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Monday, August 25
Tuesday, August 26
Wednesday, August 27
Thursday, August 28
Friday, August 29
Saturday, August 30
Sunday, August 31
Monday, September 1
- Dancing with the Leviathan
Harbourfront Centre, August 25 - October 13
Lonsdale Gallery, 333 Lonsdale Rd. August 14 - September 7
- N.B. While Ashkenaz runs August 25 - September 1, Dancing with the Leviathan spans offsite at the Lonsdale Gallery where it runs August 14 - Sept. 7. At Harbourfront Centre spaces, it opens August 25 and extends to October 13.
- Featuring the work of 38 established and emerging visual artists, Dancing with the Leviathan is organized for both Harbourfront Centre (indoor and outdoor installations and exhibitions) and the Lonsdale Gallery. Pieces range from a reworking of biblical texts, shtetl and immigrant imagery to personal statements on the Holocaust and issues of cultural identity. The largest exhibit of its kind to be held in Toronto.
The Lonsdale Gallery portion of the exhibition opens slightly before the Festival and runs from August 14 - September 7. In general, the Harbourfront portion of the exhibition runs past the Festival to October 13:
The Lonsdale Gallery, 333 Lonsdale Road, will feature the works of 22 artists, opening two weeks prior to the Festival: August 14 - September 7. Information: 416-487-8939
Artists: Isaac Applebaum, Yael Brotman, Jonathon Brownz, Marjorie Cohen, Mira Coviensky, Jackie Cytrynbaum, Lorne Fromer, Michael Gerry, Oliver Girling, Sybil Goldstein, Gunilla Josephson, Alex Neumann, Nadine Norman, Howard Podeswa, Thelma Rosner, Natalie Ross, Helena Scheffer, Lorne Wagman, Al Winn, Harvey Yalonetsky, Shirley Yanover
These solo installations at Harbourfront Centre run August 25 - September 1:
- Community Gallery: Mayer Kirshenblatt
Premiere Dance Theatre: Candida Girling
Four commissioned site specific installations on the Harbourfront grounds, opening August 25:
- Pond: Eldon Garnet, Rochelle Rubenstein/Lanny Shereck
Bridge: Cyril Reade
Breakwater: David Miller
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- John Zorn's Bar Kochba (New York City)
part of the du Maurier Theatre Centre Series
8pm & 10pm (also August 26, 8pm & 10pm)
Tickets: $18, call (416) 973-4000
- Phenomenal jazzman and saxophonist John Zorn leads a show-stopping sextet through the Masada cycle of compositions. With some of New York's hottest musicians: Joey Baron, drums; Cyro Battista, percussion; Greg Cohen, bass; Mark Feldman, violin; Erik Friedlander, cellist; and Mark Ribot, guitar. Zorn's only Canadian dates this year.
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- Overture To Glory--Film
Studio Theatre
8:00pm
FREE
- The great cantor Moishe Oysher outdoes the vocals of Al Jolson in this
Yiddish language Jazz Singer. This film is "one of the major events of the
Jewish cinema..." -- New York Post. Directed by Max Nossek, 1940.
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- The Dybbuk by S. Ansky, adapted by Teatr Wierszalin (Poland)
North American Premiere
Premiere Dance Theatre
8:30pm (also August 26, 27 and 28 at 8:30pm)
Tickets: $25 & $18 (Discounts for seniors, students, groups), call (416) 973-4000
- This internationally acclaimed ensemble performs Ansky's masterpiece in a gripping new adaptation using both live actors and rough-hewn wooden figures-- poignantly bringing to life the shadows of memory from a community now lost forever. Performed in English with prayers and songs in the original Hebrew or Yiddish.
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- John Zorn's Bar Kochba (New York City)
part of the du Maurier Theatre Centre Series
8pm & 10pm (also August 25, 8pm & 10pm)
Tickets: $18, call (416) 973-4000
- See August 25th for details
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- Benya Krik (film)
Studio Theatre
8:00 pm (also Sun., August 31, 8:30pm)
Tickets: $8, call (416) 973-4000
- A recently rediscovered 1926 silent film about Jewish gangsters in Odessa--with live musical accompaniment from stellar klezmer pianist Peter Sokolow.
