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Ashkenaz Festival
"North America's largest festival of global Jewish music and culture"
August 30 – Sep 5, 2016
Ashkenaz Festival
Harbourfront Centre
Toronto, Canada
Mostly FREE!
Tix/info: www.ashkenaz.ca/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hashtag/ashkenazfest
Sept 1, 2016 (and every 1st Thursday), 7:00 - 8:30
Blue
650 Congress St.,
Portland Maine
No cover, voluntary donation; support Blue buy purchasing food or beverage (both are very good!)
(And stick around for the acoustic, eclectic, delightful music of Northwood - https://www.facebook.com/NorthwoodME)
September 1st at 7 PM
The Burren
247 Elm Street,
Somerville, MA.
We are so excited to be playing the Burren Backroom! The Backroom series has been bringing some of the world's greatest traditional musicians to Davis Square for years. It's a cozy listening room with great food and drinks. Join us!
Andy Statman Trio
Thursday, Sep 1, 2016, 8pm (loosely)
Greenwich Village Synagogue, downstairs
53 Charles St at West 4th St,
Manhattan, NYC
We're returning to Charles St for our regular Thursday residency...
Andy Statman - clarinet & mandolin
Jim Whitney - bass
Larry Eagle - drums
Ashkenaz Festival
"North America's largest festival of global Jewish music and culture"
August 30 – Sep 5, 2016
Ashkenaz Festival
Harbourfront Centre
Toronto, Canada
Mostly FREE!
Tix/info: www.ashkenaz.ca/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hashtag/ashkenazfest
Isle of Klezbos, J. Edgar Klezmer, many others
Kinderland Arts & Activism Festival
Labor Day Weekend, Sep 3-5, 2016
Camp Kinderland
1543 Colebrook River Road
Tolland, MA 01034
(413) 258-4463
More info, tix: campkinderland.org/festival/about-the-festival/
Ashkenaz Festival
"North America's largest festival of global Jewish music and culture"
August 30 – Sep 5, 2016
Ashkenaz Festival
Harbourfront Centre
Toronto, Canada
Mostly FREE!
Tix/info: www.ashkenaz.ca/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hashtag/ashkenazfest
Saturday 3 September, 2016, on stage at 3pm
Bexhill Festival of the Sea
Bexhill, East Sussex, UK
More info: http://www.bexhillseafestival.co.uk
David Chevan and Chris Casey
Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 6:30–9:30pm
Fornarelli's
9 Orange St.
New Haven, CT 06510
Tel: (203) 745-5677
Reservations recommended
The first set begins at 6:30 and the second will start around 8:30. Chris and I have been playing together since the early days of Bassology at the Old Charlie B's in downtown New Haven. He's a super in the pocket groove player with a great harmonic and melodic sensibility. I always have a blast getting down with him and I hope you will join us for one or both of the sets. And if you're a musician you're welcome to bring your instrument and sit in during the second set.
September 3, 2016, 7:30pm
Jødisk Kulturfestival Trondheim 2016
Synagogen
Trondheim, Norway
Tix/More info: jkfest.hoopla.no/sales/2880660266/
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
Sat, Sep 3, 9 PM
White Stork Synagogue
Wroclaw, Poland
Facebook: www.facebook.com/alicia.svigals/posts/315385622149081
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.
Ashkenaz Festival
"North America's largest festival of global Jewish music and culture"
August 30 – Sep 5, 2016
Ashkenaz Festival
Harbourfront Centre
Toronto, Canada
Mostly FREE!
Tix/info: www.ashkenaz.ca/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hashtag/ashkenazfest
Naye un fargesene yidishe lider
Dorothea Greve Tsum Ondenk
The Yiddish Vocalists: Efim Chorny, Stella Jürgensen, Ingen Mandos (vocals), Susan Ghergus (piano)
Special guests: Stefan Goreiski (acc.), Taly Almagor (vio), Petra Rischel & Maiike Spieker (clar), Anna Vishnevska (voc)
Sun, Sep 4, 17:00
Jüdisches Kulturhaus
Flora-Neumann-Strasse 1
20357 Hamburg, German
More info: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1779294215649972&set=gm.1771264339781989&type=1&theater
Sun, September 4, 2016, 8:00pm
13th Singer's Warsaw Festival
Free open air concert at Grzybowski Square
Warsaw, Poland
More info: www.festiwalsingera.pl/en/gwiazdy/
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Who is Manny Blanc?—theremin edition
Thu, September 4th 10 pm
Barbès
376 9th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11215
WHO IS MANNY BLANC? will be celebrating the music and aesthetic of this little known dynamic 60's New York musician and arranger. This edition will feature the notable discoverer of the lost Blanc recordings, Adam O'Callaghan, on the rare Moog (console) theremin. Our Québécois thereminist will be helping us re-interpret the music from Mr. Blanc's obscure yet astonishing LP released in the early 60's called "Jewish Jazz". Exotica meets futurist jazz, meets proto-surf - from double electric guitars to harmonica driven duck-call dialogue to theremin. The LP is one of the earliest attempts at putting klezmer melody in a jazz and groovy out-there context.
