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June 13, 2015

Kulturfest, NYC, 13-21 Jun 2015

AN HISTORICAL ENCOUNTER!

For the first time, the major Jewish arts organizations of the world are coming together in New York City, at one time. Eight days and nights jam-packed with great plays, concerts, films, and lectures to inspire and entertain you! Presented by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at Museum of Jewish Heritage in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York.

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest running Yiddish theater in the world, has defied all odds to survive and has flourished for the past 100 years. We invite everyone from around the world to celebrate this milestone with us.

100 EVENTS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, SCHOLARS

We will present theater performances, outdoor concerts, films, dance, a symposium, nightly Klezkabarets, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. Theatre artists, musicians, and scholars in participation will represent over 30 countries across the globe.

More info: kulturfestnyc.org/

Sara Felder: Melancholy, San Francisco, CA, 13 Jun 2015

photo by Elaine LiebenbaumMELANCHOLY, A COMEDY

Written &am; Performed by Sara Felder
Directed by Michael Moran

Runs: June 7 – June 28

San Francisco
Saturdays at 5pm | Sundays at 7pm

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia,
SF, CA 94110

Tix/more info: themarsh.org/melancholy/sara-felder/

What happens when the woman you just fell in love with leads you to the edge? What happens when the soon-to-be President of the United States is so mired in melancholy that he can’t get out of bed? Clearly, this is terrain that can only be navigated by a clown. Circus artist and solo theater veteran Sara Felder leads us from the Civil War to a Lincoln look-alike convention to the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile in her new comedy about love, war and coloring outside the lines.

Sara Felder is “wry, funny, smart and lovable,” (Washington Post,) a “local performance treasure” (S. F. Chronicle,) and someone who has “chutzpah up the wazoo.” (S.F. Weekly)

New Yiddish Rep: "Seltzer Nights" NYC, 13 Jun 2015

New Yiddish Rep’s “Seltzer Nights” will shake things up this spring!

Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 7pm
Castillo Theatre
543 W. 42nd St.
NYC

Tickets are $35. Call Ovation Tix at 866/811-4111, www.newyiddishrep.org or visit the Castillo Theatre box office, 543 West 42nd Street.

An audacious new show headlined by the preeminent Yiddish vaudevillian Shane Baker and starring a cast of tens will shake things up at New York this winter. “Seltzer Nights” recreates the bawdy, boisterous and often back-biting atmosphere of a Yiddish music hall on the Lower East Side of a century ago, but with much better acoustics. Staged as an immersive theatrical cabaret, this star-infested variety show features a who’s who of the booming downtown Yiddish theater and music scene. “Seltzer Nights” dusts off some of the more risqué songs and comedy routines of the time as well as some of the more blatantly theatrical moments of popular melodrama that were all the rage on the Yiddish rialto. Summoning up the spirits of legends like Molly Picon, Jenny Goldstein, Jacob Adler, Boris Thomashefsky, Dzigan and Schumackher, and Fanny Brice, “Seltzer Nights” will keep you up at night. Just like a good pastrami sandwich!

Borscht Ball, NYC, 13 Jun 2015

KulturfestNYC presents Borscht Ball—a Russian-blended festival kick-off party!

Saturday, June 13, 2015, 8:00pm
The Paper Box
17 Meadow St,
Brooklyn, New York 11206

Tickets Available: www.ticketfly.com

Don’t miss our non-stop multiple-genre party – featuring a night of Russian & Yiddish singing, drinking and dancing.
- All-stars gala set w/ Vanya ZHUK, Gerbert MORALES and Psoy KOROLENKO all the way from Russia; Daniel KAHN (US/Germany), Polina SHEPHERD (Russia/UK); Lorin SKLAMBERG, Mira STROIKA and Eve LESOV from New York; SOCALLED (Canada) and a world class Klezmer Kapelye led by Merlin SHEPHERD (UK) w/ New-Yorkers Frank LONDON, Lorin SKLAMBERG, Brian GLASSMAN, Aaron ALEXANDER, Jake SHULMAN-MENT, Dmitri Zisl SLEPOVITCH.
- Special Guest: the amazing BILLY'S BAND (Russia)
- DJ SPINACH (NY) mixes it up all night long!

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