From The Sholem Community: Mother's Day Brunch featuring:
Christine Blackburn creator of the StoryWorthy podcast and Dani Klein Modisett
Enjoy a lovely buffet of bagels, lox, quiches, fresh fruit,homemade breads & pastries, coffee, tea and more.SUNDAY, MAY 8th, 2011,10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Westside Neighborhood School 5401 Beethoven Street Los Angeles, CA 90066 $15 per ticket in advance / $20 at the door Sholem's secular Jewish Sunday school will be in session.
Children 5 yrs and up are welcome to try first class FREE with advance notice to school principal, Julie Gamberg. Contact julie@sholem.org to discuss the Sholem school and/or reserve a space for your child/ren. www.sholem.org for more information and to buy tickets.
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Thursday, May 12, 8:00 pm: The Crackpot Crones in L.A.!
Sketch comedy and improv (too funny to write about--must be seen to be enjoyed!) right here at our Arbeter Ring.
$15-20 sliding scale. NO ONE TURNED AWAY!
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TWO FREE CONCERTS: Los Angeles Community Klezmer Band Sunday, May 15, 2:00 p.m. at the Robertson Branch Library 1719 S. Robertson Blvd., L.A., 90035. (310) 840-2147 Saturday, May 22, 2:00 p.m. at the Richard J. Riordan Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. 5th St., L.A., 90071. Call (213) 228-7125 for directions/parking information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
From the L.A. County Federation of Labor: May 13 State of Emergency Rally at Pershing Square
No more budget cuts. Extend current tax rates. WHEN: Friday, May 13, 4:00PM-Music and Entertainment, 5:00PM-Rally
WHERE: Pershing Square, 5th Street and Olive, Downtown L.A.
How to get to the Rally: Metro Red Line subway to Pershing Square
Park in public parking lot at/near Pershing Square --------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, MAY 20, 7:30 P.M. "EARLY PLEASURES" BY FREDERICK KOHNER, AUTHOR OF "GIDGET" AT VILLAGE BOOKSTORE, 1049 SWARTHMORE AVENUE PACIFIC PALISADES, CA 90272: Early Pleasures is a fictionalization of Frederick Kohner's adolescent sexual discoveries in the years following World War I. His daughter, Kathy Kohner Zuckerman (who is married to our District Committee member Marvin Zuckerman) was the real-life model for Kohner's"Gidget." Kathy has written an Afterword for the novel and will help celebrate the appearance of her dad's wonderful, new book. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, May 22, 7 p.m.: Klezmer Pianola concert This is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Come and be astounded by Robert Berkman's piano rolls of Yiddish music, played L-I-V-E at our very own Arbeter Ring! Reservations are required!! $8/members & $12/public. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, June 3, 6:30 pm: Shabes By the Book Enjoy a potluck dinner and stimulating conversation with your fellow book lovers. The featured novel is "No Star Too Beautiful - An Anthology of Yiddish Stories from 1382 to the present" - edited and translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Please bring enough food to share with about eight people. | 
