By Cantor Sheldon F. Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — On Monday evening, June 6th, the North Coast Rep featured the brilliant artist, Angelina Reaux. She sang several of Kurt Weill ‘s Broadway hit show tunes, and charmed the audience throughout the evening . Reaux’s voice is perfectly placed; she sings magnificently. Weill’s piano accompaniments are […]
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Lyceum Theatre was pretty packed on a Tuesday night –not too shabby- for the 17th Annual Klezmer Summit. The upper gallery featured Yale Strom’s photo portraits of the Jews still living in Eastern Europe. Shot in stark black and white, they evoke a mystical world where time waits
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
PARIS (Press Release) – As part of the June 8 sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s is pleased to partner with the Israel Museum in Jerusalem to offer a selection of works from the Vera & Arturo Schwarz Collection. The selection of 63 lots will be offered in Paris. From its inception, the Israel
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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Nathan Gunn is one of America’s greatest and most versatile baritones, as he amply proves in the HersheyFelder produced and directed one-man show, Nathan Gunn, Flying Solo, A Musical Story about Family, Love, and the Wild World of Music. Now showing, until June 10 at the Lyceum Stage, this virtuoso
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — twenty high school students competed in the 5th annual Broadway San Diego Awards: Celebrating Excellence in High School Theatre On Sunday night, May 27. The two winners each receive a check for $1,000 toward a scholarship and a chance to go on to the national Jimmy Awards on Broadway.
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israeli singer Netta won this year’s Eurovision contest singing the song Toy. Though the song was primarily written by Israeli composer Doron Medalie, Netta added some lyrics including a Pokémon reference (according to Medalie, “that’s more her generation than mine”). Netta has spoken about Pokémon characters and what they
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — As befits an English woman living abroad, I watched the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on television, and reveled in the pomp and circumstance of each shot and every angle. I loved the sight of the beautiful mixed-race bride, her dress, the bridesmaids and page-boys, the various
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
Editor’s Note: This is the twelfth in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 By Donald H.
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Mingei International Museum’s current exhibition of Israeli crafts and design is a retrospective that incorporates aspects of the Jewish State’s history with what the exhibit’s curator, Smadar Samson, describes as four major themes of that nation’s experience. These themes are 1) invoking the collective memory of the
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Editor’s Note: This is the eleventh in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 By Donald H.
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodBy Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The Jewish Museum in New York City is currently presenting the work of Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), featuring just over thirty paintings by one of the most distinctive and significant artists of the early twentieth century. Focusing on still life paintings, of which he was a master, “Chaim Soutine: Flesh” includes
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA
MONTREAL, Canada (Press Release) – In the presence of officials from the World Jewish Congress, Deputy Mayor Prof. Dr. Uwe Grobshäuser of the City of Weinsberg, returned the Dutch Golden Age painting “Women of Weinsberg” by Gerrit Claesz Bleker (1592-1656) to representatives of the Max and Iris Stern Foundation and its three university beneficiaries –
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Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Press Release)—Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM), a national commemoration of the contributions that Americans Jews have made to the fabric of our nation’s history, culture, and society. The theme for the May 2018 celebration is American Jews and Music, which focuses on the rich and deep influence of American Jews on American music
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Symphony, like many other orchestras throughout the world, is honoring the centennial birthday of Leonard Bernstein, the great 20th century American conductor, composer, pianist and educator, by including his works in all three Masterworks symphony programs during the month of May, as well as in a