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Klezmer Conservatory Band
Sunday, December 1
The Performing Arts Center
755 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase College
Purchase, NY.
Concert at 3 p.m.
Tickets $30 - $35.
For tickets, call 914-251-6200 or visit www.artscenter.org
Tues., Dec, 2nd 10pm $10
SoCalled & FRANK LONDON
- Freeform Hip Hop Gypsy Klezmer jam with Klezmatics trumpeter Frank
London and Hip-Hop Khassene's DJ SoCalled. The brotherhood of
bass-tastic brass-tactic boombastics, down to brass tack-tics.
Eastern-European Klezmer techno jam: come shake your booty to a brass
band getting Beat up.
- Guests Aaron Alexander, Ori Kaplan, Ron Caswell, and more...
Alex Lubet writes to the Jewish-music list:
If you're anywhere near the Twin Cities, you may want to check out my
next gig 12/3, 730 pm, at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Mendota Heights, a
performance with my long-time collaborator, dancer/choreographer Judith
Brin-Ingber. I'll be doing my Ani Maamin and Maoz Tzur for guitar and
Shabbat Ha-Malkah for bass. Together, J and I will perform Hannelore
and our newest collaboration, Footnotes. Judith will perform Bari
Simone and Sarah, the latter featuring vocalist Amy (Yes, she's Jewish!)
Olson.
Most of the program is a tribute to Jewish women, a project-in-progress
that will eventually include exclusively original repertoire devoted to
our moms, sisters, partners, and female friends. Proud to say that the
dude of the duo came up with the idea (while watching a Seinfeld rerun
and getting tired of the way Jews are depicted in American pop culture
exclusively as something less than we are, a position I think hurts
women even more than men).
Wednesday December 3
DAVID BUCHBINDER & LULA LOUNGE PRESENTATION
FEAST OF THE EAST
Wednesdays Monthly November 5. December 3. January 21 2004. February 18 2004
Dance your ass off…guaranteed!
Doors Open @ 7:00 pm Balkan, Jewish+ Arabic Dance Class @ 8pm
Concert @9pm
Admission $15 Student $12
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street West
Dinner Reservations Recommended 416.588.0307
www.lula.ca
LIVE CONCERT + COMMUNITY EVENT + DJ MEDICINEMAN + ROULETTES DANCE + DANCE CLASS + SHISHA LOUNGE
On November 5, Lula Lounge & David Buchbinder inaugurated "Feast of the East," an unprecedented series of Wednesday night dance parties that feature funked-up dance rhythms from Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Drawing on the music of the Jews, Arabs, Greeks and Roma, the sound of Feast of the East is the sound of radical roots: traditional, yet filtered through the prism of Toronto, a rainbow of the world’s richest colours. Feast of the East dance-music hybrid features numerous local jazz luminaries and a plethora of globally-grounded musical friends. Feast of the East harmonious intoxication presents a challenge to all those who delight in dance . Join us for our first step into Feast of the East - if you are not moved to dance, we’ll refund your cover charge!
Feast of the East is built around ensembles led by trumpeter and composer David Buchbinder, including the expanded, dance version of his Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band (Eastern European Jewish fusion music), Buchbinder’s Brass (Roma dance music) & Medina (Arabic music), as well as hot world music band Maza Meze performing Greek & Arabic dance music. Feast… will be dedicated to creating not only one of the hottest dance parties in Toronto but a complete event, with visual and olfactory delights to accompany the expected auditory awesomeness.
In addition to the music Feast of the East will feature: The Roulettes-awesomely hip Bellydance troupe led by Roula Said ~ Dance lessons in Jewish, Balkan & Arabic dance ~ the Belly-a-Go-Go pillar dancers ~ the Shisha Smoking Lounge (authentic Middle Eastern hookah experience)
Musicians (for the first two events) include: David Buchbinder, Dave Wall, Marilyn Lerner, Andrew Downing, Daniel Barnes, Bob Stevenson, John Johnson, Stephen Donald, Levon Ickhanian, William Carn, Debashis Sinha, Rick Shadrach Lazar, Mai Kelly, Jeff Wilson, Robert Botos ; Maryem Tollar, Ernie Tollar, Sophia Gregoriadas, Jennifer Moore, Debashis Sinha, , Jayne Brown, John Gzowski Brenna McCrimmon
Toronto DJ MEDICINEMAN is known for his adventurous blends of musical styles and sonic landscapes. For the past two years he has hosted 'No Man's Land' on CIUT radio and has earned a reputation for his on-going exploration into the evolution of world music. His sets flow from soothing ancient rhythms and textures through rippling primitive and progressive beats, always challenging musical boundaries and traditions.
Wed 3 Dec 8pm
Crakow Klezmer Band
Crakow Klezmer Band is a Polish quartet composed of the young virtuosos
Jaroslaw Bester (accordion), Jaroslaw Tyrala (violin), Oleg Dyyak
(accordion, clarinet and percussion instruments) and Wojciech Front (double
bass). Their original, dynamic and rich arrangements have earned the band a
reputation as one of the most interesting groups of the jewish contemporary
music scene, exploring the rich links between jewish and gypsy music.
Releasing their first two albums on John Zorn's acclaimed NYC based Tzadik
label has helped them establish themselves at the forefront of the current
Jewish musical renaissance.
The Spitz, live music, gallery, bar & bistro
109 Commercial Street, Old Spitalfields Market, London E1 6BG
box office & info 020 7392 9032
mail@spitz.co.uk
www.spitz.co.uk
Catch the Sarah Aroeste Band in Chicago:
Saturday, December 6
9 PM
HotHouse
31 E. Balbo
(South Loop)
$10 advance /
$12 at door
(21 and over)
www.hothouse.com
The Ladino rock sound featuring:
Sarah Aroeste: Vocals Yoel Ben-Simhon, Musical Director and oud, guitar, piano, backup vocals
Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys
Saturday, Dec. 6:
Concert at Brooklyn Jewish Arts Gallery
8:00 pm,
401 9th Street, Brooklyn;
with book-signing by Joseph Kubert.
