KlezCalendar

Yiddish Swing Concert with Jordan Hirsch and Band

Wednesday, August 5, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge St,
New York, New York 10002

Tix: $20 adults; $15 students/seniors
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From Harold Arlen and Eddie Cantor to Ziggy Elman and Mannie Klein, the world of jazz and the Great American songbook has deep roots in the world of Yiddish and klezmer. Join trumpeter Jordan Hirsch and band for an entertaining evening of jazz, swing and klezmer favorites.

More info: www.facebook.com/events/464878726993645/

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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2015

From July 18 to August 9, we offer beginner through advanced workshops in Yiddish instrumental music (klezmer), vocal music, dance, language, and more, taught by some of today's leading artists. With participants of all ages and from all around the world, Yiddish Summer workshops touch the mind, heart, soul, and body. You won't believe how much you can learn in an atmosphere that is so open and supportive! It's no wonder that many of today's most creative and successful Yiddish music projects have roots in Yiddish Summer Weimar. Concerts, jam sessions in outdoor cafés, Yiddish dance events, and more contribute to the justly famous "Yiddish Summer Weimar" atmosphere during the Workshop Weeks.

Workshops includel:

• Yiddish Song Workshop July 19 – 25


• Yiddish Language Classes (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced)


• Introduction to Klezmer & Yiddish Song July 27 – August 1


• Yiddish Dance Orchestra Workshop July 27 – Aug 1


• Yiddish Dance July 28 – August 1


• Traditional Klezmer Workshop Aug 3 – 9 (Intermediate, Advanced)


• Yiddish Children’s Song Workshop Aug 4 – 9

Yiddish Festival Week, Aug 10 - 16. More info: yiddishsummer.eu/592-0-Program.html

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recologie presents: Two Lifelong Journeys Through Jewish Music
The Ken Maltz/Sy Kushner Klezmer Duo

Wed, Aug 5 2015, 7pm
recologie*
49 Lawton Street
New Rochelle, New York

$15 Music Cover
plus Two Drink Minimum or Food Equivalent

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NYTF & Rutgers University present:
Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride)
A Concert Reading of the classic Yiddish operetta.

August 5th at 7pm
Nicolas Music Center
Mason Gross Campus, Rutgers University
85 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ

An orphan girl attracts a variety of suitors when she comes into an inheritance. In this concert production of Joseph Rumshinsky’s 1923 operetta, will be performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. This is accompanied by the Mason Gross Muzikers orchestra,which is playing for the first time in over 70 years.

Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for Rutgers alumni and employees and seniors, and only $5 for students with valid ID.
Tix: www.masongross.rutgers.edu/content/ticket-infoabout-performing-arts-center or 848-932-7511

FEATURING: Dani Marcus (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), Eyal Sherf (The Pirates of Penzance), Adam B. Shapiro (HBO's The Normal Heart and MAC Award Winner) and Arianne Brown (On Second Ave.)
WITH: Alan Schmuckler, Caroline Chanin, Hannah Scott, Janice Hall, Richard “Ruvn” Kass, Stacey Harris, Steve Sterner, Stuart Marshall, and Susanne Katchko.

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Ellis Island Old World Folk Band

Wed, Aug 5, 7-9pm
Le Bateau Ivre Café/Restaurant
2629 Telegraph Ave,
Berkeley, CA

More info: 510.849.1100

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Another Hundred Years
a concert celebrating the impact of Jewish songwriters on Broadway with special tribute to Theodore Bikel

August 5th at 9:30pm, 8:45 doors open
54 Below,
254 W 54th St
New York, NY 10019

Performed by a Broadway cast, “Another 100 Years” features popular showtunes spanning from Tin Pan Alley to contemporary musical theatre celebrating the influence of Jewish culture on Broadway. The concert is produced in conjunction with NYTF’s 101st Season and is performed in English.

The evening will feature a special tribute to Theodore Bikel (z”l), actor, singer-songwriter, legend, and friend of the NYTF. Longtime friends performing in his honor will include David Edwards (Broadway’s By Jeeves) who performed with Bikel in the original The Rothschilds and in Fiddler On The Roof, Jonathan Hadley (Broadway’s A Class Act and Bob Crewe in the National Tour of Jersey Boys) who performed opposite Bikel in the Fiddler National Tour and Peter Davenport who played Captain Von Trapp in the 1st National Tour of The Sound of Music.

To purchase tickets please call (646) 476-3551 or click here.
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TICKETS START AT: $25
FOOD & BEVERAGE MINIMUM: $25

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