real klezmer, real cheap (August specials!)

[SICULAR <SICULAR...>]

METROPOLITAN KLEZMER performs
Liberty NY 8/8, downtown NYC 8/22!
and a new book to look out for too...
but first, a word from the Isle of Roosevelt:

reminder ~~ ISLE OF KLEZBOS
~~~  Wed, Aug 7
Roosevelt Island Esplanade stage, NYC
6pm - 7:30pm
FREE!  www.rioc.com (incl driving directions)
F-train to Roos Is; OR Manhattan 59th St tram 
beautiful outdoor riverfront setting
across from the subway station
just in time for the lovely cooler weather

Metropolitan Klezmer
Thur, Aug 8** [NYC reading tonight too, see below!]
Liberty NY 
Lapolt Park, North Main St
(across from Town Hall)
7pm TRIO show, 
FREE! & outdoors... forecast still great
Sullivan Performing Arts/sponsor
Up Route 17 [= I-86], to Exit 100
heart of the old Catskills Borscht Belt; 
great new things popping up here too.

Metropolitan Klezmer
Thur, Aug 22
CB's Gallery NYC
313 Bowery @Bleecker St
8pm - just $5!
workshop previews of new tunes
(w/ye olde band favorites too)
one set only
212-677-0455

and yes, 
West Coast fans!!
Isle of Klezbos all-female sextet
will be there soon too (not so cheap
but not so pricey either):
 
Vancouver BC 
Thur 8/29
Norman Rothstein JCC Theatre
8pm Klezbos - 2 sets
www.soundsandfuries.com
&
Bumbershoot festival,
Seattle WA
Sat 8/31
Rhythm Stage
415-5:45pm - one set
www.onereel.org

More details soon or visit
www.metropolitanklezmer.com
for full info now!

Also:
**if you're in NYC on August 8th
(while MetroKlezmer trio plays in Liberty) 
maybe you'd want to check out
the reading at Barnes & Noble 
in Chelsea, Sixth Ave & 21st St
launching the QUEER JEWS anthology
from Routledge Press
including a chapter on
"Outing the Archives:
>From the Celluloid Closet
to the Isle of Klezbos"
by Eve Sicular - yes, our drummer
& bandleader - the very same

Happy summer ... stay cool!

Metropolitan Klezmer & Isle of Klezbos
~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v~v
151 First Avenue #145
New York, NY  10003  USA
tel:  212-475-4544
fax:  212-677-6304
sicular (at) aol(dot)com
www.metropolitanklezmer.com

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