Judith-Kate Friedman: News and Events Archive

News & Events Archive

MAR 31, 2010
CONCERT at the UPSTAGE
to benefit Songwriting Works (see poster above)
Port Townsend, WA

APRIL 2, 2010
STORY NIGHT at Better Living Through Coffee, Port Townsend, WA

MAY 1, 2010
Honoring Our Parents - a day long event in celebration of Rabbi Sheldon Marder's 10th Anniversary at the Jewish Home, S.F.
www.jhsf.org

June 2010
Los Angeles, CA tour

MARCH 31st:

This concert brings together some of my favorite Olympic Peninsula artists and the music of diverse traditions celebrating Freedom over the course of history. Songs from my family's tradition - the Workmen's Circle 3rd night Freedom Seder - for Passover are among the songs that first inspired me to sing - and sing for justice. I hope you'll be able to join us -- or send friends!

In love and song,

Judith-Kate

Read the press release
Download the flyer

SATURDAY FEB 6th 2PM-5:30PM

Big Thanks to all at Ft. Worden's Madrona Mindbody Institute for hosting
"Singing the Body, Voicing the Soul." Here's what Leticia Huber had to say about her experience in the workshop: "As a true lover of life… as a midwife of hopeful dreams, Judith-Kate receives us into her 'non-technical-technique'… One technique so profound, that blends with our core, and moves us deep into sound… Sound re-connection with Who we are at our Highest expression." To read more click here: PT Peeps Blog.

NEXT EVENTS:
FEB 24 Songwriting Works Introductory Training, Anaheim, CA
MAR 13 Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Gala Celebrating their New Sanctuary with Daniel Deardorff and others, Port Townsend, WA

This is a year to breathe deeply, follow callings, study, sing and praise
the amazing changes, exchanges, challenges and joys that are possible
when we call upon, and answer, each other in service to our deepest dreams.

A time to create together in the most affirming ways we can.
To risk the bold genuineness of our brilliance and our basic needs.
T o pause but not hesitate long when the impulse to contribute arises.

We all need each other. We all have so much to give.
I look forward to seeing and hearing from you, and to raising a ruckus as we sing
for the greatest good.

Thanks for joining me ~ and as ever, for your support!

In love and song, Judith-Kate

EARLY JANUARY....
New year......

Hearts broken open as an island quakes,
Lives gone, saved, levelled, forever changed
Friends battle cancer, triumphant courage
Here at a distance...the practice, each day:
Lift voices, hands, humbly, find a way
Come together, sing, listen deep and true
Act in concert, we are the ones
One and the same
Grief floods, earth upwells
Yet love renews....

Welcome November ---

This month I'm close to home working with a great group of songwriters readying for the first Songwriting Works on the Olympic Peninsula Community Song Festival November 11th, 7pm, at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

We'll be playing songs composed with elders and families in Jefferson and Clallam counties - the culminating concert for this year's National Endowment for the Arts program. View Poster.

Please join me and Matt Sircely, Paula Lalish, Keeth Monta Apgar, Anke Summerhill, project participants and special guests PT Songlines Choir with director Laurence Cole, and Daniel Deardorff.

Tickets $18/advance, $20/door, available on-line through brownpapertickets.com http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/87631 -- and at Quimper Sound in Port Townsend.

Proceeds from the concert benefit expansion of Songwriting Works’ local musician training and community workshops. Reservations recommended. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, concert sponsorship, or group discounts, call:360.385.1160 www.songwritingworks.org

Greetings of mid-summer ~

I return home from New England this week with new songs and a new workshop - "Songwriting: Stepping in the River of Meaning and Sound" - for all you seasoned & would-be songsmiths. Come play in the river!

After the workshop join me for a potluck and evening benefit concert w/ special guest Daniel Deardorff and some brand new songs.
It all happens
SUNDAY AUG 2nd
at Rosewind Common House
in Port Townsend.
For info see the SongStudio page.
Reservations: 360.385.1160 or email us.

