KlezCalendar

'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course
Sunday 1 - Friday 6 August 2004
This is the way - to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week! An inspiring
and captivating course for beginners up to intermediate levels, devised by
Dr Helen Beer (UCL) with Pesakh Fiszman (NY) and Sonia Pinkusowitz
(Brussels). The perfect course if you always wanted to learn (or brush up
on) Yiddish but were not confident enough (nor could not spare the time) to
devote a whole summer to it.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Sunday August 1st 7pm
Alicia Svigals
Catch Alicia's hot party band at 7 p.m. at the "Temple of World Music". With Brian Bender on trombone, Art Bailey on accordion, Marty Confurius on bass, and Aaron Alexander on drums.

Admission $12

:::::: S A T A L L A ::::::
37 West 26th St. NYC
:::: 212.576.1155 :::::
Satalla.com :::: home

World-renowned klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals, a founder of the Klezmatics whose impressive solo career includes collaborations and performances with Tony Kushner, Itzhak Perlman, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, and many others, brings her sizzling party band to Satalla for an evening of high energy fun. She'll be leading an all-star lineup including the great klezmer trombonist Brian Bender, drummer Aaron Alexander (also of Hasidic New Wave), accordionist Art Bailey (alumn of the Klezmer Conservatory Band), and bassist Marty Confurius (of Andy Statman's original group). Alicia has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, Good Morning America, PBS' Great Performances, and NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds, and the critics have raved: "stunningly gifted" "brilliant fiddling" "dazzling virtuosity" "without question the greatest living exponent of the klezmer fiddle."

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Sunday, August 1, 2004 at 7:30 p.m

CONCERT ABOVE THE STARS
with
The Yuval Ron Ensemble

Najwa Gibran - voice, Maya Haddi - voice, Yegish Manoukian - woodwinds, Virginie Alumyan - Kanoun, Carolyne Ayçaguer-Ron - harmonium & keyboards, Jamie Papish - percussion, David Martinelli - percussion -
Yuval Ron - oud, saz, musical director

Guest dancers: Maya Karasso, Melanie Kareem Dance Company, Iman Sufi, Ruth Gould-Goodman

-Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy a spectacular setting -
- Concert is outdoors. Please dress for cool evenings -

Location: The Brandeis-Bardin Institute
1101 Peppertree Lane Brandeis, CA 93064

Admission: $25 per adult, $15 per child Group rates available For reservations for group rate information, Call Linda at (805) 582-4450

For more information and directions:
Visit www.thebbi.org
Contact Linda at (805) 582-4450

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'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course
Sunday 1 - Friday 6 August 2004
This is the way - to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week! An inspiring
and captivating course for beginners up to intermediate levels, devised by
Dr Helen Beer (UCL) with Pesakh Fiszman (NY) and Sonia Pinkusowitz
(Brussels). The perfect course if you always wanted to learn (or brush up
on) Yiddish but were not confident enough (nor could not spare the time) to
devote a whole summer to it.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

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'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course
Sunday 1 - Friday 6 August 2004
This is the way - to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week! An inspiring
and captivating course for beginners up to intermediate levels, devised by
Dr Helen Beer (UCL) with Pesakh Fiszman (NY) and Sonia Pinkusowitz
(Brussels). The perfect course if you always wanted to learn (or brush up
on) Yiddish but were not confident enough (nor could not spare the time) to
devote a whole summer to it.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Gerard Edery and Sarah Aroeste
Tuesday, August 3rd
Makor, NYC
35 West 67th Street
Gerard Edery at 8 PM!
Sara Aroeste 9:30 PM
Tickets $12
More info: www.makor.org or 212.413.8889

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'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course
Sunday 1 - Friday 6 August 2004
This is the way - to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week! An inspiring
and captivating course for beginners up to intermediate levels, devised by
Dr Helen Beer (UCL) with Pesakh Fiszman (NY) and Sonia Pinkusowitz
(Brussels). The perfect course if you always wanted to learn (or brush up
on) Yiddish but were not confident enough (nor could not spare the time) to
devote a whole summer to it.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

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'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course
Sunday 1 - Friday 6 August 2004
This is the way - to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week! An inspiring
and captivating course for beginners up to intermediate levels, devised by
Dr Helen Beer (UCL) with Pesakh Fiszman (NY) and Sonia Pinkusowitz
(Brussels). The perfect course if you always wanted to learn (or brush up
on) Yiddish but were not confident enough (nor could not spare the time) to
devote a whole summer to it.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

Posted by Ari Davidow at 11:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Aug 5 2004, Thursday
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Village of Hoffman Estates Summer Concert
Location TBA
info: Joan @ 847.885.7061
Hoffman Estates, IL

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REBECCA KAPLAN and PETE RUSHEFSKY present:
"Af di vegelekh: Yidishe lider mit tsimbl" (On the Paths: Yiddish
Songs with Tsimbl).
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2004, 7:00 PM.
Atran Center, Congress for Jewish Culture - 25 East 21st St.,
Manhattan.
Admission: $5.00 - Refreshments served.
FMI: kongres@earthlink.net / 212-505-8040.
Partially subsidized by the New York State Council for the Arts, a
state agency.
tel: 212-505-8040

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KlezSka! will be performing live @ Satalla - "the temple of world music"
Thursday August 5th @10PM - Doors open at 9PM
Satalla is at 37 W. 26th St. (between 6th & Broadway)
$15.00 cover

Klezska! will be gearing up for their Holy Land Tour where they will be performing at the annual Klezmer festival in Tzvat, Israel. They will also be performing at a club in Tel Aviv called Japan.

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'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course
Sunday 1 - Friday 6 August 2004
This is the way - to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week! An inspiring
and captivating course for beginners up to intermediate levels, devised by
Dr Helen Beer (UCL) with Pesakh Fiszman (NY) and Sonia Pinkusowitz
(Brussels). The perfect course if you always wanted to learn (or brush up
on) Yiddish but were not confident enough (nor could not spare the time) to
devote a whole summer to it.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Friday, August 6th, 2004 at 9:30 pm

F.O.R. National 2004 Conference
presents

The Yuval Ron Quartet
featuring the singer
Najwa Gibran

Location: Occidental College, Thorne Hall
1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles (Eagle Rock), CA 90041-3314

Admission: Tickets will be available at the door for $5-10.
To make reservations for advance tickets please contact Anthony Marsh at (310) 228-7759.

Parking: Parking will be available on the Occidental campus but will be limited, so please carpool if possible.

For more info including directions:
Visit www.forusa.org/conference2004.
Contact Anthony Marsh at (310) 228-7759 or amarsh@forusa.org

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Saturday, August 7th, 2004 at 7 pm

World Soul Music

An evening of Devotional Music and Message of Peace with

The Yuval Ron Quartet
featuring the singer
Najwa Gibran
performing Sacred Music of the Middle East

and Karnamirta
performing Devotional Music of India

Location: Church of Religious Science
101 S. Laurel Street, Ventura, CA 93001

Seating begins at 6:30 pm.

Admission: $18 prepaid / $20 at the door. Tickets held at Will Call. Make Checks to: Kirk Mann, 970 S. Petit, Suite D, Ventura, CA 93004

For more information and directions:
Visit www.worldsoulmusic.com
Tel: (805) 477-7596

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This event may be of interest to musicians and enthusiasts who wish to explore the art and repertoire of classic East-European Hazzanut "from the inside".

