Metropolitan Klezmer, NYC, Dec 21
Thursday, 12/21 (midday)
Empire State Building
king kong klezmer... free!
12:30pm - 1:30pm lunchtime show
sextet lineup, 34th Street entrance
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December 21, 2006
Goldfaden's "The Witch", Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, Dec 21
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.
Afro-Sephardic & Ladino music @ Sephardic Music Festival, NYC, Dec 21
AFRO-SEPHARDIC AND LADINO MUSIC
Afro-Semitic Experience & Sarah Aroeste Band
Spanish Portugusse Synagaogue
3 West 70th st at Central Park West
7pm / $12adv or $15 door / all ages
An evening of cross-cultural music with Middle Eastern melodies, the beautiful language of Ladino and the infectious rhythms of Africa.
RSVP to Alana 212-873-0300 x209
Metropolitan Klezmer, Nyack, NY, Dec 21
Metropolitan Klezmer Hanukkah Show
Thursday, 12/21 (evening)
at Riverspace Arts
119 Main St, Nyack NY
Two sets, 7:00pm showtime
$15 adults/ $10 kids
www.riverspace.org
Jewmongous, Bellmore, LI, NY, Dec 21
From the creator of the comedy song sensation "What I Like About Jew" and the founder of Rockapella comes a newly erected, Jew-themed, comedy song variety show: JEWMONGOUS!, featuring Sean Altman and guests Todd Barry, Jonathan Coulton, Tammy Faye Starlite, Cynthia Kaplan and Steve Goodie. All faiths welcome, especially Jews.
12/21 - The Brokerage, Bellmore, Long Island, NY (7pm)
JEWMONGOUS! - a comedy song variety show - is the colicky, uncircumcised brain child of SEAN ALTMAN, the song-writing wiz behind the pioneering comedy song act What I Like About Jew. In the aftermath of the act's debut CD “Unorthodox” in 2006, What I Like About Jew was featured on NPR's "Fresh Air With Terry Gross", rocketed into the Top 50 on Amazon.com, and is currently being fashioned into an off-Broadway musical by genuine Jewish theater producers. As a solo artist, Sean has released three albums and was named "Best Male Artist" in the 2005 International Acoustic Music Awards. The anti-Kurt Cobain" (NY Press) and "absurdly talented performer" (Village Voice) has "killer hooks" (Time Out NY), "a cynical edge" (Philadelphia Daily News), and a "silky tenor voice that produced chills" (NY Times). Sean is best known as the founder and former leader of the vocal group Rockapella - stars of the TV series "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?", for which Sean co-wrote the famous theme song (with Broadway's David Yazbek). He is a member of the Loser's Lounge series in New York, he sings with Kol Zimra and Voices For Israel, he pitches Astelin nasal spray on TV as a member of the acapella group The GrooveBarbers, and his songs have been featured in dozens of TV shows.
RAVES FOR SEAN'S "WHAT I LIKE ABOUT JEW" SONGS
“Giants of Jewish joke-pop, but you can also hear some Beatles in their risqué borscht-belting-not to mention a reverence for tradition... Ethnic pride mixed with high camp.”—New York Times
“Racy and funny and smart and affectionate, written for a generation of fully assimilated Jews who grew up on punk rock and 'South Park.'”—Boston Globe
“Bawdy cabaret with a wicked modern streak... Cheerfully crass... with style and guts and a tune you can groove to.”—Washington Post
“Irreverent and hilarious, a smorgasbord of dirty humor, high wit and musical lunacy. Think Lenny Bruce meets Mel Brooks meets Sarah Silverman.”—Baltimore CityGuide
“Sly and hilarious.”—Village Voice
"Subversively funny... Ribald, impolite, politically incorrect... Deliriously kitschy.”—Boston Herald
“Bart Simpsons of the Yeshiva... A roving celebration of Hebraic song and culture.”—Time Out New York
“An irreverent and hilarious musical revue.”—Bergen Record
"Bawdy borscht-belt comedy... Catskills seltzer-bottle humor to a dirty new low, with lyrics that make Lenny Bruce look like a choirboy."—Philadelphia Weekly
"Not since Kinky Friedman has Hebraic-humored folk been as funny and as literate."—Philadelphia Inquirer
"(This) self-deprecating humor is chicken soup for the Jewish soul."—Philadelphia City Paper
"A tongue-in-cheek New Jew revue."—New York Magazine
GUEST BIOS:
TODD BARRY (NYC show) was Entertainment Weekly's 2003 "It Standup" selection on their "It List". He's appeared on Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central's Friar's Roast of Chevy Chase, "Space Ghost Coast To Coast", and in his own two "Comedy Central Presents" specials. His acting credits include "The Larry Sanders Show", "Sex And The City", "Spin City", "Chappelle's Show", "Road Trip", "Lucky Louie", "Wonder Showzen", and "Pootie Tang". He's done cartoon voice work on "Dr. Katz", "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", "Home Movies", "Squidbillies", "Hey Monie", and "Freak Squad." Todd has even done shows with The New Pornographers, Yo La Tengo, The Shins, Aimee Mann, They Might Be Giants, and Luna. He's appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia, the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, and US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, where he won the Jury Award for Best Stand Up Comic. His latest CD/DVD, "Falling Off the Bone" was released on Comedy Central Records.
