(ALBANY, N.Y.) – Violinist Alicia Svigals, the world’s foremost klezmer fiddler and a founder of the Klezmatics, will present a program of ecstatic Jewish melodies at the UAlbany Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 7:30pm. Svigals will be accompanied by Patrick Farrell on accordion and Brian Glassman on…
(AMHERST, Mass.) – The Yiddish Book Center will host its 7th Annual Paper Bridge Arts Festival on July 10-14, 2011. This five-day festival includes concerts, theater, workshops, author lectures, and Yiddish film. Tours of the Yiddish Book Center’s repository will be offered Sunday at 12:30 and Monday – Thursday at 1:30. Special exhibits on view…
ADRIENNE COOPER AND FRIENDS YIDDISH BOOK CENTER SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011 Review and Photos by Seth Rogovoy (AMHERST, Mass.) – Vocalist Adrienne Cooper performed an eclectic cabaret of Yiddish and Yiddish-inspired songs on Sunday, drawing from the deep well of Old World and New World influences that keep the music alive and speak deeply to…
