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The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!

Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.

Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles

Mar 28, 2pm & 8pm

Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.

JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street

Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org

Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."

Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek

This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.

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KlezCalifornia warmly invites you to the following program at the Jewish Community Library, which we are co-sponsoring.

BJE Jewish Community Library | Main Location
1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA
on the campus of the Jewish Community High School of the Bay
415.567.3327

Wednesday, March 28, 7:30pm. “Freylekh! The Joyous Dances of the Ashkenazi Jews,” This participatory lecture/demonstration features dance leader Bruce Bierman accompanied by Julie Egger on klezmer fiddle.

www.bjesf.org/adults_events.htm

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Rob Schwimmer--Solo Piano Concert
Rob Schwimmer will be performing solo piano selections from his new CD "BEYOND THE SKY"
The Fazioli Salon @ Klavierhaus
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 — 8:00 PM $15
211 W. 58th St. (near 7th Ave)
New York, NY
(212) 245-4535

"Rob Schwimmer's legendary keyboard talents are often appreciated in his hometown, New York, NY. But the rest of the world rarely gets a glimpse of his astonishing artistry--until now. Beyond The Sky will give you a nice dose of Rob's amazing pianistic skills, his incredible improv abilities, his compositional brilliance, and his Theremin chops. This is exquisitely beautiful music, worthy of deep listening."-- Ernie Rideout, Keyboard February 2007

Piano virtuoso Rob Schwimmer is an original and intrepid artist who on this album meaningfully negotiates the composer's formalism of classical music and the improviser’s freedom of jazz, blurring distinctions between both disciplines. While Rob has worked with some of the top artists of our time his own music has been elusively hard to come by. Schwimmer’s is a music of inclusion, both wry and ruminative, romantic and avant garde, minimalist yet expansive. The depth and breadth of Schwimmer’s musical and imagistic vocabulary reveal an understanding of the entire keyboard tradition both in his compositions as well as his use of improvisation. That it sounds like a personal vision and not a cross-cultural collision is testament to his rhythmic instincts and harmonic curiosity, his touch and articulation, the manner in which he is able to summon up in the course of a single passage, let alone an entire piece, a vision of the piano’s wide-ranging stylistic and structural expanse.

for more info visit: robschwimmer.com

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Asefa
March 28, 2007
8:00p @ Makor
W. 67 street (btw CPW and Amsterdam)

Sharing the bill will be Eastern Blok, another great Middle-Eastern inspired ensemble. Bring out your bellydancing shoes!

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Michael Dorf's 7th Annual Downtown Seder
2007 Performers: Neil Sedaka, Jill Sobule, Tovah Feldshuh, Leah Siegel, Pharaoh’s Daughter, Iris Bahr, Dan Zanes, The Trachtenburg Family, Daniel Libeskind, Elisa Albert, Pearl Gluck, Frank London, Golem, Good for the Jews, Yuri Lane, Nick Kroll, Metropolitan Klezmer, Debbie Friedman, The LeeVees, Jay Michaelson, Jamie Saft, Rob Kutner (Daily Show), Y-Love & DJ Handle

The Downtown Seder
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 7pm at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place in Battery Park • Seating limited to 400 people

Tickets are $250 for VIP seating • or $150 for general seating
Tickets available online here or call 212-608-0555

www.oyhoo.com
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