Metropolitan Klezmer

Monday, December 25

Film Screening & QA: Fishke Der Krumer aka The Light Ahead
with Eve Sicular and Josh Waletsky

Hebrew Union College (1 W 4th St. in Manhattan) and Online via Zoom - Register

Metropolitan Klezmer Trio Special

Fifth Avenue Open Streets: 2pm-3pm betw 52nd & 53rd Streets

Rain or Shine — FREE & Outdoors!

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QUEENS Night Market Performance

7PM-8:00PM Free Outdoor Concert

Location: NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

Klezmer Power trio featuring Eve Sicular on drums, Alex Parke on clarinet and Ilya Shneyveys on accordion.

More details at Queens Night Market

Concert at North Woodmere Park

7PM-8:30PM Free Outdoor Concert - Weather Permitting

Location: 750 Hungry Harbor Rd/Branch Blvd, North Woodmere, Long Island, NY

More details at Nassau Co. Free Events

Yiddish NY "Der Lebediker Yosem" Q&A Session

PM2 Tuesday 12/29/20, 3:15-4:30pm

Location: Streaming On-Demand

Eve Sicular will moderate an online panel discussing the seldom-seen Yiddish film "Der Lebediker Yosem" (The Living Orphan aka Mayn Zundele /My Son) for Yiddish New York 2020: Tuesday 12/29 PM2, 3:15-4:30pm.

This Sholem Secunde /Chaim Tauber musical melodrama directed by Joseph Seiden features half a dozen diverse tunes interspersed with backstage family drama, comic routines, 1939 NYC location shots, and a cast of Yiddish stage veterans (including child star Jerold Rosenberg who grew up to become Jerry Ross, co-creator of Broadway hits "Pajama Game" & "Damn Yankees"").

Screening online now til Dec 30 via yiddishnewyork.com film fest, and panelists Allen Lewis Rickman & Rokhl Kafrissen; Josh Waletzky co-moderates with Eve; and an original cast member joins for a YNY2020 special appearance.

Metropolitan Klezmer (APAP Edition)

METROPOLITAN KLEZMER will be featured in the showcase evening during the annual APAP conference bringing Association for Performing Arts Professionals to NYC.

Location: 85 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009

8:40PM — 8:40PM (20-min set)

Free for APAP badgeholders

Klezmer Brunch Double Bill: Metropolitan Klezmer & Isle of Klezbos (APAP Edition)

Design: Lisa Kelsey

Deluxe concert featuring sets by both METROPOLITAN KLEZMER and the all-gal ISLE of KLEZBOS sextet: Come celebrate Metropolitan Klezmer's first show of our 26th anniversary year! Support the bands at this public show during the annual APAP conference bringing Association for Performing Arts Professionals to NYC.

Location: 44 East 32nd Street, NYC

2PM — 4PM (doors open 1PM)

General admission $20, with a $20 table minimum; full brunch menu & bar; APAP badgeholders enter free, no reservations required.

Metropolitan Klezmer Septet

Location: 111 Valley Rd, Clark NJ

Show: 4PM

A concert to celebrate the life of Arnold Young featuring Neshama Carlebach and Metropolitan Klezmer. (See event flyer)

Tickets are $20 for adults before November 29; $12 for children.
Call 732-381-8403 or buy tickets online

Metropolitan Klezmer Quartet Special

Location: One New York Plaza lobby, Downtown NYC

Show: 12:30PM til 1:30PM

Presented by Arts Brookfield as part of the "Holiday Harmonies" series.

Free!

Metropolitan Klezmer's Jubilation! 25th Anniversary presented in partnership with Village Preservation and the Museum at Eldridge Street.

Now celebrating their 25th year together, Metropolitan Klezmer brings eclectic exuberance to Yiddish musical genres from all over the map. Performing vibrant versions of gems from wedding dance, trance, folk, swing and tango styles, as well as soundtrack material from vintage Yiddish films, this octet re-invents tradition with both irreverence, respect, and joy. This special performance will also feature a rarely heard repertoire including balladry of the Triangle Fire, a Yiddish-rooted Soviet animation score, and a gorgeous range of imaginative original compositions.