$10/$5-members
718-789-3368
www.bjag.org
12/7: Afro-Semitic Experience
Tonic Klezmer Brunch
Sunday 1:30pm & 3pm sharp!
TONIC on the Lower East Side
107 Norfolk St. (1/2 block North of Delancey)
F train to Delancey
J train to Essex
www.tonicnyc.com
$10 for one set, $15 for both
When: Sunday, Dec 7th, details TBA.
Where: CBGB's, 315 Bowery between 1st & 2nd St, NYC.
What: King Django's Roots and Culture Band to play at the CD release party for King Django's new album, "Version City Sessions."
More info: www.stubbornrecords.com
Sunday 7 December, 19:30 pm at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery
We will be celebrating our debut CD with the usual hot mix of Klezmer, Gypsy music and New York jazz. Lots of familiar and new tunes.
Chutzpah! are: Sydney Manowitz: violin; Tico Cohen: flute, ocarina, clarinet; Paul Claman: trombone; Sandra Crawshaw: piano; Robert Craigie: drums; and Amos Mann: bass.
Entry $12 waged/$8 unwaged. CD's $25
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Sunday, December 8 at the
Community Theatre,
Morristown, NJ.
Concert at 2 p.m.
Tickets $28 - $38.
For tickets, call 973-539-8008 or
visit communitytheatrenj.com.
Tuesday 9th December
UNITED NATIONS OF LONDON
TERRY HALL AND MUSHTAQ
World Roots Gig of the Year
DJs: Charlie Gillet + Rita Ray
Cargo
83 Rivington Street, London EC2 (Old Street/Liverpool Street tubes)
Tel: 020 7739 3440
7pm – 1am, Tickets on door £10
Advance tickets available from ticketweb.co.uk
YaD
0207 535 0251
www.yadarts.com
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Monday/Tuesday, December 9 & 10 at
Benaroya Hall,
200 University Street,
Seattle, WA.
Performances are part of the Holiday Festival sponsored by the Seattle Symphony. Concerts at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $16 - $55.
For tickets, call 206-215-4747
or visit www.seattlesymphony.org
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Monday/Tuesday, December 9 & 10 at
Benaroya Hall,
200 University Street,
Seattle, WA.
Performances are part of the Holiday Festival sponsored by the Seattle Symphony. Concerts at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $16 - $55.
For tickets, call 206-215-4747
or visit www.seattlesymphony.org
Khevre
Thursday, Dec. 11
8PM Res. tix $16
New sounds in Jewish music. These conservatory trained musicians have "truly brought this music up to date", says Hankus Netsky, founder of The Klezmer Conservatory Band. While immersed in the Jewish tradition, the music of Khevre creatively blends elements of jazz, Latin, Turkish, and American Folk music for a refreshingly unique sound.
The Regent Theatre
7 Medford St., just off Mass. Ave.
Arlington Center
Info: www.fireflyatnight.com
Box office: 781.646.4849
Purchase tix online: www.regenttheatre.com/events
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Thursday, December 11
State Theatre,
15 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ
8 p.m.
Tickets $16 - $28. For tickets and information, call 732-246-7469 or 877-STATE-11, or go to www.statetheatrenj.org.
Massel-Tov,
12.12.2003
82418 Riedhausen,
Westtorhalle,
Kemmel-Gelaende,
21.00h,
T.08841-4335
SHIRIM KLEZMER ORCHESTRA
KLEZMER NUTCRACKER
Rialto Center for the Performing Arts at GA State University
(80 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA)
Saturday, December 13th 8pm
tickets $20, $30 and $45
available at the Rialto Center box office,
by phone at 404-651-4727
and on line at www.rialtocenter.org
Soulful virtuosic and and joy to listen to, Shirim is the ultimate
klezmer concert experience. Thr group's top selling klezmer/classical
recording, Klezmer Nutcracker, is the basis for the annual NPR special
"The Golden Dreydl." Shirim has performed internationally captivating
a diverse audience with it's rocking renditions of classic klezmer
music and ingenious arrangements of klezmerized Tchaikovsky, Brahms and
Mahler. The band evokes the seething fervor and estatic joy of the
Jewish minstrels who kept people dancing, crying and laughing in the
shtetls of Eastern Europe for hundreds of years.
Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys
December 13: 8:00 pm
Puffin Cultural Forum,
20 East Oakdene Avenue,
Teaneck, NJ
(201) 836-8923.
www.puffinfoundation.org
KLEZMER ON FISH STREET (2003) AND THE KLEZMANIACS:
Presented by Acton-Concord Area Hadassah and Kerem Shalom of Concord, MA
The Acton-Concord Area Hadassah Chapter and Kerem Shalom of Concord, MA will
be presenting the Boston premiere of the film, Klezmer on Fish Street, along
with live Klezmer music from the featured Klezmaniacs. The film and concert
will be held on Sunday, December 14, 2003, from 3:00-5:30pm, at Kerem Shalom.
The recently released Klezmer on Fish Street views Poland through the eyes of
a group of young, Jewish American Klezmer musicians, The Klezmaniacs. They
encounter a Poland that includes both new Polish Jews and non-Jewish Poles,
along with the growth of Jewish culture produced by non-Jews. This poignant
documentary asks the questions: What is driving the revitalization of Jewish
life in Poland today? Is this reality, or a virtual Jewish reality? Klezmer
on Fish Street is the winner of the Special Jury Selection 2003 Palm Beach
International Film Fest.
After the film, the The Klezmaniacs will discuss the film and perform a live
Klezmer concert. Refreshments will follow. Admission is $10.00 for all
Hadassah and Kerem Shalom members; $15.00 for non-members. Send checks
payable to Acton-Concord Area Hadassah, along with a self-addressed stamped
envelope, to Kerem Shalom, P. O. Box 1646, Concord, MA 01742. Limited tickets
will be available the day of the program.
