KlezCalendar

The New York Andalus Ensemble at Greek Jewish Festival

June 1, 2015, 6pm
Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst
775 Branch Blvd.
NYC

(516) 295-4644
newyorkandalusensemble.com/gig-alert-sephardic-temple/

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New York Klezmer Series
Zingeray w/Itzik Gottesman

Tuesday, June 2, 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,
Kidz Klezmer Band starts at 4pm—see page for pricing.
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.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/nyklezmer/
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She'koyokh

Salisbury International Arts Festival, Wiltshire
Tues 2 June, 8pm
Info and tickets

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Jon Madof's Zion80 residency at Joe's Pub

Tues, May 5 - Jun 9, 2015. Doors: 9pm / Show: 9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003

Ticket Price: $14.00
Buy Tickets

Zion80 explores Jewish music – from Shlomo Carlebach to John Zorn and everything in between – through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 11-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Madof’s most ambitious project to date, Zion80 is blazing hot and tight as a drum. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century. Zion80's latest CD is Adramelech: John Zorn's Book of Angels volume 22

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recologie presents: Sy Kushner and Marty Confurius

Wed, June 3, 2015, 7pm
recologie*
49 Lawton Street
New Rochelle, New York

$15 Music Cover
plus Two Drink Minimum or Food Equivalent

More info: www.recologie.com/events/events/klezmer-music-series-continues-june-3rd/

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Mama Loshn

Wednesday, June 3, 7:00pm
Le Bateau Ivre Cafe/Restaurant
2629 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA

Shtetl-and-beyond music in Yiddish, French, Ladino, Spanish, Hebrew - English even!

More info: 510.849.1100

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She'koyokh

Buckland Newton Village Hall, Dorset
Weds 3 June, 7.30pm
Info and tickets

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JCC East Bay presents:
Piyut: Singing to Shavuot - learn devotional mizrachi music

Thursday, June 3, 2015, 6:15pm to 7:00am June 4, 2015
Opportunities to pray, sing and learn piyutim with rabbis, cantors, musicians and teachers
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut Street,
Berkeley, CA

More info: www.jcceastbay.org/clientuploads/2014%20Tikkun%20Leyl%20Shavuot%20Flyer%20Updated.pdf

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Andy Statman Trio

Andy's a bit under the weather, so TONIGHT Jim and Larry
will be joined by our good friends Jon Sholle and Bob Jones

Wednesday 3 June @ 8PM
Barbés
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave)
Park Slope, Brooklyn

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Andrea Pancur mit Roswitha Dasch, Dan Kahn, Markus Milian Müller, Kathrina Müther workshop: Jiddisches Lied

04.06. – 07.06.2015

„Jiddisches Lied“ im Rahmen von KlezWest

www.openklezmerscales.de

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"J. EDGAR KLEZMER: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files"

Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 7 (five shows only!) @ 7PM & Sunday matinee @ 2PM
HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Avenue (enter on Dominick St, one block south of Spring)
NYC

Tickets: $25 general, $20 student/senior
box office: 212.352.3101
here.org/shows/detail/1641/

Musical documentary theater! Explore the declassified archives of Dr. Adele Sicular, grandma to Isle of Klezbos drummer/bandleader & composer/lyricist Eve Sicular. Featuring musical genres from klezmer to Kodaly, baroque to boogie-woogie and beyond to investigate Cold War surveillance on the Upper West Side, derelict theories of homosexuality, Hazel Scott's cancelled TV show, and family gossip.

Missy Fogarty, lead vocals & investigator 1
Yelena Shmulenson, vocals & investigator 2
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & saxophone
Reut Regev, trombone
Shoko Nagai, accordion & piano
Eve Sicular, drums |bandleader & grandchild/lyricist/composer

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Alhambra, w/Isabelle Ganz

Thursday June 4th at 8 p.m.
Congregation Shearith Israel (The Spanish/Portuguese Synagogue)
8 W. 70th St.
NYV 10023.

Performers: Adam Good - oud, guitar; Jeremy S. Bloom - accordion; Rayhan Pasternak - violin; Nezih Antakli - percussion; Returning members: Elliot Z. Levine - baritone; Isabelle Ganz - Director, mezzo, shawm, flute

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Coolidge Corner Cafe Crawl
Rescheduled from last spring!

June 4, 2015, 8-10pm

Ehud Ettun & Haruka Yabuno at Panera Bread
299 Harvard Street

Two of Boston's outstanding jazz artists, Israeli-born bassist
Ehud Ettun & pianist
Haruko Yabuno bring their prodigious talent together for an unforgettable evening.
Here's a taste:

Thalia Zedek at 16 Handles
1309 Beacon Street

Boston indie legend
Thalia Zedek brings her soulful, poignant sound and guitar to this gig--to be joined by a cellist! Don't miss something different at a yogurt/smoothie joint.

The Rosenthals at Blue Hills Bank
1337 Beacon Street

Bluegrass meets jazz. Dan and Phil Rosenthal bring unique their mix to our sponsor's location, Blue Hills Bank. When's the last time you heard a banjo and a trumpet together? Or heard really great music at a bank, for that matter.

Di Bostoner Klezmer at Kolbo
437 Harvard Street

Well-known Boston musicians Dena Ressler and Corey Pesaturo bring their lively and wonderful music to one of Boston's favorite Judaica stores. A shidduch made in heaven.
yiddishmusic.com

Part of the Boston Jewish Music Festival—who can always use your contributions, your help as volunteers, and heck, don't forget to attend this coming spring!

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Andy Statman Trio
(we're expecting some friends from out of town!)

