Click here to purchase a concert pass, or purchase tickets to. The burning child creates a psychic mapping of vienna through an exploration of its architectural interiors, set against the backdrop of austrias troubled past. Youll find permanent and visiting exhibits, an englishlanguage bookstore, and two performance halls where you can enjoy a yearround schedule of educational programs, concerts, films, and events. Click here to purchase tickets to individual events. Jewish presence in eastern europe, 20042012 will be in the yiddish book centers brechner gallery through october 15, 2017. The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. The festival of new yiddish music was at the centre from july 11 to 15. The festival of new yiddish music has been cancelled due to the covid19 emergency. The festival of new yiddish music will bring to the stage the best in klezmer and new yiddish music, it was announced recently by organizers at the. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. Yidstock 2020 is sponsored by wamc northeast public radio, klezkanada, ashkenaz, and tablet magazine. David pliskin was born in apr 1888 in plissa, poland.
It appeared in the nov 1975 issue of the forward, the leading yiddish newspaper in the u. Yidstock 2017 will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. David mazower is bibliographer and editorial director at the yiddish book center. Yidstock 2017 concert hankus netsky and eden macadamsomer duo yiddish book center friday july 14 clock icon 2. Yidstock festival in amherst to feature new, creative yiddish. As a member of the yiddish book center, you receive. We have just returned from visiting the national yiddish book center in amherst, mass. Irving backman is the founder and leader of the datt group, which develops technology to improve the. Thats the foundation on which the yiddish book center in amherst has built its annual yidstock. Yidstock 2017 is sponsored by wamc northeast public radio and the marinus and minna b. Yidstock concert ezekiels wheels klezmer band, yiddish. The worlds first yiddish museum, the yiddish book center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits.
We publish our englishlanguage magazine, pakn treger, with news from the center and features on yiddish and jewish literature and culture. The centre rescues yiddish and other modern jewish books. We offer a yearround schedule of films, talks, concerts, family programs, and other. The yiddish book center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits. Yiddish book center, yidstock explore western mass. Many yidstock events, including concerts, talks, and workshops, sell out in advance of the festival, so attendees are urged to purchase tickets as soon as possible. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish. In 1997, the yiddish book center moved to its current site in amherst, massachusetts, a 49,000squarefoot complex that echoes the rooflines of an east european shtetl jewish town. Concert socalled sings golden age yiddish hits michael. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to. If you have purchased tickets, we will be in contact with. Klezmer, yiddish music festival in amherst celebrate allthingsklezmer at the 4th annual yidstock. The story of one hundred years of jewish history told through the windows of the green park, a glamorous kosher.
Yidstock concert andy statman trio, presented by yiddish. This july the yiddish book center will bring the top names in klezmer to the stage for yidstock. Frank london klezmer brass all stars with eleanor reissa perform an original yiddish translation of a joni mitchell song live at the yiddish book center s yidstock. Yidstock concert nigunim trio, yiddish book center at. All events take place at the yiddish book center s 49,000 squarefoot.
If you have purchased tickets, we will be in contact with you directly about the. A longtime favorite of yidstock audiences, reissa debuts a new ensemble and new arrangements this year, as she continues to reinvent the art of yiddish cabaret. The 9th annual yidstock takes placerain or shinejuly 912. Seth rogovoy to give virtual presentation on klezmer the. The yidstock 2019 festival taking place at the yiddish book center from thursday, july 11, through sunday, july 14, 2019 will once again feature a global cast of the greatest talents of yiddish and klezmer music, with performances by berlins yiddish folkrockers daniel kahn and the painted bird, israeli vocalist vira lozinsky, and the aviva chernick ensemble. The sarah rose lazarus family concert since its founding in february 1980, when the klezmer conservatory band gave its first concert in brown hall at bostons new england conservatory, the ensembleunder the direction of founder hankus netskyhas been at the forefront of the klezmer revival and renaissance. And now its even easier to save on tickets with great deals on tickets from bostix. Beginning with the center s 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. Tsvey brider dmitri gaskin and anthony mordechai tsvi russell performing at yidstock 2018, yiddish book center amherst, 2018 other summer institute on the holocaust and jewish civilization evanston, illinois, usa. An artistic lineage persistent in spite of diaspora and genocide. Backman memorial concertthe earlytomidtwentieth century in america was a fertile creative era for yiddish. Yidstock features global lineup the rogovoy report.
The festival of new yiddish music, films, and events. The yiddish book center s museum and visitors center is open sunday to. Jun 30, 2014 yidstock 2014 by yiddish book center, neighbor jun 30, 2014 3. Youll find a million yiddish books, permanent and visiting exhibits, an englishlanguage bookstore, and a yearround schedule of educational programs, concerts, lectures, films, and special events, including yidstock. The ninth annual yidstock takes place at the yiddish book center from july 912, 2020. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. Blending instrumental and vocal virtuosity and experimentation with theatricality firmly rooted in klezmer and yiddish tradition, the klezmatics brought the revival of. Yidstock 2018, seth rogovoy, david krakauer, anthony russell, yiddish book center podcast, the shmooze, lisa newman on this episode, we talk with seth rogovoy, yidstock artistic director, about the lineup for yidstock 2018, which will include performances by david krakauer, anthony russell, the heather klein duo, socalled, and sarah aroeste.
