PERFORMANCES
10/02/2022 Sunday - San Francisco CA - Contemporary Jewish Museum - “Fierce As Death | Queer As The Song of Songs - Immersive memorial ritual celebrating the life and art of Jewlia Eisenberg.. Watch LiveStream of Concert with Hostesses from 1990-2020.
5/22/2022 Sunday - Brooklyn, NY - Barbès - Listening Party for Posthumous Release of “The Ginzburg Geography” - Featuring Blake Eskin, Marika Hughes, and Jeremiah Lockwood, &Jill Slater. Watch Barbès Stream.
5/20/2022 - Berkeley, CA -Chochmat Halev - Listening Party for Posthumous Release of “The Ginzburg Geography” - Featuring Jason Ditzian, Cynthia Taylor, Laura Inserra & AnMarie Rodgers. Watch FBLive Vid.
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12/11, 12, 14, 15, 16, & 17/2020 - Oakland, CA - Facebook Live - Lightings for Shabbat and Khanukah. Yay for fire elements and shiny liberatory things! - Radical Ritual
05/29/2020 - Berkeley, CA - Jo Kreiter dances in a tree with music by - Charming Hostess
05/28/2020 - Oakland, CA - Facebook Live - Don’t Sleep Tonight - Book of J
05/21/2020 - The Long Way Home - Facebook Live - Radical Ritual Omer Bot
05/20/2020 - University of Chicago WebShow -Celia Dropkin: Bent Like A Question Mark - Book of J
05/14/2020 - The Long Way Home - Facebook Live - Radical Ritual Omer Bot
05/07/2020 - The Long Way Home - Facebook Live - Radical Ritual Omer Bot
04/07/2020 - Facebook Live - Passover Song Learning - Book of J
03/15/2020 - Jewish Language Project Zoom - Passover Around the World - Book of J with Asher Shasho Levy, Chloe Pourmorday, and Sarah Bunin Benor
03/10/2020 - Stanford, CA - Stanford University Dropkin Sumposium - Book of J
02/28/2020 - Berkeley CA, - University of Berkeley Morrison Hall - LA Archivera: The Mixtapes of Emily Sene - Book of J
11/11/2019 - Ithaca, NY - Cornell University - LA Archivera - Book of J
08/29/2019 - San Francisco, CA - Red Poppy - Charming Hostess Anti-Fascist Music from The Ginzburg Geography
2019 (5780) High Holidays - San Francisco, CA - Congregation Beth Shalom - Jewlia and Jeremiah
06/08/2019 - San Francisco, CA - St. Cyprians - Charming Hostess, w/ Trio Pizzicato
05/19/2019 - Berkeley, CA - Urban Adamah - Radical Ritual, Song of Songs Seder
05/08/2019 - Washington DC - City Winery - Book of J
04/13/2019 - San Francisco, CA - St. Cyprians - Book of J- w/ the Fraternal Order of the Society Blues
03/17/2019 - San Francisco, CA - SF Jazz - Book of J
12/07/2018 - San francisco, CA - St. Cyprians - Khanukah with Book of J
09/30/2018 - San Francisco, CA - Old First Concerts - Book of J
2018 (5779) High Holidays - New York, NY - Because Jewish - Jewlia & Jermiah
08/09/2018 Berkeley, CA - Starry Plow - Book of J - Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal
02/09/2018 Los Angles, CA - Skirball - Book of J
02/02/2018 San Francisco, CA - SF Jazz - Book of J
12/16/2017 - NY, NY - Nublu - Book of J - Third Generation of Recordings (our new label!) Holiday Party.
12/15/2017 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Arts Exchange - Book of J - Interactive Healing/Hanukkah Sound Revival
12/14/2017 - Somerville, MA - The Burren - Book of J - Many and variegated and Khanukah.
12/13/2017 - Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts - Book of J - Festival of Lights
12/9/2017 - San Francisco, CA - St. Cyprians - Book of J - DON'T MISS THIS SHOW: Victoria Hanna singing also!
12/7/2017 - San Francisco, CA - Contemporary Jewish Museum - Book of J - Artist as Maggid Site Specific Micro-wander
11/17/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Inclusive Shabbat service celebrating peace and resistance.
