KlezCalendar

Depth of Field: Sephardic Identities on Screen

Tue, Dec 1, 7m
The Magnes
2121 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA

Screening of:

El Gusto
Dir. Safinez Bousbia. Documentary, UK, 2011. 88 min.

Director Safinez Bousbia discovered the story of an orchestra of Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. The musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaabi music. After the Algerian Independence in 1962, Jewish musicians fled to France while the Muslim musicians who remained became scattered throughout the vast city of Algiers, lost to each other and forgotten by the world. The surviving musicians formed a 42-member orchestra and called it El Gusto.

Free and open to the public.

More info: www.facebook.com/events/549421708546790/

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NY Klezmer Series Presents:
Aaron Alexander & The Klez Messengers CD Release: w/Michael Winograd & Patrick Farrell

Wed, Dec 2, concert begins 8:15pm; events 6-10:45pm
Zeb's Place
223 W.28th St., 2nd Floor (above plumbing supply store)
NYC

Concert begins at 8:15pm - $15
Klezmer Instrumental Music Workshop 6pm-7:30 $25 per class
Jam Session follows Concert 9:30-10:15
Full night pass – $35 (includes Workshop, Concert & Jam Session)

More info: www.NYklezmer.com

Aaron Alexander has a long history of performing Klezmer music (and Jazz) on a high level with many of the renowned artists in the genre. He has been playing Klezmer music for over 27 years, and he finally decided to make a traditional Klezmer recording as a leader, (having appeared on dozens as a sideman). Alexander invited two of the finest young(ish) Klezmorim in the world to join him: Michael Winograd on clarinet, and Patrick Farrell on accordion. The three have some experience playing together. This recording was done by design without extensive rehearsal, in order to capture the feeling of playing “tunes we know” without overly self-conscious tentativeness.

Together they have made a CD here that reflects their deep experience with this music and has a feeling of spontanaeity and joy, the love of this music, the party music of the Jewish People of Eastern Europe and Brooklyn and Hell’s Kitchen.
Please come help us celebrate this trio’s new CD!

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Judith Berkson

Wed, Dec 2, 2015, 7pm
YIVO
15 W. 16th St.,
NYC

Acclaimed singer-musician Judith Berkson presents arrangements of cantorial music from YIVO’s sound archives, including unreleased and rare recordings from Eastern Europe’s golden age of cantorial singing. Berkson, Frank London, Lana Cencic, and Cleek Schrey reinterpret the sounds of Berele Chagy, Yechiel Karniol, and Sophie Kurtzer, and perform original works by Berkson inspired by the YIVO sound collections.

More info: hyivo.org/berkson

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Wed, Dec 2, 2015, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Andy Statman Trio

Wed, 2 Dec, 2015, 8pm
Barbés
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave)
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC

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The London Klezmer Quartet

Wednesday 2 December, 2015, 8pm
Benslow Music,
Benslow Lane,
Hitchin, Herts. SG4 9RB, UK

More info/tix: www.benslowmusic.org/index.asp?PageID=1377

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Book of J: New Moon Gather

Thu, Dec 3, 2015, 7pm for study and tea; 7:30 for performance and ritual
Rose Labyrinth
2138 Cedar St.
Berkeley, CA

Book of J comes together to study and sing in Kislev, the month of dreams. Come at 7PM if you want to learn about Jewish dream interpretation, including Talmudic wisdom such as “All kinds of vegetables are a good sign in a dream, except turnip-tops. Stick around because at 7:30PM we will perform and sing some Kislev-appropriate songs. At the end, we will all go outside and greet the Kislev moon together. Book of J is Jewlia Eisenberg and Jeremiah Lockwood. For this performance we have a special visitor: Cynthia Taylor of Charming Hostess!

More info: www.facebook.com/events/426916554176460/

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Heather Klein, Yiddish Art Song
L'Chayim! To Life! Jewish Music Series

Thu, Dec 3, 2015, 6:30pm
Sonoma State University
Schroeder Hall

Tix/info

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Glenn Dickson & friends: Greek Night

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1053413744703304/

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Thu, Dec 3, 2015, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Andy Statman Trio

Thu, 3 Dec, 2015, 8pm
The Charles Street Synagogue
53 Charles St (@ West 4th)
New York NY

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Concert Estelle Goldfarb/Fabian Fiorini

3 décembre 2015, 21h!
Théâtre Bouffon 26-28 rue de Meaux
à Paris 19e, France

Evidemment notre coeur est encore très lourd, mais nous allons de l'avant et désirons plus que jamais partager notre art avec vous.

Pour la sécurité, Peter le directeur du lieu procèdera à la vérification des sacs à l'entrée.

Reservation : http://www.bouffontheatre.fr

Voici quelques extraits vidéos de notre dernier concert en appartement https://youtu.be/qSWrxJe8DsU

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Klezmer Juice

Fri, Dec 4, 2015, 4pm
LA Union Station,
800 N. Alameda St.
Los Angeles CA 90012

Metro Art Presents showcases an exciting array of free arts and cultural programs at historic LA Union Station....

Klezmer Juice is the new generation of Jewish soul music. With wide-ranging international backgrounds, a youthful vibe and an exciting Latin undertone, they are the torchbearers of an ancient traditional craft that unites generations in spirit. They create fresh interpretations of traditional and original tunes that capture the hearts of a new generation of fans.

4:00pm 1st set
5:00pm 2nd set
The event is free and all ages, and will take place in the LA Union Station Waiting Room.

More info: www.facebook.com/events/482751261912248/

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Klezmer Shabbat, with Cantor Sharon Bernstein on vocals and piano, Stuart Brotman on bass, Sheldon Brown on clarinet, Ilana Sherer on violin, and Bruce Bierman on feet. A night of singing, dancing, davening (prayer), and eating.