Kutshers Country Club, New York

The "Rozhinke Retreat" is an effort to preserve and continue the great Cantorial art tradition of yesteryear. At the turn of the Millenium, we have seen many Jewish cultural revivals: Yiddish, Klezmer... and Hazzanut is due a revival of its own.

This retreat has its roots in the great Cantorial stylings of such renowned Hazzanim as Yossele Rosenblatt, David Kousevitsky, Zavel Kwartin and many others--with an emphasis not on historical examination, but rather living reproduction of an art form which is so intrinsically Jewish, and so passionate, so filled with pathos and sweetness, that it can only be described as "Rozhinke" --the sweet sound of raisins and almonds.

• Faculty to include world-class Cantors
• Workshops with hands-on singing
• Nightly Cantorial Concerts
• Late Night Sharing Sessions

For further info: rozhinke.org

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'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

KlezFest London 2004
Sunday 8 - Thursday 12 August

JMI's annual Klezmer Academy - a structured and stimulating course of
workshops in Klezmer music song and dance - origins, style, ornamentation
and repertoire for amateur and professional singers, dancers and
instrumentalists. Course Director, Alan Bern of Brave Old World with a
faculty of Klezmer luminaries such as Michael Alpert, Deborah Strauss, Jeff
Warschauer, Josh Dolgin, Sophie Solomon, Zalmen Mlotek and others give
vocal, instrumental and ensemble tuition, also masterclasses for existing
bands. Make new friends in the Klezmer family and jam on into the night.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Oi Va Voi
Sziget Festival,
Budapest, Hungary

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Kutshers Country Club, New York

The "Rozhinke Retreat" is an effort to preserve and continue the great Cantorial art tradition of yesteryear. At the turn of the Millenium, we have seen many Jewish cultural revivals: Yiddish, Klezmer... and Hazzanut is due a revival of its own.

This retreat has its roots in the great Cantorial stylings of such renowned Hazzanim as Yossele Rosenblatt, David Kousevitsky, Zavel Kwartin and many others--with an emphasis not on historical examination, but rather living reproduction of an art form which is so intrinsically Jewish, and so passionate, so filled with pathos and sweetness, that it can only be described as "Rozhinke" --the sweet sound of raisins and almonds.

• Faculty to include world-class Cantors
• Workshops with hands-on singing
• Nightly Cantorial Concerts
• Late Night Sharing Sessions

For further info: rozhinke.org

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

KlezFest London 2004
Sunday 8 - Thursday 12 August

JMI's annual Klezmer Academy - a structured and stimulating course of
workshops in Klezmer music song and dance - origins, style, ornamentation
and repertoire for amateur and professional singers, dancers and
instrumentalists. Course Director, Alan Bern of Brave Old World with a
faculty of Klezmer luminaries such as Michael Alpert, Deborah Strauss, Jeff
Warschauer, Josh Dolgin, Sophie Solomon, Zalmen Mlotek and others give
vocal, instrumental and ensemble tuition, also masterclasses for existing
bands. Make new friends in the Klezmer family and jam on into the night.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

Posted by Ari Davidow at 12:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Kutshers Country Club, New York

The "Rozhinke Retreat" is an effort to preserve and continue the great Cantorial art tradition of yesteryear. At the turn of the Millenium, we have seen many Jewish cultural revivals: Yiddish, Klezmer... and Hazzanut is due a revival of its own.

This retreat has its roots in the great Cantorial stylings of such renowned Hazzanim as Yossele Rosenblatt, David Kousevitsky, Zavel Kwartin and many others--with an emphasis not on historical examination, but rather living reproduction of an art form which is so intrinsically Jewish, and so passionate, so filled with pathos and sweetness, that it can only be described as "Rozhinke" --the sweet sound of raisins and almonds.

• Faculty to include world-class Cantors
• Workshops with hands-on singing
• Nightly Cantorial Concerts
• Late Night Sharing Sessions

For further info: rozhinke.org

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'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

KlezFest London 2004
Sunday 8 - Thursday 12 August

JMI's annual Klezmer Academy - a structured and stimulating course of
workshops in Klezmer music song and dance - origins, style, ornamentation
and repertoire for amateur and professional singers, dancers and
instrumentalists. Course Director, Alan Bern of Brave Old World with a
faculty of Klezmer luminaries such as Michael Alpert, Deborah Strauss, Jeff
Warschauer, Josh Dolgin, Sophie Solomon, Zalmen Mlotek and others give
vocal, instrumental and ensemble tuition, also masterclasses for existing
bands. Make new friends in the Klezmer family and jam on into the night.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

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The Astoria Center of Israel (ACI) synagogue will be holding a new bi-monthly Klezmer concert series presented by accordionist Art Bailey and featuring a variety of guest musicians. It'll be every 2nd and 4th Tues. throughout Aug., except for July 27th, which is Tisha be-Av.

The event lasts from 7:30 –­ 9:30 pm at the Astoria Center of Israel synagogue at 27-35 Crescent Street, Astoria, Queens. The admission fee is $5. Delicious desserts and coffee will also be available.

ACI is a short five-minute walk from the 30th Avenue stop on the N/W line. Walk west on 30th Avenue (towards Trade Fair) for about 4 blocks, then turn right on Crescent.

For more information about the concert series or other events, contact the synagogue at: 718-278-2680.

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Kutshers Country Club, New York

The "Rozhinke Retreat" is an effort to preserve and continue the great Cantorial art tradition of yesteryear. At the turn of the Millenium, we have seen many Jewish cultural revivals: Yiddish, Klezmer... and Hazzanut is due a revival of its own.

This retreat has its roots in the great Cantorial stylings of such renowned Hazzanim as Yossele Rosenblatt, David Kousevitsky, Zavel Kwartin and many others--with an emphasis not on historical examination, but rather living reproduction of an art form which is so intrinsically Jewish, and so passionate, so filled with pathos and sweetness, that it can only be described as "Rozhinke" --the sweet sound of raisins and almonds.

• Faculty to include world-class Cantors
• Workshops with hands-on singing
• Nightly Cantorial Concerts
• Late Night Sharing Sessions

For further info: rozhinke.org

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

KlezFest London 2004
Sunday 8 - Thursday 12 August

JMI's annual Klezmer Academy - a structured and stimulating course of
workshops in Klezmer music song and dance - origins, style, ornamentation
and repertoire for amateur and professional singers, dancers and
instrumentalists. Course Director, Alan Bern of Brave Old World with a
faculty of Klezmer luminaries such as Michael Alpert, Deborah Strauss, Jeff
Warschauer, Josh Dolgin, Sophie Solomon, Zalmen Mlotek and others give
vocal, instrumental and ensemble tuition, also masterclasses for existing
bands. Make new friends in the Klezmer family and jam on into the night.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

Posted by Ari Davidow at 1:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

'JMI Summer Academy'
at London University 1 - 12 August 2004

KlezFest London 2004
Sunday 8 - Thursday 12 August

JMI's annual Klezmer Academy - a structured and stimulating course of
workshops in Klezmer music song and dance - origins, style, ornamentation
and repertoire for amateur and professional singers, dancers and
instrumentalists. Course Director, Alan Bern of Brave Old World with a
faculty of Klezmer luminaries such as Michael Alpert, Deborah Strauss, Jeff
Warschauer, Josh Dolgin, Sophie Solomon, Zalmen Mlotek and others give
vocal, instrumental and ensemble tuition, also masterclasses for existing
bands. Make new friends in the Klezmer family and jam on into the night.

JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees

Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies

Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged

More details:
E-mail Jewish Music Institute or
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030

Registration on Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Klezmer Concert & Kosher Wine Tasting for Tribeca Hebrew feat. The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars
Synagogue for the Arts
49 White Street (btwn Church & Broadway)
7pm
VIP Seats & Private Wine Tasting, $125 for the benefit of MFY
General Adm. & Wine Tasting, $20.00

Some of the best and elegant kosher wines from Italy, Spain, Chili, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States will be served from small and larger vineyards. All the wines are provided by Tzali's Wine Group and available at Gotham Wines (2517 Broadway gothamwines.com)

The format of the tastings will be:
7:00pm: Private tasting including reserve wines
7:45pm: Open Tasting
8:00pm: Concert Begins

Started by a number of Tribeca residents, the after-school program has quickly grown into 8 classes starting September 20 and running through June 2005. There are 5 age groups: Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades.

With a brand new facility at 67 Hudson Street (at Jay Street), D.A.D. will host the school. The weekly classes create a fun environment where the children can express and explore their Jewish identity. Through music, dance, arts & crafts, the kids learn about our rich heritage through the holidays, stories, and Hebrew. We will be offering a unique insight into the weekly curriculum through our parents' password protected website.

Sign up for the limited space.

Phone: 212-608-0555 Fax: 608-7780

www.tribecahebrew.org

Manhattan School of Music Jazz Ensemble

Under the direction of Justin DiCioccio, Dean of Jazz, Manhattan School of Music

Featuring students from MYF supported programs of MSM and two MYF Scholarship winners, Matthew Marantz, Jazz Saxophone (2004 MYF $25,000 Scholarship) and Gerald Clayton, Piano (2002 MYF $15,000 Scholarship).

The Music for Youth Foundation has two primary missions: To identify, fund and lend our experience to innovative programs that make quality music education available to young people, and to create scholarship opportunities for exceptionally talented youth who choose to make music their life's work.

MYF raises funds from the music industry and from other private entities to create resources for outstanding and innovative music programs in many disciplines. In the past five years, MYF has given over $2.2 million in grants to over 40 programs. These grants provide top-notch education and instruction with a special emphasis on students from underprivileged areas. In addition, MYF selects extraordinarily talented young musicians for career building $25,000 scholarships on an annual basis, thereby helping to sustain the next generation of artists and teachers.

One such example of the Foundation's support are the guests as part of the benefit from The Manhattan School of Music. For more information, please visit www.musicforyouth.org.

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Come Celebrate the Rebirth of Klezmer Music in the Former Soviet
Union at the Fifth Annual KlezFest, Ukraine!

August 15-20, 2004
Kiev, Ukraine

klezmer.com.ua/events/info5.php

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Come Celebrate the Rebirth of Klezmer Music in the Former Soviet
Union at the Fifth Annual KlezFest, Ukraine!

August 15-20, 2004
Kiev, Ukraine

klezmer.com.ua/events/info5.php

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Come Celebrate the Rebirth of Klezmer Music in the Former Soviet
Union at the Fifth Annual KlezFest, Ukraine!

August 15-20, 2004
Kiev, Ukraine

klezmer.com.ua/events/info5.php

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The Zfat festival is scheduled to be on 17-19 August 2004.

www.safedfound.org.il (buggy website - beware)

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Come Celebrate the Rebirth of Klezmer Music in the Former Soviet
Union at the Fifth Annual KlezFest, Ukraine!

August 15-20, 2004
Kiev, Ukraine

klezmer.com.ua/events/info5.php

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Zfat festival is scheduled to be on 17-19 August 2004.

www.safedfound.org.il (buggy website - beware)

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Come Celebrate the Rebirth of Klezmer Music in the Former Soviet
Union at the Fifth Annual KlezFest, Ukraine!

August 15-20, 2004
Kiev, Ukraine

klezmer.com.ua/events/info5.php

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The Zfat festival is scheduled to be on 17-19 August 2004.

www.safedfound.org.il (buggy website - beware)

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Come Celebrate the Rebirth of Klezmer Music in the Former Soviet
Union at the Fifth Annual KlezFest, Ukraine!

August 15-20, 2004
Kiev, Ukraine

klezmer.com.ua/events/info5.php

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Oi Va Voi
Pukkelpop Festival,
Belgium

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Charming Hostess
Fri, Aug 20, 10ish
San Francisco
Cafe Du Nord
2170 Market Street
w/ Dresden Dolls

PRESS FOR JEWLIA EISENBERG AND CHARMING HOSTESS
"Their voices radiate female energy and their singing transforms the spirit."
—San Francisco Chronicle

"Eisenberg's songs are hilarious and touching—they run the gamut from hard-edged and powerful to sweet and soulful."
--New Yorker

Jewlia Eisenberg and the critically acclaimed group Charming Hostess perform new work from their a cappella tour de force SARAJEVO BLUES (Tzadik, 9/04). The Nerdy-Sexy-Commie-Girlies of Charming Hostess come to town to make ambitious music for voices and rock out at the same time. Their upcoming CD sets work by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinovic as a form of love and resistance to the brutalization of war. The poems honor a cosmopolitan city that for many years successfully rejected the limits of nationalism and militarism. Semezdin will be joining Charming Hostess, opening the evening with readings from his new work.

Charming Hostess is three women in a whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical braininess. Their music is intensely physical, rooted in the body--voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. Charming Hostess lives where Jewish and African diasporas collide, incorporating doo-wop, Pygmy counterpoint, Balkan harmony and Andalusian melody. Our last CD (Trilectic, Tzadik) explored the political/erotic nexus of philosopher Walter Benjamin with humor and sensuality.

In SARAJEVO BLUES, Charming Hostess takes history and news as a context, but steers towards poetry as a way to focus on real human experience, on particularity and wholeness. The pieces are about daily life under siege in Sarajevo. Some explicitly speak of war, and some of cafe culture, urban ideology, or the ridiculousness of communist bureaucratic cant. Woven into the text are philosophical musings about freedom, fear, nationalism, and the nature of evil. It sounds heavy and dark, but we swear it's mostly about the triumph of the human spirit. A good time will be had by all!

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This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

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Oi Va Voi
Beautiful Days Festival,
Exeter, UK

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Yiddishe Cup
Mon. Aug. 23, 8:15 p.m., Lakeside Ass'n, Hoover Aud., Lakeside OH. $.

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This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

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Musicians begin today

One of the best Klezmer/yiddish culture camps in North America is the annual "KlezKanada", held each years in the spectacular Laurentian mountains north of Montreal. Organized, in part, by the folks in Brave Old World, the program is always spectacular.

Events include lectures, a mini film festival, and of course, intensive workshops in singing, klezmer music, theatre, and dance. The "Kidz for Klez" program is also great. This is the best summer camp in the world (in fact, the event is hosted at a Jewish summer camp). Register early to get the best bunks.

Although most events start on Wednesday, the 25th, musicians should arrive this morning with the first workshops scheduled for this afternoon. Today is the day to arrive, get oriented, and get in some preliminary jamming.

For further information, visit the site website, www.klezkanada.com

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Breakfast is at 8am, and the first music workshops are at 9am! But the music will probably wake you early.