The band features some of NY's finest klezies:
Matt Darriau - reeds,
Adam O'Callaghan - theremin and reeds
Avi Fox-Rosen - guitar
Yoshie Fruchter - guitar
Ari Folman Cohen - bass
Chris Stromquist - drums
The Shtetl Stompers
Thu, September 4th 8-10 pm
Jalopy Tavern
317 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY
For years, les Shtetl Stompers roamed the cafes and music halls of the Northern Paris neighborhood Belleville, bringing a bit of Brooklyn Klezmer schmaltz to the city of lights. Now, they are bringing a touch of Yiddish Belleville to Brooklyn! On zee menu: Old Timey klezmer fiddle tunes, Franco-Yiddish crooning, Yinglish Screaming and some chanson françaises.
Ashkenaz Festival
"North America's largest festival of global Jewish music and culture"
August 30 – Sep 5, 2016
Ashkenaz Festival
Harbourfront Centre
Toronto, Canada
Mostly FREE!
Tix/info: www.ashkenaz.ca/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hashtag/ashkenazfest
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
Mon, Sep 5, 7 PM
KIJÓW.CENTRUM (dawne kino Kijów)
Poland
Facebook: www.facebook.com/alicia.svigals/posts/303150276742978
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.
Orchestra Euphonos
Mon, Sep 5, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354
More info: saulsdeli.com/deli/klezmer-mondays/
Tue, September 6, 2016, 7:00pm
Jewish Cultural Festival Budapest 2016
Dohány Street Synagogue
Budapest, Hungary
More info/tix: www.zsidokulturalisfesztival.hu/en/dohany-utcai-zsinagoga-en/budapest-klezmer-band-es-klezmatics
Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 8-10:30pm
Green Note
106 Parkway,
London NW1 7AN, United Kingdom
More info/Tix: www.greennote.co.uk/production/the-london-klezmer-quartet-2/
lecture in Yiddish by Prof. Nathan Cohen: "Vos hobn Yidn geleyent mit 120 yor tsurik?" ("What did Yiddish speakers read 120 years ago?")
This will be followed by a Yiddish concert with the singer Vira Lozinsky accompanied by the pianist Regina Driker.
Wednesday, September 7th at 11:30 A.M.
Arbeter-ring
48 Kalisher Street
Tel Aviv, Israel
Telephone: 03-517-6764
Singer-songwriter Sharon Goldman
Wednesday, September 7, 2016, 7 pm
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3
185 Orchard Street,
NYC
$12 advance tickets available: www.ticketfly.com/event/1223245
Full-band show to celebrate the release of her new album, Kol Isha (A Woman's Voice)
Basya Schechter, of Pharaoh's Daughter's calls the recording "'pearls' of songs"—combining middle-eastern rhythms and slide guitar grooves with hints of folk and blues. It is a bold, unique song journey melding Jewish imagery, myth and memories with a modern, feminist twist.
Andy Statman Trio
Wednesday, Sep 7, 2016, 8pm
Barbès
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC
Tel: 347 422 0248
Andy Statman - clarinet & mandolin
Jim Whitney - bass
Larry Eagle - drums
SCHMALTZ!
Thurs, September 8 at 5:30 PM
The Merion Folk Series
1611 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL, 60201.
Applying Chicago’s jazz world to the performance style of the middle of the century New York Yiddish theatre, old standards, and Sephardic and Klezmer songs, Schmaltz! rubs songs like And the Angels Sing and Bei Mir Bis du Schoen to a fresh patina with their total of over 150 years of music experience. Rebecca Toon's sensuous vocal and interpretive brilliance is sandwiched between her bright smile and her wickedly fun wit and humor. Henry Meisels sings tenor opera and the Jewish repertoire in ChickenFat Orchestra. There is no charge to attend, but this is the residents' dinner concert. You are welcome and might feel more comfortable ordering a drink and/or a dinner (they're good!).
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
Thu, Sep 8, 7 PM
Filmowe Centrum Warszawy
Warsaw, Poland
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.
JMI’s Festival of Jewish Arts and Music
Opening night of the September JAM: JMI Festival of Jewish Arts and Music – September 2016
Celebrating Menuhin
Thu, 8th September, 2016, 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Kings Place
Hall One
London, UK
Cost: £24.50
Book Now
The Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra
Enescu Intermezzi, Op. 12
Malcolm Singer Chagall’s Violin (commissioned by the Trustees of The Yehudi Menuhin School to commemorate the centenary of Yehudi Menuhin’s birth)
Vivaldi Winter and Summer from The Four Seasons
A special evening of music in Yehudi Menuhin’s centenary year featuring an all-star line up to celebrate the glorious diversity of Lord Menuhin’s extraordinary legacy. From his inspirational collaborations with Ravi Shankar and Stephane Grappelli to his pedagogical philosophy, Menuhin was not just one of finest classical violinists of all time, he was one of a kind.
More info: www.jmi.org.uk/event/celebrating-menuhin/
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the JMI’s www.jmi.org.uk/jam/JAM Festival—the UK’s unique festival dedicated to Jewish Arts and Music. Details and booking links for all of our events are listed below.
For a week in September, we’ll bring London to life with some of the world’s most stellar exponents of Jewish music and culture – from an all-star line-up at Klezmer in the Park to Celebrating Menuhin at Kings Place, an exclusive launch event for Sophie Solomon’s new album at the Jazz Café and Jewkbox Live, an intimate audience with Lorin Sklamberg (Klezmatics) and Merlin & Polina Shepherd at the Jewish Museum.
