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Tuesday, May 1, 8:00pm, Gerry Tenney and the Hard Times Orchestra. At Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley. This International Worker Day celebration will include songs on economic downturns and labor struggles, including blues, klezmer & Yiddish, bluegrass, and rock and roll. Tickets: $16.50 advance, $18.50 door. More info: thefreight.org/gerry-tenney-0.
Andrea Pancur's Federmentsh mit Ilya Shneyveys, Akkordeon & Klavier; Alex Haas, Bass; Roman Seehon, Schlagzeug, Percussion
01.05.12, 20.00
Jüdischer Salon im Stemmerhof: Alpenklezmerglühen – Das Konzert
ars musica, Plinganserstr. 6, 81369 München
www.ars-musica-muenchen.de
The Andy Statman with Larry Eagle
Tuesday, May 1st at 9 PM
Andy and Larry play one set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of
Barbés
376 9th St
Brooklyn NY 11215
(lots of great music that night - come early, stay late)
Yo LATEEF Band!
Wednesday, 2nd, 9pm (1 set)
Part of Barbes 10th Anniverasry - 5 bands this night! -
barbesbrooklyn.com
BARBES
#376 9th st at 6th ave Park Slope, Brooklyn
7th ave stop on F, ph718-965-9177
Matt Darriau - reeds
Zem Rowmez (Brian Drye)
- tbone
Damiel Kelly - keys
Arthur Kell - bass
Rob Garcia - percussion
Jumbo Knish Factory (the Tufts klezmer band) has a free concert on Tuesday May 2nd. It's at 8 pm in Distler Hall, in the Granoff Music Building.
Medford, MA
Jim Hobbs-sax, Luther Gray-drums, Mike McLaughlin-accordion and Winston Braman-bass
May 4, 2012, 8pm
Lily Pad
Inman Square
Cambridge, MA
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Friday, May 18 7PM
The Flea Theater
Tribeca at 41 White Street (between Broadway & Church Streets)
THE NIGHTMARES OF CHILDREN--Excerptes from one of Jeremiah Lockwoods's never before heard song cycles (circa 2004) is being dusted off in a new arrangement for voice, piano and cello--performed by Anneke Schaul-Yoder (cello) and Derin Öge (piano), of Piano Music Trio.
Part of The Music With a View series at The Flea Theater, curated by Kathleen Supove, aka The Exploding Piano.
Music With A View was developed to complement The Flea’s successful Dance Conversations @ The Flea. Both programs present works-in-progress by artists experimenting with new ideas and new forms. Each Music With A View event features the works of 2-3 emerging and/or mid-career composers and each performance will be followed by an open discussion between the artists and the audience, moderated by musician Kathleen Supové and other leaders in the field of music.
Music With A View was created to respond to a need for a lab-like space in which working artists can engage in a meaningful dialogue with the audience. It is dedicated to nurturing new works and to the free exchange of ideas, thoughts and opinions between artists and audience. Expect the works presented to be in various stages of development—raw, half-baked or fully developed. Admission is free.
Thursday, May 3 @ 12:30 PM
Folksbiene free reading series
Love, Labor, Loss
Lehmann College
A staged reading of three one-act plays: "Romeo and Juliette," "Motl Peysi in America," and "Nishto Yosl" (Where is Yossel?). Written by Sholem Aleichem, Khaver Paver, and Moyshe Nadir.
Information and reservations here
In Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. ADMISSION: FREE
Thursday, May 3 @ 12:30 PM
Folksbiene free reading series
Love, Labor, Loss
Lehmann College
A staged reading of three one-act plays: "Romeo and Juliette," "Motl Peysi in America," and "Nishto Yosl" (Where is Yossel?). Written by Sholem Aleichem, Khaver Paver, and Moyshe Nadir.
Information and reservations here
In Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. ADMISSION: FREE
The Life and Poetry of Rachel the Poet
With Rebecca Kleinmann (flute) and Achi Ben Shalom (guitar)
Thursday May 3rd, 7:00 p.m.
BJE Library
1835 Ellis Street,
San Francisco, CA, 94115,
Tel: 415.567.3327
Rivka Amado introduces the life and work of Rachel the Poet through songs, music, poetry, and stories. Rachel Bluwstein (1890 – 1931), known in Israel as Rachel the Poet, wrote some of the most beautiful lyric poetry in modern Hebrew literature. Her work demonstrates a profound love for the Land of Israel and captures the pioneering spirit of the second Aliyah. The talk will be in English, while poetry and song will be in Hebrew, with English translations provided.
Co-presented by the Israel Center, the 27th Jewish Music Festival, and Lehrhaus Judaica
The Shondes w/ Led To Sea, Alice in the River
5/3/2012, 8pm
The Sunset Tavern
5433 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
Night Songs (Alpert/Kytasty) and Eva Salina Band at Jalopy
Thursday, May 3
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
8:30pm Night Songs from a Neighboring Village (Michael Alpert and Julian Kytasty)
+New and Traditional Ukrainian Music and Yiddish Music from Ukraine
10pm Eva Salina Band (Frank London, Patrick Farrell, Benjy Fox-Rosen, Chris Stromquist)
+Balkan Songs with Surprises
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/375272259175629/
XALAM Project
friday May 4th 7:30 pm
Zinc Bar
(82 west 3rd street) in Manhattan
Brandon Terzic Oud, Ngoni
Matt Darriau Saxaphones, clarinet, Kuval
John Shannon Guitar
Luke Notary Percussion
Keita Ogawa Percussion
Javier Moreno Bass
"For the doctor- the perception of "in" and "out" begins with an inclusion in space and at the same instance the perception is that of being away from or not being in the normal or usual space" -Yusef
The Shondes
5/4/2012, 8pm
Reed College
The Winch
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.,
Portland, OR 97202-8199
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/390618064288184/
Friday 4 May 2012 - St Mary in the Castle, Hastings
Opening the Jack in the Green weekend - LAUNCH OF OUR NEW ALBUM!
8:00pm (doors open 7:30) - admission £5
05. & 06.05.12:A lidele in yidish
Jiddische Lieder leben von ihrer großen Emotionalität, aber auch von Humor, Witz und Lebensfreude. Das Seminar widmet sich den verschiedenen Genres des jiddischen Liedes und den Besonderheiten des jiddischen Gesangs. Wir erkunden Volkslieder, Theaterlieder und Lieder von Liedermachern wie Mordekhay Gebirtig u.a. Wir werden uns auch den Nigunim widmen, die aus der chassidischen Tradition stammen und über die Rabbi Menachem Mendel von Lubawitsch (1789-1866) lehrte: „Singen vereinigt. Wenn Worte gesprochen werden, hören wir jedes der Worte gemäß unserem Verständnis. Aber im Singen sind wir alle in einem Rhythmus und in einer Melodie vereinigt”. Gesangserfahrung ist von Vorteil, für die Teilnahme aber keine Voraussetzung.
ES 2297 • Sendling
Andrea Pancur • Volkshochschule • Harras • Albert-Roßhaupter-Str. 8 •
sa/so 11.00 bis 14.30 Uhr (mit jeweils einer halben Stunde Pause) •
05./06.0512 • € 35.– • 12 Plätze
Zu buchen über die Homepage der VHS: www.mvhs.de
Saturday 5 May, 2PM
Flyawyay performs from "Grim Arithmetic of Water" with music by Charming Hostess
Celebrate 10 years of Queseda Gardens!
