KlezCalendar

Lenka Lichtenberg
June 1, 2008
Jewish Mosaic Festival
Toronto
2pm
Bathurst Jewish Community Center
www.jewishmosaicfestival.com

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New Yiddish Dance Class at NY's 92 St. Y presented by Center for Traditional Music and Dance and the 92 St. Y.

CTMD announces a new partnership with Manhattan's 92 St Y to offer a series of Yiddish dance classes beginning in September led by Walter Zev Feldman and other master dance leaders.

Building on our monthly Tantshoyz (dance house) series at the JCC in Manhattan, the 92 St. Y classes will provide intermediate and advanced dancers with a more in-depth opportunity to explore classic Yiddish and coterritorial dances such as the sher, hora/zhok, freylekhs, honga, hora moldavaneasca and bulgar. Special focus will also be given to the expressive power and gestures of solo dance. Classes will feature live klezmer music performed by Jake Shulman-Ment on violin and Pete Rushefsky on tsimbl (hammered dulcimer).

Eight, three-hour sessions will be held on the following Sundays, from 2PM-5PM: September 30, October 21, November 18, January 20, February 17, March 30, April 27, and June 1. Cost for the series is $250 (interested participants must register for the entire series). To register or for more information, go to the 92nd St. Y website or call Pete Rushefsky at 212-571-1555 ext. 36 or email Pete.

And stay tuned for information about a new season of Tantshoyzen and a December 9 Symposium at NYU entitled Defining Yiddish Dance: Sacred, Secular, Borrowed and Transformed.

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance's Yiddish Dance Project is supported by the Forward Association, the New York State Council on the Arts Division of Folk Arts and public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

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Metropolitan Klezmer
Tuesday, June 3
The Jewish Museum
Back by popular demand...
6pm - 9pm for Museum Mile Festival
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street
New York, New York 10128
Outdoors if weather permits, or else in auditorium
Free!
Info: Phone: 212.423.3200 or www.thejewishmuseum.org

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The Afro-Semitic Experience
Thursday, June 5, 7:30 pm,
Washington DC Jewish Music Festival
Washington DC JCC
1529 16th Street, Washington, DC
for more information please call 202-777-3250 or visit washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/music/washington-jewish-music-festival/

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The Afro-Semitic Experience
Friday, June 6 10:30 am,
Children and Family Concert at
Washington DC Jewish Music Festival at the
Washington DC JCC
1529 16th Street, Washington, DC,
this is going to be an interactive performance for families and children with music making and singing!! For more information please call 202-777-3250 or visit washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/music/washington-jewish-music-festival/

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upcoming concert of new Sephardic music group in Chicago

Please join us at the exciting premier performance of Chicago's newest Sephardic music group:

"Ladder of Gold"

Laurie Sucher, mezzo-soprano
Jonah Gaster, percussions
Ruby Harris, strings
Todd Hill, acoustic bass

We will be at the

North Lakeside Cultural Center
6219 North Sheridan Road
Chicago (at Granville)

on Sunday, June 8 at 4 PM

Donation requested $8
Parking available at school across the street
$3 with RSVP to this email
concert partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council

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Isle of Klezbos
Monday, June 9:
tenth annual NYC KlezBiGay Pride show!
Free & open to the public, El Sol Brilliante garden in the East Village
Award support: 2008 Fund for Creative Communities via NYSCA & LMCC.

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Come get out of the heat tonight and listen to the first solo set by Glenn Dickson, of Shirim and Naftule's Dream in quite a while at the Piano Factory, 791 Tremont St., Boston, Massachusetts, on June 10, 8:00pm (*Entrance is through the back parking lot on Northampton). Admission is by donation ($5-10). The space is AIR CONDITIONED. Glenn's set will be ethereal and microtonal and, depending on his mood, go into some adventurous places. He will be playing for about 30 minutes. The rest of the concert is not for the faint of heart:

Stillbirth - (ex-Craniopagus), frustrated and painful harsh electronics.
www.razorsandmedicine.com

Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton - electro-acoustic mayhem using toys, guitars, computers, broken speakers, unidentifiable stuff with cables curling out of it.
www.elizabethtaylorandrichardburton.com

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Thursday, June 12th, 3:30 - 9:00 pm - free
The Bridge Festival
Lyman Moore Middle School
171 Auburn St., Portland
Casco Bay Tummlers perform from approx. 6:15 - 6:45

THE BRIDGE FESTIVAL

(This is a letter from Matt Fogg, (great jazz pianist and inspired music teacher), to the performers about the festival.)

Hi Everybody and Thanks for being involved!

We are so excited to have you all performing on Thursday June 12th for
the first (of what I hope will be come an annual event) Bridge Music
Festival.

The festival aims to bring together programs in music education at
Portland's middle schools with popular music acts and professional
musicians in the Portland area. The event will feature several
professional Portland area acts as well as student musicians. The
goals of the festival are as follows:

To establish and foster a connection between student and professional
musicians in the greater Portland area.

To bring the schools and greater community together, and raise
additional funds for music programs

Performers will be invited and encouraged to reflect upon the
importance and transformative power of music education in their lives.

Students will gain invaluable experience through actively
participating in the planning, production, and execution of the
festival.

To raise awareness and support for local performing artists.

Location: Lyman Moore Sports Field

Date: Thursday, June 12th

Time: 3:00pm-8:30pm

Performance Schedule

3:00-3:30 - The Uncertifiables
3:30-3:40 - King Middle School Rock Ensemble
3:45-4:35 - Rachel Griffin
4:40-5:25 - Giraffe Attack
5:30-6:15 - Delta Knights
6:20-7:00 - Casco Bay Tummlers
7:00-7:10 - Sudanese Drumming and Dance
7:10-7:50 - ToneKings
7:55-8:30 - Adam Waxman featuring the combined Middle School Choirs

We will also be fitting student acts in between the major acts so
these times are approximate.

Thanks for being involved!