Andy Statman Trio
Thursday, Sep 8, 2016, 8pm (loosely)
Greenwich Village Synagogue, downstairs
53 Charles St at West 4th St,
Manhattan, NYC
We're returning to Charles St for our regular Thursday residency...
Andy Statman - clarinet & mandolin
Jim Whitney - bass
Larry Eagle - drums
Eleanor Reissa w/Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars & Nicole Borger (from Brazil)
Thu, Sep 8, concert begins 8:15pm; events 6-10:45pm
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn,
New York 11231
Concert begins at 8:15pm - $15
Klezmer Instrumental Music Workshop 6pm-7:30 $25 per class
Jam Session follows Concert 9:30-10:15
Full night pass – $35 (includes Workshop, Concert & Jam Session)
More info: www.NYklezmer.com
Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10, Yiddish Dance Weekend, with Bruce Bierman.
-- Friday Dance workshop, 6:00pm - 7:30pm.
-- Saturday Dance workshop, 4:00pm - 5:30pm, tickets $10-$20, sliding scale.
-- Saturday Jewish World Beat Dance Party, tickets $15-$25, sliding scale.
More info: 707.444.2846,
Temple Beth El Eureka
3233 T Street (c. Hodgson & T Streets)
Eureka, CA
More info: templebetheleureka.org/contact-us/
The Izba, the Shtibl, and the Global Village
Fri, Sep 9, 7pm
Pushkin House
5A Bloomsbury Square,
WC1A 2TA London, United Kingdom
Tickets Available: www.pushkinhouse.org
Join us for a melange of Russian song and Yiddish / klezmer with the lead singer of the Grammy winning Klezmatics (New York) and Britain’s very own Siberian-born Russian singer (Tomsk/Brighton).
A melange of Russian song and Yiddish / klezmer with the lead singer of the Grammy winning Klezmatics (New York) and Britain’s very own Siberian-born Russian singer (Tomsk/Brighton)
Lorin Sklamberg - voice, guitar, accordion, piano
Polina Shepherd – voice, piano
More info: www.facebook.com/events/1029074990519061/
Fri, Sep 9, 2016, 9:15pm
Kings Place Festival
Box Office Stage
90 York Way,
London, N1 9AG, UK
More info/Tix: www.kingsplace.co.uk/
Saturday 10 September, 2016 – on stage at 11.10pm
The Big Green Cardigan festival,
Hawkhurst Road,
Sedlescombe, East Sussex, TN32 5SA
More info/tix: www.biggreencardigan.com/new-page-1/
Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10, Yiddish Dance Weekend, with Bruce Bierman.
-- Friday Dance workshop, 6:00pm - 7:30pm.
-- Saturday Dance workshop, 4:00pm - 5:30pm, tickets $10-$20, sliding scale.
-- Saturday Jewish World Beat Dance Party, tickets $15-$25, sliding scale.
More info: 707.444.2846,
Temple Beth El Eureka
3233 T Street (c. Hodgson & T Streets)
Eureka, CA
More info: templebetheleureka.org/contact-us/
WAKS - YIDDISH VOICES
Sat, September 10, 2016 at 18:00 Hours (6 pm)
at the memorial and former synagogue
Friedrichstadt, Germany
We will perform three of the poems by Helena Grin (nee Neumann) which we set to music. In 1943, Helena (Hinda) Grin and her husband Rachmiel were murdered in the concentration camp Yanowska. Helena was a gifted poet. We would like to thank her niece Judith (Yehudit Shalev Amit) for making the texts available to us.She will join us for the concert together with her sister Nechama Biedermann.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/1425916084316818/permalink/1783193831922373/
Sklamberg & the Shepherds
Sat, Sep 10, 2016
All Saints Centre
Friars Walk, Lewes,
East Sussex, UK BN7 2LE
Tix: www.leweslivelit.co.uk/?location_id=45
Three renowned performers of Eastern European Jewish music come together in this exceptional new trio: Lorin Sklamberg, co-founder of the legendary Klezmatics; uniquely innovative clarinetist Merlin Shepherd, and the remarkable vocalist/pianist Polina Shepherd, originally from Siberia.
Each performer represents a different nation, yet their backgrounds are closely related, their ancestors emigrating from the Ukraine to find a better world elsewhere. This fresh collaboration blends traditional and contemporary Yiddish and Russian song with klezmer styles and Southern Mediterranean music. Influenced by several cultures and maintaining individual styles, the trio plays original and traditional material with freedom and spontaneity. With mournful solo clarinet, bouncy village songs, and some fiery vocals, their performance takes us on a breathtaking musical journey that is full of spirited joy and deep emotion.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/909901995784878/
The Guy Mendilow Ensemble: Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom
Saturday, Sep 10, 2016, 7:30pm
Vilna Shul
18 Phillips Street,
Boston, MA 02114
Journey from Salonica to Sarajevo, following the stories of vagabond queens, pauper poets and lovers lost to the sea. The intertwining music and storytelling conjure an imagi-nation lost to war and upheaval, recorded in a language that blends archaic Spanish with Arabic, Hebrew and Greek. Forgotten Kingdom brings these tales to life, drawing on musicians' expertise and instrumentation from homelands of Israel, Palestine, Argentina and the USA. Soulful voices, masterful narration, heart-pounding percussion, and intricate soundscapes render these songs in all their color, drama and heart.