Lots of other great stuff, esp for kids
1700 block of Queseda
SF CA
$5 sliding scale, no one turned away
Saturday, May 5, 2012 The Casco Bay Tummlers at The Village Coffeehouse
7:30 pm
The Village Coffeehouse is located at the First Congregational-Christian Church in New Gloucester. (Directions at www.ngucc.org/?page_id=37).
Tickets at the door: $10 adults, $5 children and seniors.
Coffee and tea are free; munchies available for purchase.
For more information: 926-3161, 926-3260 or www.villagecoffeehouse.org
The Shondes w/ Taocat and Bat Fancy
5/5/2012, 8pm
The Doug Fir
830 East Burnside Street
Portland, OR
(503) 231-9663
Advance tickets available at www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/107691.
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/324086060960888/
The David Buchbinder Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 9:45pm
The Rex Hotel
194 Queen Street West. (2 blocks west of University Ave.)
Cover: $10
The David Buchbinder Jazz Ensemble breaks into the Rex Hotel, throwing down original music that tickles the mind, moves the body and fires up the spirit. Buchbinder's & Restivo's complex, dynamic compositions with the Ensemble's fiery, masterful improvisations take audiences on a journey to the centre of the joyful sound. We recently played the Trane Studio and the band was on fire! Come join us as we take it to the bridge.
The DB Ensemble is David Buchbinder (trumpet/fluegelhorn), Peter Lutek (saxophones,clarinet), TBC (saxophones), Dave Restivo (piano), Dan Fortin (bass), Derek Gray (drums).
Temple Beth El, Lancaster PA, will host its 9th Annual Jewish Food Festival
on Sunday, May 6 from 11 a.m. to 6 p. m. The event will feature delicious
kosher and Israeli foods, tours of the temple, educational displays,
jewelry, gift items and Judaica. This year, between noon and 4 p.m., guests
can also experience lively Klezmer music by Lancaster's own Chopped Liver
River Band, along with Jazz standards and Jewish melodies by kenor.
05. & 06.05.12:A lidele in yidish
Jiddische Lieder leben von ihrer großen Emotionalität, aber auch von Humor, Witz und Lebensfreude. Das Seminar widmet sich den verschiedenen Genres des jiddischen Liedes und den Besonderheiten des jiddischen Gesangs. Wir erkunden Volkslieder, Theaterlieder und Lieder von Liedermachern wie Mordekhay Gebirtig u.a. Wir werden uns auch den Nigunim widmen, die aus der chassidischen Tradition stammen und über die Rabbi Menachem Mendel von Lubawitsch (1789-1866) lehrte: „Singen vereinigt. Wenn Worte gesprochen werden, hören wir jedes der Worte gemäß unserem Verständnis. Aber im Singen sind wir alle in einem Rhythmus und in einer Melodie vereinigt”. Gesangserfahrung ist von Vorteil, für die Teilnahme aber keine Voraussetzung.
ES 2297 • Sendling
Andrea Pancur • Volkshochschule • Harras • Albert-Roßhaupter-Str. 8 •
sa/so 11.00 bis 14.30 Uhr (mit jeweils einer halben Stunde Pause) •
05./06.0512 • € 35.– • 12 Plätze
Zu buchen über die Homepage der VHS: www.mvhs.de
Laura Wetzler
"Hit Makers of Broadway"
May 6, 1pm
Betty and Milton Katz Jewish Community Center
1301 Springdale Road,
Cherry Hill, NJ
Tel: (856)424-4444
Sunday, May 6 at 3:00 pm.
free concert at the Weston Public Library,
87 School Street,
Weston, MA
A rather newly formed group, "Mishpokhe", will perform Jewish Music Around the World this Sunday at 4:00.
Hungarian, Polish, Israeli, classical, Ugandan, jazz, and Irish - okay, maybe a stretch (Weeping Hebrew and Jerusalem Ridge)
Vocals, violins, flutes
CABARET STYLE!
Mishpokhe: Klezmorim from former Soviet Union, Ohio, and New York, combine talents, i.e. daughters and parents from 2 families
Please come!
May 6, 2012, 4pm
Congregation Beth El
1200 Fairfield Woods Rd.
Fairfield, CT 06825
Tickets prior: $12, free for 12 and under; $18 at door
Phone for tix: 203-374-5544
Chers amis,
J’ai le plaisir de vous inviter à un concert de chants yiddish:
“HARTS UN GEFIL”
Anne Schlik & Pierre Meltz (chant), François Dreno (violon et concertina), Serge Liesenfeld (guitare) et Walter Brinkmann (contrebasse).
Dimanche 6 mai 2012 à 17h
Théâtre de l'Espérance, 8 rue de la Chapelle, 1207 Genève (près de l'Hôtel Century)
ENTREE GRATUITE !
WordSpoke Festival at the Sixth Street Synagogue presents
Radical Poetics with Charles Bernstein, Hank Lazer, and Erica Kaufman
Sunday, May 6 at 07:00 PM
The Sixth Street Community Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
Tel: 212.473.3665
Milestone publication of the "Radical Poetics & Secular Jewish Culture"—a collection of poetry & criticism—opened a great deal of dialogues, readings, and possibilities for contemporary exploration of Jewish identity. Publication's contributors Charles Bernstein and Hank Lazer (on a rare visit from Tuscaloosa, Ala.!) will be joined by Erica Kaufman for a poetry reading and conversation.
Charles Bernstein is an American poet, theorist, editor, and literary scholar. Bernstein holds the Donald T. Regan Chair in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets (or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets). In 2006 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2005, Bernstein was awarded the Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. Educated at Harvard College, he has been visiting Professor of Poetry, Poetics, and Creative Writing at Columbia University, Brown University, and Princeton University. A volume of Bernstein's selected poetry from the past thirty years, "All the Whiskey in Heaven," was published in 2010 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Bernstein's continued commitment to small presses remains strong—In the same year that FSG released his major collection, Chax Press released "Umbra," a collection of Berstein's latest translations of poems from multiple languages. The Salt Companion to Charles Bernstein is forthcoming from Salt Publishing. Bernstein will serve as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Poetry, Poetics, and Theory at Princeton University in the Fall Term of 2011. In May of the same year, The University of Chicago Press will release Bernstein's new collection of essays, "Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions."
Hank Lazer has published seventeen books of poetry, including Portions (Lavender Ink, 2009), The New Spirit (Singing Horse, 2005), Elegies and Vacations (Salt, 2004), and Days (Lavender Ink, 2002). He is Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of English at University of Alabama, where he edits the Modern and Contemporary Poetics Series for the University of Alabama Press.
Erica Kaufman is the author of censory impulse (Factory School 2009). Excerpts from her newest project, INSTANT CLASSIC are available in chapbook form from Least Weasel and Belladonna*, and online in Little Red Leaves and Elective Affinities. kaufman lives in Brooklyn and teaches at Baruch College and is a faculty associate of Bard College’s Institute for Writing & Thinking and Institute for Language & Thinking.
Curated by Jake Marmer
Cover: $5
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org/special-events
The Shondes
Hella Gay Sundays! w/ DJ Anya.
5/6/2012, 7:30pm, $5, 21+
The Alibi
744 Ninth Street,
Arcata, CA 95521
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/342246405798695/
Sunday, May 6, 3:00pm, One People, Many Voices, with the Kol Truah Jewish Choir of the East Bay. At Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley. Featuring music in Ladino, Yiddish, Hebrew, and English. This program celebrates the diversity and unity of our people through music and poetry. Tickets available at the door: $10 general, $5 seniors, children free.