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- The Dybbuk by S. Ansky, adapted by Teatr Wierszalin (Poland)
North American Premiere
Premiere Dance Theatre
8:30pm (also August 25, 27 and 28 at 8:30pm)
Tickets: $25 & $18 (Discounts for seniors, students, groups), call (416) 973-4000
- See August 25th for details
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- Koulack, Lerner & Boychuk (Winnipeg)
Water's Edge Cafe
9:30pm
FREE
- These three wonderful Winnipegers present a unique sound based in their respective Yiddish, jazz, folk and Ukrainian backgrounds, achieving a startling new synthesis. Created especially for the Festival.
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- The Epstein Brothers (Florida)
part of the du Maurier Theatre Centre Series
8:00pm (also Sat., Aug. 30, 8:00pm, 10:30pm)
Tickets: $20, call (416) 973-4000
- The zaydes (grandfathers) of klezmer, the Epsteins were the "kings of klezmer" in Brooklyn in the 50s and 60s--and they're still going strong! The subject of the film A Tickle in the Heart, these treasured old-school musicians are in demand more than ever! Winnipeg's wonderful Koulack, Lerner & Boychuk are the opening act. The Epstein Brothers film, "A Tickle in the Heart" is also showing at the festival, on Sun., 8/31
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- I want to be a Boarder, Joseph Seiden, director, 1937 (US) with Jolly Paupers, Leon Jeannot & Zygmund Turkow,
directors, 1937 (Poland)--film
Studio Theatre
8:00 pm
FREE
- I Want to be A Boarder stars Leo Fuchs, the "Yiddish Fred Astaire", as he
and his wife try to ignite their romance by pretending to be a landlady and
a boarder. The hilarious and satirical Jolly Paupers follows -- chaos
reigns in the shtetl when two locals claim to have dicovered oil.
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- The Dybbuk by S. Ansky, adapted by Teatr Wierszalin (Poland)
North American Premiere
Premiere Dance Theatre
8:30pm (also August 25, 26 and 28 at 8:30pm)
Tickets: $25 & $18 (Discounts for seniors, students, groups), call (416) 973-4000
- See August 25th for details
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- Macedonian Mazl-Tov (Vancouver)
Water's Edge Cafe
9:30pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, 7:00pm, Ann Tindal Stage)
FREE
- This new group from the West Coast bring their Eastern-European funk to the Festival for a late night dance party!
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- Kapelye's "On the Air"
part of the du Maurier Theatre Centre Series, Toronto premiere
8:00pm
Tickets: $18, call (416) 973-4000
- New York's oldest Klezmer revival band brings its hit 'radio show' CD "Kapelye On the Air" to life, celebrating a nearly-forgotten chapter of American-Jewish history.
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- Elders: Contemporary Looks at Past Generations (U.S. & Canada)
Studio Theatre
8:00pm
FREE
- "Tomboychik,"
1994 / "In Living Memory," 1997 / "Nothing to be Written Here," 1996. Video postcards from the past, three short contemporary films resonate with
the love these artists feel for their elders.
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- Adventures in Yiddish A lecture by Michael Wex (Toronto)
Water's Edge Cafe
8:00pm
FREE
- A lighthearted, absolutely accurate look at the weirdest language around.
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- Trembling before God (USA)--film
Studio Theatre
10:00pm
FREE
- Sandi Dubowski offers a fascinating lecture and showing of his latest
film. This work-in-progress explores the often difficult underground life
of orthodox Jewish gays and lesbians with sensitivity, humour, toughness
and weight.
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- Dancing with the Leviathan
See August 25 for details.
- August 28 - October 13: Ten artists at Harbourfront Centre's York Quay Gallery
Artists: Sharon Epstein, Susan Erony/Erika Marquartdt, Simon Glass, Roy Kohn, Minday Yan Miller, Devora Neumark, Diane Pugen, Yvonne Singer, Gail Schwartz
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- Eat Your Heart Out
Uncommon Objects Gallery
August 28 - September 24
An eclectic mix of ten artists working with ceramics, fibre, glass, metal, paper and wood deliver a light-hearted look at the relationship between food and humour.
