Fwd: jewish music festival, berkeley, CA

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 22:47:54 -0800
>From: eshapiro <eleanors (at) igc(dot)org>
>
>January 8, 1999                   Eleanor Shapiro, (510) 559-8161
>Berkeley, California
>
>
>14th Annual Jewish Music Festival 
>March 7-14, 1999
>
>The Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center presents the 14th Annual
>Jewish Music Festival, March 7-14, at various locations in the East Bay
>(a complete schedule follows). Highlights of the Festival include: an
>evening of cabaret songs from Polish and Lithuanian ghetto theaters
>during the Holocaust with famed Yiddish music specialist Zalmen Mlotek
>and acclaimed singer Adrienne Cooper; world reknown Rabbi/Cantor Haim
>Louk presents a musical tapestry from Morocco; a double-bill of  "Jewish
>music on the edge" with the jazz-fusion of John Schott & Company and the
>a capella harmonies and hard rock beat of Charming Hostess. Other events
>include: Judeo/Spanish Love Songs, Music of the Fertile Crescent, and
>the art of Klezmer Doina with Finif, Stuart Brotman's new string
>ensemble. For tickets and information call the BRJCC at (510) 848-0237.
>
>Calendar of Events
>
>Ghetto Tango starring Zalman Mlotek and Adrienne Cooper from NYC,
>Sunday, March 7, 7:30 pm, St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College
>Ave., Berkeley, $15-18
>
>Jewish Music on the Edge: John Schott & Co. & Charming Hostess, Monday,
>March 8, 8:00 pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 1111 Addison Ave.,
>Berkeley, $12-14
>
>3000 Years of Jewish Music: a Lecture-Recital with Laurette Goldberg
>assisted by pianist Nolan Gasser & singers Rachel Brott and Sylvie
>Braitman, Tuesday, March 9, 
>8:00 pm, BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley, $10-12
>
>Music of the Fertile Crescent with Shira Kammen & Company, Wednesday,
>March 10, 8:00 pm, BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley, $12-14
>
>"The Bride Unfastens Her Braids, the Groom Faints", a Concert of
>Judeo-Spanish Love Songs with composer Eitan Steinberg and vocalist Etty
>Ben-Zaken, Thursday, March 11, 8:00 pm, BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St.,
>Berkeley, $12-14
>
>Shir HaShirim  (Song of Songs), a Kabbalat Shabbat Service, Friday,
>March 12, 
>7:30 pm, BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley
>
>Moroccan born Rabbi-Cantor Haim Louk presents a Musical Tapestry of
>Morocco, Sunday, March 14, 3:00 pm, International House, 2299 Piedmont
>Ave., Berkeley, $14-16
>
>Finif, The Art of Klezmer Doina, Festive finale. Sunday, March 14, 7:30
>pm, BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley, $12-14
>

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