Upcoming August/September events:
~~ MindAlert trainings for arts and health professionals:
~ 8/6 in Detroit, MI
~ 8/11 in Chattanooga, TN
~ 9/2 on the Kenai Peninsula, AK
To learn more about these MetLife/American Society on Aging sponsored events and other Songwriting Works trainings, visit: www.songwritingworks.org

~~ I-5 TOUR WA, OR, Northern CA
Daniel Deardorff and I will be in the Bay Area 9/16-28 with stops in Portland, Ashland en route. If you'd like to host a concert or workshop get in touch!
And watch this space for updates.

Looking forward to hearing from and singing with you,
With love and blessings,

Judith-Kate

Thursday April 2nd, 7pm
Open House introducing
Songwriting Works on the Olympic Peninsula,
824 Grant St. #1, Port Townsend
360.385.1160

Sunday April 5th, 7pm
Annual Passover/Spring Benefit for Songwriting Works
Judith-Kate Friedman with special guests:
Daniel Deardorff, Joe Breskin, Aimee Kelly Spencer,
Alexa Sunshine Rose, Laurence Cole
The Upstage, 923 Washington St., Port Townsend
Tickets by reservation and at the door.
General admission $12-$25 suggested donation
$2 off with the purchase of dinner.
All ages. Reservations are recommended.
Call the Upstage: 360.385.2216.
www.upstagerestaurant.com

Wednesday April 22nd, 1:30pm
"Better Living Through Songwriting" workshop
Tri-Area Community Center, Chimacum. Free.

April 24, Alzheimer's Association Conference, Seattle, WA. Judith-Kate Friedman will offer a Songwriting Works hands-on workshop and training session on making original music with elders with memory loss.

May 1 & 2, Irrigation Festival, Sequim
"Better Living Through Songwriting" workshop, Fri 2pm

"Better Living Through Songwriting" performance, Sat

May 6th, MetLife/Americian Society on Aging MindAlert Training for Arts, Aging, and Healthcare Professionals and Family Caregivers with Judith-Kate Friedman, Port Angeles Senior Center, Port Angeles, WA

May 11-13, Midrash & Medicine: Imagining Wholeness, Asilomar, CA Judith-Kate Friedman and Rabbi Sheldon Marder teach on the Psalms, Songs and Stories project.

May 24 and 26, Juan De Fuca Festival, Port Angeles, WA

"Sing Your Song!" intergenerational workshop, Sat 4pm
"Songwriting Works" workshop, Playhouse, Mon 11am

June 17-20, 2009, Americans for the Arts, Seattle, WA Judith-Kate Friedman, Gay Hanna, Susan Perlsteing and Joan Jeffri will offer a day-long pre-conference Creative Aging training for artists and arts administrator. For more information contact the National Center for Creative Agingcreativeaging.org

APRIL 2009

Greetings!

Everything
is waking
to Spring.
Frogs are singing at the edges
of the wetlands under
cedars
heavy
with rain. Songs seeded deep
in winter are pushing up
to see the light.

A whole bunch of events start
April 2nd
to bring Songwriting Works
to the Olympic Peninsula
community here. To download the NEA project press release and calendar click here.

Plans
are underway
for concerts
and trainings for music and health
professionals from Alaska
to Boston
in the coming months.

Song is the throughline... I hope to see and sing with you soon.

Love and blessings,
Judith-Kate

To DOWNLOAD THIS FLYER click here.

APRIL/MAY Greetings! Singing Season is Here

As we head into May I'm thrilled to have so many opportunities to sing and teach and instigate songwriting this season. Come all ye local vocalists and would be singers to a series of workshops May 3-June 20 in Port Townsend. More info on the Song Studio page. Click here.

This week marks the start of Songwriting Works' NEA-funded faciitator training program! We've selected five outstanding songwriters from three states and have started a wait list for all interested in future trainings. If you'd like to participate, volunteer, or support this work, please click here for the www.songwritingworks.org site.