Matt

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Boston Jewish Film Festival: Encores
At Home in Utopia
(by filmmaker Michael Goldman, of "A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden" fame)
8 pm
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Remis Auditorium

with filmmakers Michal Goldman, Ellen Brodsky, and special guest: Yiddish Community Chorus of the Workmen's Circle

MFA members, seniors, and students $8; general admission $9.
Tickets

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MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA
KLEZMER WORKSHOPS with MICHAEL ALPERT (New York)
Learn Klezmer from a master musician, singer and dancer.

Thursday June 12th
Kadimah, 7 Selwyn St, Elsternwick

Thursday June 19th
Northcote Uniting Church, 251 High St, Northcote

Each workshop is 7pm - 9pm. Each is $20/$15.
Bookings are essential, payment on the night.
Door sales only if vacancies.

Please email Ernie Gruner or call 9386 7108.

MICHAEL ALPERT (voice, accordion, violin, guitar, percussion) has been a
pioneering figure in the current renaissance of East European Jewish klezmer
music for over 25 years, and is internationally known for his performances
and recordings with Brave Old World, Khevrisa, Kapelye, David Krakauer,
Itzhak Perlman and others.

Michael is in Melbourne for lectures - courtesy of LIMMUD OZ FESTIVAL

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The Amsterdam Jiddish choir Mokef Alef is organizing an exclusive
WORKSHOP given by Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss on Saturday
afternoon the 14th of June 2008 in the Oosterkerk in Amsterdam at
14.30 hours.

Both as performers and coaches the Strauss-Warschauer Duo are one of
the most popular teams in the internatiomal Jiddish Klezmer scene.
Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer have performed on the most famous
music platform in the world and give workshops throughout North
America and Europe. Their performance distinguishes itself by a varied
use of song and instruments.

Their work is a panorama and intimate mixture of many kinds of music
both traditional and contemporary.

They derive their inspiration from Klezmer, Jiddishe, Chassidic and
liturgical music, to which they add their own compositions.

For further information tel. nr. *31(0)20 627 99 01

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From the Balkans to Turkey - to Portland, Maine
Concerts with Zhok Therapy and Okbari

Saturday, June 14th, 8pm, $10
One Longfellow Square
Double bill featuring Zhok Therapy and Okbari
www.onelongfellowsquare.com or 761-1757 for tix and info

Two of Portland's most unusual and exciting bands, Zhok Therapy and
Okbari, will be featured in a double bill at One Longfellow Square on Friday, February 15th. Zhok Therapy performs traditional and new music with influences ranging from Balkan dance music to jazz. Okbari performs traditional Armenian and Turkish music. Zhok Therapy will also be performing a solo concert the following night at the Saco Coffeehouse.

Zhok Therapy is the unruly alter-ego of Maine's well-known klezmer band, the Casco Bay Tummlers. Zhok Therapy still has one toe in the klezmer tradition, but has expanded their repertoire to include Greek, Balkan, and Middle Eastern music. Adding further influences from jazz and blues, their deep grooves and improvisations are both innovative and well rooted in a rich and varied ethnicity. "Zhok Therapy will remedy whatever ails with their cross pollinations." The band will be joined by special guest Mark Tipton, on trumpet, for these two performances. Tipton is an immensely gifted improvisor and composer who has recently returned to Maine after a number of years in New York City. The other band members are: Carl Dimow, flutes and guitars, Steve Gruverman, clarinets and saxophone, Julie Goell, bass and vocals, Hayes Porterfield, percussion.
(A zhok, by the way, is a type of Jewish and Middle Eastern rhythm.)

Okbari performs Armenian and Anatolian folk music, as well as traditional folk and contemporary songs from the Greek, Arabic and Balkan traditons. Okbari is Amos Libby and Eric LaPerna. Libby is a dynamic performer on oud, (a middle eastern lute), and voice. LaPerna is a gifted and inspired percussionist. Okbari was formed in 1995 and has released four recordings. In this unique performance, Okbari will present a suite of Ottoman classical compositions along with Turkish and Armenian folk songs inspired by their recent journey to Turkey. Okbari will appear with special guest violinist Michael Gallant (of the late Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian Middle East Ensemble.)

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Daphna Sadeh & The Voyagers

Bristol –June 14th 9:30pm
Colston Hall Bar,
Colston Hall
Colston Street
Bristol BS1

www.mypace.com/daphnasadeh
Daphna Sadeh – compositions, double bass,
Stewart Curtis- woodwinds,
Eddie Hession-accordion , Nim Schwartz- oud, saz
Ronen Kozokaro- percussion, drums.

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SONGS OF SURVIVAL: MUSIC OF THE HOLOCAUST

San Francisco Choral Artists invite you to join us in celebrating the power of music to sustain hope in times of despair. We remember those who perished in the Holocaust as well as those who survived, and how music kept many alive. With songs from the period and new works to celebrate light in times of darkness. Magen Solomon, Artistic Director.

SAN FRANCISCO:
Saturday, June 14, 2008; 8 PM,
St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
500 De Haro Street

Tickets: $9-28
San Francisco Choral Artists
www.sfca.org
415-979-5779

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Super-duper musical melaveh malkah at Young Israel of West Rogers Park- 2706 W Touhy, Chicago Ill- sat night 6/14 at 10 PM featuring Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum (www.azamra.org) with songs and stories of Breslov chassidim. Musical backups by Ruby Harris, members of the Mitziut/ Shiviti drummers and others.

Speaking of Mitziut/ Shiviti drummers- yes we will be at Jewish fest the next day (6/15)- 3 PM near the cooking demo area. Some of us may be sticking aroung and joining Ruby and Rabbi Greenbaum again during Ruby's set a bit later in the afternoon.