For further information, see the Aug 23 listing, or visit the KlezKanada website, www.klezkanada.com

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This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

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The Astoria Center of Israel (ACI) synagogue will be holding a new bi-monthly Klezmer concert series presented by accordionist Art Bailey and featuring a variety of guest musicians. It'll be every 2nd and 4th Tues. throughout Aug., except for July 27th, which is Tisha be-Av.

The event lasts from 7:30 –­ 9:30 pm at the Astoria Center of Israel synagogue at 27-35 Crescent Street, Astoria, Queens. The admission fee is $5. Delicious desserts and coffee will also be available.

ACI is a short five-minute walk from the 30th Avenue stop on the N/W line. Walk west on 30th Avenue (towards Trade Fair) for about 4 blocks, then turn right on Crescent.

For more information about the concert series or other events, contact the synagogue at: 718-278-2680.

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Breakfast is at 8am, and the first workshops are at 9am! But the music will probably wake you early.

For further information, see the Aug 23 listing, or visit the KlezKanada website, www.klezkanada.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 9:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

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YIDDISH WEEK 2004
(sponsored by Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish) - the one-and-only week-long
opportunity to LIVE IN YIDDISH LAND with other Yiddish-speakers young and
old, from around the whole world; where all the activities and performances are entirely in Yiddish,
and where Yiddish is spoken everywhere, including on the porches, at the
swimming pool and in the dining hall;and which is the best opportunity for those who will have taken an
intensive Yiddish summer course to use what they've learned in the classes
will take place from WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 through TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
in the Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK, USA

More info? Write to yvokh@yugntruf.org or go to www.yugntruf.org

arshraybt zikh di dates!

YIDISH-VOKH 2004
(unter der patronat fun Yugntruf Yugnt far Yidish) -
der eyn-un-eyntsiker vokh-langiker gelegnhayt ZIKH OYSTSULEBN IN GANTSN AF
YIDISH mit andere yidish reders yung un alt, fun arum der gorer velt; vu
ale aktivitetn un forshtelungen zenen in gantsn af yidish,
un vu me redt yidish umetum, arayngerekhnt af di verandes, bam shvimbaseyn
un in eszal; un af velkher se kumen a hipshe por studentn fun di intensive
yidish-zumer-programen, vayl ken beser ort iz nishto af ontsuvendn dos vos
zey hobn zikh gelernt in di klasnvet forkumen fun MITVOKH, DEM 25STN OYGUST
biz DINSTIK, DEM 31STN OYGUST in dem Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult
Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK,USA

Nokh kashes? Vendt zikh tsu yvokh@yugntruf.org oder www.yugntruf.org

Posted by Ari Davidow at 3:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Breakfast is at 8am, and the first workshops are at 9am! But the music will probably wake you early. Do get some sleep - don't stay up all night until the last night ;-).

For further information, see the Aug 23 listing, or visit the KlezKanada website, www.klezkanada.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 9:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

Posted by Ari Davidow at 12:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

YIDDISH WEEK 2004
(sponsored by Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish) - the one-and-only week-long
opportunity to LIVE IN YIDDISH LAND with other Yiddish-speakers young and
old, from around the whole world; where all the activities and performances are entirely in Yiddish,
and where Yiddish is spoken everywhere, including on the porches, at the
swimming pool and in the dining hall;and which is the best opportunity for those who will have taken an
intensive Yiddish summer course to use what they've learned in the classes
will take place from WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 through TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
in the Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK, USA

More info? Write to yvokh@yugntruf.org or go to www.yugntruf.org

arshraybt zikh di dates!

YIDISH-VOKH 2004
(unter der patronat fun Yugntruf Yugnt far Yidish) -
der eyn-un-eyntsiker vokh-langiker gelegnhayt ZIKH OYSTSULEBN IN GANTSN AF
YIDISH mit andere yidish reders yung un alt, fun arum der gorer velt; vu
ale aktivitetn un forshtelungen zenen in gantsn af yidish,
un vu me redt yidish umetum, arayngerekhnt af di verandes, bam shvimbaseyn
un in eszal; un af velkher se kumen a hipshe por studentn fun di intensive
yidish-zumer-programen, vayl ken beser ort iz nishto af ontsuvendn dos vos
zey hobn zikh gelernt in di klasnvet forkumen fun MITVOKH, DEM 25STN OYGUST
biz DINSTIK, DEM 31STN OYGUST in dem Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult
Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK,USA

Nokh kashes? Vendt zikh tsu yvokh@yugntruf.org oder www.yugntruf.org

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Shirim Klezmer Orchestra will make a rare local appearance at the Center for Arts in Natick, 14 Summer St., Natick on August 26 at 8:00pm. Tickets are $12 advance, $14 showday, Students/Seniors $1 off and are available by phone, 508.647.0097, or online at www.natickarts.org. Shirim will be performing from their upcoming recording, "Mayse (Tales)" to be released in the fall. The CD and the concert will capture the rocking exuberance and soulful bittersweet quality of a Eastern European Jewish wedding party.

Shirim Klezmer Orchestra has become a Boston institution over the last 20 years performing the centuries old folk music of Jewish Eastern Europe. The band has toured in the US, Canada and Europe and is recognized for its rocking spirit, its high level of musicianship and its creativity with the music. Shirim is known for the hit crossover album, "Klezmer Nutcracker" (CD on Newport Classic) and a collaboration with Public Radio's Sound & Spirit host, Ellen Kushner, on their Hannukah special, "The Golden Dreydl" (CD on Rykodisc). Shirim is featured on the soundtrack of Woody Allen's "Deconstructing Harry." The band has collaborated with award-winning children's author, Maurice Sendak, on a Jewish version of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf, " now called "Pincus and the Pig" (to be released on CD in the October by Tzadik).

Shirim's members are: Glenn Dickson (of Medford), clarinet; David Harris(of Arlington), trombone; Michael McLaughlin (of Dorchester), piano & accordion; Brandon Seabrook (of Foxboro), banjo & mandolin; Jim Gray (of Sharon), tuba; Eric Rosenthal (of Jamaica Plain), drums.

Photo available, for information call 781-522-2900 or visit our website www.shirim.com

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Charming Hostess
Thurs, Aug 26, 8:30
Baltimore, MD
True Vine Records
1123 W. 36th St
w/readings by Semezdin Mehmedinovic.

PRESS FOR JEWLIA EISENBERG AND CHARMING HOSTESS
"Their voices radiate female energy and their singing transforms the spirit."
—San Francisco Chronicle

"Eisenberg's songs are hilarious and touching—they run the gamut from hard-edged and powerful to sweet and soulful."
--New Yorker

Jewlia Eisenberg and the critically acclaimed group Charming Hostess perform new work from their a cappella tour de force SARAJEVO BLUES (Tzadik, 9/04). The Nerdy-Sexy-Commie-Girlies of Charming Hostess come to town to make ambitious music for voices and rock out at the same time. Their upcoming CD sets work by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinovic as a form of love and resistance to the brutalization of war. The poems honor a cosmopolitan city that for many years successfully rejected the limits of nationalism and militarism. Semezdin will be joining Charming Hostess, opening the evening with readings from his new work.

Charming Hostess is three women in a whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical braininess. Their music is intensely physical, rooted in the body--voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. Charming Hostess lives where Jewish and African diasporas collide, incorporating doo-wop, Pygmy counterpoint, Balkan harmony and Andalusian melody. Our last CD (Trilectic, Tzadik) explored the political/erotic nexus of philosopher Walter Benjamin with humor and sensuality.