On the road:
I'm presenting on Psalms songwriting with elders with colleague Rabbi Sheldon Marder at Midrash & Medicine, May 11-13 in CA. Looking ahead to summer I'll be touring with Daniel Deardorff in New England including Boston July 17. We've room in our schedule to add concerts, house party benefits for Songwriting Works and the Mythsinger Foundation - and workshops - contact us if you'd like to host or help with an event in NY, NJ, CT, RI, VT, or NH!

This summer I'll be offering MetLife/American Society on Aging Songwriting Works trainings for arts and health professional in Brookline, MA, Detroit, MI, Chattanooga, TN, and Alaska. Concerts and workshops will be added in these regions. If you'd like to help instigate, let us know!

As always, I look forward to seeing you and raising the roof and touching the sky with our voices.

No matter what conspires to dampen the spirit, no matter what hardship we may be facing in these challenging times, there is an unstoppable sound that deserve and need expression. Find yours.
Offer it the way the flowers open to Spring.

Wishing you health and much blooming in the weeks ahead,
with love,

Judith-Kate

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2009

Spring is just beginning to peek out in the NorthWest beauty of Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula. It feels great to have had a mostly deep and hibernating winter and to begin stepping into a more active and social time.

The first event of this new season is:
WELCOME HOME -- A Gratitude Concert - Saturday Feb 28th - at Dundee Hill Center in PT. Daniel Deardorff and I will be celebrating and sharing stories, slides, video clips and new songs from our adventure to the UK with poet Robert Bly, storyteller Gioia Timpanelli, mythologist Martin Shaw, and a caravan of poets and singers. Join us around the local hearth as we give thanks to our community - near and far - who made the journey possible.

To view the event flyer click here.
(To copy, click on the image and drag it to your desktop).

2/28 press release	Welcome Home concert Port Townsend click here
2/28 photo	Deardorff and Friedman photo by Janice Rubin download here

WELCOME HOME - A Gratitude Concert with Judith-Kate Friedman, Daniel Deardorff and special guests.
FEB 28th, 7:30pm.
Dundee Hill Center, 1632 32nd St, Port Townsend, WA
Donation $10-$25 sliding scale. No one turned away.
RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED: 360/385-1160.

Coming soon -- new Vocal Skills, Songwriting, and Performance classes and workshops locally and on the road -- for more info: 360/385-1160 info@judithkate.com
If there's a workshop or class you'd like to see offered - get in touch - requests are being considered - new ideas are coming together. Be part of it!

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING & SINGING with YOU soon ~ Love and blessings, Judith-Kate

---

It's a threshold time...
A time to listen and be patient
as well as act....

Years ago a wise teacher gave me
the image of resting in a boat
being carried on strong, benevolent
currents... an image to balance
momentum and stillness.

Sometimes
I'm resting in the boat.
More often I'm enjoying
dipping my canoe paddle
deep in the waters
of that guide-and-be-guided
exchange with the elements.

Moving slowly
so heart and eyes and body
can hear, delight, question,
even grieve, about the immensity,
the tenderness and contradictions
in all that surround us --
what is given,
what we make,
what blooms
and fades,
how we do or don't care,
how crucial to be present,
and how challenging.

Small sincere actions
effect ripples
far beyond
what we can know....

I wish you a Spring full of good health and courage whereever the waters
take you.

More NEWS:
~ Songwriting Works has received a 2009 NEA Creativity and Aging in America grant to launch our programs in Washington State. In conjunction with Arts Northwest and the Olympic Area Agency on Aging, Judith-Kate and a team of professional songwriters will bring the healing power of making original music to several hundred elders, families, health and music professionals and communities in the region.

~ Dr. Theresa Allison's study of Songwriting Works at the Jewish Home San Francisco, "Songwriting in the Nursing Home: Transcending Institutionalization Through Music," has just been published in the Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology (Oxford University Press, 2008).

