Hosted by Rebecca Mac & Mattias Kaufmann, members of the Boston based Klezmer ensemble; Mamaliga. 4:00 PM: WORKSHOP We’ll learn a tune together, slowly by ear. If you don’t know a lot of tunes, or you’re looking to add to your repertoire, this is a great opportunity for the Klez-pros and amateurs alike to learn […]
In-Person & Zoom: BackRoom Boston & The Boston Festival of New Jewish Music Presents: Shterna and the Lost Voice, a new Yiddish folktale Join us! – for Shterna and the Lost Voice: a musical crankie storytelling adventure! This new folktale by A. C. Weaver is inspired by mythical stories of Elyahu Hanovi and traditional Yiddish […]
MEET THE REAL KING DAVID: “Moses has the Ten Commandments, it’s true, but I’ve got much better lines. I’ve got the poetry & passage, savage violence & the plain raw civilizing grief of human heartbreak.” - says King David in Joseph Heller’s novel, GOD KNOWS. What makes the Biblical David narratives so compelling? David get’s […]