SummerNights 2009 is the 12th annual summer concert series featuring live music and great art. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm in the Museum's Scheuer Auditorium. Seating is general admission.
Tickets: $15 general; $12 students/over 65; and $10 Museum members.
LIVE MUSIC
Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys
Thursday, July 2
SOLD OUT
Appalachian and Southern fiddle meet Eastern European klezmer when classically trained clarinetist Margot Leverett and The Klezmer Mountain Boys take the stage.
Musette Explosion
Thursday, July 9
Will Holshouser, Matt Munisteri, and Marcus Rojas play musette and swing, echoing the French echo of jazz with an emphasis on fiery improvisation.
Slavic Soul Party!
Thursday, July 16
Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians forge virtuostic new brass band music in the heart of New York City, melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds with American jazz and soul.
Ljova and the Kontraband
Thursday, July 23
Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted Classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that fearlessly forge a new direction, with a nostalgic gaze towards the past.
Images: Slavic Soul Party! photo by Valerie Trecchia, and Museum visitors in the auditorium.
GREAT ART
Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker
March 15 - August 02, 2009
Rarely-seen Old Master paintings reveal the legacy of a preeminent Jewish art dealer whose vast collection was looted by the Nazis. Discover a dramatic story of great art, injustice and reclamation.
The Danube Exodus: The Rippling Currents of the River—by Péter Forgács and The Labyrinth Project
March 15 - August 02, 2009
This immersive installation interweaves the historical narratives of Eastern European Jews and Germans fleeing in opposite directions along the Danube River, in an effort to escape the horrors of World War II. This interactive exhibition forces us to compare what Hungarian filmmaker and scholar Péter Forgács calls "the incomparable duet of the German-Jewish exodus."
They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust
May 10 - October 01, 2009
Mayer Kirshenblatt has made it his mission to remember the world of his childhood in living color, lest future generations know more about how Jews died than how they lived. Intimate, humorous, and refreshingly candid, Kirshenblatt's artwork is a remarkable record of Jewish life in a Polish town before World War II, as seen through th eyes of an inquisitive boy. More than 80 vibrant paintings and drawings will be on view.
Culture & Continuity: The Jewish Journey
A two-floor permanent exhibition spanning 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture.
The 2009 SummerNights concert series has been funded by a generous endowment from the
William Petschek Family. Public programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, A State Agency.