To learn more about Songwriting Works and to sample songs, video, and research findings, visit: www.songwritingworks.org

To you'd like to contribute to match the NEA grant, or to volunteer - nearby or long-distance, contact us.

JANUARY 2009

Happy New Year!

I write this the day Obama is inaugurated as our next president. What a great time of renewal and positive momentum - of the coming forward of promise into action!

In tune with this spirit of we CAN -- I invite you to sing, dance, move, play and join me in
CELEBRATING THE EMBODIED VOICE
this
Saturday JANUARY 24th
from 2-5 at Port Townsend's
beautiful Madrona Mindbody Institute (MMI)
at Fort Worden State Park -
the Northwest's new home for conscious dance.

This will be a feast for body and soul -
All ages and voices and levels of experience are WELCOME!

Singing is our birthright -- The more we sing the healthier we become. MMI is a hub for community like none other; its where I fuel my soul each week; and its a great blessing to get to teach here for the first time.

So if you -- or friends - are a near our magical part of the world.... Spread the word and come on over!

We'll dissolve fear, embrace life, find our truest songs from the body on out, tune in to the greater dance - and connect with each other in new, and time-honored ways - voice to voice. Wear comfortable clothers, bring a journal and colors or collage materials for the closing reflection where we'll make touchstone to bring our intentions into the New Year.

click here to:
Download the flyer
Read the press release
REGISTER NOW!

Celebrating the Embodied Voice 1/24/09
MADRONA MINDBODY INSTITUTE , PORT TOWNSEND

to register: click here! then click on the workshop
file tab upper right
for info on work scholarships, CALL 360/643-1961
OR email: info@judithkate.com up til 10am on Sat.

DECEMBER 2008

It's been an amazing few months since we returned from the UK where Danny and I performed at the West Country Storytelling Festival and in London with a grand posse of US poets, storytellers and singers.

Thanks again for your support which made it possible for us. We look forward to sharing songs and slides from our adventure sometime in early 2009.

Some Great NEWS:

Songwriting Works has received a 2009 NEA Creativity and Aging in America grant to launch our programs in Washington State. In conjunction with Arts Northwest and the Olympic Area Agency on Aging, Judith-Kate and a team of professional songwriters will bring the healing power of making original music to several hundred elders, families, health and music professionals and communities in the region.

Dr. Theresa Allison's study of Songwriting Works at the Jewish Home San Francisco, "Songwriting in the Nursing Home: Transcending Institutionalization Through Music," has just been published in the Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology (Oxford University Press, 2008).

SW is also one of fourteen projects nationwide being considered for a three year Healing through the Arts grant from Johnson and Johnson/The Society for the Arts in Healthcare.

This is an interesting time for fundraising – amidst so much economic change and uncertainty.

What is certain is that music aids and transforms people and situations; In the toughest times music is often a lifeline, catalyzing healing for those facing acute physical, mental, or cognitive pain or limitations - and opening communication between elders living with dementia, or depression, their loved ones, and the wider world.

If you are able make a year-end tax-deductible gift or can help spread the word to those who can...
Your support in any amount will strengthen our ability to match federal and corporate funding - help us hire and train songwriters to lead more workshops – and grow our programs when and where they're most needed. THANK YOU!

To learn more about Songwriting Works and to sample songs, video, and research findings, visit: www.songwritingworks.org
.

December 14th

Celebrate with us this SUNDAY DEC 14th at the 3rd annual Chanukah/Holiday benefit for Songwriting Works.The festivities go from 5 to 9pm at Dundee Hill Center 32nd at Hancock, in Port Townsend. The program includes the award-winning short film “A ‘Specially Wonderful Affair,” community singing, dreidl, and potluck, and an evening concert with Judith-Kate Friedman, Daniel Deardorff, Michael and Vickie Townsend, David Michael and Dari Lewis, Joe Breskin, Laurence Cole and members of PT Songlines . To view and downloadable the pdf flyer click here

December 19th

House Concert Benefit at the home of Suzan Goodman in Oakland, CA. For more info click here.

