קלעזקעמפּ 22 KlezKamp, Kerhonkson, NY, Dec 24-29
קלעזקעמפּ 22 KlezKamp
The Yiddish Folk Arts Program
December 24-29, 2006
Hudson Valley Resort & Spa
Kerhonkson, NY
www.klezkamp.org
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December 24, 2006
Hip Hop Sulha (kids & teens) @ Sephardic Music Festival, NYC, Dec 24
HIP HOP SULHA MINI (for kids & teens)
featuring a selection mc's from the Hip Hop Sulha series
The JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave @ 76th St.
3pm / $10 jcc members / $15 non members / all ages
The Hip Hop Sulha is an exciting event featuring some of the most current and world-renowned Israeli and Palestinian musicians. Now, for the first time, at the Hip Hop Sulha Mini, kids and teens alike will be part of this unique opportunity to see Arab and Jewish creativity together on one stage. This unique concert will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the musicians. Co-presented with Corner Prophets, an Israeli organization that showcases young hip hop artists by putting them on stage and on the radio. Hosted by the JCC in Manhattan. For more information, see HipHopSulha.org, CornerProphets.com, or visit JCC Manhattan.org or call 646-505-5708 for tickets.
Rashanim, Frantic Turtle, NYC, Dec 24
Frantic Turtle and Rashanim: the Lonely Avantgarde Jew on Christmas
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
New York NY
6pm
All info: upcoming.org/event/129939
Jewmongous, Vienna, VA, Dec 24
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.
12/24 - Jammin' Java, Vienna, VA (7pm & 9:30pm)
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."
"Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad", NYC, Dec 24
"Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad" tours for the holidays with hula hoops, hip hop and hilarity in hand, like a dreidal spinning in Vegas. Celebrating Xmas Eve with a brand new show, including comedians Rachel Feinstein (Comedy Central), Ophira Eisenberg (Comedy Central), Rena Zager (Comedy Central), Rebecca Drysdale (Aspen Comedy Fest), spoken word artist Vanessa Hidary AKA The Hebrew Mamita (HBO and "The Tribe"), special guest Scotty the Blue Bunny and our very own Burlesque All-stars, Sister Schmaltz and our very own houseband, The Jew Boys, hosted by comedian, chanteuse and resident ringleader, The Goddess Perlman who will be throwing down the Yiddish rhymes.
Dec. 24th
@7:30pm/9:30pm
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St.
NYC
212-967-7555
"Hilarious"—The Boston Globe
"The best way for a Catholic Boy to spend Xmas Eve"—Michael Musto, the Village Voice
"One of the dangers of assembling a comedy show around a common theme is that the humor might end up hitting the same note over and over again. The popular "Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad" avoids the same fate by showcasing comedians who are pointedly specific but inclusively funny."—The Onion
"Mixing touching themes with humor, raunch, attitude and sexuality makes for a full experience all around."—The Berkshire Eagle
Fishel Bresler's Klezmer Hasidic Ensemble, Pawtucket, RI, Dec 24
Fishel Bresler's Klezmer Hasidic Ensemble
will perform again this year on
December 24th - Sunday, 7:30 PM at Congregation Ohawe Shalom Coffee House, Pawtucket RI.
Project Shoresh and the Providence Community Kollel co-sponsors.
671 East Ave in Pawtucket (corner of Glenwood, nr where Blackstone meets Hope St)
Doors open 7:00PM $10 adults, $7 children (under B-Mitzvah).
Kosher Latkes, hot dogs, snacks & beverages will be on sale.
questions? 401 273-9814
Hip Hop Sulha @ Sephardic Music Festival, NYC, Dec 24
HIP HOP SULHA feat. Hadag Nachash
Hadag Nachash, Saz, Yuri Lane, Y-Love, Jake Break, & dj handler
BB Kings
237 West 42nd St.
Doors @ 6PM show begins promptly at 8pm / all ages
$40.00 General admission standing room only
$55.00 VIP reserved general admission seating - First come, first seated on seats. All seats are located on sides.