In SARAJEVO BLUES, Charming Hostess takes history and news as a context, but steers towards poetry as a way to focus on real human experience, on particularity and wholeness. The pieces are about daily life under siege in Sarajevo. Some explicitly speak of war, and some of cafe culture, urban ideology, or the ridiculousness of communist bureaucratic cant. Woven into the text are philosophical musings about freedom, fear, nationalism, and the nature of evil. It sounds heavy and dark, but we swear it's mostly about the triumph of the human spirit. A good time will be had by all!

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Oi Va Voi
Venlo Festival,
Venlo, Netherlands

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KLEZMER - PARIS 2004
Stage de musique juive d'Europe centrale

27 au 31 août 2004

AU PROGRAMME
Ateliers d'interprétation, de chant, conférences, masterclasses, jam sessions...

DAVID KRAKAUER
clarinette
Jack Yankl FALK
chant
Josh DOLGIN
(DJ SoCalled)
accordéon, piano, "machines"

CE STAGE S'ADRESSE À TOUS !
Les cours seront donnés en français et en anglais

Aux musiciens : l'atelier est accessible à ceux qui possèdent une maîtrise de leur instrument suffisante pour être à l'aise dans l'apprentissage d'une interprétation ou de spécificités musicales.

Aux chanteurs qui pourront compléter leur savoir dans le domaine du folklore yiddish, de la 'Hazanut, de l'intéraction entre le chant traditionnel et la musique klezmer...

Aux auditeurs qui pour leur simple plaisir pourront entendre une musique qu'ils ne connaissent pas ou qu'ils connaissent mal.

Participation aux frais : 320 euros
Étudiants de moins de 30 ans (sur présentation d'un justificatif) : 250 euros

RENSEIGNEMENTS ET INSCRIPTIONS
Maison de la culture yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem
18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot
F-75011 PARIS
Tél : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 00
Fax : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 47

www.yiddishweb.com

The 'Maison de la Culture Yiddish in Paris' is proud to present a superb programme of klezmer studies:

PARIS - KLEZMER 2004 27 - 31 August Summer School - Jewish Music of Central Europe

Classes will be held in English and French :
* Workshops in vocal and instrumental interpretation
* Masterclasses
* Lectures
* Jams

With an exceptional faculty team :

David KRAKAUER - clarinet : the 'new klezmer', phrasing and
ornamentation, improvisation,special klezmer effects types of
dance,american klezmer repertoire, etc.

Jack Yankl FALK - Cantor - voice, clarinet : nigunim, Hazanut,
relationship between other traditional jewish music and klezmer,
chassidic melodies, european klezmer repertoire, etc.

Josh DOLGIN (DJ SoCalled) - accordion, piano, sound machine ;
hip-hop klezmer, dance accompaniment, special klezmer effects
for rhythm and harmony sections

This course is OPEN TO ALL !
- Musicians with a sufficient level of competence on their instrument to feel comfortable in learning how to interpret klezmer and the particular techniques involved.
- Singers who would like to develop their knowledege of yiddish folklore, 'Hazannut' and the relationship between traditional jewish vocal music and klezmer music.
- Listeners for whom the pleasure is in listening to klezmer and discovering more about it.

Course Fee - 320 euros (students under 30 with proof of status 250 euros)

Our complete programme and booking form on : www.yiddishweb.com

Maison de la Culture Yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem
Parizer yidish-tsenter - Medem Bibliotek
18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot
75011 PARIS

Tél. : 33 - 1 47 00 14 00
Fax : 33 - 1 47 00 14 47

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Breakfast is at 8am, and the first workshops are at 9am! But the music will probably wake you early. Do get some sleep - don't stay up all night until the last night ;-).

For further information, see the Aug 23 listing, or visit the KlezKanada website, www.klezkanada.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 9:43 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

Posted by Ari Davidow at 12:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

YIDDISH WEEK 2004
(sponsored by Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish) - the one-and-only week-long
opportunity to LIVE IN YIDDISH LAND with other Yiddish-speakers young and
old, from around the whole world; where all the activities and performances are entirely in Yiddish,
and where Yiddish is spoken everywhere, including on the porches, at the
swimming pool and in the dining hall;and which is the best opportunity for those who will have taken an
intensive Yiddish summer course to use what they've learned in the classes
will take place from WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 through TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
in the Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK, USA

More info? Write to yvokh@yugntruf.org or go to www.yugntruf.org

arshraybt zikh di dates!

YIDISH-VOKH 2004
(unter der patronat fun Yugntruf Yugnt far Yidish) -
der eyn-un-eyntsiker vokh-langiker gelegnhayt ZIKH OYSTSULEBN IN GANTSN AF
YIDISH mit andere yidish reders yung un alt, fun arum der gorer velt; vu
ale aktivitetn un forshtelungen zenen in gantsn af yidish,
un vu me redt yidish umetum, arayngerekhnt af di verandes, bam shvimbaseyn
un in eszal; un af velkher se kumen a hipshe por studentn fun di intensive
yidish-zumer-programen, vayl ken beser ort iz nishto af ontsuvendn dos vos
zey hobn zikh gelernt in di klasnvet forkumen fun MITVOKH, DEM 25STN OYGUST
biz DINSTIK, DEM 31STN OYGUST in dem Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult
Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK,USA

Nokh kashes? Vendt zikh tsu yvokh@yugntruf.org oder www.yugntruf.org

Posted by Ari Davidow at 3:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Charming Hostess
Fri, Aug 27 , 7pm
Washington, D.C.
Chapters
1512 K St NW
PLUS readings by Semezdin Mehmedinovic.

PRESS FOR JEWLIA EISENBERG AND CHARMING HOSTESS
"Their voices radiate female energy and their singing transforms the spirit."
—San Francisco Chronicle

"Eisenberg's songs are hilarious and touching—they run the gamut from hard-edged and powerful to sweet and soulful."
--New Yorker

Jewlia Eisenberg and the critically acclaimed group Charming Hostess perform new work from their a cappella tour de force SARAJEVO BLUES (Tzadik, 9/04). The Nerdy-Sexy-Commie-Girlies of Charming Hostess come to town to make ambitious music for voices and rock out at the same time. Their upcoming CD sets work by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinovic as a form of love and resistance to the brutalization of war. The poems honor a cosmopolitan city that for many years successfully rejected the limits of nationalism and militarism. Semezdin will be joining Charming Hostess, opening the evening with readings from his new work.

Charming Hostess is three women in a whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical braininess. Their music is intensely physical, rooted in the body--voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. Charming Hostess lives where Jewish and African diasporas collide, incorporating doo-wop, Pygmy counterpoint, Balkan harmony and Andalusian melody. Our last CD (Trilectic, Tzadik) explored the political/erotic nexus of philosopher Walter Benjamin with humor and sensuality.

In SARAJEVO BLUES, Charming Hostess takes history and news as a context, but steers towards poetry as a way to focus on real human experience, on particularity and wholeness. The pieces are about daily life under siege in Sarajevo. Some explicitly speak of war, and some of cafe culture, urban ideology, or the ridiculousness of communist bureaucratic cant. Woven into the text are philosophical musings about freedom, fear, nationalism, and the nature of evil. It sounds heavy and dark, but we swear it's mostly about the triumph of the human spirit. A good time will be had by all!