Tix: $36/person
More info: www.vilnashul.org/events/event/GuyMendilow2016
Burton Greene Trio
Billie's Bar
Panzanistraat 1 Westergasfabriek Amsterdam -Westerpark
Sat, Sep 10, 2016, 20:30
Burton Greene trio with Roberto Haliffi and Michael Stratz. They also have a fine Indonesian food service there. So make it down this week if you can.
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 Sep 11, 2016 features Kobi Arad.
General Admission: $10
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com/
JMI’s Festival of Jewish Arts and Music
Klezmer in the Park
Sunday 11th September, 2016, 12:15pm –
Regent’s Park Bandstand
London, UK
FREE
Come on down for a fun-packed afternoon for all the family in one of London’s most beautiful parks. As well as BBC Radio 3 DJ Max Reinhardt, Community Hub and Kids Zone, this year’s live stage will feature Klezmer in collaboration with a global selection of artists from Ghana to India. There will also be The London Winchevsky Chorus, Lorin Sklamberg and the London Klezmer Allstars and a live performance of The Turbans.
Programme for the stage:
1215: JFS Klezmer Band
1300: Tantz with Guliano Modarelli on Indian Guitar
1400: Don Kipper with The Sabbey Drummers from Ghana
1500: The London Winchevsky Ensemble and The London Yiddish Choir
1600: Lorin Sklamberg and The London Klezmer Allstars
1700: The Turbans and guest musicians
1800 Finish
Kids Zone, too!
More info: www.jmi.org.uk/event/klezmerinthepark2016/
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the JMI’s www.jmi.org.uk/jam/JAM Festival—the UK’s unique festival dedicated to Jewish Arts and Music. Details and booking links for all of our events are listed below.
For a week in September, we’ll bring London to life with some of the world’s most stellar exponents of Jewish music and culture – from an all-star line-up at Klezmer in the Park to Celebrating Menuhin at Kings Place, an exclusive launch event for Sophie Solomon’s new album at the Jazz Café and Jewkbox Live, an intimate audience with Lorin Sklamberg (Klezmatics) and Merlin & Polina Shepherd at the Jewish Museum.
Sun, Sep 11, 2016, 2pm
Bermondsey Folk Festival
The Biscuit Factory,
Bermondsey, London, UK
FREE entry
More info: www.facebook.com/events/643793945778279/
The American musical theatre, revue and cabaret songs of Binyumen Schaechter, written with Dan Kael, lyricist
It Helps to Sing About It: The Songs of Ben Schaechter and Dan Kael
Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, 4:00 PM
Metropolitan Room,
34 West 22 St,
New York City
For more info, and for tickets: =metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=234332
To hear a sampling of Schaechter/Kael songs: soundcloud.com/schaechter-kael
Klezmer in the Afternoon
Sunday, Sep 11, 1–3:30pm
4835 Hazel Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
We are gearing up for another beautiful afternoon of music with Dan Blacksberg and friends. All levels of ability and new folks are welcome!
Come to meet people, make music, and be the present part of a rich tradition. We'll learn a new tune by ear, snack, chat, and return to the song for a deeper look into style and ensemble playing.
We ask that people donate $8 for Dan's expertise and the thoughtful creativity he brings to teaching. Class runs about 2.5 hours.
See you Sunday!
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/321348914878326/
Burton Greene Trio
Sun, Sep 11, 2016, 9pm
Cafe de Ruimte, Distelweg 83
Amsterdam Noord
Burton Greene trio with Roberto Haliffi and Michael Stratz. A nice vegetarian kitchen there. Music for a wide variety of tastes!
Ghost Note Ensemble
Sep 12, 2016, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354
Monday, September 12th, 2016, 7 PM
Lake Theatre & Cafe
106 N. State Street
Lake Oswego, OR
General admission:$15
VIP tables (seat four): $80
Get your tickets in advance here
the Nu Haven Kapelye
Mon, Sep 12, 2016, 7:30pm
Evergreen Woods,
88 Notch Hill Road,
North Branford
A concert of Klezmer and Jewish music. Featuring songs from our new CD, What's Nu?
JMI’s Festival of Jewish Arts and Music
Jewkbox Live: Celebrating Jewish Music
Tuesday 13th September, 2016, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Jewish Museum
Raymond Burton House
129 – 131 Albert Street
London, NW1 7NB
Cost: £15 - £20
Book Now
Learn more about the seminal Semer record lable from Lorin Sklamberg and listen to music from Sklamberg and The Shepherds as they take us on a musical journey. Explore the exhibition Jukebox, Jewkbox: A Century on Shellac and Vinyl after hours after hours and enjoy a tour by curator Joanne Rosenthal.
More info: jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on?item=728
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the JMI’s www.jmi.org.uk/jam/JAM Festival—the UK’s unique festival dedicated to Jewish Arts and Music. Details and booking links for all of our events are listed below.
For a week in September, we’ll bring London to life with some of the world’s most stellar exponents of Jewish music and culture – from an all-star line-up at Klezmer in the Park to Celebrating Menuhin at Kings Place, an exclusive launch event for Sophie Solomon’s new album at the Jazz Café and Jewkbox Live, an intimate audience with Lorin Sklamberg (Klezmatics) and Merlin & Polina Shepherd at the Jewish Museum.
