Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird at Lincoln Center, Sunday at 1
Did you know the Yiddish Pogues were in New York City? I didn't, either. Sunday at 1 pm Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird will be playing at Lincoln Center in a rare (and free) NYC appearance. Highly recommended.
If you can't make it on Sunday, Kahn and the Painted Bird will be playing at the Living Room on Ludlow, Thursday the 16th at 10 pm.
Memorial for the Murdered Yiddish Poets, Sunday at 3
And then at 3 (on Sunday) is the annual Memorial for the Murdered Yiddish Poets. From the Congress for Jewish Culture:
On August 12th, 1952, Stalin's regime executed, among other members of the Jewish Antifascist Committee, five Yiddish writers whose achievements represent some of the high points of 20th century literature: Dovid Bergelson, Itzik Fefer, Dovid Hofshteyn, Leyb Kvitko, and Moyshe Kulbak.
This Sunday, August 12th, 2012 at 3 PM, the Congress for Jewish Culture together with CYCO Yiddish Books, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the Jewish Labor Committee and the Workmen's Circle will be holding a memorial
to remember those and other Yiddish writers who suffered repression in the Soviet Union.
The event is free and open to the public, one need only register in advance at the following link: http://yivo.org/events_signups.php
It will take place at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) in Manhattan.
The program is in Yiddish and English. Professor Thomas Bird of Queens College will chair, with the participation of Boris Sandler, editor of the Forverts; Paul Glasser of the YIVO; Hy Wolfe of CYCO Yiddish Books will recite and sing poetry by the writers; Paula Teitelbaum, the folksinger, will sing two songs by Moyshe Kulbak (executed in 1937) and read poems by other writers; and the program will also feature two new short films using poems by Perets Markish as the soundtrack, one by neon animator Jack Feldstein and one by Paul Fischer.
Come, help us remember!
New Staged Reading of the Dybbuk, Wednesday, August 15th, 7 pm
The Dybbuk Revival of 2012 continues apace with a new staged reading (with music) of Sh. An-Sky's The Dybbuk. This new Dybbuk is the brainchild of Shane Baker and Benjy Fox-Rosen, two of my favorite young Yiddish artists.
Potluck orem-moltsayt (seriously, bring a dish fit for a rich man's daughter's wedding). We present to you a staged reading of selections from The Dybbuk, by Shane Bertram Baker and Benjamin Haim Fox-Rosen with S. Z. Rapoport. Music combobulated by Benjamin Haim Fox-Rosen. Free and open to the public. RSVP requested. Limited seating. Dress your Sabbath best. |
at The St. James Building, 1133 Broadway, Suite 245 southwest corner of 26th Street and Broadway
And the Dybbuk's Dybbuk
Finally, a little Hasidic foygel reminded me that you can watch the original Yiddish Dybbuk on-line. Enjoy!
For all those contemplating hot-topic pseudo-journalistic books on dybbukim, this just in from a friend:
ReplyDeleteMaybe this is of interest and maybe it isn’t, but I have a dybbuk-related pop culture reference for you. In the episode “Drool, the Dog-faced Goblin” of the “Real Ghostbusters” cartoon, the Ghostbusters are dealing with a mysterious, shape-shifting entity. While waiting for the ghostie to turn up again, they speculate as to what form it will take. After running through a short list of possibles, this exchange takes place:
EGON: …or maybe even a dybbuk.
PETER: What’s a dybbuk?
EGON: Better you shouldn’t know.
Aaaaand that’s pretty much it. The episode is also notable for shoe-horning in some hominy grits so that Ray can say, a la Chico Marx, “Okay boss, I’ll-a bite…hominy grits a’ you think-a we see?”