KlezCalendar

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Yiddish Culture Festival
Klezmer Concert & Dance Party
with internationally renowned Joel Rubin
Clarinetist from East Coast and Europe in his first Bay Area appearance in 20 years
and Veretski Pass
plus Bruce Bierman, Dance leader
plus
7:15-7:45pm — Pre-concert entertainment in the Cultural Courtyard with the KlezCalifornia All-Stars

November 1, 2014, 8-11PM
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
3921 Fabian Way,
Palo Alto, California

Cookie Segelstein, violin, viola
Joshua Horowitz, accordion, tsimbl
Stu Brotman, basy

Celebrated as one of the greatest living klezmer clarinetists today, Joel Rubin joins Veretski Pass in a brand new program of rare music from the repertoires of the pre-World War II Polish klezmorim. It will feature hitherto unrecorded gems that slide effortlessly between delicately nuanced nigunim (wordless melodies) to raucous village dances. His momentous reunion with the members of Veretski Pass is the first in the Bay Area in twenty years and promises to be a landmark event.
More information: www.klezcalifornia.org

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Rosalie Gerut & Hankus Netsky
with Eden McAdam-Somer, Andrew Blickenderfer, Henry Goldberg
An Evening of Jewish Music and More

Sat, Nov 1, 2014, 7pm
Kerem Shalom
695 Elm Street
Concord, MA

TICKETS: $20
More info and tix online: Purchase online

Join the much-loved, consummate performer, Rosalie Gerut, as she teams once again with that musical master, Hankus Netsky, for an unforgettable evening.

Sponsored by the Boston Jewish Music Festival

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MOSTLY KOSHER Album Release Concert

November 1, 2014, 8pm
Pico Union Project
1153 Valencia St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Tickets $10 adults, $5 kids 12 and under

For more information and tickets, go to www.mostlykosher.com

Pico Union Project, the burgeoning Los Angeles nonprofit committed to cross-cultural collaboration, announced that acclaimed Jewish Culture Revival Ensemble, MOSTLY KOSHER, will headline a special performance of music and theater on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 8:00pm at its historic downtown Los Angeles venue to celebrate the release of their debut CD. The ensemble’s musical stylings will be complemented by an opening performance by Mexican-American chanteuse, ZADA, and World Music trio, Triumph of the Egg.

Mostly Kosher is known in Southern California as the next generation of Jewish Culture Revival Ensembles. Directed by the multi-talented clarinetist, pianist and singer Leeav Sofer, Mostly Kosher is already making a name in the world
music and klezmer communities. Leeav is joined by Janice “Rachele the Matchmaker” Mautner Markham on violin and shtick, as well as Casey Solow, Mike King, Michael Bolger, Adam Levy and Eric Hagstrom. From their standing-room-only performance at the Orange County Yiddish Festival to their exuberant performances at the Skirball Cultural Center, the John Anson Ford Theater and the Autry Museum, Mostly Kosher is taking the World Music and Jewish community by storm. Band leader Leeav Sofer has expanded his artistry to composer and arranger as Mostly Kosher performs his renditions on this traditional music. “It’s very exciting to
take the Klezmer and Yiddish classics and give them a unique feel, from Latin Jazz to Afro-Cuban, even adding a Hip-Hop rhythm,” says Sofer. “We often include South American Ladino music in our program, as well as Yiddish tangos with a
French flare. Jewish music is global, is multi-cultural, and we want our music to reflect that.”

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Yiddish Culture Festival
Workshops, Performance, & Finale Party

November 1, 2014, 9am - 7pm
Reminder: Daylight Savings Time ends Saturday night
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
3921 Fabian Way,
Palo Alto, California

9:00am — Master Classes

Joel Rubin, Veretski Pass will work with individuals and bands who sign up in advance. Audience encouraged!
11:00am-12:30pm — Workshops Session 1

Adults and Teens: Instrumental Music, Dancing, Poetry, Lecture/Demonstration
Kids ages 6-12 and their families: How Does the Tsar Drink Tea? Class will put together a play for a 5:00pm performance!
12:45-1:45pm — Buffet Lunch

FREE for Pass holders, or available for purchase if ordered by Saturday, Nov. 1, or BYO. Eat and shmooze with new and old friends!

2:00-3:00pm — “Three Singers, Four Opinions” Performance

A performer of rare Yiddish songs, a self-taught folk singer, and an opera-trained bass - all supported by one versatile accordionist - compare their favorite Yiddish songs in a series of solos, duets & trios. Featuring Sharon Bernstein, Jeanette Lewicki, and Anthony (Mordechai-Tzvi) Russell, accompanied by Jim Rebhan.
3:15-4:45pm — Workshops Session 2

Adults and Teens: Instrumental Music, Singing, Literature
Kids ages 6-12 and their families: How Does the Tsar Drink Tea? Class will put together a play for a 5:00pm performance!
5:00-7:00pm — Freylekh Finale, Music & Dance Party (with pizza!)

