Yidstock 2020: The Festival of New Yiddish MusicAmherst, MA
 YIDSTOCK 2020 will bring the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the stage at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. Don't miss out on what promises to be a great festival of music and related events! PLEASE NOTE: Tickets can be purchased to individual events as listed below. |
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Yidstock 2020: The Festival of New Yiddish Music - Concert Passes
July 09, 2020 11:00 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 brings the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the stage at the Yiddish Book Center. Concert Pass allows access to all concerts at YIDSTOCK 2020. Tickets may be purchased to individual events. |
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TALK | The New Yiddish Textbook, with Asya Vaisman Schulman
July 09, 2020 12:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | In a lively presentation, Asya Vaisman Schulman will share whats inside the new Yiddish textbook--from its contemporary design, full-color art and illustrations, and recurring characters that reflect the diversity of Yiddish speakers today, to its communicative approach. |
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TALK | The Essential Klezmer, with Seth Rogovoy
July 09, 2020 2:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Seth Rogovoy, Yidstock's artistic director takes the audience on a multimedia journey through klezmer, from Old World shtetls to New World stages. |
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TALK | The KCB at 40: A View from the Trenches, with Hankus Netsky
July 09, 2020 4:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Hankus Netsky, the band's founder and director, will share the remarkable story of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, the most enduring ensemble to come out of the klezmer resurgence. |
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CONCERT | The Klezmer Conservatory Band
July 09, 2020 8:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | The Sarah Rose Lazarus Family Concert | The Klezmer Conservatory Band has been at the forefront of the klezmer revival and renaissance. With a current lineup of band veterans mixed with more recent additions, the KCB will offer a trip down memory lane, with songs from all aspects of the groups amazing career. |
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TALK | The Yiddish and Klezmer Music Renaissance: Global Success and Jewish Ambivalence, with Hankus Netsky
July 10, 2020 11:00 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Despite its success on the world stage, klezmer and Yiddish musical genres have had very little impact within the fields of Jewish education and Jewish studies. In this lecture, Yiddish music scholar Hankus Netsky will explore the reasons why and consider possible paths forward. |
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WORKSHOP | Sing in Shabbos: Welcoming the Beloved with Song, with Aviva Chernick
July 10, 2020 11:00 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Award-winning Canadian musician, prayer leader, and vocalist Aviva Chernick will guide participants through song and poetry, warming up the spirit for the coming of Shabbos. |
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WORKSHOP | Yiddish Dance 101: How to Dance to Klezmer Music, with Steve Weintraub and Lauren Brody
July 10, 2020 11:00 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | World-renowned dance instructor Steve Weintraub offers an overview of the Yiddish style of dance. |
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WORKSHOP | Yiddish Choir, with Polina Shepherd
July 10, 2020 12:45 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Polina Shepherd's choir work covers many aspects of vocal music, from solo voice to highly arranged and conducted choir pieces. In her two Yidstock workshops this weekend, Polina will endeavor to get participants to learn a few choral arrangements. |
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TALK | A Conversation with Michael Winograd
July 10, 2020 1:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Michael Winograd has recently emerged as a leader of a new generation of klezmer--as a clarinetist, bandleader, recording artist, and festival curator. Michael explores his creative process in conversation with Seth Rogovoy. |
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CONCERT | Eleanor Reissa Ensemble
July 10, 2020 2:30 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | The Helen and Jonathan Sunshine Memorial Concert | A longtime favorite of Yidstock audiences, Eleanor Reissa debuts a new ensemble and new arrangements this year, as she continues to reinvent the art of Yiddish cabaret. |
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TALK | A Conversation with Socalled
July 10, 2020 4:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | The foremost practitioner of klezmer hip-hop, Socalled has worked in a myriad of styles on his own and with artists. Socalled explores his creative process in conversation with Seth Rogovoy. |
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CONCERT | Aviva Chernick Ensemble
July 10, 2020 5:30 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Best known as a Ladino singer, Aviva Chernick has begun incorporating Yiddish song into her repertoire. Aviva has put together a special repertoire for this pre-Shabbos concert, which also draws on her training in the cantorial arts and as a meditation teacher. |
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WORKSHOP | Build-a-Sher Yiddish Dance, with Steve Weintraub and Lauren Brody
