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Sacred songs of Hindus & Jews
Sun, Mar 1, 2015
Temple Ohabei Shalom
1187 Beacon St.
Brookline, MA
Tickets: $20/advance; $25/door: You can purchase advance tickets online.
A fascinating musical exploration of shared spiritual themes in Jewish and Hindu music featuring Deepti Navaratna and Cantor Randall Schloss.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/hind-jew-muisc/
Sukkat Shalom—Songs and words of healing and hope
Sun, Mar 1, 2015
HSL Center Communities of Brookline
100 Centre St
Brookline, MA
A concert of quiet and joyous songs to soften loneliness…to sooth pain… to bring smiles to our lips… and joy to our hearts. Hosted by Rabbi Herman Blumberg, Hebrew Senior Life Hospice Rabbinic Director, the afternoon will feature music by:
This event has limited seating and reservation must be made in advance. Please call 617-363-8100 and ask for “Songs of Hope and Healing” on March 1st at 100 Centre Street/Brookline. The reservation line is open Monday through Friday, from 9am-4pm; Deadline, Wednesday, February 25. Please tell us if you are a resident of Center Communities of Brookline.
This experience is a gift to the entire community sponsored by Hebrew Senior Life Hospice Care in cooperation with the Boston Jewish Music Festival.
“DI MEGILEH of ITZIK MANGER”
JCC East Bay, Berkeley
Sunday, March 1; Monday, March 2 (matinee); Tuesday, March 3
Showtimes at 8:00 p.m., March 2 Matinee starts at 1:30pm
Tickets: Evening shows: $25 seniors, students and JCCEB members / $30 general
Matinee: $12 / $15 – Tickets
The Bay Area’s own New Yiddish Theater company reprises last year’s sellout run of the hit Yiddish musical (fully supertitled in English) based on poetry by star Yiddish writer Itzik Manger, set to Israeli composer Dov Seltzer’s sparkling score, with new choral arrangements by Josh Horowitz. With one foot in 1930s Eastern Europe and the other in biblical Persia, Di Megileh recounts the Book of Esther through the eyes of Esther’s jilted lover, Fastrigoseh the tailor.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/di-megileh
AKA Doc Pomus
Sun, Mar 1, 2015, 8:00pm
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA
A documentary film of a legendary songwriter (Save the Last Dance For Me, This Magic Moment, Viva Las Vegas) who was paralyzed by polio as a child. Presented by ReelAbilities Film Festival, in conjunction with the Boston Jewish Film Festival.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/aka-doc-pimus/
“DI MEGILEH of ITZIK MANGER”
JCC East Bay, Berkeley
Monday, March 2 (matinee); Tuesday, March 3
Showtimes at 8:00 p.m., March 2 Matinee starts at 1:30pm
Tickets: Evening shows: $25 seniors, students and JCCEB members / $30 general
Matinee: $12 / $15 – Tickets
The Bay Area’s own New Yiddish Theater company reprises last year’s sellout run of the hit Yiddish musical (fully supertitled in English) based on poetry by star Yiddish writer Itzik Manger, set to Israeli composer Dov Seltzer’s sparkling score, with new choral arrangements by Josh Horowitz. With one foot in 1930s Eastern Europe and the other in biblical Persia, Di Megileh recounts the Book of Esther through the eyes of Esther’s jilted lover, Fastrigoseh the tailor.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/di-megileh
New York Klezmer Series (formerly East Village Klezmer Series)
CTMD Tantshoyz—Yiddish Dance Party!
Music led by Amy Zakar's Fidl Kapelye
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2015
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
NYC
All Concerts begin at 7:30pm; $15. jam sessions afterward
Klezmer Instrumental Music at 5:30pm. $25 per class,
Full night pass—$35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)
More info: aaronalexander.com/wp/ or email NY Klezmer Series
New York Klezmer Series is hosted by and receives support from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. We are also supported by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. Our media co-sponsors are Workmen's Circle.
Support for the NY Klezmer Series is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Major support for the An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Atran Foundation. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Gilder Foundation.
“DI MEGILEH of ITZIK MANGER”
JCC East Bay, Berkeley
Tuesday, March 3, 8pm
Tickets: Evening shows: $25 seniors, students and JCCEB members / $30 general
Purchase Tickets
The Bay Area’s own New Yiddish Theater company reprises last year’s sellout run of the hit Yiddish musical (fully supertitled in English) based on poetry by star Yiddish writer Itzik Manger, set to Israeli composer Dov Seltzer’s sparkling score, with new choral arrangements by Josh Horowitz. With one foot in 1930s Eastern Europe and the other in biblical Persia, Di Megileh recounts the Book of Esther through the eyes of Esther’s jilted lover, Fastrigoseh the tailor.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/di-megileh
Clarinetist David Julian Gray (Klezcentricity) will playing with the fine guitarist Dov Weitman at the world's greatest Irish Pub and Jewish Deli, the way fun
PURIM! Wednesday, Mar 4, 2015, 8-10pm
STAR and SHAMROCK
1341 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
A splendid time is guaranteed for all - for more info:
Friday, Mar 5, 7:00 - 9:00
Blue
650 Congress St.
Portland, ME
No door charge, but your donations are appreciated.