Thursday 4 June @ 8PM
The Charles Street Synagogue
53 Charles St (@ West 4th) New York NY

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The London Klezmer Quartet
The Summertime Klezmer Course

June 5-7, 2015
Herts UK

More info: www.benslowmusic.org/?PageID=1057

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Andrea Pancur mit Roswitha Dasch, Dan Kahn, Markus Milian Müller, Kathrina Müther workshop: Jiddisches Lied

04.06. – 07.06.2015

„Jiddisches Lied“ im Rahmen von KlezWest

www.openklezmerscales.de

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"J. EDGAR KLEZMER: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files"

Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 7 (five shows only!) @ 7PM & Sunday matinee @ 2PM
HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Avenue (enter on Dominick St, one block south of Spring)
NYC

Tickets: $25 general, $20 student/senior
box office: 212.352.3101
here.org/shows/detail/1641/

Musical documentary theater! Explore the declassified archives of Dr. Adele Sicular, grandma to Isle of Klezbos drummer/bandleader & composer/lyricist Eve Sicular. Featuring musical genres from klezmer to Kodaly, baroque to boogie-woogie and beyond to investigate Cold War surveillance on the Upper West Side, derelict theories of homosexuality, Hazel Scott's cancelled TV show, and family gossip.

Missy Fogarty, lead vocals & investigator 1
Yelena Shmulenson, vocals & investigator 2
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & saxophone
Reut Regev, trombone
Shoko Nagai, accordion & piano
Eve Sicular, drums |bandleader & grandchild/lyricist/composer

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The London Klezmer Quartet

5 June 2015, 8pm
Herts, UK

Tickets £12
Pre-concert dining available
More info: www.benslowmusic.org/?PageID=945
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Andrea Pancur mit Roswitha Dasch, Dan Kahn, Markus Milian Müller, Kathrina Müther workshop: Jiddisches Lied

04.06. – 07.06.2015

„Jiddisches Lied“ im Rahmen von KlezWest

www.openklezmerscales.de

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Majorly Minor, featuring Naomi Zamir and others

Sat, June 6, 9:30pm
Palo Alto Farmer's Market
Gilman St.
Palo Alto, CA

Klezmer and E. European music

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"J. EDGAR KLEZMER: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files"

Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 7 (five shows only!) @ 7PM & Sunday matinee @ 2PM
HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Avenue (enter on Dominick St, one block south of Spring)
NYC

Tickets: $25 general, $20 student/senior
box office: 212.352.3101
here.org/shows/detail/1641/

Musical documentary theater! Explore the declassified archives of Dr. Adele Sicular, grandma to Isle of Klezbos drummer/bandleader & composer/lyricist Eve Sicular. Featuring musical genres from klezmer to Kodaly, baroque to boogie-woogie and beyond to investigate Cold War surveillance on the Upper West Side, derelict theories of homosexuality, Hazel Scott's cancelled TV show, and family gossip.

Missy Fogarty, lead vocals & investigator 1
Yelena Shmulenson, vocals & investigator 2
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & saxophone
Reut Regev, trombone
Shoko Nagai, accordion & piano
Eve Sicular, drums |bandleader & grandchild/lyricist/composer

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MELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Work-In-Progress Previews: May 9 — June 6
Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

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She'koyokh + Veda Slovena Bulgarian Choir

Thurs 11 June, 8pm
The Forge,
3-7 Delancey Street
Camden
London NW1 7NL
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She'koyokh

Kids Concert @ Songlines Encounters Festival, Kings Place, London
Sat 6 June, 2pm
Info about the festival (4-6 June)

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The London Klezmer Quartet
The Summertime Klezmer Course

June 5-7, 2015
Herts UK

More info: www.benslowmusic.org/?PageID=1057

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Andrea Pancur mit Roswitha Dasch, Dan Kahn, Markus Milian Müller, Kathrina Müther workshop: Jiddisches Lied

04.06. – 07.06.2015

„Jiddisches Lied“ im Rahmen von KlezWest

www.openklezmerscales.de

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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 June 7, 2015 features the Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble.

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

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Klezmer in the Afternoon

Sun, June 7, 1pm
4835 Hazel Ave.
Philadelphia, PA

It's time for another klezmer tune! And what better way to learn folk music than with other folk? Join Dan Blacksberg and others for a wonderful opportunity to make music with a variety of people from the Philadelphia community. We will all learn a new song by ear, and Dan will expound on the intricacies of the klezmer style. All levels of experience welcome! There's an $8 suggested donation and snacks will be served. Hope to see you there!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1616092268661429/

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דער ציקל פון יידישן לעבן Der Tzikl fun Yiddishn Lebn
“The Cycle of Life – a Concert of Yiddish Song”
with Janie Respitz

Sunday, June 7th, 2015, 2:00 PM
L’Chaim Lounge
Jewish Community Centre
950 41st Ave West
Vancouver, BC

Price: $25.00
Tickets available here or at the door
Note: Seating in the L’Chaim Lounge is limited. Book Tickets ahead to avoid disappointment!

For more information:
Eline Zehavi – Israeli and Jewish Culture Coordinator
T:604-257-5111 Ext 410

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"J. EDGAR KLEZMER: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files"

Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 7 (five shows only!) @ 7PM & Sunday matinee @ 2PM
HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Avenue (enter on Dominick St, one block south of Spring)
NYC

Tickets: $25 general, $20 student/senior
box office: 212.352.3101
here.org/shows/detail/1641/

Musical documentary theater! Explore the declassified archives of Dr. Adele Sicular, grandma to Isle of Klezbos drummer/bandleader & composer/lyricist Eve Sicular. Featuring musical genres from klezmer to Kodaly, baroque to boogie-woogie and beyond to investigate Cold War surveillance on the Upper West Side, derelict theories of homosexuality, Hazel Scott's cancelled TV show, and family gossip.

Missy Fogarty, lead vocals & investigator 1
Yelena Shmulenson, vocals & investigator 2
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & saxophone
Reut Regev, trombone
Shoko Nagai, accordion & piano
Eve Sicular, drums |bandleader & grandchild/lyricist/composer

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MELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

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Klezmer session at The Harrison

Sunday June 7, 2015, 8-10.30pm
The Harrison,
28 Harrison Street,
London WC1H 8JF

Join Ilana Cravitz and friends for a new monthly Klezmer session at The Harrison in Kings Cross.

First Sunday of every month, 8-10.30pm on the Ground Floor.

(No brass or percussion instruments)

Spectacular! See you there?