Friday, December 4, 7:30pm,
Congregation Sha'ar Zahav
290 Dolores St.,
San Francisco, CA

No charge.
More info: 415.861.6932

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Paradox Trio

Friday, December 4, 9:30pm
Barbès
BAM cafe,
30 Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn, New York 11215

Matt Darriau: reeds and kaval
Brad Shepik: guitar
Rufus Cappadocia: 5 string cello
Seido Salifoski: dumbek

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1685565341657389/

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Hot Pstromi

Sat, December 5, 2015, 2-3pm:
Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium,
1775 Dove Ln,
Carlsbad, CA, 92011

For information: www.carlsbadca.gov/services/depts/library/events/default.asp

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Routes of Andalusia

Saturday, December 5th, 2pm
The Royal Conservatory, Koerner Hall
Toronto, ON, Canada

Tix: $25/$35.
Tix/more info: performance.rcmusic.ca/event/routes_andalusia

"Follow Juno Award-winning trumpeter David Buchbinder, dynamic divas Roula Said and Tamar Ilana, and their crew of cross-cultural musicians on a journey in into the magic musical realm of ancient Andalucia. Join in the participatory parade of music and dance from the place where Arabic, Jewish and Gypsy cultures connect to each other and to the cross-cultural capital of 2015:Toronto!"

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Only in America: Jewish Songwriters on Broadway: The Music, the History, and the Genius, with Jacqui Silver.

Saturday evening, December 5, 2015, following havdoleh and dessert (7pm)
Congregation Beth Israel
5716 Carmel Valley Road
Carmel, CA 93923

More info: 831.624.2015, carmelbethisrael.org/calendar

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An Evening of Sweets, Song & Celebration honoring Cantor Ken Richmond

Sat, Dec 5, 2015, 7pm
Temple Israel of Natick
145 Hartford St,
Natick, Massachusetts 01760

Songs and Tributes by Cantor Ken's friends, teachers and colleagues
Gourmet Dessert Reception (dairy and parve options)

tickets and more info: www.facebook.com/events/503620789799010/

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Sat, Dec 5, 2015, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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The London Klezmer Quartet

Sat 5 December, 2015, 7:30pm
Wye Valley Music
Bridges Centre
Monmouth, Drybridge House, Wonastow Road,
Monmouth NP25 5AS, UK

More info/tix: www.wyevalleymusic.org.uk/tckts_online.html#Start

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Veretski Pass

Saturday, December 5, 8:00pm
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street,
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.474.1608

Tickets: $18 general / $15 seniors / $5 full-time students / free for 12 and under (these prices include advance online discount). More info: 415.474.1608, Old First Concerts

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"J. EDGAR KLEZMER: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files"

Saturday, December 5, 8:00pm
Emelin Theatre
153 Library Ln,
Mamaroneck, New York 10543

Tickets: www.emelin.org/event/theatre/j-edgar-klezmer

Musical documentary theater! Explore the declassified archives of Dr. Adele Sicular, grandma to Isle of Klezbos drummer/bandleader & composer/lyricist Eve Sicular. Featuring musical genres from klezmer to Kodaly, baroque to boogie-woogie and beyond to investigate Cold War surveillance on the Upper West Side, derelict theories of homosexuality, Hazel Scott's cancelled TV show, and family gossip.

Missy Fogarty, lead vocals & investigator 1
Yelena Shmulenson, vocals & investigator 2
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & saxophone
Reut Regev, trombone
Shoko Nagai, accordion & piano
Eve Sicular, drums |bandleader & grandchild/lyricist/composer

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Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Hanukkah Concert

Sunday, Dec 6, 2015, 11am and 1pm
Alsdorf Auditorium
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022

Annual Family Show!

More info: www.chicagobotanic.org/wonderland/special

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Hooray for Hanukah, with Hot Kugel

Sunday, December 6, 2015, 2:30 and 3:30 shows
Children's Discovery Museum
180 Woz Way
San Jose, CA 95110

More info: 408.298.5437, www.cdm.org/event/hooray-for-hanukkah/?instance_id=5995.

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Michael Alpert's "Waiting for the Nightingale"
Fifth Annual Sarah Lazarus Memorial Concert of Traditional and New Yiddish Song

Sun, Dec 6, 1:30pm
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Dr,
Skokie, Illinois 60077

FEATURING:
Michael Alpert: Violinist, Singer, Composer, Yiddish Scholar, and 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellow.

Annette Bjorling: Klezmer harp, music teacher, half of Duo Controverso, played with Yiddish cabaret and theatre ensembles in the US and Europe.

Kurt Bjorling: Clarinet, multiinstrumentalist, director of Chicago Klezmer Ensemble, music teacher, recorded and performed with Brave Old World, The Klezmatics, and Itzhak Perlman’s In the Fiddler’s House.

More info: www.facebook.com/events/440786806114500/

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Sun, Dec 6, 2015, 2pm, 6pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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ON STAGE AT KINGSBOROUGH Presents: OY CHANUKAH!
*Yiddish Theatre Star & Tony-Nominee Eleanor Reissa with
Grammy-Winning Klezmatics Co-Founder Frank London
and his Klezmer Brass All Stars*

Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.
Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center
Kingsborough Community College
=2001 Oriental Boulevard (cross street: Oxford),
Brooklyn, NY

Tix: (718) 368-5596 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
www.OnStageAtKingsborough.org

Yiddish Theatre Star Eleanor Reissa and Grammy Award-Winning Trumpeter Frank London with The Klezmer Brass All Stars Join Tony-nominee and renowned concert artist Eleanor Reissa, with Klezmatics co-founder Frank London and his Klezmer Brass All Stars for a celebration of the joys of Chanukah. Rich, toe-tapping, heart-warming songs and stories celebrate the beauty and vitality of Yiddish music and humor.

Post-performance CD signing with the artists!

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Hanukkah First Light with di bostoner klezmer

Sun, Dec 6, 2015 4 PM
Temple Beth Israel,
25 Harvard St.,
Waltham MA

Join the Temple Beth Israel community and Di Bostoner Klezmer for a holiday celebration with great music, high pirits, and lighting of the first candle of Hanukkah!

Sunday, Dec. 6, 4:00pm
$12, children $5, pay at the door
Refreshments served

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1062374137129592/

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The Klezmatics present: Happy Joyous Hanukkah
Lyrics by Woody Guthrie

Dec 6, 6:00pm
BlackRock Center for the Arts Main Stage
Germantown, MD

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Klezmer session at The Harrison

Sunday Dec 6, 2015, 8-10.30pm
The Harrison,
28 Harrison Street,
London WC1H 8JF

Join Ilana Cravitz and friends for a new monthly Klezmer session at The Harrison in Kings Cross.