(buy tickets)
The Hip-Hop Sulha reinvents the concept of the traditional Arab sulha [reconciliation] by bringing leading Israeli and Palestinian hip-hop musicians—as well as notable American Jewish and Muslim artists—together to celebrate peace and religious tolerance via the performing arts. for info at www.hiphopsulha.com
Knishmas, featuring Shtreiml, Chicago, IL, Dec 24
The KNISHMASreturns! The annual xmas alternative so traditional... its truly alternative! Shtreimel joins us from Montreal on their US tour for jams that are part John Popper and Blues Traveler and part Klezmer band. Plus rising hip hop star of david Kosha Dillz and classic rock sounds by Moshe Skier Band. Its gonna be hot as ... as a knish!
Held on the mythical 9th night of Haunkah at Wicker Park's Subterranean Lounge (2011 W. North @ Milwaukee and Damen) This mini-Jewish music festival actually focuses on contemporary Jewish music and culture. "It has an alternative vibe that's at once familiar and also celebratory of the youthful, Nu-Jew culture. This year the eclectic lineup includes Hard Rock, Hip Hop and yes, Harmonicas.
Add to all that a great crowd, a great room, a midnight knish drop, the gelt pelting and airing of grievances, and its the true alternative for Xmas eve.
KNISHMAS has sold out before, so avoid the risk and the door line- Buy tix online! It's gonna be fun, its gonna hot as a knish!
Subterranean Lounge
2011 W. North Ave.
Damen Blue Line Stop
Tickets
Founded by harmonica innovator, Jason Rosenblatt, and named for the traditional fur hat worn by Chassidic Jews, headliner Shtreiml blends elements of klezmer, gypsy music and jazz to create a vibrant sound that is at once Eastern European Folk Music and Down-Home Blues. Shtreiml's debut album, Harmonica Galitzianer, nominated for a Montreal Independent Music Award for Best World Music Album 2003, showcases Rosenblatt's unique approach to playing the 10-hole diatonic harmonica or "blues harp." One of a handful of people in the world who can play the diatonic harmonica chromatically, Rosenblatt uses recently devised techniques pioneered by harmonica master Howard Levy (of Blea Fleck and the Flecktones), to fit the instrument generally associated with the blues into an Eastern European context. Levy taught Rosenblatt his technique, and Rosenblatt applied it to Klezmer music, which typically uses a fiddle, clarinet or accordian as its lead instrument. The music evokes John Popper and Blues Traveler playing a Jewish wedding. The group has performed at dozens of festivals, concerts, clubs and private functions in Canada, Europe and the U.S., headlining the raucous Krakow Jewish Festival.
Also performing are hip hop performer KOSHA DILLZ and rock trio MOSHE SKIER BAND. KOSHA DILLZ is an Israeli-born MC, battle rapper and freestyler who has most recently been appearing with rap notables Remedy Ross and Killah Priest (Wu-Tang Clan) C-Rayz Walz, Platinum 112 and has recently recorded a single with Matisyahu. His rhymes reference the rappers' own struggle to lead a straight-edge life after running into trouble with substance abuse during his teens years, an experience which led him to explore his own Judaism. The synthesis of heritage and hip hop has created a buzz for the 25 year old New Jersey resident for dropping parallels between the Jewish faith and his personal struggle with a positive style that embraces Chassidic and other Jewish concepts thorugh his lyrics. He recently recorded with freestyler Y-Love, Wu-Tang member Killah Priest and Tunisian rapper Dragon Ball T.
Skier, a bassist who once and still performers with Jewish parody band Shlock Rock, brings a classic rock and blues edge to Jewish songs that features the blistering sill of Hasidic guitarist Mendel Appel. The Milwaukee based trio, rounded out with Dan Lawitts on drums, has built a modest Chicago niche following, in large part due to their
musicianship.
The music is great, KNISHMAS is a chance to embrace a new
take on Jewish cultural heritage in funky way. Soft, savory
and familiar like home, but hot and hip in an old-school
way. Very much like a knish.