Culture Grinds featuring: Frank London and Glenn Hartman.
Wed, Sep 14, 2016, 7pm
Kehillah Jewish High School
3900 Fabian Way,
Palo Alto, CA 94303
More info: 650.213.9600,
No charge.
More info: www.kehillah.org
Facebook invite: www.facebook.com/events/1818166391748928/
JMI’s Festival of Jewish Arts and Music
Sophie Solomon: "Stop the Parade" album launch
14 September 2016, 7pm
The Jazz Café
London NW1 7PG
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the JMI’s www.jmi.org.uk/jam/JAM Festival—the UK’s unique festival dedicated to Jewish Arts and Music. Details and booking links for all of our events are listed below.
For a week in September, we’ll bring London to life with some of the world’s most stellar exponents of Jewish music and culture – from an all-star line-up at Klezmer in the Park to Celebrating Menuhin at Kings Place, an exclusive launch event for Sophie Solomon’s new album at the Jazz Café and Jewkbox Live, an intimate audience with Lorin Sklamberg (Klezmatics) and Merlin & Polina Shepherd at the Jewish Museum.
More info: www.jmi.org.uk/event/stoptheparade/
Frank London, Glenn Hartman and Jake Marmer. Trumpeter,
bandleader and composer Frank London (of The Klezmatics) performs new klezmer music, improvisations, and spoken word with accordionist Glenn Hartman and poet Jake Marmer.
Thursday, September 15, 5:30pm,
Sonoma State Jewish Music Series.
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
No charge for event but $5 parking fee.
Seats may be reserved two weeks. More info: 707.664.2324,
More info: www.sonoma.edu/music/concert_calendar/ay2016-17/Jewish%20Music%20Series%20F16.html
Klazz-ma-tazz
Thursday, September 15 at 8 PM - 11 PM
Tagine Fine Moroccan Cuisine
221 W 38th St,
New York, New York 10018
More info/tix: www.taginedining.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/191556624595513/
The Guy Mendilow Ensemble: Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom
Sep 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Union College,
807 Union St.
Schenectady, NY
Tix/more info: guy.rockpaperscissors.biz/dispatch/pu/20277
Ilya Shneyveys – from Latvia, via Berlin
Thu, Sep 15, concert begins 8:15pm; events 6-10:45pm
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn,
New York 11231
Concert begins at 8:15pm - $15
Klezmer Instrumental Music Workshop 6pm-7:30 $25 per class
Jam Session follows Concert 9:30-10:15
Full night pass – $35 (includes Workshop, Concert & Jam Session)
More info: www.NYklezmer.com
Nariya—the Shabbat Sing Out
Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 6pm – 7:45pm
Temple Beth Zion
Beacon St.
Brookline, MA
Nariya is entering its second season at TBZ! Come raise your voices, move your bodies, and catch your breathe as we create a circle of sound to welcome in Shabbat together. After Ma'ariv at 7:45, we will have a communal potluck followed by z'mirot (more singing).
More info on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/530456040482547/
Saturday, September 17, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Cafe
8310 Greenwood Ave N,
Seattle, Washington 98103
More info: www.facebook.com/events/1707549179506476/
Listen to the Kesselgarden Klezmer Duo (Carl Shutoff on clarinet and Laurie Andres on accordion) play authentic Klezmer tunes from Poland, Romania, Moldavia, Ukraine and beyond. Couth Buzzard is a delightful family-friendly venue. A complimentary Kesselgarden kazoo to all audience members not old enough to vote. Come and join us!
The American musical theatre, revue and cabaret songs of Binyumen Schaechter, written with Dan Kael, lyricist
It Helps to Sing About It: The Songs of Ben Schaechter and Dan Kael
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, 9:30 PM
Metropolitan Room,
34 West 22 St,
New York City
For more info, and for tickets: =metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=234332
To hear a sampling of Schaechter/Kael songs: soundcloud.com/schaechter-kael
Mama Loshn Klezmer Band, with dancing led by Bruce Bierman.
Saturday, September 17, 7:30pm (doors open 7:00pm),
Congregation Ner Shalom
85 La Plaza, Cotati, CA 94931
Tickets: $20 general / $15 students.
More info: 707.664.8622
More info: nershalom.org/calendar/
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 Sep 18, 2016 features Alon Nechushtan & Talat Band.
General Admission: $10
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com/
פּראָפֿעסאָר דוד-אליהו פֿישמאַן /Professor David Fishman
Sunday, September 18 at 1:30 PM - 3 PM
Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center
3301 Bainbridge Ave.
Bronx, NY
איר זענט האַרציק פֿאַרבעטן אויף אונדזער עפֿענונג-פּראָגראַם. פּראָפעסאָר דוד פישמאַן, פֿונעם יידישן טעאָלאָגישען סעמנינאַר, וועט האַלטן א רעפֿעראַט: "דאָס לאַנד וווּ שלום-עליכם לעבט אייביק: דער שולם-עליכם מיטאָס אין געוועזענעם ראַטן-פֿאַרבאַנד". אין דער מוזיקאַלישער פּראָגראַם: די "שטעטל-סטאַמפערס". אַרײַנגאַנג: $5, מיטגלידער: פֿרײַ. Please come to our season opening program: a lecture in Yiddish by Professor David Fishman (JTS): The Sholem Aleichem Myth in the Former Soviet Union. In the musical program: The Shtetl Stompers. Admission: $5.00, free for members. We are located at 3301 Bainbridge Avenue, at the corner of 208th St., near Montefiore Hospital. Take the D to 205th St. or the 4 to Moshulu Parkway.
