Jewish Children’s Music Festival starring
The Maccabeats
May 22, Sunday @ 12:30–3:30pm
Chabad Hebrew Academy, 10785 Pomerado Road, Scripps Ranch, CA 92131
Five million views of The Maccabeats' Candlelight have been seen on YouTube! Entertaining and spirited, this headlining group uses only their voices to sing instruments and solos of today’s greatest hits. Three hours of festival activities include rides, games, stilt walkers, nature hiking and live music, with The Maccabeats performing at 2:30. Bring a blanket for lawn seating. A musical celebration for the whole family.
Sponsored by Chabad Hebrew Academy
Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 day of performance
For tickets to the Jewish Children’s Music Festival, please call 858-566-1996 or visit chasd.org
The Witches of Lublin
by Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Schwartz, & Yale Strom
June 6, Monday @ 7:30pm
Lyceum Space
A gripping “radio play” performed with live actors and live music. This is the story of three 18th century Jewish daughters who were the best Klezmer musicians in Poland. At Passover time with the threat of expulsion, the women are ordered to save the town by performing at a name-day celebration for the Count’s son. Based on true history, the “radio play” is currently being broadcast nationally on NPR. A premiere theatrical concert reading.
Tickets: $18
Malashock Dance
Blessings and Curses
plus For Honor
by Lee Sankowich
with music & lyrics by Matt Gould
June 12, Sunday @ 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Lyceum Space
Gifted choreographer John Malashock and company’s moving and inspiring dance suite of an artist who gains hope and creativity through his own courage and power. Malashock blends Jewish folklore and lush physicality in his dancers’ thrilling festival performances.
A vibrant new musical, For Honor celebrates the lives, loves, and dreams of the brave young men and women of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance. With only smuggled weapons, they held off the Germans longer than France and Poland. A world premiere concert staging of selections from the musical.
Tickets: $25
The 10th Annual Klezmer Summit
featuring Klezmer, Flamenco Dance from Spain, Jewish Favorites, plus Free Knishes
June 13, Monday @ 7:30pm
Lyceum Stage
San Diego’s most popular Klezmer celebration has much more than FREE KNISHES! A three-part program feature’s Yale Strom and Hot P’stromi with traditional Klezmer. Flamenco dancer Lakshmi Basile from Sevilla, Spain, and Souls on Fire perform a musical journey of Spanish and Ladino culture with the passion of flamenco, Sephardic poetry, and Moorish rhythms from Spain’s Golden Age. San Diego Jewish Men's Choir, under the direction of Ruth Lopez-Yañez, features soaring harmonies and medleys of beloved Jewish favorites from long ago and today.
Tickets: $18
For tickets to events at San Diego REP (Lyceum Theatre), please call 619-544-1000
Compulsion
by Rinne Groff
June 14, Tuesday @ 7:00pm
North Coast Repertory Theatre
987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr, Solana Beach, CA 92075
858-481-1055
Sid Silver wants to bring Anne Frank’s story to America, and he believes he’s the right man to adapt it for the stage. But his passion spirals into a lifelong obsession when a New York publisher reveals its own plans for one of the most enduring documents of the 20th century. Compulsion has been performed at Yale REP, Berkeley REP, and New York’s Public Theatre. A staged reading.
Tickets: $18
Student/military/senior discount: $15
My Name is Asher Lev
by Aaron Posner
adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok
directed by David Ellenstein
June 26, Sunday @ 7:00pm
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Based on the acclaimed novel by Chaim Potok, My Name is Asher Lev tells the story of a young Hasidic artist torn between his observant Jewish community and his need to create. Difficult choices between art and faith, passion and family, course through this stirring adaptation of a modern classic, bringing to life the heartbreak and triumph of what it means to be an artist.
Tickets: $37 (mention Jewish Arts Festival for $5 discount)
For tickets to events at North Coast Rep, please call 858-481-1055 or visit NorthCoastRep.org
Free & Almost Free North County Programs
Made Possible by the Leichtag Family Foundation
Gustavo Bulgach and The Electric Klezmer Trio
May 29, Sunday @ 1:00pm
Encinitas Library
540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024
760-753-7376
Klezmer Juice bandleader and clarinet player Gustavo Bulgach was born and raised in a Jewish community in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His festive Jewish music with a Latin swing traces the Klezmer Influences of Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. Expect soulful music which will NOT BE QUIET IN THE LIBRARY!
Free
Klezmer Summit North County
May 30, Monday @ 2:00pm
AVO Playhouse
303 Main Street, Vista, CA 92084
Our popular Klezmer celebration heads north! This three-part program features the world class clarinet virtuoso Alexander Gourevitch and his band Freilachs. Gourevitch delights audiences with his soulful playing that expresses his Jewish musical soul through his entire body! A soloist with the Orquesta de Baja and son of a Russian Klezmer player, Gourevitch is an unforgettable performer. Also in the program is San Diego’s own Klezmer treasure, Yale Strom, a filmmaker, author, musician, and composer who has discovered Klezmer treasures with travels throughout Eastern Europe, will be joined by popular vocalist Elizabeth Schwartz, Spanish guitarist Fred Benedetti, bass master Jeff Pekaric, plus Tripp Sprague and special guest Steve Torok. Also performing is San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir, under the direction of Ruth Lopez-Yañez, featuring soaring harmonies and medleys of beloved Jewish favorites from long ago and today.
Tickets: just $5, available online at www.vistixonline.com, at the VisTix Ticket Office located at Vista City Hall, 200 Civic Center Drive, or by calling 760-724-2110.
Preview of The Witches of Lublin
June 5, Sunday @ 2:00pm
San Marcos Library | 760-891-3000
2 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069
A preview of the gripping “radio play” with music, The Witches of Lublin. The artists will describe the creation of, and share samples of their story of a poor 18th century woman named Rivke whose three daughters were the best Klezmer musicians in all of Poland. Join Yale Strom, Elizabeth Schwartz, musicians and actors for a sneak preview of the June 6 Lyceum Theatre performance.
Free
Community Co-Sponsors
Chabad Hebrew Academy
Leichtag Family Foundation
Lipinsky Family Foundation
Malashock Dance
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Old Globe Theatre
San Diego County Library
Schmoozer’s Catering
Seacrest Village
Children’s Music Festival Partners
Jewish Federation of San Diego County
Congregation Beth El
Temple Solel
KEN Jewish Community
Beth Montessori
The PJ Library
SAJAC
Congregation Adat Yeshurun
Chabad of San Diego County
Agency for Jewish Education
Torah High School
SCY High
Young Judea
San Diego Family Magazine
San Diego Jewish Journal
for tickets call 619-544-1000
Two shows $2 off
Three shows $3 off
(multi-show discount valid for all Lyceum shows and Klezmer Summit North County; not valid for any other event)
See all three Lyceum shows for just $50! (a savings of $11!)