Location: 12 Eldridge Street, NY, NY

Show: 7:00 PM — 8:30 PM

Get Online Tickets thru Village Preservation!

Metropolitan Klezmer Quintet Special with Local favorites Loose Canons opener

Location: Sanctuary, 20 Academy Road, Caldwell, NJ 07006

Show: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM

*Free concert with Advance Registration (before November 15) or $20 at the door.

Metropolitan Klezmer in Concert

Location: 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, MD 20874

Show: 7PM — 9PM

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A night of Klezmer music at Rock Hall Museum.

Location: 199 Broadway, Lawrence, LI, NY

Show: 8 — 9:30PM

Free outdoors, sponsored by the Town of Hempstead.

Location: JCC of Atlantic County, Margate City, NJ

Show: 6 — 8:15PM

SOLD OUT

Full octet onstage!

Location: Ridgefield Parks, Ridgefield, CT

Show: 7PM

Free! outdoors

Music in Yiddish Cinema with Isle of Klezbos & Metropolitan Klezmer

We're honored to be part of the 2019 JxJ – a new multicultural arts project that encompasses the Washington Jewish Film Festival and the Washington Jewish Music Festival.

Location: AFI Silver Theatre, Washington, DC

Show: 7:30 PM

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METROPOLITAN KLEZMER
Eleventh Annual Mother's Day Klezmer Brunch
Address: 155 Varick Street, NYC

Featuring:
DEBRA KREISBERG: clarinet & sax
PAM FLEMING: trumpet
MELISSA FOGARTY: vocals
ISMAIL BUTERA: accordion
KAREN WALTUCH: viola
DAVE HOFSTRA: double bass & tuba
EVE SICULAR: drums | bandleader

All-inclusive ticket includes Brunch Buffet & Live Music 11am–2pm
Seatings from 10am, reservations strongly encouraged.
Discount for kids!

General admission $28 (includes unlimited buffet) » GET TICKETS

Kids' ticket just $18 including unlimited brunch buffet! » GET TICKETS

Refuge presented by Blessed Unrest Theater and Teatri Oda of Kosovo

NYC-based Blessed Unrest teams up with Teatri Oda from Kosovo and Metropolitan Klezmer members Debra Kreisberg, Ismail Butera and Eve Sicular perform as the band for this world-premiere play based on real events.

Location: Rose Nagelberg Theatre
55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Show: 7:30PM

Use code RefugeMK for $5 off ticket price April 25 thru May 6 only
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Blessed Unrest Theater Co's Kickstarter video is here & you can contribute to support the "REFUGE" show.

Metropolitan Klezmer concert

Location: Temple Emanu-El, 735 JFK Boulevard, Bayonne, NJ 07002

Show: 2PM

Tickets: $18.00
Reservations (201)436-4499

Klezmer Brunch Double Bill: Metropolitan Klezmer & Isle of Klezbos (APAP Edition)

Deluxe concert featuring sets by both METROPOLITAN KLEZMER and the all-gal ISLE of KLEZBOS sextet: Come celebrate Metropolitan Klezmer's first show of our 25th anniversary year! Support the bands at this public show during the annual APAP conference bringing Association for Performing Arts Professionals to NYC. Full brunch menu & bar available from 10AM on; no minimum order.

Location: at The Loft at City Winery 155 Varick St, NYC 10013

11AM-1PM (doors open 10AM)

General admission $10; kids under 13 & APAP badgeholders enter free

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7th Annual Santa Klez!

Featuring the classic Santa Klez quintet: Debra Kreisberg clarinet/sax; Rachelle Garniez accordion/piano & vocal; Dave Hofstra upright bass; Karen Waltuch viola; Eve Sicular drums/bandleader.

Come for dinner (Christmas Menu), or just for drinks and a chance to bid adieu to beloved Cornelia Street Cafe, which has graced NYC's West Village since 1977.

Location: 29 Cornelia Street, NYC

Two Shows: 3PM and 5PM

Reservations: 212-989-9319