July 11, 2020 10:00 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | World-famous dance instructor Steve Weintraub explores the iconic Jewish square dance, the sher, with participants creating their own Yidstock sher. |
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WORKSHOP | Yiddish Choir, with Polina Shepherd
July 11, 2020 10:00 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Polina Shepherd's choir work covers many aspects of vocal music, from solo voice to highly arranged and conducted choir pieces. In her two Yidstock workshops this weekend, Polina will endeavor to get participants to learn a few choral arrangements. |
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TALK | So Cool, So Jewish: The Bronx Salon of Yiddish Poet Bertha Kling, with David Mazower
July 11, 2020 11:00 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | As hip as Greenwich Village, cheaper than the Café Royal, and more heymish than either, Bertha Kling and her husband's apartment was the place to hear the latest Yiddish literary gossip or news from Paris, Warsaw, Moscow, or Hollywood. In this illustrated talk, David Mazower uses rare family archives to explore this unique group of Bronx bohemians. |
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READING | The Last Survivor, with Eleanor Reissa
July 11, 2020 1:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Eleanor Reissa is a Tony Award-nominated director, international concert artist, award-winning playwright, and Broadway actor. Eleanor will read a selection from her play 'The Last Survivor,' followed by a conversation with Seth Rogovoy and an audience Q&A. |
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WORKSHOP | Instrumental Klezmer, with Brian Bender
July 11, 2020 1:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | An instrumental workshop for aspiring klezmer musicians, taught by trombonist/keyboardist Brian Bender of the Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble, Little Shop of Horas, and the Wholesale Klezmer Band. |
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TALK | A Conversation with Polina and Merlin Shepherd
July 11, 2020 3:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | When they perform together, husband-and-wife duo Polina and Merlin Shepherd bring an enormous wealth of different experiences and entirely different backgrounds to the stage. The two will explore their creative process integrating various influences in conversation with Seth Rogovoy. |
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CONCERT | Socalled Sings Golden Age Yiddish Hits / Michael Winograd Plays TANZ!
July 11, 2020 8:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | The Joan A. Backman Memorial Concert | The early-to-mid-twentieth century in America was a fertile creative era for Yiddish music and klezmer. This concert by two of the twenty-first century's most forward-looking young visionaries looks back to that era for repertoire and inspiration. |
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FILMS | Wexler Oral History Project Presents...
July 12, 2020 10:30 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | The Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project is a growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience. These short films draw from longer oral history interviews. |
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WORKSHOP | Lomir Zingen! Yiddish Song Workshop, with Asya Vaisman Schulman
July 12, 2020 10:30 AM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | At this workshop, participants will learn to sing Yiddish songs old and new, including some of the songs being performed throughout the festival. No prior knowledge of Yiddish necessary. |
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CONCERT | Polina and Merlin Shepherd
July 12, 2020 12:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Merlin Shepherd's influence permeates the younger generations of klezmer players. Polina Shepherd's singing, though based on traditional forms, cuts a unique sound deeply rooted in East European folklore. Now, the husband-and-wife duo play a blend of new and old compositions reflecting their unique backgrounds and influences. |
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TALK | A Conversation with Aviva Chernick
July 12, 2020 1:30 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | Aviva Chernick explores her journey and her newfound interest in Yiddish in conversation with Seth Rogovoy. |
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CONCERT | Yidstock All-Stars, with special guest Susan Hoffman Watts
July 12, 2020 3:00 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | With so much incredible talent in one place at one time, we have asked Frank London to put together a unique band drawn from this year's festival artists for this once-in-a-lifetime concert and jam session. |
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TALK | Marking the Fortieth Anniversary and Mapping the Future, with Aaron Lansky and Susan Bronson
July 12, 2020 4:30 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | It's hard to believe how far the Yiddish Book Center has come in forty years. Yiddish Book Center founder and president Aaron Lansky and executive director Susan Bronson reflect on the Center's storied history and look to the future. |
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CONCERT | The Klezmatics
July 12, 2020 7:30 PM
YIDSTOCK 2020 | The Bernard and Reva Broder Memorial Concert | Blending instrumental and vocal virtuosity and experimentation with theatricality firmly rooted in klezmer and Yiddish tradition, the Klezmatics brought the revival of klezmer into the rock era. |
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July 14, 2019 7:30 PM |
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TALK | A Conversation with Aaron...
