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2006-2007
Cultural Calendar: Performing Arts (Archives)
Israeli
Music | Lectures
and Literature | Movies
Performing Arts | Special
Events | Visual
Arts | Archives |
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 "Ratziti
Lomar" ("I Wanted To Say")
Shaike Levy (from "Hagashash
Hachiver" trio)- In a one man show (in Hebrew).
Shaike Levy's show combines music, storylines, and
comedy, all with humor, seriousnous and some tears.
Saturday, October 21, 2006. 8:00 pm.
College of San Mateo Theatre , 1700 West Hillsdale Blvd.,
San Mateo. More info: http://www.yendor.com/yadbeyad,
or call 408.530.8243.
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 Batsheva
Dance Company
Three
(Shalosh) - an evening-length work in three parts: "Bellus"
(beauty), "Humus" (earth), and "Secus"
(translates as both "this" and "not this”).
Ohad
Naharin brings his newest work, Three,
in this return engagement of Israel’s captivating
contemporary dance company. Naharin’s works are
fearless emotional and physical essays, often grappling
with the heart-rending and inspiring realities of modern
life. Three examines themes of beauty, nature, and existence
with Naharin’s signature blend of wit, serenity,
and anger. The work profoundly references his views
on life in his homeland.
"Challenging and distinctive, it is as loaded
as any dance piece that has preceded it.”
- Jerusalem Post.
Thursday - Saturday, October 26
- 28, 2006. 8:00 pm. Sunday, October 29, 2006. 2:00
pm. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 700 Howard
at Third Street, San Francisco. Info: www.Performances.Org,
Sharmila@Performances.
Box Office: 415.392.2545.Sponsored by The Koret
Foundation, San Francisco Performances and the Israel
Center. Friends of
the Israel Center receive a 10% discount on all shows,
please use code 2416 when ordering tickets.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006. 8:00 pm.,
Wednesday, October 25. 8:00 pm. Jackson
Hall Lyric Seating, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center
for the Performing Arts, UC Davis. Click for tickets
and more info
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 Three
Tenors from the Holy Land
After a sensational tour in Israel and
Europe, the acclaimed “Three Israeli Tenors”
make a grandiose debut with a ten-show US and Canada
tour in December of 2006.
Performing together since 2005, the Three
Tenors have given over one hundred sold-out performances
in Israel and Europe, with a very enjoyable program,
inclusive of all audiences, full of humour and nostalgia.
Yevgeni
Shapovalov, Felix
Livshitz and Vladislav
Goraj are set to wow the American public with their
talented line-up and range of repertoire. Don’t
miss what is guaranteed to be an unforgettable experience!
“An extraordinary show.
People shed tears of emotion and exaltation. The atmosphere
was electrifying.” Jerusalem Post, Israel
Friday, December 15, 7:30 p.m.
Palo Alto JCC, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo
Alto.
Ticekts: $30-40. Order online at:
tmbilet.com.
Saturday, December 16, 7:00 p.m.
Temple Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco.
Ticekts: $25-40. Order online at:
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 Zubin
Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Join Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
in a spectacular afternoon featuring Beethoven's Leonore
Overture No. 3, Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night, and
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
The American
Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and
Maribelle & Stephen Leavitt, Varda & Irving
Rabin, and Lydia & Doug Shorenstein host the return
of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to the Bay Area
to celebrate its 70th Anniversary!
Sunday, February 04, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave. San
Francisco.
Tickets : $30-$190.
More info and tickets: www.sfsymphony.org,
or call 415.864.6000.
Special Event:
Debut performance of The Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra String Quartet in Honor of The
Richter Family
Thursday, January 11, 2007, 6:00 .pm - 9:00
p.m.
Concert will be held at a private home in Pacfic
Heights. Tickets for both events - the IPO Concert on
February 4th at Davies Symphony Hall and the Debut performance
the IPO String Quartet run from $500 - $5,000.
Contact: Stephanie
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 Pianist
Gila Goldstein in Recital
Israeli Pianist Gila Goldstein is a frequent guest
at the Bay Area concert scene. Residing in New York
City, Goldstein has performed worldwide and has recorded
two volumes of the music of Israeli composer Paul Ben-Haim.
Recital will feature pieces by Bach, Schubert, Liszt,
Prokofiev, Yedidia and Schumann.
More
on Gila Goldstein...
Sunday, February 11, 4:00 p.m.
Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street,
San Francisco.
More info and tickets: www.oldfirstconcerts.org,
415.474.1608.
March 29-31, 2007.
American Liszt Society Festival, San Francisco
Conservatory, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco.
Info and tickets: 415.564.8086, www.americanlisztsociety.org/festival.htm |
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 Israeli
Comedian Eli Yatzpan
Yatzpan humorously discusses his childhood, his family,
politics, relationships, current events and much more.
Yatzpan brings new and original material specially created
for him by Israel’s best comic writers.
Saturday, March 24, 8:30 p.m.