First Sunday of every month, 8-10.30pm on the Ground Floor.
(No brass or percussion instruments)
Spectacular! See you there?
Free to listen or play

pdfs of tunes
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1540888606157169/

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Ihtimanska

Sun, Dec 6, 2015, 8pm
Black Squirrel Books & Café
1073 Bank St.,
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3X3

Ihtimanska is very excited to come back to Ottawa this winter. In a very special and intimist setting, the duo from Montreal will share with the audience their introspective, creative and festive music on accordion and saxophone.

more info: www.facebook.com/events/1652493881644142/

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Kugelplex

Mon, Dec 7, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354

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A FINKEL CHANUKAH! With Fyvush, Ian and Elliot Finkel, and Cheryl Ann Allen as Miss Sophie Tucker

Mon, Dec 7, 2015, 6:15pm
Sutton Place Synagogue
225 E 51st St,
New York, New York 10022

The Yiddish Artists and Friends Actors' Club invites you to a Chanukah gala with Fyvush, Ian and Elliot Finkel, and Cheryl Ann Allen as Miss Sophie Tucker. With the Finkel Orchestra. A glatt kosher yontev dinner will be served. Venue is wheelchair accessible. Dinner & Show: $45 ($40 members); Show only $25 (showtime 8:15 PM). Reservations required to Ruth Harris, 516-569-1678. Make checks payable to YAFAC and mail to: Ruth Harris, Treasurer, 379 Barnard Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY 11516

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1500038606963578/

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Eugene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble
"A Not So Slient Night"
7th Annual Holiday Concert

Tuesday, December 8 » 7:30 pm.
Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC)
55 Lexington Avenue
Entrance is on East 25th St. between Lexington & 3rd Avenues
New York, NY 10010

TICKETS: $25, Baruch Faculty and Students Free with ID
Purchase on-line or call the Box office: 646.312.5073

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Tue, Dec 8, 2015, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Tarras Band

Tue, Dec 8, 2015, 9pm
DROM
85 Avenue A
New York, NY

Tarras Band is delighted to announce the release of our second album, "Tarras Band Plays Again". Featuring music by Klezmer legends Dave Tarras, Natfule Brandwein, and Sam Musiker, the album also features original material.

Tix, more info: www.facebook.com/events/1613144518925142/

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Gerineldo

Tue, Dec 8, 7:30pm
Petit Outremont
1248 avenue Bernard Ouest,
Outremont Montreal, Quebec, Canada=
Tel: 514-495-9944

Après 20 ans d’absence, l’ensemble Gerineldo, créé à Montréal, revient avec émotion et enthousiasme dans sa ville d’origine, enrichi de trois jeunes artistes et couronné de son succès à Paris (2014 & 2015) et à Toronto. Au cours d’une soirée exceptionnelle, Gerineldo fera revivre l’âme des chansons judéo-espagnoles du nord du Maroc: ballades historiques, aventures galantes, coplas en haketía, chansons de mariage festives, et parfois grivoises, et piyoutim envoûtants

tix: festivalsefarad.ca
More info: www.facebook.com/events/426166170911916/

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Kugelplex

Wed, Dec 9, 2015, noon
Oakland City Center
Oakland, CA

Last year's performance was cancelled due to protests. This year, let's take to the streets peacefully and joyously with the righteous sounds of klezmer!

More info: www.oaklandcitycenter.com/events

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 2pm & 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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NY Klezmer Series Presents:
Khanike Tantshoyz with Steve Weintraub, dance leader and music by Bivolita w/Christina Crowder

Wed, Dec 9, concert begins 8:15pm; events 6-10:45pm
Zeb's Place
223 W.28th St., 2nd Floor (above plumbing supply store)
NYC

Concert begins at 8:15pm - $15
Klezmer Instrumental Music Workshop 6pm-7:30 $25 per class
Jam Session follows Concert 9:30-10:15
Full night pass – $35 (includes Workshop, Concert & Jam Session)

More info: www.NYklezmer.com

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WQXR presents
Chanukah Traditions
Andy Statman Trio. also featuring East of the River, Galeet Dardashti & Divahn

Wed, 9 Dec, 2015, 7pm
THE JEROME L. GREENE PERFORMANCE SPACE
44 Charlton Street
New York, NY 10014

Tix ($25) & info: www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2015/dec/09/coming-soon-wqxr-presents-chanukah-celebration/

The joy of Chanukah is reflected in the rich and varied musical traditions celebrated throughout the world. WQXR brings some of the diverse sounds of the season to The Greene Space for its annual Chanukah party.

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2nd Annual Hanukkah Extravaganza at the Outer Space featuring the Spies of the Balkans and friends
Just in time for Hanukkah!

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 7pm (Dreydl spin-off is at 7:30)
Outer Space
295 Treadwell Street
Hamden, Connecticut

The Spies of the Balkans will be hosting our second annual Hanukkah Extravaganza featuring Klezmer, Hanukkah songs, special guests, a dreydl spinoff as well as latkes from the Kitchen and Kosher craft beer at Hamden's own Outer Space.

The Outer Space has a great menu and it’s always fun to have a dinner concert. And Steve Rodgers has told me that the latkes (which sold out early last year) will be back.

In the spirit of the season there’s no admission charge for this event (though the band may pass the hat).

The Spies of the Balkans is a musical configuration shrouded in enigma and mystery. Reputedly the group plays music from Eastern Europe with a mix of Klezmer, jazz and good grooves. Led by a mysterious shadow figure the group interprets documents known as "scores" and turns them into sound. Curious? Frightened? So is the NSA. Come hear the band that no one will admit on record to knowing anything about.

Click here for more info about the Spies of the Balkans

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Columbia Klezmer Band presents... a musical Khanuke party and Yiddish sing-a-long!

Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 7:30pm
Deutsches Haus, Columbia University
420 W 116th St,
New York, New York 10027

More info: www.facebook.com/events/851442908307929/

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The Jumbo Knish Factory hosts another big end of semester klezmer and Israeli folk dance party with guest dance leader Malka Benjamin! Michael McLaughlin, director.

Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 8pm
Fisher Performance Room
Granoff Music Center
Tufts University
Medford, MA

FREE

More info: students.tufts.edu/events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D117076945

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 2pm & 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Klezwoods

Wed, Dec 10, 2015, 5pm
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
617-267-9300

More info: www.mfa.org/programs/special-event/music-klezwoods

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Temple Sinai Pop-up Shul Presents:
Downtown Lights
*Yiddish and Arab songs both with eastern flavor. Belly dancer, photo exhibit, sufganiyot, and storytelling

Thursday, December 10th, 7pm
Artifice Bar
1025 S. First Street, #100
Las Vegas, NV

$10

More info: www.artificebar.com/event/downtown-lights/

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Hannuka Israeli Style. Come light the 5th candle with singing and Israeli and klezmer dancing to music by Majorly Minor. If you like, bring a dish to share, or a menorah and candles.

Thursday, December 10, 7:00pm,
Congregation Beth Am
26790 Arastradero Rd.,
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
(650) 493-4661

No charge.
More info: www.betham.org/community-israel/event/israeli-dancing-chanukah

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She'koyokh + Indra Buraczewska (Vocals) + Monooka (Vocals + Puppets)

Thursday 10 December, 7.00pm
Spitalfields Music Winter Festival
Shoreditch Church (St Leonard's),
Shoreditch High St,
London E1 6JN, UK
Tickets: £5-£15

A winter voyage from the Baltics to the Black Sea with
instrumental group Ske'Koyokh.

tel: 020 7377 1362
More info: www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk

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Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi

Thurs, Dec 10, 2015, 7:30pm (doors open 7pm)
Beth Am, The People's Temple
Castle Village Community Room
110 Cabrini Blvd (through the iron gate)

Tickets are available online with credit card or PayPal, or at the door with cash or check. Buy your tickets now!

Adults: $18
Students & Children: $10
Ages 4 & under: Free

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Andy Statman Trio

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015, 8pm
The Charles Street Synagogue (16th Anniversary Concert!)
53 Charles St (@ West 4th)
New York NY

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Jubilee Klezmer, part of Russian River Jewish Community Annual Community Chanukah Celebration.

Friday, December 11, 5:00-8:00pm
Russian River Senior Center
15010 Armstrong Woods Rd
Guerneville, California
(707) 869-0618

Suggested donation: $5 members / $10 non-members / call re family rates.
More info and to rsvp: 707.632.5545

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Elizabeth Schwartz & Fred Benedetti
The music of Sepharad

February 12, 10am
San Diego Jewish Film Festival
Lawrence Family JCC
4126 Executive Drive,
La Jolla, California 92037
858.457.3030

For information: www.lfjcc.org

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The Saul Goodman Klezmer Band
Part of Chanukah Unplugged

Saturday, December 12, 4:00pm
JCC San Francisco
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118

No charge
More info: 415.292.1200
www.jccsf.org/all-ages/saturdays-unplugged-at-the-jccsf

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Židovská hudba v Bratislave a na Slovensku (12th KlezMORE Festival Vienna & Bratislava)

Saturday, December 12, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Kafe Scherz
Partizánska 2, 811 03
Bratislava, Slovakia

Poobede v deň koncertu PREßBURGER KLEZMER BAND v Kafé Scherz porozprávajú Samo Alexander a Andrej Werner o židovskej hudbe z Bratislavy a Slovenska. VSTUP VOĽNÝ!

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1075128032497496/

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Fleytmuzik with special guest artists Michael Alpert, Pete Rushefsky, Jake Shulman-Ment, and Brian Glassman. Led by Adrianne Greenbaum, klezmer flutist

Sat., Dec 12, 2015, 7pm
Congregation Anshe Emeth
201 South Third Ave,
Highland Park, NJ 08904
Phone: 732-545-6482

More info: hpct-cae.org/events/concerts/

For one magical musical evening, the FleytMuzik ensemble will perform selections from the Dubiecko Klezmorim, founded back in Poland by the grandfather of HPCT-CAE member Milton Frant. Conducted by Abraham Leib Frand, known as Leibish the Musician, the Dubiecko Klezmorim featured his children on the violin, viola, drums, flute, and bass. They were hired for weddings, festivals, circuses, and Purim shpils, not only in Dubiecko, but also in surrounding shtetlach.

Join Sharon Frant-Brooks for a pre-concert discussion at 7 pm. Frant-Brooks, daughter of Milton Frant, will give a personal account of her efforts to bring the sounds of her great-grandfather’s band, the Dubiecko Klezmorim, back to life in Dubiecko, Poland, the very place where the band was silenced by the Nazis in the Shoah. Open to all ticket holders at no additional charge.

Adult tickets: $25 before December 5th or $30 at the door. Student tickets: $10 before December 5th or $15 at the door. Children 12 years and younger: Free

Become a sponsor: Friends of Milton Frant and supporters of the Shirainu Concert! CONNOISSEUR - $180 includes two reserved seats to the concert and a FleytMuzik CD. DEVOTEE - $125 includes two reserved seats to the concert.

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Sat, Dec 12, 2015, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Wintersongs, with Kitka

Saturday, December 12, 8:00pm
Osher Marin JCC
200 N. San Pedro Rd.
San Rafael, CA

Tickets: $10.00-$28.00. More info: 415.444.8000
www.marinjcc.org/events/2015/12/12/performing-arts/kitka-wintersongs/56231/

A good portion of the program will be songs from Yiddish and Hebrew-speaking Eastern European Jewish communities.

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Sun, Dec 13, 2015, 2pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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"A Night at the Casino" (just in time for Khanike!)
with Shane Baker, Miryem-Khaye Seigel and Steve Sterner

Sunday, December 13, 2016, 2:30 PM
Rego Park Jewish Center
97-30 Queens Boulevard.
Queens, NY

Telephone: 718-459-1000

Admission: $12 ($10 for members of RPJC)
Buy tickets at the door - no reservations needed

More info: www.rpjc.org

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David Buchbinder & Rhythm & Jews
Hart House Sunday Concert Series
A concert of traditional Klezmer music!

