Radical Jewish Project: Charming Hostess
Radical Jewish Culture Conversaton Series
at UMass Amherst
We are thrilled to present the Radical Jewish Culture Conversation Series at UMass Amherst, which seeks to explore the connections between radical and Jewish culture through artistic presentations and discussion. The series features three Jewish artists whose work ranges from themes of the genocide in the former Yugoslavia, to Israeli-Palestinian relations, to understanding the history of secular socialist Jewry in the United States. The Radical Jewish Culture Conversation Series is an opportunity to celebrate Jewish contributions to progressive social and political causes.
Charming Hostess is a three-woman whirl of eerie harmony, hot rhythm, and radical smarts. Charming Hostess lives where Jewish and African Diasporas collide, incorporating doo-wop, Pygmy counterpoint, Balkan harmony and Sufi melody. Working from text by Bosnian poet Sem Mehmedinovic, Charming Hostess sings of love, resistance, and freedom under extreme constraint.
Charming Hostess
Monday, April 4, 2005 at 7:30pm
Student Union Gallery, Student Union Building
Yuri Lane
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at 7:30pm
Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union Building
Joel Saxe
Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 7:30pm
Hillel House, 388 North Pleasant Street, Amherst
This program made possible in part by a Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family Foundation Engagement Grant.
Directions & Parking
The Student Union Building is in the central area of the UMass campus. The Art Gallery is on the first floor of the Student Union, located on the South Side the Building, across from Earth Foods and the Cape Cod Lounge. Parking is available in the adjacent Campus Center Parking Garage.