In November, three of us - Carl on flutes and guitar, John on bass and Steve on clarinet and sax - once again had a chance to play with Maine's own master of Middle Eastern percussion, Eric LaPerna. It was so much fun for us (and the audience) we sought out a venue for that lineup to play more regularly. We're pleased to say that Blue, located right in the middle of Portland (650 Congress St.) and one of the Port City's premier spots for all kinds of music, offered us a monthly appearance.
The Aftselokhes Spectacle Committee, Jews For Racial & Economic Justice & The Workmen's Circle present:
Your Roots Are Showing: An Underground Purim Botanical
Purim 2015! Three events, three days!
Join us for a long weekend of carnival and community celebration as we unveil the results of months of collaboration, organizing, rehearsing, and endlessly inventive spectacle engineering.
Thursday, March 5 - SHOW
Doors 8pm, Show 8:15
East Midwood Jewish Center
1625 Ocean Avenue between Avenue K & L, Brooklyn
Q to Avenue J
The dazzling premiere of our magnificent Purim show! A cozy performance of our folk pageant remixing the Book of Esther with the politics of the moment to bring you the visual and musical spectacular of the season! Featuring live music in many Jewish languages, giant puppets, intricate hand-made masquerade, an intergenerational cross-cultural cast, audience participation, homentashen, and more!
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/361185904087982
Thu, Mar 5, 8pm
The New Parish
1743 San Pablo
Oakland, CA
Tickets: $26 seniors, students, JCCEB members / $30 general—purchase tickets online
Since their emergence more than 25 years ago, the Klezmatics have raised the bar for Eastern European Jewish music, made aesthetically, politically and musically interesting recordings, inspired future generations, created a large body of work that is enduring, and helped to change the face of contemporary Yiddish culture. Often called a “Jewish roots band,” the Klezmatics have led a popular revival of this ages-old, nearly forgotten art form.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/klezmatics
Coolidge Corner Cafe Crawl
This event has been postponed due to the weather
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/coolidge-corner-cafe-crawl/
Songs of Shabbat across the region:
Sacred Hebrew Chants
Fri, Mar 6, 2015, 6:15pm
Temple Aliyah
1664 Central Ave
Needham, MA
These services are free, but you are requested to make a reservation so as to enable better planning: FREE Shabbat Service reservation. If you are unable to make a reservation, please come, anyway, and have a great Shabbat.
Sacred Hebrew Chants with Cantor Gaston Bogomolni and special guest, Noam Sender, is an opportunity to explore participatory prayers and Hebrew mantras.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/songs-of-shabbat-across-the-region/
Songs of Shabbat across the region:
Purim-spiced Kabbalat Shabbat
Fri, Mar 6, 2015, 6:30pm
Temple Shalom,
175 Temple St.,
Newton MA
These services are free, but you are requested to make a reservation so as to enable better planning: FREE Shabbat Service reservation. If you are unable to make a reservation, please come, anyway, and have a great Shabbat.
Purim-spiced Kabbalat Shabbat will feature Cantor Peter Halpern leading a Friday night service inspired by songs of Purim.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/songs-of-shabbat-across-the-region/
Songs of Shabbat across the region:
Rhythms of Shabbat
Fri, Mar 6, 2015, 7:30pm
Hineni Renewal Community
Weston MA
These services are free, but you are requested to make a reservation so as to enable better planning: FREE Shabbat Service reservation. If you are unable to make a reservation, please come, anyway, and have a great Shabbat.
Rhythms of Shabbat with Reb Mitch Gordon, leading services from the drum, including chanting, meditation, and participatory drumming.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/songs-of-shabbat-across-the-region/
The An-Sky Ensemble (USA)
Friday, March 6at 10:00pm
Kulturforum Fürth
Würzburger Straße 2,
90762 Fürth, Germany
Das An-sky Ensemble präsentiert historische jiddische Lieder und Tänze sowie instrumentale Klezmermusik aus der legendären Sammlung des Schriftstellers Salomon An-sky („Der Dibbuk“).
Four leading performers/researchers have come together to form a new supergroup of Yiddish music. The An-sky Ensemble presents a diverse repertoire of rare historical songs and exuberant klezmer instrumentals of the famed „An-sky Expedition“.
VVK € 17,- / 13,60 erm.