Artists: Marilyn Bercovich, Moira Clark, Jill Genser & Mimi Shulman, Alan Greenspan, Mark Isaacs, Michelle Miller & Camilla Willings, Eva Ormut, Lois Schklar
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- The Last Yiddish Poet by Albert Greenberg and Corey Fischer,
A Traveling Jewish Theatre (San Francisco)
Toronto Premiere
Premiere Dance Theatre
8:00pm (also Sun., Aug. 31 at 3:00pm)
Tickets: $25 & $18 (Discounts for seniors, students, groups), call (416) 973-4000
- Writers Albert Greenberg and Corey Fischer perform this brilliant tale of loss and transformation. A transcendental journey through the past as a fictional "last Yiddish poet" encounters tricksters, mystics, the fragmented history of a people and the heart of the Yiddish language itself. "Theatrical brilliance"--New York Times
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- Havdalah
Ann Tindal Stage
9:00pm
FREE
- Join us for a special kick off to an explosive weekend as we present the
traditional service for the end of Shabbes (the Jewish Sabbath). This
beautiful ritual will include prayers, readings, participatory singing, and
lots and lots of light.
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- My Mother's Courage by George Tabori (Hungary), Theatre Asylum (Toronto)
Studio Theatre
9:00pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, 6:00pm)
Tickets: $14 (Discounts for seniors, students, groups), call (416) 973-4000
- Toronto's Theatre Asylum remounts its celebrated black comedy My Mother's Courage by Hungary's award-winning George Tabori that tells the tale of Tabori's mother's near-fatal encounter with the Nazis. "A powerful Holocaust moment...superb"--Globe and Mail
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- Sex in Yiddish by Michael Wex with music by Heiko Lehmann,
Golus Storytheatre (Toronto, Germany)
Brigantine Room
9:30pm (also Sep. 1, 4:00pm, Studio Theatre)
FREE
- Performed by Michael Wex and Heiko Lehmann, Sex in Yiddish is yet another of Golus Storytheatre's unique blends of storytelling, Yiddish and music. Chasidic boy discovers Elvis and nudist magazines, acquires a girlfriend and a social worker, becomes a yeshiva beatnik and more!
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- The Klezmatics (New York)
Molson Place
9:30pm (also Sun. Aug. 31, 10:30pm, Water's Edge Cafe)
FREE
- Klezmer gets a manic makeover with this renowned "radical Jewish roots" band whose brilliant musicianship and recordings have won them world-wide acclaim.
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- The Epstein Brothers (Florida)
part of the du Maurier Theatre Centre Series
10:300pm (also Wed., Aug. 27, 8:30pm, and Sat., Aug. 30, 8pm)
Tickets: $20, call (416) 973-4000
- See August 27 for details.
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- Naftule's Dream (Boston)
Water's Edge Cafe
10:30pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, 4:30pm, Molson Place with a different program)
FREE
- Modern improvisation and orchestration intermingle with traditional klezmer to create music which "sounds like klez as it would be played by the Grateful Dead if they had horns" -- Whole Earth
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- Hu-Tsa-Tsa (Toronto)
"around" York Quay Centre
They'll be wandering throughout the day, today and tomorrow. Keep your ears peeled.
FREE
- The newest addditon to the Toronto klezmer scene, Hu-Tsa-Tsa takes swinging
Yiddish roots music from a traditional angle but also embraces klezmer's
potetial for experimentation.
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- The Ashkenaz Parade (International)
 Meet at Bellevue Square Park, Kensington Market at 12 noon.
Parade takes off at 1:00pm sharp!
- In a vast vibrant explosion of Yiddish culture, the Ashkenaz Parade takes over the streets: a joyful procession of swirling colour from Kensington Market to Harbourfront Centre. Join in the Festival's largest work of art!
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- A Tickle in the Heart, Stefan Schwietert, director, 1996 (Germany)
Studio Theatre
1:00pm
FREE
- The joyful tale of the Epstein Brothers, klezmorim from Brooklyn, whose
retirement in Florida ("God's waiting room") has been permanently
interuppted by renewed popularity. The Epstein Brothers will personally
introduce the film and take questions afterwards. The Epstein Brothers are performing at the festival on Wed., 8/27 and Sat., 8/30
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- Gloria Valentine (Toronto)
Brigantine Room
1:00pm
FREE
- Prepare to be entertained in both Yiddish and English as Gloria portrays a
multiplicity of women in this cabaret-style performance, excerpted from her
30 Women: A One-Woman Show.
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- Lenka Lichtenberg Trio (Toronto)
Urban Square Tent
1:30pm (also Mon., Sept. 1, 3:30pm, Ann Tindal Stage)
FREE
- From Czech to Yiddish--a musical oddessy through Eastern-European countries and shtetls. A fun musical treat for the whole family.