Music by Joel Rubin, Veretski Pass, Saul Goodman's Klezmer Band, Ghost Note Ensemble, Festival Dance Band, and more! Dancing led by Bruce Bierman

Bring instruments, dancing shoes, voices and your friends and family!

More information: www.klezcalifornia.org

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Bella, The Colour of Love

Sunday, Nov 2, 2014, 2pm and 7pm
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge Street,
Toronto, Ontario M2N 6R8

After 4 years of development with performances in Philadelphia, Warsaw Poland, Halifax and New York, Bella: the Colour of Love is being presented by The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company for a three week run in Toronto, Running from October 15th to November 2nd
Tickets go on sale at
www.hgjewishtheatre.com/201415_Bella.html

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1548504912031371/

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A CELEBRATION OF YIDDISH HONORING CHANE YACHNESS
Please come and enjoy a celebration of Eastern European Yiddishkeyt through song, stories and food. Dedicated to those who gave of their lives at great sacrifice so that we could have a better life here in the goldene medine (Golden Land).

This celebration is in honor of Chane Yachness whose yortsayt is September 29, 2014. Teacher, soldier of Yiddish: Yiddish language, Yiddish song and Yiddish culture - and the love of my life. The well-known New York performer Hy Wolfe will present a program of Yiddish songs and stories, accompanied on the piano by Steve Stern. Professor Eugene Orenstein will share readings.
Ted ‘Wolf’ Haendel

Woodstock Jewish Congregation
1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock, NY 12498
November 2, 2014
2:00 to 4:00 PM
Information at: 845-246-4908

The event is free and all are welcome!

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Klezmer session at The Harrison

Sunday Nov 2, 2014, 8-10.30pm
The Harrison,
28 Harrison Street,
London WC1H 8JF

The London Klezmer Quartet anchors this monthly slot. Bring an instrument and a tune to share, or just come along to listen.

pdfs of tunes

Free entry

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Miryem-Khaye Seigel and Sender Botwinik in Concert
Yiddish Culture Festival

Monday, November 3, 4:30PM–5:30PM
KINSC Sharpless Auditorium
Haverford College,
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041

For More Info: www.haverford.edu/ycf/

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An Evening of Art and Music Dedicated to the Kultur-Lige Yiddish Arts Movement
PRESENTATION | LETTERING WORKSHOP

Mon, November 3, 2014, 6:30pm
YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
NYC

Admission: FREE

COJECO BluePrint Fellowship and YIVO present an evening of art and music dedicated to the Kultur-Lige Yiddish arts movement.

Kulture-Lige Movement in Ukraine and the Art of Children's Book Illustration, 1918-1930s: How to be Creative in the Face of Constant Change
Presentation by Oksana Rosenblum

Lettering Workshop: Kultur-Lige Aleph Bets from Ukraine
by Karen Gorst

with special guest Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch presenting
Far dem lebn, far den nayem: Yiddish songs for a new era

More info:

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Litvakus

If you're around in NYC/ Brooklyn/ Park Slope on Tuesday Nov 4 night, you can't miss the Litvakus quartet version 7pm show at Barbès. Belarusian and Jewish music you haven't heard if you did not attend our CD release show last Wednesday. Suggested donation: $10.

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Workshop: Jodler, Nigunim und anderes Sangesgut

5.11.2014, 19:30 – 21:30
81671 München, „foolpool“, Friedensstr. 18a, direkt beim Rückausgang vom Ostbahnhof, gleich gegenüber das Haus bei der Bushaltestelle.
1. Stock, 1. Türe rechts
Sie ist gut mit dem MVV zu erreichen (Nähe Ostbahnhof). Parkplätze sind
genug vorhanden.

Kosten: 20 € (außer ihr habt noch eine 5er oder 10er vom wöchentlichen Kurs, diese behalten ihre Gültigkeit bis sie aufgebraucht sind).

Ihr braucht keine Vorkenntnisse, auch wer noch nie gesungen hat, ist
herzlich willkommen! Freude am Singen genügt völlig. Ihr müsst auch
keine Noten lesen können, denn wir werden viel nach Gehör arbeiten. Es gibt nach dem Singen Noten für „Zummitnachhausenehmen“.
Wenn ihr teilnehmen möchtet, schickt mir bitte eine Mail.

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The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Presents Hava Tequila Nights

A reinvention of the Borscht Belt floor show.
With host Shane Baker

11/6/14 at 9 PM
STAGE 72 / THE TRIAD NYC
NEW YORK, NY

With Neshama Carlebach, Josh Nelson and Avi Fox-Rosen

NYTF patrons pay only $18.00 with code YF18!
Tickets online: thenationalyiddishtheatre.brownpapertickets.com

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The Klezmographers

Fri, Nov 7, 2014, 5:30pm - 7:15pm
American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square,
New York, New York 10023

The Klezmographers - Pete Rushefsky, Eléonore Biezunski, Madeline Solomon and Adam Moss perform klezmer and Yiddish song at the American Folk Art Museum.