Free to listen or play

pdfs of tunes
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1540888606157169/

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Ghost Note Ensemble

Jun 8, 2014, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354

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Berlin-based Klezmer Band “Di Meshugeles,” to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany

Mon, Jun 8, 2015, 7:30pm
Jewish Public Library
5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Road,
Montreal, QC, Canada

Tix: 514-345-6416
More info: hwww.jewishpubliclibrary.org

“Music to Love, Music to Laugh, Music to Cry, Music to Dance” is the motto of Di Meschugeles. Band members Marina, Igor, Valik, Ofer, Mark and Toto are reviving traditional Ashkenazi Klezmer music that, in the past, accompanied weddings and family celebrations. Embedded in today's music world, the band creates compositions from old to modern, but always in keeping with the characteristic expressive sound of Klezmer.

Cocktail reception hosted by the Consuls General of Germany and Israel in Montreal.

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LAZER LLOYD CD RELEASE PARTY!!
Lazer Lloyd's set is followed by Ta Shma Orchestra, then a late night Jubilee Jam!

Monday June 8, 2015, 9:30pm
Drom
85 Ave A Btwn 5/6th Street
NYC

Israel’s Blues-Rock King, comes to Drom in NYC to release a hot, new, self-titled album on CD and vinyl and kicks off his 2015 summer tour with all of his friends and fans from across the 7 boroughs of the emerald city.

General Admission: $12adv $15dos
VIP Seating: $20adv $25dos

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Klezmer in the Park

Sunday June 9, 2015, 12:15 - 18:00
Regents Park bandstand
London, UK

Come on down for a fun-packed afternoon for all the family in one of London’s most beautiful parks with special guest presenter BBC Radio 3 DJ Max Reinhardt.
The line up for this year’s Klezmer In The Park..
12:15 JFS Klezmer Band
12:30 Highnotes Klezmer Band
13:00 Don Kipper
14:00 Stewart Curtis’ K-Groove
15:00 The Turbans
16:00 She’Koyokh
17:00 Tantz

Kids Zone includes:

• JMI's Klezmer Krafting


• Face Painting


• JW3's Family Fun


• Spiro Ark's Hoopla w/Hebrew


• Balloon Band

More info: www.jmi.org.uk

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Jon Madof's Zion80 residency at Joe's Pub

Tues, May 5 - Jun 9, 2015. Doors: 9pm / Show: 9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003

Ticket Price: $14.00
Buy Tickets

Zion80 explores Jewish music – from Shlomo Carlebach to John Zorn and everything in between – through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 11-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Madof’s most ambitious project to date, Zion80 is blazing hot and tight as a drum. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century. Zion80's latest CD is Adramelech: John Zorn's Book of Angels volume 22

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Alicia Jo Rabins, with Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Josh Kalscheur (NYC)

JUNE 10, 2015: POETRY READING IN TACOMA, WA, 7pm
Kings Bookstore
218 St Helens Ave
Tacoma, WA 98402
253.272.8801

More info: www.kingsbookstore.com/event/poetryfour

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Klezmer Masterclass with Lerner & Moguilevsky

Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 7pm
Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave
Toronto, ON, Canada

$20. To register call 416-979-8282

More info: www.ashkenaz.ca/news/lerner-moguilevsky-klezmer-masterclass/

Join Argentina’s Cesar Lerner and Marcelo Moguilevsky for an exciting hands-on musical experience as this dynamic duo presents a masterclass in Klezmer music, Buenos Aires-style. Lerner and Moguilevsky are world-renowned for their spellbinding improvisations and inventive re-interpretations of traditional Klezmer and Yiddish music. This is a rare opportunity for Toronto musicians to experience the great artistry of these musicians, up close and interactive. Like their live performances, there’s no telling what direction they may take this workshop, but it will be exciting and inspiring. The session is open to musicians of any age and level on acoustic instruments.

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Lerner & Moguilevsky: Klezmer en Buenos Aires

Thursday, June 11, 2015, 8pm
Lula Lounge, 1
585 Dundas St. W
Toronto, ON, Canada
Tickets $15+HST in advance, $20 at the door

Ashkenaz faves Cesar Lerner (piano, accordion, percussion) and Marcelo Moguilevsky (clarinet, sax, wooden flutes, harmonica) return to the city that introduced them to the international Jewish music scene nearly 18 years ago. Born to Russian and Polish grandparents who immigrated to Argentina at the turn of the century, the dynamic duo has developed their own improvisational musical language, combining elements of the klezmer and Yiddish musical traditions with Argentinian folk music, jazz, tango and other world music influences. Lerner and Moguilevsky have performed all over the world and have released a number of acclaimed CD recordings.

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Eastern European Music Jam Session

Thursday, June 11, 8:00pm
The Harrison
28 Harrison Street, WC1H 8JF London, United Kingdom

Balkan, gypsy, klezmer, Russian music - even a bit of Turkish or Greek.... come and share your tunes at the 2nd Thursday East European jam, downstairs at The Harrison from 8pm every month with house band 'Bucimis Trio' (Susi Evans, Matt Bacon and Chrisina Borgenstierna).

All instruments welcome, including brass and percussion

Free / Donation

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Gerineldo
Musiques traditionnelles judéo-espagnoles du Maroc.
Avec Oro Anahory-Librowicz, Judith Cohen, Tamar Ilana Cohen Adams et Solly Lévy.

Juin 11, 2015, 20h
Espace Rachi
Guy de Rothschild 39, rue Broca
Paris 5e
Tarif : 12 € Réservez ici

Facebook: www.facebook.com/judith.cohen.9/posts/10153886670914951

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Andy Statman Trio
(we're expecting some friends from out of town!)

Thursday 11 June @ 8PM
The Charles Street Synagogue
53 Charles St (@ West 4th) New York NY

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The Sarah Aroeste

Fri, Jun 12, 22:30h
Royal Botanic Garden of Cordoba
Cordoba, Spain

More info: sefarad.cordoba.es

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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MELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

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New Yiddish Rep’s “Seltzer Nights” will shake things up this spring!

Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 7pm
Castillo Theatre
543 W. 42nd St.
NYC

Tickets are $35. Call Ovation Tix at 866/811-4111, www.newyiddishrep.org or visit the Castillo Theatre box office, 543 West 42nd Street.

