Essential Klezmer/California Klezmer join forces in San Mateo this Saturday, Jan. 27

[Seth Rogovoy <rogovoy...>]

It's an all-klezmer weekend at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo,
Calif.,
featuring "Essential Klezmer" author Seth Rogovoy on Friday and Saturday
nights,
and culminating in a FREE blowout performance by California Klezmer,
featuring renowned singer/musician Gerry Tenney along with several former
members
of pioneering revival band The Klezmorim.

The schedule and details are as follows:

**Friday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m.**
Erev Shabbat Service with guest speaker
Seth Rogovoy (Ida Michaels Scholar-in-Residence)
--"Rockin' the Shtetl: the New Generation"--
Rogovoy reflects personally on the power of klezmer and the reasons why this
ancient music
has captured the ears, the hearts and the imagination of a new generation of
musicians and listeners.

**Saturday, Jan. 27, 6:30 pm., free event**
Sixth Annual Library Gala (Jerry Grotsky Music Fund presents)
--"Rockin' the Shtetl: The Essential Klezmer"--
6:30 pm: Seth Rogovoy's multi-media journey through the history and
evolution of
klezmer from Old World shtetls to New World concert stages and nightclubs
7:30pm: Food
8:30 pm: Dance concert by California Klezmer

Peninsula Temple Beth El
1700 Alameda de las Pulgas
San Mateo, Calif.
(650) 341-7701
www.templebethel.org

Seth Rogovoy
author of "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and
Soul"
http://www.algonquin.com/catalog/pagemaker.cgi?1-56512-244-5
"indispensable" -- George Robinson, Jewish Week
"invaluable" -- Allan Kozinn, New York Times

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