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Albuquerque New Mexico’s annual Klezmer music and dance festival celebrates its fifth year over President’s Day weekend.

Known as “The Southwest’s Celebration of Klezmer Music and Dance”, Klezmerquerque 2007 will present a weekend of concerts, dance parties, classes, and a lunch ‘n story featuring world renowned klezmer artists and scholars as well as many local artists. The annual event will take place from February 16-18 (Friday evening through Sunday afternoon) at Albuquerque’s Congregation Nahalat Shalom which is located on 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW (between Candelaria & Comanche).

For more information about class times/prices, Saturday lunch ‘n lecture and any other questions please contact:

Email Beth Cohen or call (505)243-6276.
Congregation Nahalat Shalom www.nahalatshalom.org (505)343-8227

Returning this year by popular demand is Adrianne Greenbaum, scholar and recording artist of the klezmer flute and associate professor of flute and klezmer ensemble teacher at Mount Holyoke College. Klezmerquerque 2007 also welcomes back the klezmer dance master Steve Weintraub, who teaches and performs klezmer and East European Jewish dance at workshops around the world. Both Adrianne and Steve will perform on Friday and Saturday evenings in addition to teaching two workshops on Saturday and one on Sunday. The Rebbe’s Orkestra, the Albuquerque-based klezmer ensemble will also give brief performances on Friday and Saturday evenings and will accompany Ms. Greenbaum on her pieces.

Featured at the concert on Saturday night, Feb. 17th at 7:30pm will be Toronto’s critically-acclaimed and award-winning 5-piece klezmer ensemble BEYOND THE PALE. Tickets for this concert may be purchased in advance for $15 (for ALL seats/ages) at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW (505)344-8139 and at Natural Sound, 3422 Central Ave. (505)255-8295 - both in Albuquerque. Tickets will also be available at the door for $18-general and $15-fixed income/under 18.

The festival will open on Friday, February 16th at 6:30PM with a danced Freylekhe Shabbes “service” to the music of Alavados, Nahalat Shalom’s 5-piece in-house band. At 7pm there will be a vegetarian potluck dinner and at 8pm there will be performances by dancer Steve Weintraub, Adrianne Greenbaum and The Rebbe’s Orkestra. The music and dance will continue with The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer band and open dancing led by Steve Weintraub and Nahalat Shalom’s Yiddish dance troupe Rikud. The cost for Friday evening’s event is a $10 suggested donation (under 18-free/donation). The cost for the entire weekend of events (2 concerts/dance parties, 4 classes and a lunch/lecture) is $80.00-general, $60-seniors/fixed income/under 18.

For more information about class times/prices, Saturday lunch ‘n lecture and any other questions please contact:

Email Beth Cohen or call (505)243-6276.
Congregation Nahalat Shalom www.nahalatshalom.org (505)343-8227

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Prairie Heym Klezmorim
Reunion concert, with singer Amy Olson

A benefit for Mayim Rabim Congregation
Feb. 18 (Sunday) 1 to 3 p.m.
Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue
Minneapolis MN

$18 in advance; $25 the day of show (children $9 in advance, $12 at the door)
Tel: 612-338-2674
www.thecedar.org

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Lorin Sklamberg
Sunday February 18 at 10am
Congregation Shaarei Torah
550 South Second Avenue
Arcadia, CA 91006
www.shaareitorah.org
Solo show!

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klezmer dancing with Glik
18 février : "l'appart theatre" 10 place e l'hôtel de ville
St Etienne (42) 17h30/19h 5€

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Klez Jam this Sunday, 2/18, 12:30-3PM

172 Bellevue Rd.
Watertown, MA

Call if you need directions - 617-926-7603.

Light refreshments provided; potluck contributions gratefully accepted.
Sheet music provided.
Tell your friends.

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Nayekhovichi
Klezmer Garage Beat from Moscow
18th of February, 16:00
Norrkoping Synagogue
Norrkoping
Sweden

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Nikitov
Feb. 18
De Waag
Haarlem, NL
05:00 PM

The Dutch-American Yiddish music quartet is in the middle
of their "Fun Shtetl Tsu Shtetl" all-synagogue tour of Holland.
The response has been overwhelming and the shows are selling out
across the country. Nikitov has been touring in support of their
latest recording "Vanderlust" on Chamsa records both in the US and
Europe. The group concludes the tour at De Waag in Haarlem where
centuries of troubadors performed to prove their skill and talent
and, in more recent history, folk singers like Joan Baez and Simon
and Garfunkel have come to pay homage to the great singers of the
past.