World Brunch Club
Sunday, May 6, 2012, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Sugarhouse Studios,
Unit A2
107 High Street Stratford, E15, 2QQ
United Kingdom
Dear Friends,
As you may have noticed World Brunch Club took a little break recently as we searched for a new location for our culinary shenanigans.
We are very pleased to announce that we have now found the perfect home in the newly-converted cinema and cafe Sugarhouse Studios (sugarhousestudios.co.uk) in Stratford.
For our first event at Sugarhouse we will actually be making dinner - a Lebanese feast, followed by a screening of the film Caramel - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramel_(film).
We have 50 spaces available at £15/person for 2 (vegetarian) courses and the film. There is also a bar at Sugarhouse, but drinks are not included.
The bar will be open from 6pm and we will be serving dinner at 7.30pm.
PLEASE BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT! Book your ticket at www.wegottickets.com/event/167209.
Looking forward to feeding you!
Jessie and Francesca
The Moors will make its Brighton debut on Sunday 6 May at The Brunswick, 1-3 Holland Road, Hove BN3 1JF.
Tickets cost £6 (£4 concessions) and can be purchased online in advance.
They will be launching their debut album, The Moors, that weekend!
Tickets at boxoffice.brightonfringe.org
http://www.the-moors.com
http://www.facebook.com/themoorsband
Monday Night Klezmer at Saul's Restaurant & Deli
6pm - 8pm, May 7, 2012
1475 Shattuck Ave (at Vine)
Berkeley, CA
Featuring Dave Rosenfeld (on mandolin, violin, percussion) and Mike Perlmutter (on clarinet).
Savory sounds go well with sumptuous meals.
Invite your friends and family to enjoy live Klezmer.
Saul's can accommodate large parties.
Call 510-848-DELI to make a reservation for parties of 5 and more and ask for prime seating near the musicians!
Chat up Mike and Dave - they love discussing the history, culture, and distinctiveness of Klezmer.
Thanks for supporting your local Klezmorim!
Wednesday, May 9
Roulette
509 Atlantic Avenue (@ 3rd Ave), Brooklyn NY
"Half The Sky" Festival, Brooklyn Arts Council
A Woman Upfront benefit triple bill for BAC
6:30PM hors d'oeuvres & drinks
7:30PM music, three female-fueled bands!
Isle of Klezbos instrumental quintet dance set
Tickets $150 & up
www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/1912
Wednesday, May 9 @ 7 PM
Folksbiene free reading series
Love, Labor, Loss
Baruch College
A staged reading of three one-act plays: "Romeo and Juliette," "Motl Peysi in America," and "Nishto Yosl" (Where is Yossel?). Written by Sholem Aleichem, Khaver Paver, and Moyshe Nadir.
Information and reservations here
In Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. ADMISSION: FREE
Wednesday, May 10 @ 12:30 PM
Folksbiene free reading series
Love, Labor, Loss
Brooklyn College
A staged reading of three one-act plays: "Romeo and Juliette," "Motl Peysi in America," and "Nishto Yosl" (Where is Yossel?). Written by Sholem Aleichem, Khaver Paver, and Moyshe Nadir.
Information and reservations here
In Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. ADMISSION: FREE
The Shondes
5/10/2012, 7:30pm, FREE, All ages
KDVS
Davis, CA 95616
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/388472931169411/
The Andy Statman Trio (Andy, Jim Whitney and Larry Eagle)
The residency resumes after the spring holiday break -
Thursday 10 May, @ 8:30pm
The Charles Street Street Synagogue
53 Charles St (@ West 4th)
NYC NY
Atlanta Jewish Music Festival
Wednesday-Sunday May 9&ndash13,
The Red Hot Chachkas
Service (Fri 7:30) at Temple Sinai, Atlanta, GA
More info: atlantajewishmusicfestival.org/ajmf-shabbat-service-in-100-words/
The Shondes
A Permanent Wave show! We're playing w/ Night Call, Dark Beach + Quiet Coyote!
5/11/2012, 9:00pm, 21+, $8
Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street,
San Francisco, CA 94107
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! holdmyticket.com/event/113768
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/347205735301849/
SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1pm
Shabes in the Circle with Mendy Cahan and Bryna Wasserman
Workmen's Circle
247 East 37th St, 5th Floor
Manhattan, NY
Mendy Cahan, an outstanding international Yiddish theatre performer based in Tel Aviv, will give an interactive lecture about how he is helping to popularize Yiddish in Israel. Mendy is being hailed by the broader Yiddish cultural community as a leading light of the next generation of Yiddish theater stars.
$12/$5 WC/AR members.
PLAY: Welcome to America
8 PM
45th Street Theatre
354 West 45th Street
(between 8th and 9th Aves)
New York, NY
New Worlds Theatre Project presents Ellen Perecman's English adaptation of H. Leivick's Yiddish play Shmates, about the struggle between and old world father and his Americanized children.
Now through May 20th.
Admission $18
More information
Steven Greenman in collaboration with the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble
This Saturday May 12th, 2012 at 2:00pm I'll be performing once again with the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble at the Cleveland Public Library. Ensemble founder and ethnomusicologist David Badagnani has created a fantastic ensemble dedicated to performing traditional Chinese folk music showing once again the bountiful richness and diversity of Cleveland's cultural and ethnic communities. For my participation, I will be performing two pieces from the "classical" Chinese repertoire: 1) excerpts from the beautiful "Butterfly Lover's Violin Concerto" with the brilliant pianist Shuai Wang and "Xin Chun Le" together with David playing the sheng (Chinese mouth organ). I hope you can attend this wonderful event!
Cleveland Public Library Fine Arts Department
presents
"A Celebration of Spring"
featuring
Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble
and
Xue "Snow" Yu, voice
with special guests
Steven Greenman, violin
Shuai Wang, piano
Guangsheng Wang, Chinese painting and calligraphy
2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 12, 2012
Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium
Cleveland Public Library Main Library
325 Superior Avenue Northeast
Cleveland, Ohio
Free
East meets West when the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble is joined by violinist Steven Greenman and pianist Shuai Wang for a diverse program of Chinese classical and folk music, played on both traditional and Western instruments. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Cleveland Public Library Fine Arts Department's monthly Music at Main series. It will take place in the Cleveland Public Library's beautiful Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium.
The ensemble's instruments include sheng (mouth organ), pipa (pear-shaped lute), guzheng (21-string zither), gongs, drums, and cymbals. For a rare treat, Greenman and Wang will present a rendition of the theme to the "Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto," which is beloved as the most famous Chinese composition for violin. The classically trained vocalist Xue "Snow" Yu of Qingdao, Shandong, China will join the ensemble for several selections, and, for a rousing finale, all participants will join together in a rousing performance of the Shanxi piece "Zui Gu" (Drunk Drum), for Chinese percussion and piano.
The event will also feature a showing of traditional watercolors by the distinguished Chinese painter Mr. Guangsheng Wang. Wang, who taught erhu (Chinese fiddle) for 25 years at the Tianjin Conservatory, settled last year in Lakewood, Ohio, near his daughter, Shuai Wang. See some of Mr. Wang's amazing paintings here:
plus.google.com/photos/110084156877541067982/albums/5512893484237231345?banner=pwa
Prior to the concert, Mr. Wang will also demonstrate the art of Chinese ink-and-brush calligraphy, writing audience members' names upon request.