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- Kapelye (New York)
Molson Place
2:30pm (also, Thurs. night, 8:00pm, du Maurier Theatre series, different program)
FREE
- Join New York's oldest Klezmer revival band for a jumping outdoor concert. Kapelye's distinct touch adds to traditional klezmer music a sense of revitalization and rebirth which is uniquely its own.
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- Toronto Jewish Folk Choir (Toronto)
Brigantine Room
2:30pm
FREE
- In its 71st year, the oldest Jewish musical organization in Canada performs both traditional and contemporary Yiddish music. With guest conductor Zalmen Mlotek.
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- Papercutting Workshop
Community Gallery
3:00pm (also Monday, Sept. 1 at 3pm)
FREE
- Papercutting is an international folk art with a long tradition in
Ashkenazic culture. Led by Ruth Stern Warzecha.
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- Yidrhythmics
Ann Tindal Stage
3:15pm (also Mon., Sept. 1 at 3:45pm, Urban Square Tent)
FREE
- Yidrythmics invites children into the joyous world of Yiddish music through movement, singing and improvising. Brain Katz leads this unique interactive experience of Jewish music making.
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- The Marriage of Heaven and Earth
Water's Edge Cafe
3:30pm
FREE
- Festival musicians discuss the structure of the traditional khasene
(wedding) and perform examples from its rich repertoire.
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- Gypsies, Greeks and Klezmer Music: The Creation of the "Southern" Klezmer Repertoire in 19th Century Moldavia (New York)
Brigantine Room
3:30pm
FREE
- A lecture by Zev Feldman. The "southern" repertoire--the unique fusion of Moldavian Gypsy, Greek and Ashkenazic musics--unfolded in Ottoman Moldavia and Russian Bessarabia in the 19th century and transformed much of the klezmer music that survived into the 20th century. This process is described and linked up with earlier developments that had created the "core" klezmer repertoire in the north east of Ashkenazic Europe.
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- Adventures in Yiddish A lecture by Michael Wex (Toronto)
Studio Theatre
4:30pm (also, Thursday, Aug. 28, 8pm, Water's Edge Cafe)
FREE
- See August 28 for details.
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- Mayer Kirshenblatt (Toronto)
Community Gallery
4:30pm (also Monday, September 1, 1:30pm)
FREE
- The paintings of Mayer Kirshenblatt celebrate the people, places, and
rituals of his life in Opatow, Poland. The artist, a consummate
storyteller, will present a slide lecture on his work.
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- Very nice, but where's the Melody?
Water's Edge Cafe
5:00pm
FREE
- This workshop will explore the approaches to improvisation in modern
klezmer, as well as strategies to expand the music while maintaing its
essence. Will definitely feature some blowing.
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- Oy Vey! Young People's Klezmer Workshop
Ann Tindal Stage
5:00pm
FREE
- Bring the gantze mishpokhe (the whole family) to a magical concert of
foot-stomping klezmer music, wonderful stories, colourful descriptions of
shtetl life, Yiddish humour -- and lots of audience participation.
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- Matt Dariau's Paradox Trio (New York)
Brigantine Room, Toronto Premiere
5:30pm (also Monday, Sept. 1 at 3:30pm, Water's Edge Cafe)
FREE
- This "trio" is really a quartet whose rhythmically-charged music borrows as much from Gypsy tradition and modern jazz as klezmer for its completely original compositions.
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- My Mother's Courage by George Tabori (Hungary), Theatre Asylum (Toronto)
Studio Theatre
6:00pm (also Sat., Aug. 30, 9:00pm)
Tickets: $14 (Discounts for seniors, students, groups), call (416) 973-4000
- See August 30 for details.
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- Leslie Robbins -- The Whistling Carp
Community Gallery
6:00pm
FREE
- Fly back to the shtetl and listen to the rebbes' wisdom, laugh at the fools
of Chelm, solve a riddle, sing a nigun. Come with the whole family and
enjoy a variety of Jewish tales.