An audacious new show headlined by the preeminent Yiddish vaudevillian Shane Baker and starring a cast of tens will shake things up at New York this winter. “Seltzer Nights” recreates the bawdy, boisterous and often back-biting atmosphere of a Yiddish music hall on the Lower East Side of a century ago, but with much better acoustics. Staged as an immersive theatrical cabaret, this star-infested variety show features a who’s who of the booming downtown Yiddish theater and music scene. “Seltzer Nights” dusts off some of the more risqué songs and comedy routines of the time as well as some of the more blatantly theatrical moments of popular melodrama that were all the rage on the Yiddish rialto. Summoning up the spirits of legends like Molly Picon, Jenny Goldstein, Jacob Adler, Boris Thomashefsky, Dzigan and Schumackher, and Fanny Brice, “Seltzer Nights” will keep you up at night. Just like a good pastrami sandwich!

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KulturfestNYC presents Borscht Ball—a Russian-blended festival kick-off party!

Saturday, June 13, 2015, 8:00pm
The Paper Box
17 Meadow St,
Brooklyn, New York 11206

Tickets Available: www.ticketfly.com

Don’t miss our non-stop multiple-genre party – featuring a night of Russian & Yiddish singing, drinking and dancing.
- All-stars gala set w/ Vanya ZHUK, Gerbert MORALES and Psoy KOROLENKO all the way from Russia; Daniel KAHN (US/Germany), Polina SHEPHERD (Russia/UK); Lorin SKLAMBERG, Mira STROIKA and Eve LESOV from New York; SOCALLED (Canada) and a world class Klezmer Kapelye led by Merlin SHEPHERD (UK) w/ New-Yorkers Frank LONDON, Lorin SKLAMBERG, Brian GLASSMAN, Aaron ALEXANDER, Jake SHULMAN-MENT, Dmitri Zisl SLEPOVITCH.
- Special Guest: the amazing BILLY'S BAND (Russia)
- DJ SPINACH (NY) mixes it up all night long!

Facebook: hwww.facebook.com/events/787717328014221/

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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Di Mayse: Celebrating Stories of Beloved Yiddish Authors, 89th Annual Concert of the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco. Folk songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and Russian.

Sunday, June 14, 2:30pm
Jewish Community High School of the Bay
SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Advance tickets: $10. At the door: $15 general / $12 students, seniors and people with disabilities.
Buy tickets: 510.220.6325, Brown Paper Tickets
More info: jewishfolkchorussf.org/concerts

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Nigun Chamber Ensemble's concert-presentation of new CD "The Art of Jewish Music"
Yelena Neplok, Artistic Director

June 14,2015,7pm
Center Makor
1845 Commonwealth Avenue,
Brighton, MA

Admission: $25, $15 for seniors & students
Available at www.centermakor.org
Box Office 617-903-4463

A unique blend of Jewish folk songs in Yiddish and Hebrew, popular Jewish traditional instrumental music, and masterpieces by great Jewish composers.

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MELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

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Andy Statman Trio
our first time at one of the most legendary music venues in the northeast

Sunday 14 June @ 7PM
Caffé Lena
47 Phila Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

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The New York Andalus Ensemble

June 14, 2015, 7pm
JCC Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave
NYC

Admission: $25 Adults/$20 Members
Buy Tickets Online

More info: newyorkandalusensemble.com/gig-alert-061415-jcc-manhattan/

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The Klezmatics

Jun 14, 7:30pm
KulturfestNYC Grand Opening Concert
Brookfield Place, Winter Garden
NYC

free concert

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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Yiddishpiel – The Yiddish Theatre of Israel presents
Monologn Fun Di Kishkes (The Kishka Monologues)

Mon 6/15, 2 PM and Tue 6/16, 7:30 PM
Museum of Jewish Heritage,
36 Battery Pl
NYC

USE CODE FB16

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/707730436005783/

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The State Jewish Theatre of Romania presents "Wandering Stars"
Written by Sholem Aleichem
Directed by Andrei Munteanu
Performed in Yiddish w/English translation supertitles

Jun 15, 2015, 3:00pm
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St,
NYC

USE CODE FB16

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/393184547550683/

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Briana di Mara

Jun 15, 2014, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354

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The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene Presents: Mir trogn a gezang
A musical tribute to Chana Mlotek, z"l

Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
New York, New York

USE CODE FB16

More info: www.facebook.com/events/723318551128959/

Part of KulturFestNYC

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Yiddishpiel – The Yiddish Theatre of Israel presents
Monologn Fun Di Kishkes (The Kishka Monologues)

Mon 6/15, 2 PM and Tue 6/16, 7:30 PM
Museum of Jewish Heritage,
36 Battery Pl
NYC

USE CODE FB16

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/707730436005783/

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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The State Jewish Theatre of Romania presents "Wandering Stars"
Written by Sholem Aleichem
Directed by Andrei Munteanu
Performed in Yiddish w/English translation supertitles

Jun 16, 2015, 3:00pm
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St,
NYC

USE CODE FB16

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/393184547550683/

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Folksbiene KulturFestival, Tantshoyz w/Avia Moore, dance leader

Tuesday, Jun 16, 2014
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,
Kidz Klezmer Band starts at 4pm—see page for pricing.
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.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/nyklezmer/
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"Muntergang and Other Cheerful Downfalls"
with Great Small Works and Edward Portnoy

Tuesday, June 16, 7:00pm
YIVO
15 W. 16th St., NYC

Aching to sing along with Yosl Cutler’s and Zuni Maud’s Modicut puppets on June 16th? Now you can – here is the chorus to one of their satirical songs, "I’m the Boss of my Shop," in the voice of a cranky Lower East Side garment-industry sweatshop boss:

Ikh bin der bos ba mir in shap shap shap
Di arbet muz leyfn hori yop yop yop
Ikh hob faynt in mitn drinen
Az me zingt ba di mashinen
Ikh bin der bos ba mir in shap shap shap

I'm the boss of my shop shop shop
The work has to be quick hurry up up up
I hate it when they suddenly start
Singing at their sewing machines
I'm the boss of my shop shop shop

More info: yivo.org/events/index.php?tid=205&aid=1364

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Lucette van den Berg

Jun 16, 2015, 7pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St.
NYC

Lucette van den Berg is one of the leading voices in the vanguard of a new generation of Yiddish singers. She performed at theatres, in concert halls and at festivals throughout Europe and North America. Her debut compact disc Zing Shtil (2005) was highly praised by the critics.