Finally, also prior to the concert Mr. Wang's wife, Judy, will serve handmade traditional Chinese jiaozi dumplings, with pork and vegetable fillings, for no charge.
The painting and calligraphy demonstration, and the serving of the dumplings, will take place from 2:00 to 2:30 p.m., and the concert itself will be from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
More information:
www.cpl.org/EventsClasses/MusicatMain.aspx
www.facebook.com/events/293028264086783
Heather Klein’s Inextinguishable Trio CD Release Concert of Shifreles Portret
Sat, May 12 2012 at 7:30 PM
JCC of the East Bay
1414 Walnut St., Berkeley
$10, Doors open at 7:00 PM
A Yiddish art song program of unparalleled beauty and artistry including the world premiere of Holocaust poetry set to music by composer and violinist Steven Greenman, a haunting nign collected in Budapest and arranged by violist Be’eri Moalem, and other rarely heard works by Yiddish composers.
Heather is a classically trained soprano in San Francisco, and performs Yiddish classical, theater and folk music, as well as opera and other styles.For the past decade, she has performed across the U.S., Canada and Europe, as a soloist and as part of various musical groups and opera companies.
The Shondes
w/ The Electra, Ingenue and Potential Lunatics.
5/12/2012, 9:00pm, All ages, $5
The Smell
247 South Main Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! holdmyticket.com/event/113768
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/324289700954558/
Atlanta Jewish Music Festival
Wednesday-Sunday May 9&ndash13,
Concert (Sat 8:30) at The Loft
Saturday, May 12, 2012
AJMF Presents:
ATLANTA JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL CLOSING CONCERT
Featuring Jacob Jeffries Band, The Red Hot Chachkas, DJ Camille
Doors 8:30 / Show 9 / 18+
$20
Alon Nechushtan at the 6th street Synagogue in the East Village as part of the great Olive Branch Jazz Festival, with new music and a cool band ! more info below:
SATURDAY MAY 12 @
THE 6th street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street | New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
one set: 9:30pm
www.musicalon.com
sixthstreetsynagogue.org/special-events/3321-2
Balagan Boogaloo with Diwon and DeScribe
Saturday, May 12 | 10:00 pm
Eden
1716 I Street NW
Tickets: $10 in advance and before 11:00 pm ($20 after 11:00 pm)
Party to a unique mix of Israeli hip-hop, bhangra, baile funk, radio remixes, 80s freestyle and a live performance by Australian-born Hasidic hip-hop artist DeScribe. DJ Diwon fuses Yemenite music with electro hip-hop and cinematic psychadelia, drawing inspiration from the Middle Eastern musical canon. DeScribe sings with the passion of a prophet, intertwining spirituality with the street.
Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on Mar 20, 2011 features Metropolitan Klezmer
General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com
Atlanta Jewish Music Festival
Wednesday-Sunday May 9&ndash13,
The Red Hot Chachkas
Klezmer Workshop (Sun 11-2)
atlantajewishmusicfestival.org
SUNDAY, MAY 13
Zhenya Lopatnik 1:30 PM
Sholem Aleichem Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue, corner 208th St.
Bronx, NY
A rare visit and treat! Yiddish songwriter and singer Zhenya Lopatnik and talanted pianist Yuriy Khainson from Kharkov will perform in a special Mother's day concert.
Admission: $3.50/Free to SA21 members.
Travel directions at shul21.org
Lily Henley & Band
Sunday, May 13, 2012, 6pm
The Skinny Pancake
89 Main St,
Montpelier, VT 05602-3168
Drawing on her roots in both Americana and Middle Eastern music traditions, Lily Henley has begun to forge a unique musical path for herself as a versatile singer, songwriter and fiddle player. Her repertoire spans three languages and combines original material with ear-catching arrangements of traditional songs and melodies. Along with her band, comprised of some of acoustic music's most accomplished young instrumentalists, Lily's sound is at once familiar and refreshingly new.
Klezmer and Bartok concert in Sheffield: 13 May 2012, 3pm Ray Kohn & Ralph Dawson (violin) and Dave Westbrook (accordion) present 'The Folk Music of Bartok and Klezmer'. The Lantern Theatre, Sheffield. Box office: 0114 255 1776
The Shondes
Ladyfest Inland Empire Benefit Show w/Little Black Wolf, The Potential Lunatics and Stars at Night
5/13/2012, 7:00pm
The Blood Orange Infoshop
3498 University Ave.
Riverside, CA 92501
Another night filled with awesome music from amazing womyn! Brought to you by I.E Riot Grrrl!
Come dance the night away to 80's music with DJ Symphon-X playing the jams. Dress is mandatory! We will be having the best 80's outfit contest! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/372511459449301/
Lily Henley & Band
Sunday, May 14, 2012, 6pm
Radio Bean Coffeehouse
8 N. Winooski Ave.,
Burlington, VT 0540
Drawing on her roots in both Americana and Middle Eastern music traditions, Lily Henley has begun to forge a unique musical path for herself as a versatile singer, songwriter and fiddle player. Her repertoire spans three languages and combines original material with ear-catching arrangements of traditional songs and melodies. Along with her band, comprised of some of acoustic music's most accomplished young instrumentalists, Lily's sound is at once familiar and refreshingly new.
More info: www.facebook.com/events/315547058514208/
Monday Night Klezmer at Saul's Restaurant & Deli
6pm - 8pm, May 14, 2012
1475 Shattuck Ave (at Vine)
Berkeley, CA
Featuring Dave Rosenfeld (on mandolin, violin, percussion) and Mike Perlmutter (on clarinet).
Savory sounds go well with sumptuous meals.
Invite your friends and family to enjoy live Klezmer.
Saul's can accommodate large parties.
Call 510-848-DELI to make a reservation for parties of 5 and more and ask for prime seating near the musicians!
Chat up Mike and Dave - they love discussing the history, culture, and distinctiveness of Klezmer.
Thanks for supporting your local Klezmorim!
Monday, May 14: Bay mayn mames shtibele: The Women's Art of Yiddish Folksong.
An exploration of the Yiddish folksong tradition as preserved through the remarkable artistry of women singers in Eastern Europe and the United States. Folklorist Itzik Gottesman of the Yiddish Forverts newspaper will lead a panel including NEA National Heritage Fellow Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, CTMD Artistic Director Ethel Raim and renowned folksinger/researcher Michael Alpert as they present and discuss the work of leading folksingers such as Lifshe Schaechter-Widman (Schaechter-Gottesman's mother), Bronya Sakina and other important exponents of the tradition. Presented by CTMD's An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture, Center for Jewish History and Brooklyn Arts Council’s Half the Sky Festival: Brooklyn Women in Traditional Performance.
At Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street in Manhattan (between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan). Admission: $15, $10 for CTMD/CJH members. Reserve tickets through www.smarttix.com (7:00PM)
Press release from the Jewish Daily Forward:
In July of 2011, the Jewish media was abuzz with the news that JDub Records, the Jewish music label responsible for launching the careers of Matisyahu and Balkan Beat Box, was shutting down. Online forums were flooded with debates about what its failure meant for the future of New Jewish Culture. Was the Jewish philanthropic world abandoning New Jewish Culture?