July 14, 2019 4:30 PM |
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CONCERT | Cantar i Zingen: Aviva...
July 14, 2019 3:00 PM |
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TALK | A Conversation with Eleano...
July 14, 2019 1:30 PM |
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CONCERT | Lid un balade: Daniel K...
July 14, 2019 12:00 PM |
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FILM | "BEYLE: The Artist and Her...
July 14, 2019 10:30 AM |
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WORKSHOP | Lomir Zingen! Yiddish...
July 14, 2019 10:30 AM |
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SOLD OUT | Eleanor Reissa & F...
July 13, 2019 8:00 PM |
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TALK | A Conversation with Aviva...
July 13, 2019 3:00 PM |
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TALK | A Conversation with Daniel...
July 13, 2019 1:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Instrumental Klezmer,...
July 13, 2019 1:00 PM |
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TALK | The Lodz Masterpieces: Thr...
July 13, 2019 11:00 AM |
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SOLD OUT | Build-a-Sher Yiddish D...
July 13, 2019 10:00 AM |
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TALK | A Conversation with Vira L...
July 12, 2019 4:00 PM |
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CONCERT | An Afternoon of Yiddish...
July 12, 2019 2:30 PM |
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TALK | A Conversation with Frank...
July 12, 2019 1:00 PM |
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SOLD OUT | Yiddish Dance 101: How...
July 12, 2019 11:00 AM |
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TALK | A Conversation with Socalled
July 12, 2019 11:00 AM |
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WORKSHOP | Sing in Shabbos: Welco...
July 12, 2019 11:00 AM |
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SOLD OUT | Daniel Kahn & the...
July 11, 2019 8:00 PM |
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CLASS | "Lernt zikh yidish!" Intr...
July 11, 2019 5:30 PM |
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TALK | Yiddish Folk Song: The Cla...
July 11, 2019 4:00 PM |
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TALK | The Essential Klezmer, wit...
July 11, 2019 2:00 PM |
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FILM | "Ver Vet Blaybn?" "Who Wil...
July 11, 2019 12:00 PM |
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Yidstock 2019: The Festival of Ne...
July 11, 2019 11:00 AM |
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CONCERT | Socalled String Quartet
July 15, 2018 7:30 PM |
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SOLD OUT | Full Steam Ahead! with...
July 15, 2018 4:30 PM |
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CONCERT | Yiddish Meets Ladino, w...
July 15, 2018 3:00 PM |
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TALK | The View from Toronto, wit...
July 15, 2018 1:30 PM |
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CONCERT | Beyond the Pale, with s...
July 15, 2018 12:00 PM |
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SOLD OUT | Yiddish Songs, with As...
July 15, 2018 10:30 AM |
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SOLD OUT | David Krakauer's Klezm...
July 14, 2018 8:00 PM |
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SOLD OUT | A Cross-Cultural Conve...
July 14, 2018 3:00 PM |
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SOLD OUT | A Journey to LadinoLan...
July 14, 2018 1:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Instrumental Klezmer,...
July 14, 2018 1:00 PM |
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SOLD OUT - WORKSHOP | Build-a-She...
July 14, 2018 10:00 AM |
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CONCERT | Tsvey Brider, featuring...
July 13, 2018 5:30 PM |
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TALK | Socalled: Ghettoblasting T...
July 13, 2018 4:15 PM |
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CONCERT | Heather Klein & Jos...
July 13, 2018 2:30 PM |
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TALK | A Conversation with David...