AK € 15,- / 12,- erm.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/551154318362601/
Alicia Svigals and Bill Schimmel
Klezmer fiddle and accordion music and Yiddish song, old and new
Sat, Mar 7, 7pm
Rockland Conservatory of Music
45 S. Main St.
Pearl River, NY
TICKETS: rocklandconservatory.org/tickets
Svigals' duo program with legendary accordionist William Schimmel in Pearl River, NY, a mere 25 miles from Manhattan. Unplugged klezmer fiddle music, Svigals' original song cycle Seduction in Eynaim, Schimmel compositions and features.
Israeli All-Star Cabaret
Sat, Mar 7, 2015, 7:30pm
Leventhal-Sidman JCC
333 Nahanton St.
Newton, MA
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door; $18 in advance for JCC members. Tix available online
A cabaret-style evening showcasing four of outstanding young Israeli musicians living in Boston, directed by Matti Kovler, featuring:
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/israeli-all-star-cabaret/
Hazonos: Cantor Jack Mendelson, Frank London, & Friends
Sat, Mar 7, 8pm
Temple Sinai
2808 Summit St.
Oakland, CA
Tickets: $22 seniors, students, JCCEB members / $26 general—purchase tickets online
Cantor Jack Mendelson sings classical hazonos (Jewish liturgical music). Mendelson, the subject of the acclaimed 2005 documentary A Cantor’s Tale, and a master of the genre has dedicated his life to teaching, performing, and preserving the liturgical music tradition. Accompanied by Frank London, Anthony Coleman, Glenn Hartman and special guests TBA.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/hazonos
Oran Etkin
Sat, Mar 7, 2015, 8pm
Temple Beth Abraham
4 Raymond St.
Nashua, NH
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Tix available online for both shows
Award-winning clarinetist/saxophonist Oran Etkin and his Ensemble will present A Gathering Light, a concert inspired by kabbalistic texts that draws on the rich musical traditions of Israel, New Orleans and Africa.
The Aftselokhes Spectacle Committee, Jews For Racial & Economic Justice & The Workmen's Circle present:
Your Roots Are Showing: An Underground Purim Botanical
Purim 2015! Three events, three days!
Join us for a long weekend of carnival and community celebration as we unveil the results of months of collaboration, organizing, rehearsing, and endlessly inventive spectacle engineering.
Saturday, March 7 - PARTY AND PERFORMANCE
Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm
$12-25 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.
East Midwood Jewish Center
1625 Ocean Ave between Avenue K & L, Brooklyn
Q to Avenue J
The party of the year! Join us for the luscious performance of our folk pageant, including bands, DJs, dancing, and revelry at our ecstatic all-night extravaganza. Kosher West Indian food for sale by Abegale's Catering of Utica Ave!
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/361185904087982
Oran Etkin's Timbalooloo
Sun, Mar 8, 2015, 7:30pm
Leventhal-Sidman JCC
333 Nahanton St.
Newton, MA
Tickets: $12/advance; $10/advance JCC members; $15/door. Purchase online
A sensational, hand clapping, foot-stomping interactive family introduction to jazz by award winning clarinetist, Oran Etkin.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/oran-etkins-timbalooloo/
The Aftselokhes Spectacle Committee, Jews For Racial & Economic Justice & The Workmen's Circle present:
Your Roots Are Showing: An Underground Purim Botanical
Purim 2015! Three events, three days!
Join us for a long weekend of carnival and community celebration as we unveil the results of months of collaboration, organizing, rehearsing, and endlessly inventive spectacle engineering.
Sunday, March 8 - CARNIVAL FOR ALL AGES
1-4 PM
Union Temple
17 Eastern Parkway at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
2/3 to Brooklyn Museum, Q to 7th Ave, S to Botanic Gardens
A sumptuous, topsy turvy, social justice-themed Purim carnival featuring hand-made carnival games designed and built by kids and youth. Featuring an excerpt from the Aftselakhis Spectacle Committee's Purimshpiel! Fun for all ages! Wear a costume of your own, or dress up from our costume chest and strike a pose in our photo booth.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/361185904087982
The Klezmatics
Pre-concert multimedia presentation by Nora Guthrie
Sun, 8 Mar 2015, 3pm
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
Campus Road at Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11210
Flash back to 1940s Coney Island, where Woody Guthrie and his wife settled into the raucous life on Mermaid Avenue. Inspired by his Jewish family and their community, he wrote hundreds of lyrics rich with spirituality, tenderness, and a passionate belief in the human fight for peace and justice. Now Guthrie’s poetry is given new life by the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, infusing his words with Eastern European, klezmer, Celtic, Afro-Caribbean, and folk flavors in a lively dialogue about the spiritual power of music to unite.