For ticket information and directions call Kerem Shalom at 978-369-1223 or
visit their website at www.keremshalom.org. For film program information
email Lrskolnik@msn.com.
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Sunday, December 14
Stanford University’s Memorial Auditorium
Palo Alto, CA
2:30 p.m.
presented by Stanford Lively Arts on the Campus of Stanford University.
Tickets $30 - $44 for adults; half-price for youths age 15 and under; discounts for students and groups. For tickets and information, please call 650-725-ARTS (2787) or go online to livelyarts.stanford.edu
ANNOUNCING: The only West Coast and the world's only winter Yiddish intensive: the 4th annual "Art of Yiddish: Entering the Heart of a Culture Through Its Beat", Los Angeles, December 14 20, 2003. Learn Yiddish with the best Yiddish teachers in North America: Pesakh Fiszman, Anna Gonshor, Miriam Hoffman, Sheyndl Liberman, and Sheva Zucker. Develop a deeper understanding of the culture that created our beloved Klezmer music and humor, with world-renown klezmorim Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss teaching song and dance workshops (bring along your own instruments too); ethnomusicologist Robert Cohen revealing the back stories to Yiddish music; and writer/actor Yakov Basner illuminating the comic side of Yiddish literature from Chelm to Moshe Nadir. Theodore Bikel joins us for our closing concert and farbrengen.
It's the perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and wit of Yiddish culture. Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism Department of Continuing Education. For more information and to request or download the brochure, please visit www.yiddishinstitute.org or e-mail Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org.
12/14: Khevre
Tonic Klezmer Brunch
Sunday 1:30pm & 3pm sharp!
TONIC on the Lower East Side
107 Norfolk St. (1/2 block North of Delancey)
F train to Delancey
J train to Essex
www.tonicnyc.com
$10 for one set, $15 for both
It's the perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and wit of Yiddish culture. Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism Department of Continuing Education. For more information and to request or download the brochure, please visit www.yiddishinstitute.org or e-mail Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org.
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Tuesday, December 16
Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
8 p.m.
KCB’s "Oy, Chanukah" presented by LA Philharmonic Association. Tickets $20 - $65. For tickets and information, please call 323-850-2000 or go online to www.laphil.org
It's the perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and wit of Yiddish culture. Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism Department of Continuing Education. For more information and to request or download the brochure, please visit www.yiddishinstitute.org or e-mail Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org.
It's the perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and wit of Yiddish culture. Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism Department of Continuing Education. For more information and to request or download the brochure, please visit www.yiddishinstitute.org or e-mail Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org.
Lox & Vodka
BlackRock Center for the Performing Arts
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
Thursday eve, December 18
'Tis the week before Chanukah so come on along
And join us for laughter and dancing and song.
A concert that's filled with music and fun
We'd love to see you there, each and everyone.
So warm up with LOX & VODKA on Thursday evening, December 18, 7:30 at the BlackRock Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets $16. Beer, wine and lite dinner available. For more information: www.blackrockcenter.org/.
The Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women Student Councils
present this years annual Chanukah concert
Starring Avraham Rosenblum & Diaspora,
Avraham Fried, Yaakov Shwekey and more.
MC Nachum Segal.
Thursday, December 18th 2003, Doors open at 7:00 PM
Lamport Auditorium, Zysman Hall - Yeshiva University (entrance at corner of Amsterdam Ave & 18th St) Due to security concerns a photo ID will be required
For tickets or any additional information visit www.yuconcert.com or e-mail Nechama Gotlieb at tickets@yuconcert.com
It's the perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and wit of Yiddish culture. Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism Department of Continuing Education. For more information and to request or download the brochure, please visit www.yiddishinstitute.org or e-mail Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org.
Avada presents the Los Angeles premiere of “master magician
mixologist” DJ Socalled. Working turntables, drum machines, accordion,
piano and vocals (yes, all at once), Socalled mixes strains of jazz, funk
and everything else with klezmer, the music he calls home. Sampling
hip hop beats, old Yiddish vaudeville, and bits of klezmer clarinet, he
crafts soundscapes of unexpected world’s colliding for a shtetl-fabulous
early khanike (Hanuka in Yiddish) dance party.
Socalled is joined by LA musicians from Critical Brass Band, and Ancestry
of Sound, and DJ Josh Kun for a live late night session.
Enjoy an Extreme Khanike Wine Tasting, 8 PM
Confrontational wine-tasting in a nightclub setting.
Eight wines and hors de’ ouevres. RSVP at
extremewinetasting@yahoo.com
Thursday, December 18, 2003
DJ Socalled at 10 PM
The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd. in Echo Park, just east of Park Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
www.attheecho.com
$10 admission; $25 for wine tasting and Socalled
No sign, the front is painted gold. Free Parking behind.
Info: 323/ 692-8151; www.avadaproject.org
avada (avade means “of course” in Yiddish) is a project of
Yiddishkayt Los Angeles –
revolutionizing Yiddish in the 21st century.
DJ Socalled, aka Josh Dolgin, is also the mastermind behind the "HipHopKhasene" as well as other works.
three FREE noontime shows at NYC's World Financial Center
Metropolitan Klezmer's fluidly instrumental outfit
acoustic & unplugged in the indoor Winter Garden atrium
music schedule: Friday 12/19, Sat. 12/20, Monday 12/22
from 12 noon til 1:30 pm daily!
(last-minute gift crunch? CDs + more at shows, & cdbaby.com)
Band lineup & public transportation directions below.
