KlezCalendar

Folksbiene at CUNY presents a concert version of the famous operetta "The Witch," by Abraham Goldfaden, the acknowledged father of the Yiddish theatre. The first Yiddish operetta staged in America, "The Witch" tells the fairy-tale story of a young girl victimized by a scheming stepmother and local witch. "The Witch" is music directed by Zalmen Mlotek, with stage direction by Motl Didner. Starring Suzanne Kobb, Joanne Borts, Adrienne Cooper, Jake Feldman, Hy Wolfe, Ashley Adler and featuring The New Yiddish Chorale.

Performances are

• Monday December 18 at 2pm (Queens College's LeFrak Concert Hall); Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 718-793-8080


• Tuesday December 19 at 2pm (Lehman College's Lovinger Theater), Lehman College 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx NY 718-960-8025


• Wednesday December 20 at 7pm (Hunter College's Kaye Playhouse), Hunter College 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 212-772-4448


• Thursday December 21 at 2pm (Brooklyn College's Whitman Theater), Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 718-951-4500.

With English and Russian supertitles.

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The Jewish American Performing Arts Project & Synagogue for the Arts
present the monthly....
TRIBECA SHOWCASE OF NEW JEWISH MUSIC & COMEDY
(AND SYNAGOGUE FOR THE ARTS' ANNUAL CHANUKAH BASH!)

Tuesday, Dec 19
7:00-8:00 networking/food
8:00-10:30 showcase

Synagogue for the Arts
49 White St., NYC
(2 blocks below Canal, west of Broadway)

General admission (includes party/food): $25
For info and advance reservations, (212) 966-7141

Featuring an eclectic lineup of the most exciting names in
Jewish rock, comedy, theater, and more, including...
rock band PEY DALID
singer/songwriter CHANA ROTHMAN
folk/rock duo OWL
NY's Funniest Rabbi NEIL FLEISCHMANN
'Soul Searching' star MELISSA SCHOENBERG
pop/rock band AZAMRAH
Jewish-infused comedy improv group LOST TRIBE
singer/songwriter MARCOS COHEN
folk/rock duo NEHEDAR
excerpt from Yale Strom's play, VERDIGRIS, (featuring Sam Guncler and Yale Strom)
and more!

Holiday refreshments served throughout the evening...

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DREAM-DIGGING IN BAR YOCHAI'S CAVE
The Hebrew Mamita, Matthue Roth, Elyakeem Transmission, Frantic Turtle, & Juez
@ Tonic
107 Norfolk st.
7pm / $6adv / $9door / 18+

A night of mystical dreams honoring the impact Rav Shimon Bar Yochai's
teachings on Sephardic culture, channelled through slam-poetry,
theatrics, and jazz @ the legendary avantgarde venue.

www.sephardicmusicfestival.com

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Strauss-Warschauer Duo
Tuesday Evening, December 19, 7:30 pm,
LA Yiddish Culture Club, 8339 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles
(following a lecture in Yiddish by Professor Yitskhok Niborsky, Director of the Medem Institute, Paris)

Workshops on Songs from the Yiddish Theater 12/18–20, 3:45

For more information: www.yiddishinstitute.org or 310-745-1190

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Orquestra Kef
Acto Central Jabad Lubavitch Argentina
Martes 19 de Diciembre 20.00hs.
Plaza R. O. del Uruguay (Av. del libertador y Austria).

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Yitzhok Niborski, renowned yiddish teacher, lecturer and the director of the Paris Yiddish Center will be delivering a lecture (in yiddish with english translation) on Aaron Tseitlin's "Weitzman the Second - a visionary farce" For those not familiar with Dr. Niborski, he is to my mind one of the finest Yiddish teachers in the world and a very engaging and entertaining lecturer with a keen sense of humor.

After the lecture there be a performance by the Strauss-Warschauer Duo,
internationally recognized klezmer musicians and teachers.

The lecture will be held at the Los Angeles Yiddish Culture Club which has
existed in Los Angeles for more than 80 years and is a Yiddish cultural icon
without peer on the west coast.

Los Angeles Yiddish Culture Club 8339 West Third Street, Los Angeles 90048

Ticket prices:
General: $15 / Seniors $12 / Students: $8

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Hope everyone's having a nice Khanike-- there's some nice music planned for tomorrow night (Tuesday) at Cafe Moto in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. Music starts about 9:15PM and runs until about 11:45PM. Bob Cohen (fiddle) Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl) Jake Shulman-Ment (fiddle) Yes, that's right-- THE Bob Cohen of Budapest's (and Portland's) Di Naye Kapelye is in town!!! So come on out! Moto has a great menu, fantastic desserts (esp. the fig pie) and brews on tap. It's at 394 Broadway in Brooklyn... can take the J or M subway trains to Hewes St. and Cafe Moto is right under the station-- the strange wedge shaped building at the corner in the middle of the intersection. No cover, a hat is passed. There's klezmer every Tuesday night with some random assortment of Michael Winograd, Jake Shulman-Ment, Jeff Perlman and Pete Rushefsky.

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