Admission free!

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Jubilee Klezmer Ensemble Dance Concert

Friday, November 7, 9:00pm
Sonoma Festival of Ukrainian Culture
Friday and Saturday
Sonoma Moose Lodge, SONOMA

Full evening: $20 advance/ $25 door. Festival passes: $60-$80.
Tickets online

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Klezmer Music November 7 & 8

Parkway Jewish Center Sha'ar Hashamayim
300 Princeton Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15235
phone: 412-823-4338

Violinist Steven Greenman and accordionist Walt Mahovlich will join Cantor Shapiro for our November 7 Klezmer Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:00p.m. and a special concert on Saturday November 8 from 7:00 – 8:30p.m.

More info: parkwayjewishcenter.org/

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KRISTALLNACHT, “THE NIGHT OF GLASS,” NOVEMBER 9, 1938, COMMEMORATED WITH THE GLORIOUS MUSIC OF SALOMON SULZER AND LOUIS LEWANDOWSKI

Nov 7, 2014, 6pm
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
7 W. 83rd Street off of Central Park West
For more information, please call 646-454-3030

Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein and Associate Cantor, Shayna De Lowe will commemorate Kristallnacht-“the Night of Broken Glass”, with the rarely performed and glorious music of renowned Viennese Cantor, Salomon Sulzer and Berlin composer, Louis Lewandowski at 6p.m., Friday, November 7, 2014 during Shabbat services.

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Violinist Steven Greenman and accordionist Walt Mahovlich

Saturday, Nov 8, 7-8:30pm
Parkway Jewish Center Sha'ar Hashamayim
300 Princeton Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15235
phone: 412-823-4338

More info: parkwayjewishcenter.org/

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Nomadica
Saturday November 8th, 9pm @ May Cafe
876 Dundas Street West ,Toronto,
(between Manning and Claremont)
Toronto, ON, Canada

Following up on a sold out performance at the Jazz-FM World Music Festival held at Hugh's Room in August, Nomadica returns to the stage to once again bring you the rich, soulful and righteously celebratory musics of the Arabs, Gypsies and Jews, with a heavily funky rhythmic section.

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Yiddish Lullabies & Love Songs w/Inna Barmash

Sunday, Nov 9, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Barbès
376 9th St,
Brooklyn, New York 11215

Twinkling Lullabies & Songs of Love and Love Gone Wrong....

As part of Ljova's Sunday@5 residency at Barbes, Inna Barmash is bringing back her Yiddish Lullabies & Love Songs project, featuring Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin on viola, Shoko Nagai on accordion and piano, Dmitry Ishenko on bass, and a special guest, Sam Sadigursky, on clarinet, with other special friends joining in!

The program explores art songs and folk songs, including rarely heard treasures of old Soviet era anthologies of songs collected in the shtetls of Ukraine in the 1920s and art songs by Soviet composers set to Yiddish poetry.

About Inna Barmash
Inna first started singing in Yiddish back in her home city of Vilnius, Lithuania as a child in the late 80s. After immigrating to the US with her family in 1991, Inna has continued singing in Yiddish, Russian and other languages with numerous klezmer and folk groups in the NY area. She is the vocalist of the chamber folk band Ljova & the Kontraband and co-leads the gypsy dance party band Romashka.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1489511484660292/

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Hans Breur - Austria's Wandering Shepherd -
will have 2 November gigs in NYC:

Yiddish Songs and Stories with
David Shaich, Bass, and Dimitri Zisl Slepovitch, Clarinet

Sunday, November 9, 2014, 6:30 pm
SPRING STUDIO
64 SPRING STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10012
Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center-Bronx

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Litvakus

Sunday, Nov 9, 7:45
Tribeca Synagogue
49 White St.,
New York, NY

event commemorating the #Kirstallnacht. The whole program begins at 5p. Raysn CDs, download cards, and posters will be for sale.

Tickets: tribecasynagogue.org/community/events/

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DeLeon

Sunday, November 9, 9pm
Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Ave,
Brooklyn, New York 11211

Tickets: $10

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/749279031805444/

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Klezmer-Workshop

10.11.2014, 19:30 – 21:30

81671 München, „foolpool“, Friedensstr. 18a, direkt beim Rückausgang vom Ostbahnhof, gleich gegenüber das Haus bei der Bushaltestelle.
1. Stock, 1. Türe rechts
Sie ist gut mit dem MVV zu erreichen (Nähe Ostbahnhof). Parkplätze sind
genug vorhanden.

