Eva Trieger

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Eva Trieger is an educator and a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.

Yiddish play (with English subtitles) examines power

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Latin is a dead language. This is defined as “one that has no native speakers.” Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh is on a mission to make sure that Yiddish never goes the way of Latin. And she’s succeeding.  Two years ago, the doctoral candidate from the Slavic Languages Department at the […]

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Eva Trieger, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Pride and Prejudice with a comic twist

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO —  Big thanks to Kate Hamill for rewriting Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in such a playful and accessible way. The cast did justice to the snappy, buffoonish, coquettish roles that Hamill created. The playwright sought to deliver Austen’s feminist message and did so in a way that engaged the

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Malashock, Kontras in ‘High Strung’ alliance

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Music has a way of altering one’s mood and attitude. Dance possesses the capacity to shift one’s perspective while releasing inhibition.  The marriage of the two art forms creates nothing less than magical storytelling. Malashock Dance and the Kontras Quartet intertwine their gifts to bring San Diegans High Strung,

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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ is dancin’ hot

By Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California — Smokey Joe’s Cafe could just as aptly have been named “An Era of Music: From Lips to Hips.” As the sentimental crooners of the 1940s stepped back into the shadows, they made room for the restless, rebellious rockers who ushered in a whole new genre. New Village Arts brings audiences

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jews in the News: February 7, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, in a New York Times report, says his committee will be “making sure the policy of the United States is being driven by the national interest, not by any financial entanglement, financial leverage or other form of compromise.”  President Trump responded that Schiff

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Donald H. Harrison, Eva Trieger, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Multi- faceted program on disabilities at Ohr Shalom

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Have you ever had the frustrating experience of being in an environment where no one speaks your language?  You know the feeling that there are too many people invading your personal space, but you’ve no way to communicate that to them? What about the times when you sincerely want

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Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education

‘Moon over Buffalo’ filled with hilarity, shtick

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — When I hear the word “farce,” Ken Ludwig springs to mind. When I hear the words “hilarious farce” I immediately think: Ken Ludwig and Matthew Wiener. This duet is responsible for uproariously funny shows with impeccable timing, absurd plot twists, ridiculous dialogue and unmatched physical schtick. I was

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

5 playwrights under 19 to see works on Old Globe stage

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Sponsored by the Sheila and Jeffrey Lipinsky Family Fund, young California playwrights entered their original writing for consideration in an annual contest. This year there were 415 submissions from which to choose, and a cohort of judges and script evaluators read works written by authors under 19 years of

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Snippets from ‘Show Up on Shabbat’ weekend

SDJW staff report SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – In synagogues in San Diego and across the country, Jews and their friends answered the call of the American Jewish Committee to “Show Up for Shabbat” to demonstrate just one week after the Pittsburgh massacre that people of good conscience will not be intimidated. Contributors to San Diego

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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Sheryl Rowling

Will the real Sherlock Holmes please stand?

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California —  Where there’s a bounty there’s a bounty hunter or two…or possibly three.  This fact was made evident in the West Coast Premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s sleuth fest, Holmes and Watson. North Coast Rep’s David Ellenstein directed an all Actor’s Equity cast for this exciting and inimitable twist on Sir

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Bluestein dramedy to be read Oct. 29 at North Coast Rep

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -North Coast Rep Theater will produce the New Works Reading Series sponsored by Nebcal Printing, that will kick off with a dramedy written by stand-up comic Steve Bluestein. I had the good fortune to interview Bluestein by phone earlier this month. Rest, in Pieces is Bluestein’s baby, and will enjoy

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Eva Trieger, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast