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SUMMARY:Jewish Arts & Bookfest
DESCRIPTION:Join the Magnes for the second annual Jewish Arts & BookFest in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month. \nIn the Magnes tradition of incubating Jewish cultural events\, the Arts & Bookfest will bring together authors and artists for panel discussions\, workshops\, readings\, teen programs\, and performances that showcase the Jewish experience through art\, culture\, and storytelling. \nSunday\, May 3\, 2026\nIn person at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life\, 2121 Allston Way\, Berkeley\, CA \nJewish Arts & Bookfest Website \nFor more information\, please reach out to magnesprograms@berkeley.edu. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility or require accommodations to participate in this event\, please contact us at magnes@berkeley.edu or call us at (510) 643-2526 with as much advance notice as possible.
URL:https://magnes.berkeley.edu/program/jewish-arts-bookfest-2026/
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SUMMARY:Klezmer Music in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Join the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and the Yiddish Culture Club of Berkeley for Klezmer Music in the 21st Century\, a musical discussion with clarinetist\, composer\, and educator\, Nat Seelen. \nYou’ve seen Fiddler on the Roof and know what freylekhs means. Maybe you’ve even seen the Klezmatics at Freight and Salvage. Now\, it’s time to talk about klezmer music today. What does it sound like\, who plays it and why\, and what makes the music of traditional Ashkenazi Jewish life so much fun in 2026? Join Nat Seelen\, artistic director of the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music\, for a lively discussion of the current state of klezmer\, with plenty of musical examples. \nThursday\, May 14\, 2026\n2:00 – 3:00 pm\nIn person at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life\, 2121 Allston Way\, Berkeley\, CA \nRSVP\n  \nIf you have any questions about accessibility or require accommodations to participate in this event\, please contact us at magnes@berkeley.edu or call us at (510) 643-2526 with as much advance notice as possible. \nAbout the speaker\nNat Seelen is a Boston-based clarinetist\, composer\, and educator whose work explores the intersections of tradition\, innovation\, and community in klezmer music and beyond. A dynamic performer and creator\, he is the founder and artistic director of the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music\, a concert series that has presented over 180 artists and reached thousands of audience members with original\, culturally rooted music since its inception in 2021. As a performer\, Seelen is a founding member of the internationally recognized Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band\, winners of awards at the International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam\, Brazil’s Bubbe Awards\, and more. With Ezekiel’s Wheels and other ensembles\, he has performed at major venues including the Kennedy Center\, Tanglewood Music Center\, and Jordan Hall\, and internationally in China\, Denmark\, the Netherlands\, Great Britain\, Spain\, and Canada. \nAbout the Yiddish Culture Club of Berkeley\nThe Yiddish Culture Club of Berkeley is a student-run organization at UC Berkeley that promotes Yiddish language and heritage through activities funded by grants. It organizes bi-weekly meetings\, film screenings\, and klezmer events to foster a new generation of Yiddish cultural engagement.
URL:https://magnes.berkeley.edu/program/klezmer-music-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Magnes Collection of Jewish Life and Art\, 2121 Allston Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
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