Kosten:20 €

Im Klezmer vereinen sich Einflüsse der Musikkultur Südosteuropas mit synagogalen Traditionen zu einem einzigartigen Musikstil. Wir spielen bekannte Klezmer-Tunes, befassen uns mit der musikalischen Umsetzung unterschiedlicher Tänze wie Freylekhs oder Hora. Sowohl für Teilnehmer geeignet, die in Klezmer hineinschnuppern als auch für Teilnehmer, die ihre bestehenden Kenntnisse auffrischen möchten.

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Nov 10, 2014, 9pm
Grand Théâtre
Amiens, FR

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New York Klezmer Series: Mitzva Tanz!
w/Binyomin Ginzberg, Boris Corchesko, Avi Fox-Rosen, Ari Folman-Cohen

Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
NYC

All Concerts begin at 7:30pm; $15. jam sessions afterward
Klezmer Instrumental Music at 5:30pm. $25 per class,
Full night pass—$35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)

More info: aaronalexander.com/wp/ or email NY Klezmer Series

New York Klezmer Series is hosted by and receives support from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. We are also supported by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. Our media co-sponsors are Workmen's Circle.

Support for the NY Klezmer Series is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Major support for the An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Atran Foundation. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Gilder Foundation.

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Andy Statman Trio

Nov 11, 2014, 8pm
The Charles Street Synagogue
53 Charles St (@ West 4th)
Tuesday the 11th

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Nov 11, 2014, 9pm
Aula Magna dell’Università la Sapienza
Rome, IT

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Suska Varda w/Hot Kugel

Every other Wednesday, 6:00-9:00pm (including Nov. 12, 26)
Yeganeh Bakery and Cafe
3275 Stevens Creek Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95117

Free with food purchase.

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Andy Statman Trio

Wednesday November 12th, 6:30pm
a concert celebrating Congregation OrZarua's 25th Anniversary
The Pierre Hotel,
2 East 61st St NYC

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David Chevan and Warren Byrd Duo

Wednesday, November 12
Best Video,
1842 Whitney Avenue,
Hamden, CT
203-287-9286,

We haven't played a duo concert in about five years. Come hear the two founders of the Afro-Semitic Experience in a long overdue concert setting. Probably we'll play things from our first two CDs, but then again who knows?

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Wed, Nov 12, 20h30
Treibhaus
Angerzellgasse 8,
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

More info: www.treibhaus.at/

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The David Buchbinder Trio
Featuring Dave Restivo, piano and Michael Herring, bass

Sunday November 12, 9pm-12am
Gate 403
403 Roncesvalles Ave (just south of Howard Park)
Toronto, ON, Canada

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Alicia Svigals

Thursday, November 13, 2014
Music Recital Hall
Music and Dance Building
Hampshire College
893 West St,
Amherst, MA 01002

This Thursday, 11/13, Alicia Svigals will visit Hampshire College for an afternoon lecture and demonstration on klezmer music and contemporary culture, followed by an evening concert with accordionist Christina Crowder.

Lecture/Demonstration: 2-3:20 pm
Evening concert: 7:30 pm

Both events are free and open to the public! Seating is limited.

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Piyyut: Hebrew Poetry and World Music
Robert Alter, Yair Harel, and the Tafillalt Ensemble

Thursday November 13, 2014, 7:00 PM
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life,
2121 Allston Way,
Berkeley, CA

Visit magnes.org for tickets and more information

Hebrew poems (piyyutim), chanted for centuries across the Diaspora, have been adapted to different melodies, evolving into a form of "Jewish world music" with roots in Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East.
This singing tradition, a core component of synagogue practice, has also entered secular life in Israel through public performances, workshops, and performing arts festivals, and is now spreading to North America. The program will include words by Professor Robert Alter, and a performance of traditional and contemporary musical interpretations by Schusterman Visiting Artist Yair Harel and the Ensemble Tafillalt (Jerusalem).

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1497225663890876/

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Andy Statman Trio

Thu, Nov 11, 2014, 8pm
The Charles Street Synagogue
53 Charles St (@ West 4th)
Tuesday the 11th

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Heather Klein

Friday, November 14th @ 12:45 pm
Featured at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael, CA
200 N San Pedro Road
San Rafael, CA
Phone: 415.444.8000
$8 members/$10 non-members
www.marinjcc.org
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Lemony Snicket's Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming

JW3 15 - 19th December and 28th December - 4th January
Mon Nov 15, 11am, 2pm
JW3
341-351 Finchley Road
London, NW3 6ET, UK

Box Office: 020 7433 8988

The Lowry, Salford: 22nd - 24th December
Theatre Royal, Bath: 7th - 10th January
Mac, Birmingham: 11th January

"A wonderfuly inventive take on the usual seasonal fare." Time Out ****

This story begins in a tiny vilage, more or less covered in snow, where a Hanukhah latke, a fried potato pancake, is born screaming. The latke jumps from the boiling pan and races through the wintery village, deep in the throes of festive preparations. Lost amongst the snowy landscape and Christmas lights, will our Latke ever find where it belongs?