Sunday Dec 13th, 3pm Free
Great Hall
Hart House,
7 Hart House Circle,
University of Toronto, ON, Canada

FREE, limited seating—come early

David cut his musical teeth on klezmer music, and began as a bandleader by founding the iconic Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band. For this Hart House concert David returns to his roots by assembling an all-star ensemble to dig deep into traditional Klezmer music, featuring some little-heard, hauntingly beautiful music that will meet the more familiar sound of celebration.

Rhythm & Jews is:
David Buchbinder, trumpet
Jessica Hahn Deutsch, violin
John Williams, clarinet
Tania Gill, piano and accordion
Tom Richards, sousaphone

(Please note: the will be performing one long set only, so please come at 3pm)

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Klezmer Brass All-Stars, featuring Eleanor Reissa & Frank London
The Chanukah Concert

Sunday, Dec 13, 2015, 3pm
Center for Jewish History
15 W. 16th St.
NYC

Singer Eleanor Reissa, composer/trumpeter Frank London, and the Klezmer Brass All-Stars shine musical lights for Chanukah—a perfect tapestry of stellar musicians to share the magic of the music and the miracle of the lights. The program opens with a story from the pen of a great Jewish writer—a tradition of the annual Chanukah concert. Plus: Menorah Lighting, Singing, Refreshments

Tix: 212.868.4444 or tix.smarttix.com

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The Annual Cantor's Concert / Klezfest in Queens
A Hanukkah Happening / A gala festival of Jewish song & dance

Sun, Dec 13, 2015, 3pm
Temple Gates of Prayer
38-20 Parsons Blvd
Flushing, NY 11354

More info: www.jwcalendar.com/events/11/18/klezfest

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Kugelplex

Sun, Dec 13, 2015, 4pm
Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway
Oakland, CA

It's time again for us to rock out some old-world love in front of 3000 people at the Oakland Paramount! This year's concert is "Sinatra Style" so we're gonna take it back to Frank's Yiddish roots. Plus some other fun stuff...

More info: www.oaklandsymphony.org/event/let-us-break-bread-together-sinatra-style/

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The Eighth Night of Hanukkah with Nigunim Chorus
Hanukkah candle lighting, concert and sing-along

Sun, Dec 13, 2015, 4pm
Temple Sinai
2808 Summit St,
Oakland, California 94609

Join us for Hanukkah candle lighting, lots of singing, and a concert of traditional and contemporary Jewish folk songs. Hebrew, Yiddish and English songs arranged for four-part harmony. Nigunim Community Chorus meets weekly at the JCC East Bay and other locations around the Bay Area. This forty member group is dedicated to learning, preserving and performing traditional Jewish music of the Diaspora and Israel. The event will signify the completion of the chorus’ fall season. New singers are welcome to audition for spring season in January.

Music Director: Achi Ben Shalom
More info: www.facebook.com/events/882521401816320/

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Cabaret Warsaw and Mrs Macabee's Kitchen

Concert at the
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2015, 4:30 PM (we'll be done at 6 pm)
Carrboro ArtsCenter
300-G E. Main St.
Carrboro, NC 27510

Tickets $10 at the door or $7 in advance from cabaretwarsaw.com
There will be lots of laughing!

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Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein: Jewish Roots in American Music

Sunday Dec 13, 2015 6:00pm
Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series
YIVO
15 w. 16th St.,
New York, NY 10011

Admission: $10
YIVO members: $7

Get Tickets/more info

From American classical music to Broadway show tunes, Jewish-American composers defined much of American popular music in the 1920s-50s. In this lecture-concert, Orin Grossman (Fairfield University) and the artists of the Sidney Krum Concert Series explore three giants of American music and the Jewish influences on their work: Aaron Copland (1900-1990), George Gershwin (1898-1937), and Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). Works performed and discussed will include Copland’s “Vitebsk,” Gershwin’s “Mischa, Yascha, Toscha, Sascha,” and Bernstein’s “I Am Easily Assimilated.”

The Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series is made possible by a generous gift from the Estate of Sidney Krum.

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The Klezmatics present: Happy Joyous Hanukkah
Lyrics by Woody Guthrie

Sun, Dec 13, 7:00pm
Landmark on Main Street Jean Rimsky Theater
232 Main Street
Port Washington, NY

Tix/info: www.landmarkonmainstreet.org/event.cfm?id=271
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Celebrate the 8th Night of Hanukkah with
The Zamir Chorale and Zamir Noded

Sunday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street,
Manhattan

All Tickets $40; $20 with Student ID
For Tickets Visit Kaufman Music Center
Or Call the Box Office at 212-501-3330

Works by American and Israeli Composers

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Heartland Klezmorim

Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 9 pm
Bell's Brewery
355 East Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI

$8 cover

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Jewlia Eisenberg
"Singing Anti-Fascism" @AJS / An artist-scholar collaboration

Monday, December 14, 8:15pm
Back Bay Ballroom B, Sheraton Hotel
39 Dalton Street
Boston, MA

Free

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Tony Phillips, Barbara Speed, Dave Rosenthal play klezmer

Mon, Dec 14, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354

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NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG
Steven Blier, Artistic Director • Michael Barrett, Associate Artistic Director
continues its intimate and unamplified cabaret series NYFOS AFTER HOURS
with “A GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU!”
Yuletide Songs by Jewish Composers

Monday, December 14, 2015, 10:00 p.m.
HENRY's Restaurant
2745 Broadway at 105th St.
NYC

$10 Cover; Reservations Required: 212-866-0600
Walk-ins welcome at the bar.