FRIDAY 12/19:
Debra Kreisberg-clarinet & sax, Michael Hess-violin & ney flutes, Jacob
Garchik-trombone, Dave Hofstra-bass, Eve Sicular-drums
SATURDAY 12/20 + MONDAY 12/22:
Debra Kreisberg-clarinet & sax, Pam Fleming-trumpet, Ismail Butera-accordion,
Jacob Garchik-trombone, Dave Hofstra-tuba, Eve Sicular-drums
The IRT trains # 2 and 3 go to Chambers Street. You can walk west on Chambers
(or the streets below Chambers- Warren and Murray) to West Street and then
south to Vesey Street. That is the north entrance to the complex which leads
into the Winter Garden.
The E train goes to Chambers St. also - a little further east.
The N and R trains go to Cortland Street (closer than Rector St.) and there
is a foot bridge over the highway to the Vesey St entrance to the World
Financial Center.
The #1 train goes to Chambers and then down to Rector Street. Rector is at
the south end of the WFC. Exit from the back of the train and you come out at
Rector St. walk one block west then north for 2 or 3 blocks and you'll come to
the the Ground Zero site. There's a footbridge that goes over the highway into
Tower A. Once inside you go to your right and follow the signs to the Winter
Garden. If the weather is bad this is a shorter walk outdoors than coming from
Chambers. You end up south of the Winter Garden (Liberty St. ).
The #6 train goes to Wall St.- a little further north and east of the Rector
St. station.
The M20 Bus goes down 7th Ave and stops right at the Vesey St. entrance and
then down to the Liberty St. entrance to Tower A.
the M9 bus, which traverses 14th St, Avenue B, Houston, Essex and downtown,
finishes its route at the Battery Park City side of the World Financial Center.
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Wednesday, December 18 at
Woodruff Arts Center,
1280 Peachtree Street NE,
Atlanta, GA.
Concert at 8 p.m.
Tickets $25 - $39.
For tickets, call 404-733-5000 or visit
www.atlantasymphony.org.
KCB makes it orchestral debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Last year's Chanuka Celebration had people dancing in the aisles. This year the Atlanta Symphony decided to perform with the KCB.
Shtreiml is this week's guest at Bella's Authentic Jewish Sunday Brunch, served from 10:30 - 3pm, each Sunday: More than 40 items on our buffet for only $16.95! (12 and under 1/2 price, infants 3 and under free) Buffet Includes... Potato latkes, blintzes, lox eggs & onions, challah french toast, sour cream, apple sauce, bagels, lox & cream, salmon patties, gefilte fish, cheese, salads galore, fresh fruit, cheeses, cakes, sweets, tea, coffee, and much more!!
Performances at 11:45am and 1:45pm with no cover charge.
Free Times Cafe
320 College St.
(2 blocks west of Spadina)
For reservations call: (416) 967-1078
« Danse Apatride, Tanz ! », Festival De l’Esprit Klezmer à la Goutte D’or,
c’est les 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 et 26 décembre à partir de 20h45
à l’Olympic Café 20, rue Léon 75018 Paris
Entrées Libres
Renseigements / contact :
Organisation : M. Feterman 06 64 39 16 38 t.feterman@wanadoo.fr
Sites : perso.wanadoo.fr/freylekhtrio ou www.rueleon.net
L’Olympic Café et le LMP : 01 42 52 29 93
Vendredi 19 décembre :
GEFILTE SWING (chansons de cabaret yiddish, avec chant, clarinette, trompette, accordéon, tuba)
Marianne Farouch’ Band (création de chansons autour de thèmes klezmer et manouches avec chant, guitare, basse, batterie)
It's the perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and wit of Yiddish culture. Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism Department of Continuing Education. For more information and to request or download the brochure, please visit www.yiddishinstitute.org or e-mail Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org.
The Laurie Sucher Klezmer Trio
with Jim Cox, bassist and Gaili Mangurten, pianist
in
A Chanukah Celebration
at the Randolph Street Cafe
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington, Chicago
at 12:15 P.M.
on Friday, December 19th
free, lunch available at the site
Wholesale Klezmer Band
A community celebration of the Jewish festival of lights will be held on Friday, December 19, and will feature a live performance of the The Wholesale Klezmer Band. This is the second time Westminster West has hosted this Channakah celebration. The first was a wonderful success with hot latkes, joyous dancing, stories shared and the lights of many menorahs filling the windows and brightening hearts.
The celebration will once again include a pot luck dinner, dreidle playing, storytelling, and candle lighting. Latkes - a traditional Channakah potato pancake- will be provided. The event, which is free of charge, will be held at the Westminster West Congregational Church at 5:30 p.m. on December 19. For more information call 387-5788
three FREE noontime shows at NYC's World Financial Center
Metropolitan Klezmer's fluidly instrumental outfit
acoustic & unplugged in the indoor Winter Garden atrium
music schedule: Friday 12/19, Sat. 12/20, Monday 12/22
from 12 noon til 1:30 pm daily!
(last-minute gift crunch? CDs + more at shows, & cdbaby.com)
Band lineup & public transportation directions below.
FRIDAY 12/19:
Debra Kreisberg-clarinet & sax, Michael Hess-violin & ney flutes, Jacob
Garchik-trombone, Dave Hofstra-bass, Eve Sicular-drums
SATURDAY 12/20 + MONDAY 12/22:
Debra Kreisberg-clarinet & sax, Pam Fleming-trumpet, Ismail Butera-accordion,
Jacob Garchik-trombone, Dave Hofstra-tuba, Eve Sicular-drums
The IRT trains # 2 and 3 go to Chambers Street. You can walk west on Chambers
(or the streets below Chambers- Warren and Murray) to West Street and then
south to Vesey Street. That is the north entrance to the complex which leads
into the Winter Garden.
The E train goes to Chambers St. also - a little further east.
The N and R trains go to Cortland Street (closer than Rector St.) and there
is a foot bridge over the highway to the Vesey St entrance to the World
Financial Center.
