San Francisco
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Gramophone and Dynamo sings the music of Salonika, featuring passionate gangsters and highbrow romancers, drawing from rebetika and Jewish music of the Aegean. This is music for smashing plates, joyful dancing or making revolution–whatever you prefer.

760 Howard Street | Yerba Buena Gardens Festival | Esplandea | Gramophone and Dynamo | FREE

San Francisco
The Women's Building

Singing Praises. Centennial Dances for the Women's Building. "In 'Singing Praises', I want to celebrate without apology the Mission District's landmark Women's Building for dedicating itself so fiercely to the noble goods (justice, equality, opportunity) that all women deserve." -Jo Kreiter.

• September 10-12th and 16-18th, 2010
• Shows at 8PM and 9:30 (no 9:30 show on Sunday 9/12)
• Bonus matinee at 10AM on Friday, 9/17

Site Specific Performance celebrating 100 years of the building.

3542 18th Street @ Lapidge | Flyaway Productions Aerial Dance | Music by Jewlia Eisenberg | Performed by Charming Hostess, with Ava Medndoza | FREE

San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

THE BOWLS PROJECT EXTENDED!!! We're pleased to announce that YBCA has EXTENDED The Bowls Project. We'll take a brief hiatus for two weeks to finalize our new programming. Stay tuned for reopening on September 2, 2010. See PROGRAMMING DETAILS...

Corner of Mission @ 3rd St. | Charming Hostess | YBCA Sculpture Court | Donations Welcome

San Francisco
The Women's Building

Curbside Conversation. Watch a rehearsal of "Singing Praises" and chat with choreographer Jo Kreiter and composer Jewlia Eisenberg.

3542 18th Street @ Lapidge | Flyaway Productions Aerial Dance | Music by Jewlia Eisenberg | Performed by Charming Hostess, with Ava Medndoza | FREE

San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Open Gallery Visit. Charming Hostess invites you to The Bowls Project at YBCA where you can share a secret and listen to the secrets of others during gallery hours: noon to 8pm Thursday-Saturday and noon to 6pm on Sunday until August 22.

• Thursday Night Music with Charming Hostess and special guests. 6-8pm
• Friday Night Radical Rituals with Charming Hostess and special guests. 6-8pm
• Select Saturday Night Special Events with Charming Hostess and special guests. 6-8pm
• Sunday Afternoons: Exploring The Bowls Interact & Workshops with Charming Hostess and special guests. (early afternoon- see specific date for start time)

Get the specifics on who's performing PROGRAMMING DETAILS...

Corner of Mission @ 3rd St. | Charming Hostess | YBCA Sculpture Court | Donations Welcome

San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Opening Night Ceremony. The Bowls Project: Secrets of the Apocalyptic Intimate.

San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

CD Release Party for "The Bowls Project". Presented by Jewish Music Festival and YBCA's New Frequencies. Co-sponsored by Gaia Fund. Followed by a journey with Watcha Clan.

701 Mission @ 3rd St. | Charming Hostess | YBCA Gallery| $25

San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Closing Night Ceremony. Orisha Girls from Satya Yuga: sing the Bowls safely toward its next journey. The Bowls Project at Y.B.C.A. joins the ages.

701 Mission @ 3rd St. | Charming Hostess | YBCA Sculpture Court | Donations Welcome

Berkeley
Cafe Milano

Gramohone and Dynamo play the Berkeley World Music Festival. Gramaphone & Dynamo sing the music of Salonika, featuring passionate gangsters and highbrow romancers, drawing from Greek rebetika and Jewish music of the Aegean.

San Francisco
Jewish Community Library on campus of Jewish Community H.S.

Lecture/performance on upcoming Bowls Project.

ChoHo | 1835 Ellis Street | free

San Francisco
KUSF 90.3

ChoHo and Khi Darag join Prem Noble on air at 90.3 FM.

ChoHo | 90.3 FM | free on KUSF 90.3 |

San Francisco
Cafe Du Nord

Faun Fables, ChoHo and Siamese Sirens.

ChoHo | 2174 Market Street | $12 door |

San Francisco
Bottom of the Hill

KUSF benefit featuring Khi Darag, ChoHo and Mitch Marcus Quintet. Produced by Friends of KUSF.

