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Tennessee Schmaltz, from Knoxville, Tennessee, will perform at the WDVX Blue Plate Special, on Thursday, December 1 at noon EST. The Schmaltz is still active after 16 years and has performed at many concerts, simchas, festivals, and even at Bonnaroo (in 2007--you can look it up). The Blue Plate Special is broadcast from Knoxville every weekday at noon and is available streaming on the web (wdvx.com/webcast.html).
Naftule's Dream Returns!
Dec. 2, 6-8pm
The Lily Pad,
1553 Cambridge St. Inman Square,
Cambridge, MA
Tix: $10
Info: 781-648-4282
Naftule’s Dream, whose seminal recordings in the early 1990’s helped create the Radical Jewish Culture movement and jumpstart John Zorn’s Tzadik label, has not performed since 2008. They perform for the first time since then on Dec. 2, 6-8pm, at the Lily Pad (1553 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge, MA.
Naftule’s Dream has performed at major jazz festivals and venues in Europe, Canada and other major music centers in the U.S for over a decade., including the Berlin Jazz Festival, Ashkenaz in Toronto, and the Chicago World Music Festival. But they call Boston home and honed their sound in the clubs in Cambridge and Boston in the 1990s, where they attracted a loyal following.
When John Zorn started his “Radical Jewish Culture” label, Tzadik, one of the first bands he signed was Naftule’s Dream, who’s three Tzadik CDs set the standard for what new Jewish music could be. Incorporating klezmer, new jazz and rock, the band has explored the most visceral and sophisticated edges of the music, through their composition and improvisations. Because of their eclectic approach and influences, critics have compared them to Zorn’s “Naked City,” Frank Zappa, Ivo Papasov and King Crimson.
The band has strong Jewish ties, originally starting as a side project of members of Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, which has been performing in the Boston area and internationally for over twenty years. Naftule’s Dream is Glenn Dickson, clarinet; Gary Bohan, trumpet; Michael McLaughlin, accordion; Eric Rosenthal, drums; James Gray, tuba with Andrew Stern on electric guitar.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The East Village Klezmer Festival Returns!
A Weekly Celebration of Yiddish Culture and Music
6:00 PM Klezmer Masterclass for musicians of all levels and instruments, taught by drummer Aaron Alexander.
7:00 PM Learn Conversational Yiddush with Dmitri Slepovitch!
8:00 PM Concert featuring Joanne Borts, followed by a klezmer jam session. Cover is $15 (drink included)
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org
The series are co-sponsored by Workmen’s Circle/Arbeiter Ring of NY, Living Traditions/Klez Kamp, and Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
Join us for a Rare, Intimate Concert featuring composer Steve Reich and cellist Maya Beiser
Honoring Rebecca and David Friedman
Saturday, December 3, 2011
7:30 pm Havdallah, wine & hors d’oeuvres
8:30 pm Concert
Stanton Street Shul
180 Stanton Street
New York City
For tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and more information click here.
FESTIVE ATTIRE
www.stantonstshul.com
The historic Stanton Street Shul is at once a vivid example of the past and the joyful scene of vibrant Jewish life today. Our 98-year-old building — the sole surviving Eastern European “tenement shul” on the Lower East Side — is home to a rare set of
mazelot (zodiac murals) and is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places. Our members and leaders are young and older, diverse and enthusiastic. It’s a warm, welcoming place. It’s at Stanton Street that our honorees, Rebecca
(Rivky) and David Friedman, met and fell in love. Their passionate support of the shul, generosity and friendliness, creativity and willingness to help where help is needed exemplifies the spirit of the Shul.
Steve Reich, hailed as one of the world’s great composers, is a Pulitzer Prize and Praemium Imperiale laureate, to name but a few honors. Dubbed “cello goddess” by The New Yorker, soloist Maya Beiser has created a new repertoire for her instrument,
commissioning and performing new works by leading contemporary composers.
Klezmer Day for String Players in Norwich
Sunday 4 December, 10.45am-5pm
The White House,
Foulgers Opening,
Norwich NR1 3AH
A day-long workshop/masterclass with Ilana Cravitz for intermediate/advanced/professional players of violin, viola, cello and double bass. We will look at klezmer tunes, ornamentation, modes and accompaniment, as well as some dance steps to go with the melodies. Be a founder member of Norwich's first fidl kapelye (klezmer string ensemble).
