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 Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Festival
Sunday, June 15, 12-4 pm
 Klezmer music, Chinese opera and acrobatics, language lessons, scribal art, folk art demos, crafts, tours and, of course, kosher egg rolls and egg creams! Experience a unique slice of Lower Manhattan, where Chinatown meets the old Jewish Lower East Side at our annual festival, voted the best annual block party by the Village Voice.
Free event
Drum Fest!
Wednesday, June 25 at 7pm
Explore the history of our melting-pot neighborhood through its musical roots at our annual Fest. This year’s concert highlights the drum – the world’s oldest and most ubiquitous instrument – and celebrates the multi-ethnic rhythms of the Lower East Side. Grammy award nominee and Latin jazz drummer Bobby Sanabria, and musicians from the klezmer, Italian and Puerto Rican traditions, will perform and share insights.
Adults: $18
Students/Seniors: $15
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The Art of the Memoir—Summer Intensive
Four Tuesdays, July 1, 8, 15 & 22
 How do you turn your story into one that others want to read about? Writer Paul Zakrzewski’s unique approach encourages you to experiment with different “voices” as a way of discovering your own range and style. Learn to analyze contemporary memoir and your own work. Weekly readings and writing assignments, as well as the chance to workshop your own short memoir.
Note: Initial assignment will be mailed out before the first class.
Reservations required by June 20th.
$225 per person for whole 4 sessions
Art Bailey’s Orkestra Popilar
Tuesday, July 15 at 7 pm
 Art Bailey’s Orkestra Popilar brings fresh interpretations of rarely heard klezmer masterpieces originally recorded by Romanian-born tsimblist and Lower East Side restaurateur Joseph Moskowitz. Performing works featured on their recently released CD Branch From the Tree, Orkestra Popilar takes the listener on an exciting trip from the early roots of klezmer, up through the eclecticism of the current NYC music scene. Enjoy!
Adults: $18
Students/Seniors: $15
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Introduction to Oral History
Thursday, July 24 from 1 to 4 pm
Folklorist Hanna Griff-Sleven leads this introductory program on how to research and record your family history. The workshop will teach basic interviewing techniques, help you craft questions that are specific to your family’s experience and explore how photographs, family recipes and heirlooms can illuminate your family history. We encourage multiple generations of a family to attend.
Reservations required by July 7.
$10 per person.
Genealogy Workshop
Sunday, July 27 from 1 to 4 pm
Start making sense of family names and roots! Learn how to research your own family genealogy on-line. Genealogist researcher Roger Lustig will guide you to appropriate websites and help you strategize the next step. Bring your shoebox of family ephemera, questions and dead ends.
Reservations required by July 7.
$10 per person.
Afro-Semitic Experience
Tuesday, August 5 at 7pm
 Founded in 1998 by Jewish American bassist David Chevan and African American pianist Warren Byrd, the Afro-Semitic Experience merges the music of their people into a jazzy worldbeat soundscape that is at once playful and reverent. Imagine Charles Mingus sitting in with a klezmer band. A whoopin', hollerin', testifyin' celebration of multicultural soul music.
Adults: $18
Students/Seniors: $15
Lost & Found Music Series
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