ChoHo | 1233 17th Street | $12 door |

San Francisco
California College of the Arts

Small Press Traffic presents an evening with Ammiel Alcalay reading new work and Charming Hostess singing from Sarajevo Blues.

ChoHo | 1111 8th Street | $8-15 |

San Francisco
Coda Lounge

The Ark performs with Felonious and Jascha v. Jascha.

The Ark | 1710 Mission Street | $7 door

San Francisco
Contemporary Jewish Museum

Fire up the Festival of Lights this year with a Maccabee mash-up like no other. The Hub of the JCCSF and the Contemporary Jewish Museum team up. Charming Hostess performs with Girls in Trouble (Alicia from Golem).

Cho Ho performs Gramophone and Dynamo | 736 Mission Street |
$10 advance/$15 door

San Francisco
BJE Jewish Community Library

performance | Cho Ho performs Gramophone and Dynamo | 1835 Ellis Street | free!

San Francisco
El Rio

performance | Cho Ho with Brass Liberation Orchestra and Loco Bloco | 3158 Mission St | $10-15 sliding

San Francisco
Red Poppy Art House

Charming Hostess presents Gramophone and Dynamo at 7pm. See Video
Charming Hostess presents Charming Hostess at 8pm. See Video

Special treats if you come in costume!

performance | ChoHo | $10-15 | 2698 Folsom St.

San Francisco
El Rio

performance | Cho Ho with Conspiracy of Venus and Brass Liberation Orchestra | 3158 Mission St | $8

San Francisco
Cafe Du Nord

performance | Cho Ho with Khi Darag and Colm O Riain | 2174 Market St | $15

San Francisco
Amnesia

This week Charming Hostess is workshopping Gramophone and Dynamo, music at the intersection of Greek rebetika and Sephardic-Balkan folk. The Armenian psychedelic monks of Khi Darag will be joining us and I imagine it will be rough, ready and rocking.

performance | Cho Ho with Kugelplex | 853 Valencia Street | $7

San Francisco
Contemporary Jewish Museum- Jessie Square

Join the fun as Kugeplex plays wild, soulful dance music, featuring lessons by Yiddish dance maven Bruce Bierman. The West Coast's rockin'-est purveyor of klezmer and old-world party music, Kugelplex is Jason Ditzian (clarinet), Rob Reich (accordion), David Rosenfeld (mandolin, violin, badchan), Marguerite Ostro (violin/vocals), Eugene Warren (bass), Michael Pinkham (percussion) and Jewlia Eisenberg (vocals). Presented in conjunction with the Contemporary Jewish Museum’s exhibition Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949. Come early for Klezmer dance lessons!

performance | Kugelplex | 736 Mission Street | free | directions

Oakland
AK Press Warehouse

Charming Hostess performs at a benefit for Tristan Anderson, local activits shot in the head by an Israeli soldier. $7-25 donation requested, work trade OK.

performance | ChoHo | 674-A 23rd St | $7-25 | directions

SAN FRANCISCO
Contemporary Jewish Museum

John Zorn Presents the Aleph-Bet Project: The CJM invited John Zorn to curate this series of sound pieces in the special events gallery. Jewlia is one of the composeres commissioned by Zorn to create sound piece exploring a letter from the Hebrew alphabet. Aleph-Bet features new work by leading musicians and composers such as Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Erik Friedlander, David Greenberger, Z’EV, Terence Riley, Alvin Curran, Christina Kubisch, Marina Rosenfeld, Rez Mesinai, and Jewlia. The installation will be accompanied by a live performance date tba.

sound piece | Jewlia | 736 Mission St | hear more

San Francisco
Jewish Comtemporary Museum

The Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco has an amazing space (designed by Daniel Libeskind, no less) dedicated to sound work. The inaugural sound pieces have been curated by John Zorn and feature luminaries such as Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and your local Hostess Jewlia Eisenberg. Charming Hostess will be performing HEAVENSHOW, an electroacoustic site-specific piece based on the Hebrew letter Hei.

performance | ChoHo | 736 Mission St |