Yidstock 2014 will bring klezmer legends and international stars to the stage at the yiddish book center for four days of concerts and musicrelated talks, workshops and other activities. Yidstock 2020 will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. As yiddish music moves forward from a cultural history suppressed by the violence of the holocaust and fragmented by flight from jewish persecution, rogovoy, newman and london note that the mission of both yidstock and the yiddish book center is to reenvision yiddish language and culture and build a vibrant future for both. If you have purchased tickets, we will be in contact with you directly about the cancellation via email. The festival of new yiddish music at the yiddish book center in amherst july 1619. How a mensch from massachusetts saved yiddish literature for generations to come by sue macy. Music event in amherst, ma by yiddish book center on thursday, july 11 2019. Yidstock unveils lineup for this years festival jewish ledger. Yiddish book center amherst, ma brown paper tickets. The decade of discovery is a new initiative of the yiddish book center designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and modern jewish culture. We offer a full calendar of public programs, such as film screening, talks, and concerts, including the annual yidstock. The following article about david pliskin was translated. Its books, its library, its programs invite you to experience a world that has almost disappeared,the world of yiddish culture.
Concert yidstock allstars, with special guest susan. The group has also served as an incubator for the careers of a number of stars of. See the lineup for this years yidstock and order tickets at. Yidstock 2016 will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts.
The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center. Charity navigator rating for national yiddish book center. The festival of new yiddish music has been cancelled due to the. The festival of new yiddish music which has been cancelled this year due to the covid19 pandemic and author of the essential klezmer. Member discounts for educational programs and special events, including our annual yidstock. National yiddish book center inc guidestar profile. We chose this particular time to visit because the event yidstock. The festival of new yiddish music, thu july 14, 2016 sun july 17, 2016. About the yiddish book center yiddish book center store. The yiddish book center has announced the lineup for its 2019 yidstock.
The festival of new yiddish music celebrates the best of klezmer and new yiddish music with a wideranging lineup of concerts that demonstrate the diversity and. The sixth annual yidstock takes placerain or shineat the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, july 16, 2017. Concerts, talks, and workshops are indoors in the airconditioned yiddish book center. Yidstock unveils lineup for this years festival jewish. Come to the yiddish book center and enter a lebedike velt a lively world of jewish culture. Location icon yiddish book center 1021 west street amherst, ma 01002. Invitations to events at the center and around the country.
It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10 consortium. Klezmatics, socalled, merlin and polina shepherd headline. Yiddish book center, 1021 west st, amherst, ma 2020. The helen and jonathan sunshine memorial concert eleanor reissa is a brooklynborn native yiddish speaker whose work on both english and yiddish stages as a director, actor, writer, and singer has earned her a tony award nomination. Dont miss out on what promises to be a great festival of music and related events.
The fund supports a performance at the center s annual yidstock. Concert pass includes admission to all concerts at yidstock 2020. I look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be a great four days of concerts and events. National yiddish book center is rated 3 out of 4 stars by charity navigator. Yidstock festival in amherst to feature new, creative. The festival of new yiddish music celebrates the best of klezmer and new yiddish music with a wideranging lineup of concerts. The bernard and reva broder memorial concert the klezmatics, the internationally acclaimed, grammy awardwinning modern klezmer outfit, was founded in new york city in 1986 and has been performing around the world since then. A subscription to pakn treger, our englishlanguage magazine. A history from colonial times to today by pamela s. Beginning with the centers 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. Four days, seven concerts on this episode, we talk with seth rogovoy, yidstock artistic director, about the lineup for yidstock 2018, which will include performances by david krakauer, anthony russell, the heather klein duo, socalled, and sarah aroesteand those are just a few of the performers who will take to the stage. The annual yidstock takes placerain or shineat the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and p. The center is home to permanent and travelling exhibits, a yiddish book repository, educational programs, and the annual yidstock.
The enhanced artsboston calendar is your goto resource to discover all things arts and culture including whats playing on stages and in concert halls, free festivals, exhibitions, and more. Seth rogovoy is the artistic director of the yiddish book center s annual yidstock. Visit the yiddish book center and enter a lebedike velt, a lively world of jewish culture. The festival of new yiddish music, which will be held thursday, july 11, through sunday, july 14. National yiddish book center is a libraries, historical societies and landmark preservation charity located in amherst, ma. This 45minute tour takes the visitor through the yiddish book centers museum exhibits and allows them to.
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