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9th Annual Jewish Music & Cultural Event of Central New York

Sunday, June 15, 2008, 11 am to 6 pm
Clinton Square, downtown Syracuse
Free Admission

www.syracusejewishfestival.com
315-446-7810 or 315-682-8489

This year's festival will celebrate Israel at 60. A special Israel at 60 Ceremony will start the festival at 11am with area rabbis, cantors, choir, and dignitaries. The festival will have music from Israel including Simply Tsfat and Hananel Edri along with Binyumen Schaechter's Generation to Generation Yiddish music and other groups featuring a variety of Jewish Music. There'll be Jewish & Israeli food, arts & crafts vendors, a Children's Activities Tent, Jewish community organizations and synagogues. This cultural community event is open to the general public.

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Sunday afternoon 15th of June 2008 at 13.00 hours
Yiddish choir Mokum Alef
Kapitein Zeppos
Gebed zonder End 3-5, 1012 HS
Amsterdam
(www.Zeppos.nl)

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Boston Jewish Film Festival: Encores
At Home in Utopia
(by filmmaker Michael Goldman, of "A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden" fame)
2:15 pm
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Remis Auditorium

with filmmakers Michal Goldman, Ellen Brodsky, and special guest: Matt Thall, Housing and Community Activist

MFA members, seniors, and students $8; general admission $9.
Tickets

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June 15 - Klezmorim in Burlingame
Naomi Zamir and Friends will play for dancing and listening at the YaYa Cuisine restaurant in Burlingame on Sunday, June 15 from 6:30 to 9:00pm. Her program includes vibrant melodies, dances and songs from the Yiddish klezmer tradition. Bruce Bierman, Yiddish and Israeli dance teacher, will lead (and show) how easy it is to dance to klezmer tunes.

YaYa Cuisine restaurant recently opened at this new location in downtown Burlingame, across the street from the train station. Its Mesopotamian-Californian menu of seafood, meat and vegetarian dishes is varied and satisfying. There is a full bar and interesting wine list - all reasonably priced. Come and join us for a freylakhn evening of music, food, dance and friends.

Yaya Cuisine
1108 Burlingame Ave
at California Drive (near the train station)
Burlingame - 650-344-2860 (for reservations)

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We are dancing every Sunday at the Stamford JCC (1035 Newfield Avenue, Stamford, CT) !!

Israeli Dancing with Leng & Yigal! Did you think you can't dance? Think again!!

Join our beginner session for basic steps and you are on your way!

Beginner's class: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Intermediate/Advanced: 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Only $10! Special discount for Stamford JCC Members ($8)!

Beautiful hardwood floors, very good sound system, very friendly dancers, delicious light refreshments ... what more can we ask for?

Listen to beautiful Israeli music & live drumming! It's also a great way to exercise!

We get dancers from New York City, local Connecticut towns (Stamford, Norwalk, Westport, Trumbull), in addition to Westchester and New Jersey!

Inquire about an upcoming Wednesday evening session!

www.ctisraelidance.com, or call 203.912.4086

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THE "SHEKHTER-TEKHTER" AND BINYUMEN
with their show

OUR ZEYDAS AND BUBBAS AS CHILDREN

a revue about kids, young and older, and their relationships with each other, with their parents, with the Rabbi, with the world.

The songs are all in Yiddish.
Translations are provided.

The performers:
BINYUMEN SCHAECHTER
and the "Shekhter-tekhter"
(the "Schaechter Daughters"),
REYNA SCHAECHTER (age 13) and
TEMMA-LEEBA SCHAECHTER (age 8)

Sunday, June 15th, 2008, 2:00 P.M.
Clinton Square,
Erie Blvd and Salina St, Syracuse, New York
as part of the
Syracuse Jewish Federation's
9th Annual Jewish Music & Cultural Festival

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KLEZMER DANCE NIGHT with Live Music
A workshop and social evening hosted by Yiddish Australia for teens and
adults Sunday 15th June 7.30pm At the Kadimah
7 Selwyn st Elsternwick, $10
Bookings and enquiries: 0416170495 Please note: all
are welcome but instructions will be given in Yiddish

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Ensemble DRAj
Am 15. Juni spielen wir in Münster in der Dominikanerkirche in der Salzstr. 10. Der Eintritt beträgt 8 €, Beginn ist um 20.00 h. Während unserer sehr erfolgreichen Italien-Tour haben wir intensiv an neuen Stücken gearbeitet, von denen wir einige im Programm spielen werden.

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Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment and Sqwonk

Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 8:00pm, $7-$15 sliding scale
At the Climate Theater
285 9th Street @ Folsom, San Francisco, CA
www.musicboxseries.com

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Libe fraynd/ Dear Friends,

Ikh vel oftretn ba der yerlekher gala funem Natsyonaln Yidishn Teater, Di Folksbiene, dinstik dem 17tn yuni, 2008, 8 a zeyger, in Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St.

I will be performing at the annual gala of the National Yiddish Theater - Folksbiene, on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 8:00 PM, at Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St.

Me vet opgebn koved / Honoring: Carl Reiner un Irwin Hochberg
Spetsyele gest / Special guests: Mary Tyler Moore, Brian Williams (NBC Nightly News)

Es veln oftretn/ Appearances by:
Robert Paul Abelson, Theodore Bikel, Joanne Borts, Fyvush Finkel, Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, Renee Taylor, Ashley Adler, Motl Didner, Danielle Dorter, Lisa Fishman, Rickie Golden, Sam Guncler, Richard Kass, Stuart Marshall, Daniella Rabbani, Lisa Rubin, Eyal Sherf, Miryem-Khaye Seigel, Mitch Smolkin, & The Cast of Kids and Yiddish: Josh Berk, Aaron Mayer, Sarah Mlotek, Lily Ashira Shoretz.

un nokh/ and more …
Biletn/Tickets: 212-213-2120 x203

Details/Protim:
folksbiene.org/galas.html#entertainment-update

Ikh hof az ir vet kenen kumen/ Hope you can make it!
Al dos guts/Best wishes,
Miryem-Khaye Seigel

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Reuben Hoch

Please Join Us for An Evening of Alternative Improv

Tuesday June 17, 9PM

Mixin' it up for a little chaynge. Can't deny the contribution that groups like Medeski Martin and Wood have made to the the modern music scene. Reachin' out for more spontaneous jam with lots of energy.