This adaptation of the absurdly funny Lemony Snicket story is vividly brought to life in Tall Stories' unique physical style, with live music, lots of laughs and a screaming potato pancake.

"Deliciously directed.... they create an air of adorabe silliness, a good-natured knowingness that tips delicately into pastiche." The Telegraph ****

"A gem of a children's show." Jewish Chronicle *****

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Bagels and Bellies Klezmer Brunch featuring Kugelplex and the Shtetl Shakers (belly dancers).

Saturday, November 15, 1:00-3:00pm,
Salle Pianos and Events
1632 Market St., Suite C
San Francisco, CA

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Yiddish Cultural Festival in Sonoma County, weekend of Nov. 15-16

Saturday-Sunday, November 15-16,
YiddishLand, Sonoma County Festival of Yiddish Culture
Congregation Ner Shalom
85 La Plaza, Cotati, CA 94931
(707) 664-8622

Saturday Performance: 6:30pm Dance Lesson with Bruce Bierman, 7:00pm Performance by Mama Loshn, juggler and playwright Sara Felder, Traveling Jewish Theatre Co-Founder Naomi Newman, Jubilee Klezmer Ensemble with Alby Kass, Laurie Lippin, Yiddish cowboy Scott Gerber, Irwin Keller. Saturday night tickets: $18 adults, $9 kids 6-12.

Sunday Workshops: Noon - 4:00pm, Free workshops for all ages: Mapping Our Amazing Yiddish Journey, Humor and Curse in Yiddish LIfe and Literature, Yiddish Lives Project, Mysteries of Yiddish: Unlocking the Lexicon, Yiddish Struggle and Culture through its Music, American Jewish Radicalism, Collaging our Legacy, Jewish Chicken Farmers of Sonoma County, Yiddish Dramatics for Families, Yiddish Storytime for Families. No charge.

Co-sponsored by KlezCalifornia. More info: YiddishLand.org.
At Congregation Ner Shalom, COTATI

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Sat, Nov 15
Casa de Cultura a Sindicatelor
Sibiu, Romania

More info: www.casadecultura-constanta.ro/

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F-IRE COLLECTIVE'S RHYTHM AND JEWS
A comical gig as part of the EFF London Jazz Festival

Saturday 15th November 8pm
JW3, 341-351 Finchley Road, London, NW3 6ET

Tickets £15 (£7.50 concs) available here Box Office: 0207 433 8989

London's F-IRE Collective give their affectionate musical responses to Jewish-American comedy greats with a newly commissioned suite of pieces incorporating audio and visual footage.

Including the work of Woody Allen, Andy Kaufman, Groucho Marx, Larry David and more.

F-IRE's ensemble, especially formed for this performance, features seven multiinstrumentalists and composers including at least two Jews and four artists who like matzo balls.

Barak Schmool - flute, soprano and baritone sax, percussions
Zac Gvi - clarinet, tenor sax,accordion
Kieran Mcleod - trombone, slide trumpet, toys
Chris Montague - guitars/pedals
Dave O'Brien - piano, keys, bass
Tom Mason - bass, violin
Simon Roth - drums

A JW3 Commission.
Produced by YaD Arts.
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Andy Statman Trio

Saturday November 15th @ 8:30 PM
The Wolf and Lamb
1635 Coney Island Ave,
Brooklyn NY
Call 718.627.4676 To Reserve

Facebook: www.facebook.com/wolfandlambsteakhouse

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Lemony Snicket's Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming

JW3 15 - 19th December and 28th December - 4th January
Tue Nov 16, 11am, 4:30pm
JW3
341-351 Finchley Road
London, NW3 6ET, UK

Box Office: 020 7433 8988

The Lowry, Salford: 22nd - 24th December
Theatre Royal, Bath: 7th - 10th January
Mac, Birmingham: 11th January

"A wonderfuly inventive take on the usual seasonal fare." Time Out ****

This story begins in a tiny vilage, more or less covered in snow, where a Hanukhah latke, a fried potato pancake, is born screaming. The latke jumps from the boiling pan and races through the wintery village, deep in the throes of festive preparations. Lost amongst the snowy landscape and Christmas lights, will our Latke ever find where it belongs?

This adaptation of the absurdly funny Lemony Snicket story is vividly brought to life in Tall Stories' unique physical style, with live music, lots of laughs and a screaming potato pancake.

