Eyal Vilner Big band
October 20 | 5:30pm
Birdland Jazz Club
The Eyal Vilner Big Band returns to Birdland in celebration of their new release Swing Out! This is the fourth album of the critically acclaimed ensemble, that follows the trajectory of its previous three albums (Introducing the Eyal Vilner Big Band, Almost Sunrise and Hanukkah) of advancing the tradition of big band jazz into the 21st Century


Music
Asi Matathius -
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
October 21 | 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
Protégé of Pinchas Zukerman, already recognized as one of the most talented musicians of his generation. He made his debut at the age of fourteen with the Israel Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin Mehta, displaying a musical maturity and inspiration far beyond his years.


Dance
Maya Beiser/ Wendy Whelan - THE DAY
October 22 - 27
JOYCE
A collaboration among legends, THE DAY is a new music/dance work by cellist Maya Beiser, beloved dancer Wendy Whelan, iconoclastic choreographer Lucinda Childs, and Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang.


Film
Synonyms
Woodstock Film Festiv
October 3 | 9pm
Woodstock Playhouse
Newly arrived from Israel, Yoav knocks on the door of the Parisian flat where he's supposed to stay, only to discover it is empty. While taking a bath, his belongings are stolen. Yet this young man, full of expectations, isn't easily dissuaded. Yoav sees becoming French as his only hope for salvation. Step one is to replace his language; thus he forsakes Hebrew and his dictionary becomes his constant companion.


Art
Art & Social Activism Festival - Rotem Reshef
September 26, 2019 - October 20, 2020 | 11 am - 7 pm
32 Orchard Street New York, NY
The theme for the 2019 festival is Dignity: Care for Each Other and Our Planet. Self-represented artists, small and nomadic galleries were selected following an "Open Call" and thoughtful review process by our curatorial committee. Selected works explore themes of identity, inequality, immigration, forced separation, and environmental degradation. The exhibition aims to inspire reflection, dialogue and action.


Music
ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra) & Shai Wosner, piano
October 27 | 3:00 pm
Kaufman Concert Hall - 92Y
Gustav Mahler's sumptuous orchestration of Beethoven's String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor opens the program, followed by a selection of gorgeous miniatures by Clara Schumann


Literature and TV
Masks, Mannequins and Monsters- 60th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone
October 3 | 7:00 pm
SVA
Join us for an evening celebrating the 60th anniversary of Rob Serling's seminal show, 'The Twilight Zone' featuring:
Nicholas Parisi- Author of 'Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination'.
Arlen Shumer- Illustrator and Pop Culture Historian, author/ designer of 'Visions from The Twilight Zone'.
Koren Shadmi- Illustrator and Cartoonist, author of the graphic novel 'The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and The Birth of Television'.
The evening will include a screening of three classic episodes from the original Twilight Zone series, plus authors audiovisual presentations.
Free and open to the public.


Music
Music in Midtown: Daniel Gortler, piano and the Shanghai Quartet
October 10 | 2:00 pm
Elebash Recital Hall
Acclaimed Israeli pianist Daniel Gortler has delighted audiences and critics alike with memorable performances around the world, receiving great praise for his technical mastery and musical ingenuity. Members of the Shanghai Quartet, Weigang Li and Yi-Wen Jiang, violins, Honggang Li, viola, and Nicholas Tzavaras, cello, will join Gortler in a presentation of the music of Beethoven, Brahms and Grieg.
Admission: Free


Music
ISAAC SUTTON
October 5 | 9:00 pm
Feinstein's/54
International theater and concert headliner Isaac Sutton returns to Feinstein's/54 below for an encore performance! Following his previous shows at Feinstein's/54 Below and most recent US concert tour which received rave reviews, Sutton returns with a unique celebration of Broadway entitled Broadway Israel, featuring beloved hits from Wicked, NBC's "Smash," The Phantom of The Opera, Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, and many more.


Music
Yemen Blues Plays Hallel
October 29 | 8 pm
Symphony Space
Hailed by NPR and Time Out for performing some of the most exciting world fusion music happening today, Yemen Blues blends Yemenite Jewish and ancient Arabic music with Afro-funk into a sound all its own. In this special event, lyrics derived from the Hebrew text from Tehillim (Psalms) meld with high-energy performances for a truly transcendent experience.


Theater
A Ghost Tale by Moti Brecher
Theaterlab
October 17-19 | 7:30 pm
Interpreted from a 17th century exorcism story, A Ghost Tale follows Alma, a young girl who has been possessed by a spirit. This contemporary adaptation is founded on a scholarly look into the dybbuk stories in the Jewish world, and their function as a form of pulp fiction in shtetl environments. In this version, a departure from the norm, Alma attempts to fight the spirit on her own.
A Ghost Tale was created in collaboration with Roni Cohen, a scholar of 16th and 17th century popular Jewish literature, and features puppets designed and crafted by Brecher.
Brecher, a puppeteer, artist, and teacher from Tel Aviv, combines autobiographical details with political and historical events. He has written sketches for television, and performed in the television shows Srugim and Stissel.


Dance
Haddas Eshel in Women in Dance
October 17-19
Drexel University - Philadelphia
Women in Dance presents two Selected choreographers' Concerts featuring work from contemporary to tap, pointe, and jazz that was selected from more than 400 submissions, representing 21 different countries.


Dance
Ephrat Asherie
November 5 | 7:30 pm
November 7 | 8 pm
JUICE
Choreographer and "bona fide b-girl" (The Boston Globe) Ephrat Asherie brings a high-energy, hybrid work that layers breaking, hip-hop, house, and vogue. In their second collaboration together, the choreographer teams up with her brother, jazz pianist Ehud Asherie, whom The New Yorker has called "a master of swing and stride."

Music
Jupiter Symphony
Chamber Players
October 7 | 2 pm | 7:30pm
Good Shepard Presbyterian Church
152 W 66th St. New York, NY 10023
Lovin' Beethoven
Tomer Gewirtzman- piano, Stefan Milenkovich- violin, Maurycy Banaszek- viola
Ani Aznavoorian- cello, Barry Crawford- flute, Rita Mitsel- oboe, Vadim Lando- clarinet
Gina Cuffari- bassoon, Karl Kramer- horn
Hailed by The Washington Post as an artist of "formidable virtuosity and stylistic sensitivity," pianist Tomer Gewirtzman has impressed audiences around the world. His performances with orchestra have taken him from New York's Carnegie Hall (the Bartok Concerto No. 3 with the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by David Robertson), to Israel (with the Israel Philharmonic, Israel Symphony and so many more.