Eve Sicular
@evesicular
Drummer & bandleader: Isle of Klezbos /Metropolitan Klezmer Writer, lecturer, archivist, translator specializing in research re: Yiddish cinema & related cultural topics Studied Russian History & Literature at Harvard, honors thesis “Ideology & Montage”
Tonight! Isle of Klezbos FREE 7pm with returning alumna Rachelle Garniez in New Rochelle: Nu Rachelle? newrochelle.librarycalendar.com/event/intern...
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.
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
With my college classmate a couple of weekends ago in Saratoga! thanks Aaron for visiting Klezbos again.
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
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!
Tomorrow’s Westport CT Levitt Pavilion Pride shoe is an all-star Isle of Klezbos & Friends lineup, featuring guest artists Michael Winograd (clarinet) & Rachel Leader (violin) amongst our sextet, plus Reut Regev (trombone) from Metropolitan Klezmer. 7pm FREE outdoors byo chairs, blankets & picnics
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)
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
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...
This Saturday: Isle of Klezbos trio special plays Rhode Island’s Temple Sinai with special guest Rachel Leader on violin too! Free 7pm www.templesinairi.org
Tomorrow night: Isle of Klezbos on Long Island! Sat, May 16, 7:30pm Temple Beth El of Huntington. Wine & nosh 7pm & dessert following concert too. Tickets: cur8.com/40980/projec... Co-sponsored by both Bend the Arc and Keshet. 660 Park Ave, Huntington NY 11743
this Sunday, Isle of Klezbos plays 2pm at Third Street Music School Settlement in NYC! Join us 5/17 to celebrate Jewish Heritage Month with a show at Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall. Free & open to the public with advance RSVP thirdstreet.nyc/events 235 E 11th St (betw 2nd & 3rd Ave’s, East Village)
Klezbos T-shirts available online! Three color choices, 100% super-soft cotton (re-stocking all sizes in time for Passover) Apricot pictured here; Mint & Lavender at link too klezbos.bandcamp.com/merch/greeti...?
From Isle of Klezbos concert at Joe’s Pub NYC last weekend: Shoko Nagai Music accordion bliss & Pam Fleming trumpet meditation. Thanks Hank Gans for these wonderful photos!
Tomorrow at an undisclosed online non-profit program, I'm presenting my "Music of the Yiddish Silver Screen" research: This can come soon to a theater or Zoom near you too, happy to discuss future dates & venues!
Sunday soundcheck & backstage with Isle of Klezbos at Joe’s Pub. Thanks everyone who joined us for this super special NYC show!
Isle of Klezbos loved playing Joe’s Pub on Sunday. Amazing energy with our audience for the full sextet on stage. Rejoice & resist! Thanks @hankgans.bsky.social for this photo
Tonight! Isle of Klezbos 6PM at Joe’s Pub NYC, full sextet on this great stage. Ticket deal $20 with code KLEZBOSFANDF here: publictheater.org/reserve/rese...
Tomorrow 6pm Isle of Klezbos plays Joe’s Pub NYC: highlight of our year to perform here (promo code for $20 tickets, use KLEZBOSFANDF at link below!) Full sextet on the stage named for Public Theater founder Joe Papp aka Yosl Papirofsky, a champion of art & freedom publictheater.org/performances...
NYC! Still a few tables & great seats for this Sunday 6pm, we bring our full sextet to Joe’s Pub: Isle of Klezbos plays the Ides of March! This place always inspires us, it’s the cabaret stage of The Public Theater. Beautiful musical surprises on our near horizon publictheater.org/reserve/rese...
thanks again to The Stissing Center! this photo courtesy of our inspiring venue Saturday. Truly moved by such heart in this room, Klezbos fans drove from 3 states to the show in northern Dutchess Co (hyper-local promo) with curatorial vision: reclaimed barn-wood stage, new GraceNote space below too
Thanks to Stissing Center from Isle of Klezbos.Truly our pleasure to play here last night! Great audience filling this remarkable venue: Pine Plains NY
Sunday, March 8th: International Women’s Day! Isle of Klezbos concert at JCC Rockland, 1pm. Please register in advance jccrockland.org/concerts-and...
Super fun Metropolitan Klezmer day at Long Island Children’s Museum. Purim cheer with music & kids (though I couldn’t help wondering about Shushan on today’s map).
Isle of Klezbos loved our Florida tour! Back up north for March: Joe’s Pub NYC Sun 3/15 6pm, plus Hudson Valley shows: 3/7 Stissing Center debut 7:30 & 3/8 JCC Rockland for Int’l Women’s Day 1pm. All info Klezbos.com Plus Metropolitan Klezmer: L.I. Children’s Museum this Sun 3/1 (Purim) 11am & 1pm
My new article “Rediscovering the ‘Dybbuk’ composer Henokh Kon” in The Forward forward.com/yiddish-worl... In the second photo, that’s Kon himself seated farthest to the right, in lighter suit with his arm on the table.