SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

- PAST EVENTS

December 12, 2009

• Opening Night
with Smadar Levi, Sarah Aroeste
& Galeet Dardashti's "The Naming"
@ 92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street, Tribeca NY
Doors 8pm | Show 9pm | $15Adv | $20Door

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December 13, 2009
Ladino Night

Rivka Amado & Elie Massias
@ Spanish and Portuguese synagogue
3 West 70th St. at Central Park West
7pm | $15 adv or $18 door | all ages
212-873-0300 x221


December 14, 2009
event one

the legendary Yair Dalal
with Asefa and Michelle Webb
@ Union Hall
702 Union St
Brooklyn, NY 11215

7pm | $10 | 21+

December 14, 2009
event two

the legendary MATISYAHU
with Diwon spinning original Sephardic remixes
@ Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
7pm | $35 | 18+
New York, NY 10003

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December 15, 2009
• Sephardic Scholar Series
A performance by Ladino-flamenco duo Aviva and Dan followed by audience-interactive panel discussion on Sephardic music with filmmaker Lisa Katzman and ethnomusicologist Samuel R. Thomas.
Hosted by The American Sephardi Federation (ASF)
@ the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th St, NYC
6:30pm | $15 | $12 ASF members
* curated by Samuel R. Thomas

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December 16, 2009
Pharaoh's Daughter, DeLeon & Levi Mordechai
@ Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211

7pm | $12 adv | $15 Door


December 17, 2009
daytime event
Shemspeed Rappers
Live at Best Buy
an in store performance with Kosha Dillz, Y-Love, Eprhyme, DeScribe, Diwon and guests.
www.liveatbestbuy.com
@ Union Square, Best Buy
52 East 14th St.
1-2:30pm | Free


December 17, 2009
nighttime event
Electro Morocco
& Diwon
@ Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St., NYC
11pm | $15 adv

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December 18, 2009
SMF Night Off (Shabboth Sholem)


December 19, 2009
• Balagan Boogaloo (Closing Night Warehouse Party!)

with DJs Diwon and Tesly Snipes
@ 171 Lombardy
171 Lombardy St, Greenpoint/Brooklyn, NY
10:30pm till 7am | $8 | 18+
(RSVP to get in for only $5 / limit two names per email address / email: rsvp@shemspeed.com)
* expect special guest Shemspeed artists throughout the night.


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The New York Sephardic Music Festival (NY-SMF) seeks to increase interest in and awareness of the Sephardic culture, including Mizrahi, Yemenite and Ladino traditions, highlighting the diversity that exists within the Sephardic branch of Jewish culture and history.   The latest Sephardic musical talents in the U. S. will be showcased, working to reinvigorate the thriving Sephardic culture that exists and is waiting to be re-discovered.  Our goal is to give people the opportunity to learn and enjoy this rich, sensual tradition that has the power to make hips shake and souls soar.  

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