Billboard Magazine (Critics Choice)
"The Golden Dreydl makes an archetypal Christmas experience into a rollicking adventure tale for Jewish children -- and their beleaguered parents.. The klezmer-ized melodies are only the start, as Kushner and Shirim transform the various acts of the popular ballet into an empowering story for youngsters. No satire or mere parody, The Golden Dreydl is more like a message from an alternative holiday world, one that Jewish parents and klezmer fans will be delighted to receive." Mark Schwartz, BarnesandNoble.com