The uproarious program returns for a sixth year at HENRY's Restaurant

Songs range from "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" (sung in Yiddish)
to "Winter Wonderland," "O Holy Night," "Let it Snow"
and Tom Lehrer's "Hannukah in Santa Monica"

Featuring an incredible cast:

LAUREN WORSHAM, soprano
ALEX MANSOORI, tenor
MILES MYKKANEN, tenor
THEO HOFFMAN, baritone
JOSHUA BREITZER, cantor
among other surprise guests

with
ALAN KAY, clarinet
STEVEN BLIER, pianist/arranger and host

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Metropolitan Klezmer

Tue, Dec 15, 2015, 12:30pm
Free Lunchtime Concert
The Atrium,
1000 Harbor Blvd
Weehawken, NJ

More info: hrpac.org/concert.php#met

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Klezwoods

Tuesday, December 15, 9:30pm - 12:00am
Atwood's Tavern
877 Cambridge St,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141

We put the Oy in Joy to the World! The Night is no longer Silent! Klezwoods returns to the nativity scene of East Cambridge, with groovy numbers and some swinging Yuletide traditional Klezmer Reggae style jams. Come on down in an ugly sweater, or your birthday suit if you're the savior- Jesus was a Jew and he played the clarinet!

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1012935395436509/

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 2pm & 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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NY Klezmer Series Presents: Tsibele!
w/Eléonore Weill - flutes
Zoë Aqua - violin
Eva Boodman - trumpet
Hannah Temple - accordion

Wed, Dec 2, concert begins 8:15pm; events 6-10:45pm
Zeb's Place
223 W.28th St., 2nd Floor (above plumbing supply store)
NYC

Concert begins at 8:15pm - $15
Klezmer Instrumental Music Workshop 6pm-7:30 $25 per class
Jam Session follows Concert 9:30-10:15
Full night pass – $35 (includes Workshop, Concert & Jam Session)

More info: www.NYklezmer.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/622748787863162/

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Thu, Dec 17, 2015, 2pm & 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Gypsy Moths

Mon, Dec 21, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354

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NOMADICA's Yule-Yulation! with special guest Brenna MacCrimmon

Fri, December 18th, 9pm
May Cafe
876 Dundas Street West ,Toronto,
(between Manning and Claremont)
Toronto, ON, Canada

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Tall Tale Trio

Saturday, December 19 at 4:00pm
lilypad
1353 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Tall Tale Trio comes back to the Lilypad for a late afternoon concert of original music by Andrew Blickenderfer (and a few tunes from Gary and Michael.) Come in out of the cold and then maybe join us for a pint after.

Andrew Blickenderfer, bass; Gary Fieldman, drums and Michael McLaughlin, piano.

$10.00 at the door.
More info: www.facebook.com/events/1579758742277562/

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Sat, Dec 19, 2015, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Jordan Hirsch & the Creole Curmudgeons

Sat, Dec 19, 2015, 8pm
Smokey Joe's
494 Cedar Ln
Teaneck, NJ

Jordan Hirsch brings his band, The Creole Curmudgeons, back to Smokey Joe's, the great BBQ and Tex-Mex joint on Cedar Lane in Teaneck. Jordan and Pete Sokolow will be singing, swinging, and jamming through the Hot Jazz of the 20's and Swing of the 30's,along with the usual cast of characters and at the same time celebrating another trip around the sun for Jordan. There is a nominal cover charge. Sets start at 8 and 9:45. Sitting in could take place the second set, should the spirit move us.

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1713841825519510/

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Shpilkes Klezmer Band

Saturday, December 19, 8:00pm
Amazing Things Arts Center
160 Hollis St,
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702

Tix: tickets.amazingthings.org/TheatreManager/1/login&event=1447
More info: www.facebook.com/events/129138154103484/

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The Klezmatics

Saturday, December 19, 7:30 pm
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA

Tickets: $25. More info; 831.425.5299

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Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on December 20, 2015, features Breslov Bar Band.

General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555

For further info: www.citywinery.com

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 2pm, 6pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Susan Lankin-Watts and Dan Blacksberg of the Community Klezmer Initiative host an evening of traditional and innovative Klezmer music focused on getting the crowd performing -- on instruments and on the dance floor. Dancing to be led by Steve Weintraub.

Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 6pm
The Rotunda
4014 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA

Come join in as the Community Klezmer Orchestra (led by Lankin-Watts) and the Klezmer in the Afternoon All-Stars (led by Blacksberg) rock the "hoyz" (Yiddish for "house"), setting the stage for dancing under the guidance of Steve Weintraub, the Pied Piper of Yiddish dance.

Energy and momentum around Klezmer is at an all-time high in Philadelphia. The Community Klezmer Initiative (CKI), according to founder Susan Lankin-Watts, has been "harnessing that interest and excitement through workshops that invite participation from musicians at all levels, and through public Klezmer jams that include performances, improvisation and dance parties." It's now time to celebrate a year of successful CKI programming and to "bring the joyous energy of Klezmer into West Philly, at an event during which all who love this music can delight in it together," adds Dan Blacksberg.

This all-ages event is free. No advance tickets needed!

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Charming Hostess with strings

Sunday, December 20 at 7 PM
Barbès
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)
Brooklyn, NY

More info: www.facebook.com/events/144710769229075/

Winter women's music with a vocal and string trio! Medieval Greek chants for Mary, Bulgarian Sephardic songs of cooking and drinking, Spanish Civil War tunes of La Pasionaria…and a singalong Union Maid at the end. Our all-genius, all-girl crew is Jewlia Eisenberg, Marika Hughes, Dana Lyn and Mazz Swift. The New Yorker describes Jewlia's music as "hilarious and touching, sweet and soulful." The Wire says we show a "dazzling display of vocal agility, wit, emotional flexibility, and imaginative depth." Show some love to the radical women in your life, this is a great date!

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The London Klezmer Quartet

Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 7pm
Green Note
106 Parkway
Camden, London, UK NW1 7AN

Tix/more info: www.wegottickets.com/greennote/event/338651

We've invited the fantastic Bucimis Trio (Susi Evans, Matt Bacon, Christina Borgi), to share the bill with LKQ in our last gig of 2015. They will be joined by the amazing Çiğdem Aslan on vocals, and LKQ will have founder member Francesca Ter-Berg on cello

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Happy Joyous Hanukkah, with The Klezmatics
Lyrics by Woody Guthrie

Sunday, December 20, 4:00pm & 7:30pm
San Francisco Jazz Center
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA

Tickets: $25-$60. More info: 866.920.5299, S.F. Jazz Center.