SEPTEMBER 2008

Big news here -- We're off to the UK, traveling with Daniel Deardorff, Robert Bly, Gioia Timpanelli, the Franzich Brothers, and others in our 'wild west' U.S. caravan to perform at the Westcountry Storytelling festival in Devon, England Sept 5-7th. Good friend and mythologist Martin Shaw has put together this adventure. We'll be sharing the stage with Robin Williamson and more. I'm thrilled to be a singer amidst such esteemed poets & tellers - and to be bringing my latest work to England - where I lived for a time in the 1980's. For all of you who generously contributed funds and frequent flyers miles and more -- We've made our goal -- and we're taking you with us on this journey of a lifetime! -- Thank you!!! Our wild caravan meets up on Sept 3rd - Sept 14. In addition to the festival, we'll be performing at Moshe House in London Sept 12 - 110 Chatsworth Road, London NW2 5QU. The local tube station is Willesden Green. On Sept 13th we'll be in the house to savor Robert Bly at St. James in Picadilly.

I'll be celebrating the adventure and sharing stories and songs when we return. Thanks to all who attended Danny and my Port Townsend "Bon Voyage" concert Saturday Aug. 23.(Flyer of event - click here.)
Check back here for updates.....

THANKS as ever for your support and being part of the good life of working artists!

With love and song,

Judith-Kate

MEDIA: forJK&DD duo photo - click here.
Photo credit: Janice Rubin

August 23, 2008

BON VOYAGE Concert - 7:30pm
An evening of songs and stories with Judith-Kate and Daniel Deardorff to benefit their upcoming tour of the UK
Dundee Hill Center, 32nd & Hancock, Port Townsend.

For info and reservations call: 360/643-1961 or mail:info@judithkate.com

Sept 2-15, 2008

Tour of the UK with mythsinger Daniel Deardorff, poet Robert Bly, storyteller Martin Shaw, bard Robin Williamson and more.

Festival info: westcountrystorytellingfestival.

Danny's letter about the tour.

2007 Highlights:

• Judith-Kate Friedman and Songwriting Works receive the 2007 MetLife Foundation/American Society on Aging MindAlert award for Innovative Mental Fitness Enhancing Programs for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments. Kate joins the faculty of the MythSinger Foundation, Sacred Nature and MetLife/ASA Mind Alert Trainer's Bureau bringing Songwriting Works day-long trainings to health and arts professionals across the country for the first time.

• Judith-Kate presents songs composed with elders in community and hands-on workshops for health and arts professionals at the American Society on Aging, Society for the Arts and HealthCare and Canadian Music Therapy Association conferences.

• Songs for the Soul concerts with Judith-Kate and Daniel Deardorff bring a blend of original songs, ancient stories, and wisdom poetry to audiences on the West Coast.

• Psalms, Songs & Stories project celebrates four years with songs shared at new synagogue dedication at the Jewish Home San Francis

co www.jhsf.org

• Benefit concerts included: www.songwritingworks.org

www.mythsinger.org

www.seaflow.org

2006

FILM AND CONCERT EVENTS:

Sunday Sept 17th 1:30pm
TO LIFE! A Jewish Cultural Street Festival
Main Stage @ Birch & California
Palo Alto
www.tolifefestival.org
650/852-3506

Sunday Sept 17th 7pm
Creative Aging: A Mini Filmfest
featuring

A 'Specially Wonderful Affair - Nathan Friedkin's acclaimed documentary on Judith-Kate Friedman & the Jewish Home "Singers & Songwriters" project
Still Kicking - Amy Gorman and Greg Young's documentary profiling six Bay Area women artists age 90-106
Let’s Face It - the award-winning documentary exploring the faces of seven mid-life women. Judith-Kate Friedman, Amy Gorman and Joan Levinson will be present for Q&A. Refreshments will be served.