NB There will also be a workshop for clarinets on Sunday 11 December with Merlin Shepherd—details from Christiane Guenther, as below.
Booking Christiane Guenther on 01263 741 510
Cost £60 for the day (£50 if booked before 31 October)
Chanukah with a Twist--Rocking for Limmud!
Skokie Theatre, Skokie IL (SkokieTheatre.com) Dec 4, 7pm
We offer a unique, meaningful, and very diverse show of new, local Jewish music of three different bands...
The wonderful pop satire of The Alte Rockers, featuring Lori Lippitz of Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, the psychedelic MidEast fusion of Ovadya,the tradition with a twist neo-exotica of Mi Yodea--plus a finale with all three bands on stage together.
This benefits Limmud Chicago, a festival of Jewish learning!
Info: 847-302-1155.
$20 in advance / $25 at the door / $15 17 & under
http://limmudchicago.org/
Klezmatics w/Joshua Nelson, 25th Anniversary Tour
Sunday, December 4th
Teatro Manzoni
Milan , Italy
Tour/CD kickstarter campaign: www.kickstarter.com
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The East Village Klezmer Festival Returns!
A Weekly Celebration of Yiddish Culture and Music
6:00 PM Klezmer Masterclass for musicians of all levels and instruments, taught by drummer Aaron Alexander.
7:00 PM Learn Conversational Yiddush with Dmitri Slepovitch!
8:00 PM Concert featuring The Michael Winograd Klezmer Trio, followed by a klezmer jam session. Cover is $15 (drink included)
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org
The series are co-sponsored by Workmen’s Circle/Arbeiter Ring of NY, Living Traditions/Klez Kamp, and Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
Broadway's Bar Mitzvah
December 6, 2011, 7pm
Congregation Or Shalom
21 Hawthorn Parkway
Vernon Hills, IL
Join us for this conversation on Jewish culture as we explore the maturation of Jewish themes and stories on the Broadway musical stage.
Fiddler wasn’t the first or last Jewish musical—Jewish theatre on Broadway has a long history. The portrayal of Jewish imagery and stories on the Broadway boards has grown increasingly nuanced, specific and poignant.
The Tufts University Klezmer Ensemble, Jumbo Knish Factory, returns for a night of klezmer music-making, dancing, and a little pre-Chanukah celebration with the noshing of (chocolate) gelt.
Fisher Performance Room in the Granoff Music Center at Tufts University
December 7, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Free!
Dec 7, 2011, 9:00 PM Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Festival!
A celebration of avant-garde and experimental Jewish music, featuring Tim Sparks
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org
Name of the concert or the event: 9 Volt Live with Rick Parker, Eyal Maoz and Tim Kuhl at Bridge Street Live, CT
Date: December 8
Time : 8pm
Venue: Bridge Street Live
Venues address: 41 Bridge Street, Collinsville, CT
Telephone:
Event URL www.41bridgestreet.com
Cover price: $12
Music genre: New jazz / improvisation
Artist website: www.9voltmusic.com www.toddclouser.com
Event description:
Rick Parker - Trombone + Effects
Eyal Maoz - Guitar + Effects
Tim Kuhl - Drums
8pm 9 Volt
9pm Todd Clouser's a Love Electric
Todd Clouser, Rick Parker, Dred Scott, Tim Kuhl
9 Volt is began as an unlikely collaboration between 2 accomplished band leaders: trombonist and New York City native, Rick Parker and Israeli guitarist Eyal Maoz. Combined, these two musician have released 9 CDs as leaders on such well renowned record labels as Tzadik, Fresh Sound New Talent, Piadrum and Ayler Records. Their own bands have performed at major venues including the Montreal Jazz Festival, Williamsburg Jazz Festival, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Somers Point Jazz Festival, Aguascalientes Mexico Jazz
Festival, the Stone, 55 Bar and Blues Alley to name just a few. In addition, the two are in demand sidemen having performed along side the likes of John Zorn, Tim Berne, John Medeski and Frank Lacy.
9 Volt derives iTs unique sound from Parker's use of electronics with the trombone combined with Maoz's unique approach to guitar and effects. Their unique sounds are incorporated into the compositions making a music that is a synthesis of electronic experimental, rock, jazz and neoclassical minimalism. The band is held together by Israeli born drummer Yonadav Halevy who is highly regarded in both funk/hip hop as well as jazz circles.