More info/tix: www.publictheater.org/en/tickets/calendar/playdetailscollection/joes-pub/2015/l/lucette-van-den-berg/?

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Zaftik presents "Ek Velt (The End of the World)"
Performed In Yiddish with English Translation Supertitles

6/16 7 PM, Wed 6/17 1 PM and 7 PM
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St,
NYC

USE CODE FB16

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1412857362372196/

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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Zaftik presents "Ek Velt (The End of the World)"
Performed In Yiddish with English Translation Supertitles

Wed 6/17 1 PM and 7 PM
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St,
NYC

USE CODE FB16

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1412857362372196/

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The Magid of Amsterdam w/Shura Lipovsky

Wed, Jun 17, 7:30pm
JCC Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St
NYC
646.505.4444

Tix and more info

An evening with Hassidic stories, Yiddish songs and commentaries of a lets, an old Yiddish clown, performed by Shura Lipovsky.
Shura Lipovsky is one of the most respected writers, composers, performers and pioneers within the realm of Yiddish song. Through her music, she strives for the validation of the Yiddish language as a poetic instrument for inter and intra-cultural dialogue and peace. Her recent ensemble Novaya Shira (New song) premiered successfully in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in 2011. She is the director of the Summer Song School 'Golden Peacock' for JMI in London, she leads a monthly choir in MCY in Paris and was a member of the quartet Serendipity 4, with Theodore Bikel and Merima Kljuco. Her passion for Yiddish theater inspired her to put her career on hold in 2005/06 to study at l'Ecole Internationale de Théâtre de Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She has been featured in numerous international documentaries on Yiddish culture. www.shuralipovsky.com
Starring: Shura Lipovsky; Musical Accompaniment by: Joyce Rosenzweig. Directed by Cilia Hogerzeil.

Part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

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The Glasshouse Ensemble & Muzsikas

Wednesday, June 17 8pm
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
566 LaGuardia Pl,
New York, NY 10012

The Glasshouse Ensemble is named for the Hungary’s legendary Glass House (Üvegház), the most famous among 76 safe houses established around Budapest by the Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz, where thousands of Jews took refuge during the Holocaust. Glasshouse Ensemble is made up of American and Hungarian musicians led by Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, bandleader and composer Frank London of The Klezmatics. The repertoire features a selection of long forgotten songs from Central Europe’s Jewish past.

Tix: $36 per person, available online. Use the promo code 'muszik' when purchasing tickets online for a 25% discount.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/737781236350077/

Part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

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Heartland Klezmorim and Gracewood Singers

Wednesday, June 17 at 8:00pm
Meridian Historic Village
Okemos, Michigan

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/699011166911182/

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Sklamberg & the Shepherds

Wed, Jun 17, 2015, 8pm
Barbès
376 9th St.
Brooklyn, NY

Tix/Info: barbesbrooklyn.com

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The Ester Rokhl and Ida Kaminska Jewish Theatre presents "Bonjour Monsieur Chagall"
Performed In Yiddish with English Translation Supertitles

Wed 6/17 8:30 PM
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St,
NYC

USE CODE FB16

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1610231209222277/

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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The Ester Rokhl and Ida Kaminska Jewish Theatre presents "Bonjour Monsieur Chagall"
Performed In Yiddish with English Translation Supertitles

Thu 6/18 2pm and 7pm
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St,
NYC

USE CODE FB16

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1610231209222277/

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Just a little reminder that I'm playing with the Nu Haven Kapelye tonight, Thursday, June 18, on the New Haven Green as a part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.

Why not come down and hear some good music and make it a picnic dinner concert?

We're playing from 6-7 p.m.

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We open up again tonight, for out third year of Balagan Café, the summer festival we host in the garden of the Jewish Community of Florence. Past editions have seen a lot of people coming to enjoy music, literature, food - and we’ve been lucky enough to be able to host some friends of this list, including just to name a few, Jeff Warschawer and Deborah Strauss, Steve Weintraub, Avery Gosfield w/ Lucidarium, Sharon Bernstein and Francesco Spagnolo, Diana Matut and Andreas Schmitges, Ruth Gruber. This year our very special guest from overseas will be Frank London, on Thursday August 30th; tonight, with the help of the “Balagan Cafe Orchestra" Enrico Fink will be performing a monologue with music called “La mamma, l’angelo e la ciambella” that deals with Italian Jewish music and Italian Jewish stories and Italian Jewish food - especially from Ferrara. You can read about the Balagan in some English articles on the web such as these

http://forward.com/culture/186528/putting-florences-jewish-history-into-the-spotligh

see the website for this year’s dates, won’t be open every Thursday)
Florence, via Farini 4 (in front of the Great Synagogue)
Enrico Fink, artistic director

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Michael Alpert and Julian Kytasty:
Night Songs from a Neighoring Village: Ballads of the Ukrainian & Yiddish Heartland

Thursday, June 18, 7:00pm
YIVO
15 W. 16th St., NYC

Join us for a concert program pairing two musical traditions - East European Jewish and Ukrainian - that have existed side by side and nourished each other for centuries. Night Songs from a Neighboring Village includes performance, personal storytelling and commentary, and has been featured at major concert venues in Los Angeles, Jerusalem, Berlin, Krakow and elsewhere throughout the US and Europe.

More info: yivo.org/events/index.php?tid=205&aid=1380

More about KulturFest

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Lea Koenig-Stolper in Concert
with Zalmen Mlotek at the piano

Thu, Jun 18, 2015, 7:30pm

Museum of Jewish Heritage,
36 Battery Pl
NYC

USE CODE FB16

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/396950133844906/

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

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Merlin & Polina Shepherd

Thursday, June 18at 7:00pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St, New York, New York 10003

Tickets Available www.publictheater.org

Clarinetist and composer Merlin Shepherd, an innovative force in the klezmer renaissance and Polina Shepherd, a virtuosic vocalist, pianist and composer blend traditional and new Yiddish and Russian song with klezmer and southern Mediterranean music.