Jewish Community Center of the East Bay
(formerly Berkeley-Ricmond JCC)
1414 Walnut Street
Berkeley
$10 suggested donation
For more info contact: Ruth at 510/848-0237 ext. 127
Or: ruthp@brjcc.org
webpage:
http://brjcc.org/jcc/special_events.htm

Saturday Sept 23rd 7:30pm
One Soul Sounding
An Autumn Equinox Concert and Ritual
With Lisa Rafel, Stephen Kent, Luisah Teish, Rhiannon, Judith-Kate Friedman, Geoffery Gordon, Evelie Delfino Sales Posch, Eleanor Angel and Arisaka Razak, with new music by Jami Sieber
Lake Meritt United Methodist Church
1330 Lakeshore Ave, betw E.12th and E.15th
Oakland
$22 – General, $15 - Seniors and Students
Info and on-line tickets at:
http://www.lisarafel.com

Saturday Sept 30th 7pm
Judith-Kate Friedman in Concert
with A ‘Specially Wonderful Affair
An evening of celebration for all ages. A screening of Nathan Friedkin’s documentary (30 mins) featuring Judith-Kate and the Singers & Songwriters of the Jewish Home in San Francsico, average age 87. Followed with discussion and a concert of Judith-Kate’s and the project’s original songs.

Temple Beth Hillel
801 Park Central
El Sobrante, California
$10 Suggested Donation. Children free.
All proceeds benefit Songwriting Works,
Judith-Kate’s foundation for intergenerational collaboration and creativity through song

For more info and reservations, email:
Ellen Seskin – theseskins@aol.com
Rosemary Gerber – rgrn@earthlink.net
Or phone: Songwriting Works @ 510/710-4878

WORKSHOP:

I heartily invite you to attend this transformational workshop – I’ll be participating — JKF

Wednesday Sept 20, 2006
THE BONES OF INITIATION :
Re-Membering the body of Ritual Life
with
Daniel Deardorff and Martin Shaw
Plymouth Church
Fireside Room
424 Monte Vista
Oakland, CA

Afternoon or evening $40
Attend both sessions $65
contact: David Sturdevant
(510) 444-2115
http://www.mythsinger.org

The Mythsinger Foundation is pleased to present this day-long workshop on rites of passage. Collaborating for the first time, two mythologists: Daniel Deardorff, of the US -- author of THE OTHER WITHIN -- and Martin Shaw, of the UK -- creator of the rites of passage program STALKING THE REBEL SOUL - will present a journey in two parts:

The afternoon will focus on the break with the familiar and ordinary life, and is entitled OUT OF THE VILLAGE.
The evening will focus on the extra-ordinary experience of wilderness and is entitled INTO THE FOREST.

These two workshops are each intended to offer a complete experience yet also differ enough to provide a continuum. We encourage you to attend both sessions if possible.

For a downloadable brochure and more info, please visit:
http://mythsinger.org/projects/Bones_Brochure.html

JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES
Judith-Kate Friedman, Cantorial Soloist, San Francisco

While it may not be customary to include community services on a calendar of cultural events — serving as a cantorial soloist is one of the great joys in my musical life. A large residential care campus becomes even more of a small village during this holy time of year. If you are interested in attending as a guest, it may be possible. Please contact me at 510/710-4878
(cel).

Erev Rosh Hashanah
SEPT 22 6:30pm
Morning Rosh Hashanah Service
SEPT 23 & 24 9am Rosh Hashanah
Kol Nidre
OCT 1 6:30pm
Yom Kippur Morning Service
OCT 2 9am-noon
and Neilah 6:30pm

Saturday Feb 11th Showcasing (and non-showcasing :-) at the Folk Alliance Conference in Austin, TX www.folk.org

Sunday Feb 12th 4th annual Tu B'Sheval Seder benefit for Rabbis for Human Rights in Berkeley, CA treesofhope@mindspring.com, http://rhr.israel.net

Thursday Feb 16th House Concert with Daniel Deardorff, mythsinger - Port Townsend, WA 360/379-1489.
A benefit for songwritingworks.org and mythsinger.org

March 15-17 Presenting on Songwriting Works and Creativity & Dementia - at the American Society on Aging/National Council on the Aging Joint Conference, Anaheim, CA www.asaging.org

March 27-31, Artist-in-Residence at the Abramson Center for Jewish Life, near Philadelphia www.abramsoncenter.org.