A Violin Without a Case - Jewish Fiddle Music from Eastern Europe
Thursday, Dec 8 at 8:30 at the Inbal Theater in Tel Aviv, Daniel Hoffman will be premiering a new project with a fantastic band- Gilad Ephrat on contrabass, Boris Martzinovsky on accordion and Yair Salzman on drums and percussion.
He'll be playing traditional klezmer fiddle music as well as many of my own compositions based on the old style. He'll be performing the show on a violin from Tel-Aviv based violin maker Amnon Weinstein's Violins of Hope collection. These are violins that have been rescued from various locations that belonged to klezmorim who perished in the Shoah.
Tickets are 50 shach - tel: 03 5105656 http://www.inbal.org.il/
more info at:
http://www.klezmerfiddle.com
http://www.violinsofhope.org/
Rav Shmuel's Birthday Show
Thursday, December 8, 2011
10:00 PM
Sidewalk Cafe
94 Ave. A corner E6 St.
Rav Shmuel - Guitar
Nick Russo - Guitar
Psachya Septimus - Piano
Tal Ronen - Bass
Yossi Scheinberg - Flute, Sax, and Trumpet
Lukas Ligeti, composer, and his ensemble Kaleidoscope + Molly Thompson, - at Music At First Series
Date: Friday, December 9, 2011
Time: 7:30
Venue: First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn Heights Venues
address: 124 Henry St, Brooklyn Heights NY 11201
2/3 to Clark St; A/C to High St; R/4/5 to Court St/Borough Hall
Event URL: http://musicatfirstsite.com
Cover price: $10 suggested donation
Music genre: Modern classical
Artist website: http://eyalmaozmusic.com www.lukasligeti.com
Event description
Music At First is an exciting new concert series that takes place at First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn Heights. It features a diverse mix of some of New York City's best new music ensembles, performers, and composers, accessible to a wide audience of both community members and seasoned new music listeners.
Featuring Lukas Ligeti, composer , and his ensemble Kaleidoscope, and Molly Thompson, composer
Concerts take place monthly at First Presbyterian Church and
begin at 7:30 with a $10 admission (at the door).
10th December, 7.30pm (doors 6.45)
St Ethelburga's Centre, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG.
Tickets: £12.00
St. Ethelburga's are delighted to welcome back She’Koyokh once again. This fabulously gifted Klezmer band, at ease performing in any environment. Inspired by the confluence of Eastern Europe’s musical cultures and traditions, this international ensemble have forged a sound straight from London’s melting pot - an exceptionally diverse repertoire of exhilarating, soulful Eastern European Jewish, Balkan, Turkish and Gypsy music.
Bookings online: http://stethelburgas.org
Tel: 07776136609
10 Dec 7.30pm
St Ethelburga's Centre, 78 Bishopshgate.
London, UK
£12.
www.stethelburgas.org.
Zoyres & Charming Hostess: Holiday show with winter songs (and sauerkraut!).
Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Saturday December 10
$15-$30 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Advance tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com
http://charminghostess.us
www.zoyres.com
Charming Hostess makes lovely noise about complex ideas is at the intersection of voice, text and diaspora consciousness. Their music is based on the sounding body: voices and winds, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. They are known for their whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical smarts. This holiday show will feature winter songs of darkness, joy and mystery. Charming Hostess is also presenting music from their installation, The Bowls Project (Tzadik, 2010). Based on inscriptions from Babylonian Jewish amulets known as "demon bowls," The Bowls Project sings of sex, ritual and secrets of the home. File under: APOCALYPTIC-INTIMATE
Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment performs original and Eastern European traditional music (klezmer, Balkan, etc.), approaching these from both a “traditional” and stretched out /experimental framework. The name "Zoyres" derives from the Yiddish term for fermented vegetables, "zoyers." These foods have been transformed by culture and community (of the microbial sort) through incredible biochemical fermentation processes. These "cultural" transformations underlie our own cultural development, as humans have relied and reveled in fermented foods for millennia. Zoyres' music represents the geo-social analogue to the biochemical ferment. Our music, of Eastern European origin, brined in the contemporary cultural milieu, is akin to the pickle, still evident in its cucumbral origin, but with a taste and texture transformed.
Wednesday 12/21/2011, 10pm to Midnight - MARK O'CONNOR CHRISTMAS REVIEW SHOW. Mark O'Connor, 'one of the most talented and imaginative artists working in music - any music - today,' (LA Times), and special guests, including Yale Strom & Elizabeth Schwartz, ring in the holidays. Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street. Seating is limited and on a first come-first served basis. For reservations: (212) 505-FISH.