Note: Please join us at 12pm in the Woody Tanger Auditorium (located in the Brooklyn College Library) for a pre-show event with Nora Guthrie, founder and president of the Woody Guthrie Institute and Woody Guthrie Archives (and Woody's daughter), who will make a 90-minute multimedia presentation, entitled “Holy Ground: Woody Guthrie’s Yiddish Connection,” focusing on the artistic implications of Woody's relationship with his Jewish mother-in-law, Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, and the eclectic life of the Guthrie family in 1940s Brooklyn. RSVP'S REQUIRED. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS (MAXIMUM 2 PER RESERVATION).
Tickets: $30
The Sarah Aroeste Quartet
Sun, Mar 8, 2015, 4:00pm
Temple Israel
125 Pond St.
Sharon, MA
Tickets: $20/advance; $25/door. Purchase online
Inspired by her family’s Sephardic roots, Aroeste writes and performs contemporary Ladino music.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/the-sarah-aroeste-quartet/
Diwan Saz
Sat, Mar 8, 2015, 7:00pm
Temple Shalom
175 Temple St.
W. Newton, MA
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Tix available online
An exciting Israeli ensemble performing traditional Middle Eastern music from many traditions. Featuring Rabbi David Menachem, a rising star in the revival of piyyutim in Israel; Lubna Saleme featured vocalist with Nazareth Orchestra; and Mohammed Gaddir, a 14-year-old Bedouin singer.
Veretski Pass, featuring their new program, "Poyln"
Mar 8, 2016, 7:30pm
Jewish Museum Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Tix: 18 Euro
Kitka CD release concert
PLUS Shofar Award Ceremony honoring Ronnie Gilbert
Sun, Mar 8, 8pm
Freight and Salvage
2020 Addison St.
Berkeley, CA
Tickets: $22 seniors, students, JCCEB members / $26 general—purchase tickets online
Celebrate International Women’s day with the internationally renowned, Oakland-based women’s vocal ensemble showcasing new Jewish music and traditional music of Eastern Europe. A local treasure, Kitka’s stunning dissonances, asymmetric rhythms, and lush harmonies will transport you to another world.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/kitka
Alicia Jo Rabins, w/Jess Walter, Tiphanie Yanique, Megan Snyder-Camp
Friday, March 13, 7:30pm
Hugo House
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
Tickets: $25
Alicia Jo Rabins performs 3 new songs and Jess Walter, Tiphanie Yanique, and Megan Snyder-Camp read all brand-new material on the subject of "Parent Trap"
Tickets and more info here.
Isabelle Ganz and Jed Distler in "Sounds Jewish, Doesn't It"
Sun, Mar 8, 6pm
Cornelia St. Cafe
29 Cornelia St.
NYC
Jed Distler, pianist extraordinaire, and Isabelle Ganz, singer, will be performing the show, written by Ganz, "Sounds Jewish, Doesn't It?". The show musically illustrates the Jewish origins (folk song, Yiddish Theater and Cantorial) of many familiar Broadway songs. We also tell stories about the composers, most of whom were Jewish, with the exception of Cole Porter, who tried to make his tunes sound Jewish when he discovered what was successful!
The cover is $20, including one drink. Come laugh with us!
David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana
Free Show and Video Shoot
We can't do this without you!
Monday, March 9, doors: 7:30pm / show: 8:30pm
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street West (between Brock and Sheridan)
Toronto, ON, Canada
Bring your friends, make it a party!
El Yid @ El Cid: Yidlive! LA
Tue, Mar 10—doors/dinner: 6:30pm / show: 7:30pm / boozy shmooze: 9:00pm
El Cid
4212 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Tix: $10 advance / $15 door, available online
THIS MARCH 10, JAMIE ELMAN AND ELI BATALION ARE PROUDLY BRINGING YIDLIFE CRISIS, THEIR LOVE LETTER TO YIDDISH LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND COMEDY TO EL CID, THE HOME OF WEB SERIES AND LIVE PERFORMANCE ON LA’S EAST SIDE, FOR ITS WEST COAST PREMIERE. CO-SPONSORED BY YIDDISHKAYT AND EAST SIDE JEWS.
More info: www.yiddishkayt.org/events/el-yid-el-cid-yidlive-la/
Tarras Band
Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00pm
Barbès
376 9th St, Brooklyn,
New York 11215
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/419255764922461/
New York Klezmer Series:
Klezmerfest! w/Greg Wall, Jordan Hirsch, Zev Zions, Brian Glassman
Tuesday, Mar 10, 2015
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
NYC
All Concerts begin at 7:30pm; $15. jam sessions afterward
Klezmer Instrumental Music at 5:30pm. $25 per class,
Full night pass—$35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)
More info: aaronalexander.com/wp/ or email NY Klezmer Series
New York Klezmer Series is hosted by and receives support from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. We are also supported by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. Our media co-sponsors are Workmen's Circle.
Support for the NY Klezmer Series is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Major support for the An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Atran Foundation. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Gilder Foundation.
