KlezCalendar

Saturday, April 1, 2007, 10:30 a.m. at Lucille Lortel Theatre: Theatreworks presents Alicia's Klezmer Party.

Alicia's Klezmer Party brings the joyful sounds of traditional Ashkenazic Jewish dance music to young ears and feet. World-renowned klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals, accordionist Art Bailey, and Yiddish singer Magda Fishman raise the roof with hot klezmer tunes and get kids and adults clapping and stamping along. Children learn Yiddish words and shtetl-flavored melodies to sing along and bring home to their own holiday celebrations. Alicia's Klezmer Party brings to life the ecstatic and poignant sounds that must have emanated from Chagall's original fiddlers, a magical journey for kids and parents of all backgrounds.

http://www.lortel.org/LLT_theater/g_information/
www.ticketcentral.com
tix 212 279 4200

Violinist Alicia Svigals, considered by many to be the world's leading klezmer fiddler, founded Jewish roots band the Klezmatics and her current group, the all-female Mikveh. As a musician and composer, she's worked with Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, the Ben Folds Five, playwrights Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and Eve Ensler (the Vagina Monologues), poet Allen Ginsburg, violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, Jewish spiritual singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, cantor Avraham Fried and many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, Good Morning America, PBS' Great Performances, and NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds. Her solo album Fidl is the world's first klezmer violin CD. She loves to play weddings and bat/bar mitzvahs and can be reached at her website: www.aliciasvigals.com. "...violin playing with depth and urgency..." L.A. Times

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This Saturday 1st April 7pm – 2am
RADIO GAGARIN presents: Iron Wolf
Featuring DJ Shantel, Sophie Solomon and Iron Wolf, direct from Lithuania
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, SW1
Price: £10.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE ICA BOX OFFICE ON 020 7930 3647

IRON WOLF, named after the legend of the founding of the capital Vilnius, stirs the inspirational pot of Lithuanian music and art into a molten hot night where live music, visuals, electronica, performance art and vodka rise, fall, flow and eddy into a raging torrent, featuring leading Lithuanian Artists alongside Sophie Solomon and DJ Shantel, major young artists from Western Europe strongly influenced by the roots music of Eastern Europe.

A raging torrent featuring DJ SHANTEL � the Uk Premiere for the Gypsy Beat Dancefloor Maestro (BBC Radio 3 World Music Award "Club Global" Winner 2006), SOPHIE SOLOMON � the dancefloor debut for the "Keith Richards of the violin" and the totally devastating IRON WOLF showcase from Lithuania:

• EGLE RAKAUSKAITE (Supreme Visual Artist)
• DARUIS CIUTA (Hardcore Experimental Noise/Electronica artist)
• LINAS RIMSA AND THE SUTARTINES PROJECT (A Folktronica Encounter) featuring special South London guests ROGER ROBINSON & BREIS

plus from Radio Gagarin: DJ's Misha Maltsev and Max Reinhardt, Performance AR-T alchemists Zoe Klinger's Friends of Gagarin and Visuals from Adrian Philpott

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Many of the top names in Jewish music will be performing at the inaugural New Orleans International Jewish Music Festival. The two-day gathering is a celebration of Jewish culture and rebuilding of the New Orleans Jewish community after Hurricane Katrina. The festival will be held April 1 starting at 8 p.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf and April 2 beginning at noon at Tulane University’s McAlister Hall.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1 AT THE HOWLIN’ WOLF ~ DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 P.M.
The Saturday, April 1 concert will feature five musical acts. Among those performing are three New York acts: Blue Fringe, a Jewish rock band; Neshama Carlebach, one of Jewish entertainment’s top stars; and internationally acclaimed vocalist Gershon Veroba. Other performers include Californians Sam Glaser (Los Angeles), who has performed to audiences around the world, and RebbeSoul (Oakland), a versatile award-winning musician. Saturday evening will begin with an all-star Havdallah service at 7:45 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 2 AT TULANE UNIVERSITY’S MCALISTER HALL ~ DOORS OPEN AT 12 P.M.
The Sunday show will feature a mix of U.S and international stars, including Stacy Beyer (Nashville), an emerging force in contemporary Jewish music; Peri Smilow, a South Orange, New Jersey singer/songwriter, educator, cantorial soloist, and community organizer; Israeli folk singers Susan & Fran; New York’s Voices for Israel, a grassroots charity that uses music to promote Jewish unity and solidarity with Israel; and Yom Hadash (Warwick, Rhode Island), one of the top Jewish recording and touring groups in the U.S. The show will conclude with Ukraine’s Efim Chorny and special guests the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars. Comedian Joel Chasnoff will host Sunday’s show.

The Saturday, April 1 show is $15 and the Sunday, April 2 show is $10. A $5 discount is available for both shows with valid student ID. A $250 patron ticket (reserved seating) is available. A portion of the proceeds will support Jewish education and cultural enrichment activities in the greater New Orleans area. Tickets are available through TicketWeb.com or by calling (866) 666-8932 toll-free.

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Basya Schechter
APRIL 1st — BJ Musician's Concert 8p.m. $10 88th (NY-UPPERWEST)

Musicians for BJ gather to showcase their own projects:
Including Amanda Monaco and Saskia Lane (Lascivious Biddies) Matt Turk, Daphna Mor, Gene Carr, Basya Schechter (Pharaoh's Daughter), Yoel Ben Simhon w/ guest Yair Dalal and Sultana Ensemble, cantor Ari Priven, Rabbi Roly Matalon

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The Afro-Semitic Experience
in concert at Knight Club, Powell Campus Center, Alfred University, Alfred, New York, for more info please call (607) 871-2926.

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Yid Kandy

An anarchic eclectic night of dirty house, Jewish Klezmer beats and twisted visuals. With a mashup of live and electronic sounds, GhettoPlotz and friends bring Eastern European and Middle Eastern flavours to a rockin' dancefloor.

Line up:
GhettoPlotz + visuals
D.J.I.B. + Anomoly MC
Little Miss Tan + Live Sax
Matthew Halfin

Details:
Sat 1st April, 9-3am, £6.50
Upstairs @ Clockwork, 96 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London N1
Fore more info go to: www.yidkandy.com or call 07775 841 248

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