THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 7PM

“JEWISH MUSIC AND THE AMERICAN DREAM,” a talk by Ben Sidran

Mitchell Theatre, Vilas Hall, 821 University

Free and open to the public, seating on a first-come basis.
More Information: (608) 265-4763

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 7:30 PM

HENRY SAPOZNIK KLEZMER TRIO

Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall (Bascom Hill and Park Street)

Klezmer from the old world to our world. Discover the joy of traditional Jewish music with the Henry Sapoznik Klezmer Trio. Led by award-winning author, and record producer and klezmer pioneer Henry Sapoznik (banjo/vocals), the trio features fiddler Marlene "Cookie" Segelstein and bassist/tubist Mark Rubin. Together they create an intimate and powerfully creative environment where dynamics of traditional Yiddish music are explored and developed.

Free and open to the public, seating on a first-come basis.
More Information: (608) 265-4763

Made possible by the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies through the generosity of the Martin and Mildred Conney Family Fund.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 4:00 PM

“CREATING THE ORIGINAL SCORE”, a talk by Ben Sidran

Room 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue

Department of Communication Arts film colloquium. Ben Sidran to speak on composing the original score for Hoop Dreams.

Free and open to the public, seating on a first-come basis.
More Information: (608) 265-4763

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 7:00 PM

HOOP DREAMS

Orpheum Stage Door Theatre, 216 State Street

Screening of the acclaimed documentary Hoop Dreams (1994, 170 min.), for which Ben Sidran composed the original score, with introductionby Sidran. This Oscar-nominated film was directed by Steve James and won awards including National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle awards for Best Documentary and a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award.

Free and open to the public, seating on a first-come basis.
More Information: (608) 265-4763

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 8:00 PM

BEN SIDRAN AND FRIENDS: A Jazz Tribute to Jewish Popular Music in America

Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon Street

Internationally renowned jazz pianist Ben Sidran is joined by a group of acclaimed musicians in a jazz celebration of Jewish music in America, from Tin Pan Alley and Irvin Berlin to Bob Dylan and Steely Dan's Donald Fagen. Among his friends (and family) are Howard Levy, Gil Goldstein, Bob Malach, Lynette Margulies and Leo Sidran.

Tickets: General Public $30.00
Union Members $29.00
UW-Madison Students $14.50

Call (608) 262-2201 or visit www.wut.org for more information.