The Sway Machinery release concert
Tue, Mar 10, 8pm
Leo's Music Club
5447 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland
Tickets: $20 advance / $25 door—purchase tickets online
This horn-driven sextet from New York draws on a mélange of influences—from Afropop to Ashkenazi cantorial tropes—mining cultural memory that has rocked stages and dance floors from Mali to Poland. Fronted by Jeremiah Lockwood, formerly with Balkan Beatbox.
Presented in association with the Jewish Community Library and Jewish Learning Works
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/sway-machinery
Spirituality & Music with David Broza and Max Weinberg
Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 7:30pm
Leventhal-Sidman JCC
333 Nahanton St.
Newton, MA
The JCC’s Jonathan Samen Hot Buttons, Cool Conversations Discussion Series presents Israeli superstar David Broza and famed drummer Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band), in a night of music and conversation about the connections between music and spirituality. With former Boston Globe music critic Steve Morse.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/spirituality-music/
Paul Hanson Ensemble "Homecoming" World Premiere
Wed, Mar 11, 8pm
Freight and Salvage
2020 Addison St.
Berkeley, CA
Tickets: $23 senior, student / $27 general—purchase tickets online
Grammy-winning jazz bassoonist and composer Paul Hanson lived in Japan for four years as a performer with Cirque du Soleil. That life-changing experience inspired him to explore his Jewish roots through a new work commissioned by the 30th Jewish Music Festival. This program will debut one of the first large scale Jewish pieces ever written for bassoon. With Paul Hanson, bassoon; Moses Sedler, cello; Jeff Denson, bass; Mads Tolling, violin; Alan Hall, percussion and drums; and John Schott, guitarist.
Co-presented by the Contemporary Jewish Museum. In association with Lehrhaus Judaica and Jewish Community Library & Jewish Learning Works.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/paul-hanson-s-homecoming
Saints & Tzadiks
Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 8:30pm
Johnny D's
17 Holland St./Davis Square
Somerville, MA
Tickets: $18/advance; $20/door: You can purchase advance tickets online.
Renowned Irish Singer Susan McKeown and Klezmatics lead vocalist Loren Sklamberg, both Grammy-winning performers, join forces for an intimate evening of Irish and Yiddish folk songs.
Presented in partnership with the Irish Consulate of Boston
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/saints-tzadiks/
Thur, Mar 12, 2015, 7:30pm
Portsmouth Music Hall
28 Chestnut St.
Portsmouth, NH
Tickets: Reserved seats: $36, $25, $20. You can purchase advance tickets online.
The Grammy-winning Klezmatics bring their joyous fusion of klezmer and Americana to the Seacoast.
Presented with Temple Israel, Portsmouth & Greater Seacoast Region Jewish Federation
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/the-klezmatics/
Ezekiel's Wheels Klezmer Band is back in Boston for ONE NIGHT IN 2015.
Regattabar Jazz Club
One Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, March 12th, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Tickets at regattabarjazz.com
$20 general/$15 students
ewklezmer.com
Songs of Shabbat across the region:
Jazz Shabbat
Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 6:15pm
Temple Beth Avodah
45 Puddingstone Lane
Newton MA
These services are free, but you are requested to make a reservation so as to enable better planning: FREE Shabbat Service reservation. If you are unable to make a reservation, please come, anyway, and have a great Shabbat.
Jazz Shabbat with flutist Amir Millstein, Israeli and founder of the legendary Bustan Abraham Quartet.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/songs-of-shabbat-across-the-region/
Songs of Shabbat across the region:
Klezmer Kabbalat Shabbat
Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 6:15pm
Temple Sinai
25 Canton St.
Sharon MA
These services are free, but you are requested to make a reservation so as to enable better planning: FREE Shabbat Service reservation. If you are unable to make a reservation, please come, anyway, and have a great Shabbat.
Jazz Shabbat with Hebrew College’s Kol Arev Choir and a small klezmer ensemble.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/songs-of-shabbat-across-the-region/
Songs of Shabbat across the region:
Shabbat Songs of Our People
Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 8pm
Temple Beth Abraham
4 Raymond St.
Nashua NH
These services are free, but you are requested to make a reservation so as to enable better planning: FREE Shabbat Service reservation. If you are unable to make a reservation, please come, anyway, and have a great Shabbat.
