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Sunday Jul 2, 2017, 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
Annual All-Yiddish Program
in Memory of Dr. Mordkhe and Charne Schaechter
at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St., Manhattan
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rakhmiel Peltz
In Honor of Uriel Weinreich's 50th Yortsayt
"Uriel Weinreich as a Bridge in Jewish Culture Between Eastern Europe and America"
Musical Program: Inna Barmash
Sunday, July 9, 2017, 1:00 P.M.
League for Yiddish, Inc.
64 Fulton St., Suite 1101
New York, NY 10038
212-889-0380
זונטיק, דעם 9טן יולי 2017, 1 אַ זייגער נאָך מיטאָג
יערלעכע ייִדיש־פּראָגראַם
לזכר ד''ר מרדכי און טשאַרנע שעכטער
אין צענטער פֿאַר דער ייִדישער געשיכטע
15 וועסט 16טע גאַס, מאַנהעטן
הויפּטרעדנער: ד''ר רחמיאל פּעלץ
לכּבֿוד אוריאל ווײַנרײַכס 50סטן יאָרצײַט
"אוריאל ווײַנרײַך ווי אַ בריק אין דער ייִדישער קולטור
צווישן מיזרח־אייראָפּע און אַמעריקע"
מוזיקאַלישע פּראָגראַם: אינאַ באַרמאַש
TALK | The Essential Klezmer, with Seth Rogovoy
Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 2pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Lecture tix/more info
Seth Rogovoy, Yidstock's artistic director and the author of The Essential Klezmer, takes the audience on a multimedia journey through klezmer, from Old World shtetls to New World stages, providing historical context for the music you will hear during the weekend.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
TALK | The Music of the Hassidim, with Hankus Netsky
Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 4pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Lecture tix/more info
Since the early 1960s, Hassidic music has become increasingly central to both mainstream and alternative Jewish religious practice. Since the 1980s, it's also become a crucial component of the klezmer and Yiddish music revival. Hankus Netsky explores the evolution of Hassidic music, from its inception in the late 1700s to today.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
Thurs, Jul 13, 2017, 8-11pm
The Harrison,
28 Harrison Street,
London WC1H 8JF
2nd Thursday of each month: 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
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/750188181795748/
Eleanor Reissa & Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars
Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 8pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $45 GENERAL ADMISSION | $50
Concert tix/more info
Two of the leading lights of the Yiddish music renaissance join forces in this program based on their recent joint album, Vilde Mekhaye (Wild Ecstasy). The soulful and inimitable vocalist Eleanor Reissa - known as the queen of Yiddish cabaret - and trumpeter-composer Frank London - the mystical high priest of New Wave avant-klez jazz - have been inspiring each other for more than a decade. Together with the great Klezmer Brass Allstars, they explore the world of Yiddish song, from the obscure to the chestnuts, from the sacred to the profane, fueled by the best brass band in the land.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
The Joan A. Backman Memorial Concert
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
WORKSHOP | Yiddish Dance 101: How to Dance to Klezmer Music, with Steve Weintraub
Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 11am
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Workshop tix/more info
World-renowned dance instructor Steve Weintraub offers an overview of the Yiddish style of dance, from the improvisational freylekhs to popular dances borrowed and adapted from Romania and Moldova such as the zhok, bulgar, and sirba. Special attention will be paid to typical movement patterns and body language that make even freestyle dancing Yiddish. With musical accompaniment by accordionist Lauren Brody.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
TALK | The Music of the Hassidim, with Hankus Netsky
Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 11am
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Workshop tix/more info
Hankus Netsky shares his favorite Hassidic nigunim (wordless vocal melodies), focusing on tunes that he collected from Morris Hollender (whose story is featured in the Yiddish Book Center's Lee & Alfred Hutt Discovery Gallery) and his other Jewish music mentors.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
TALK | Eleanor Reissa: "The Last Survivor," a dramatic reading and discussion
Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 1pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Lecture tix/more info
Familiar to Yidstock audiences as the world's premier Yiddish vocalist, Eleanor Reissa is also an award-winning playwright, theater director, and actor. Eleanor presents a dramatic reading from The Last Survivor and Other Modern Jewish Plays, an anthology of her works for the stage published last year, followed by a discussion and Q&A with the audience. Eleanor will sign copies of the book* after the event.
