Cultural festival and Concert for Boston Workmen's Circle/Arbetering 100th year

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WORKMEN¹S CIRCLE MARKS 100TH ANNIVERSARY WITH CULTURE FESTIVAL


WHAT:   From the Lower East Side to Blue Hill Avenue: Cultural 
Festival and Concert
WHERE:  Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington Street, Newton
WHEN:   Sunday, April 29th, 2-5pm
ADMISSION:      $15; children under 13, $5
SPONSOR:        The Workmen¹s Circle, celebrating its 100th Anniversary
(non-profit #042-347-902)
FOR INFO:       617-566-6281


On Sunday, April 29th, from 2-5pm The Workmen¹s Circle Boston 
District celebrates 100 years dedicated to Yiddishkayt and social 
justice with a cultural festival and concert, ³From the Lower East 
Side to Blue Hill Avenue.² Experience the sights, sounds and smells 
of Jewish immigrant America as you stroll through this re-creation of 
an old Boston Jewish neighborhood.  Pick up a nosh at the local deli. 
Take a seat at the children¹s Shule and learn a bit of Yiddish.  Cast 
your ballot in the garment workers union vote.  The interactive 
festival will feature photo exhibits, children¹s craft activities, 
live klezmer music and dancing.  Activities for all generations are 
ongoing from 2-4pm.

During the early part of the afternoon, the Wholesale Klezmer Band 
invites you to come "behind the scenes" at a traditional Yiddish 
wedding.  Most people have been to the khupe -- the part of the 
ceremony that occurs under the wedding canopy.  But we invite you to 
experience some of what leads up to that moment:  the khosns tish 
(groom's table), the wit and wisdom of the badkhn (master of 
ceremonies), the veiling of the bride, and the festive procession to 
the khupe.

The culmination of the celebration will be the anniversary concert at 
4pm, featuring A Besere Velt, the 70-member Yiddish Community Chorus 
of the Workmen¹s Circle, and the Wholesale Klezmer Band.  Stories of 
Jewish immigrant life in America are woven together with Yiddish folk 
music to describe the generations that forged 100 years of the 
Workmen¹s Circle.

Interviews available with three generations of Workmen¹s Circle 
activists.  Vintage photographs of local members, buildings and 
neighborhoods available, as well as photographs of current activities.


Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

Yosl (Joe) Kurland
The Wholesale Klezmer Band
Colrain, MA 01340
voice/fax: 413-624-3204
http://www.WholesaleKlezmer.com
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