Saturday April 1st, House Concert/Bay Area Send-Off Party celebrating Judith-Kate’s move to Port Townsend, WA
7PM gathering/potluck, 8PM concert, Acoustic jam to follow (bring instruments)
at the Oakland loft of J.M. Nasim
$20-$12 suggested donation benefits Songwriting Works (www.songwritingworks.org)
For info, reservations, and directions: songwritingworks@aol.com, or phone: 510/548-3655.

Thursday April 22, Welcome House Concert with Daniel Deardorff, mythsinger - Port Townsend, WA
360/379-1489.
A benefit for songwritingworks.org and mythsinger.org

Sunday May 21, La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA www.lapena.org, www.songwritingworks.org/benefit - Evening of Music & Poetry to benefit the Center for Creative Aging – West’s Art of Aging Festival. Featuring Avotcja, Billy Cauley, Doug von Koss, Edie Hartshorne, Judith-Kate Friedman, Rafael Jesús González, and Raymond Nat Turner of Upsurge! $12 general/$20 “circle of friends” reserved seating. No one turned away. For info and “circle of friends” phone: 510/548-3655. General tickets thru La Peña:
510/849-2568 lapena.org

June 1-2, Symposium : Creativity & Dementia - Moving Forward in Research, Center on Age & Community, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee www.uwm.edu/Dept/ageandcommunity

September and October 2006

Events at a glance:

SEPT 17 1:30pm To Life Street Festival, Palo Alto
SEPT 17 7pm Creative Aging mini Filmfest, JCC of the East Bay, Berkeley
SEPT 20 2-5 and 7-10pm The Bones of Initiation workshop w/Daniel Deardorff, Plymouth Church, Oakland
SEPT 22 6:30pm and SEPT 23 & 24 9am Rosh Hashanah services, Judith-Kate Friedman, cantorial soloist
SEPT 23 7:30pm One Soul Sounding autumn equinox concert, Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, Oakland
SEPT 30 7:15pm Judith-Kate in Concert with film ‘A ‘Specially Wonderful Affair’ Temple Beth Hillel, El Sobrante
OCT 1 6:30pm Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre) and OCT 2 9am-noon & 6:30pm (Neilah) services, Judith-Kate Friedman, cantorial soloist

FILM AND CONCERT EVENTS:

Sunday Sept 17th 1:30pm
TO LIFE! A Jewish Cultural Street Festival
Main Stage @ Birch & California
Palo Alto
www.tolifefestival.org
650/852-3506

Sunday Sept 17th 7pm
Creative Aging: A Mini Filmfest
featuring

A 'Specially Wonderful Affair - Nathan Friedkin's acclaimed documentary on Judith-Kate Friedman & the Jewish Home "Singers & Songwriters" project
Still Kicking - Amy Gorman and Greg Young's documentary profiling six Bay Area women artists age 90-106
Let’s Face It - the award-winning documentary exploring the faces of seven mid-life women. Judith-Kate Friedman, Amy Gorman and Joan Levinson will be present for Q&A. Refreshments will be served.

The afternoon will focus on the break with the familiar and ordinary life, and is entitled OUT OF THE VILLAGE.
The evening will focus on the extra-ordinary experience of wilderness and is entitled INTO THE FOREST.

JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES
Judith-Kate Friedman, Cantorial Soloist, San Francisco

2005

January 20, 2005
Thursday, 8pm

World Music & Spoken Word
BENEFIT FOR
TSUNAMI RELIEF
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
2640 College Avenue, Berkeley

Kitka: Women's Vocal Ensemble
Nina Gerber and Linda Tillery
Avotcja
Word and Violin: Pireeni Sundaralingam and Colm O Riain
Judith-Kate Friedman with
Billy Cauley, and
Dave Berzonsky
Riffat Sultana Trio

$25 suggested donation
Info: 510/548-3655, www.kitka.org/tsunamiaid

Download poster, 8.5 x 11 inch hi-resolution PDF for printing.