"Deliciously directed.... they create an air of adorabe silliness, a good-natured knowingness that tips delicately into pastiche." The Telegraph ****

"A gem of a children's show." Jewish Chronicle *****

Check out our trailer here

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Yiddish Cultural Festival in Sonoma County, weekend of Nov. 15-16

Saturday-Sunday, November 15-16,
YiddishLand, Sonoma County Festival of Yiddish Culture
Congregation Ner Shalom
85 La Plaza, Cotati, CA 94931
(707) 664-8622

Saturday Performance: 6:30pm Dance Lesson with Bruce Bierman, 7:00pm Performance by Mama Loshn, juggler and playwright Sara Felder, Traveling Jewish Theatre Co-Founder Naomi Newman, Jubilee Klezmer Ensemble with Alby Kass, Laurie Lippin, Yiddish cowboy Scott Gerber, Irwin Keller. Saturday night tickets: $18 adults, $9 kids 6-12.

Sunday Workshops: Noon - 4:00pm, Free workshops for all ages: Mapping Our Amazing Yiddish Journey, Humor and Curse in Yiddish LIfe and Literature, Yiddish Lives Project, Mysteries of Yiddish: Unlocking the Lexicon, Yiddish Struggle and Culture through its Music, American Jewish Radicalism, Collaging our Legacy, Jewish Chicken Farmers of Sonoma County, Yiddish Dramatics for Families, Yiddish Storytime for Families. No charge.

Co-sponsored by KlezCalifornia. More info: YiddishLand.org.
At Congregation Ner Shalom, COTATI

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David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana & Jaron Freeman- Fox

Sunday November 16th, 8pm
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St. West
Toronto, ON, Canada

David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana will be performing a special double-bill show with violin virtuoso Jaron Freeman Fox and his band the Opposite of Everything. Mark that concert in your calendar, it is sure to be one entertaining, wild night.

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Lemony Snicket's Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming

JW3 15 - 19th December and 28th December - 4th January
Wed Nov 17, 11am, 4:30pm
JW3
341-351 Finchley Road
London, NW3 6ET, UK

Box Office: 020 7433 8988

The Lowry, Salford: 22nd - 24th December
Theatre Royal, Bath: 7th - 10th January
Mac, Birmingham: 11th January

"A wonderfuly inventive take on the usual seasonal fare." Time Out ****

This story begins in a tiny vilage, more or less covered in snow, where a Hanukhah latke, a fried potato pancake, is born screaming. The latke jumps from the boiling pan and races through the wintery village, deep in the throes of festive preparations. Lost amongst the snowy landscape and Christmas lights, will our Latke ever find where it belongs?

This adaptation of the absurdly funny Lemony Snicket story is vividly brought to life in Tall Stories' unique physical style, with live music, lots of laughs and a screaming potato pancake.

"Deliciously directed.... they create an air of adorabe silliness, a good-natured knowingness that tips delicately into pastiche." The Telegraph ****

"A gem of a children's show." Jewish Chronicle *****

Check out our trailer here

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Balkan and Middle Eastern music

November 17, 2014, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354

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Lemony Snicket's Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming

JW3 15 - 19th December and 28th December - 4th January
Thu Nov 18, 11am, 4:30pm
JW3
341-351 Finchley Road
London, NW3 6ET, UK

Box Office: 020 7433 8988

The Lowry, Salford: 22nd - 24th December
Theatre Royal, Bath: 7th - 10th January
Mac, Birmingham: 11th January

"A wonderfuly inventive take on the usual seasonal fare." Time Out ****

This story begins in a tiny vilage, more or less covered in snow, where a Hanukhah latke, a fried potato pancake, is born screaming. The latke jumps from the boiling pan and races through the wintery village, deep in the throes of festive preparations. Lost amongst the snowy landscape and Christmas lights, will our Latke ever find where it belongs?

This adaptation of the absurdly funny Lemony Snicket story is vividly brought to life in Tall Stories' unique physical style, with live music, lots of laughs and a screaming potato pancake.

"Deliciously directed.... they create an air of adorabe silliness, a good-natured knowingness that tips delicately into pastiche." The Telegraph ****

"A gem of a children's show." Jewish Chronicle *****

Check out our trailer here

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New York Klezmer Series
Psoy Korolenko—from Russia

Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
NYC

All Concerts begin at 7:30pm; $15. jam sessions afterward
Klezmer Instrumental Music at 5:30pm. $25 per class,
Full night pass—$35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)

More info: aaronalexander.com/wp/ or email NY Klezmer Series

New York Klezmer Series is hosted by and receives support from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. We are also supported by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. Our media co-sponsors are Workmen's Circle.

Support for the NY Klezmer Series is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Major support for the An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Atran Foundation. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Gilder Foundation.

