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Isle of Klezbos plays Joe’s Pub NYC: High Noon Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec 6th! Tickets publictheater.org/performances...

We published this story late Friday afternoon amid an avalanche of news so I’m reposting it now because Kohen Wiley’s life mattered more than a box of diapers.

Thanks @brooklynmuseum.org for having Isle of Klezbos play at the fantastic Fall Fête: We loved this party, all the art curation & everyone performing. Plus every creatively celebrating guest, brilliant all around!

FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?

Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Isle of Klezbos premiered this archival find 9/19 at IMA.org w/guest Rachel Leader: violin, Debra Kreisberg sax & Shoko Nagai piano, gorgeous tonalities! A prayer in three parts (music/Henekh Kon, words/Abo Stolzenberg, provided to us by grand-daughter Nomi Stolzenberg) Thanks Harold Grinspoon Fdn.

This Saturday in Western Mass: Isle of Klezbos special with surprise archival repertoire & guest Rachel Leader! Livestream too $10. Advance tickets $22, day of show $27 ima.org/event/isle-o...

People's risk assessments are so off. Here's a math grad saying AI is scary because it can 'build extinction-level bioweapons'. AI would at best make bad actors more efficient. The time to worry about bioweapons was a decade ago when we could have regulated mutagenic chain reactions. We didn't. 1/

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New Jersey: Isle of Klezbos in Montclair! Sunday, Nov 8th - Save the date, details soon.

Isle of Klezbos season preview: IMA Western Mass 9/19; Bklyn Museum 10/1; Lilith B’day Bash @ CJH 10/29; High Noon Hanukkah @ Joe’sPub NYC 12/6; CityWinery NYC Brunch (APAP weekend) 1/17 Klezbos.com

"A week and a half before October 7, 2023, UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed called Netanyahu and spoke with him for 45 minutes. In that conversation, MBZ warned that Hamas' leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was planning a major operation against Israel." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

My life was changed and my career path defined largely by the reading of one great book when I was a small kid. Imagine how many potential lives Dolly Parton enhanced by giving away 330 MILLION books... balancedweather.substack.com/p/for-the-lo...

Isle of Klezbos plays IMA Barn Stage in Western Mass next month: Sat night, Sept 19! Don't miss this rare appearance (and save on $22 advance tix). Quartet deluxe with Debra Kreisberg clar/sax, Shoko Nagai accordion/piano, me on drums & special guest Rachel Leader on violin ima.org/event/isle-o...

I know everything feels terrible and doomy but I've been working on surveillance issues for most of my adult life and I have never seen so much energy, momentum, and concrete VICTORIES happening as what we are seeing right now on Flock cameras and facial recognition in venues. Keep. Going.

Trump's odd window shade remark flagged by Kaitlan Collins after decoy plane revelations #RawStory

Tonight! Isle of Klezbos FREE 7pm with returning alumna Rachelle Garniez in New Rochelle: Nu Rachelle? newrochelle.librarycalendar.com/event/intern...

Tomorrow: Isle of Klezbos 7pm FREE in New Rochelle newrochelle.librarycalendar.com/event/intern...

Judge rips Todd Blanche's 'strange and unharmonious' legal grasp in latest benchslap #RawStory

New video! Isle of Klezbos live from Joe's Pub NYC (& save the date, we'll be back onstage here for Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec 6th at noon). “Szol a Kakas Mar" /The Rooster is Crowing: Shoko Nagai accordion, Debra Kreisberg sax, Pam Fleming trumpet, Saskia Lane bass, & me drums. youtu.be/o8_AXQOoOzY

This is in keeping with what experts have suspected, and it's good to have more details www.science.org/content/arti...

Rescheduled: Isle of Klezbos plays New Rochelle FREE Mon, August 10th at 7pm, following last week's stormy postponement. We'll feature guest Rachelle Garniez (nu? Rachelle!) accordion/piano, Debra Kreisberg clarinet/sax, Pam Fleming: trumpet & me on drums. NRPL is just a block from MetroNorth train

Borscht Belt Fest has been wonderful so far! Tomorrow 2:30PM Isle of Klezbos plays a free outdoor concert, & today I was on two sold-out panel discussions with amazing fellow presenters: Ellenville NY. Wonderful weather, excellent vibes, amazing stories, great performers borschtbeltfest.org

We have to postpone Isle of Klezbos’ show in New Rochelle tonight due to flood warning & tornado watch. So sorry, the band was really psyched to play! I’ll post a reschedule date ASAP.

How much longer do they think they can get away with blaming Biden for everything?

