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SHOWS

UPCOMING

Saturday, 7pm
Dec 24th

 

San Francisco
Tikva Store

Queer Khanukah Party. Candles, vodka, latkes, singing.

3191 Mission | ChoHo |

Friday, 7pm
Dec 23th

 

San Francisco
Tikva Store

Shabbat with ChoHo. Candles, khallah, singing.

3191 Mission | ChoHo |

Saturday, 9pm
Dec 10th

 

Berkeley
Subterranean Art House

With Zoyres (we play first). read more

2179 Bancroft | ChoHo | $15 suggested, If you don't have that much come anyway

Sunday, 4pm
Dec 11th

 

Oakland
Paramount Theater

Jewlia with Kugelplex and Joan Baez (wow!)

2025 Broadway | Kugelplex | $45 | part of "Let Us Break Bread Together" holiday program

Tuesdays-Fridays
December

 

San Francisco
Jewlia at the Pop-Up Jewish Music Store

Stop by, listen to records, watch Yiddish musicals, check out live music at night

Jewlia | Tikva Records| 3191 Mission Street

Sunday, 4pm
Oct 16th

 

San Francisco
Sue Bierman Park

Celebrate joy and struggle in the OccupySF sukkah with Charming Hostess and friends! Welcoming to all ages and all people. read more

Sue Bierman Park | ChoHo | FREE-bring something to share

Thursday, 12:30pm
Sept 15th

 

San Francisco
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Grab a sandwich and a summertime drink and meet up for the finest music under open skies.

Mission btw 3rd and 4th in the Gardens | ChoHo |

Thursday, 2:00pm
May 12th

 

San Francisco
Jewish Community Center

Charming Hostess spin-off project Gramaphone & Dynamo perform Purim music from around the Balkans.

3200 California Street | Gramaphone & Dynamo |

Wednesday, 20:00
May 4
, 2011

 

Tel-Aviv
Fishka

A talk by Jewlia with Ruhama Weiss (Talmud prof at HUC) and Asja Istoshina (RTV and democracy blogger).

Yasod Ha-Maala 61 | Holy Land Hostess | Israel

Thursday, 20:30
May 5, 2011

 

Jerusalem
Khet-7

Show and discussion.

Beit Avi Chai | Holy Land Hostess | Israel

Israel May 4 & 5 Shows Presented by:

LIMONCHIKI is a joint project of “Beit Avi Chai” culture centre, the Israeli Russian-speaking community group “Fishka,” and Auris Media. Limonchiki is a series of meetings combining interviews and discussions with artists and musicians and their live performances. Limonchiki is interested in the creative process, in cross-cultural influences, and in traditional and non-traditional ethnic expression.

Friday, 21:30
May 6, 2011

 

Tel-Aviv
Levontin-7

Performance.

Levontin 7 | Holy Land Hostess | Israel

RECENT

Friday
April 15, 2011

 

Samarkand
International Museum of Peace and Solidarity.

Charming Hostess presents The Bowls Project with Samarkand's International Museum of Peace and Solidarity. See video of show.

703000| Charming Hostess | Uzbekistan

Friday, 9pm
Nov 5, 2010

 

Berlin
P.A.N.D.A

See video of show on our blog.

Knaackstrasse 97 | Charming Hostess | Germany

Another day, pm
Nov, 2010

 

Amsterdam
TBA Venue

More soon...

Address | Charming Hostess | The Netherlands

Thursday, 5-7pm
Oct 7, 2010

 

Oakland
Oakland Museum of California

Gramaphone and Dynamo play the Unplugged After Work Series.

1000 Oak Street | Gramaphone and Dynamo | In Gallery

Every Thursday - Sunday
Sept 2 -
Oct 3, 2010

 

San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

THE BOWLS PROJECT EXTENDED!!! We're pleased to announce that YBCA has EXTENDED The Bowls Project. We'll take a brief hiatus for two weeks to finalize our new programming. Stay tuned for reopening on September 2, 2010. See PROGRAMMING DETAILS...

