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Old Solomon Levy in Petticoat Lane: Yiddish Popular Songs of London's East End 1880-1940
| THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2013 | 7:00PM |
| LECTURE & PERFORMANCE |
| A musical tour of Yiddish popular song from the immigrant East End 1880-1940 - surprising, moving, funny and cheeky. Vivi Lachs is a London based Yiddish folk singer with the band Klezmer Klub specialising in the Anglo-Yiddish popular songs of London's Jewish East End. She worked for 25 years in schools education, published a popular manual for teachers on multimedia and has lectured internationally on educational issues. She is now a full time PhD student in history and music analysing Yiddish poetry and song that tell of the British immigrant experience 1880-1914. It explores the role creative Yiddish texts have in political and social debate of the time. Vivi is an experienced speaker and performer, combining images, archive recordings and a cappella singing. |
| Admission: FREE RSVP Required: www.yivo.org/reservations | 212.294.6139 |
| Venue: YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History | 15 West 16th Street - NYC view map For directions and parking information, click HERE All public programs are wheelchair accessible. A limited number of assistive listening devices are available for deaf and hard of hearing individuals upon request. |