Shabbat Songs of Our People with special guest Cantor Rosalie Gerut, Boston’s hidden gem of Jewish/Yiddish cabaret and folk music.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/songs-of-shabbat-across-the-region/
Sat, Mar 14, 2015, 8pm
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square
Somerville, MA
Tickets: Premium: $90*; Reserved Seats: $36, $20. You can purchase advance tickets online.
t’s been too long since T Klezmatics have shared their exuberance and talent with Boston audiences. This Grammy-winning band has been making wild, wonderful and mystical music for over 20 years. Be prepared for a slew of surprises during the second half of the concert.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/the-klezmatics-2/
Betty Reicher
Recital Franco Yiddish
au piano Roger Pouly
Saturday, March 14 at 8:30pm
l'Isba des Arts,
38 bis rue de Vitry
93100 MONTREUIL,
Résa : 06 46 22 59 75 OU www.isbadesarts.fr
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/633305583436831
Diwan Saz
Yair Dalal w/Dror Sinai
Sat, Mar 14, 8:30pm
First Congregational Church
2501 Harrison St.
Oakland, CA
Tickets: $24 senior, student, JCCEB member / $28 general—purchase tickets online
Diwan Saz: Direct from Israel, this nine-piece Jewish-Muslim-Christian ensemble of master musicians performs a rich variety of music from throughout the Middle and Near East. Featuring virtuosic performances of piyutim, or Jewish liturgical poems, Turkish folk songs, Rumi-inspired compositions, and by a young Bedouin singer whose voice has to be heard to be believed.
Yair Dalal & Dror Sinai: Israeli ‘oud player, violinist and composer Yair Dalal weaves Iraqi and Jewish Arabic music with influences ranging from the Balkans to India.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/diwan-saz
Israel Folkdance Festival
Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 3pm
MIT's Kresge Auditorium
48 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA
Tickets: $15: You can purchase advance tickets online.
Hundreds of dancers will take to the stage at the Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston. Our thirty-ninth annual performance includes dancing feet and flying horas, Spanish-infused Ladino steps, lithe Yemenite movements, and all capped by a huge finale filling the stage and the aisles en masse for the premier Israeli folk dance festival in the entire country with 20 performing groups from the Boston area and beyond. For further information contact: info@bostonfestival.org or find us on Facebook.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/israel-folkdance-festival-3/
Israeli All-Star Cabaret
Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 4pm
Temple Adath Yeshrun
152 Prospect St.
Manchester, NH
Tickets: $25/advance; $30/door; $20/student: You can purchase advance tickets online.
Israeli composer Matti Kovler and his ensemble presents a cabaret of original arrangements of Israeli songs, featuring Tutti Druyan and Florie Namir and several of the rising stars in the Boston music scene. To see more, visit Matti’s web site.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/iraeli-all-star-cabaret/
Classical and Operatic music from Jewish Composers
Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 7pm
Temple Emanuel
365 Ward St.
Newton, MA
Tickets: $25/advance; $30/door; $20/student: You can purchase advance tickets online.
Cantor Elias Rosemberg and the Boston Chamber Symphony, conducted by Avlana Eisenberg, present works by renowned Jewish composers including Aaron Copland, Gustav Mahler, Darius Milhaud, Jacques Offenbach, Leo Weiner, and Jacques Halevy.
More info: bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events/classical-and-operatic-music-from-jewish-composers/
Steven Weintraub—Magician of Jewish Dance (Workshops)
Three separate workshops: register for 1, two, or more
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut St.,
Berkeley, CA
Workshop registration: $15/class; $25 for two—purchase tickets online
Tuesday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.
Raising the Roof: Jewish Stunts, Moves and Styles (Part 1)
Dancing at a simcha is not only a pleasure; it is also a mitzvah and a gift to those celebrating. Learn to show off with the Bottle Dance, and be part of a Human Roulette Wheel and the Crushing Walls!
Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.
Make ‘Em Dance (For musicians and bands)
Participants will split into two groups of players and dancers. Musicians learn correct tempos and feeling for each dance style. Improved playing guaranteed!
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
Raising the Roof: Jewish Stunts, Moves and Style (Part 2)
It’s Yiddish barn dancing! Including the Jewish square dance called The Sher, and a variety of other fun and social dances with ballroom roots.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/steve-weintraub-dance-workshops
Clarinetist David Julian Gray (Klezcentricity) will playing with the fine guitarist Dov Weitman at the world's greatest Irish Pub and Jewish Deli, the way fun
St. Paddy's Day, Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 8-10pm
STAR and SHAMROCK
1341 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
A splendid time is guaranteed for all - for more info:
Mame-loshn: naye oytsres fun Nokhem Stutshkov (The Mother Tongue: New Treasures from Nokhem Stutshkov)
Wednesday, March 18at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
The National Opera Center
330 Seventh Ave 7th Floor,
New York, New York 10001
An evening celebrating the Yiddish lexicographer, writer and dramaturg with songs, scenes, and a talk by Alec Burko. With Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel, Steve Sterner, Shane Baker, and Suzanne Toren. $10 admission, $5 for seniors and students. Program in Yiddish.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/382301458645257/
Steven Weintraub—Magician of Jewish Dance (Workshops)
Three separate workshops: register for 1, two, or more
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut St.,
Berkeley, CA
Workshop registration: $15/class; $25 for two—purchase tickets online
Tuesday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.