Bivolița
Sunday, September 18, 2016, 4:00pm
the Orchard Street Shul
232 Orchard Street,
New Haven, CT
Bivolița draws its repertoire from the early, European sources of Jewish instrumental wedding music but finds contemporary interpretations that draw on the diverse musical experiences of its members. They use tradition as a springboard to new spontaneous interpretations, and a deep appreciation of Yiddish dance rhythms as the foundation for elaboration and improvisation.
Admission: $10 in advance, $12 at the door.
Children 12 & under are free.
Seniors 65+ are free.
Tickets can be purchased at bivolitaconcert.eventbrite.com
(service charge will apply) or by sending a check to the Orchard Street Shul, 232 Orchard Street, New Haven, CT 06511.
Sponsored in conjunction with the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven.
I am overjoyed to share with you that the healing project I've been working on for the past few years—Under the Wings of Rafa'el: Blessings, Songs, and Explorations for a Healing Journey—is now complete! This project that began as a set of impromptu materials for a congregant undergoing chemotherapy, has developed into a small book with accompanying recordings (or recordings accompanied by a small book …). It includes 12 prayers focused on the healing of body and spirit, with explorations around the text of each prayer in the form of contemplations, meditations, visualizations, and artistic exercises, and is designed to be used in a variety of ways by people at different stages of emotional and physical healing, and with groups as well as individuals.
If you are able, I would dearly love you to join me at the launch event:
Sunday, September 18, 2016, 4-6pm
Congregation Sha'ar Zahav,
290 Dolores,
San Francisco, CA
We'll sing together, do some of the readings/artistic exercises from the book together, and have a good nosh.
This project has been made possible due to the extreme generosity and support of the Lloyd Symington Foundation, and also to all of you who taught, mentored, supported, nurtured, nourished, and helped in a myriad of ways. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
More info about the project can be found on my website: sharonbernstein.com/under-the-wings-of-rafael.html
The Shtetl Stompers
September 18th, 2016 1:30 pm
Sholem Aleichem Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue,
Bronx, NY
For years, les Shtetl Stompers roamed the cafes and music halls of the Northern Paris neighborhood Belleville, bringing a bit of Brooklyn Klezmer schmaltz to the city of lights. Now, they are bringing a touch of Yiddish Belleville to Brooklyn! On zee menu: Old Timey klezmer fiddle tunes, Franco-Yiddish crooning, Yinglish Screaming and some chanson françaises.
The Guy Mendilow Ensemble: Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom
Sep 20, 2016, 7:30 PM
333 Oak St.
Red Bluff, CA
Tix/more info: guy.rockpaperscissors.biz/dispatch/pu/15396
Prof. Ber Kotlerman will give a lecture in Yiddish: "Di letste teg fun 'Der Nister'" ("The last days of 'Der Nister'")
Following the lecture, Esti Nisim will perform Yiddish songs accompanying herself on the guitar.
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 11:30 A.M.
Arbeter-ring
48 Kalisher Street
Tel Aviv, Israel
Telephone: 03-517-6764
Our friend, Rabbi Brockman at Congregation Mishkan Israel in Hamden has organized a night of music for Wednesday evening, September 21 and we will be there to share our music along with about eight other musical groups representing the beautiful flower garden that is our community.
Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 6pm
Congregation Mishkan Israel
785 Ridge Road
Hamden, CT
Here's what Rabbi Brockman wrote,
"In light of the recent tragedies all over the country, Congregation Mishkan Israel will be hosting a Unity Concert. Join us for an evening of diverse melody, harmony, and rhythm—a cacophony of our community coming together in sound and song. This event is free and open to the public! No tickets are required."
The Unity Concert will feature eight local artistic groups and feature a wide range of music including Salsa, Klezmer, Classical, Rap, Arabic and African Drumming, and Jazz.
A Nakht in Shtetl: Yiddish Song Recital
An evening of reflection and celebration of the Shtetl life through song, story and food.
Yiddish song recital with Chaim Kohn, Cantor Yanky Lemmer and Cantor Ayeh Leib Hurwitz.
Music by Avremi G, Zisl Slepovtich, Deborah Strauss, Taylor Bergren-Chrisman, and Laura Melnicoff
Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 7pm
Chevra Ahavas Yisroel
306 Albany St.
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Tix/more info: www.eventbrite.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1735845433349709/
Our next jam is Wednesday, September 21st, 7:30 - 10 pm, 9705 1st Ave NW, Seattle. Potluck snack and likely soup at 9. I will likely introduce a tune from camp, maybe in an interesting way that highlights the important notes. All are welcome, sheet music provided.
Klezperanto Watermelon Wednesday
Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 7:30pm
West Whately Chapel
W. Whately, MA
Tix: $25, available online
More info on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/587338758115592/
Eugene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble
Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 8pm and 10pm
the Kitano
66 Park Avenue (at E.38th St.)
NY, NY 10016
RESERVATIONS: 212-885-7119
More info: kitano.com
Weds 21 Sept, 2016 8.00pm
Most Art Centre
86 Stoke Newington High Street
£5 added to your bill
More info: www.facebook.com/events/989856681136169/
Zisl Slepovitch (reeds, vocals)
with Nadav Lev (guitar), Dmitry Ishenko (bass), and Aaron Alexander (drums, percussion).
