By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Nowadays it’s not too unusual for a wedding invitation to arrive via email, but the one for this past Labor Day was a little unusual. I was invited to a Yidishe Khasene (A Yiddish Wedding), a theatrical re-enactment of the wedding of Edward Meisarosh and Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh. A […]
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIrving Berlin created music without formal training. And by himself. In 1918, while serving in the U.S. Army, he wrote the one and only “God Bless America.” When at first he couldn’t sell the song, he did what many songwriters do when such things happen: He stuck it in a drawer. Berlin dusted the tune
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Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — This month, the Robert Lehman Wing of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting the work of Mexican baroque artist, Cristóbal Villalpando (1649 –1714). The highlight of the show is Moses and the Brazen Serpent and the Transfiguration of Jesus (1683), a staggering 28-foot tall altarpiece that until
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Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBack on stage in his native New York after a stint as a full-time businessman, Jay-Z was in the mood for his classics. And for a bit of politics. Headlining The Meadows festival Friday night before one of artist Jeff Koons’ giant balloon dogs, Jay-Z hailed two outspoken voices on race relations: quarterback Colin Kaepernick
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USASometimes, it feels like your life has come full circle. For Israeli choreographer Roy Assaf, it was like that when he danced in his piece “The Hill,” which had its US premiere this summer at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts. “The Hill” takes its name and inspiration from Ammunition Hill, the site
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Sam Ben-Meir VIENNA, Austria – Among Vienna’s many landmarks, few are as unmistakable and beloved as its Riesenrad, the giant Ferris wheel that stands in the Prater amusement park, only a few miles from the city center. At its apex of two hundred and twelve feet, visitors are granted a unique vantage on an
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-MeirAGT dad Screen Shot 2017-09-01 at 1.34.30 PM The future couldn’t look any brighter for 13-year-old Evie Clair in terms of chasing her dreams. All season long, the Arizona native has been wowing judges with her incredible voice on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” But staying positive can be quite a challenge for the teenager when
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA Mexican immigrant who was institutionalized in mental hospitals in Northern California for more than 30 years is now considered by some critics to be one of the best artists of the 20th century. And he’s getting his first major retrospective in Los Angeles. The Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, or ICA LA, is
Pop great Billy Joel donned a yellow Star of David at a concert in New York in a powerful but silent statement against white supremacy following the violence in Charlottesville. The Piano Man, who is rarely overtly political, returned Monday night to play his encore at Madison Square Garden sporting the Star of David on
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France –Spending part of the summer in central France has constituted our annual vacation for several years now. We enjoy the peaceful atmosphere, the beautiful scenery, and the cooler weather. If there are any musical events we are happy to attend them, but they are not the main reason for our
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsScreenshot – Lisa Marie Presley It’s hard to believe that it’s been 40 years since the passing of one of the most iconic figures in music. Elvis Presley passed away on August 15, 1977 and, since then, his loyal fans have flocked to his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee, to feel closer to “The King.”
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Following a nationwide search, the San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Silverman as its new Executive Director. Silverman takes the helm as of August 14, 2017. Silverman is a non-profit arts management professional who has worked with social service and arts organizations in San
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyLaurie Cardoza-Moore, president of the Tennessee-based Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN), on Thursday called on all Jews, Christians and people of conscience to protest Roger Waters” concert this Sunday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Waters, the former Pink Floyd musician, is known for his anti-Israel views and for his encouragement of boycotts against
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAWASHINGTON, August 9, 2017 – In April 1805, Viennese concert-goers heard a new work by Ludwig von Beethoven. His Symphony No. 3, dubbed “Eroica,” was dedicated to a man he believed embodied republican principles. Ludwig von Beethoven. On his symphony’s title page, the composer wrote a short dedication: “Written on the subject of Bonaparte.” Shortly
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