Raising the Roof: Jewish Stunts, Moves and Styles (Part 1)
Dancing at a simcha is not only a pleasure; it is also a mitzvah and a gift to those celebrating. Learn to show off with the Bottle Dance, and be part of a Human Roulette Wheel and the Crushing Walls!
Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.
Make ‘Em Dance (For musicians and bands)
Participants will split into two groups of players and dancers. Musicians learn correct tempos and feeling for each dance style. Improved playing guaranteed!
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
Raising the Roof: Jewish Stunts, Moves and Style (Part 2)
It’s Yiddish barn dancing! Including the Jewish square dance called The Sher, and a variety of other fun and social dances with ballroom roots.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/steve-weintraub-dance-workshops
Steven Weintraub—Magician of Jewish Dance (Workshops)
Three separate workshops: register for 1, two, or more
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut St.,
Berkeley, CA
Workshop registration: $15/class; $25 for two—purchase tickets online
Tuesday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.
Raising the Roof: Jewish Stunts, Moves and Styles (Part 1)
Dancing at a simcha is not only a pleasure; it is also a mitzvah and a gift to those celebrating. Learn to show off with the Bottle Dance, and be part of a Human Roulette Wheel and the Crushing Walls!
Wednesday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.
Make ‘Em Dance (For musicians and bands)
Participants will split into two groups of players and dancers. Musicians learn correct tempos and feeling for each dance style. Improved playing guaranteed!
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
Raising the Roof: Jewish Stunts, Moves and Style (Part 2)
It’s Yiddish barn dancing! Including the Jewish square dance called The Sher, and a variety of other fun and social dances with ballroom roots.
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/steve-weintraub-dance-workshops
Alicia Jo Rabins and "Girls in Trouble"
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 7:30pm
Oregon Jewish Museum
NW Portland,
free!
A Girls in Trouble duo performance by Alicia and Aaron in OJM’s beautiful theatre,
including storytelling about the Torah sources behind the songs + Q&A with Alicia.
Space limited, reservations suggested: 503-226-3600
Dave Levitt Klezmer Trio
Sat, Mar 21, 2015, 7pm
1st United Methodist Church
245 Liberty St.
Newburgh, NY
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/422338807932397/
Alicia Jo Rabins and "Girls in Trouble"
Saturday, March 21, 2015, 8pm
Turn Turn Turn
North Portland
free!
A full-band Girls in Trouble show (with Colette Alexander on cello and Ralf Youtz on drums!) with Sex & Insects + Cynthia Nelson Band.
Girls in Trouble will likely play around 9:30 pm. Ages 21+ only.
Festival Finale w/Veretski Pass, Steven Weintraub, and more!
Sun, Mar 22, 1-6pm
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut St.
Berkeley, CA
Tickets: $12 senior, student, JCCEB member / $15 general—purchase tickets online
Your time to sing, dance and be inspired to make your own music. With the Instant Klezmer Mandolin Orchestra, a pop-up community chorus of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah led by Conspiracy of Beards artistic director Daryl Henline, a dance party with international Jewish dance expert Steven Weintraub, and music by the internationally renowned ensemble, Veretski Pass.
Presented in association with KlezCalifornia
Part of the 30th Jewish Music Festival
More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/festival-finale-veretski-pass-instant-klezmer-mandolin-orchestra-and-more
Sun, 22 Mar 2015, 3pm
PepsiCo Theatre
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
Often called a “Jewish roots band,” The Klezmatics have been playing — and celebrating — the heritage of Eastern European Jewish music and Yiddish culture for more than 25 years. Although tradition is at the core of what they do, the Klezmatics have developed a unique musical hybrid, rooted in the klezmer genre but very much of the modern world. Not familiar with klezmer? No worries. Previous experience is not required in order to be transported by the Klezmatics to another place and time.
More info: tickets.artscenter.org/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=5143
Violins of Hope
A Book Launch and Musical Performance
Mon, Mar 23, 7:30pm
Segal Centre for Performing Arts
5170 Côte Ste-Catherine
Montreal, QC, Canada
Join Dr. James A. Grymes for the only Canadian stop on his tour to launch his new book, Violins of Hope, with a unique multimedia presentation on Monday, March 23, 7:30 p.m.
Dr. James A. Grymes, interim chair of the UNC Charlotte Department of Music, will read from his critically acclaimed new book, Violins of Hope: Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour, with performances of related music and video clips throughout the evening. A book signing will follow. Violins of Hope tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust then recovered and restored by Israeli violin-maker Amnon Weinstein.
Academy Award-winning composer John Williams writes, “Violins of Hope is a work of research and scholarship that forms one of the most moving chronicles in the history of Western music.”