KLEZMER CONQUEST: A Battle of The Bands
Temple Aliyah
1664 Central Ave-Needham, MA
December 11th at 7 PM
$ 5 ticket
Join our special guest MCs, our Natick neighbors, Cantor Ken Richmond and Rabbi Shira Shazeer for an entertaining evening of Klezmer as four local bands hit the Aliyah bandstand. Having performed klezmer and Yiddish songs up and down the East Coast, in Israel, and in Eastern Europe, Ken and Shira will keep the program moving with their musical taklents, Yiddishkeit, and humor..
Our four Klezmer Kontenders are:
Klezjam who have playing together for nearly 3 years. We play at nursing homes, assisted living centers, and an occasional bar mitzvah and wedding. The band got its name from the fact that we met playing at two regular jams -- the Workmen's Circle jam and the Watertown.jam.
JCC Klezmer ensemble is a class of The JCC in Newton lead by Barry Shapiro. Barry has been along-time member of the Boston music scene and was a founding member of The Klezmer Conservatory Band, Shirim, and the B.S.O. (Barry Shapiro Orchestra).
Shir Madness plays a mix of Yiddish show tunes, folk tunes and hits from the Borscht Belt. The band plays all of the distinctive dances and styles -- bulgars, Terkishes, freylakhs, horas, shers, hongas, waltzes and marches -- all of them popular in Eastern Europe and in the U.S. in the early part of the twentieth century. The band especially loves the wild and swinging music from the golden age of the great bandleaders -- people like Dave Tarras, Abe Schwartz, German Goldenshteyn, Harry Kandel, and Naftule Brandwein. We also play original pieces written by our clarinet player, Richard Yospin.
The Shpilkes Klezmer Band has become a mainstay of the Purim celebrations and congregational events at various synagogues in MetroWest. The name "Shpilkes" ..(שפּילקעס).. is a Yiddish word for "nervous energy". The word is also sufficiently like the Yiddish term "shpil", meaning play, that it can help to think of it as "playing instead of sitting still". That's where Shpilkes Klezmer Band is at, hyperactive, ready to play and certainly not to sit still. No one can listen to Klezmer by Shpilkes without wanting to dance to its lively, living melodies and relating to the instrumental voices that sing of the human experience.
Temple Aliyah
1664 Central Ave.
Needham, MA 02492
ph. 781 444 8522
Klezmatics w/Joshua Nelson, 25th Anniversary Tour
Sunday, December 11th, 7pm
Center For the Arts
265 Cache Street, Jackson, Wyoming
Box Office: 307.733.4900
Tix, info: www.jhcenterforthearts.org
Tour/CD kickstarter campaign: www.kickstarter.com
The Pre-Hanukah Hopkele
Sunday 11 December
Doors open 7.15pm
Cecil Sharp House,
2 Regent's Park Road, Camden
London, NW1 7AY
A seasonal Klezmer Keilidh with appropriate refreshments. Guy Schalom leads dances in this Yiddish barn dance for the 21st century, with the London Klezmer Quartet dance band supplying the music.
Tickets £15 (£12 concs).
Klezmer Concert: The Philadelphia Folklore Project presents award-winning drummer Elaine Hoffman Watts and her daughter, acclaimed vocalist and trumpeter Susan Lankin Watts in an evening of klezmer music devoted to saying good riddance to all the mishegas (Yiddish for "craziness" or "insanity") in our world today. Klezmer is the celebratory music of Eastern European Jews. "Goodnight Mishegas" is a line in the Hoffman family's Goodnight Waltz, composed close to a century ago, with words recently penned by Susan. The Folklore Project invites people to sing along at the concert and, in celebration of family and community traditions, to reflect on possibilities for turning our woes into joy. Visit www.folkloreproject.org for music and words!
Presenter: Philadelphia Folklore Project (PFP)
Date: December 11, 2011
Location: Calvary United Methodist Church, 801 S. 48th Street, Philadelphia
Time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: $20 general admission / $15 PFP members / $5 children under 12
Call 215.726.1106 or visit http://crossroadsconcerts.org/.
Dec 14, 2011, 9:00 PM Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Festival!
A celebration of avant-garde and experimental Jewish music, featuring Dan Kaufman and Barbez
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org
Join Lox & Vodka at the US Botanic Gardens in our annual Holiday Concert.