On May 15, “Now What? The Future of New Jewish Culture” reignites the conversation. A unique town hall-style event, “Now What?” brings together ten experts of diverse backgrounds and experiences for a critical look at New Jewish Culture over the last ten years and the pressing issues it faces today, including changing attitudes towards American Jewish identity; waning support for quality Jewish art and culture; and strategies for cultivating Jewish art and culture in the future. This event is presented by the Posen Foundation U.S. through its new public programming initiative, Speakers’ Lab, and The Jewish Daily Forward. It is hosted by the 14th Street Y in downtown NYC.
After a decade of flourishing Jewish creativity, major Jewish cultural enterprises are being forced to scale back operations or close entirely. Using recent funding cuts as a springboard to examine the most pressing issues facing new Jewish arts and culture, “Now What?” addresses:
Panelists include: Jody Rosen, music critic for Slate Magazine; Alana Newhouse, Editor-in-Chief for Tablet Magazine; Elise Bernhardt, President and CEO of the Foundation for Jewish Culture; Dan Friedman, Arts & Culture Editor at The Jewish Daily Forward; and Stephen Hazan Arnoff, Executive Director at the 14th Street Y and LABA: The National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture.
Admission to “Now What? The Future of New Jewish Culture” is free. Seating is limited and pre-registration encouraged. Sign-up at www.speakerslab.org or by calling 212-564-6711 x 305.
Event and Venue Info:
The Theater at the 14th Street Y
344 East 14th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
New York, NY 10003
May 15, 2012 7pm
Hotegezugt
Michel Borzykowski : saxophones et Sylvie Bossi : accordéon
Nouveau répertoire, un peu plus à l’est: Beregowski, Sakhnowski, Makanovetski, Barkagan, Gershfeld, Slobodski, Cherniawski...
mardi 15 mai 2012 à 20h30
dans le cadre des Concerts-Club du CERN
Amphithéâtre du CERN, bâtiment 500, entrée B
Entrée 15 CHF / 10 CHF pour AVS et membres du Club (carte à Fr 25 CHF par an)
entrée gratuite aux moins de 18 ans.
Buvette à l’entr’acte.
Accès: Tram 14, arrêt CERN / Parking à disposition
Charming Hostess, Mike Lai, Friends w/Benefits
Wednesday 16 May, 7PM
Asian Contemporary Art Week
ChoHo will be collaborating with Mike on an all-body a cappella sound score for scenes of Bruce Lee's classic "Fist of Fury."
SoEx
3030 20th St
SF CA
May 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Susan Watts at the Gershman Y
Cost: $20 - Performance only ticket
$35 advance - performance and dinner
$40 at the door - performance and dinner
The Gershman Y has combined two iconic Jewish loves, klezmer music and deli cuisine, to make one terrific night of entertainment. Klezmer superstar Susan Watts (who has performed with everyone from Mandy Patinkin to The Klezmatics) and her band The Fabulous Shpielkehs will delight you with toe-tapping and kishka-stirring melodies while you enjoy a spread of delicious sandwiches* from Philadelphia favorite Famous Fourth Street Deli.
The Gershman Y
Philadelphia, PA 19147
www.gershmany.org
Wednesday, May 16 @ 7 PM
Eldridge Street Synagogue
An Evening in the Catskills
Creamsicles, Latin music, canasta, bingo and entertainment by Shane Baker and Steve Sterner.
Information and reservations
May 16, 2013, 8pm: Common Chords—the multifaith ensemble led by Salman Ahmad (Junoon) and Yale Strom (Hot Pstromi), with internationally acclaimed musicians Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals), Samir Chatterjee (tabla), Mark Dresser (bass), Sunny Jain (percussion), Tripp Sprague (reeds) and Lou Fanucchi (accordion)—brings their intense, high energy musical collaboration of klezmer, jazz, bhangra and Sufi rock to the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049. $35 general, $30 members, $25 full-time students. For reservations: (310) 440-4500. For more information about Common Chords: www.CommonChordsMusic.com.
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Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 08:00 PM
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Tantshoyz Yiddish Tance Party, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance's An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture is pleased to present the year's first installment of our popular Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party series, as part of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue's klezmer series.
Wed 16 May, 8.30pm
The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett square, Dalston, N16 8AZ
Tickets: £10. Book here.
www.vortexjazz.co.uk
Saints and Tzadiks: Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg with Erik Della Penna, guitar
Songs from the Irish and Yiddish traditions
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 8:00pm
Barbès
376 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
More info: www.facebook.com/events/315547058514208/
The Jewish Fiddler
A musical presentation by Cookie Segelstein
Thursday May 17, 7:00 p.m
BJE Library
1835 Ellis Street,
San Francisco, CA, 94115,
Tel: 415.567.3327
Cookie Segelstein, founder and director of the Klezmer group Veretski Pass, will explore the many elements that contribute to the Jewish style of playing by examining characteristics of Ashkenazi Jewish culture: the humor, the physical gestures associated with Jewish expression, and the evocative sound of spoken Yiddish. Using historical recordings, interviews, and her own virtuoso playing, she will explore this familiar but unexplainable sound.
Co-presented by the 27th Jewish Music Festival and KlezCalifornia
Wednesday, May 17 @ 7pm
Folksbiene free reading series
Love, Labor, Loss
Queens College
A staged reading of three one-act plays: "Romeo and Juliette," "Motl Peysi in America," and "Nishto Yosl" (Where is Yossel?). Written by Sholem Aleichem, Khaver Paver, and Moyshe Nadir.
Information and reservations here
In Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. ADMISSION: FREE
Ezekiel's Wheels with the Klezwoods
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 9:00pm
Atwood's Tavern
877 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
Hey Klezmer fans! Two of your favorite bands are coming together for one awesome show. Join Ezekiels Wheels and the Klezwoods for an evening of mayhem, music, and magic. The winner of this year's "Klezmer Idol" meets klezmer's best bar band at the bar where it all began. Mayhem, madness, or at least wonderful music most likely.
Ezekiel's Wheels hits the stage at 9:00 pm.
Klezwoods start at 10:15 pm.
Come early for good food, good beer, and a soundcheck.
$5 cover.
Harmonia CD release
Fri, May 18, 2012, 9:30pm
Public Performance as part of Balkan Café (Harmonia “pre-release party”)
Hungarian House
213 E 82nd St.,
New York, NY 10028-2701
*Also special performances beforehand by Balkan Café at 8:30 PM and afterwards by the Zlatne Uste brass!
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SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1pm
Dr. Barnett Zumoff: Singable Translations of Yiddish Songs
Workmen's Circle
247 West 37th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY
$12/ WC-AR Members $5
More information
Direct from Israel, Mendy Cahan’s energetic concert celebrates the richness and continuity of the Yiddish language and culture. Includes Hassidic nigunim and declamations of avant-garde poetry; folksongs and ballads of Gebirtig and Manger; and renderings of Jaques Brel and Peggy Lee. In Yiddish with English supertitles.
Saturday, May 19 @ 9pm
Sunday, May 20 @ 2pm and 6pm
Admission: single ticket: $35; NYT-F members: $20 Two-show special: 2 for $50
Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall
55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Box Office: 646-312-5073
For more information, call: 212-213-2120
Web: www.nationalyiddishtheatre.org/soloseries.html
Harmonia CD release
Saturday, May 19, 7:30-11PM
OFFICAL NYC HARMONIA CD release party & Vechornytsy!
