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Past Events 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 10am ~ Bialik Hebrew
Day School
Lenka leads Bialik Hebrew Day School students as they engage
in an exciting musical exchange with Theodore Bikel.
Saturday, February 2 ~ The First Musical Shabbat at Our New
Home
Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Avenue West, Toronto
With Nigunatics - 10am
Sunday, February 3, 2pm ~ Living Legacies
- Book Launch
Lenka is a contributor to this anthology edited by Liz Pearl,
and will sing at the Book launch celebration.
Latner Library, 4600 Bathurst Street, Toronto
Sunday February 3, 8pm ~ Lula Lounge, Sisters
of Sheynville with Tracey Erin Smith, aka "The Burning
Bush!" Tribal Revival Tour begins!
Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Doors open: 7pm for dinner - Show begins at 8pm
Reservations: 416.778.8984. Tickets: $15 show only
Saturday, February 9, 8pm ~ Winterfolk Festival, Sisters of
Sheynville Concert
Black Swan, 2nd Floor, 154 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
Phone: 416.469.0537
Friday, February 29, 3:30-5:30pm ~ Musical
presentation at the opening of "Zmizeli sousede"
(Disappeared Neighbours)
Czech Holocaust-themed exhibition at the Miles Nadal JCC,
Al Greene Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON
Presented by the Consul General of Czech Republic.
Tuesday, March 11,10pm ~ Sisters of Sheynville
play New York!
The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York - Tel: 212-219-3132
Wednesday, March 12, 8pm ~ Sisters of
Sheynville Concert
The Workmen's Circle, 45 E. 33rd Street, New York - Tel: 212-889-6800
Wednesday, April 2, 7pm ~ CD Launch
Lenka leads Bialik Hebrew Day School's grades 3-8 in a Yiddish
musical performance to celebrate the release of the CD "Lomir
zingen in Yiddish", which she produced. Sponsored by
Ashkenaz Festival for New Yiddish Culture.
Tuesday, April 8, 7:30pm ~ Lenka in solo
concert in London, England
The Spiro Ark, 25-26 Enford Street, London, England W1H 1DW,
Tel 020 7723 9991
www.spiroark.org
Thursday, April 10 ~ London, England
A musical presentation at an International Conference presented
by JMI SOAS International Centre for Suppressed Music and
the Institute of Musical Research. Conference: Music, Oppression
and Exile: The Impact of Nazism on Musical Development in
the 20th Century.
University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Thursday, April 17, 7-10pm ~ Sisters of
Sheynville
Gladstone Hotel, Melody Bar, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto,
ON 416.531.4635
Monday, May 12 ~ With Sisters of Sheynville
Yiddish Mameloshn Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Thursday, May 22, 7:30pm ~ Klub Violino,
Czech Republic: Solo Concert with Friends!
Program will include Yiddish songs original and traditional;
modern liturgy; original music. Special guests:
Dr. Judith Cohen-Sephardi, music specialist, who will share
her vast repertoire as well as join Lenka on some tunes and
Jiri Krob from the Prague Chamber Orchestra, on percussion.
Klub VIOLINO, Krakovská 5, 110 00 Praha 1, Prague,
Czech Republic
Tel: 222 220 100, www.violino.cz
Friday, May 23, 7pm ~ Lenka co-leads Bejt
Praha's Egalitarian Kabbalat Shabbat Service at the Spanish
Synagogue (Spanelska Synagoga)
Josefov, Prague, Czech Republic
Sunday, June 1 ~ Jewish Mosaic Festival
Details to follow.
