BJMF: An-ski Expedition @ 100, Berkeley, CA, 10 Mar 2013
An-ski Expedition @ 100
Sunday, March 10, 2:00-5:00 PM
Easton Hall,
Graduate Theological Union,
2401 Ridge Rd.,
Berkeley, CA
Free
Symposium marking the 100th anniversary of S. An-ski's Folklore Expedition that collected music, stories, artifacts and folklore from shtetlach, intended for a Jewish national museum in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg. Panel discussion and performance includes renowned Yiddishist and multi-instrumentalist Michael Alpert and An-ski scholars Gabriella Safran of Stanford University and Nathaniel Deutsch of UCSC.
In collaboration with the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union.
More info: jewishmusicfestival.org/events/an-ski-expedition-at-100