For details of selected upcoming events, please see KlezCalifornia's monthly Newsletter
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Upcoming Events- Saturday, February 4, 5:00pm, Heather Klein's Inextinguishable Trio Presents Shifreles Portret- A Yiddish Art Song Project, with special guests: The Lark playing YIddish theater and Russian songs. At JCC San Francisco's Fisher Hall. Tickets: $10.00. More info: heatherlklein.com.
- Sunday, February 5, 7:00-9:00pm, KlezCalifornia Peninsula Yidisher Salon, for Yiddish speakers at all levels. At a private home in San Mateo. No charge. More info: peninsula[at]klezcalifornia.org, 415.789.7679.
- Thursday, February 9, 8:00, Gimpel The Fool, a production of Israel's Nephesh Theatre, based on the classic short story by I.B. Singer as translated by Nobel Prize laureate Saul Bellow. At Oshman Family JCC (Palo Alto). Tickets: $15 members, $20 non-members. More info: 650.223.8609, bvladimirsky[at]paloaltojcc.org, paloaltojcc.org.
- Sunday, February 12, 7:00pm, Heather Klein in Yiddishkayt: Jewish Composers from the Lower East Side to Broadway. Including the CD release of Shifreles Portret: A Yiddish Art Song Project. Performers are Cantor Lauren Bandman and Heather Klein, Be'eri Moalem, Russell Norman, and Alla Gladysheva. At Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills. No charge. More info: betham.org, 650.493.4661, heatherlklein.com.
- Saturday, February 11, 8:00pm (and Monday, February 13, 2:00pm), Isle of Klezbos. New York-based women's sextet bringing together inventive versions of klezmer, Yiddish swing, and eclectic original compositions. At the JCC East Bay. Forshpays (appetizer) to Jewish Music Festival. Saturday tickets: $19-$13. Monday tickets: $15, $10. More info: jewishmusicfestival.org, 510.848.0237 X119.
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Sunday,
February 12, 4:00-6:00pm, New York’s Metropolitan Klezmer Band. At Hutchins
Street Square performing arts theater, Lodi.Tickets; $35. More info: hutchinsstreetsquare.com.
- Sunday, February 12, 7:00pm, Heather Klein in Yiddishkayt:
Jewish Composers from the Lower East Side to Broadway. CD
release of Shifreles Portret: A Yiddish Art Song Project. Cantor Lauren Bandman
and Heather Klein, Be'eri Moalem, Russell Norman, and Alla Gladysheva. At
Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills. No charge. More info: www.betham.org, Mandy Eisner at 650.493.4661, heatherlklein.com.
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Sunday,
February 12, 5:00pm, Red Hot Chachkas at Oakland Arena for Jewish Heritage night.
- Monday, February 13, 2:00pm, Isle of Klezbos.
See above for description. At the JCC East Bay. Tickets: $15, $10. More info: www.jewishmusicfestival.org, 510.848.0237,
x119.
- Tuesday, February 14, 8:00-9:30pm,
Isle of Klezbos. At the Koret Pavilion, Hillel at Stanford. Free admission and
open to the public. More info: klezmer.stanford.edu.
- Wednesday, February 15, 6:00pm, The
Celluloid Closet of Yiddish Film: Lesbian & Gay Subtext from a Cinema of
Diaspora, a lecture by Eve Sicular, bandleader of Isle of Klezbos. Admission
free and open to the public. Free dinner for students with RSVP. More info:
klezmer.stanford.edu.
- Friday, February 17, Time 8:00pm, Veretski Pass, at The Jazzschool, Berkeley. 8:00pm. Tickets $15/$12. More info:jazzschool.org.
- Saturday to Monday, February 18-20, President's Day Weekend, our tenth KlezCalifornia Yiddish Culture Festival will take place at JCC San Francisco. Please put this Festival on your calendar now, and invite friends and family to visit you in the Bay Area for another fabulous weekend of fun in the Bay Area. The Festival includes the following concert:
- Saturday, February 18, 8:00pm, Klezmer concert with The Klez-X, followed by klezmer dancing, at JCC San Francisco. Tickets: $40/$45 general, $35/$42 JCCSF members, $25 students. More info: jccsf.org/arts, 415.292.1233
- Sunday, February 19, 2:00pm, Stanley Ginsberg, co-author of "Inside the Jewish Bakery: Recipes and Memories from the Golden Age of Jewish Baking." Tasting follows talk! At Congregation Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa. No charge for the program; the book will be for sale. More info: 707.578.5519, shomreitorah.org. More about the book: insidethejewishbakery.com.
- Beginning Thursday, February 23, 7:00-9:00pm, Introductory Yiddish, Part Two. Taught by Jon Levitow under the auspices of Lehrhaus Judaica. At Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto. Tuition: $200 public, $180 Kol Emeth members. More info: lehrhaus.org.
- Thursday, February 23, 6:30-8:00pm, Fabulous Fillmore, 1907-1955. Fred Rosenbaum, discusses the Fillmore as a hub of Yiddish-speaking Jewish culture for almost half a century, At the Contemporary Jewish Museum, S.F. Advance registration required. Tickets: Free for members; $10 general (includes Museum admission). More info: info@hecjm.org, 415.655.7800, thecjm.org.
- Friday, February 24, 7:30pm, Heather Klein's Shabbos Zingt. A new kind of service, with Yiddish melodies and a klezmer feel, new and old tunes. Heather Klein, singer; Be'eri Moalem, viola; Ken Mowrey, percussion; and Karen Hutchinson; piano/accordion. At Congregation Shir Hadash, Los Gatos. More info: shirhadash.org, heatherlklein.com.