Sunday, June 8, 11am ~ Washington Jewish Arts
Festival with Sisters of Sheynville
Saturday, June 14, 11pm ~ NXNE Music
Festival with Sisters of Sheynville Showcase
Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON 416.535.9541
Sunday, June 15, 12-3pm, Sisters of Sheynville,
Father's Day Concert
Rex Hotel and Jazz Bar, 194 Queen St. West, Toronto,
ON 416.598.2475
Sunday, June 29, 2pm ~ Toronto City Roots Festival
with Sisters of Sheynville
Sunday, August 31, ~ Ashkenaz Festival, Toronto
with Sisters of Sheynville
Saturday, September 20, Selichot with
Rabbi Grimberg,
Darchei Noam Congregation , 864 Sheppard Avenue West,
Toronto, ON
Tuesday, September 30, 10am ~ Rosh Hashana
with Rabbi Tina Grimberg
Darchei Noam Congregation , 864 Sheppard Avenue West, Toronto,
ON
Wednesday, October 1, 10am ~ Rosh Hashana
with Rabbi Tina Grimberg
Darchei Noam Congregation , 864 Sheppard Avenue West, Toronto
Thursday, October 9, 9:30am ~ Kolel at BJCC
Yom Kippur. Services with Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Thursday, October 16,
4:45pm-6pm ~ Solo yiddish concert in New York
Workmen's Circle, 45 E33rd, Manhattan, New York,
New York.
Come and learn brand new Yiddish songs! Free. Songsheets provided.
Saturday, October 25, Midnight ~ OCFF
Guerilla showcase, Sisters
of Sheynville
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ottawa
Tuesday, October 28, 7pm ~ Remembering
JB Memorial Concert with Bialik Choir
Bialik Hebrew Day School, Toronto, ON with choir, speakers.
Monday, November 3, 1pm ~ Jewish Book
Fair with Simcha Simchovitch
Leah Posluns Theatre, Toronto, ON
Thursday, November
6, 3pm ~ Solo Concert, Beth Shalom Zorgcentreum
Amsterdam, Kastelen Straat 80, 31 20 661 1511 contact
Marijke Oldenkamp
Friday, November 7, 8pm ~
Etty Hillesum Centrum with Brian Katz and special guest Kinneret
Sage
Deventer Holland, Friesland
Sunday, December 7, 8pm ~ Buffalo, New York
with Sisters of Sheynville
Saturday, December
20, 8pm ~ Yiddish Marathon in Israel
Leyvik House, The Israeli Center for Yiddish Culture, Leyvik
House, 30 Dov Hoz St., Tel Aviv 63416, Israel
Past Events 2007
Wednesday, January 24 ~ CBC Radio 1, "Arts
Tonight", 10 pm
Interview about Pashtes CD
 Thursday,
February 1, 6-9pm ~ Sisters of Sheynville
The Gladstone Hotel, Melody Bar, 1214 Queen Street West, 2nd
Floor, Toronto ON 416.531.4635
Monday, February 19, 1:30pm ~ Simcha Simchovitch
Simcha talks about his new bilingual collection "Fire
Mountain". Lenka will perform selections from the CD
"Pashtes". With Professor Snyderman.
Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Free.
Thursday, March 1, 6-9pm ~
Sisters of Sheynville
The Gladstone Hotel, Melody Bar, 1214 Queen Street West, 2nd
Floor, Toronto ON 416.531.4635
Sunday, May 13 ~ Mamapalooza, ~ Sisters
of Sheynville
Lenka will perform as a singer/songwriter as well as
with the Sistes of Sheynville.
Jeff Healey's Road House, 56 Blue Jays Way, Toronto ON 416.593.2626
Time TBA
Thursday, May 31, 8:30pm ~ Concert with
Brian Katz
First of two Toronto concerts before this year's European
tour.
The Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst Street, Toronto ON 416.913.8197
- Cover $7
Tuesday, June 5, 8pm ~ Concert with Brian
Katz
Second of two Toronto concerts before Lenka and Brian Katz
take off for their European concerts.
Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto ON - Cover $7
Reserve for dinner at this great venue! Call 416.987.1078
Sunday, June 10, 2:30pm ~ "Lider
fun goldenem land": Celebration of Life & Work of
Mordechai Gebirtig
David Abramowitz, narration. Lenka, voice, guitar, piano.
With the Beth Emeth Youth Choir directed by Mickey Lewin.
Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder Street, Toronto
ON Tel: 416-633-3838
Sponsored by Friends of Yiddish and the Committee for Yiddish.
Info: Ethel Cooper, Mrscchat@aol.com
Saturday, June 23
~ Geneva Music Festival "La Fête de musique"
2007, Switzerland
On Tour! Lenka Lichtenberg and Brian Katz
Workshop : Yiddish songs and Yidrhythmics, 15h-17h; Public
presentation: 18h; Concert : 20:30h.