7pm tomorrow Isle of Klezbos plays a free concert in New Rochelle. Ossie Davis Auditorium at NRPL right across from MetroNorth Station. Quartet special featuring Debra Kreisberg: clarinet & sax, Pam Fleming: trumpet, Shoko Nagai: accordion & (grand) piano, and me on drums, Tues 7/21. bit.ly/4frIdO8

Yiddish Songs of the Bund & Beyond: Tomw FREE Join Ira Khonen Temple, Eléonore Weill, Beila Ungar, and Kirsten Lamb for a concert/sing-along With special guest @evesicular.bsky.social Sun 7/19 6pm CityLore 56 E 1st St NYC Songs of solidarity and resistance powered 20th C labor & social movements

​"Our communities are under attack." Biddeford, Maine is organized, angry, and out in the streets protesting a tragic fatal shooting involving ICE personnel. ​Accountability must happen NOW. 📢 ​Stay informed on the latest developments: fllics.com/en/?s=ice+sh...

New from Isle of Klezbos: Opening medley at our Joe’s Pub NYC Ides of March show, moody processional into “golden” wedding dance rollick. Debra Kreisberg /clarinet, Pam Fleming /trumpet, Shoko Nagai /accordion, Saskia Lane /doubla bass, Eve Sicular /drums & bandleader m.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlS...

Last week on & off the bandstands: Isle of Klezbos and Metropolitan Klezmer: NYC, Ridgefield, Hamptons etc. June!

Isle of Klezbos today free! 5PM to 7PM: “In Bloom” concert moves indoors to Sixth Street Synagogue, 325 E 6th St NYC. With poet Irena Klepfisz & jazz tap special guests Laraine Goodman & Margaret Morrison klezbos.com

UPDATE re Isle of Klezbos concert tomw: “In Bloom” moves indoors to Sixth Street Synagogue! FREE East Village 325 E 6 St w/ all-gal sextet Klezbos band plus beloved poet Irena Klepfisz & our jazz tap MCs Laraine Goodman+ Margaret Morrison. Stay dry and safe, all: 5pm-7pm Tues 6/23 klezbos.com/shows

@annsplaining.bsky.social I was trying to remember what other “Oliver!” tunes you may have translated. Winograd & I went down Leybele Begleiter lane, he agrees on an all-Yiddish version & I told him you’ve jump-started it. Plus here’s my Pocket entry metropolitanklezmer.bandcamp.com/track/pick-a...

‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been’ Review: Who Is Naming Names? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/t... I look forward to seeing this play; somehow never heard of the 1972 original. Enjoy @collinshughes.bsky.social constructive, riveting critique (cf her spot-on review of J.Edgar Klezmer in 2015 climate)

Yesterday’s floss & play concert with Isle of Klezbos plus our very clean guest stars: Westport CT Levitt Pavilion soundcheck fun and that super-hygienic green room. Thanks Michael Winograd, Rachel Leader & Reut Regev for joining this sextet Pride Show!

Saratoga here we are! Isle of Klezbos trio special plays today for Pride Celebration & Jewish Cultural Fest 1pm-3pm, Congregation Shaara Tfille: $10 per person (advance reservations required) Featuring @dkmuse87 clarinet & sax, @shokonagainy accordion & keyboard, and bandleader @evesicular on drums

East Village: Free NYC Isle of Klezbos “In Bloom” outdoor* El Sol Brillante Garden concert Tues, June 23 sextet 5pm-7pm Pride show: 522 E 12th St A/B w/Jazz Tap maven MCs Laraine Goodman+Margaret Morrison & beloved poet/lifelong Bundist Irena Klepfisz! (*Rain venue Sixth Street Synagogue 325 E 6th)

Knicks pull off greatest comeback in NBA Finals history, coming back from 29 point deficit to go up 3-1 in finals. THE CURSE OF TRUMP IS ENDED.

SPEECHLESS. LFGK

Knicksssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

June/July: ISLE of KLEZBOS & Friends play Saratoga NY, Westport CT, East Village NYC, Ridgefield CT, Mohonk, New Rochelle, Ellenville! @isleofklezbos (& Metropolitan Klezmer @chirpct ) Levitt Pavilion, El Sol Brillante, CHiRP, Borscht Belt Fest free outdoors: Klezbos.com & MetropolitanKlezmer.com

When James Dolan cancels the watch party outside MSG, we bring the watch party to you. Thanks to the @nba.com, Knicks Game 4 is now playing on dozens of LinkNYC screens across our city. LGK.

Klezmer coming for video game music, which in this case kinda already came for klezmer... Check out the 8-bit Big Band's klezmer-infused (more fiddler-infused, but I'm still here for it) cover of Bonetroussle from Undertale feat. my best bud and best klezmer clarinetist Michael Winograd!

Isle of Klezbos & Friends play Westport CT’s Levitt Pavilion FREE & outdoors: pride celebration on Tuesday, June 16 at 7 PM. Doors open 6 PM, bring your own lawn chair. ci.ovationtix.com/34174/produc...

Saratoga! Klezbos trio special plays Sun, June 14 Pride & Jewish Cultural Fest 1pm-3pm Congregation Shaara Tfille: $10 per person incl light refreshments. Advance reservations required, through June 11 at 518-584-2370 or by e-mail: likebertrand518@gmail.com www.jewishworldnews.org/news-posts/i...