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- Chava Rosenfarb
Urban Square Tent
7pm
FREE
- One of the last great Yiddish writers, Bundist, Lodz Ghetto and Holocaust
survivor, winner of Israel's Manger Prize for her life's work, author of
the masterpiece Der boym fun lebn (The Tree of Life), Survivors and other
works, Montreal-based Chava Rosenfarb will read in Yiddish and English from
her work.
Q & A follows.
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- Macedonian Mazl-Tov (Vancouver)
Water's Edge Cafe
7:00pm (also Wed., Aug. 27, 9:30pm)
FREE
- See August 27 for details.
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- Davka (San Francisco)
Urban Square Tent
7:00pm (also Mon., Sep. 1, 3:30pm, Brigantine Room)
FREE
- Davka is New Yiddish Art Music -- an exciting trio that stitches together a complex quilt of Jewish klezmer, Middle Eastern dance rhythms, classical influences and witty improvisational interplay.
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- The Memoirs of Glückel of Hameln adapted by Jenny Romaine, Adrienne Cooper & Frank London, Great Small Works (New York City)
World Premiere
part of the du Maurier Theatre Centre Series
8:00pm (also Mon., Sep. 1, 4:00pm)
Tickets: $15, call (416) 973-4000
- Ancient fairground techniques go electric to explore faith, finance and utopian desires in the life of this strong and independent 17th century German-Jewish woman.
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- Ashkenaz Dance Trilogy: "Zummel," "Bella" and "Discipledom"
Premiere Dance Theatre
8:00pm (also Mon., Sep. 1, 3:00pm)
Tickets: $25 & $18 (discounts for seniors, students, groups, Dance Card, CADA), call (416) 973-4000
"Zummel" choreographed by Alan Kaeja (Toronto), performed by Norrdans (Sweden). North American Premiere. Inspired by stories told to Kaeja by his father, a Holocaust survivor.
"Discipledom" choreographed by Amy Sue Rosen and Derek Bernstein (New York City). Canadian Premiere. Ten black-clad rabbis and a five-piece klezmer band search for the Divine.
"Bella" by the Danny Grossman Dance Company (Toronto). This Chagall-inspired piece continues to move audiences to both laughter and tears.
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- Salomon Klezmorim (Holland)
Molson Place
8:00pm (also Mon., Sept. 1, 2:30pm, Urban Square Tent)
FREE
- A trio which weaves its own sound from the multi-coloured strands of Khassidic melodies, Eastern European grooves and MIDI electronics.
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- Benya Krik (USSR)--film
Studio Theatre
8:30pm (also Tues., August 26, 8:00pm)
Tickets: $8, call (416) 973-4000
- See August 26th for details. Today accompanied by Paradox Trio.
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- Esta (Israel)
Molson Place
8:40pm (also on Sat., Aug. 30, 9:00pm, Urban Square Tent)
FREE
- See August 30 for details.
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- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band (Toronto)
Molson Place
9:40pm
FREE
- See Thursday., Aug. 28 for details. Plus special guests.
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- Chicago Klezmer Ensemble (Chicago)
Brigantine Room
9:45pm
FREE
- Led by clarinetist Kurt Bjorling of Brave Old World, this five-member ensemble takes an elegant approach that retains the earthy quality of klezmer while giving it a classical chamber music feel.
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- Late-Night Cabaret of Dreams with Ghetto Tango (International)
Water's Edge Cafe
10:30pm (see also Sat., Aug. 30, w/different special guests TBA)
FREE
- See August 30 for details.
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- Out of the Ashes
Urban Square Tent
1:00pm
FREE
- A public forum discussing how the Holocaust experience has manifested
itself in the work of artists in all disciplines.
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- Andy Statman Workshop (New York)
Waters Edge Cafe
1:30pm (see also 4:30pm, today, for concert)
FREE
- See the 4:30pm concert for details about Andy Statman. Here, join Andy Statman and the equally brilliant members of his
band: Kenny Werner, Scott Lee and Bob Weiner -- as they discuss how they
develop a song, their influences, and how the come up with new ideas. A
master of the klezmer style and known for his deeply spiritual approach,
Statman was one of the early originators of the klezmer revival.
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- Ivan and Abraham--film (France)
Location: Studio Theatre
1:30pm
FREE
- This stunning drama, filmed in Poland with Yiddish dialogue, tells the adventures of Abraham, a Jewish boy, and his Catholic friend, Ivan, as they flee the confines of their 1930s shtetl. Yolande Zauberman, directory, 1993.