Ukrainian East Village Restaurant
140 Second Avenue (btw 8th & 9th)
SATURDAY MAY 19
A KADDISH FOR BERNIE MADOFF @ LABA Festival @ 14th Street Y, 8 pm, $24
Work-in-progress showing of A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff along with other works by LABA participants.
Madoff is a sort of musical meditation on themes of money, communal responsibility, and the intersection of mysticism and finance, supported by the Six Points Fellowship and the LABA fellowship. This work-in-progress showing is a half-hour solo version, directed by the amazing Maureen Towey. Other LABA fellows performing include live action puppet cinema by Zvi Sahar, a poetry reading by Eugene Ostashevsky, theater by Michael Bradley Cohen and site-specific art installations by Anita Glesta, Ghiora Aharoni, Tirtzah Bassel and Sam Holleran. Tickets here.
Klezmatics
This Land Is our Land
A centennial concert celebration of the legendary Woody Guthrie.
All-star lineup with: Tom Morella; The Night Watchman; The Klezmatics; Son del Viento; Jon Langford; Holly Near; Bucky Halker; Kevin Coval; B.S. Brass; Toshi Reagon
Saturday May 19 2012
8:00 PM
18+
Metro
3730 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60613
Undercover SF presents Black Sabbath's "Paranoid"
So many bands reinterpreting each cut, curated by Cornelius Boots
Charming Hostess + Friends with Benefits are doing a lilting gamelan version of "Iron Man"
Saturday 19 May, 9PM
The Independent
628 Divisidero
SF, CA
$20
Set the date aside now to join us for the annual Braverman Lecture, this year featuring
Laura Wetzler!
Temple Emanuel,
7 Haggetts Pond Rd.
Andover, MA
Laura and her band will perform as part of our program.
10:00 am—Brunch
10:30 am—Concert and Program
Tel: 978-470-1356
Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on May 20 will feature: Adrianne Greenbaum, vintage flutes (and hat...), viola, harmonium; Steven Greenman, fiddle; and Pete Rushefsky, tsimbl; special guest, Madeline Solomon, vocals/accordion, will sing a couple of songs just for the kinder! A true family event for all!
General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com
Purchase tickets online
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2pm & 6pm
Mendy Cahan: A Yiddish Bouquet
National Yiddish Theater/Folksbiene
Engelman Recital Hall
Baruch College
55 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
Tickets $35/ NYT-F Members $20
More information
Sunday, May 20, 2012, The UMA Senior College presents The Casco Bay Tummlers - A History of Jewish Music. A concert with commentary.
2:00 pm
University of Maine at Augusta, Jewett Hall
$10, Students $5, 12 and under, free.
For more information contact the UMA Senior College at (207) 621-3551
Sunday, May 20 at 3pm:
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi join the Teaneck Community Chorus for "Klezmer Sings and Swings"
Teaneck High School,
100 Elizabeth Avenue
Teaneck, NJ 07666.
For tickets and/or more information: www.teaneckcommunitychorus.org or 201-836-8623
The Jewish Women of Rebetika: Roza Eskenazi, Amalia Baca, Stella Haskil, Victoria Hazan
Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7:00pm
Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue & Museum
280 Broome St, New York, NY 10002-3702
CAROL FREEMAN: Vocals
BETH BAHIA COHEN: Violin
HAIG MANOUKIAN: Oud
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/117450868391340/
Legendary Greek Jewish Singers
OF THE '20S, '30S, & '40S
Roza Eskenazi Amalia Baca Stella Haskil Victoria Hazan
In conjunction with a new exhibition:
Memories, Memóryas, Ανáμνησες
The World Left Behind in Greece, The World They Found in New York, & Their Journey
Within the provocative world of the early twentieth century urban Greek Café Amans, where flamboyant characters sang about desperate love, life and death, and the seedy side of life, there were a surprising number of celebrated Greek Jewish female vocalists. Included among them were Roza Eskenazi, one of the most renowned Greek singers of all time, and Stella Haskil, who sang together with legendary performers such as Vasilis Tsitsanis. On this side of the Atlantic, Jewish women, notably Amalia Baka and Victoria Hazan, found center stage in the immigrant Greek nightclubs and community celebrations of major urban centers, as well as within the American ethnic recording industry.
All four women were held in high esteem for their extraordinary singing of a beautiful and complex repertoire, both during their lifetimes and again in recent years. Their music, making use of Eastern scales and asymmetrical rhythms, lush with intricate embellishment, and profound in its emotional content and depth, found its way into the hears of several generations of devoted listeners.
Although widely embraced for their musical contributions to urban Greek cafe music and Rebetika, their histories as Jewish women are not widely known. Using live performance and excepts from personal and family interviews, acclaimed vocalist Carol Freeman, together with virtuoso instrumentalists Haig Manoukian (oud) and Beth Bahia Cohen (violin), pay tribute to these Greek Jewish singers with a fascinating look into the songs and lives of these extraordinary women.
MISHA AND FRIENDS KLEZMER ENSEMBLE
May 20, 2012 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
Temple Beth Sholom
600 Nantasket Avenue,
Hull, MA
Cost: Members: $18 Non-members $25 Children: $12
Light Dairy Supper included
Call for tickets or more information: (781) 925-0091
Direct from Israel, Mendy Cahan’s energetic concert celebrates the richness and continuity of the Yiddish language and culture. Includes Hassidic nigunim and declamations of avant-garde poetry; folksongs and ballads of Gebirtig and Manger; and renderings of Jaques Brel and Peggy Lee. In Yiddish with English supertitles.
Saturday, May 19 @ 9pm
Sunday, May 20 @ 2pm and 6pm
Admission: single ticket: $35; NYT-F members: $20 Two-show special: 2 for $50
Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall
55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Box Office: 646-312-5073
For more information, call: 212-213-2120
Web: www.nationalyiddishtheatre.org/soloseries.html
Monday Night Klezmer at Saul's Restaurant & Deli
6pm - 8pm, May 21, 2012
1475 Shattuck Ave (at Vine)
Berkeley, CA
Featuring Dave Rosenfeld (on mandolin, violin, percussion) and Mike Perlmutter (on clarinet).
Savory sounds go well with sumptuous meals.
Invite your friends and family to enjoy live Klezmer.
Saul's can accommodate large parties.
Call 510-848-DELI to make a reservation for parties of 5 and more and ask for prime seating near the musicians!
Chat up Mike and Dave - they love discussing the history, culture, and distinctiveness of Klezmer.
Thanks for supporting your local Klezmorim!
Monday, May 21 @ 7 PM
Congress Kavehoyz w/Workmen's Circle
Mitch Smolkin: Rexite the Wunderkind
The Canadian singer performs rare materials associated with Seymour Rexite and tells about the life of "the Yiddish Perry Como" at the Workmen's Circle
247 West 37th Street (7th/8th Aves)
$10 admission
Alicia Svigal's original score to the 1918 silent film classic, "the Yellow Ticket," starring Pola Negri, performed live by Klezmer Unfettered: Marilyn Lerner and Alicia Svigals
Monday, May 21, 7:30 P.M.