Made possible by the Stanley R. Epstein Fund at the Yiddish Book Center.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
Hankus Netsky and Eden MacAdam-Somer Duo
Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 2:30pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $30 GENERAL ADMISSION | $36
Concert tix/more info
Hankus Netsky and Eden MacAdam-Somer, co-chairs of the New England Conservatory's Contemporary Improvisation Department, present an afternoon of Yiddish and Hassidic song and klezmer dance tunes. A multi-instrumentalist, composer, and ethnomusicologist, Hankus is a pioneer of the klezmer revival and founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, of which violinist and vocalist Eden is a member.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
The Bernard and Reva Broder Memorial Concert
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
Nigunim Trio: Frank London, Lorin Sklamberg, Rob Schwimmer
Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 5:30pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $30 GENERAL ADMISSION | $36
Concert tix/more info
Nigunim and zmiros are songs of devotion and praise, spiritual Hassidic-Jewish chants whose purpose is to induce a state of piety and ecstasy in both performer and listener. The Nigunim Trio - Lorin Sklamberg and Frank London, cofounders of the Klezmatics, and keyboardist Rob Schwimmer - perform original and traditional nigunim and zmiros drawn from the Belzer, Gerer, Lubavitcher, and Skulaner dynasties of the Hassidim, performed with a uniquely styled musical and spiritual imprint.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
WORKSHOP - Build-a-Sher Yiddish Dance Workshop, with Steve Weintraub
Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 10am
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Lecture tix/more info
Familiar to Yidstock audiences as the world's premier Yiddish vocalist, Eleanor Reissa is also an award-winning playwright, theater director, and actor. Eleanor presents a dramatic reading from The Last Survivor and Other Modern Jewish Plays, an anthology of her works for the stage published last year, followed by a discussion and Q&A with the audience. Eleanor will sign copies of the book* after the event.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
WORKSHOP | Instrumental Klezmer, with Brian Bender
Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 1pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Lecture tix/more info
An instrumental workshop for aspiring klezmer musicians, taught by trombonist/keyboardist Brian Bender of the Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble, Little Shop of Horas, and the Wholesale Klezmer Band. Open to all ages, instruments, and playing ability. Bring your own instrument.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
TALK | A Love Letter to the Yiddish Stage: I.L. Peretz's "A Night in the Old Marketplace," with Debra Caplan
Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 3pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Lecture tix/more info
I.L. Peretz was perhaps the most theatrically exciting playwright in all Yiddish literature, with astoundingly experimental plays that broke new ground in Yiddish drama and theater. In their experimentation with form, their early adoption of cutting-edge European modernist techniques, their enigmatic endings, and their sheer technical prowess, Peretz's plays were far ahead of their time. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his 1907 play Bay nakht afn altn mark (A Night in the Old Marketplace), a modernist panoramic chronicle of the modern Jewish experience and the culmination of his vision for the Yiddish stage. Debra Caplan explores the play and its production history, with reference to the evening's contemporary staging by Frank London.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
TALK | The Essential Klezmer, with Seth Rogovoy
Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 1pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Lecture tix/more info
Seth Rogovoy, Yidstock's artistic director and the author of The Essential Klezmer, takes the audience on a multimedia journey through klezmer, from Old World shtetls to New World stages, providing historical context for the music you will hear during the weekend.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
Yiddish And British On Broadway
with the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
Sunday, June 11, 2017, 4:30 p.m.
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway @ 95th St
New York City
guest soloists: Cantor Joel Caplan, Temma Schaechter, and pianist Seth Weinstein
Including works by:
DETAILED ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED
Great Lakes Folk Festival
Heartland Klezmorim
July 15th at 8 pm.
Robin Theatre
1105 South Washington,
Lansing, MI
$10.00 - advance
$15.00 - at the door
More info: www.therobintheatre.com
Folk Oratorio: Frank London's "A Night in the Old Marketplace
Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 5:30pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $45 GENERAL ADMISSION | $50
Concert tix/more info
This modern retelling of I.L. Peretz's 1907 play Bay nakht afn altn mark is a mad mash-up of psychedelic klezmer, Kurt Weill, and folk tunes from the Old Country gone electric. It tells the story of the badkhn, a traditional Jewish wedding jester, who over the course of one long night challenges God's authority by attempting to revive the dead and bring on the end of days. Conceived and directed by Alexandra Aron, with music composed by Frank London and lyrics and text by Glen Berger (Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), this multimedia concert features an all-star cast of singers and musicians, including London and his Klezmatics cofounder Lorin Sklamberg, with Yidstock Artistic Director Seth Rogovoy as special guest narrator.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
North American Jewish Choir Festival
July 16–20, 2017
Hudson Valley Resort and Spa,
400 Granite Road
Kerhonkson NY 12446
* Instant Choirs for All Singers
* Daily Community Sings
* Workshops Galore
* Outstanding Performers
* Opportunities
This Summer Also Features a
SPECIAL TRACK FOR
SYNAGOGUE CHORAL SINGERS
* Learn Contemporary and Traditional Synagogue Classics
* Improve Your Skills
* Bring New Inspiration to Next Year's Holidays
WORKSHOP | Yiddish Songs, with Asya Vaisman Schulman and Brian Bender
Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 1pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Workshop tix/more info
Learn Yiddish songs old and new - love songs and children's songs, songs about food, and even songs about oxen - with instruction by the Yiddish Book Center's Asya Vaisman Schulman and music by Brian Bender. Song lyrics will be provided in transliteration; no prior knowledge of Yiddish is required.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
Ezekiel's Wheels
Sun, Jul 16, 2017, noon
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $30 GENERAL ADMISSION | $36
Concert tix/more info
Ezekiel's Wheels Klezmer Band brings passion, virtuosity, and contagious energy to every performance, with the intimacy of chamber music and the intensity of a rowdy dance band. The Wheels unique style was forged in the subway stations and farmers markets of Boston, where the informal setting and ever-changing audience created an ideal environment for musical experimentation. They honed their craft with bulgars and 1990s pop covers for the morning rush hour and mixed doinas and zhoks with fresh produce on the weekends, building a community of fans and friends across the city. We are excited to present this internationally renowned band in its Yidstock debut.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 3pm
Festival of Chichester
St Pancras Church
101 St Pancras
Chichester, West Sussex PO19 7LJ, UK
TALK | Springboard: How a Million Yiddish Books Are About to Change the Jewish World, with Aaron Lansky
Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 1:30pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
If content is a precondition for continuity, then the Yiddish Book Center is in a position to help reshape Jewish life for years to come. In this lively presentation followed by an even livelier Q&A and discussion Aaron Lansky, the Centers founder and president, shares bold new plans for the coming decade and beyond. Among the highlights are a Universal Yiddish Library and a far-reaching initiative to repatriate Jews with their own literature and culture.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
Alicia Svigals and Lauren Brody Duo
Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 3pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $30 GENERAL ADMISSION | $36
Concert tix/more info
Alicia Svigals, the world's greatest klezmer violinist, and accordion wizard Lauren Brody, a major figure in the original klezmer revival, join forces in an electrifying concert of traditional Yiddish folk songs and klezmer tunes. Alicia and Lauren - cofounders of the all-women Yiddish music ensemble Mikveh - have a deep, rich history of performing together and draw upon an equally deep repertoire of Eastern European-derived melodies delivered in poignant, contemporary fashion.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
TALK | The Mysteries of Klezmer Violin Unveiled, with Alicia Svigals
Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 4:30pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $8 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10
Lecture tix/more info
Alicia Svigals, the world's greatest living exponent of klezmer fiddle, offers a hands-on demonstration of what makes the violin (along with the clarinet) a quintessential instrument of the klezmer ensemble. Alicia will demonstrate the unique ornaments and playing techniques that distinguish klezmer fiddle-playing and give it a singular Jewish voice. She'll also talk about the challenges she faced when she almost singlehandedly revived the lost art of the klezmer fiddle in her work with the band she cofounded, the Klezmatics.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
Andy Statman Trio
Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 7:30pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
MEMBERS | $30 GENERAL ADMISSION | $36
Concert tix/more info
The history of the klezmer revival is in large part the story of Andy Statman, whose 1979 album Jewish Klezmer Music, recorded with Zev Feldman, literally announced the return of the forgotten music of the Old World shtetls to the outside world. Since then, Andy (who learned the sonorities of the music firsthand from immigrant-era musician Dave Tarras) has immersed himself in the music of the Hasidim. Whether he is playing mandolin or one of the clarinets that Tarras bequeathed to him, Andy performs a singular, contemporary fusion of Jewish, jazz, and Americana styles, a genre that this National Heritage fellow and Grammy nominee owns with his longtime musical partners, bassist Jim Whitney and drummer Larry Eagle.
Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016
Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website
North American Jewish Choir Festival
July 16–20, 2017
Hudson Valley Resort and Spa,
400 Granite Road
Kerhonkson NY 12446
* Instant Choirs for All Singers
* Daily Community Sings
* Workshops Galore
* Outstanding Performers
* Opportunities
This Summer Also Features a
SPECIAL TRACK FOR
SYNAGOGUE CHORAL SINGERS
* Learn Contemporary and Traditional Synagogue Classics
* Improve Your Skills
* Bring New Inspiration to Next Year's Holidays
North American Jewish Choir Festival
July 16–20, 2017
Hudson Valley Resort and Spa,
400 Granite Road
Kerhonkson NY 12446
* Instant Choirs for All Singers
* Daily Community Sings
* Workshops Galore
* Outstanding Performers
* Opportunities
This Summer Also Features a
SPECIAL TRACK FOR
SYNAGOGUE CHORAL SINGERS
* Learn Contemporary and Traditional Synagogue Classics
* Improve Your Skills
* Bring New Inspiration to Next Year's Holidays
North American Jewish Choir Festival
July 16–20, 2017
Hudson Valley Resort and Spa,
400 Granite Road
Kerhonkson NY 12446
* Instant Choirs for All Singers
* Daily Community Sings
* Workshops Galore
* Outstanding Performers
* Opportunities
This Summer Also Features a
SPECIAL TRACK FOR
SYNAGOGUE CHORAL SINGERS
* Learn Contemporary and Traditional Synagogue Classics
* Improve Your Skills
* Bring New Inspiration to Next Year's Holidays
North American Jewish Choir Festival
July 16–20, 2017
Hudson Valley Resort and Spa,
400 Granite Road
Kerhonkson NY 12446
* Instant Choirs for All Singers
* Daily Community Sings
* Workshops Galore
* Outstanding Performers
* Opportunities
This Summer Also Features a
SPECIAL TRACK FOR
SYNAGOGUE CHORAL SINGERS
* Learn Contemporary and Traditional Synagogue Classics
* Improve Your Skills
* Bring New Inspiration to Next Year's Holidays