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1622617121288251/

Part of KulturFestNYC

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Andy Statman Trio
(we're expecting some friends from out of town!)

Thursday 18 June @ 8PM
The Charles Street Synagogue
53 Charles St (@ West 4th) New York NY

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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A screening of the film "Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: Song Of Autumn"

Friday, June 19, 2015, 2:00 P.M.
Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance
220 E 42nd St,
New York, NY 10017
Admission $10. Tickets may be purchased at web.ovationtix.com, 866-811-4111

If you haven't yet seen this film about the wonderful poet, songwriter and singer now is your chance. This film is being shown as part of the Kulturfestnyc, international festival of Jewish performing arts.
פֿרײַטיק דעם 19טן יוני 2015, 2 אַ זייגער נאָך מיטאָג
וועט מען ווײַזן דעם פֿילם
ביילע שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן: האַרבסטליד
אין וויזענטאַל־צענטער־מוזיי פֿון טאָלעראַנץ
צוויי הונדערט צוואַנציק איסט 42סטע גאַס, מאַנהעטן

אַרײַנטרעט 10 דאָלאַר. בילעטן קען מען באַשטעלן בײַ
web.ovationtix.com; 866-811-4111

דער פֿילם ווערט געוויזן ווי אַ טייל פֿון דעם אינטערנאַציאָנאַלן פֿעסטיוואַל פֿון בינעקונסטן
kulturfestnyc

Part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

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Lea Koenig-Stolper in Concert
with Zalmen Mlotek at the piano

Fri, Jun 19, 2015, 2:00pm

Museum of Jewish Heritage,
36 Battery Pl
NYC

USE CODE FB16

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/396950133844906/

part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

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Alicia Jo Rabins, participating in Poetry Press Week
a fantastic performance event for new poems

FRIDAY JUNE 19, 2015, 7pm
Disjecta,
8371 N Interstate Ave
Portland, OR

More info: poetrypressweek.com

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Fleet Street Klezmer Band

Friday, June 19, 7:15pm
Ahavath Beth Israel
11 N Latah St,
Boise, Idaho 83705

We are back again for one of the tastiest festivals in Boise, Deli Days! Two days of mouth watering deli delights, music, synagogue tours, dancing, and Shabbat celebrations. Fleet Street Klezmer Band will bring the klezmer party mishagas Friday night at 7:15PM!

More info: www.facebook.com/events/613797475424233/

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Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh Group

Friday, June 19at 8:00pm
Gallery 263
263 Pearl St,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Performing with Grant Smith, Michael McLaughlin and Ehud Ettun
Suggested donation $10

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1638865953010807/

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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Simply Slavic Festival

Saturday June 20, 2015 12PM to Midnight
Downtown Youngstown, OH

More info: www.simplyslavic.org/

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The Klezmatics

Saturday, Jun 20, 2015
Hudson Stage: 12:20pm - 1:10pm
Dance Stage: 2:40pm - 3:45pm

Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival 2015
Croton Point Park, NY

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MELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

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World Music for Syria, featuring The Moors

Sat, 20 Jun, 2015, doors open at 7pm
Gecko Bar &am; Bistro,
St Leonards on Sea TN37 6DN

Tickets £6 in advance (from Kassa coffee shop, Bookbuster and The Crown) and on the door.

World Music for Syria will be evening of music from around the globe featuring live performances from acts including four-piece Middle-Eastern band Oudolin, world music choir Vocal Explosion, Han-Song...Conflicts in Time and DJ Remi Vibesman.

All proceeds will go to Syria Relief Charity, which supports civilians and displaced communities.

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David Krakauer Acoustic klezmer quartet
"Crazy for klezmer"

Saturday, June 20, 2015, 8pm
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1380 Rue Sherbrooke O,
Montréal, QC H3G 1J5, Canada
+1 514-285-2000

More info: www.mbam.qc.ca

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Andy Statman Trio

Saturday 20 June @ 11:30 PM
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St New York NY
a part of Kulturfest NYC

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AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

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Seth Kibel Quartet

Wednesday, May 6m 7 - 9pm
New Deal Cafe
113 Centerway
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770

No cover, although tips (and suggestions) are encouraged!

We'll be featuring a bunch of tunes from my new album, "No Words," as well as some favorites from the worlds of jazz, swing, klezmer, and more.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/890270937703882/

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The annual Workmen's Circle Taste of Jewish Culture Street Fair!

Sunday, Jun 21, 11am - 6pm
6th Avenue & 46th Street.
NYC

We're partnering with dozens of top food vendors including Baz Bagel & Restaurant, Breads Bakery,Brooklyn Seltzer Boys, Brooklyn Sesame, Dassara Brooklyn Ramen, The Gefilteria, Katz's Delicatessen, Kossar's Bialys, Mile End Deli, Shelsky's Smoked Fish and more.
Food isn't the only thing on the menu -- the Street Fair will also feature klezmer music by Paul Shapiro's Ribs and Brisket Revue and Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars, as well as a Judaica gift shop curated by The Jewish Museum. This Street Fair is presented in partnership with Folksbiene's KulturfestNYC

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Join together with dozens of fellow violinists in a unique expression of the beauty of klezmer. Alicia Svigals, widely regarded as one of klezmer’s greatest exponents, will lead a group of violinists of all ages and of varied experience levels in a free, outdoor event on the summer solstice.

Sunday, June 21, 2015. 3:00 pm
Joe's Pub
The Public Outdoor Stage
425 Lafayette St Astor Place and Lafayette
New York, NY 10003
FREE EVENT

Co-Presented with Make Music New York and the Museum of Jewish Heritage – Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Svigals has written a suite of tunes that will take players and listeners on a tour of the basic klezmer forms: horas, bulgars, freylekhs, and more. Playing the piece will start you on the path to the secrets of an authentic Yiddish playing style – the timbres and rhythmic feel, the modes and dance beats, slides, trills and krekhzn that make a violinist sound like a bonafide klezmer.