Posted by Ari Davidow at 7:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

KLEZMER - PARIS 2004
Stage de musique juive d'Europe centrale

27 au 31 août 2004

AU PROGRAMME
Ateliers d'interprétation, de chant, conférences, masterclasses, jam sessions...

DAVID KRAKAUER
clarinette
Jack Yankl FALK
chant
Josh DOLGIN
(DJ SoCalled)
accordéon, piano, "machines"

CE STAGE S'ADRESSE À TOUS !
Les cours seront donnés en français et en anglais

Aux musiciens : l'atelier est accessible à ceux qui possèdent une maîtrise de leur instrument suffisante pour être à l'aise dans l'apprentissage d'une interprétation ou de spécificités musicales.

Aux chanteurs qui pourront compléter leur savoir dans le domaine du folklore yiddish, de la 'Hazanut, de l'intéraction entre le chant traditionnel et la musique klezmer...

Aux auditeurs qui pour leur simple plaisir pourront entendre une musique qu'ils ne connaissent pas ou qu'ils connaissent mal.

Participation aux frais : 320 euros
Étudiants de moins de 30 ans (sur présentation d'un justificatif) : 250 euros

RENSEIGNEMENTS ET INSCRIPTIONS
Maison de la culture yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem
18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot
F-75011 PARIS
Tél : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 00
Fax : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 47

www.yiddishweb.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Breakfast is at 8am, and the first workshops are at 9am! But the music will probably wake you early. Do get some sleep - it's tonight you'll stay up all night as camp winds down ;-).

For further information, see the Aug 23 listing, or visit the KlezKanada website, www.klezkanada.com

Posted by Ari Davidow at 9:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

Posted by Ari Davidow at 12:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sarah Aroeste
Sat.-Sun. August 28th-29th
Chicago, IL
3 PM both days
Genesis at the Crossroads
"From the Middle-East to the Midwest"
Outdoor Music Festival
Block 37, Downtown Chicago (corner of State & Randolph)
More info: www.gatc.org or 312-927-2746

Posted by Ari Davidow at 3:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

YIDDISH WEEK 2004
(sponsored by Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish) - the one-and-only week-long
opportunity to LIVE IN YIDDISH LAND with other Yiddish-speakers young and
old, from around the whole world; where all the activities and performances are entirely in Yiddish,
and where Yiddish is spoken everywhere, including on the porches, at the
swimming pool and in the dining hall;and which is the best opportunity for those who will have taken an
intensive Yiddish summer course to use what they've learned in the classes
will take place from WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 through TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
in the Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK, USA

More info? Write to yvokh@yugntruf.org or go to www.yugntruf.org

arshraybt zikh di dates!

YIDISH-VOKH 2004
(unter der patronat fun Yugntruf Yugnt far Yidish) -
der eyn-un-eyntsiker vokh-langiker gelegnhayt ZIKH OYSTSULEBN IN GANTSN AF
YIDISH mit andere yidish reders yung un alt, fun arum der gorer velt; vu
ale aktivitetn un forshtelungen zenen in gantsn af yidish,
un vu me redt yidish umetum, arayngerekhnt af di verandes, bam shvimbaseyn
un in eszal; un af velkher se kumen a hipshe por studentn fun di intensive
yidish-zumer-programen, vayl ken beser ort iz nishto af ontsuvendn dos vos
zey hobn zikh gelernt in di klasnvet forkumen fun MITVOKH, DEM 25STN OYGUST
biz DINSTIK, DEM 31STN OYGUST in dem Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult
Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK,USA

Nokh kashes? Vendt zikh tsu yvokh@yugntruf.org oder www.yugntruf.org

Posted by Ari Davidow at 3:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Black Ox Orkestar
Zeitgeist Gallery
1353 Cambridge Street in Inman Square, Cambridge.
7-9 pm
$ donation

617-876-6060
www.zeitgeist-gallery.org

Posted by Ari Davidow at 7:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

KLEZMER - PARIS 2004
Stage de musique juive d'Europe centrale

27 au 31 août 2004

AU PROGRAMME
Ateliers d'interprétation, de chant, conférences, masterclasses, jam sessions...

DAVID KRAKAUER
clarinette
Jack Yankl FALK
chant
Josh DOLGIN
(DJ SoCalled)
accordéon, piano, "machines"

CE STAGE S'ADRESSE À TOUS !
Les cours seront donnés en français et en anglais

Aux musiciens : l'atelier est accessible à ceux qui possèdent une maîtrise de leur instrument suffisante pour être à l'aise dans l'apprentissage d'une interprétation ou de spécificités musicales.

Aux chanteurs qui pourront compléter leur savoir dans le domaine du folklore yiddish, de la 'Hazanut, de l'intéraction entre le chant traditionnel et la musique klezmer...

Aux auditeurs qui pour leur simple plaisir pourront entendre une musique qu'ils ne connaissent pas ou qu'ils connaissent mal.

Participation aux frais : 320 euros
Étudiants de moins de 30 ans (sur présentation d'un justificatif) : 250 euros

RENSEIGNEMENTS ET INSCRIPTIONS
Maison de la culture yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem
18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot
F-75011 PARIS
Tél : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 00
Fax : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 47

www.yiddishweb.com

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Breakfast is at 8am. Don't leave before catching my own lecture on Hebrew Typography at 10 (or one of several others scheduled for that time). See everyone next year!

For further information, see the Aug 23 listing, or visit the KlezKanada website, www.klezkanada.com

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This summer, for the first time ever, the world's leading Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists will come together in the historic Old City of Safed - international spiritual home of Kabbala and Klezmer - for a landmark program of performances and master classes.

Leading the program are:
Giora Feidman, Artistic Director, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist, responsible for the revival of Klezmer music
Professor Philippe Cuper, First Clarinetist of the Paris Opera
Eddie Daniels, internationally renowned Jazz and Classical Clarinetist

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I'd like to bring to everybody's attention a terrific FREE concert opportunity next Sunday afternoon at 2 pm in Holyoke, Massachusetts by "The Klezical Tradition", consisting of Fraidy Katz, vocals, Walter Mamlock, clarinet, Cookie Segelstein, fiddle, Roy Wiseman, bass, and Adrianne Greenbaum playing wooden flutes (as well as assorted other noise-makers, like tsimbl, etc.).

The concert is part of Holyoke's 20th annual "Celebrate Holyoke" festival, and takes place in Heritage State Park. Directions are on the Klezical Tradition website (www.klezband.com) or the festival website (www.celebrateholyoke.com). Holyoke is a lovely town in Western Mass., near Amherst and Northampton, easy to get to from Boston, Hartford, or New York.

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Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Aug 29 2004, Sunday
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Lincolnwood Summer Concert Series
Proesel Park
Lincolnwood, IL

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Black Ox Orkestar
Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston
New York, NY
212-260-4700
9:30 pm
admission $8
www.mercuryloungenyc.com

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Sarah Aroeste
Sat.-Sun. August 28th-29th
Chicago, IL
3 PM both days
Genesis at the Crossroads
"From the Middle-East to the Midwest"
Outdoor Music Festival
Block 37, Downtown Chicago (corner of State & Randolph)
More info: www.gatc.org or 312-927-2746

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YIDDISH WEEK 2004
(sponsored by Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish) - the one-and-only week-long
opportunity to LIVE IN YIDDISH LAND with other Yiddish-speakers young and
old, from around the whole world; where all the activities and performances are entirely in Yiddish,
and where Yiddish is spoken everywhere, including on the porches, at the
swimming pool and in the dining hall;and which is the best opportunity for those who will have taken an
intensive Yiddish summer course to use what they've learned in the classes
will take place from WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 through TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
in the Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK, USA

More info? Write to yvokh@yugntruf.org or go to www.yugntruf.org

arshraybt zikh di dates!