TICKETS
General admission $25, prestige tickets $100 (includes reserved front seating and a private VIP cocktail prior to the performance). For tickets call the Segal Centre Box Office (514) 739-7944 or buy online at segalcentre.org. Prestige tickets available by phone only.
The Jewish Public Library, founded in Montreal in 1914, is committed to encouraging and promoting the Yiddish language, culture and literature, by collecting and preserving Yiddish materials, and by presenting a variety of cultural events.
Duo Doyna - CD Release Konzert
Tuesday, March 24at 8:30pm
Studio 672
Venloer Str. 40,
50672 Cologne, Germany
Annette Maye – clarinet, bassclarinet
Martin Schulte – guitar
In temperamentvollen Frejlachs und schnellen Bulgar-Tänzen aus der traditionellen Hochzeits- und Tanzmusik der osteuropäischen Juden, in sephardischen Klängen aus dem Mittelmeerraum und Eigenkompositionen verbindet das Duo Doyna musikalische Welten: Die berührenden und mitreißenden Klezmer-Melodien, welche über Jahrhunderte hinweg verschmolzen sind mit den Bauerntänzen der ost- und südosteuropäischen Länder, wachsen in den virtuosen Improvisationen des Duos über sich selbst hinaus und verbinden sich mit Anklängen aus dem Jazz, Rock und Funk. Nun präsentiert das Duo Doyna seine Debüt- Live CD "Sammy´s Frejlach" (Konnex Records).
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/316378391894746
David Krakauer presents The Big Picture,
“a multimedia show exploring the relationship between music and movies, while reminding us of the contributions they’ve made to our lives.”
Thursday, March 26, 2015, 7:00 pm
Friday, March 27, 2015, 7:00 pm
McCullough Theatre
University of Texas at Austin
$34.00
More info & tix: texasperformingarts.org/season/the-big-picture-david-krakauer-austin
Post-Performance Talkback
Immediately following the performance
Duo Doyna - CD Release Konzert
Thursday, March 26 at 8:00pm
Kulturhaus Käfertal
Gartenstraße 8 (Im Stempelpark),
68309 Mannheim, Germany
Annette Maye – clarinet, bassclarinet
Martin Schulte – guitar
In temperamentvollen Frejlachs und schnellen Bulgar-Tänzen aus der traditionellen Hochzeits- und Tanzmusik der osteuropäischen Juden, in sephardischen Klängen aus dem Mittelmeerraum und Eigenkompositionen verbindet das Duo Doyna musikalische Welten: Berührende und mitreißende Klezmer-Melodien, welche über Jahrhunderte hinweg verschmolzen sind mit den Bauerntänzen osteuropäischer Länder, sie wachsen in den virtuosen Improvisationen des Duos über sich selbst hinaus und verbinden sich mit Anklängen aus dem Jazz, Rock und Funk. Nun präsentiert das Duo Doyna seine Debüt- Live CD "Sammy´s Frejlach" (Konnex Records).
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/799082716827521/
David Krakauer presents The Big Picture,
“a multimedia show exploring the relationship between music and movies, while reminding us of the contributions they’ve made to our lives.”
Friday, March 27, 2015, 7:00 pm
McCullough Theatre
University of Texas at Austin
$34.00
More info & tix: texasperformingarts.org/season/the-big-picture-david-krakauer-austin
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
Saturday, March 28, 6 PM
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College,
Gambier, Ohio
INFO AND TICKETS: calendar.kenyon.edu/event/the_yellow_ticket
Facebook: www.facebook.com/alicia.svigals/posts/638108802955697
The Yellow Ticket is a live multimedia concert event featuring the eponymous 1918 Pola Negri silent film with a performance of an original score by Alicia Svigals, one of the world's foremost klezmer fiddlers. The score is the newest commission from the Foundation's New Jewish Culture Network (NJCN) and marks the first feature-length film composition by Svigals who will perform live with virtuoso pianist Marilyn Lerner at each of the screenings of this cinema classic. Set in Poland and Tsarist Russia, the film portrays a woman's struggle to overcome adversity in a story of secret identifies, heroic measures, and triumphant love.
The Yellow Ticket PROMO from Jewish Culture on Vimeo.
Temple Beth Israel, Waltham presents,
A 100th Anniversary Year Event: The Enduring Musical Legacy of Morris Hollender
Hankus Netsky, Musical Director
Featuring The NEC Jewish Music Ensemble
and vocalists Jessica Kate Meyer, Miryem-Khaye Siegel, and Henry Carrey
2PM on Sunday, March 29, 2015
Temple Beth Israel
25 Harvard St.
Waltham, MA
General Admission is $20, and $15 for TBI Members. Children under 12 are admitted free of charge.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Temple at 781 894 5146 or visit the Temple Beth Israel website, www.TBIWaltham.org.