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 2:00pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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The Klezmatics present: Happy Joyous Hanukkah
Lyrics by Woody Guthrie

Dec 22, 2015,7:00pm
MIM Music Theater located in the Musical Instrument Museum
4725 E. Mayo Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ

Tix/info mimmusictheater.themim.org/klezmatics-4

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 2pm & 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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ייִדיש– דַײטש אויף צו להכעיס די דַײטשן Yiddish: German to Spite the Germans, a lecture with Michael Wex

Wednesday, December 23, 6:00pm
Mid-Manhattan Library, New York Public Library (NYPL)
455 5th Ave,
New York, New York 10016

A look at how and why Jews living in German-speaking areas turned a thoroughly Christianized language into a vehicle for Jewish ideas and values. Although Yiddish shares most of its vocabulary with German, it was never really “German.” Many innocent-looking Yiddish terms and idioms express profound opposition to the German, i.e., Christian, worldview; we’ll see how the fundamental ironies produced by such opposition contributed to the development of the characteristic Yiddish sense of humor. No knowledge of either Yiddish or German is required.

More info: www.facebook.com/events/421658341367183/

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Yiddish New York
Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
www.yiddishnewyork.com

Yiddish New York (YNY) is a new festival/cultural immersion gathering for Yiddish music, language and culture combining workshops, lectures and performances from Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015. With its hub at the 14th St. Y and adjacent Town and Village Synagogue, Yiddish New York will take place at a variety of venues in Manhattan's vibrant and historic Lower East Side/East Village. Faculty/speakers represent many of the leading figures in Yiddish culture today. Open to individuals of all ages, backgrounds and families with children!

Daily Programs in.... Klezmer Music - Yiddish Song - Yiddish Dance - Theater - Yiddish Language - Yiddish Culture and History - Visual Arts - Foodways - Master Classes - Ensembles - Dance Parties - Jam Sessions - Concerts - Lectures - Films - Spirituality and Religion - Neighborhood Walking Tours - Youth and Teen Programs - and More!

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING!

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Fri, Dec 25, 2015, 12pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Klezmas Eve Rises Again with the Ken Ulansey Klezmers

Thursday, December 24, 6:00pm
Germantown Jewish Centre
400 W Ellet St,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119

Tradition: Chinese food and Klezmer Music, right? This year it's new and improved, with tons of special guests, most notably Steve Weintraub, the “Pied Piper of Yiddish Dance”; his years of experience leading and researching Yiddish dance allow him to quickly weave dancers and music together in astonishing ways. As usual, Phyllis Chapell will be our primary songstress, with an amazing band featuring Stan Slotter (trumpet), Dave Posmontier (keys), Chico Huff (bass), Paul Jost (drums), Ken Ulansey (sax), with more to be announced to keep your attention.

Here are the deets:
6:00 Chinese banquet
7:00 Concert

$36 gets you into both (children 2-8 for $26)
$18 for the concert and dancing if you buy before 12/23
$20 at the door

tickets: www.germatownjewishcentre.org/secure-klezmas-eve
or send request & payment to GJC, Attn: Kate Lawn
400 W. Ellet Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19119

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1489363481369236/

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Klez Chaos plays for the Lake City Contradance

Thursday, December 24th, 8 - 11 pm
Lake City Community Center,
12531 28th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125

All dances are taught, no partner needed, first time contradancers are free, otherwise it is $10. Come dance to klezmer music!

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Zion80, Soulfarm, Zeke Finn, Ta Shma

Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 8pm (doors open 6pm)
Highline Ballroom
431 W 16th St. between 9th & 10th Ave
New York, NY 10011
(212) 414-5994

See more at: highlineballroom.com

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Yiddish New York
Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
www.yiddishnewyork.com

Yiddish New York (YNY) is a new festival/cultural immersion gathering for Yiddish music, language and culture combining workshops, lectures and performances from Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015. With its hub at the 14th St. Y and adjacent Town and Village Synagogue, Yiddish New York will take place at a variety of venues in Manhattan's vibrant and historic Lower East Side/East Village. Faculty/speakers represent many of the leading figures in Yiddish culture today. Open to individuals of all ages, backgrounds and families with children!

Daily Programs in.... Klezmer Music - Yiddish Song - Yiddish Dance - Theater - Yiddish Language - Yiddish Culture and History - Visual Arts - Foodways - Master Classes - Ensembles - Dance Parties - Jam Sessions - Concerts - Lectures - Films - Spirituality and Religion - Neighborhood Walking Tours - Youth and Teen Programs - and More!

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING!

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Metropolitan Klezmer

Fri, Dec 25, 2015, 3pm and 5pm
www.corneliastreetcafe.com/
29 Cornelia St.,
NYC

More info: www.corneliastreetcafe.com

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Matisyahu & Friends

Fri, Dec 25, 2015, 8pm (doors open 6pm)
City Winery
155 Varick St.
New York, NY

More info: www.citywinery.com/newyork/an-intimate-evening-w-matisyahu-friends-12-25.html

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Yiddish New York
Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
www.yiddishnewyork.com

Yiddish New York (YNY) is a new festival/cultural immersion gathering for Yiddish music, language and culture combining workshops, lectures and performances from Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015. With its hub at the 14th St. Y and adjacent Town and Village Synagogue, Yiddish New York will take place at a variety of venues in Manhattan's vibrant and historic Lower East Side/East Village. Faculty/speakers represent many of the leading figures in Yiddish culture today. Open to individuals of all ages, backgrounds and families with children!

Daily Programs in.... Klezmer Music - Yiddish Song - Yiddish Dance - Theater - Yiddish Language - Yiddish Culture and History - Visual Arts - Foodways - Master Classes - Ensembles - Dance Parties - Jam Sessions - Concerts - Lectures - Films - Spirituality and Religion - Neighborhood Walking Tours - Youth and Teen Programs - and More!

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING!

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Sat, Dec 26, 2015, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Dreaming in Yiddish: 4th Annual Adrienne Cooper Memorial Concert

Sat, Dec 26, 2015, 8pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place,
NYC

Admission: $36
Students: $18
Patrons: $180
Tickets/more info available online

Celebrate the life and work of Adrienne Cooper, Yiddish singer, scholar, and former Assistant Director at YIVO. Stars of the klezmer and Yiddish world, including Frank London, Sarah Gordon, Michael Winograd, and Joshua Dolgin present an evening of music from In Love and In Struggle: The Musical Legacy of the Jewish Labor Bund (YIVO, 1999), an album that featured Adrienne and reflects her passion for justice and Yiddish. This year's concert also awards Joshua Dolgin (a.k.a. Socalled) with the 2015 Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Award for his work as a singer, composer, hip-hop artist, and puppeteer.

