By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — “If you want something, you just gotta take it.” Rock of Ages -a rom-com musical with Classic 80s Rock and a greedy corporate villain- is playing at the Cygnet Theatre in Old Town through Aug 25, 2019. Welcome to The Bourbon Room, a seedy little dive on the Sunset […]
NEW YORK (Press Release) – In celebration of its 80th anniversary, the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) on Wednesday announced the inaugural Israeli Culture & Arts Awards (ICA Awards) to honor the most exceptional Israeli artists in design, theater, music, art, dance, and television/film. The luminous awards ceremony will be held in concert with the foundation’s
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard DEL MAR — July 4th was the third time that Yael and Vlady were invited to perform at this year’s San Diego County Fair. I heard their 3:00 p.m. performance that final day of the fair, on the O’Brien Stage, near Gate 5. Yael’s sultry singing voice is beautifully supported by her
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO — Here is a collection of songs recorded by Cantor Sheldon Merel during his tenure as cantor at Congregation Beth Israel. Click on any title to hear Cantor Merel’s recorded rendition. In some cases, the songs are accompanied by an explanatory article indicated by a date alongside. Adon Olam Adon Olam, Jazz Version
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Pianist Monique Kunewalder, Oboist Lerina Chmura and Violinist Eileen Wingard will present a free program at Jewish Family Service’s College Avenue Center, which meets at Temple Emanu-El, 6299 Capril Drive, at 12:45 p.m. Friday, July 5. The trio will perform works for various combinations of their instruments by Bach, Schubert, Ibert,
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — David Radzynski, concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, gave an engaging recital Tuesday evening, June 17, in the sanctuary of Congregation Beth El, under the auspices of Mainly Mozart and the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Collaborating at the piano was the Los Angeles-based pianist, Mark
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — David Radzynski became the youngest concertmaster of a major symphony orchestra when, in 2015, the 28-year-old violinist was selected to fill that post in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). Up until then, Radzynski had never played in a professional orchestra, but his formidable talents, honed in the United
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CalendarBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — One of the Facebook groups I belong to is called ‘Brits Whingeing in Israel’ (motto: ‘Lose some, whinge some’), having split off from ‘Brits Laughing in Israel,’ which in turn split off from ‘Brits Living in Israel.’ The politics behind the various groups and sub-groups is not clear
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Eileen Wingard ALISO VIEJO, California — The manuscript of Journey to Freedom languished for decades at the bottom of a pile of Dr. Bernard “Barney” Gilmore’s scores. It was not until after UC Irvine Music Faculty Professor Gilmore’s death, that his wife, while organizing his music for the archives at the UC Irvine Library,
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Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — David Amos did unusual programming at TICO’s recent concert at Tifereth Israel Synagogue by opening with the longest work of the evening, Dvorak’s New World Symphony. However, the orchestra musicians seemed warmed up enough to plunge into this iconic music and bring forth the familiar melodies with all the
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It is scary to think what could have happened on Jewish dairy farmer Max Yagur’s field in August 1969. Yet, it’s inspirational to realize what actually did happen. I’m talking about the Woodstock Music & Art Festival, which commenced Friday, August 15th with folk music, and continued to
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Every year, the Jewish Community of San Diego comes together to celebrate Israel around Yom Ha’Atzma’ut (Israel’s Independence Day) and Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day). Piggy backing on the Festival is the Friendship Walk, the annual fundraiser for the Friendship Circle. I was part of both. The Friendship Circle
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Knotty Barrel, 13211 Black Mountain Road, San Diego, California 92129 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — I went to meet a friend the other day, and by accident, we stumbled into Knotty Barrel for what turned out to be their first lunch after their soft opening the week before. While the Rancho Penasquitos location
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Lawrence Baron SAN DIEGO — Janet Brody Esser died early morning May 22 from cancer and injuries related to a recent auto accident. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she received her BA from the University of Iowa, MA in art history with an emphasis on anthropology and archeology from California State University, Long Beach,
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