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- Medina (Toronto)
Urban Square Tent
1:30pm
FREE
- A band of bandleaders! An exciting new ensemble dedicated to exploring the sonic crossroads where Arabic music, Yiddish music and improvisation meet.
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- Shirim Klezmer Orchestra: A Klezmer Journey (Boston)
Ann Tindal Stage
1:30pm
FREE
- Bring the kids and have a foot-stomping good time with Shirim as you discover the roots of klezmer in Eastern-Europe and its jazzy transformation in North America.
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- Mayer Kirshenblatt (Toronto)
Community Gallery
1:30pm (also Sunday, August 31, 4:30pm)
FREE
- See August 31 for details.
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- Ashkenaz Fidl Kapelye (International)
part of du Maurier Theatre Centre Series
2:00pm
Tickets: $5, call: (416) 970-4000
- In a recreation of 19th century style Jewish string ensembles, 20 young Toronto and Festival performers are led by noted Yiddish fiddler Alicia Svigals of The Klezmatics.
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- Theresa Tova (Toronto)
Molson Place
2:30pm
FREE
- This torchy Yiddish diva performs her cabaret-style Jewish vaudeville and theatre songs with power and passion to the delight of her audiences. Her "Still the Night" played to sell out audiences at Theatre Passe Muraille this past season.
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- Finf un Tsen: Canadian Jewish Writers II
Urban Square Tent
2:30pm (also Sunday, Aug. 31, 3:00pm with a different line-up)
FREE
- See September 1 for details.
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- Ashkenaz Dance Trilogy: "Zummel," "Bella" and "Discipledom"
Premiere Dance Theatre
3:00pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, 8pm)
Tickets: $25 & $18 (discounts for seniors, students, groups, Dance Card, CADA), call (416) 973-4000
- See August 31 for details.
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- Davka (San Francisco)
Brigantine Room
3:00pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, 7:00pm, Urban Square Tent)
FREE
- See August 31 for details.
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- Papercutting Workshop
Community Gallery
3:00pm (also Sunday, Aug. 31 at 3pm)
FREE
- See August 31 for details.
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- Matt Dariau's Paradox Trio (New York)
Water's Edge Cafe
3:30pm (also Sunday, August 31 at 5:30pm, Brigantine Room)
FREE
- See August 31 for details.
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- Lenka Lichtenberg Trio (Toronto)
Ann Tindal Stage
3:30pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, 1:30pm, Urban Square Tent)
FREE
- See August 31 for details
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- Yidrhythmics
Urban Square Tent
3:45pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, at 3:15pm, Ann Tindal Stage)
FREE
- See August 31 for details.
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- The Memoirs of Glückel of Hameln adapted by Jenny Romaine, Adrienne Cooper & Frank London, Great Small Works (New York City)
World Premiere
part of the du Maurier Theatre Centre Series
4:00pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, 8:00pm)
Tickets: $15, call (416) 973-4000
- See August 31 for details.
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- Sex in Yiddish by Michael Wex with music by Heiko Lehmann,
Golus Storytheatre (Toronto, Germany)
Studio Theatre
4:00pm (also Saturday, Aug. 30, 9:30pm, Brigantine Room)
FREE
- See August 30 for details.
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- Andy Statman Quartet (New York)
Molson Place
4:30pm (see also workshop today at 1:30pm, Waters Edge Cafe)
FREE
- Deeply spiritual, Statman combines the haunting beauty and depth of the traditional Yiddish style with the freewheeling sensibility of the most searching jazz. Featuring powerhouses Kenny Werner, Harvie Swartz and Bob Weiner.
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- Salomon Klezmorim (Holland)
Brigantine Room
4:30pm (also Sun., Aug. 31, 8:00pm, Molson Place)
FREE
- See August 31 for details.
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- English Farbesert
Community Gallery
4:30pm
FREE
- Hindy Nosek-Abelson, a writer and translator of Yiddish song and poetry,
will lead this workshop in examining the emotional richness inherent in
everyday spoken Yiddish.
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- The Ashkenaz Finale (International)
Molson Place
6:00pm
FREE
- Not-to-be-missed roundup featuring collaborations amongst Festival performers. Hot!
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