Tuesday Dec 19th

DREAM-DIGGING IN BAR YOCHAI'S CAVE
The Hebrew Mamita, Matthue Roth, Elyakeem Transmission, Frantic Turtle, & Juez
@ Tonic

7:30pm / $6adv / $9door / 18+
107 Norfolk st.
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A night of mystical dreams honoring the impact Rav Shimon Bar Yochai's
teachings on Sephardic culture, channelled through slam-poetry,
theatrics, and  jazz @ the legendary avantgarde venue.

 
Hebrew Mamita

Actress/Poet/Playwright/Native New Yorker Vanessa Hidary grew up on Manhattan's culturally diverse Upper West Side, graduating from LaGuardia High School of the Arts and Hunter College. Her experiences as a Sephardic Jew with close friends from different ethnic and religious backgrounds inspired her to write "Culture Bandit," a solo show that chronicles Vanessa's coming of age during the golden age of Hip-Hop and her dedication to fostering understanding and friendship between all people.

 
Juez
Juez is a breakbeat-klezmer-jazz band of Orthodox kids from D.C., Chicago and New York. The four-member ensemble's influences range from Yemenite niggunim to hip-hip; from John Zorn to DJ Shadow. Onstage, they resemble a punk band, with manic solos, frenzied interplay, audience call-and-responses and stage-diving. Juez is totally sweet!
 
Elyakeem Kinstlinger
Elyakeem Kinstlinger - As Creative Marketing Strategist for the ad agency www.YourSpark.com, he has developed ad campaigns for over 40 Jewish organizational projects.  He also runs an events web site www.TheFullHit.com: “Get a full hit of intellectual and spiritual nourishment.”  Most recently he has been making Friday night dinners called “New Shabbat Table!” You can email him to find out when the next dinner is scheduled. elyakeem@YourSpark.com  
 
Frantic Turtle
Frantic Turtle merges poetry, music, and performance into philosophically viral mixtures like existentialist dancehall, punk-prayer, and toasted jazz poetry. We're into strictly avant expression - the over-fed language of the urban god-piece. And jumpy grooves on the background to keep your ids dancing. www.myspace.com/franticturtle
 
Matthue Roth Matthue Roth is the author of Never Mind the Goldbergs, Yom Kippur a
Go-Go, and the forthcoming Candy in Action. As a performance poet,
he's toured internationally, and has filmed for HBO's Def Poetry Jam
and MTV's Rock the Vote. He has recently lived in Chicago, Jerusalem,
and Melbourne, Australia. www.matthueroth.com
 

 

The New York Sephardic Music Festival (NY-SMF) seeks to increase interest in and awareness of the Sephardic culture, including Mizrahi, Yemenite and Ladino traditions, highlighting the diversity that exists within the Sephardic branch of Jewish culture and history.   The latest Sephardic musical talents in the U. S. will be showcased, working to reinvigorate the thriving Sephardic culture that exists and is waiting to be re-discovered.  Our goal is to give people the opportunity to learn and enjoy this rich, sensual tradition that has the power to make hips shake and souls soar.  


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