Kultur Festival 2009: Klez4Kidz, 25 Feb 2009
FAU Libraries & Klezmer Company Orchestra Present
Kultur Festival 2009
A Celebration of Jewish Music & Arts
February 25-March 1, 2009 @ Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
Klez4Kidz: "Mendel's Accordion"
Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 7 p.m. - Live Oak Pavilion
Tickets $8/Adult
Free tickets for kids under 12
Klez4Kidz is an event for the whole family! This multimedia presentation of the award-winning children's book Mendel's Accordion features author Heidi Smith Hyde and members of the Klezmer Company Orchestra. A dramatic reading, live music and projected illustrations from the book will bring this charming bedtime story to life. Parents and children are encouraged to bring blankets and dress up in pajamas for this event. Grandparents are sure to enjoy this unique program too!
Winner of the Sugarman Award for Best Jewish Children's Book
A Sydney Taylor Award Notable Book of 2008
For tickets, call 800-564-9539 or visit www.fauevents.com/kulturfest.html. For more information on KCO, visit www.klezmercompany.com. A limited number of festival passes are available and must be purchased by phone or in person at the FAU Box Office
Co-sponsored by FAU Libraries and the South Florida Association of Jewish Libraries.
Kultur Festival 2009 is the first festival of its kind in South Florida. This five-day celebration of Jewish culture includes concerts, presentations and lectures that feature a diverse selection of music, song, dance, film and book arts. Klezmer Company Orchestra (KCO), led by conductor and festival director Aaron Kula, presents the festival's grand finale concert Tantz, Samba & Soul together with the renowned Ebony Chorale of the Palm Beaches. Other guest artists and speakers include distinguished New York City Cantor Jacob Mendelson, filmmaker David Weintraub and authors Rabbi Irwin Kula and Heidi Smith Hyde.
Kultur Festival takes place on FAU's Boca Raton campus at four different venues:
the Wimberly Library (fifth floor), the Barry and Florence Friedberg Lifelong Learning Center, the Live Oak Pavilion in the Student Union and the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium.
Kultur Festival 2009 has been made possible in part through a grant from American Express. Additional support provided by the Nathan and Marion Crosby Holocaust and Judaic Library Collections Endowment Fund, Jewish Cultural Society at FAU, South Florida Association of Jewish Libraries, FAU's Lifelong Learning Society and FAU's Student Union.