YIDISH-VOKH 2004
(unter der patronat fun Yugntruf Yugnt far Yidish) -
der eyn-un-eyntsiker vokh-langiker gelegnhayt ZIKH OYSTSULEBN IN GANTSN AF
YIDISH mit andere yidish reders yung un alt, fun arum der gorer velt; vu
ale aktivitetn un forshtelungen zenen in gantsn af yidish,
un vu me redt yidish umetum, arayngerekhnt af di verandes, bam shvimbaseyn
un in eszal; un af velkher se kumen a hipshe por studentn fun di intensive
yidish-zumer-programen, vayl ken beser ort iz nishto af ontsuvendn dos vos
zey hobn zikh gelernt in di klasnvet forkumen fun MITVOKH, DEM 25STN OYGUST
biz DINSTIK, DEM 31STN OYGUST in dem Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult
Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK,USA

Nokh kashes? Vendt zikh tsu yvokh@yugntruf.org oder www.yugntruf.org

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Sunday, August 29, 2004
Rashanim
Klezmer Music
5pm
Admission $12

:::::: S A T A L L A ::::::
37 West 26th St. NYC
:::: 212.576.1155 :::::
Satalla.com :::: home

Rashanim is a trio of guitar, bass and drums/percussion drawing on influences including Jewish melodies, indie rock, punk, and "downtown" jazz. The 'Jewish power trio' is anchored by Shanir Blumenkranz (Satlah, Lemon Juice Quartet, Pharaoh's Daughter) on bass, and Mathias Kunzli (Mecca Bodega, George Garzone) on drums and percussion. The band gets its name from the noisemakers used during the Jewish holiday of Purim.

Rashanim's debut was released in 2003 on John Zorn's Tzadik Records, and the trio has been included on several Tzadik Compilations. Rashanim's guitarist/leader Jon Madof has performed with John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Frank London and many others on the New York scene.

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Charming Hostess
Sun, Aug 29, 9ish
New York
Tonic
107 Norfolk Street

PRESS FOR JEWLIA EISENBERG AND CHARMING HOSTESS
"Their voices radiate female energy and their singing transforms the spirit."
—San Francisco Chronicle

"Eisenberg's songs are hilarious and touching—they run the gamut from hard-edged and powerful to sweet and soulful."
--New Yorker

Jewlia Eisenberg and the critically acclaimed group Charming Hostess perform new work from their a cappella tour de force SARAJEVO BLUES (Tzadik, 9/04). The Nerdy-Sexy-Commie-Girlies of Charming Hostess come to town to make ambitious music for voices and rock out at the same time. Their upcoming CD sets work by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinovic as a form of love and resistance to the brutalization of war. The poems honor a cosmopolitan city that for many years successfully rejected the limits of nationalism and militarism. Semezdin will be joining Charming Hostess, opening the evening with readings from his new work.

Charming Hostess is three women in a whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical braininess. Their music is intensely physical, rooted in the body--voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. Charming Hostess lives where Jewish and African diasporas collide, incorporating doo-wop, Pygmy counterpoint, Balkan harmony and Andalusian melody. Our last CD (Trilectic, Tzadik) explored the political/erotic nexus of philosopher Walter Benjamin with humor and sensuality.

In SARAJEVO BLUES, Charming Hostess takes history and news as a context, but steers towards poetry as a way to focus on real human experience, on particularity and wholeness. The pieces are about daily life under siege in Sarajevo. Some explicitly speak of war, and some of cafe culture, urban ideology, or the ridiculousness of communist bureaucratic cant. Woven into the text are philosophical musings about freedom, fear, nationalism, and the nature of evil. It sounds heavy and dark, but we swear it's mostly about the triumph of the human spirit. A good time will be had by all!

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KLEZMER - PARIS 2004
Stage de musique juive d'Europe centrale

27 au 31 août 2004

AU PROGRAMME
Ateliers d'interprétation, de chant, conférences, masterclasses, jam sessions...

DAVID KRAKAUER
clarinette
Jack Yankl FALK
chant
Josh DOLGIN
(DJ SoCalled)
accordéon, piano, "machines"

CE STAGE S'ADRESSE À TOUS !
Les cours seront donnés en français et en anglais

Aux musiciens : l'atelier est accessible à ceux qui possèdent une maîtrise de leur instrument suffisante pour être à l'aise dans l'apprentissage d'une interprétation ou de spécificités musicales.

Aux chanteurs qui pourront compléter leur savoir dans le domaine du folklore yiddish, de la 'Hazanut, de l'intéraction entre le chant traditionnel et la musique klezmer...

Aux auditeurs qui pour leur simple plaisir pourront entendre une musique qu'ils ne connaissent pas ou qu'ils connaissent mal.

Participation aux frais : 320 euros
Étudiants de moins de 30 ans (sur présentation d'un justificatif) : 250 euros

RENSEIGNEMENTS ET INSCRIPTIONS
Maison de la culture yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem
18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot
F-75011 PARIS
Tél : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 00
Fax : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 47

www.yiddishweb.com

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Black Ox Orkestar
Warehouse
1021 7th St NW
Washington, DC
202-783-3933
doors at 8:30
admission tba
www.warehousetheater.com/music.php

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YIDDISH WEEK 2004
(sponsored by Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish) - the one-and-only week-long
opportunity to LIVE IN YIDDISH LAND with other Yiddish-speakers young and
old, from around the whole world; where all the activities and performances are entirely in Yiddish,
and where Yiddish is spoken everywhere, including on the porches, at the
swimming pool and in the dining hall;and which is the best opportunity for those who will have taken an
intensive Yiddish summer course to use what they've learned in the classes
will take place from WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 through TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
in the Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK, USA

More info? Write to yvokh@yugntruf.org or go to www.yugntruf.org

arshraybt zikh di dates!

YIDISH-VOKH 2004
(unter der patronat fun Yugntruf Yugnt far Yidish) -
der eyn-un-eyntsiker vokh-langiker gelegnhayt ZIKH OYSTSULEBN IN GANTSN AF
YIDISH mit andere yidish reders yung un alt, fun arum der gorer velt; vu
ale aktivitetn un forshtelungen zenen in gantsn af yidish,
un vu me redt yidish umetum, arayngerekhnt af di verandes, bam shvimbaseyn
un in eszal; un af velkher se kumen a hipshe por studentn fun di intensive
yidish-zumer-programen, vayl ken beser ort iz nishto af ontsuvendn dos vos
zey hobn zikh gelernt in di klasnvet forkumen fun MITVOKH, DEM 25STN OYGUST
biz DINSTIK, DEM 31STN OYGUST in dem Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult
Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK,USA

Nokh kashes? Vendt zikh tsu yvokh@yugntruf.org oder www.yugntruf.org

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Charming Hostess
Mon, Aug 30, 7:30-9:30pm
Cambridge, MA
Zeitgeist
1353 Cambridge Street (Inman Square)

www.zeitgeist-gallery.org

PRESS FOR JEWLIA EISENBERG AND CHARMING HOSTESS
"Their voices radiate female energy and their singing transforms the spirit."
—San Francisco Chronicle

"Eisenberg's songs are hilarious and touching—they run the gamut from hard-edged and powerful to sweet and soulful."
--New Yorker

Jewlia Eisenberg and the critically acclaimed group Charming Hostess perform new work from their a cappella tour de force SARAJEVO BLUES (Tzadik, 9/04). The Nerdy-Sexy-Commie-Girlies of Charming Hostess come to town to make ambitious music for voices and rock out at the same time. Their upcoming CD sets work by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinovic as a form of love and resistance to the brutalization of war. The poems honor a cosmopolitan city that for many years successfully rejected the limits of nationalism and militarism. Semezdin will be joining Charming Hostess, opening the evening with readings from his new work.