DC JCC,
1529 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
For more info: thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=132547&view=Detail
Harmonia CD release
Monday, May 21, 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Washington Ethical Society (Washington, DC)
7750 16th Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20012
Sponsored by Folklore Society of Greater Washington
Tuesday, May 22 @ 7:30 PM
Congress Kavehoyz w/New Yiddish Rep
Mitch Smolkin: Rexite the Wunderkind
at Temple Beth Emeth
83 Marlborough Road, Brooklyn
(B or Q to Church Avenue)
$10 admission
JuMu présente en partenariat avec le festival Klezmopolitan :
L'avenir de la musique Klezmer : la rencontre inédite entre le Nu Yiddish Jazz Toulousain et le Punk Rock Yiddish New Yorkais !!
Le Mardi 22 mai 2012 à 20h00
Au NEW MORNING
7/9 rue des Petites Ecuries 75010 PARIS
Réservation : FNAC.COM - DIGITICK.COM – BILLETREDUC.COM – BILLETTERIE SUR PLACE
L’ARTICHAUT ORKESTRA (Toulouse)
GOLEM (New York)
The Festival opens on May 22 with a The Magical World of Yiddish Song featuring acclaimed singer Zalmen Mlotek. Mlotek is an internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theatre music and is a leading figure in the Jewish theatre and concert worlds. He was raised in a prominent Yiddish-speaking family renowned for its Jewish songbook collections. Zalmen’s deep roots in Yiddish culture and elite musical education have merged with his talent and passion into a career that has revitalized the world of Yiddish music and theatre. He brought Yiddish-Klezmer music to Broadway and off-Broadway stages as a co-creator, music director, and conductor of Those Were the Days, the first bilingual music honored with a Drama Desk Award and nominated for two Tony Awards. He is the Artistic Director of The National Yiddish Theater – Folksbiene, America’s only Yiddish theater. Joining Zalmen on stage will be Yiddish musical theatre performer Lisa Fishman.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
330 Memorial Blvd
Winnipeg, Canada
Ticket Information:
Zalmen Mlotek: The Magical World of Yiddish Song, $25
More info: www.radyjcc.com or call 477-7510.
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JuMu présente en partenariat avec le festival Klezmopolitan :
L’AVENIR DE LA MUSIQUE KLEZMER
Le Mardi 22 mai 2012 à 20h00
Au NEW MORNING
7/9 rue des Petites Ecuries 75010 PARIS
Fnac, Digitick, BilletRéduc
L’ARTICHAUT ORKESTRA (Toulouse)
Brillant quatuor toulousain instigué par le clarinettiste Camille Artichaut (disciple talentueux de David Krakauer) et par l'accordéoniste Pierre-Emmanuel Roubet. Tout commence par une compilation de thèmes Yiddish-Klezmer des années 30 qui s'impose comme une source d'un avenir
musical à créer. Depuis cet héritage de hasard, les projets pleuvent pour les jeunes artistes : d'écoles de jazz (Music-Halle à Toulouse où ils rencontrent Frédéric Petitprez), en excellence ("Voix Mêlées", premiers contacts avec Sébastien Rideau), de rencontres de maîtres (Camille Artichaut suit David Krakauer à New York où Frédéric Petitprez accompagne Leon Parker), en tournées françaises (celles de Magyd Cherfi chanteur de Zebda) et Music Hall (Camille Artichaut joue sur le spectacle "Cabaret" de Sam Mendes aux Folies Bergères à Paris).
Voici donc quatre musiciens déterminés à faire vivre une création ancrée dans l'esprit de ces mélopées intemporelles. Leur goût pour cette musique ne peut que résider dans la mixité extrême qui à été fatalement imposée à cette culture. Depuis 3 ans l'Artichaut Orkestra a joué dans de multiples festivals (31 notes d'été, Marciac...), clubs (Mandala, Triton, Délirium) et théâtres (Limoges, Toulouse, Paris...).
Line Up
Camille Artichaut – clarinette
Frédéric Petitprez – Batterie
Sébastien Rideau – Guitare électrique
Pierre-Emmanuel Roubet – Accordéon / Voix
http://www.artichautorkestra.com
GOLEM (New York)
Contrairement à la légende populaire, GOLEM n’est ni une espèce de Frankenstein crée par le Maguid qui défendait les juifs de Prague au XVIIe siècle, ni une créature du Seigneur des Anneaux. GOLEM, ce sont 6 musiciens doux-dingues, GYPSY PUNK KLEZMER, c’est New-Yorkais et résolument ROCK-YIDDISH !! GOLEM, c'est une nouvelle génération d'artistes, signés chez JDub Records (SoCalled, Balkan Beat Box, Matisyahu, etc) qui montrent que la musique juive est vivante et créative.
GOLEM nous propose une interprétation de la musique klezmer, influencée par les traditions musicales juives d’Europe de l’Est et par les sons issus de l’avant-garde New-Yorkaise.
« Le son GOLEM, c'est le genre de musique que vous pourriez entendre au SHTETL(*) s'il était habité par des PUNKS au lieu de PAYSANS !! » (The Washington Post).
Line Up
Annette Ezekiel-Kogan (accordéon et voix)
Aaron Diskin (tambourin et voix),
Jeremy Brown (violon)
Curtis Hasselbring (Trombone)
Taylor Bergren-Chrisman (Basse)
Tim Monaghan (batterie).
(*) SHTETL : un grand village ou un quartier juif en Europe de l'Est avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Dmitri Slepovitch's Hasidic Nigunim Project—East Village Klezmer Series
Wednesday, May 23 at 08:00
The Sixth Street Community Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
4:30–6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6–7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8–9:15PM Dmitri Slepovitch's Hasidic Nigunim Project $15 (includes a drink)
9:30–11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org/special-events
THURSDAY MAY 24
GIRLS IN TROUBLE + ELI VALLEY + TOBY GOODSHANK, Union Hall (Park Slope), 8 pm, $8 adv
Girls in Trouble trio show with David Freeman on drums. Our first post-baby show to welcome Sylvia Tallulah, who will almost certainly be in attendance (hopefully asleep) with ear protection on…and our last East Coast show til fall, since we are heading to Portland Oregon for the summer!
With performances by two amazing artists (visual and musical), not to be missed:
ELI VALLEY, Artist-in-Residence at the Jewish Daily Forward, presents "Euro+Trash: Kafka, Comics and Collisions of Culture,” an interactive comics slide show about Prague memories, Kafka fantasies, noirish nightmares and the romanticization of prewar Jewish culture and life. And, of course, COMICS!
and TOBY GOODSHANK will break your heart with his beautiful songs.
Union Hall is a lovely room in the center of North Park Slope, with bocce upstairs, a little side garden, and the performance space downstairs.
Advance tickets are only $8!!! Get them here.
Jazz Rabbi's Invitational: The New American Quartet
Thursday, May 24 at 08:30 PM
Sixth Street Synagogue:
325 East Sixth Street (b/n 1st and 2nd Ave),
NYC
Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall is hosting his Thursday night series of mystical learning and jazz. The nights begins with his popular class, “The Art Of Judaism”, featuring the work of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, Rav Kook, and the Rav HaNazir at 7:30pm, and then continues with a concert featuring one of Rabbi Wall’s bands at 8:30pm.
The class is free, the cover charge for the concert is $10.
New American Quartet
Playing the original jazz compositions of pianist/composer Mitch Schechter, the New American Quartet features Mitch Schechter on the piano, Greg Wall on the saxophone, Takashi Otsuka on the acoustic bass, and Jonathon Peretz on the drums.
Sephardic Music Festival Teaser with SHI 360, BRODY & DIWON
May 24th, 10pm
Tammany Hall
152 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002
Cost $10 Advance / $12 Door
Note: This event is part of the Sephardic Music Festival Summer Teaser.