For more information or to sign up to perform in the event, please fill out the form here.

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Inna Barmash

Sunday, June 21at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge St,
New York, New York 10002

Raw, beautiful and elegant. Chanteuse Inna Barmash presents a repertoire of Yiddish lullabies, love ballads, and songs of love gone wrong including rarely heard treasures of old Soviet-era anthologies collected in the shtetls of Ukraine in the early 20th century. Performed in one of the most visually stunning and acoustically beautiful sacred treasures of New York, the Museum at Eldridge Street in Chinatown.

Tix: $18 per person, available online

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/737781236350077/

Part of #KulturfestNYC week-long international Jewish performing arts festival (100+shows)

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MELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

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Ghost Note Ensemble

Mon, Jun 22, 2014, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354

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June 23 - 28, 8:00pm. Orquesta Victoria, 12-piece tango orchestra from Buenos Aires, with new Yiddish tangos written by Bay Area resident Debora Simcovich. New CD release. Pre-concert talks "Jewish Life and Tango in Argentina" at 7:00pm, with Argentine sociologist Anita Epelbaum Weinstein. Concerts include tango performance. More info: 415.734.6478, Villa Crespo Productions.

Tuesday, June 23, 7:00pm, Reception with the artists. Tickets: $5.
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 821-1155

More info: missionculturalcenter.org/events.html

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David Chevan can neither confirm nor deny that he will be playing at the Outer Space, 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden CT with the Spies of the Balkans on Wednesday, June 24. Small group Klezmer jamming. Doors open 5pm. Free.

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Klezmer Creek
Fourth Wednesday Klezmer Nights—performance followed by jam

Wednesday, June 24, 7:00-8:00pm
Gaia's Garden
1899 Mendocino Avenue,
Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Entertainment free with $5 minimum purchase.
More info: 707.544.2491

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Bop Kabbalah + Jon Madof's Blivet

Wed, June 24, 2015, 7pm
ShapeShifter Lab
18 Whitwell Pl,
Brooklyn, New York 11215

tickets $12

These two exciting bands team up for this double bill in Brooklyn! Tzadik Records recording artists Bop Kabbalah play selections from their acclaimed 2014 release alongside new compositions and Blivet - Madof's newest classic-R&B/funk-meets-downtown-NYC-madness project - performs on the heels of recording their debut CD and premiering during Madof's Stone residency earlier this year!

7pm - Blivet
Jon Madof - guitar
Brian Marsella - organ
Shanir Blumenkranz - bass
Mathias Kunzli - drums

8:15 - Bop Kabbalah
Ty Citerman - guitar
Ben Holmes - trumpet
Ken Thomson - bass clarinet
Adam Gold - drums

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June 23 - 28, 8:00pm. Orquesta Victoria, 12-piece tango orchestra from Buenos Aires, with new Yiddish tangos written by Bay Area resident Debora Simcovich. New CD release. Pre-concert talks "Jewish Life and Tango in Argentina" at 7:00pm, with Argentine sociologist Anita Epelbaum Weinstein. Concerts include tango performance. More info: 415.734.6478, Villa Crespo Productions.

Wednesday, June 24.
At Freight & Salvage
2020 Addison St.
Berkeley, CA
Tickets: $26 advance / $30 door

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Orquesta Victoria, from Buenos Aires, with new Yiddish tangos written by the Bay Area's Debora Simkovich w/pre-concert talk Anita Epelbaum Weinstein

Wednesday, June 24, 7:00pm, Jewish Life and Tango in Argentina / 8:00pm performance
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

Tickets: $26 advance / $30 door. More info: 510.644.2020

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June 23 - 28, 8:00pm. Orquesta Victoria, 12-piece tango orchestra from Buenos Aires, with new Yiddish tangos written by Bay Area resident Debora Simcovich. New CD release. Pre-concert talks "Jewish Life and Tango in Argentina" at 7:00pm, with Argentine sociologist Anita Epelbaum Weinstein. Concerts include tango performance. More info: 415.734.6478, Villa Crespo Productions.

Thursday, June 25, 2015. Pre-concert talk 7pm; concert, 8pm
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 821-1155

Tickets: $20 advance / $25 door

More info/tix: missionculturalcenter.org/events.html

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David Krakauer w/members of the Wiener Symphoniker
«Dreams and Prayers. Festival der Jüdischen Kultur Wien»

Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 19:30
Schubert-Saal
Wiener Konzerthaus
Lothringerstrasse 20
A-1030 Wien, Austria

More info: konzerthaus.at/concert/eventid/53081

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Yiddish Sing

June 25th, 2015, 7:30pm
Boston Workmen's Circle Building
1762 Beacon St.
Brookline, MA

Drop in for this informal monthly gathering to learn and sing Yiddish folk songs. Songbooks provided. All are welcome, regardless of singing ability or knowledge of Yiddish.

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Andy Statman Trio

Thursday 25 June @ 8PM
The Charles Street Synagogue
53 Charles St (@ West 4th) New York NY

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Afrit Nebula
A Nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust...
Afrit is a powerful demon or monster in Arabian myths...

Friday 26 June. Doors open 7pm
St Leonards' Respond Academy
Silchester Mews
Silchester Road,
St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN38 0JB

Admission £5 on the door or in advance here

AFRIT NEBULA is a band featuring Ken Edwards (acoustic bass guitar, vocals), Elaine Edwards (tenor & soprano saxes, flute) and Jamie Harris (percussion, vocals).

Ken and Elaine are founder members of The Moors. Jamie played with Trevor Watts both as a duo and in the Celebration Band.

Playing live on , this vibrant new trio explores the music of the Afro-Cuban, Middle East and jazz and rock traditions, and adds something new...

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June 23 - 28, 8:00pm. Orquesta Victoria, 12-piece tango orchestra from Buenos Aires, with new Yiddish tangos written by Bay Area resident Debora Simcovich. New CD release. Pre-concert talks "Jewish Life and Tango in Argentina" at 7:00pm, with Argentine sociologist Anita Epelbaum Weinstein. Concerts include tango performance. More info: 415.734.6478, Villa Crespo Productions.