Come out and support live music and Kilmo @ The Alley.
www.alligatoralleyflorida.com
1321 E. Commercial Blvd
Oakland Park, FL
954 771 2220

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Diwon with Gilad Suberri and special guests Yemenite vocalist Michal Cohen @ Hasimta Theatre's Jazz Alley Club
Special summer time rooftop event! 8 Mazal Dagim Old Jaffa 55-Shekels / 40 Shekels for club members. Tickets:03-6812126

www.myspace.com/diwonmusic

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Join us at a concert to launch Klezmania's lastest album and to celebrate our fifteen years together. Inspired by joy, sadness and every emotion in between, our third CD, Shmoozin', embraces the old and the new.

Wednesday, June 18, 8.00pm
BMW Edge, Federation Square
Cost: $24/$18/12
Bookings: 9417 1983 (The Boite)

Sparking conversations about passion and life Shmoozin incorporates influences from jazz, Gypsy and Latin music as well as the more traditional styles which characterised our earlier albums.

We are thrilled that Michael Alpert (N.Y.) a luminary figure in the world of klezmer music will not only launch the album but will perform on the night. Michael is a member of klezmer band Brave Old World and formerly of Kapelye as was the musical director of violinist Yitzchak Perlman's legendary klezmer project In The Fiddler's House amongst numerous other Jewish music projects and is in Australia courtesy of the Limmud Oz Festival of Jewish Education and Culture.

We look forward to sharing this special event with you which is part of the Boite's Winter Music Festival

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Strauss-Warschauer

Prague
June 18 at 7 PM
as part of the Nine Gates Festival.
Information: www.9bran.cz (Czech only).

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Metropolitan Klezmer

Thursday, June 19:
Abe Lebewohl Park NYC
Free & outdoors, rain or shine in front of St Mark's Church, East Village
Sponsor: Third Street Music School Settlement 12:30pm - 1:30pm
thirdstreetmusicschool.org

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Boston Jewish Film Festival: Encores
At Home in Utopia
(by filmmaker Michael Goldman, of "A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden" fame)
2:15 pm
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Remis Auditorium

with filmmakers Michal Goldman, Ellen Brodsky, and special guest: Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Psychiatrist, Media Consultant, Author

MFA members, seniors, and students $8; general admission $9.
Tickets

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Gypsy Rhythm Project
Thursday June 19th 6 to 8:30 pm

if you're out in Oak Park stop by the tent at the corner of Marion and Lake where we'll be animating the Downtown Oak Park Shop 'n Dine, 6 to 8:30 pm.

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MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA
KLEZMER WORKSHOPS with MICHAEL ALPERT (New York)
Learn Klezmer from a master musician, singer and dancer.

Thursday June 12th
Kadimah, 7 Selwyn St, Elsternwick

Thursday June 19th
Northcote Uniting Church, 251 High St, Northcote

Each workshop is 7pm - 9pm. Each is $20/$15.
Bookings are essential, payment on the night.
Door sales only if vacancies.

Please email Ernie Gruner or call 9386 7108.

MICHAEL ALPERT (voice, accordion, violin, guitar, percussion) has been a
pioneering figure in the current renaissance of East European Jewish klezmer
music for over 25 years, and is internationally known for his performances
and recordings with Brave Old World, Khevrisa, Kapelye, David Krakauer,
Itzhak Perlman and others.

Michael is in Melbourne for lectures - courtesy of LIMMUD OZ FESTIVAL

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Koleinu, The Jewish Community Chorus of Boston presents
Sephardic Dreams
A concert of Jewish Choral Music highlighting Spanish, Romani and Arabic influences

On Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 8 pm, Koleinu, The Jewish Community Chorus of Boston, will present a concert of Jewish choral music, featuring a variety of Sephardic music at Temple Shalom, 175 Temple Street, West Newton, MA. Included in the concert are pieces in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) and Hebrew, many of which show the literary and musical influences of Spanish, Romani, and Arabic cultures.

General admission tickets are $10 for advance purchase and $12 at the door. Donor seats in special section are $25. To purchase tickets or for more information visit www.koleinu.org or call 617-559-8649.

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June 19, 2008 6pm to 9:30pm
Music Garden Grant Park
601 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Invite Friends

Maxwell St. Klezmer @ Summerdance

The 12th annual Chicago SummerDance series is organized and presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. This summer the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park becomes a unique outdoor urban dance space – the largest of its kind in the United States.

The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, founded in 1983, brings a kaleidoscope of colors and moods and an old-fashioned spirit of fun to their performance of traditional Jewish music. The combination of dance music, folk songs, theatre medleys and jazzy Yiddish pop music from the 1930's to the 1950's creates a rich, multi-dimensional experience of the lost world of Eastern European Jewish culture, combined with vignettes of America as seen through immigrant eyes. Audiences of all backgrounds are delighted by Maxwell Street's high-energy performances that glow with warmth and humor.

Dance lessons by Steve Weintraub begin at 6pm, Music at 7pm. FREE!

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Daphna Sadeh & The Voyagers

Cambridge – June 20th
The Corn Exchange
Part of the Untold Stories, Momentum Arts.
7:30pm-9:30pm

www.mypace.com/daphnasadeh
Daphna Sadeh – compositions, double bass,
Stewart Curtis- woodwinds,
Eddie Hession-accordion , Nim Schwartz- oud, saz
Ronen Kozokaro- percussion, drums.

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Friday, June 20, 10 PM
Gypsy Rhythm Project
Katerina's
1920 W. Irving Park Rd
Chicago, IL 60613

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Kabbalah

Samedi 21 Juin à 20h
Fête de la Musique
Chantemerle Les Grignans (07)

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SONGS OF SURVIVAL: MUSIC OF THE HOLOCAUST

San Francisco Choral Artists invite you to join us in celebrating the power of music to sustain hope in times of despair. We remember those who perished in the Holocaust as well as those who survived, and how music kept many alive. With songs from the period and new works to celebrate light in times of darkness. Magen Solomon, Artistic Director.