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David Buchbinder's Odessa/Havana @ Mundial Montreal

Tuesday November 18th, 11pm
Cabaret Lion d'Or
1676 Rue Ontario Est
Montreal, QC H2L I57

This event is part of Mundial Showcase, which starts at 9pm and features 5 great world music acts. It is open to the public, to purchase tix please click HERE

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Lemony Snicket's Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming

JW3 15 - 19th December and 28th December - 4th January
Fri Nov 19, 2pm
JW3
341-351 Finchley Road
London, NW3 6ET, UK

Box Office: 020 7433 8988

The Lowry, Salford: 22nd - 24th December
Theatre Royal, Bath: 7th - 10th January
Mac, Birmingham: 11th January

"A wonderfuly inventive take on the usual seasonal fare." Time Out ****

This story begins in a tiny vilage, more or less covered in snow, where a Hanukhah latke, a fried potato pancake, is born screaming. The latke jumps from the boiling pan and races through the wintery village, deep in the throes of festive preparations. Lost amongst the snowy landscape and Christmas lights, will our Latke ever find where it belongs?

This adaptation of the absurdly funny Lemony Snicket story is vividly brought to life in Tall Stories' unique physical style, with live music, lots of laughs and a screaming potato pancake.

"Deliciously directed.... they create an air of adorabe silliness, a good-natured knowingness that tips delicately into pastiche." The Telegraph ****

"A gem of a children's show." Jewish Chronicle *****

Check out our trailer here

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The Afro-Semitic Experience
Jazz Souls on Fire CD release event

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 7pm
theouterspace.netOuter Space
295 Treadwell Street,
Hamden, CT

It's time for us to finally celebrate the release of our new CD, Jazz Souls on Fire. JazzTimes critic Carlo Wolff says: " This band makes losing oneself in music easy—and a pleasure. " Warren sings, the band swings. Come and be a part of the experience.

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Wed, Nov 19, 20h30
Moods im Schiffbau
Schiffbaustrasse 6
8005 Zürich, Switzerland
+41 (0)44 276 80 00

More info: www.moods.ch/

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Sherry Mayrent Klezmer music workshop

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 7:30-9:00pm
Pyle Center,
UW-Madison campus,
702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI

Join Sherry Mayrent for an open klezmer music workshop. This workshop workshop is aimed primarily at musicians who are relatively new to klezmer music, but may also be of interest to students interested in learning more about klezmer music theory.

More info: mayrentinstitute.wisc.edu/events/klezmer-workshops-nov2014/

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The Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture is pleased to present:
Sound Salon: The Klezmer Clarinet

Sherry Mayrent with Henry Sapoznik
The Klezmer Clarinet in All Its Colors and Moods

Free and open to the public
Thursday, November 20, 2014, 7:30pm
University Club,
432 East Campus Mall
Madison, WI

Join Mayrent Institute founder Sherry Mayrent and founding director Henry Sapoznik as they conduct a unique swing through the lush history of the klezmer clarinet. Mayrent and Sapoznik will discuss the lives and careers of great klezmer clarinetists like Naftule Brandwein, Dave Tarras, and Shloimke Beckerman and will play period historic recordings of their work.

The event will conclude with a live concert.

More info: mayrentinstitute.wisc.edu/events/klezmer-clarinet

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Thu, Nov 20, 20h
Vindobona
1200 Wien,
Wallensteinplatz 6
Tel.: +43 1 512 47 42

More info: neu.friedlpreisl.at/klezmore/

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Milwaukee's Holiday Folk Fair offers

Ample opportunity for dancing to Milwaukee's outstanding folk orchestras, as well as authentic ethnic food, a world market, and dance performances by dozens of the city's vibrant ethnic groups -- fifty-three participate in the city's flagship ethnic festival, a regional tradition for some seventy years! More info, including detailed schedule of dance performances throughout the weekend, is at www.folkfair.org

Fri, Nov 21, 5-10pm through Sunday, Nov 23.

The Folk Fair is entirely in a single spacious building with adjacent surface parking at southwest corner of State Fair Park (84th St. and Greenfield Avenue) in West Allis, immediately south of I-94 at the 84th Street exit. Enter fairgrounds at 84th Street gate.

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Fri, Nov 21, 21h30
L'Auditori
Barcelona, Spain

More info: www.auditori.cat/ct/programacio/fitxa.aspx?idconcert=3179&cicle_id=

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Milwaukee's Holiday Folk Fair offers

Ample opportunity for dancing to Milwaukee's outstanding folk orchestras, as well as authentic ethnic food, a world market, and dance performances by dozens of the city's vibrant ethnic groups -- fifty-three participate in the city's flagship ethnic festival, a regional tradition for some seventy years! More info, including detailed schedule of dance performances throughout the weekend, is at www.folkfair.org

Fri, Nov 21, 5-10pm through Sunday, Nov 23.

The Folk Fair is entirely in a single spacious building with adjacent surface parking at southwest corner of State Fair Park (84th St. and Greenfield Avenue) in West Allis, immediately south of I-94 at the 84th Street exit. Enter fairgrounds at 84th Street gate.