July 13, 2018 1:00 PM |
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SOLD OUT - WORKSHOP | Yiddish Dan...
July 13, 2018 11:00 AM |
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TALK | Exploring Yiddish Art Musi...
July 13, 2018 11:00 AM |
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SOLD OUT | David Krakauer's Acous...
July 12, 2018 8:00 PM |
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TALK | Exploring Yiddish Theater...
July 12, 2018 4:00 PM |
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TALK | The Essential Klezmer, wit...
July 12, 2018 2:00 PM |
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Yidstock 2018: The Festival of Ne...
July 12, 2018 1:00 PM |
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CONCERT | Andy Statman Trio - SOL...
July 16, 2017 7:30 PM |
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TALK | The Mysteries of Klezmer V...
July 16, 2017 4:30 PM |
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CONCERT | Alicia Svigals and Laur...
July 16, 2017 3:00 PM |
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TALK | Springboard: How a Millio...
July 16, 2017 1:30 PM |
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CONCERT | Ezekiel's Wheels Klezme...
July 16, 2017 12:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Yiddish Songs, with As...
July 16, 2017 10:30 AM |
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FOLK ORATORIO | Frank London's "A...
July 15, 2017 8:00 PM |
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TALK | A Love Letter to the Yiddi...
July 15, 2017 3:00 PM |
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TALK | Rockin' the Shtetl, with S...
July 15, 2017 1:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Instrumental Klezmer,...
July 15, 2017 1:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Build-a-Sher Yiddish D...
July 15, 2017 10:00 AM |
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CONCERT | Hankus Netsky and Eden...
July 14, 2017 2:30 PM |
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TALK | Eleanor Reissa: "The Last...
July 14, 2017 1:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Nigunim, with Hankus N...
July 14, 2017 11:00 AM |
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WORKSHOP | Yiddish Dance 101, SOL...
July 14, 2017 11:00 AM |
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CONCERT | Eleanor Reissa & Fr...
July 13, 2017 8:00 PM |
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TALK | The Music of the Hassidim,...
July 13, 2017 4:00 PM |
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TALK | The Essential Klezmer, wit...
July 13, 2017 2:00 PM |
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Yidstock 2017: The Festival of Ne...
July 13, 2017 1:00 PM |
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CONCERT | Yidstock All-Stars in a...
July 17, 2016 7:30 PM |
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TALK I What To Do with What We've...
July 17, 2016 4:45 PM |
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CONCERT | Frank London-Merlin She...
July 17, 2016 3:00 PM |
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TALK | Inside the YIVO Sound Arch...
July 17, 2016 1:45 PM |
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CONCERT | Paul Shapiro's Ribs &am...
July 17, 2016 12:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Lomir Zingen! Yiddish...
July 17, 2016 10:00 AM |
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CONCERT | The Klezmatics Thirtiet...
July 16, 2016 8:00 PM |
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PANEL DISCUSSION | Lauren Brody,...
July 16, 2016 2:30 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Instrumental Klezmer,...
July 16, 2016 1:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Build-a-Sher Yiddish D...
July 16, 2016 12:30 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Choral Workshop, with...
July 16, 2016 11:30 AM |
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CONCERT | Sklamberg & the She...
July 15, 2016 5:30 PM |
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CONCERT | The Eleanor Reissa Trio
July 15, 2016 2:30 PM |
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TALK | Rockin' the Shtetl: From t...
July 15, 2016 1:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Nigunim, with Lorin Sk...
July 15, 2016 1:00 PM |
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TALK | Klezmer in Jewish Philadel...
July 15, 2016 11:00 AM |
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WORKSHOP | Yiddish Dance 101: How...
July 15, 2016 11:00 AM |
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CONCERT | The Klezmer Conservator...
July 14, 2016 8:00 PM |
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WORKSHOP | Choral Workshop, with...
July 14, 2016 3:00 PM |
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TALK | The Essential Klezmer, wit...
July 14, 2016 1:00 PM |
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Yidstock 2016: The Festival of Ne...
July 14, 2016 12:00 PM |
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