The #1 train goes to Chambers and then down to Rector Street. Rector is at
the south end of the WFC. Exit from the back of the train and you come out at
Rector St. walk one block west then north for 2 or 3 blocks and you'll come to
the the Ground Zero site. There's a footbridge that goes over the highway into
Tower A. Once inside you go to your right and follow the signs to the Winter
Garden. If the weather is bad this is a shorter walk outdoors than coming from
Chambers. You end up south of the Winter Garden (Liberty St. ).
The #6 train goes to Wall St.- a little further north and east of the Rector
St. station.
The M20 Bus goes down 7th Ave and stops right at the Vesey St. entrance and
then down to the Liberty St. entrance to Tower A.
the M9 bus, which traverses 14th St, Avenue B, Houston, Essex and downtown,
finishes its route at the Battery Park City side of the World Financial Center.
Massel-Tov Trio,
19.12.2003
95326 Kulmbach,
Spitalkirche,
www.dekanat-kulmbach.de,
19.30h
Miriam-Khaye Seigel presents a dynamic performance of Yiddish
songs on Saturday night, December 20, 2003 at 7:00 PM, at the
JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. (at West 76th). This
free concert is part of the series "A Glezele Tey", sponsored
by the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre.
It's the perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and wit of Yiddish culture. Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism Department of Continuing Education. For more information and to request or download the brochure, please visit www.yiddishinstitute.org or e-mail Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org.
For most of its 33 years of existence the St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music has sponsored an annual Chanukah choral festival. This year we begin a new tradition in collaboration with the suburban University City Symphony Orchestra - a "Judas Maccabeus" sing-along. Taking place (this year) at United Hebrew Congregation on December 20th, the combined choirs of most of the city's Jewish congregations will collaborate with the Orchestra, directed by Dr. Leon Burke, III, with solos sung by members of the Circle. Audience members may purchase a score for $18 which serves as a ticket for this and all future years, and then may sing along with the on-bima choir.
In researching the program notes I've become further surprised at the story of Handel's writing such a Jewish oratorio. "Messiah" notwithstanding, the vast majority of Handel's oratorios are on subjects from Tanach - "Old Testament" to him - "Deborah," "Israel in Egypt," "Joseph and His Brethren," etc. And "Judas Maccabeus" goes even one step further by NOT being of O.T. provenance, and hence lacking even that relevance for Christians. Apparently there was a political metaphor - a recently suppressed revolution. But I prefer the apocryphal story that Handel was advised to compose for royalty and the aristocracy, but wanted to see seats filled in the theater, and so wrote for the Jews.
Wholesale Klezmer Band
Once again, we return to Caffé Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY for the second night of Chanukah. As usual, our concert will be a mix of the familiar and the never heard before in Saratoga-- songs and instrumental music,-- including an updated Yiddish vaudeville song about the corrupting effects of money, and its antidote--a traditional Yiddish song about the values without which money is useless. Subtitles will be provided for audience members not fluent in Yiddish.
Caffé Lena is at 47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY
Concert time is 6 PM
For reservations and information, call 518-583-0022
three FREE noontime shows at NYC's World Financial Center
Metropolitan Klezmer's fluidly instrumental outfit
acoustic & unplugged in the indoor Winter Garden atrium
music schedule: Friday 12/19, Sat. 12/20, Monday 12/22
from 12 noon til 1:30 pm daily!
(last-minute gift crunch? CDs + more at shows, & cdbaby.com)
Band lineup & public transportation directions below.
FRIDAY 12/19:
Debra Kreisberg-clarinet & sax, Michael Hess-violin & ney flutes, Jacob
Garchik-trombone, Dave Hofstra-bass, Eve Sicular-drums
SATURDAY 12/20 + MONDAY 12/22:
Debra Kreisberg-clarinet & sax, Pam Fleming-trumpet, Ismail Butera-accordion,
Jacob Garchik-trombone, Dave Hofstra-tuba, Eve Sicular-drums
The IRT trains # 2 and 3 go to Chambers Street. You can walk west on Chambers
(or the streets below Chambers- Warren and Murray) to West Street and then
south to Vesey Street. That is the north entrance to the complex which leads
into the Winter Garden.
The E train goes to Chambers St. also - a little further east.
The N and R trains go to Cortland Street (closer than Rector St.) and there
is a foot bridge over the highway to the Vesey St entrance to the World
Financial Center.
The #1 train goes to Chambers and then down to Rector Street. Rector is at
the south end of the WFC. Exit from the back of the train and you come out at
Rector St. walk one block west then north for 2 or 3 blocks and you'll come to
the the Ground Zero site. There's a footbridge that goes over the highway into
Tower A. Once inside you go to your right and follow the signs to the Winter
Garden. If the weather is bad this is a shorter walk outdoors than coming from
Chambers. You end up south of the Winter Garden (Liberty St. ).
The #6 train goes to Wall St.- a little further north and east of the Rector
St. station.
The M20 Bus goes down 7th Ave and stops right at the Vesey St. entrance and
then down to the Liberty St. entrance to Tower A.
the M9 bus, which traverses 14th St, Avenue B, Houston, Essex and downtown,
finishes its route at the Battery Park City side of the World Financial Center.
On Dec. 20, The Klezmatics and special guest vocalists will present a special holiday concert featuring the world premiere of Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah songs, translated into Yiddish. Called The Yiddish Woody Guthrie, it will take place at 1395 Lexington Ave, New York City. The Klezmatics have been working with Nora Guthrie and the Woody Guthrie Archives to uncover Guthrie's unknown Jewish holiday songs. Also featured will be songs by Guthrie's mother-in-law and famous New York Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt. Presented by the Y's MAKOR program.
Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys
December 20:
Bluegrass Hannukah Party at the Acoustic Cafe,
2926 Fairfield Avenue,
Bridgeport CT,
8:00 pm, $10,
(203) 335-FOLK;
www.AcoustiCafe.com
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Dec 20 2003
Saturday 7:00 PM / 8:00 PM
2 Hannukah Concerts Chicago Botanic Garden
Education Center
1000 Lake Cook Road
info: 847.835.5440 Glencoe, IL
The usual Tonic info: 1:30/3:00; $10/$15; 107 Norfolk St., Manhattan. (www.tonicnyc.com for more directions)
El domingo 21 de diciembre a las 17:00 hrs Tikun tocará una serie de piezas de Klezmer tradicional en el Turó Park (Av. Diagonal and Plz. Francesc Masia) para celebrar la fiesta judía de Chanukah. Es un concierto gratuito para todo el público, así que venid con vuestra familia y amigos.
Tikun will perform traditional Klezmer music on Sunday, December 21st at 5:00pm at Turó Park (Av. Diagonal and Plz. Francesc Masia) to celebrate the Jewish holiday Chanukah. It is free and open to the public, so bring your family and friends.
Lox & Vodka
Chanukah Celebration
Come celebrate Chanukah with us and do your last minute shopping at the same time! There are lots of things for kids and grown-ups to do. Come on down and join us on Sunday, December 21 from 1:00-3:30 at the Chevy Chase Pavilion, Wisconsin Ave, NW, DC.
Wise Men of Chelm by Sandra Asher
Based on the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, music provided by Lox & Vodka.
Nov. 23 every Sunday 1:30 & 3:30 until Dec. 28 and then Dec. 29 -31 at 11:00.
Adventure Theatre $7 ticket
Glen Echo Park • 7300 MacArthur Blvd. • Glen Echo, MD 20812<12
Phone: (301) 320-5331 • Fax: (301) 320-3108 • Email:
ATinfo@adventuretheatre.org
Those who leave Chelm end up in Chelm. Those who remain in Chelm are certainly in Chelm. All roads lead to Chelm. All the world is one big Chelm. -Isaac Bashevis Singer
Casco Bay Tummlers
Sun., Dec. 21, 5 - 8 p.m. Community Potluck & Chanukah party at
Congregation Etz Chaim in Biddeford, 345 Bacon Street. Donation. Contact:
kporttkd@Adelphia.net
Back by popular demand, L'Chaim Klezmer Band has again been invited to perform at the Music Store in San Francisco. Continuing the Music Store's tradition of presenting and preserving unique music styles, L'Chaim Klezmer Band is returning to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.
This is a FREE concert and lots of fun, so come early for the best seats!
The Music Store is located at 66 West Portal Ave. San Francisco. L'Chaim will be preforming from 4 pm to 6 pm, Sunday, December 21.
!!!Hey- Check Out Seth Glass at MAKOR!!!
This Sunday Dec. 21st @8:00 pm (also appearing: Neshama Carlebach).
MAKOR: 35 W. 67th St. (Col./C.P.W.)
(212)601-1000
www.makor.org
See you there...
Classic Israeli Folk Dance Hanukah Party with Live Music
Plus Sufganiot & Surprise Guest Teachers
Sunday Dec 21 2003 7PM to - 11PM
If you are in the NYC area and miss the golden oldies of Israel, come to
our biggest party of the year featuring Israeli Folk dancing in the
classic tradition with live music, sufganiot and surprise guest teachers.
Join the longest running weekly nostalgia session doing your old favorites
plus some later ones. No partner needed.
7pm Instruction; 8pm Open Session with live music.
Contribution: $10
Location: Bridge for Dance, 2726 Broadway at 104th St.
Tel:(917) 207-0093, E-mail: rdr@rikud.net, Web: www.rikud.net
Sponsored by Rikuday Dor Rishon
Massel-Tov Trio,
21.12.2003
80636 Muenchen,
Theater Blaue Maus,
Elvirastr. 17a,
20.30h,
T. 089-182694
22 December 2003 8.00pm
Vivi Lachs leads Yiddish song jam at Lauderdale House
All levels will be made welcome or just hang out and listen.
Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG 020 8348 8716
£5 (concessions £4 if you bring an instrument) on the door - Bar open from 7.30pm.
Casco Bay Tummlers
Mon. Dec. 22, Chanukah dinner at Henry & Marty's Restaurant, 61 Maine St.,
Brunswick. Call 725-4191 for times and details
The 19th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program "KlezKamp" will be held from
December 23-29, 2003 at the Swan Lake Hotel in the heart of New York's Catskill
region. For information about the program, registration, and work/study options
please go to our website www.klezkamp.org.
To find out more about KlezKamp, see Ari Davidow's article about KlezKamp '96 or Ben Gerhon's article about KlezKamp '99
Catch the Sarah Aroeste Band in NYC:
Makor
35 West 67th Street
(between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue)
212.601.1000
www.makor.org
The Ladino rock sound featuring:
Sarah Aroeste: Vocals Yoel Ben-Simhon, Musical Director and oud, guitar, piano, backup vocalsMakor Open House
Christmas Eve / Hanukkah Blowout Party
Hasidic New Wave
When five downtown New York improvisers with deep roots in the jazz tradition embrace the Hasidic musical legacy and the scintillating rhythms of the Holy Land, a new voice emerges. Blending together an intense mixture of ethnic and cosmopolitan sounds, Hasidic New Wave fuses spiritual songs from Hasidic dynasties to funk and jazz, Arabic dances with avant-garde rock. HNW alternates ecstatic and meditative performances, imbued with joy and passion. Join leaders Frank London (The Klezmatics) and Greg Wall their all-star band for this sixth-night-of-Hanukkah celebration.
Open Bar!
Date & Time: Wed, Dec 24, 2003, 8:00pm
Location: Makor, 92St. Y,
West Side at 35 West 67th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.
Price: $35.00 All Sections
Wed, Dec 24th: Jewltide: A Hannukah Bash
8PM @ Southpaw $10 presale www.ticketweb.com
125 5th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Q Train to 7th Ave. M/N/R to Union Street 2/3 to Bergen St. F to 4th Ave.