JONATHAN COULTON (NJ show) is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine, and a geek rock superhero. His songs about vengeful nerds, ennui-afflicted clowns, and self-loathing giant squids are insanely clever without ever being too clever for their own good - they repeatedly lure you into laughing before suddenly breaking your heart. For the past year he has published a new song every week for free on his website in an ambitious project called Thing a Week, spawning a few honest to goodness internet smashes like "Code Monkey" and his folky cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back." He is ready to soft rock your socks off.
TAMMY FAYE STARLITE (Long Island, Philadelphia shows) is a country-singer-cum evangelist who has spent most of her pre-teen years preaching His Word in these 48 contiguous United States. She is currently on her Soul Harvest/Gospel Tour 2006, and is pleased to spread in Phildaelphia. Tammy is proud to be affiliated with Colorado Springs' New Life Church.
STEVE GOODIE (NYC, VA, MD, MA shows) is a Nashville-based comedian singer/songwriter with credits coming out of his ass: The Today Show (NBC), The Howard Stern Show, and syndicated giants Dr. Demento and The Bob & Tom Show.
CYNTHIA KAPLAN (all shows) is the author of Why I'm Like This: True Stories (William Morrow, 2002) and the upcoming Leave the Building Quickly (Morrow, May 2007), and her comic essays have been published in many magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. She, herself, has appeared in many plays and some movies, as well as in comedy and rock clubs in New York and other cities. People Magazine called her "A literary star" and Time Out New York said she was "one of downtown's coolest actors...You'll laugh until you can't breathe."
Jewish Punk Rock Hanukkah Tour, Pomona, CA, Dec 21
if Hanukkah puts you in the mood for some progressive punk rock, then check out the Jewish Punk Rock Hanukkah Tour in Pomona at the Tiki Room on December 21st and at the Workmen's Circle in LA on Friday, December 22nd. The show begins at 8pm with Yidcore, "the original Aussie Jewish punk pranksters," Jewdriver, the satirical send-up of neo-nazi band Screwdriver, and The Zydepunks, "New Orleans Cajun Irish Breton Klezmer Slavic Zydeco punk," along with screenings of documentary films Jericho's Echo and Tattoo Jews. For more information visit the website for the tour at www.hanukkahtour.com, where you can also link to samples of the band's music.
Jewltide, Boston, MA, Dec 21
Jewltide in Boston
Thurs. Dec. 21
TT The Bears
www.ttthebears.com
$10 On Sale Now / $12 Day of Show / 18+ / Doors 8:30 PM
Featuring Golem + SoCalled + Heeb Magazine + Shtreiml
This event made possible through a grant from Charles & Lynn Schusterman Foundation.
Klezmatics, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 21
The Klezmatics—Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah Tour (includes selections from "Wonder Wheel")
Thu, Dec 21, 2pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
(323)850.2000
Purchase
Tickets Online
Burton Greene, NYC, Dec 21
Hi friends,
After a 1.5 year hiatus I'm back in New York. If you're around, come down to dig the music and say hello!
Best, Burton Greene
Thursday, Dec 21 9 pm
Zebulon 258 Wythe Ave
Wiliamsburg, Brooklyn (Bedford-1st stop on L train in Bklyn)
(free entry ... great food and drinks)
A presentation concert of our new CD on CIMP "Ins and Outs":
Burton Greene Trio
Ed Schuller- bass
George Schuller- drums
Burton Greene- piano
Balagan Boogaloo @ Sephardic Music Festival, NYC, Dec 21
BALAGAN BOOGALOO
DJ Rekha, DJ Busquelo, dj handler & VJ Nico with belly dancers and suprises all night
Mocca
78 Read st off Church
9pm / $8 / 21+
The Bhangra, Baile Funk, New Mediterranio & Afro Beat Party
VJs + DJs in their pjs, Belly Dancers, Live Drummers
A party unlike any other in the city. Village Voice dubbed the Balagan party, "Stereotype-defying music." and the NY Time Out made it their critic's pick. Come see what all the fuss is about.
co-sponsored by the 14th St Y and JCP Downtown