Thursday, December 15 - 6:00-8:00pm
100 Maryland Ave, SW - just in front of the US Capitol
Free and open to the public.
Each year the audience of adults and kids, Jews and non-Jews sings and dances while enjoying the beauty of the Gardens!
Hanukkah: A Story That Still Needs To Be Told
An evening of conversation, music, and food
Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:45 p.m.
Hebrew College, 160 Herrick Rd. Newton, Massachusetts 02459
For thousands of years, the Greek and Jewish worlds have made an indelible impact on each other's history, culture, and faith. Please join AJC Boston and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston as we explore the historic roots that bind together our peoples and examine how the encounter between Greeks and Jews transformed our world.
Panel discussion with:
Shaye J.D. Cohen, Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Harvard University Fr. George Dragas, Professor of Patristics, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Also featuring Jewish music performed by Deiskeit, The Brandeis Klezmer Ensemble, and Greek music by Taximi.
Please RSVP by registering online: http://www.ajcboston.org/H anukkah
Light refreshments will be served. Jewish dietary laws observed. Free parking available. T accessible.
She'Koyokh
This fabulously gifted Klezmer band, at ease performing in any environment. Inspired by the confluence of Eastern Europe’s musical cultures and traditions, this international ensemble have forged a sound straight from London’s melting pot - an exceptionally diverse repertoire of exhilarating, soulful Eastern European Jewish, Balkan, Turkish and Gypsy music.
15 December, 8pm
Cafe Mostra, 86 Stoke Newington High Street, London, UK
ART CLUB vous invite à sa soirée annuelle qui comprendra un repas et une
Initiation aux danses yiddish avec Michel Borzykowski et l'orchestre KlezPedz.
Venez découvrir et pratiquer les danses traditionnelles juives d'Europe de l'Est: Hora, freylekhs, bulgar, sher, patsh tants, etc. Alliant simplicité et spiritualité, comme la musique klezmer, elles sont accessibles à tous, débutants et avancés!
Vendredi 16 décembre 2011 à 19h
Lieu: Esprit3, chemin de la Blanchette 3 CH-1213 Vieil-Onex www.esprit3.org
Covoiturage sur demande depuis le parking de la salle communale d’Onex
Accès en bus: bus 2 partant des Eaux-Vives, arrêt Onex
Coût de la soirée (apéritif, repas, boissons et danses): 50 CHF à payer jusqu'au 8 décembre au CCP 50-243600-0
En collaboration avec les Amis de la Musique Juive www.amj.ch
Inspector Gadje & True Life Trio
Friday, December 16, 8:30 pm
Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
$15-$30 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Advance tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com
www.myspace.com/truelifetrio
http://inspectorgadje.com
Hear the mellifluous True Life Trio (featuring Leslie Bonnett and Briget Boyle of Kitka, & Juliana Graffagna of Janam) weave sumptuous vocal harmonies and sultry rhythms from Eastern Europe, the Americas & beyond. Then dance to the beautiful and bumpin’ big brassy Balkan beats of Inspector Gadje! The evening will also feature collaboration between the two groups.
Saturday, December 17, 7:30PM, two sets
BlackRock Center for the Arts
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, Maryland 20874
Back by popular demand! Metropolitan Klezmer concert at lovely BlackRock Center, in Maryland outside Washington, DC.
Advance ticket purchase suggested, last year's show was a full house!
Tel: 301.528.2260
blackrockcenter.org
Trio Shalva
Sat. 12/17/2011, 8pm
NIGUNIM Festival
Westchester Arts Council
White Plains, NY
Remi Revisited commemorating the universal spiritual legacy of the 13th Century poet rumi will be held at Cafe Orwell in Brooklyn, NY,on December 17, 8:00-11:30 PM. As Sufi's, Jews and Christians attended his lectures and participated in his funeral, we are inviting musicians, dancers and poets from these traditions to participate in an evening of music, dance and spoken word. If interested in attending please visit www.cafeorwell.com.
Join us for an evening of song, laughter and good times with Theresa Tova and Fern Lindzon
In English, Yiddish and Yinglish
It's Christmekha at the
GREEN DOOR CABARET
Saturday, December 17th
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Lower Ossington Theatre
100A Ossington
Toronto, ON
For tickets click the following link:
www.lowerossingtontheatre.com
ticketwise.ca
or call 416-915-6747
$20 .00 for Arts Industry Patrons
$25.00 General Seating
$60.00 Premium Seating for two
Doors open at 7:30
Show starts at 8:00
Sunday, December 18: midday!