PALO ALTO:
Saturday, June 21, 2008; 8 PM
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado Avenue

Tickets: $9-28
San Francisco Choral Artists
www.sfca.org
415-979-5779

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KLEZMER CONCERT followed by a dance party
with
Budowitz Ensemble & Avia Moore, KlezCanada, caller

IN MONTRÉAL (Quebec),
Saturday, June 21st 2008, 8pm
Cirque Éloize, 417 Berri st in Old Montreal
Champs de Mars (metro station)

Tickets: 35$ adulrs; 25$ seniors, 10$ students
For more information :
Montreal Baroque Festival
www.montrealbaroque.com
514.845.7171 or 1.866.845.7171, ext 2

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Tsimtsoum
Pour la fete de la musique , le 21 Juin
en formule TRIO (guitare, violon , batterie )
à la Goutte Rouge à 20H30
19, Rue Polonceau
75018 PARIS
metro La Chapelle

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Boston Jewish Film Festival: Encores
At Home in Utopia
(by filmmaker Michael Goldman, of "A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden" fame)
12:20 pm
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Remis Auditorium

with filmmakers Michal Goldman, Ellen Brodsky, and special guest: Author Vivian Gornick

MFA members, seniors, and students $8; general admission $9.
Tickets

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Sunday afternoon 22nd of June 2008 at 14.00 hours
Klezmer duo Strauss-Warschauer
De Burcht (Labour Union Museum)
Henri Polaklaan 9, 1018 CP
Amsterdam (www.deburcht.org)
reservation preferable at: *31(0)20 624 11 66

Dutch-information on: www.mokumalef.nl
English info on: www.myspace.org/mokumalef

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Tsimtsoum
le Dimanche 22 juin à 19 en formule complete
au Bar du marché
174, Bd de Charonne
75011 Paris
à 19H00

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We are dancing every Sunday at the Stamford JCC (1035 Newfield Avenue, Stamford, CT) !!

Israeli Dancing with Leng & Yigal! Did you think you can't dance? Think again!!

Join our beginner session for basic steps and you are on your way!

Beginner's class: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Intermediate/Advanced: 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Only $10! Special discount for Stamford JCC Members ($8)!

Beautiful hardwood floors, very good sound system, very friendly dancers, delicious light refreshments ... what more can we ask for?

Listen to beautiful Israeli music & live drumming! It's also a great way to exercise!

We get dancers from New York City, local Connecticut towns (Stamford, Norwalk, Westport, Trumbull), in addition to Westchester and New Jersey!

Inquire about an upcoming Wednesday evening session!

www.ctisraelidance.com, or call 203.912.4086

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SONGS OF SURVIVAL: MUSIC OF THE HOLOCAUST

San Francisco Choral Artists invite you to join us in celebrating the power of music to sustain hope in times of despair. We remember those who perished in the Holocaust as well as those who survived, and how music kept many alive. With songs from the period and new works to celebrate light in times of darkness. Magen Solomon, Artistic Director.

OAKLAND:
Sunday, June 22, 2008; 4 PM
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue

Tickets: $9-28
San Francisco Choral Artists
www.sfca.org
415-979-5779

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This Sunday, June 22, 1:30 PM Itzik Gottesman and Emily Socolov will speak, in Yiddish, on their recent trip to the Ukraine, and in particular the Bukovina. They will show many slides so if your Yiddish is not up to speed you still might find it interesting.

After the talk, Itzik's mother, Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, will accompany her son and sing 6 or 7 songs from Bukovina, including his grandmother's older folksongs, and Beyle's interwar Chernovitz-based repertory and original songs. And, if he can learn it in time, a song that was sung at Gimpel's Yiddish Theater in Lviv/Lemberg in the early 1900s, since Lviv was one of his stops in Bukovina.

The talk is entitled "On the Trail of Our Yesteryears" and takes place at the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center 3301 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx NY, corner 208th st. one block from Montefiore Hospital.

information 917-930-0295 admission: $3.50

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June 24 to August 12: Klezmer Ensemble Workshop
Want to cut your klezmer chops with an ensemble? Seasoned teacher Dave Rosenfeld will teach all levels of musicians the art and joy of playing together in a band. Rosenfeld has successfully taught this course at both the Peninsula JCC, the Albert Shultz JCC, and the JCC East Bay. He is a multi-instrumentalist, ethnomusicologist, and composer who has been playing stringed instruments for over 25 years, and teaching for almost as long.

Tuesdays, June 24-August 12; 7:30-9:00pm
$100 general, $80 members

Classes held at the JCC of the East Bay, 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA 94709.
Call 510-848-0237 to register

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Hi, I'm Rob Rudin, you may remember me drumming with such bands as The Boston City Band, einsterin's little homunculus, The Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band, and The Alphabetical Order . I'm so proud to announce the maiden voyage of my new, original project, Rob Rudin & The Rude 4 on the eve of my birthday (it's a Big One). Come celebrate with friends and family: It's also my parents' wedding anniversary!

"There Will Be Cake" with Rob Rudin & The Rude 4, plus The Grass Gypsys. Tues., June 24, 7 pm. $10 suggested donation; includes dessert. Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St., Inman Sq., Cambridge. For information log onto www.lily-pad.net or call 617-395-1393.

Drummer Rob Rudin brings his "whirled" jazz quartet The Rude 4, plus folk-jazz duo The Grass Gypsys, to the Lily Pad. What makes this different from any other night of original music at the venerable concert venue is that THERE WILL BE CAKE to celebrate Rudin's birthday!