Charming Hostess is three women in a whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical braininess. Their music is intensely physical, rooted in the body--voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. Charming Hostess lives where Jewish and African diasporas collide, incorporating doo-wop, Pygmy counterpoint, Balkan harmony and Andalusian melody. Our last CD (Trilectic, Tzadik) explored the political/erotic nexus of philosopher Walter Benjamin with humor and sensuality.

In SARAJEVO BLUES, Charming Hostess takes history and news as a context, but steers towards poetry as a way to focus on real human experience, on particularity and wholeness. The pieces are about daily life under siege in Sarajevo. Some explicitly speak of war, and some of cafe culture, urban ideology, or the ridiculousness of communist bureaucratic cant. Woven into the text are philosophical musings about freedom, fear, nationalism, and the nature of evil. It sounds heavy and dark, but we swear it's mostly about the triumph of the human spirit. A good time will be had by all!

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Ashkenaz: A Festival of new Yiddish Culture 2004 features outstanding international artists from widely disparate parts of the world, including Ethiopia's Yossi Vassa, France's Les Yeux Noirs, South America's Klezmer en Buenos Aires and Holland's Ot Azoj. Over the past decade, Toronto's Ashkenaz festival has become the greatest and most widely attended North American event celebrating the contemporary Yiddish cultural revival. Highlighting the theme of migration, Ashkenaz 2004 features a startling mixture of performances showcasing rich traditions moving in joyful new directions.

Festivities begin August 31, culminating in a bustling weekend of music, dance, theatre, film, visual arts, literature, lectures and storytelling at Harbourfront Centre, from sundown Saturday September 4 through Monday September 6, 2004. Many events are free. For tickets and information, call 416-973-4000. Complete festival details are available at www.ashkenazfestival.org or www.harbourfrontcentre.com"

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KLEZMER - PARIS 2004
Stage de musique juive d'Europe centrale

27 au 31 août 2004

AU PROGRAMME
Ateliers d'interprétation, de chant, conférences, masterclasses, jam sessions...

DAVID KRAKAUER
clarinette
Jack Yankl FALK
chant
Josh DOLGIN
(DJ SoCalled)
accordéon, piano, "machines"

CE STAGE S'ADRESSE À TOUS !
Les cours seront donnés en français et en anglais

Aux musiciens : l'atelier est accessible à ceux qui possèdent une maîtrise de leur instrument suffisante pour être à l'aise dans l'apprentissage d'une interprétation ou de spécificités musicales.

Aux chanteurs qui pourront compléter leur savoir dans le domaine du folklore yiddish, de la 'Hazanut, de l'intéraction entre le chant traditionnel et la musique klezmer...

Aux auditeurs qui pour leur simple plaisir pourront entendre une musique qu'ils ne connaissent pas ou qu'ils connaissent mal.

Participation aux frais : 320 euros
Étudiants de moins de 30 ans (sur présentation d'un justificatif) : 250 euros

RENSEIGNEMENTS ET INSCRIPTIONS
Maison de la culture yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem
18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot
F-75011 PARIS
Tél : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 00
Fax : + 33 (0)1 47 00 14 47

www.yiddishweb.com

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Black Ox Orkestar
Quiet Storm
5340 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
412-661-9355
9:00 pm
admission $7
www.quietstormcoffee.com

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YIDDISH WEEK 2004
(sponsored by Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish) - the one-and-only week-long
opportunity to LIVE IN YIDDISH LAND with other Yiddish-speakers young and
old, from around the whole world; where all the activities and performances are entirely in Yiddish,
and where Yiddish is spoken everywhere, including on the porches, at the
swimming pool and in the dining hall;and which is the best opportunity for those who will have taken an
intensive Yiddish summer course to use what they've learned in the classes
will take place from WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 through TUESDAY, AUGUST 31
in the Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK, USA

More info? Write to yvokh@yugntruf.org or go to www.yugntruf.org

arshraybt zikh di dates!

YIDISH-VOKH 2004
(unter der patronat fun Yugntruf Yugnt far Yidish) -
der eyn-un-eyntsiker vokh-langiker gelegnhayt ZIKH OYSTSULEBN IN GANTSN AF
YIDISH mit andere yidish reders yung un alt, fun arum der gorer velt; vu
ale aktivitetn un forshtelungen zenen in gantsn af yidish,
un vu me redt yidish umetum, arayngerekhnt af di verandes, bam shvimbaseyn
un in eszal; un af velkher se kumen a hipshe por studentn fun di intensive
yidish-zumer-programen, vayl ken beser ort iz nishto af ontsuvendn dos vos
zey hobn zikh gelernt in di klasnvet forkumen fun MITVOKH, DEM 25STN OYGUST
biz DINSTIK, DEM 31STN OYGUST in dem Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult
Vacation Center, Copake, NEW YORK,USA

Nokh kashes? Vendt zikh tsu yvokh@yugntruf.org oder www.yugntruf.org

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Charming Hostess
Tues, Aug 31, 8pm
Burlington, VT
Peace & Justice Center
21 Church Street

PRESS FOR JEWLIA EISENBERG AND CHARMING HOSTESS
"Their voices radiate female energy and their singing transforms the spirit."
—San Francisco Chronicle

"Eisenberg's songs are hilarious and touching—they run the gamut from hard-edged and powerful to sweet and soulful."
--New Yorker

Jewlia Eisenberg and the critically acclaimed group Charming Hostess perform new work from their a cappella tour de force SARAJEVO BLUES (Tzadik, 9/04). The Nerdy-Sexy-Commie-Girlies of Charming Hostess come to town to make ambitious music for voices and rock out at the same time. Their upcoming CD sets work by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinovic as a form of love and resistance to the brutalization of war. The poems honor a cosmopolitan city that for many years successfully rejected the limits of nationalism and militarism. Semezdin will be joining Charming Hostess, opening the evening with readings from his new work.

Charming Hostess is three women in a whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical braininess. Their music is intensely physical, rooted in the body--voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. Charming Hostess lives where Jewish and African diasporas collide, incorporating doo-wop, Pygmy counterpoint, Balkan harmony and Andalusian melody. Our last CD (Trilectic, Tzadik) explored the political/erotic nexus of philosopher Walter Benjamin with humor and sensuality.

In SARAJEVO BLUES, Charming Hostess takes history and news as a context, but steers towards poetry as a way to focus on real human experience, on particularity and wholeness. The pieces are about daily life under siege in Sarajevo. Some explicitly speak of war, and some of cafe culture, urban ideology, or the ridiculousness of communist bureaucratic cant. Woven into the text are philosophical musings about freedom, fear, nationalism, and the nature of evil. It sounds heavy and dark, but we swear it's mostly about the triumph of the human spirit. A good time will be had by all!

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