- Friday, February 24, 8:00 pm. Love Songs from a Neighboring Village, Michael Alpert and Julian Kytasty. At Temple Beth Sholom, San Leandro. East European Jewish and Ukrainian traditions have existed side by side and interacted for centuries, mirroring the complex relationship between the two peoples. No charge. More info: jewishmusicfestival.org, 510.848.0237, X119.
- Beginning
March 1, Thursdays, 7:30pm Searching for a Usable Past - Radical Jewish
History, a 4-session mini-course with Anna Elena Torres. March 1, 15,
29 and April 12. Sponsored by The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring of
Northern California. At Green Arcade Bookstore, San Francisco. No
charge. Rsvp rad.yiddish@gmail.com.
- Saturday, March 3, 8:00pm, Michael Winograd Ensemble, with Deborah
Strauss, Joshua Horowitz, Judith Berkson, and others. At Berkeley’s
Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse. Part of 27th Jewish Music Festival.
More info: jewishmusicfestival.org, 510.848.0237 X 119.
- Wednesday, March 7, 1:00-2:00pm, Klezmer 2012 with Umzist. Enjoy Yiddish
and Russian repertoire of the 20th century including dance, party and
stage music from the Klezmer band Umzist. At JCC San Francisco. No
charge. More info: 415.292.1260.
- Thursday, March 15, 9:00pm, Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal (every third
Thursday) featuring The Red Hot Chachkas, The Helladelics, and Disciples
Of Markos. At Starry Plough Pub, Berkeley. Sliding scale. More
info: berkeleybalkanbacchanal.wordpress.com
- Sunday, March 18, 2:00-4:00pm, KlezCalifornia Fisik Salon, San Francisco
- Sunday, March 25, 1:30pm, A Tribute to the Life and Poetry of Simon Krinsky, by Rabbi Edward Zerin. Co-presented by KlezCalifornia and Congregation Emanu-El. At the BJE JCL. KlezCalifornia is a co-sponsor. No charge.
- Sunday, March 25, 2:00-9:00pm, Holy Harmony. Back-to-back performances include by Bustan Avraham Quartet and Babel/Ashkenaz, a new collaboration of Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jewish liturgical traditions led by Frank London and Yair Dalal. Basya Schechter of Pharaoh’s Daughter will debut Songs of Wonder, new songs adapting the Yiddish poetry of Abraham Joshua Heschel, leading 20th century Jewish philosopher. Part of Jewish Music Festival. More info: jewishmusicfetival.org, 510.848.0237 X 119.
- Friday, March 30, 7:30pm, Heather Klein’s Shabbos Zingt, a service with Yiddish melodies and a klezmer feel. Learn newly composed and old tunes and bring in Shabbos with a sense of Yiddishkayt. Led by songstress: Heather Klein, Be'eri Moalem; viola, Ken Mowrey; percussion, and Karen Hutchinson; piano/accordion. at Peninsula Temple Beth El, San Mateo. More info: www.ptbe.org, heatherlklein.com.
- Sunday, April 15, 7:00pm, Red Hot Chachkas concert and dance at the Oshman Family JCC in
Palo Alto. Tickets: Advance $15 JCC members
and students, $20 non-members; At the door $25 More info: 650.223.8609, paloaltojcc.org
- Sunday, April 29, 1:30pm, Yiddish Sing-Along of songs taught by Adrienne Cooper, with Jill Tallmer, BJE JCL. KlezCalifornia is a co-sponsor. No charge.
- Monday, May 7, 7:30pm, Stories of Jewish Life in the Soviet Shtetl, with Jeffrey Veidlinger. Part of The Clara Sumpf Yiddish Lecture Series, Stanford University Taube Center for Jewish Studies. More info: jewishstudies.stanford.edu
- Tuesday, May 8, 7:30pm, World War II in the Soviet Shtetl: From the Shoah to Victory Day, with Jeffrey Veidlinger. Part of The Clara Sumpf Yiddish Lecture Series, Stanford University Taube Center for Jewish Studies. More info: jewishstudies.stanford.edu
- Thursday, May 17, 7:00pm, Cookie Segelstein will give a presentation about Jews and the violin, at the BJE Jewish Community Library, San Francisco. KlezCalifornia is a co-sponsor. No charge.
- Sunday, May 20, KlezCalifornia Fisik Salon, East Bay.
- Sunday, August 12, Time TBD, afternoon of programs to commemorate the
60th anniversary of the “night of the murdered poets” It will include a
sing along by Jill Tallmer of Yiddish songs from Russia, and Yael Chaver
giving a talk about Yiddish Russian poetry and literature. At the BJE JCL, San Francisco.
KlezCalifornia is a co-sponsor. No charge.
Ongoing Events
In addition to events mentioned in the KlezCalifornia monthly Newsletter and above, many ongoing classes, choruses, bands, and jams invite your participation:
Yiddish Language Literature & Theatre
Yiddish Singing & Choruses
Klezmer Classes & Community Bands
Klezmer Performances & Jams
- Hot Kugel plays hot jazz, cool blues and Yiddish favorites on Saturday evenings, 7:00 - 9:00pm, every week at Zucca Ristorante in Mountain View. More info: 650.864.9940, zuccaristorante.com
Past KlezCalifornia Events
Previous Events
2008 and 2009 Events are described in Newsletters
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2007 San Geronimo Valley Cultural Center
2007 San Francisco Jewish Community Center
2007 Other Events
2006 Palo Alto Jewish Community Center
2005 Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (Berkeley)
2004 San Francisco Jewish Community High
School
2003 San Francisco Jewish Community High
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