Join storyteller Joel ben Izzy and Saul Goodman’s Band for a mashup of music and stories, including Chanukkah tales from Chelm, the mythical Jewish village of fools, located somewhere on the road from Warsaw to Chotzenplotz. Coming just a week…
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Who are the Narts? The Narts were courageous, energetic, bold, and good-hearted. Thus they lived until God sent down a small swallow. “Do you want to be few and live a short life but have great fame and have your…
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What’s Georgian polyphonic singing all about? Hear all about it — and of course hear the music itself as well — from our guest Carl Linich. Carl Linich is a scholar, singer, and teacher of traditional polyphonic singing from the…
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A concert by Jeffrey Werbock Performing on oud, tar, and kemancha Tickets $15 advance/ $20 at the door; http://magic-of-mugham.eventbrite.com Jeffrey Werbock will present a program of instrumental solo improvisations based on traditional Azerbaijani mugham, played on oud – fretless wood…
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Performance and discussion by Kira Van Deusen Tickets at the door or at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/essence-of-a-forest-fire-and-other-stories-from-a-siberian-river-village-tickets-68727797693 We are delighted to welcome Kira van Deusen back to the Silk Road House, fresh from her latest story gathering journey to the Russian Far East….
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