Monday, February 21, 2005, 8pm
Sunset Promotions presents
CAUSE: CC's Acoustic Underground Showcase
Judith-Kate Friedman
David Boyce of Broun Fellinis
Mokai
Elbow Room
657 Valencia at 18th., San Francisco, California
Info: www.CAUSE-music.com, 510/548-3655

Inochi in association with
the Center for Creative Aging-West and
the Freight & Salvage presents

Imagining Peace
a benefit for
A World Without Armies

new music based upon lyrics by
Zen artist Kazuaki Tanahashi
founder of A World Without Armies

Judith-Kate Friedman with
Evelie Delfino Sáles Posch
Edie Hartshorne with
Nicole Milner and PhoeBe ANNE sorgen
Robert Kyr with Shira Kammen
Betsy Rose
Bodhi K. Setchko
Karuna Tanahashi with Ko Tanahashi

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 8pm
Freight & Salvage
1111 Addison Street near San Pablo Ave., Berkeley
Tickets and information: $17.50 in adv/$18.50 at door,
(510) 548-1761, thefreight.org
Full concert info: songwritingworks.org/ip/

I’m 100 YEARS OLD wins Best Jewish Song of 2004, 2nd Place, from Just Plain Folks Awards.

The Singers and Songwriters of the Jewish Home in San Francisco were honored in November 2004 when their song I'm 100 Years Old, nominated Best Jewish Song of the Year, took 2nd place in the Just Plain Folks Awards. More than 10,000 albums were submitted, and 140,000 songs entered, with 785 different artists, writers and bands from around the world receiving nominations. Musicians from 25 different genres of music and from Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia and the U.S. performed at Santa Ana's Galaxy Theater for an night that was, in JPF Founder Brian Whitney's words "Simply incredible...the packed house of other folks who were there with us were treated to one of the most talent packed and positive vibe evenings of entertainment and community sharing in their lives."

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Co-writer/Project producer Judith-Kate Friedman was on had to accept the award. After the ceremonies, she spoke with Brian who said he was pleased that the judges were as moved by the elder's voices and song as he was. Thanks to Brian & Just Plain Folks - www.jpfolks.com - and to Derek Sivers of CDbaby.com for sending them the elders' Island on a Hill CD.

2004

3rd Annual SF Bay Area Oberlin Alumni Concert
Saturday, July 24, 2004 at 8:00 pm
Community Music Center
554 Capp Street,
San Francisco
info: 415-642-9978
email: joanna.sacks@world.oberlin.edu

Journey to the Now, a retreat with Rabbi Rami Shapiro and Rabbi Ted Falcon, with music led by Judith-Kate Friedman.
Aug 26-29, 2004 on the Columbia River near Portland, OR. Discover what keeps us from being fully present, and how to move into the moment where true spiritual awakening always occurs, with two renowned teachers in a beautiful setting. www.levshalom.org/rami_ted_now.html

JOIN US AT MAKING CONNECTIONS 911:
A Healing Evening of Music, Mingling & Making Money for Progressive Candidates & Causes
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 8 p.m.
The Jazzschool, 2087 Addison Street (between Shattuck & Milvia), Berkeley
Click here for information, tickets & volunteer opportunities!
Commemoration Gyration Vision Action Satisfaction. To reserve tickets, or volunteer contact: Spirited Action Singles c/o Kate@soundreality.com or visit www.spiritedaction.org

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Imagining Peace a benefit for A World Without Armies

I’m 100 YEARS OLD wins Best Jewish Song of 2004, 2nd Place, from Just Plain Folks Awards.

2004

Imagining Peace
a benefit for
A World Without Armies