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We are excited to invite you to YAAANA’s 5th Anniversary, Yiddishland California’s First Anniversary, and our Annual Fundraiser Celebration, featuring musical stars of the Yiddish stage! Yale Strom, Elizabeth Schwartz, and Lisa Fishman will perform a concert titled No End to Yiddishland! Our President, Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh, will briefly report on the highlights of Yiddishland in 5782 and the plans for 5783. Enjoy great music, company, heimish nosh and drinks, all going to a great cause! WHEN | Saturday, October 8, 2022 • 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time (9:30 p.m CT, 10:30 p.m ET) WHERE | A venue in La Jolla (address provided upon registration) and via Zoom TICKETS| Tickets can be purchased HERE! • In-person: sliding scale $60 – $180; student $36 (student ID required). • Early bird tickets for $54 available until September 24 . • Online via Zoom: sliding scale $20-36. Early bird tickets for $18 available until September 24. Donation Information: Donations of $180 and up get you a shout-out at the event, a mention in the program, and a surprise Yiddishland gift at the event. Additional donations to the fundraiser for this 501(c)(3) organization (tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law) are welcome and can be made here. Your donations will help sustain Yiddishland Califonia’s cultural center in 5783. About Our Performers: Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz – internationally renowned recording artists specializing in Klezmer music and Yiddish songs and artistic advisors on YAAANA Board of Directors. Click here to listen to some of their music. Lisa Fishman – a singer, songwriter, and actress, recently performed as Bobe Tsaytl in the Broadway production of Yiddish “Fiddler on the Roof” directed by Joel Gray. Click here to listen to some of her music.

The independent committee is calling on the Defense Department to make personal firearms harder to buy and access on base.

Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with the PBS App. Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade to explore the evolution of composer Astor Piazzolla’s work and the music genre itself as it becomes fused with jazz across time and numerous instruments.

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For four decades, the Japanese group Kodo has shown off the extraordinary emotional and artistic range of the traditional Taiko drum on stages around the world. their new program Tsuzmi commemorates this incredible legacy, featuring pieces that trace their music back to the group's origins. SOCIALS: Facebook Twitter Instagram

Practice yoga in the spacious Lander Hall in Kensington. With over 20 years of teaching experience, yoga instructor Sünje O’Clancy encourages students of all levels to improve overall strength, flexibility, and balance. She guides participants through thoughtfully designed hatha yoga sequences that include a variety of poses, breathing techniques, and a final relaxation. "Yoga is the path of self-discovery, and my hope is that our practice time together will help students to find their way home to the place of peaceful stillness, and ultimately happiness, that lays within themselves." SOCIAL: Twitter

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On the duo's latest album, its first full-length released on a major country label, Tanya and Michael Trotter Jr. sing piano-driven originals with a grown-up sense of devotion.