Thu, Sep 22, concert begins 8:15pm; events 6-10:45pm
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
315 Columbia St, Brooklyn,
New York 11231
Concert begins at 8:15pm - $15
Klezmer Instrumental Music Workshop 6pm-7:30 $25 per class
Jam Session follows Concert 9:30-10:15
Full night pass – $35 (includes Workshop, Concert & Jam Session)
More info: www.NYklezmer.com
The Guy Mendilow Ensemble: Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom
Sep 22, 2016, 7:30 PM
University of Denver
2199 S. University Blvd
Denver, CO
FREE
More info: guy.rockpaperscissors.biz/dispatch/pu/20278
"Girls in Trouble"
Music and Poetry with Alicia Jo Rabins
Thu, Sep 22, 2016, 8pm
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Tel: 310 440 4500
More info/tix: www.skirball.org/programs/music/girls-trouble
Thu, Sep 22, 2016
Purley United Reformed Church
906 Brighton Road,
Purley CR8 2LN, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 8660 9371
JOIN A YIDDISH CHORUS IN BOSTON!
Would you enjoy singing in a spirited and harmonious multi-generational
chorus? A Besere Velt is a great place to give it a try! A Besere Velt (A Better World) is a chorus sponsored by the Boston Workmen’s Circle that sings in Yiddish, English, and other languages to help preserve culture and fight for social justice. We are looking for new members this fall. There are no auditions, and no knowledge of Yiddish is required.
Saturday, 24 September 2016, from 3:30 to 5:30
1550 Beacon Street,
Brookline, MA
Please arrive within 15 minutes of the start time. There is street parking available at both
locations.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, check out our website at circleboston.org/community-chorus
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Break the Chains queer dance party w/The Shondes
Saturday, September 24 at 6 PM
Make Shift Boston
549 Columbus Ave,
Boston, Massachusetts
Break the Chains, Boston's favorite all-ages, all-gender, radical dance party featuring nationally touring queer & trans performers returns on September 24th with Brooklyn-based rockstars THE SHONDES, touring on their brand new album BRIGHTON.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
6pm - 10pm @ Make Shift Boston
549 Columbus Ave, Boston
All ages. Break the Chains is wheelchair accessible, and Make Shift Boston has a wheelchair accessible bathroom. Venue is located close to Mass Ave Orange Line, Symphony Green Line, and many buses.
Rolling Stone says the Shondes kick "riot-grrrl furor, arena bombast and klezmer stomp," and if you caught them last time they rocked Break the Chains, you know it's the truth.
$10 - 20 sliding scale suggested donation to support touring queer and trans artists!
More info: www.facebook.com/events/1749375325286291/
The Dybbuk: A Multi-Media Chamber Opera
Composed by Ofer Ben-Amots and inspired by S. An-ski's timeless Yiddish play.
Saturday, September 24, 8:00pm
Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way,
Palo Alto, CA 94303
In English and Hebrew with supertitles. Pre-show talk with composer and Colorado University Composition Professor Ofer Ben Amots.
Tickets: $40-$55.
More info: 650.223.8699
Web: paloaltojcc.org/Events/evr/1/The-Dybbuk-A-Multimedia-Chamber-Opera
Samedi, 24 sep, 2016, 21h
La Marbrerie
21 Rue Alexis Lepere
Montreuil, Paris, France / Metro Mairie de Montreuil
Renseignements & Reservations 01 41 63 60 14
www.lamarbrerie.fr
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 Sep 25, 2016 features Benjamin Sutin & Klazz-Ma-Tazz.
General Admission: $10
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com/
17th Annual Jewish Federation of CNY
Jewish Music & Cultural Festival
Sunday, Sep 25, 2016, noon – 5:30pm
Sam Pomeranz Jewish Community Center of Syracuse
5655 Thompson Rd.
Dewitt, NY 13214
Featuring:
More info: www.syracusejewishfestival.org/
KlezCalifornia is very pleased to launch a series of klezmer workshops and jams this Fall.
Sunday, September 25, 1:00-4:15pm.
Art House Gallery & Cultural Center,
2905 Shattuck Ave,
Berkeley, CA 94705
Each event will have two sessions The first session will be a 90-minute klezmer instrumental workshop for musicians with little or no klezmer experience but who are proficient on their instruments. It will be taught by an experienced klezmer musician and teacher, and will include playing tunes with charts, getting familiar with klezmer techniques, and learning some tunes by ear at a slow pace.
After a short break, there will be a 90 minute klezmer jam session for those with at least intermediate familiarity with playing klezmer and/or jamming. After the leader begins the session with a warm up tune or two, musicians will take turns "calling" a tune, with everyone learning new tunes by ear or enjoying playing/improvising on familiar ones.The leader will provide guidance for pace, transitions, and ensure an overall smoothly run and fun evening!
Come for both sessions or just one. Refreshments provided. Donation of $10-$20 requested. Reservations not necessary but greatly appreciated, please email jams[at]klezcalifornia.org and indicate what instrument you play and which event and which session(s) you plan to attend. We will also add you to a special mailing list through which you will receive more information, including who will teach/lead each event.