11/6/2017 - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto - David Shneer and Jewlia - Art is My Weapon: The Radical Life of Lin Jaldati.
10/29/2017 - Chicago, IL - Bode Chapel at University of Chicago - Book of J - Many and variegated, workshopping Dropkin, labor Songs.
10/27/2017 - Chicago, IL - University of Chicago - Book of J - Sound Song Symbol: Liturgika
10/26/2017 - Cedar Rapids, IA - Legion Arts - Book of J - Amazing art center, first time playing in Iowa YAY!
10/20/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Inclusive Shabbat service celebrating peace and resistance.
10/11/2017 - Berkeley, CA - House Concert - Jewlia - "The People's Flag is Deepest Red, It's Shrouded Oft Our Martyred Dead"
10/8/2017 - Encinitas, CA - Coastal Roots Farm - Book of J - Coastal Roots Harvest Festival
10/7/2017 - Encinitas, CA - Coastal Roots Farm - Book of J - Havdalah on the farm
10/6/2017 - Palo Alto, CA - Palo Alto JCC - Book of J - Sound Song Symbol: Liturgika
10/4/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Queer Piyut.
9/29/2017 - Berkeley, CA - First Presbyterian Church - Jewlia - High Holy Days: Yom Kippur
9/21/2017 - Berkeley, CA - First Presbyterian Church - Jewlia - High Holy Days: Yom Kippur
9/20/2017 - Berkeley, CA - First Presbyterian Church - Jewlia - High Holy Days: Yom Kippur
9/9/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Inclusive Shabbat service celebrating peace and resistance.
9/2/2017 - San Francisco, CA - Yerba Buena Garden Festival - Kugelplex - Antifascist Song Spectacular! with Linda Tillery
8/21/2017 - Palo Alto, CA - Palo Alto JCC - Book of J - Sound Song Symbol: Liturgika
8/18/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Inclusive Shabbat service celebrating peace and resistance.
7/29/2017 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Book of J - Barbes Residency: American Psalmody, Queer Piyut, Yiddish Gothic, Leonard Cohen, New Folklore
7/27/2017 - NY, NY - 14th St Y - Book of J - Sound Song Symbol: Liturgika
7/22/2017 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Book of J - Barbes Residency: American Psalmody, Queer Piyut, Yiddish Gothic, Leonard Cohen, New Folklore
7/20/2017 - NY, NY - 14th St Y - Book of J - Sound Song Symbol: Liturgika
7/15/2017 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Book of J - Barbes Residency: American Psalmody, Queer Piyut, Yiddish Gothic, Leonard Cohen, New Folklore
7/13/2017 - NY, NY - 14th St Y - Book of J - Sound Song Symbol: Liturgika
7/8/2017 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Book of J - Barbes Residency: American Psalmody, Queer Piyut, Yiddish Gothic, Leonard Cohen, New Folklore
7/6/2017 - NY, NY - 14th St Y - Book of J - Sound Song Symbol: Liturgika
7/1/2017 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Book of J - Barbes Residency: American Psalmody, Queer Piyut, Yiddish Gothic, Leonard Cohen, New Folklore
6/16/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Pride service woooooooooooo!
5/19/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Inclusive Shabbat service celebrating peace and resistance.
4/14/2017 - San Francisco, CA - Doc's Lab - Book of J - Many and variegated.
3/30/2017 - San Francisco, CA - SF Jazz Center Joe Henderson Lab - Book of J - Leonard Cohen and kabbalistic interpretations thereof by Book of J and Rabbi Aubrey Glazer
3/17/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Inclusive Shabbat service celebrating peace and resistance.
2/25/2017 - Palo Alto, CA - Stanford University - Book of J - Northern California Society for Ethnomusicology.
2/21/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Ashkenaz - Book of J - Working on Dos Elnte Kind (Music of Shmerke Kaczerginzki) with Anthony Russell
2/17/2021 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Inclusive Shabbat service celebrating peace and resistance.
1/20/2017 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Jewlia - Inclusive Shabbat service celebrating peace and resistance.
1/1/2017 - Palo Alto, CA - Love Shack - Book of J - New Moon Gather. Welcome the new moon and the end of thanksgiving with study, music and ritual.
