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Łowiczanie Polish Folk Dance Ensemble from San Francisco will perform at the Support Ukraine Benefit Concert.
Posted inCulture

Local klezmer and European folk groups team up for Ukraine benefit concert

by Dan Pine April 20, 2022April 27, 2022

Ever since the first bombs fell, Paul Alexander had been horrified by Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Petaluma resident had desperately wanted to do something to aid the Ukrainian people, […]

Artist Naomie Kremer giving a virtual tour of her painting exhibit “Embodiment” at Modernism in San Francisco, which closed temporarily due to the pandemic.
Posted inCulture

Our Pandemic Year: Artists faced a choice — pivot or perish

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 15, 2021October 15, 2024
Screenshot of the Contemporary Jewish Museum's virtual tour of its exhibit “Levi Strauss: A History of American Style.”
Posted inArt & About

Art, concerts and museums during a pandemic: What is ‘local’?

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 27, 2020March 30, 2020
Violinist Cookie Segelstein of the klezmer band Veretski Pass will play several of the Holocaust violins that have come to the Bay Area for the Violins of Hope series.
Posted inCulture

For local daughter of survivor, playing Holocaust violins is personal

by Andrew Muchin January 14, 2020
(From left) Matthew Stein and Dmitri Gaskin of Baymele, a klezmer-Yiddish trio, at a recent performance (Photo/Ryan Gourley)
Posted inMusic

Jewish Folk Chorus celebrates Yiddish music — and Yiddish values

by Andrew Muchin June 18, 2019June 18, 2019
accordianist, violinist, and cellist stand playing joyfully
Posted inMusic

A daughter’s gift: Healing concert from local klezmer favorite Veretski Pass

by Rob Gloster November 15, 2018November 15, 2018

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