Re: VCR Alert: Klezmer on PBS-TV this weekend

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

I went to the site that Seth mentioned:

http://www.thirteen.org/religionandethics/index.html

and found this article:  Way to go!

May 11, 2001
                            Orthodox Jews Name First
                            Woman to Serve as
                            Religious Mentor

BTW, this show can be seen at 11am on Sundays in Cleveland.  You can find
your own area at the URL.

Lorele


Bert Stratton wrote:

> And I lament the time, about a month ago, when I tuned into a weekend
> morning TV news show to watch five minutes of Krakauer, and he was
> preempted by the local station announcing "places to go today."   This,
> after I had monitored the news show for two hours, waiting for the klez
> chunk. I did, howevever, get to hear three seconds of klez while a blimp
> hovered over a NYC park. Then cut.
>
> My new rule: 15 minutes of klez, minimum, or forget it.
>
> -Bert Stratton
>
> At 10:13 AM 5/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Seth,
> >
> >Thanks so much for the alert.  I really appreciate it when we keep
> >each other posted of Jewish music events.  I still lament missing the
> >Isa Kremer documentary.
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Seth Rogovoy <rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:02 AM
> >Subject: VCR Alert: Klezmer on PBS-TV this weekend
> >
> >
> >>It is my understanding that on this weekend's edition of the PBS-TV
> >show
> >>"Religion and Ethics Newsweekly" there will be a five-minute segment
> >about
> >>klezmer, including interviews with and live footage of the
> >Klezmatics, David
> >>Krakauer (playing solo at the Eldridge Street Synagogue) and Hankus
> >Netsky
> >>and the KCB, featuring Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss.
> >>
> >>The show typically airs some time over the weekend.
> >>
> >>In New York is scheduled for Channel 13 at 10:30 am Saturday May 19.
> >>
> >>Boston WGBH, Saturday, May 19, 6:30 am.
> >>
> >>Chicago WTTW   Sunday   11:30 AM and/or WYCC   Sunday   9:00 PM
> >>
> >>The show has a website where it is very easy to find out when it airs
> >on
> >>your particular PBS station.
> >>http://www.thirteen.org/religionandethics/index.html
> >>
> >>I confess (somewhat hesitantly, since I had no control over the
> >finished
> >>product) to having consulted with the producers of this segment.
> >>
> >>Alas, I don't have cable, so I won't be able to watch. Let me know
> >how it
> >>goes down.
> >>
> >>____________
> >>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
> >>?THE BEST INTRODUCTION TO KLEZMER MUSIC ?. Seth Rogovoy knows how to
> >write
> >>about music in a fluent and easily understandable way ?. The best
> >starting
> >>point for anybody interested in klezmer.? --- Louis Gerber,
> >>www.cosmopolis.ch.
> >>
> >>----------------------
> >jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org ---------------------+
> >>