Metropolitan Klezmer
Rams Head Onstage
33 West Street, Annapolis MD
Metropolitan Klezmer debut at the renowned Rams Head Tavern concert stage. Noon start (brunch menu available).
Tickets:
410.268.4545
ramsheadonstage.com
Khanike iz freylekh!
A Chanukah concert presented by vocalist/folklorist Lori Cahan-Simon accompanied by Walt Mahovlich on accordion.
Yiddish songs rarely heard, collected by Lori, with texts by our most beloved poets set to music by the finest Jewish composers, from the 18th through 20th centuries, as well as a story by I.L. Peretz.
You can also purchase the CD at CD Baby.
When: Dec. 18th, 2011 at 3pm
Where: The Cleveland Workmen's Circle, at the Rockefeller Pointe building,
2490 Lee Blvd., Suite 300B, Cleveland Heights, OH.
This is at the Northwest corner of Lee & Mayfield Roads, entrance at the rear.
How much: only $5 gets you a concert as well as frishe heyse latkes and other refreshments!!
Call (216) 381-4515 for reservations and information.
We will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items for our Mitzvah Food Pantry at the event.
Hope to see you there!
A Chanukah concert presented by vocalist/folklorist Lori Cahan-Simon accompanied by Walt Mahovlich on accordion.
Yiddish songs rarely heard, collected by Lori, with texts by our most beloved poets set to music by the finest Jewish composers, from the 18th through 20th centuries, as well as a story by I.L. Peretz.
You can also purchase the CD at CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/lcahan3
When: Dec. 18th, 2011 at 3pm
Where: The Cleveland Workmen's Circle, at the Rockefeller Pointe building, 2490 Lee Blvd., Suite 300B, Cleveland Heights, OH. This is at the Northwest corner of Lee & Mayfield Roads, entrance at the rear.
How much: only $5 gets you a concert as well as frishe heyse latkes and other refreshments!!
RSVP requested by Dec. 14th.
Call (216) 381-4515 for reservations and information.
We will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items for our Mitzvah Food Pantry at the event.
Tony-nominated Folksbiene Yiddish
Theatre star, Eleanor Reissa, - along with the Klezmer Fusion Project - will be performing the acclaimed Hip, Heymish & Hanukkah concert at On Stage at Kingsborough on Sunday, December 18th at 3:00 p.m
Klezmatics w/Joshua Nelson, 25th Anniversary Tour
Sunday, December 18th, 7pm
Birch North Park Theatre
2891 University Avenue, Suite 1, San Diego, CA 92104-2929
Box Office: 619-239-8836
Tix, info: www.birchnorthparktheatre.net
Tour/CD kickstarter campaign: www.kickstarter.com
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The East Village Klezmer Festival Returns!
A Weekly Celebration of Yiddish Culture and Music
6:00 PM Klezmer Masterclass for musicians of all levels and instruments, taught by drummer Aaron Alexander.
7:00 PM Learn Conversational Yiddush with Dmitri Slepovitch!
8:00 PM Khanike Party with Yale Strom's Hot Pstromi,, Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh. Cover is $15 (drink included)
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org
The series are co-sponsored by Workmen’s Circle/Arbeiter Ring of NY, Living Traditions/Klez Kamp, and Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
Dec 21, 2011, 9:00 PM Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Festival!
A celebration of avant-garde and experimental Jewish music, featuring Ned Rothenberg solo + Marty Ehrlich and Hankus Netsky
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org
Holiday party with Klezmer Brass & Orkestar Sali
Thursday December 22, 9 PM
Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
$15-$30 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds
Advance tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com
www.facebook.com/OrkestarSali
Light Chanukah candles (BYOC - Bring your own Chanukia and candles), nosh, and dance on the third night of the festival of lights. This concert opens with the debut of a new klezmer brass band featuring members of Inspector Gadje. The evening will close with a virtuosic performance of Turkish-Romani/Bulgarian music by drummer and vocalist Rumen 'Sali' Shopov and clarinetist Peter Jaques (of Brass Menazeri). Special edible treats by the extraordinarily effervescent culinary superstar Shayna Marmar (of Honeypie Cooking).