JDub is teaming up with Brooklyn Jews to present a healthy alternative to the Chinese food and movie theater experiences of years past. When Hannukah and Christmas collide, we can’t help but throw down. Eric Drysdale from The Daily Show, musical performances by the Bialyrockers (featuring Annette Ezekiel of Golem & Jeremy Parzen of Les Sans Culottes), other surprise guests (good ones!), and JDub’s own Mattissyahu. Plus free donuts and beer specials. Now doesn’t that beat fruitcake?
Jewltide will sell out. Don’t be left at your neighborhood Matzah Ball. Get tickets early!
Don't be a lonely Jew this Christmas Eve in NYC...
...come to Satalla and get your groove on to some infectious klezmer music!
Wednesday, December 24
Klezmer Jamboree
with
Jeff Perlman and
Klez Que C'est?
9pm 'til you can't dance no more
Singles mingle, drink and dance. Couples and non-Jews welcome too!
And who really cares whether or not Santa's gonna come this year?
The rockin' Eastern European Jewish party band will feature:
Jeff Perlman - clarinet (Village Klezmer Quintet, KlezSka)
Ben Holmes - trumpet (Village Klezmer Quintet, Klez Dispensers, King Django's Roots & Culture) Aron Gershman - Moldovan accordion virtuoso
Jason Sypher - slap-eriffic bassist (Klezmer Mountain Boys, Nikitov)
Timothy Quigley - percussion (Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar, Jessica Lurie, Argentine)
and maybe some special guests... (you?)
Wednesday, December 24
Klezmer Jamboree
9pm 'til you can't dance no more
Satalla
The Temple of World Music
37 W. 26th St. (between Broadway and 6th Ave)
$15
It might be cold out there, but it'll be hot in here!
The 19th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program "KlezKamp" will be held from
December 23-29, 2003 at the Swan Lake Hotel in the heart of New York's Catskill
region. For information about the program, registration, and work/study options
please go to our website www.klezkamp.org.
Come to Shirim's 11th annual klezmer holiday concert.
December 25, show at 12:00pm.
at the Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard St., Brookline.
Tickets: $18 & $12 (kids & seniors)
Information: Tickets at the Box Office: (617) 734-2500 or online at www.Coolidge.org
Concert will feature the Klezmer Nutcracker Suite, as always, and some great klezmer music. Please come.
JERUSALEM JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
December 25, 7pm
Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival
Jerusalem Cinemateque
The 19th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program "KlezKamp" will be held from
December 23-29, 2003 at the Swan Lake Hotel in the heart of New York's Catskill
region. For information about the program, registration, and work/study options
please go to our website www.klezkamp.org.
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Dec 25 2003
Thursday 11:00AM - 12:30PM Family Concert
"Something Else" Spertus Museum
618 S. Michigan Ave
Ticket sales: 312.922.9012 Chicago, IL
« Danse Apatride, Tanz ! », Festival De l’Esprit Klezmer à la Goutte D’or,
c’est les 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 et 26 décembre à partir de 20h45
à l’Olympic Café 20, rue Léon 75018 Paris
Entrées Libres
Renseigements / contact :
Organisation : M. Feterman 06 64 39 16 38 t.feterman@wanadoo.fr
Sites : perso.wanadoo.fr/freylekhtrio ou www.rueleon.net
L’Olympic Café et le LMP : 01 42 52 29 93
Vendredi 26 décembre :
YomguiH / Cuniot (duo interactif clarinette/piano)
LE FREYLEKH TRIO (improvisations énergiques sur des vieux thèmes yiddish)
The 19th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program "KlezKamp" will be held from
December 23-29, 2003 at the Swan Lake Hotel in the heart of New York's Catskill
region. For information about the program, registration, and work/study options
please go to our website www.klezkamp.org.
Socalled's "Hip Hop Seder" excited a lot of folks a couple of years ago and Sophie Solomon is the electric, intense violinist in the UK's rising "Oi Va Voi."
Both have been known to perform (and to teach) impeccable traditional klezmer, and are among the most exciting of the latest generation of emerging new klezmorim.
When: Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 7 p.m.
Where: The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan (334 Amsterdam Avenue at West 76th Street). Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
The 19th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program "KlezKamp" will be held from
December 23-29, 2003 at the Swan Lake Hotel in the heart of New York's Catskill
region. For information about the program, registration, and work/study options
please go to our website www.klezkamp.org.
Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys
December 27: 8pm
JCC on the Palisades
411 E. Clinton Ave.
Tenafly, NJ
(201) 569-7900.
www.jcconthepalisades.org/programs/artculture/index.html
Wise Men of Chelm by Sandra Asher
Based on the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, music provided by Lox & Vodka.
Nov. 23 every Sunday 1:30 & 3:30 until Dec. 28 and then Dec. 29 -31 at 11:00.
Adventure Theatre $7 ticket
Glen Echo Park • 7300 MacArthur Blvd. • Glen Echo, MD 20812<12
Phone: (301) 320-5331 • Fax: (301) 320-3108 • Email:
ATinfo@adventuretheatre.org
Those who leave Chelm end up in Chelm. Those who remain in Chelm are certainly in Chelm. All roads lead to Chelm. All the world is one big Chelm. -Isaac Bashevis Singer
The 19th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program "KlezKamp" will be held from
December 23-29, 2003 at the Swan Lake Hotel in the heart of New York's Catskill
region. For information about the program, registration, and work/study options
please go to our website www.klezkamp.org.
Wise Men of Chelm by Sandra Asher
Based on the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, music provided by Lox & Vodka.
Nov. 23 every Sunday 1:30 & 3:30 until Dec. 28 and then Dec. 29 -31 at 11:00.