Friday, June 26.
At Marines' Memorial Theatre
609 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor,
San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $26-$30 advance / $28-$32 door

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Fleet Street Klezmer Band

Friday, June 26, 8:00pm
Weiser, Idaho

Fleet Street Klezmer is excited to be part of the entertainment lineup for the National Old National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Festival this year! Bring your dancing shoes, we'll bring the klezmer party mishagas! June 26th, 8-9 PM!

More info: www.facebook.com/events/877713718969708/

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Orquesta Victoria, from Buenos Aires, with new Yiddish tangos written by the Bay Area's Debora Simkovich w/pre-concert talk Anita Epelbaum Weinstein

Friday, June 26, 7:00pm, Jewish Life and Tango in Argentina / 8:00pm performance
Marine's Memorial Theatre
2020 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

Tickets: $26 advance / $30 door, or from City Box Office

More info: 510.644.2020
www.marinesmemorialtheatre.com/calendar/theatreevents/orquesta-victoria

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Ugly Beauties, featuring:
Marilyn Lerner- piano
Matt Brubeck- cello
Nick Fraser-drums

Friday, Jun 26, 9:30pm
Musideum - A World of Musical Instruments
401 Richmond St. W., Suite 133,
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8
$20/ $10 students/artists

Abstract lyricism, creative synergy, composition and improvisation. Come join us for an evening of sublime and unexpected music making.

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MELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

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June 23 - 28, 8:00pm. Orquesta Victoria, 12-piece tango orchestra from Buenos Aires, with new Yiddish tangos written by Bay Area resident Debora Simcovich. New CD release. Pre-concert talks "Jewish Life and Tango in Argentina" at 7:00pm, with Argentine sociologist Anita Epelbaum Weinstein. Concerts include tango performance. More info: 415.734.6478, Villa Crespo Productions.

Saturday, June 27: 7pm talk; 8pm concert
At San Anselmo Playhouse
27 Kensington Rd.
San Anselmo, CA

Tickets: $26 advance / $30 door

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Le Samedi 27/06/2015 à 22h30
36eme Festival Django Reinhardt
Île du Berceau - Samois-sur-Seine, France

More info: liveboutique.fnacspectacles.com

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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 June 28, 2015 features the Samuel Thomas.

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

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Temple Beth El Jewish Cultural Festival

Sunday, June 28, 11am - 5pm
At Temple Beth El
3055 Porter Gulch Road
Aptos, CA

• Yiddish: So Old It's New Again, with Jon Levitow
• Jewish Jokes, with Rabbi Richard Litvak
• performance by Jeff Brody and his Gypsy Klezmer All Stars
• sing-along featuring the music of George Gershwin and Yip Harburg's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

FREE

More info: 831.479.3444, Temple Beth El website

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Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi

Sunday June 28, 2pm
Museum of Making Music
5790 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, CA

For tickets and info: www.museumofmakingmusic.org

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Dimanche 28 juin 2015 à 15h
Centre Pompidou-Metz
Metz, France

More info: www.centrepompidou-metz.fr/david-krakauer

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Spirit of America Concert 2015
American Symphonic JazzWorks

Sunday, June 28 at 3pm
Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431

More info: 800-564-9539, www.fauevents.com

Maestro Aaron Kula’s 55-member KCO with guest vocalist Lisanne Lyons will perform great American Symphonic JazzWorks including music by legendary composers Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. A rousing performance of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture will close the concert.

2015 marks the tenth annual Spirit of America concert to showcase FAU Libraries’ Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection.

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Silicon Valley Jewish Music Festival

Sunday, June 28, 2:00-7:00pm
Addison-Penzak JCC of Silicon Valley,
LOS GATOS, CA

12:00noon, Hot Kugel (Suska Varda and Mordecai)
4:15pm, The Red Hot Chachkas
5:30pm, Matisyahu

Tickets: $10 general / $5 JCC members / free kids 17 and under.

More info: 408.357.7492, Addison-Penzak JCC

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The Nu Haven Kapelye

Sunday, June 28 @ 5:00 PM
Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek
55 East Kings Highway
Chester, CT

Outdoor picnic. event is Rain or shine and will move indoors if weather is inclement

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The 37th Annual Yiddish Concert in the Park

Cain Park
Evans Amphitheater
Cleveland, OH

FREE concert, so no excuse for locals not to go. Steven Greenman will be performing his set with the fabulous pianist Mark Freiman and he'll be singing some exciting Yiddish melodies as well as playing my virtuoso klezmer violin. Other acts to include the Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble and the Yiddish Cup Klezmer Band. More info with the flyer below. FREE concert!!!!!

More info: www.facebook.com/steven.greenman/posts/10153399594137170

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Yair Dalal and Lenka Lichtenberg in concert.

Sunday, June 28at 7:00pm
Jubilee Synagogue
Jeruzalémská 7, 11000
Prague, Czech Republic

More info: www.facebook.com/events/828677133885293/

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June 23 - 28, 8:00pm. Orquesta Victoria, 12-piece tango orchestra from Buenos Aires, with new Yiddish tangos written by Bay Area resident Debora Simcovich. New CD release. Pre-concert talks "Jewish Life and Tango in Argentina" at 7:00pm, with Argentine sociologist Anita Epelbaum Weinstein. Concerts include tango performance. More info: 415.734.6478, Villa Crespo Productions.

Sunday, June 28. Talk: 7pm; Concert: 8pm
At Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
3921 Fabian Way,
Palo Alto, CA
Tickets/Info: $26 advance / $30 door

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MELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

lundi 29 juin 2015 à 19h30 & 21h30
Duc Lombards
42, rue des Lombards
75001 Paris, France

More info: www.ducdeslombards.com

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The Klezmatics

Tue, Jun 30, 2015, 7:00pm
Krakow Jewish Culture Festival,
Tempel Synagogue
Krakow, Poland

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

mardi 30 juin 2015 à 19h30 & 21h30
Duc Lombards
42, rue des Lombards
75001 Paris, France

More info: www.ducdeslombards.com

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