Over the next year, we will try out several models of workshops and jams.Your feedback is critical so let us know your preferences!
Community Klezmer Initiative
Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 1:30–3:30pm
Palm Center for Positive Aging
117 Ardmore Ave.
Ardmore, PA
We have a new home. The Palm Center for Positive Aging in Ardmore, PA is hosting the Jam events each month. It's easy to get to, lots of parking and very accessible by public transportation. Bring your instrument and a music stand. CKI will have music provided. We have books in the key of C and Bb.
If you would like, come prepared to entertain with your solo piece of Klezmer work or Yiddish song. We're going to have an open mic along with the Jams!
For the culinary lover in you bring a nosh as we will have some serious noshing treats there. It's a Nosh-luck event!
There is room for dancing so come kick up your heals to the wonderful sounds of klezmer!
the Nu Haven Kapelye
Sun, Sep 25 @ 2:00 PM
Jewish Family Services,
4200 Park Avenue,
Bridgeport, CT
Celebrating the inauguration of the new concert hall and facility for Jewish Family Services.
To Life, To Laugh, L'chaim!
A Centennial Celebration in Song of the Classic Yiddish WriterSholem Aleichem
performed by The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus, Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
Featured soloists: Cantor Joel Caplan, Temma Schaechter (of Di Shekhter-tekhter)
Sunday, September 25, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street,
New York City
For more information and to order tickets: www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org
To Life, To Laugh, L'chaim!
A Centennial Celebration in Song of the Classic Yiddish WriterSholem Aleichem
performed by The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus, Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
Featured soloists: Cantor Joel Caplan, Temma Schaechter (of Di Shekhter-tekhter)
Sunday, September 25, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street,
New York City
For more information and to order tickets: www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org
The Dybbuk: A Multi-Media Chamber Opera
Composed by Ofer Ben-Amots and inspired by S. An-ski's timeless Yiddish play.
Sunday, September 25, 5:00pm
Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way,
Palo Alto, CA 94303
In English and Hebrew with supertitles. Sunday pre-show lecture and talk with three world experts on the Dybbuk: Rabbi David Booth, Stanford Professor and renowned An-ski scholar Gabriella Safran, and composer Ofer Ben Amots.
Tickets: $40-$55.
More info: 650.223.8699
Web: paloaltojcc.org/Events/evr/1/The-Dybbuk-A-Multimedia-Chamber-Opera
Sound Salon
"Attractive Hebrews" CD Release Party
RESCHEDULED
was September 26, 2016, rescheduled to Oct 18, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Wayside Dining Room
University Club,
803 State St.
Madison, WI
Free and open to the public.
The Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture announces the release of Attractive Hebrews: The Lambert Yiddish Cylinders, 1901-1905. Co-produced, annotated, and translated by institute director Henry Sapoznik for Grammy award-winning Archeophone Records, Attractive Hebrews captures the music of the performers who first brought Yiddish theater to America. This premier event will feature live performances by Sapoznik and critically-acclaimed klezmer musicians Kurt and Annette Bjorling.
CDs available with a $20 donation.
Co-sponsored by Mills Music Library.
Fiddler's Choice, with Veretski Pass
Rosheshuneh lunch followed by performance.
Tuesday, September 27, 11:30am-1:30pm
Oshman Family JCC
3921 Fabian Way,
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Tickets: $20.
Reservations required by September 21.
More info: 650.223.8616
The Guy Mendilow Ensemble: Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom
Sep 27, 2016
PAE Juried Showcase
Caribe Royal Hotel
8101 Word Center Dr.
Orlando, FL
Tix/more info: guy.rockpaperscissors.biz/dispatch/pu/20279
27-30 Sept, 2016
Kypria International Festival, Cyprus
Limassol, Larnaca, Paralimni & Pafos
More info: kypria.org.cy/programme
Klezmer Creek
Fourth Wednesday Klezmer Nights—performance followed by jam
Wednesday, Sep 28, 2016 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
28.9.16 יום רביעי בשעה 19:00
" העולם המופלא של המוסיקה "
שריתה רוט , זמרת , מספרת בשירה וליווי גיטרה על העולם המופלא של צלילי המוסיקה
Tel Aviv, Israel
Last Yiddish Heroes" Lost & Found WWII songs of Soviet Jews
A concert and talk by Dr. Anna Shternshis & Psoy Korolenko
Wed, Sep 28, 2016, 7:30pm
Alpert JCC of Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
More info on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/658521530979539/
27-30 Sept, 2016
Kypria International Festival, Cyprus
Limassol, Larnaca, Paralimni & Pafos
More info: kypria.org.cy/programme
27-30 Sept, 2016
Kypria International Festival, Cyprus
Limassol, Larnaca, Paralimni & Pafos
More info: kypria.org.cy/programme
The Guy Mendilow Ensemble: Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom
Sep 30, 2016, 7:30 PM
Kathryn Mohrman Theatre
Colorado College
14 East Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO
Tix/more info: guy.rockpaperscissors.biz/dispatch/pu/20280
27-30 Sept, 2016
Kypria International Festival, Cyprus
Limassol, Larnaca, Paralimni & Pafos
More info: kypria.org.cy/programme