Adventure Theatre $7 ticket
Glen Echo Park • 7300 MacArthur Blvd. • Glen Echo, MD 20812<12
Phone: (301) 320-5331 • Fax: (301) 320-3108 • Email:
ATinfo@adventuretheatre.org
Those who leave Chelm end up in Chelm. Those who remain in Chelm are certainly in Chelm. All roads lead to Chelm. All the world is one big Chelm. -Isaac Bashevis Singer
The 19th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program "KlezKamp" will be held from
December 23-29, 2003 at the Swan Lake Hotel in the heart of New York's Catskill
region. For information about the program, registration, and work/study options
please go to our website www.klezkamp.org.
Tues., Dec. 30th 8pm, 10pm & 12midnight $15
FRANK LONDON'S KLEZMER BRASS ALLSTARS plus SPECIAL GUESTS
Late night jam with FLKBAS and DJ SoCalled
at a brand new joing: SATALLA
37 West 26th St.
(6th/Broadway)
212.576.1155
- photos are at www.franklondon.com
- A big klezmer party with "Di Shikere Kapelye" (The Inebriated
Orchestra,) featuring the best klezmer brass players from around the
world throwing down Balkan - Jewish brass band style. Featuring
Klezmatics trumpeter Frank London and his posse: Philadelphia's Susan
Watts Hoffman (KlezMs), London's Merlin Shepherd, Austin's Mark Rubin
(Bad Livers), Curtis Hasselbring (Golem), David Licht (Klezmatics,
Shockabilly), Matt Darriau (Ballin the Paradox - matics) and a who's
who' of special guests from the international klez scene, all in town
for this insane blow-out. On their first recording they channeled the
legendary "Di Shikere Kapelye" (The Inebriated Orchestra,) and then
blasted the roof off with Boban Markovic's Orkestar and Cairo's
Hassaballa Brass Band on "Brotherhood of Brass."
Wise Men of Chelm by Sandra Asher
Based on the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, music provided by Lox & Vodka.
Nov. 23 every Sunday 1:30 & 3:30 until Dec. 28 and then Dec. 29 -31 at 11:00.
Adventure Theatre $7 ticket
Glen Echo Park • 7300 MacArthur Blvd. • Glen Echo, MD 20812<12
Phone: (301) 320-5331 • Fax: (301) 320-3108 • Email:
ATinfo@adventuretheatre.org
Those who leave Chelm end up in Chelm. Those who remain in Chelm are certainly in Chelm. All roads lead to Chelm. All the world is one big Chelm. -Isaac Bashevis Singer
Sruli and Lisa
sruliandlisa.com
They will be performing at Temple Har Zion ( www.thz.org ) on Wednesday, December 31st at 9:45 and 10:45 PM, for First Night Burlington County ( www.lemyreart.com/monkeyinvasion/fnbc.htm ) in Mount Holly, NJ.
Wise Men of Chelm by Sandra Asher
Based on the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, music provided by Lox & Vodka.
Nov. 23 every Sunday 1:30 & 3:30 until Dec. 28 and then Dec. 29 -31 at 11:00.
Adventure Theatre $7 ticket
Glen Echo Park • 7300 MacArthur Blvd. • Glen Echo, MD 20812<12
Phone: (301) 320-5331 • Fax: (301) 320-3108 • Email:
ATinfo@adventuretheatre.org
Those who leave Chelm end up in Chelm. Those who remain in Chelm are certainly in Chelm. All roads lead to Chelm. All the world is one big Chelm. -Isaac Bashevis Singer
Hip Hop Hoodíos
Dec. 31 - Montclair, NJ - First Night (New
Year’s show)
The upcoming New Year’s Eve and Jan. 3rd concerts from Latino-Jewish urban music collective Hip Hop Hoodíos promise lots of booty-shaking and laughs alike. Comprised of bilingual musicians from Jewish/Latino backgrounds ("hoodÌo is a twist on the word "judio" - Spanish for "Jew"), the members of Hip Hop HoodÌos are linked by a common love for Latin alternative music, or rock and rap "en Espanol". But don't call these guys the Jewish answer to Tenacious D or the Latino respuesta to the Beastie Boys: Hip Hop Hoodíos are out to change the notions and preconceptions of Latin music entirely. Following the group’s recent standing room-only concerts at Joe’s Pub and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (as well as packed dates in Chicago and LA), Los Hoodios perform at Makor in NYC on Saturday, Jan. 3rd, and also have a special New Year’s Eve date at First Night Montclair in New Jersey.
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Thursday
New Years Eve 7:30 PM "First Night"
Highland Park Highland Park Community House
1991 Sherdan Road
Ticket Sales: 847.432.0867 Highland Park, IL
Pour commencer 2OO4, nous avons eu l'idée Julie Lenormand,gabriel
Ellenberg,Alexis Kune et moi-même de nous retrouver pour une fête klezmer avec tous les
musiciens qui le souhaitent ainsi que tous les fans de klezmer non-musiciens
au 56, rue saint-sabin,75011,le 31 décembre aux alentours de 22 h 00.
Vous êtes attendus avec famille et amis... !
Musiciens, apportez votre instrument, à manger ou à boire !
Les autres, apportez une histoire, une chanson, votre meilleur gâteau, à
boire...
Merci de confirmer votre venue... par mail .
A très bientôt !!!
Marthe Desrosières.Lesmishegos@aol.com
Klezmer new year party in Paris !!!
You're welcome to our party the 31 st of December around 10:00 pm, 56 rue
saint sabin 75011,Paris.
Bring your instrument if you're musician,and bring your favorite song and
joke if you're not musician. Don't forget to bring alsoo your favorite cake ...
Friends and family are welcome.
Please confirm your venue by mail.
Lehaim to 2004 !
Marthe Desrosières.Lesmishegos@aol.com
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Tuesday, December 31 at
Berklee Performance Center, Boston for
First Night.
Shows at 6 and 7:15 p.m.
Tickets $15 First Night Admission Button.