FESTIVAL DJUDEO-ESPANYOL 2015 Sephardic Culture Across the Centuries: History, Poetry and Song

Historia, poesía y canto

FESTIVAL DJUDEO-ESPANYOL 2015

Friday, Saturday & Sunday
May 29-31

with Rabbi Jordi Gendra, Master of Ceremonies

At Congregation Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW

nahalatshalom.org

Friday, May 29
7-9:30pm  Shabbat Dinner hosted by Jordi Gendra
During this vegetarian potluck dinner, Don Shapiro will play his Kinnor, or King David ten string harp, in a preview of his musical segment in Sunday evening’s Café Sefarad.

Saturday, May 30
6-8pm  Selfies for Sefarad Art Reception

Sunday, May 31
10-11am  The Persistence of Song: Djudeo Espanyol Romansas and Cantigas in Nuevo México: Dr. Enrique R. Lamadrid

11:20am-12:30pm  Hebrew Poetry of Spain in Translation: a Dramatic Reading. Original Idea, Selection and Translation of the Poems: Héctor Contreras López; Directed by Salomé Martinez-Lutz, with Monica Rodriguez, María Herrera, Sandra Marroquin-Evans and others

12:30-1:30pm  Enchilada Lunch

2-3pm  Telling Our Stories: Four Personal Journeys

3:30-4:30pm  Expressive Writing: A Workshop on Healing Through Writing: Héctor Contreras López with Hershel Weiss

5-6pm  Sharing of Stories from Expressive Writing Workshop

6:30-8:30pm  Café Sefarad: Tapas, Paella and dessert by Paella Olé.  Sephardic music by Stephanie Sofie Shefia Cohen (vocals), Neil Manel Frau-Cortez (guitar and vocals), Sheila Fox (clarinet, piano and vocals), and Don Shapiro (Kinnor or King David 10-string harp).