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Jon Madof's, Zion80
Jewish Afrobeat

Saturday, November 22, 8:00 PM
JCCSF,
Kanbar Hall

Tickets and more information
Save 10% on tickets today! use the promo code JMF to get your discount.

What happens when contemporary Jewish music – from Shlomo Carlebach to John Zorn and everything in between – is played through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti? As it turns out, a fresh Jewish sound with polyrhythmic intensity that is quickly gaining fans. Don’t miss this genre-busting 10-piece band, led by founder Jon Madof and featuring Frank London & Matt Darriau of the Klezmatics plus Greg Wall, Jessica Lurie, Zach Mayer, Brian Marsella, Yoshie Fruchter, Shanir Blumenkranz, Marlon Sobol, and Yuval Lion.

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Heather Klein

November 22nd, 2014, 7pm
Temple Tulsa
2004 E. 22nd Pl, Tulsa, OK

Yiddish Concert @ 7 p.m.
(also join me for Friday and Saturday morning services)

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Moetar, Pitom (with Yoshie Fruchter), Cash Pony & MWE

Sunday, November 16th, 9pm
The Night Light
311 Broadway
Oakland, CA

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/668131559968439/

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Moetar, Pitom (with Yoshie Fruchter), Cash Pony & MWE

Sunday, November 16th, 9pm
The Night Light
311 Broadway
Oakland, CA

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/668131559968439/

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David Krakauer & Ancestral Groove

Sat, Nov 22, 21h30
Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar
16, place Stalingrad
92150 Suresnes, France

Billetterie : 01 46 97 98 10

More info: www.theatre-suresnes.fr/2014-krakauer-s-ancestral-groove

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Memorial to Yiddish dance master Felix Fibich, featuring Judith Brin Ingber
Sunday, November 23rd at 1:00
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place, New York, New York.

More info: www.mjhnyc.org

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Milwaukee's Holiday Folk Fair offers

Ample opportunity for dancing to Milwaukee's outstanding folk orchestras, as well as authentic ethnic food, a world market, and dance performances by dozens of the city's vibrant ethnic groups -- fifty-three participate in the city's flagship ethnic festival, a regional tradition for some seventy years! More info, including detailed schedule of dance performances throughout the weekend, is at www.folkfair.org

Fri, Nov 21, 5-10pm through Sunday, Nov 23.

The Folk Fair is entirely in a single spacious building with adjacent surface parking at southwest corner of State Fair Park (84th St. and Greenfield Avenue) in West Allis, immediately south of I-94 at the 84th Street exit. Enter fairgrounds at 84th Street gate.

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Balkan and Middle Eastern music

November 24, 2014, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354

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New York Klezmer Series
Aaron Alexander & friends

Tuesday, Nov 25, 2014
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
NYC

All Concerts begin at 7:30pm; $15. jam sessions afterward
Klezmer Instrumental Music at 5:30pm. $25 per class,
Full night pass—$35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)

More info: aaronalexander.com/wp/ or email NY Klezmer Series

New York Klezmer Series is hosted by and receives support from the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. We are also supported by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. Our media co-sponsors are Workmen's Circle.

Support for the NY Klezmer Series is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Major support for the An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Atran Foundation. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Scherman Foundation and the Gilder Foundation.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/nyklezmer/

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Di Shekhter-tekhter are the featured performers at
Yugntruf Youth for Yiddish Celebrates 50

Tuesday, November 25, 2014, 7:00 PM
YIVO
15 West 16th St.,
New York, NY 10011
Info and tickets: Click here

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Suska Varda w/Hot Kugel

Every other Wednesday, 6:00-9:00pm (including Nov. 12, 26)
Yeganeh Bakery and Cafe
3275 Stevens Creek Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95117

Free with food purchase.

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Jason Rosenblatt Quartet - Blues/Rags/Jazz

Thurs, Nov 27, 2014, 9pm
Inspecteur Épingle
4051 rue Saint-Hubert,
Montreal, Quebec H2L 4A7

Composer, producer, pianist, vocalist and harmonica player Jason Rosenblatt is one of the world’s foremost harmonica innovators. His performance on the unassuming instrument has helped to open new musical ground for the instrument long associated with “the blues,” into art forms as diverse as jazz, bluegrass, klezmer and Turkish music. His latest project consisting of original jazz, blues and ragtime compositions is gritty but performed with good humour. Jason is joined by master of all things string Joe Grass (guitar), Joel Kerr (bass) and Evan Tighe (Drums).

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/339751019563122/

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Dance Workshop
30 November, 1-5pm, Norwich
Guy Schalom teaches Yiddish and cosmopolitan dances from Eastern Europe.
Music: Ilana Cravitz (fiddle) and Susi Evans (clarinet/accordion).
Details and registration. Christiane on 01263 741510

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Andy Statman Trio

November 30th @ 8:00 PM
Club Passim
47 Palmer St.
Cambridge MA

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