Rob Rudin & The Rude 4 plays original jazz, blues and funk, along with Celtic, Jewish and other traditional music in an improvisational context. Drummer / percussionist Rudin (www.myspace.com/robrudin) has played and recorded with artists ranging from Americana to Zydeco. Singer and pianist Vanessa Morris (www.newenglandconservatory.edu/yaStudies/faculty/morrisV.html) won't be pigeon-holed. A classical pianist turned contemporary improviser, she's equally at home playing jazz or improvising on southern U.S. folk songs, spirituals, lullabies and hollers. Bill McCormack (www.billmccormack.com) played with internationally renowned jazz guitarist Louis Stewart's band in their native Ireland. He taught U2's Adam Clayton bass before immigrating to Boston in 1991. Saxophonist and clarinetist Mark Chenevert's (www.stonelily.com/mark.html) résumé reads like a who's who of the Boston music scene. He's played rock with Willie "Loco" Alexander and The Del Fuegos and now works with the Chandler Travis Philharmonic and Hot Tamale Brass Band.

The Grass Gypsys (www.myspace.com/thegrassgypsys) are Colleen Rusconi, voice, and guitarist Justin Kleya. These two musician friends formed a duo, discovered their true love for one another, and traded in their day-to-day 9-5/music-at-night lifestyle for an "old school" motor-home and the open road. They travel from town to town like troubadours of old, spreading their tales laden with love, hope, adventure, excitement, and joy in the experience of life, opening hearts and minds along the way. The Grass Gypsys have been described as "… a joy to witness …" "… soul and serenity …" and "…consummate musicians, incorporating folk, jazz, blues, and world music." They have just released their second album "Lessons from Eden."

Come for the cake, stay for the sounds!

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Mosh Ben Ari: With Yossi Fine & DJ Cheb I Sabbah
Tue, Jun 24, 8:00 PM
The Independent
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
$30 advance tickets $50 VIP
Click here to purchase tickets.

ON MOSH BEN ARI
Mosh Ben Ari was born in Israel in 1970. He comes from a Yemenite and Iraqi background. He first discovered music as a child through the traditional Jewish and Ethnic chants that were part of his everyday life. He started playing music at the age of 16 and since he has studied music in many countries like India, The Sahara and Sinai. He plays various string instruments such as Acoustic & Classic Guitar, Indian Sarod, Persian Tar, Turkish Jumbush, Moroccan Ginberi and Bass. In 1997 he founded, with a few friends, the world music ensemble “Sheva” (www.sheva.net) who have released 4 albums and continue to tour the world doing dozens of shows in the most prestigious festivals & events. In 2001 Mosh’s debut solo album ‘Ad Elay’ came out. In 2004, Mosh’s second album ‘Derech’ (A Way) came out and established him as one of Israel’s foremost singers/songwriters and performers. This album quickly became “Gold”. In 2006, Mosh’s third album “Massa Umatan” (Go giving) was released and is a great success. All of the albums were produced by ‘Globalev World Music - Israel. Mosh’s music & performance is a celebration of groove & spirit blending rock, soul, reggae & world music all together with his rich unique voice.

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Gerard Edery and band
June 25, 2008 at 8pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280.

A soul-stirring musical journey, "The Spirit of Sepharad: From Casbah to Caliphate” traces the unique migration of Sephardic music from medieval Spain, across North Africa, to the Middle East. Combining music, dance and illuminating projections, this dynamic mixed-media performance brings to life all the rich cultural strains that influenced Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews. Featuring an array of virtuoso musicians from multiple disciplines, the program includes songs of secular and liturgical origin, spanning many centuries to the present and many continents from Ancient Persia (present day Afghanistan and Iran), Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Syria, Turkey, The Balkans, Jerusalem and Kurdistan (then, as now, part of Iran, Turkey and Iraq). The musical story of a rich cultural heritage that synthesizes diverse influences, "The Spirit of Sepharad" is a celebration of the Sephardic/Mizrahi experience that invites the possibility of coexistence, tolerance, respect and peace among all peoples.

Featuring:

Gerard Edery (vocals, guitar, saz) master of Sephardic song, winner of the Sephardic Musical Heritage Award
Amir Vahab (vocals, saz, percussion) Iranian master vocalist of Persian sacred and folk music
Glen Velez (percussion) Three-time Grammy Award winning master drummer and composer
Ara Dinkjan (oud) Aremenian virtuoso who is considered one of the top oud players in the world
Barbara Martinez (dancer, vocals, narrator) Flamenco star dancer, singer and actress
Meg Okura (violin, erhu) highly acclaimed world music, classical and world chamber jazz virtuoso

http://www.mjhnyc.org

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The Afro-Semitic Experience
Wednesday, June 25, 5:30 p.m.,
Arts and Ideas Festival
New Haven Green, New Haven, Connecticut,
for more info please call (888) ART-IDEA (278-4332)

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The Strauss/Warschauer Duo will be performing in St. Petersburg, Russia this Wednesday night, June 25, 7 PM as part of KlezFest St. Petersburg:

Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
Nevsky Prospekt, 41

For tickets please contact the Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburg Rubinshteina Street, 3
Tel: (812) 713-38-89, 571-64-40
www.klezfest.ru/en/klezfest2008/
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Hello Tummler fans.

We want to let you know that our good friend Mark Tipton, (occasional sub with the Tummlers and central member of Zhok Therapy), has written an original score for the 1920 silent film, The Golem. It's going to be shown, and performed, this week, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, at One Longfellow Square. This is going to be a rare and exciting event. We hope you can make it.

Weds 6/25 and Thurs 6/26 | The Golem w/the Tipton Chamber Players
One Longfellow Square www.onelongfellowsquare.com
8pm | $8

Here's a description of the music and film from Mark:

"My score for The Golem makes wide use of Yiddish scales and Jewish folk idioms, as well as incorporating period tonalities and improvisation. Musicians will include: Mark Tipton (Trumpet and Assorted Brasses), Nicole Rabata (Flutes), Peter Dugas (Piano), and John Clarke (Bass).

