Remembering Peggy Guggenheim
Art collector Peggy Guggenheim was born this day (August 26) in 1898.
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Remembering Leonard Bernstein
Conductor/ composer/ muisican Leonard Bernstein was born this day (August 25) in 1918.
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsRemembering Jacques Lipchitz
Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz was born this day (August 22) in 1891.
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USARabbi/ Cantor Arlene Bernstein’s spiritual journey
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As Arlene Bernstein became less and less “observant”of halacha in her religious practice, she became more and more deeply involved in Jewish life. Today she is a cantor as well as a rabbi. And for the next year, she is serving as the Acting Senior Rabbi of the
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USAFrom swastikas to butterflies
How do we make the Holocaust accessible to students? What’s at stake, for them, for us, for the world? But equally important, what can we learn from working with one another? – Sondra Perl -Second in a series- By Maren Oom Galarpe SAN DIEGO — As an arts educator and perpetual student of life, I
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USABring your dancing shoes to the 33 1/3 House of Dreams
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO –When I walked into the theatre, I greeted the House Manager with a kiss and she said, “I hope you brought your dancing shoes.” I did and I’m glad. She was right. “Our music is part of America’s DNA.” The number 33 1/3 refers to the speed of long
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRemembering Sid Bernstein
Concert promoter Sid Bernstein, who brought the Beatles to the U.S., was born this day (August 12) in 1918.
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsTICO marches out its 2019 concert season
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) concluded its season with an entertaining Pops Concert under the direction of its founder and conductor, David Amos, and featuring soprano Victoria Robertson. The first half of the program began and ended with two unusual selections, Sousa’s The Fairest of the Fair March,
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBasquiat exhibit is a gut- wrenching protest
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Consider the following facts as you wend your way to the Guggenheim Museum and its uppermost gallery, where you will presently find “The Death of Michael Stewart” (1983), Basquiat’s gut-punching tribute to a slain artist, and the centerpiece for an exhibition that could hardly be more timely. Black people
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USASinging Ernest Bloch’s sacred songs was a thrill
By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel ENCINITAS, California — In the early 1930 s, visionary Cantor Reuven Rinder of San Francisco ‘s Temple Emanuel raised $ 10,000 to commission the world acclaimed composer, Ernest Bloch to write a setting with the Reform Jewish Sabbath Morning Prayer book of the `1930s. Bloch was already an acclaimed composer
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAAn amateur competition for the love of music
By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel LA JOLLA, California — The public was treated to a free weekend of brilliant piano music that started on Friday morning, July 12th at the beautiful new Conrad Preys Concert Hall in La Jolla. Piano music including the works of Bach, Debussy, Mozart, Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert and many
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyLa Jolla Music Society sets innovative programs
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — It must have been a challenging task for the La Jolla Music Society to find a successor for Summerfest’s former director, violinist Cho-Liang Lin. Taiwanese-born Lin was not only a brilliant violinist with a successful career as a performer, but he proved himself to be a gifted administrator
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyComic- Con may change, but fans still seek advice
By Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Comic-Con has exploded into a place where pop culture fandoms blend, creating an almost amusement-park atmosphere encompassing everything from the biggest Internet Providers to the smallest fledgling writers and artists. But one thing has remained consistent throughout the convention’s 50 meetings over the last 49 years: the inspiration
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. MasoriLJFCC’s extensive music collection available for loan
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Books, sheet music, phonograph records and CDs are all part of the Jewish music collection of the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC. After long years of sorting and cataloguing, Ted Parker and I have completed the task of organizing this wonderful collection, now available to
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