Chinese-Jewish Chef Molly Yeh is Nominated for an Emmy
“If I wasn’t going to be maintaining Jewish identity and celebrating Jewish holidays and cooking Jewish food on the farm, nobody was going to be.”–Molly Yeh
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Arts & Life
Michael Feinstein: “The American Songbook only lives when people care about the music and pass it along to other generations.” (Handout)
With a Songbook in His Heart
Singer Michael Feinstein, a native of Columbus, Ohio, will perform at the Gordon Center for Performing Arts in Owings Mills on April 8.
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Where There are ‘The 100 Most Jewish Foods,’ There are 300 Opinions
Pick up a copy of “The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List” just published by Artisan.
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Beth Hylton, M. Scott McLean, Megan Anderson and Danny Gavigan (left to right) star in "Dinner with Friends" at Everyman Theatre. (Photo by Teresa Castracane)
Everyman’s ‘Dinner with Friends’ is Engaging, Relatable and Amusing
“Dinner with Friends” at Everyman Theatre offers an engaging, humorous and relatable theatrical experience.
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The Chai Riders, a Jewish motorcycle club, is the subject of one episode of “Jewish Country,” a web series produced by the Israeli Kan network. (Lior Sperandeo)
From Barbecue to Rodeo, Web Series Connects Jewish and American Cultures
Bluegrass music, barbecue, rodeo, motorcycle clubs, fireworks: five things one doesn’t normally expect to intersect with Jewish culture.
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Durand Jones & the Indications will perform at Baltimore’s Ottobar in April. (Baltimorean Aaron Frazer is at far left.)
Durand Jones & the Indications Features a Time Keeper with Charm City Connections
“Playing in Baltimore is intense,” says Aaron Frazer. “It’s a funny feeling to get up onstage and feel like it’s my bar mitzvah, since there are 50 people in the audience who have known me my entire life, including my bubbie.”
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Andrew Barth Feldman performs in the titular role in “Dear Evan Hansen” with, from left, Michael Park, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Mallory Bechtel. (Matthew Murphy)
Get to Know the New 16-year-Old Star of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
Ben Platt, the Jewish actor who originated the role as Evan, won the Tony Award for best actor in a musical in 2017.
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Center Stage Announces 2019/20 Season, Including Taye Diggs-Directed Choreopoem
Baltimore Center Stage announced its 2019/2020 MainStage season on March 14.
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Jerry Seinfeld hanging out in the Barney Greengrass deli on New York City's Upper West Side, in the music video for Vampire Weekend's song "Sunflower." (Screenshot from YouTube)
Jerry Seinfeld Stars in New Vampire Weekend Music Video Set in Jewish Delis
The video for “Sunflower,” directed by Jonah Hill (née Feldstein), starts at the Zabar’s market and ends up at the deli Barney Greengrass.
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‘A Jewish Joke’ Recalls When the McCarthy-Era Blacklist Could Kill a Career
Phil Johnson, plays Bernie Lutz, a fictionalized version of Abraham Polonsky, an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter who was blacklisted by Hollywood studios for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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The Pikes became a first-run theater in 1958, featuring such classics as "The Graduate," "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," "Hester Street" and "The Frisco Kid."(Photo by Terrell D. Anderson)
Taking a Peek Inside The Pikes
When it closed a second time, the community lost a neighborhood
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