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“Turning Heart”
An evening of Sufi music, poetry and whirling
With a rare appearance of the Whirling Dervish of the Mevlevi Order - Aziz, and The Yuval Ron Ensemble
Featuring the stunning Arabic vocalist Najwa Gibran.

Don’t miss this rare concert of Sufi Sacred music from the Turkish and Pakistani Sufi traditions with authentic Whirling Dervish and Sufi poetry of Rumi, Yunus and Ibn-Arabi.

Space is Limited, Please get your tickets in advance!

Sunday, February 18th, 2007 at 7 p.m.
Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Admission: $20 at the door, $15 advance tickets.
Advance tickets: please call: 818 505 1355 or email to: Yuval Ron
Parking: free street parking on 4th street and streets east of 4th street or at pay parking lots on Main street or 1/4 block east of Main street.

For more info: www.yuvalronmusic.com

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Albuquerque New Mexico's annual Klezmer music and dance festival celebrates its 5th year over Presidents' Day weekend.

Known as "The Southwest’s Celebration of Klezmer Music and Dance", KLEZMERQUERQUE 2007 will present a weekend of concerts, dance parties, classes, and a lunch w/stories featuring world-renowned klezmer artists as well as many local artists. The annual event will take place from February 16-18 (Friday evening through Sunday afternoon) at Albuquerque's Congregation Nahalat Shalom which is located on 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW (between Candelaria & Comanche).

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Returning this year by popular demand is Adrianne Greenbaum, scholar and recording artist of the klezmer flute and associate professor of flute and klezmer ensemble teacher at Mount Holyoke College. KLEZMERQUERQUE 2007 also welcomes back the klezmer dance master Steve Weintraub, who teaches and performs klezmer and East European Jewish dance at workshops around the world. Both Adrianne and Steve will perform on Friday and Saturday evenings in addition to teaching two workshops on Saturday and one on Sunday. The Rebbe’s Orkestra, the popular Albuquerque-based klezmer ensemble will also give brief performances on Friday and Saturday evenings and will accompany Ms. Greenbaum on her musical pieces.

On Saturday, February 18th from 12:30-1:45pm come have lunch at KLEZMERQUERQUE and listen to A Classic Yiddish Tale and A Feminist Hasidic Story about SHTRAYMLS-yes, the tall fur hats that religious people wear. Join renowned storyteller Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb for a dynamic reading of I.L. Peretz's story: “Shtraymil” written in 1894, and Pearl Gluck's ”Shtreimel Envy” written in 2005. The art of storytelling is alive and well in these two tales connected by Yiddishkeit wit --and a big hat! Admission is a $5.00-$10.00 donation.

Featured at the concert on Saturday night, Feb. 17th at 7:30pm will be Toronto’s critically-acclaimed and award-winning 5-piece klezmer ensemble Beyond the Pale. Tickets for this concert may be purchased in advance for $15 (for ALL seats/ages) at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW (505)344-8139 and at Natural Sound, 3422 Central Ave. SE (505)255-8295 - both in Albuquerque. Tickets will also be available at the door for $18-general and $15-fixed income/under 18.

The festival will open on Friday, February 16th at 6:30PM with a danced Freylekhe Shabbes “service” to the music of Alavados, Nahalat Shalom’s 5-piece in-house band with dancing led by Rikud—Nahalat Shalom’s Yiddish dance troupe. At 7pm there will be a vegetarian potluck dinner and at 8pm there will be performances by Steve Weintraub, Adrianne Greenbaum and The Rebbe’s Orkestra. The music and dance will continue with Nahalat Shalom’s 20-piece Community Klezmer band and open dancing led by Steve Weintraub and Rikud. Admission for Friday evening’s event is a $10 suggested donation (under 18-free/donation). Admission for the entire weekend of events (2 concerts/dance parties, 4 classes and a lunch w/stories) is $80.00-general, $60-seniors/fixed income/under 18.

For more event details please contact:
Beth Cohen (505) 243-6276 or email her

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