Friday 12/23/2011, 7-8pm and 8:30-9:30pm - Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi continue the Khanike festivities at Barbes, 9th Street and 6th Ave. in Park Slope, Brooklyn. (718) 965-9177. PLEASE NOTE that Hot Pstromi will play two separate sets! (7 to 8pm and 8:30 to 9:30).
It's now a tradition . . .now in it’s 3rd year,
we’ll be playing klezmer on the street in front of Saul’s Deli from about 11am-3pm. Come listen and dance, and get some good nosh and nourishment at Saul’s.
Sunday, December 25, 11am - 2pm
Saul's Deli
1475 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709
Tel: (510) 848-3354
This year we have an all-star cast of brass, strings, accordions, and percussion, drawing musicians from such bands as Inspector Gadje, Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment, California Klezmer, Radio Istanbul, Emperor Norton’s Jazz Band, & Kugelplex.
Featuring:
Helicon - Andrew Cohen
Euphonium - Peter Bonos
Clarinet/saxophone - Mike
Perlmutter
Tapan - Sean Tergis
Drums – Aharon Wheels
Bolsta
Drums - Yari Mander
Accordion - Dmitri Gaskin
Accordion - Hudi Brenman
Mandolin/fiddle - Dave Rosenfeld
Mandolin - Gerry Tenney
Violin – Emunah Hauser
Jonathan Simon – xylophone
Plus other special guests!
Sunday, 12/25/2011, 3:30pm - Congregation Hebrew Tabernacle presents the sixth annual 'Khanike in the Heights' celebration with Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi. This year's concert will include a very special interfaith family celebration in honor of our shared day. 551 Fort Washington Avenue New York, New York 10033. Adults $18, kids and students $10. For advanced reservations and additional information: (212) 568-8304.
Tuesday, December 27 at 7:30 pm
Frank London's Klezmer Brass Band Allstars
CONCERT
Tickets: $45 General Public/ $40 Members
www.thejewishmuseum.org
12/27 Soulfarm's 7th Night Hanukah Concert @ Skokie Theatre!
8pm Dec. 27th
Skokie Theatre
all ages show
7924 N. Lincoln Ave,
Skokie IL (map)
$15 adv. / $20 door
Tix: www.ticketweb.com/snl/Search.action?query=kfar
Soulfarm was founded in Israel by Grammy Award winner lead guitarist C Lanzbom and guitarist and lead singer Noah Solomon Chase.
Their uncomparable sound has been dubbed as New American music, full melodic song writing and progressive modern arrangements. Their live shows are full of Mediterranean flavor with captivating guitar leads, Carlebach melodies, dance rhythms and strong percussion breaks.
Soulfarm has a wide range of influences from rock and Latin, to Hebrew and Celtic folk music. Soulfarm has recorded with many well-known musicians such as Perry Farrel and Dispatch; and has opened for Bruce Hornsby, Shawn Colvin and The Wailers George Clinton.
They regularly sell out national venues, such as Whiskey-A-Go-Go, L.A., BB Kings Blues Club, NYC, Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, The Knitting Factory, L.A., NYC, Fox Theater, Boulder, CO, and Firehouse – St. Louis, MO. Through extensive tours of the U.S. and Europe, the group has gained great popularity.
Edom / Electric Balkan Garage / Mangulator
Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 8pm - 11:30pm
Venue: Spike Hill
184 & 186 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Very close to L train Bedford stop.
Facebook event link: www.facebook.com/events/254117461318795/
Don't miss the special show with these 3 bands:
$5 for the whole night!
10pm: Electric Balkan Garage
Psychedelic versions of Albanian, Greek, Bulgarian and Macedonian folk tunes
Jordan Shapiro: keyboards/guitar
Dave Johnsen: bass
Phil Kester: drums
9pm: Edom www.edom.bandcamp.com
avant-improv-middle-eastern-jazz
Eyal Maoz - guitar
Brian Marsella - keyboards
Shanir Blumenkranz - bass
Yuval Lion - drum
8pm: Mangulator
brutal, agitated, dissonant death-prog featuring members of PAK, Flying Luttenbachers and Castevet.
Andrew Hock (guitar)
Weasel Walter (bass)
Keith Abrams (drums)
Dec 28, 2011, 9:00 PM Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Festival!
A celebration of avant-garde and experimental Jewish music, featuring Rafi Malkiel
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. Sixth Street
New York, NY 10003
212.473.3665
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org
Dec 31, 2011, time:tba
First Night
Akron, OH
www.firstnightakron.org