The film is set in 16th-Century Prague, both in the Jewish Ghetto and the Emperor's Palace. Rabbi Lowe detects a threatening constellation which signifies tragedy for his people. Soon after, the Emperor sends an edict to the Ghetto to do away with the Jews. Rabbi Lowe creates the Golem out of clay, and uses Dark Magic to bring the Golem to life. The creature both saves the Jewish people and puts them in extreme danger, while the Rabbi's daughter, Miriam, has a secret affair with a Knight from the Emperor's Court. Superb (read: "deliciously melodramatic") acting, stunning German Expressionist sets and costumes, and ingenious special-effects combine to make 'The Golem' a feast for the eyes. Hopefully the music will satisfy the ears, as well; drawing you further into this mystical tale of hope, greed, and triumph."

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Kabbalah

Mercredi 25 Juin à 20h
Sattelit Café
Paris (75)

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LATOURELLE ORKESTRA AU FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL

Le jeudi 26 juin 2008 à 19 h
L'espace du Festival
Fontaine du Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
www.montrealjazzfest.com

Tout les spectacles sont GRATUITS

La Tourelle Orkestra, c'est un tour du monde dans le désordre. Le groupe interprète des folklores de l'Europe de l'est, des musiques tziganes, du jazz manouche et des musiques juives qu'il livre avec une énergie et un charisme qui emporte les foules. Au fil de leurs nombreuses expériences, les membres ont acquis une maturité et une complicité musicale qui se transmet rapidement et insuffle la fête.

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The Red Hot Chachkas

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival :: 12:30 PM Thurs. June 26. Free open-air lunch-hour concert in San Francisco, presented by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. Between Mission & Howard, 3rd and 4th Sts., San Francisco. Map. More info

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Matisyahu @ Ravinia

Thursday, June 26, 2008
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Ravinia Festival
Highland Park, IL
Tel: 7733624760

Join KFAR on an outing as the past and present of reggae collide as Matisyahu and the Wailers share a bill at Ravinia Pavilion. Matisyahu, a Hasidic Jew from Pennsylvania, has become one of the nation's top reggae stars, scoring hits like "King Without a Crown" and "Youth". The Wailers have been performing for over four decades, and are best known for their work with the legendary Bob Marley.

Win Free Matisyahu Tix: KFAR is giving away 8 pairs of tix FREE! To enter the drawing, RSVP on the KFAR website (complete registration and upload a pic).

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Hello Tummler fans.

We want to let you know that our good friend Mark Tipton, (occasional sub with the Tummlers and central member of Zhok Therapy), has written an original score for the 1920 silent film, The Golem. It's going to be shown, and performed, this week, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, at One Longfellow Square. This is going to be a rare and exciting event. We hope you can make it.

Weds 6/25 and Thurs 6/26 | The Golem w/the Tipton Chamber Players
One Longfellow Square www.onelongfellowsquare.com
8pm | $8

Here's a description of the music and film from Mark:

"My score for The Golem makes wide use of Yiddish scales and Jewish folk idioms, as well as incorporating period tonalities and improvisation. Musicians will include: Mark Tipton (Trumpet and Assorted Brasses), Nicole Rabata (Flutes), Peter Dugas (Piano), and John Clarke (Bass).

The film is set in 16th-Century Prague, both in the Jewish Ghetto and the Emperor's Palace. Rabbi Lowe detects a threatening constellation which signifies tragedy for his people. Soon after, the Emperor sends an edict to the Ghetto to do away with the Jews. Rabbi Lowe creates the Golem out of clay, and uses Dark Magic to bring the Golem to life. The creature both saves the Jewish people and puts them in extreme danger, while the Rabbi's daughter, Miriam, has a secret affair with a Knight from the Emperor's Court. Superb (read: "deliciously melodramatic") acting, stunning German Expressionist sets and costumes, and ingenious special-effects combine to make 'The Golem' a feast for the eyes. Hopefully the music will satisfy the ears, as well; drawing you further into this mystical tale of hope, greed, and triumph."

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The The Sway Machinery
will be playing at Union Pool tomorrow night, having some fun and trying out some new material before our MASSIVE show at Celebrate Brooklyn on July 20.

Union Pool
Thursday, June 26 9PM
484 Union Avenue on the corner of Union and Meeker
(just by the Lorimer L train stop)
$5 admission

We can't wait to see you!!! We're seriously stomping these days, fresh from our Canadian adventure recording our upcoming album and generally rushing headlong into abysses of pleasure/memory/terror.

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LATOURELLE ORKESTRA AU FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL

Le vendredi 27 juin
Spectacle surprise
www.montrealjazzfest.com

Tout les spectacles sont GRATUITS

La Tourelle Orkestra, c'est un tour du monde dans le désordre. Le groupe interprète des folklores de l'Europe de l'est, des musiques tziganes, du jazz manouche et des musiques juives qu'il livre avec une énergie et un charisme qui emporte les foules. Au fil de leurs nombreuses expériences, les membres ont acquis une maturité et une complicité musicale qui se transmet rapidement et insuffle la fête.

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LATOURELLE ORKESTRA AU FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL

Le samedi 28 juin 2008 à 14 h
L'espace du Festival
Fontaine du Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
www.montrealjazzfest.com

Tout les spectacles sont GRATUITS

La Tourelle Orkestra, c'est un tour du monde dans le désordre. Le groupe interprète des folklores de l'Europe de l'est, des musiques tziganes, du jazz manouche et des musiques juives qu'il livre avec une énergie et un charisme qui emporte les foules. Au fil de leurs nombreuses expériences, les membres ont acquis une maturité et une complicité musicale qui se transmet rapidement et insuffle la fête.

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The Fireflies

Saturday 28th June, 9.30pm
The Blind Piper
Caherdaniel

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The Museum of the History of Polish Jews invites you to the opening of the Mayer Kirshenblatt exhibition ‘Old Opatów.'

Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 12:00pm
County District Office
ul. Sienkiewicza 17
Opatów, Poland
About our lectures: www.mayerjuly.com

Here are details about Opatow: www.opatow.um.gov.pl

Mayer Kirshenblatt was born in Opatów in 1916, which was known as Apt in Yiddish. He left for Canada in 1934. Mayer had always told his family stories about growing up in Poland. At the end they begged him to paint the stories. Mayer finally picked up his brush in 1990 at the age of 73 and to his own amazement the town of his childhood emerged in living colour.

12.00 – Welcoming address by the Prefect of the Opatów District
12.15 – Speeches by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Mayer Kirshenblatt
12.45 – Special lectures:
‘Jews in Opatów in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1538-1795)’
Artur Lis, PhD. The John Paul II Lublin Catholic University
‘Discovering the history of the Jews as a theme in contemporary museums’
Jerzy Halbersztadt, Director of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews
13.45 – Official opening and visiting the exhibition
14.30 – Coffee and tea break

We will be speaking at the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival in the days that follow. Book presentation on July 5 at Galicia Museum. They Called Me Mayer July just won the Canadian Jewish Book Award. About our lectures: www.mayerjuly.com

Here are details about Opatow: www.opatow.um.gov.pl

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Kabbalah

Samedi 28 Juin à 20h
Le 25eme Est
Paris (75)

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The Strauss/Warschauer Duo will be performing and teaching at the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow from June 28 through July 6:

Saturday, June 28, 10:00 PM Concert
Waiting for the Nightingale: Rare Gems of Yiddish Song and Klezmer Music, Original and Traditional - Deborah Strauss, Jeff Warschauer and Michael Alpert
Kupa Synagogue, ul. Miodowa 27

Plus Jeff will be teaching Yiddish song workshops, Deborah will be teaching Klezmer workshops with Sanne Moericke, and Deborah, Jeff and Stuart Brotman will be accompanying Steven Weintraub's dance workshops all week!

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LATOURELLE ORKESTRA AU FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL

Le dimanche 29 juin 2008 à 16 h 45
Scène CBC/Radio-Canada BEST BUY
Esplanade de la Place des Arts

Le dimanche 29 juin 2008 à 18 h
Scène CBC/Radio-Canada BEST BUY
Esplanade de la Place des Arts

Tout les spectacles sont GRATUITS
www.montrealjazzfest.com

La Tourelle Orkestra, c'est un tour du monde dans le désordre. Le groupe interprète des folklores de l'Europe de l'est, des musiques tziganes, du jazz manouche et des musiques juives qu'il livre avec une énergie et un charisme qui emporte les foules. Au fil de leurs nombreuses expériences, les membres ont acquis une maturité et une complicité musicale qui se transmet rapidement et insuffle la fête.

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June 29 - The Freylech: Dance Parties at the JCC
Get ready to stomp, shvitz and boogie down for an evening of Yiddish dancing led by master dance leader Bruce Bierman. Some of the Bay Area's best klezmer groups will perform live music for all ages.

The Jewish Dance Theatre, directed by Bruce Bierman, is now an artistic company in residence at the JCC East Bay. Bruce will lead dance classes pulling from different Jewish traditions, and the JDT will host monthly dance parties at the JCC throughout the course of the summer. Look forward to a slate of stellar fall productions from this ensemble. Co-presented by KlezCalifornia and the Jewish Music Festival. For complete details, click HERE.

Sundays June 29, July 27, August 31
Dance lesson: 7:00-8:00pm
Live music/group dance: 8:00-10:00pm
$10/evening

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SUMMER STAGE - June 29th - FREE

Shemspeed is throwing the biggest summer party possible with Summer Stage in Central Park for FREE. The line up includes the world famous MOSH BEN ARI, with Rupa, Y-Love and Diwon.

Get to the park early, as the line tends to get crazy as the day goes on.

Show starts at 3pm sharp!

Location: Central Park Summer Stage is located at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Enter the park at 69th Street and 5th Avenue on the east side or at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the west side.

www.summerstage.org for info

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We are dancing every Sunday at the Stamford JCC (1035 Newfield Avenue, Stamford, CT) !!

Israeli Dancing with Leng & Yigal! Did you think you can't dance? Think again!!

Join our beginner session for basic steps and you are on your way!

Beginner's class: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Intermediate/Advanced: 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Only $10! Special discount for Stamford JCC Members ($8)!

Beautiful hardwood floors, very good sound system, very friendly dancers, delicious light refreshments ... what more can we ask for?

Listen to beautiful Israeli music & live drumming! It's also a great way to exercise!

We get dancers from New York City, local Connecticut towns (Stamford, Norwalk, Westport, Trumbull), in addition to Westchester and New Jersey!

Inquire about an upcoming Wednesday evening session!

www.ctisraelidance.com, or call 203.912.4086

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Kabbalah

Dimanche 29 Juin à 15h
Foire aux Antiquaires (Odéon)
Paris (75)

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The Andy Statman

Coming on June 30th, 2008
"Andy Statman is the real thing - a musician's musician." -The New Yorker
"It's the music of Jewish mystics" - The New York Times
"A fascinating & moving mixture" - Jazz Times

WHAT: Andy Statman will be performing live at “The Song & The Spirit”
WHEN: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:30 PM
WHERE: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts,
9501 Skokie Blvd. Skokie, IL
TICKET PRICES (in advance) $25, $36, $60
Purchase tickets online at:
www.lubavitchchabad.org/songspirit
For more information call Megan Ensign at 773-262-2770

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Book Launch of "Letters from Europe (and Elsewhere)"

Official book launch during Krakow Jewish Culture Festival
Monday, June 30, 2008
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Klezmer Hois
Szeroka Street
Kraków, Poland

For those of you attending the upcoming Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, come to the official launch of my new book "Letters from Europe (and Elsewhere)". OK, it came out already in Feb, but better late than never with the launch...

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Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi with Gustavo Bulgach & Klezmer Juice.

8th Annual Klezmer Summit
SAN DIEGO JEWISH ARTS FESTIVAL

Monday, June 30, 7:30pm
Lyceum Stage, San Diego Rep
79 Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101-6144
Reserved seating: $18
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