Terrasse Agrippa d’Aubigne
Info: Michel Borzykowski, Vice-Président AMJ, Tel:
+4122 755 41 23 www.amj.ch
Monday, June 25, 19:30h ~ Bern, Switzerland
On Tour! Lenka Lichtenberg and Brian Katz
La Cappella, Allmendstrasse 24 3014 Bern-Breitenrain,
Switzerland
Tel: 031 332 80 22 www.la-cappella.ch
Tickets CHF 35.-/30.-/25.-
Wednesday, June 27, 20:30h ~ Baden, Switzerland
On Tour! Lenka Lichtenberg and Brian Katz
Prima Vista Music-Bar Restuarant Mellingerstrasse 1, 5400
Bade, Switzerland
Tel: 056 221 12 02 Call or e-mail for dinner reservations.
rest.primavista@bluewin.ch
Friday, June 29, 6pm ~ Smolnice, Czech
Republic
Solo concert
Tuesday, July 3, 7:30pm ~ Prague, Czech
Republic
Klub VIOLINO, Krakovská 5, 110 00 Praha 1, Prague
Tel: 222 220 100, www.violino.cz
Saturday, July 7, 7pm ~ Prague Concert,
Czech Republic
Klub Hermes, Parizska 20, Praha 1, Prague
Special Guest: blues virtuoso guitarist Sue DaBaco
Concert near central Europe's oldest synagogue on Maiselova
Street
Saturday, September 8, 9:45 pm ~ Selichot
Service at Darchei Noam
Congregation Darchei Noam, 15 Hove Street, Toronto 416.638.4783
Wednesday, Septmber 12, 7:30pm ~ Erev
Rosh Hashana
Service leader for Kolel services, Bathurst Jewish Community
Centre
Thursday, September 13 ~ Rosh Hashana
Service with Rabbi Tina Grimberg
Congregation Darchei Noam, 15 Hove Street, Toronto 416.638.4783
Friday, September 14 ~ Rosh Hashana Service
with Rabbi Tina Grimberg
Congregation Darchei Noam, 15 Hove Street, Toronto 416.638.4783
Sunday, September 16 ~ Sisters of Sheynville
Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto ON 416.987.1078
Saturday, September 22 ~ Kolel - Yom
Kippur with Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Yiskor, Torah service, cantorial
Thursday, October 11, 2pm ~ Sisters of
Sheynville
Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst Street, Toronto 416.636.1880
ext. 354
Saturday, October 13 ~ BENNY'S BAR MITZVAH!!!
Wednesday, October 17, 1:30pm ~ Sisters
of Sheynville
Beth Radom Congregation, 18 Reiner Road, Toronto 416.636.3451
Monday, October 22, 8pm ~ Concert: Tribute
to Milton Barnes
with Brian Katz and others.
Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750
Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON
Info: Harriet Wichin, 416.924.6211
Wednesday, October 24, 6-9pm ~ Sisters
of Sheynville
Gladstone Hotel, Melody Bar, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
416.531.4635
Thursday, November 8 ~ New York: Yiddish
Kavehoyz with Brian Katz
Brian Katz (guitar, piano) and Lenka (voice, guitar,
piano) will be performing at the monthly Kavehoyz, as part
of the monthly concert series. The program will be Pashtes,
a song cycle of Simcha Simchovitch's Yiddish poems.
Concert sponsored by the Congress for Jewish Culture, 25 E.
21st NYC. between Park and Broadway, in Manhattan.
Info: 212-505-8040, $5.00 includes kosher coffee and pastry.
Sunday, December 2, 9:15am ~ Morning concert
with Brian Katz
Beth David Synagogue, 55 Yeomans Road, Toronto 416.633.5500
Sunday, December 16, 12 noon - 3:30pm
~ Sisters of Sheynville
Rex Hotel and Jazz Bar, 194 Queen St. West, Toronto 416.598.2475
Annual Chanuka extravaganza! latkes, chopped liver, etc.! |