All proceeds go to the Adrienne Cooper Fund for Dreaming in Yiddish, which supports artists working in Yiddish. Co-sponsored by YIVO in association with Yiddish New York, GOH Productions, The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

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Yiddish New York
Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
www.yiddishnewyork.com

Yiddish New York (YNY) is a new festival/cultural immersion gathering for Yiddish music, language and culture combining workshops, lectures and performances from Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015. With its hub at the 14th St. Y and adjacent Town and Village Synagogue, Yiddish New York will take place at a variety of venues in Manhattan's vibrant and historic Lower East Side/East Village. Faculty/speakers represent many of the leading figures in Yiddish culture today. Open to individuals of all ages, backgrounds and families with children!

Daily Programs in.... Klezmer Music - Yiddish Song - Yiddish Dance - Theater - Yiddish Language - Yiddish Culture and History - Visual Arts - Foodways - Master Classes - Ensembles - Dance Parties - Jam Sessions - Concerts - Lectures - Films - Spirituality and Religion - Neighborhood Walking Tours - Youth and Teen Programs - and More!

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING!

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Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on December 27, 2015, features Tavche Gravche.

General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555

For further info: www.citywinery.com

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 2pm, 6pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Du'ūD

Sunday Dec 27th - 7pm
Barbes
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave)
(7th ave stop on the F train)
Brooklyn, NY

Du'ūD is a new double oud trio of Matt Darriau (reeds),
Brian Prunka & Brandon Terzic (ouds), Philip Mayer (skins).

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1665103683746025/

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Klezmer Jam

Sun, 27 Dec 2015, 11 PM
Mona's Bar N.Y.C.
224 Avenue B,
New York, New York 10009

Part of Yiddish New York
Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
www.yiddishnewyork.com

More info: www.facebook.com/events/639085476230982/

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Andy Statman Trio

Sunday, December 27, 8:00pm
Town and Village Synagogue
334 E 14th St,
New York, New York 10003

More info: www.facebook.com/events/405547369655683/
Part of Yiddish New York

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Yiddish New York
Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
www.yiddishnewyork.com
with live performance by members of the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC

Binyumen Schaechter's workshop onYiddish Choral Singing

Sunday, December 27, 9:30am
Town & Village Synagogue
334 E. 14 St (betw. 1st & 2nd Av)
If ordering 6-day registration online use discount code "YNY10" for 10% off.
Single-day registrations also available.

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING!

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Yiddish New York
Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
www.yiddishnewyork.com

Yiddish New York (YNY) is a new festival/cultural immersion gathering for Yiddish music, language and culture combining workshops, lectures and performances from Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015. With its hub at the 14th St. Y and adjacent Town and Village Synagogue, Yiddish New York will take place at a variety of venues in Manhattan's vibrant and historic Lower East Side/East Village. Faculty/speakers represent many of the leading figures in Yiddish culture today. Open to individuals of all ages, backgrounds and families with children!

Daily Programs in.... Klezmer Music - Yiddish Song - Yiddish Dance - Theater - Yiddish Language - Yiddish Culture and History - Visual Arts - Foodways - Master Classes - Ensembles - Dance Parties - Jam Sessions - Concerts - Lectures - Films - Spirituality and Religion - Neighborhood Walking Tours - Youth and Teen Programs - and More!

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING!

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Andy Statman Trio

Mon, Dec 8, 2015 7:30pm
DROM
85 Ave. A.
NYC

On December 28th, YIDDISH NEW YORK (YNY), a brand new festival celebrating Jewish music and culture, will celebrate its inaugural year with a rocking klezmer party at DROM, one of Manhattan’s premier international music venues. After a week of workshops, lectures and more, YNY will move from the classroom to the nightclub featuring favorites of NYC’s eclectic Yiddish scene including THE KLEZ DISPENSERS, PITOM, FRANK LONDON'S KLEZMER BRASS ALLSTARS, and more!

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1647342625546695/
Part of Yiddish New York

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Yiddish New York
Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015
www.yiddishnewyork.com

Yiddish New York (YNY) is a new festival/cultural immersion gathering for Yiddish music, language and culture combining workshops, lectures and performances from Thursday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 29, 2015. With its hub at the 14th St. Y and adjacent Town and Village Synagogue, Yiddish New York will take place at a variety of venues in Manhattan's vibrant and historic Lower East Side/East Village. Faculty/speakers represent many of the leading figures in Yiddish culture today. Open to individuals of all ages, backgrounds and families with children!

Daily Programs in.... Klezmer Music - Yiddish Song - Yiddish Dance - Theater - Yiddish Language - Yiddish Culture and History - Visual Arts - Foodways - Master Classes - Ensembles - Dance Parties - Jam Sessions - Concerts - Lectures - Films - Spirituality and Religion - Neighborhood Walking Tours - Youth and Teen Programs - and More!

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING!

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 2:00pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)

Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 2pm & 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC

Tix: web.ovationtix.com/

Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/

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Metropolitan Klezmer

Thurs, Dec 31, 2015, 4pm 'til 8:15pm
New Year's Eve
Millbrook, NY

Lovely upstate village multi-venue celebration in Dutchess County
Our third annual feature performances at Grace Church

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Somerville Symphony Orkestar, Ruby Rose Fox, Cask Mouse, Cactus Attack

Thursday, December 31at 7:00pm
ONCE Somerville
156 Highland Ave,
Somerville, Massachusetts 02143

Join the Somerville Symphony Orkestar for a great night of our Klezmer influenced international party music!

Tix: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-years-eve-at-once-tickets-19429518212
More info: www.facebook.com/events/10153716872259356/

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Duo Doyna

Thursday, December 31, 10:30 PM
Evangelische Johanneskirche
Viktoriastr. 1,
53840 Troisdorf, Germany

More info: www.facebook.com/events/1242404095775752/

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