KlezCalendar

The center for Jewish Culture and Creativity announces the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary film
"Yiddish Theater: A Love Story"

On Sunday, October 8 at 2:00 pm at the Mann Chinese Theaters Hollywood followed by a reception at the Trastevere restaurant

Seating for the screening is limited, but $11.00 tickets are available in advance online at www.MagicalFilmFest.com/37.html until Monday October 2nd or at the box office from Friday October 6th subject to availability. Parking is available at the underground structure at the Hollywood Highland Entertainment Complex for $2 after box office validation.

"Yiddish Theater: A Love Story", a full-length documentary with a running time of 80 minutes will have its Los Angeles premiere at the FAIF International Film Festival on Sunday, October 8, at 2:00 pm at the Mann Chinese Theaters screen #4 on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland followed by coffee and desserts at the adjacent Trastevere restaurant, sponsored by Wells Fargo.

The film, directed by award winning filmmaker Dan Katzir and produced by Ravit Markus, under the auspices of the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, is a must see film for anyone who loves theater:

Enter the funny, larger-than-life world of Yiddish Theater today through this powerful documentary film about the amazing woman who has kept the oldest running Yiddish Theater in America alive. Zypora Spaisman is a Holocaust survivor who conquers all hearts in her passion for art, life and Yiddish.

This heartwarming story of one unique woman's struggle portrays the fight of both an old art form to stay relevant and an old actress to find meaning and a stage in a society that worships youth.

Shot in real time in one of the coldest winters in New York, Zypora's theater has one week to raise funding to keep their show going. Many miracles occur during this week, but will they be enough to save this critically acclaimed Yiddish show?

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BALLIN' THE JACK DOES THE MARX BROTHERS
FEATURING ROY NATHANSON.
BARBES ~ Sunday, Oct 8th
#376 9th st at 6th ave Park Slope, Brooklyn
7th ave stop on F, 9pm.
718-965-9177
barbesbrooklyn.com

Roy Nathanson, voice, words, sax
Matt Darriau - alto, clt.
Andy Laster - bari, clt.
Frank London - trumpet
Curtis Hasselbring - tbone
George Schuller - traps
Anthony Coleman - piano
Joe Fitzgerald - bass

Rediscover the swinging film music of the legendary Marx Brothers movies with Klezmatic’s reedman Matt Darriau's Ballin' the Jack. Bestowing the solos of Harpo and Chico with an avant flavor sure to make the brothers smile, their performace will feature special guest Roy Nathanson from the Jazz Passengers as MC, saxophonist and Groucho interpreter. Also with charts by band members Andy Laster on baritone sax and clarinet, Frank London on trumpet, Curtis Hasselbring on trombone, Anthony Coleman on keyboard and piano, bassist Joe Fitzgerald and George Schuller on drums.

"Ballin' The Jack revives these swing tunes in an ultra-modern way that makes them seem like they were just written.... A strong candidate for Jazz CD of the Year" -- All-Music Guide
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(Whooo hoo hoo hoo, oh you dog)
First you put your knees together, close up tight,
Then you sway 'em to left, then you sway 'em to the right...
Step around the floor kind of nice and light, ...
Then you twis' around, and twis' around with all your might, ...
Style and Grace, Swing your foot way round, then bring it back,
Now that's what I call Ball-in the Jack.
Then you do the Eagle Rock with style and grace, ...
Swing your foot way'round then bring it back,
Now that's what I call Ballin' the Jack...
~Chris Smith, 1913

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Shlemiel the First
Staged Concert Reading
Theater J, Washington, DC

Tickets $25
(800) 494.TIXS or visit
www.boxofficetickets.com
Box office opens 1 hour before performance
Opening Night Performances:
Sunday, October 8, 8:00 pm
Monday, October 9, 7:30 pm
All Other Performances:
October 10-12, 7:30 pm
October 13, 12:00 pm

For more info: 202-777-3230
www.theaterj.org

Based on the Play by I.B. Singer
Conceived and Adapted by
Robert Brustein
Music by Hankus Netsky
Additional Music by Zalmen Mlotek
Lyrics by Arnold Weinstein
Directed by Nick Olcott

Featuring Amy McWilliams, Donna Migliaccio, Dan Manning,
Rob McQuay, Dwayne Nitz, Peter Gil, Tom Howley, Howard
Stregack, Max Talisman and Isabel Thompson

Brustein recreates one of the great stories of Chelm, the
village of fools, as a klezmer musical full of slapstick
comedy and zany characters. The council of Chelm decides
to appoint Shlemiel, a sexton in a synagogue, to spread
its dubious wisdom to another town. Tricked by the
mischievous Chaim Rascal into retracing his steps,
Shlemiel thinks he has discovered a duplicate Chelm and
another Ms. Shlemiel. His comic misadventures continue as
he commits adultery with his wife and tries to convince
the council that there are two Shlemiels! Hailed by
critics at Lincoln Center's Serious Fun! festival

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So Called w/Islands (fr Canada, feat. members of The Unicorns), Sister Suvi
Sun- Oct 8 - 8:00pm – All Ages - $12
Middle East, downstairs

After selling out venues all throughout Europe over the past few months, SoCalled is headed to the East Coast to play a few shows with The Islands (Ex- Unicorns) and Sister Suvi

"Josh 'SoCalled' Dolgin is an iconoclastic Montreal-based rapper, producer, accordionist, & occasional musician with a penchant for plundering old Yiddish folk records for samples and his family's religious heritage for subject matter."—The Toronto Star

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