San Francisco Jewish Community Center, 3200
California St., San Francisco.
Info and Tickets: $55, $65, $75 - VIP
tickets for the Warm Home project of "Yad
BeYad". Vered: (408) 530-8243, Ziona: (650)
965-3799, Orly's Bookstore: (408) 732-3238 (By Visa/MC). |
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 Avishai
Cohen at Yoshi's
Born and raised in Israel, Avishai Cohen has
often combined Middle Eastern and Israeli music
with both electric and acoustic jazz. Cohen has
been called a "jazz visionary of global proportions"
by DownBeat, and was declared one of the 100 Most
Influential Bass Players of the 20th Century by
Bass Player Magazine. He has received a deluge
of critical praise for his recent recorded output
and live performances. He has recorded or performed
gigs with such notables as Ravi Coltrane, Wynton
Marsalis, Joshua Redman, and most notably, an
extended stint with Chick Corea. He will be joined
by Mark Guiliana - drums & Shai Maestro -
piano.
More
about Avishai Cohen...
May 1 & 2 @ 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.
Yoshi's Jazz House & Restaurant, 510 Embarcadero
West, Oakland.
Info and Tickets: 510.238.9200./ www.yoshis.com. Tickets normally sell for $16 for the
8 PM shows, and $10 for the 10 PM shows, but friends
of the Israeli
Consulate can buy 2 for 1 tickets with the
password "cohen".
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 Sponja
in The Big City
A comedy show In Hebrew about sex, diets, housewives,
husbands, kids, and life in general.
Featuring: Tzipi Shavit, Chani Nachmias, &
Irit Anavi.
Saturday May 5, 8:30 p.m.
Spangenberg Theatre – Gunn High School.
780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.
Info and Tickets: $55, $65, $75
VIP ($10 donation to the Yad
BeYad warm home project). Vered: (408) 530-8243,
Ziona: (650) 965-3799, Orly's Bookstore: (408)
732-3238 (By Visa/MC). |
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 The
Holy Wigs
Incredible drag show starring Jerusalem's top
drag queens (and a king). Featured show
at The Chosen Party, celebrating
30 years of inclusive Judaism with Congregation
Sha'ar Zahav.
Thursday, May 17, 6:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Galleria Design Center, 101 Henry
Adams St., San Francisco.
Info and Tickets: www.shaarzahav.org / 415.861.6932. |
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 The
San Francisco International Arts Festival: The
Israeli Ethiopian Experience
Two Israeli-Ethiopian artistic projects will
be featured at the San Francisco International
Arts Festival.
Yossi Vassa: "It
Sounds Better in Amharic". The
hilarious and moving personal solo play (in English)
about the artist’s journey from Ethiopia to Israel
returns to the Bay Area. The show opens a window
to the immigrants’ encounters with the realities
of Israeli society.
Saturday May 26, 4:30 p.m., Sunday May
27, 7:00 p.m.
AAACC, 762 Fulton Street @ Webster, San Francisco.
Abatte Barihun,
Robert Moses: Dance en Creations. Moses, a San Francisco based choreographer, is
developing new dance works set to original music
by Israeli-Ethiopian jazz composer, saxophonist
and singer, Barihun’s music integrates ancient
sounding pieces and traditional songs with contemporary
music.
Thursday, May 24, Saturday May 26, Sunday
May 27, 2007.
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street @ Mission,
San Francisco.
Info, show times and tickets: 415.399.9554, info@sfiaf.org, www.sfiaf.org
Co-sponsored
by: the Israel Center, the Consulate
General of Israel.
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 Anat
Cohen at Yoshi's
Tenor saxophonist & clarinetist Anat Cohen
is one of the most in-demand musicians in New
York City and is rapidly becoming a major force
on the global world music and jazz scenes. Originally
from Tel Aviv, Anat has performed around the world
sharing her astounding musicianship. Aside from
her extraordinary instrumental abilities on soprano
and tenor saxes and clarinet, she has a natural
ability to absorb the music of different cultures,
process it and interpret it with her own special
take. As a bandleader Anat has played in some
of the most prestigious jazz clubs and concert
halls in the world including Dizzy’s Club at Jazz
at Lincoln Center, The Jazz Standard and Sweet
Rhythm. She comes to Yoshi’s in support of her
latest CD Poetica on Anzic Records, which features
old Israeli songs and a contemporary Israeli song,
a ballad by Brazilian songwriter Nelson Cavaquinho,
a Jacques Brel chanson, John Coltrane's "Lonnie's
Lament," two of her own originals and one
by Avital.
Wednesday & Thursday, June 6 &
7. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.
Yoshi's Jazz House & Restaurant,510 Embarcadero
West, Oakland
Info: www.yoshis.com
/ 510.238.9200
Tickets: normally sell
for $10 each, but friends of the Israeli Consulate
can buy 2 for 1 tickets with the discount code
word "anat"
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