Israel’s SHI 360 is anything but your typical hip hop artist. With the credo “Don’t be afraid to think,” SHI 360 combines deft rhymes and fresh, genre-shifting beats with bold social and political messages that spread harmony and peace worldwide. His newest album, “Shalom Haters” which premiered on Vibe Magazine’s All Hip Hop, arrives on the global hip hop scene at a time when the media has been astoundingly silent in response to recent rocket attacks on Israeli civilians.
We are about to get schooled while partying with one of Israel’s top rappers. This party will be the only NYC appearance from this Israeli artist who will be joined by Brody, an Israeli/American singer who bridges the worlds of soul, hip-hop, electronic and world music, fresh off his remixes of Stephen Marley, Eminem and Inna.
SHI 360 & Brody will be joined by Diwon who has been highlighted on MTV for his blend of hip hop and dancehall. Diwon will spin into the night with his signature mix of Israeli, Sephardic, Yemenite and ghetto US club remixes!
More info: shemspeed.com/events/
The House Theater Project presentation of "A Little Crazy", an award-winning comedy by Joseph Reed Hayes about real life (or a drama with some very funny bits) about an elderly Russian man's last days with his favorite nephew, with live improvised klezmer clarinet by Christine Barron. Streamed live on May 26 and 27, June 2 and 3 on www.housetheaterproject.com
May 26, 8pm
Sat 26 May, 8pm
Doncaster Civic Theatre
Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3ET
Admission: £14 / £12 / £6 Under 18
Box Office Tel: 01302 342349
Info and bookings: doncasterhothouse.co.uk/shekoyokh
Sunday, May 27, 1:00-2:30pm, Klezmer Class with Jeanette Lewicki. At a private home in Oakland. Jeanette, leader of the gonifs, who led six highly-praised workshops at KlezCalifornia's February Yiddish Culture Festival, will help participants learn "by ear, by heart, by voice, and by foot (dancing the zhok, bulgar, khosidl & more)." Enrollment limited to how many klezmorim can fit in one apartment. Classes, with snacks, will be held the last Sunday of each month. Cost: $5/class. More info: 415.672.7858, madamlevitsky.com.
The House Theater Project presentation of "A Little Crazy", an award-winning comedy by Joseph Reed Hayes about real life (or a drama with some very funny bits) about an elderly Russian man's last days with his favorite nephew, with live improvised klezmer clarinet by Christine Barron. Streamed live on May 26 and 27, June 2 and 3 on www.housetheaterproject.com
May 27, 2pm
Monday Night Klezmer at Saul's Restaurant & Deli
6pm - 8pm, May 28, 2012
1475 Shattuck Ave (at Vine)
Berkeley, CA
Featuring Dave Rosenfeld (on mandolin, violin, percussion) and Mike Perlmutter (on clarinet).
Savory sounds go well with sumptuous meals.
Invite your friends and family to enjoy live Klezmer.
Saul's can accommodate large parties.
Call 510-848-DELI to make a reservation for parties of 5 and more and ask for prime seating near the musicians!
Chat up Mike and Dave - they love discussing the history, culture, and distinctiveness of Klezmer.
Thanks for supporting your local Klezmorim!
3rd Berkshire Summer Celebration of Jewish Music
Tuesday, May 29, 7:30 p.m., Congregation Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield.
Special concert: "The Connections Between African-American and Jewish Music" featuring Charles Neville and Celebration co-director Paul Green. Tickets, $18., and can be reserved in advance by calling (413) 442-4360, Ext. 10.
The Celebration opens on Tuesday, May 29, at 7:30 p.m. with a special concert at Congregation Knesset Israel in Pittsfield. Guest artist, saxophonist Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers, will join co-director Paul Green and friends in a concert showing the deep connections between African-American and Jewish music. A wide variety of music illustrating the interaction between the two cultures will include works from the Yiddish Theater that demonstrate an early fusion of Jewish music and jazz, works from the blues and gospel traditions that have incorporated Jewish elements , and pieces that have Jewish roots, such as Klezmer music, which have incorporated African-American elements. Tickets are $18 and can be reserved in advance by calling (413) 442-4360, Ext. 10.
These events are co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Knesset Israel, Congregation Ahavath Sholom, Temple Anshe Amunim and The Berkshire Music School. Supported in part by grants from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Pittsfield Cultural Council. The Summer Celebration of Music is also presented in cooperation with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Berkshire Education and Community Program.
3rd Berkshire Summer Celebration of Jewish Music
Wednesday, May 30, 7:30 p.m., Taft Recital Hall, Berkshire Music School, Pittsfield
Lecture: "The Relationship between Jewish and African American Music," with Charles Neville and Paul Green. Free.
On Wednesday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. with a follow-up lecture/performance by Green and Neville at the Taft Recital Hall at the Berkshire Music School in Pittsfield. The event, „The Relationship between Jewish and African American Music,‰ traces the complex interaction between the two cultures, and how each has influenced the other. The program will include recordings and live performance. This event is free.
These events are co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Knesset Israel, Congregation Ahavath Sholom, Temple Anshe Amunim and The Berkshire Music School. Supported in part by grants from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Pittsfield Cultural Council. The Summer Celebration of Music is also presented in cooperation with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Berkshire Education and Community Program.
Tarras Band—East Village Klezmer Series
Wednesday, May 30 at 20:00
The Sixth Street Community Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
4:30–6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6–7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8–9:15PM Tarras Band
9:30–11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Featuring:
Pete Sokolow—piano
Michael Winograd—clarinet
Ben Holmes—trumpet
Jim Guttman—bass
David Licht—drums
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org/special-events
May 31, A Bisele Haimeshe Yiddish – A Little Homespun Yiddish will showcase some of the best local contributions to Yiddish culture in Winnipeg. Back by popular demand, Gray Academy of Jewish Education students under the direction of Miriam Bronstein will be sure to dazzle the audience for their fourth appearance at Mameloshen. We are also delighted to announce that special guest performer Vicki Knight will grace the stage for her first performance at Mameloshen. Celebrated and much loved she is known as “The Songbird of the Desert”. A former Winnipegger, she has performed in many theatre and cabaret performances. Vicki is a former teacher of the I.L. Peretz Folk School and this evening of Yiddish Songs will be a true “coming home” for her.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
330 Memorial Blvd
Winnipeg, Canada
Ticket Information:
A Bisele Haimshe Yiddish: A Little Homespun Yiddish, $18
More info: www.radyjcc.com or call 477-7510.
Jazz Rabbi's Invitational: Ayn Sof Arkestra & Bigger Band
Thursday, May 31, 8:30pm
Sixth Street Synagogue:
325 East Sixth Street (b/n 1st and 2nd Ave),
NYC
Meet NYC’s newest addition to the canon of new Jewish influenced music and culture, the Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band, under the direction of saxophonist Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall and grammy winning trumpeter Frank London. The Arkestra consists of some of the most innovative artists on the scene today – Pam Fleming, Paul Shapiro, Aaron Alexander, Fima Ephron, Eyal Maoz, and many others. The repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements of the members and guest composers in the great NuJu/Rad Jew/SunRaJoo tradition.
Read the low-down on Ayn Sof in the New York Times.
admission: $10 at the door
05/31/2012, 10pm
The Shrine World Music Venue
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd
New York, NY 10030