Corner of Mission @ 3rd St. | Charming Hostess | YBCA Sculpture Court | Donations Welcome

Every Friday - Sunday
Sept 10-18, 2010

 


 

San Francisco
The Women's Building

Singing Praises. Centennial Dances for the Women's Building. "In 'Singing Praises', I want to celebrate without apology the Mission District's landmark Women's Building for dedicating itself so fiercely to the noble goods (justice, equality, opportunity) that all women deserve." -Jo Kreiter.

Site Specific Performance celebrating 100 years of the building.

3542 18th Street @ Lapidge | Flyaway Productions Aerial Dance | Music by Jewlia Eisenberg | Performed by Charming Hostess, with Ava Medndoza | FREE

Thursday
Sept 2, 2010

12:30-1:30pm


 

San Francisco
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Gramophone and Dynamo sings the music of Salonika, featuring passionate gangsters and highbrow romancers, drawing from rebetika and Jewish music of the Aegean. This is music for smashing plates, joyful dancing or making revolution–whatever you prefer.

760 Howard Street | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival | Esplandea | Gramophone and Dynamo | FREE

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Thursday
August 26
, 2010

5:30pm


 

San Francisco
The Women's Building

Curbside Conversation. Watch a rehearsal of "Singing Praises" and chat with choreographer Jo Kreiter and composer Jewlia Eisenberg.

3542 18th Street @ Lapidge | Flyaway Productions Aerial Dance | Music by Jewlia Eisenberg | Performed by Charming Hostess, with Ava Medndoza | FREE

Saturday
June 5, 2010

6-7 pm

Berkeley
Cafe Milano

Gramohone and Dynamo play the Berkeley World Music Festival. Gramaphone & Dynamo sing the music of Salonika, featuring passionate gangsters and highbrow romancers, drawing from Greek rebetika and Jewish music of the Aegean.

Gramophone & Dynamo | 2522 Bancroft Way | Berkely World |

EARLIER SHOWS

Thursday
June 10, 2010

7:30 pm.

San Francisco
Jewish Community Library on campus of Jewish Community H.S.

Lecture/performance on upcoming Bowls Project.

ChoHo | 1835 Ellis Street | free

Monday
May 10, 2010

8:15am.

San Francisco
KUSF 90.3

ChoHo and Khi Darag join Prem Noble on air at 90.3 FM.

ChoHo | 90.3 FM | free on KUSF 90.3 |

Sunday
May 16, 2010

8 pm start. We play 9pm.

San Francisco
Cafe Du Nord

Faun Fables, ChoHo and Siamese Sirens.

ChoHo | 2174 Market Street | $12 door |

Wednesday
May 19, 2010

9 pm start. We play 10.

San Francisco
Bottom of the Hill

KUSF benefit featuring Khi Darag, ChoHo and Mitch Marcus Quintet. Produced by Friends of KUSF.

ChoHo | 1233 17th Street | $12 door |

Friday
April 9, 2010

7:30 pm

San Francisco
California College of the Arts

Small Press Traffic presents an evening with Ammiel Alcalay reading new work and Charming Hostess singing from Sarajevo Blues.

ChoHo | 1111 8th Street | $8-15 |

Monday
March 15, 2010

9 pm.

San Francisco
Coda Lounge

The Ark performs with Felonious and Jascha v. Jascha.

The Ark | 1710 Mission Street | $7 door

June 08 -
Jan 09

SAN FRANCISCO
Contemporary Jewish Museum

John Zorn Presents the Aleph-Bet Project: The CJM invited John Zorn to curate this series of sound pieces in the special events gallery. Jewlia is one of the composeres commissioned by Zorn to create sound piece exploring a letter from the Hebrew alphabet. Aleph-Bet features new work by leading musicians and composers such as Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Erik Friedlander, David Greenberger, Z’EV, Terence Riley, Alvin Curran, Christina Kubisch, Marina Rosenfeld, Rez Mesinai, and Jewlia. The installation will be accompanied by a live performance date tba.

sound piece | Jewlia | 736 Mission St | hear more

Future
  More soon...
Charming Hostess to present . . .

>> See our full 2009 show list.
>> See our 2008 show list.
>> See our 2007 show list.
>> See our 2006 show list.
>> See our 2005 show list.
>> See our 2004 show list.

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