12/26/2016 - New York, NY - Town and Village Synagogue - Book of J - So much good stuff at the Yiddish NY Festival; this acoustic night also features SoCalled
12/25/2016 - New York, NY - Museum of Jewish Heritage - Jewlia and friends - The Dreaming in Yiddish Concert celebrates the life, work and influence of Adrienne Cooper, Yiddish singer, scholar, teacher and activist. With Frank London, Daniel Kahn, Psoy Korolenko, Ethel Raim, Josh Dolgin, Judith Berkson, and more.
12/19/2016 - San Diego, CA - Aqua Salon D - Book of J - Geek out with us at the AJS!.
12/18/2016 - Berkeley, CA - Chochmat Ha-Lev - Kugelplex - Jewlia singing from celebratory Jewish and Roma traditions with Kugelplex. Featuring belly dancing by Liz Strong, latketinis by Maggid Jhos Singer.
12/14/2016 - Oakland, CA - Uptown Nightclub - Charming Hostess - Big Queer Khanukah with Kugelplex and others. We’ll have a gay old time!
12/1/2016 - Palo Alto, CA - Peninsula JCC - Book of J - Babylonian Jewish incantation bowls: study and music.
11/27/2016 - Palo Alto, CA - Love Shack - Book of J - New Moon Gather. Welcome the new moon and the end of thanksgiving with study, music and ritual.
11/20/2016 - Berkeley, CA - East BayJCC - Book of J - Leonard Cohen tribute concert with Conspiracy of Beards and Sylvie Simmons.
11/20/2016 - San Rafael, CA - Marin JCC - Book of J - Radical Yiddish Carbaret.
11/9/2016 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin and Marshall University - Jewlia - Art is My Weapon: The RAdical Musical Life of Lin Jaldati.
11/7/2016 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin and Marshall University - Jewlia - Art is My Weapon: The RAdical Musical Life of Lin Jaldati.
11/6/2016 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Book of J - Charming Hostess with Strings.
10/30/2016 - Palo Alto, CA - Love Shack - Book of J - Welcome the new moon and all saints with study, music and ritual
10/22/2016 - Oakland, CA - - Charming Hostess - Sukkot Series. Ushpizin: Songs of the Ancestors. Intimate house concert, email for address.
9/29/2016 - Berkeley, CA - JCC East Bay - Book of J - Queer Piyut. Devotionals to dazzle and destablize-- perfect for dance clubs and houses of worship. Singing workshop.
9/22/2016 - Berkeley, CA - JCC East Bay - Book of J - Queer Piyut. Devotionals to dazzle and destablize-- perfect for dance clubs and houses of worship. Singing workshop.
9/15/2016 - Berkeley, CA - JCC East Bay - Book of J - Queer Piyut. Devotionals to dazzle and destablize-- perfect for dance clubs and houses of worship. Singing workshop.
8/13/2016 - Half Moon Bay, CA - Holy Family Church - Book of J
7/26/2016 - New York City - Margaret Mead Green - Book of J
7/23/2016 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Book of J
6/18/2016 - San Francisco, CA - Vulcan Stairs - Charming Hostess - Stairway Concert Series: Goddess Music for Pride!
5/26/2016 - San Francisco, CA - Ocean Beach - Charming Hostess - Music for Lag B’Omer presented by The Free Ones. Enter at Pacheco St.
5/21/2016 - Berkeley, CA - JCC East Bay - Book of J - Shlomo Carlebach Tribute Concert.
5/9/2016 - Oakland, CA - Temple Sinai Courtyard - Book of J - New Moon Gather. Learning and singing for the month of Nisan. Come at 7:30 for study & tea and at 8:00 for music performance. Moon ritual at end.
4/9/2016 - Oakland, CA - Studio Grand - Book of J - New Moon Gather. Learning and singing for the month of Nisan. Come at 7:30 for study & tea and at 8:00 for music performance. Moon ritual at end.
3/31/2016 - San Francisco, CA - Jewish Community Library - Charming Hostess - Jewlia and Cynthia will sing non-traditional Passover songs and look at the connections between Sephardic women’s music and Marian hymns.
3/10/2016 - Berkeley, CA - JCC East Bay - Book of J - New Moon Gather. Learning and singing for the month of Adar II. Come at 7:30 for study & tea and at 8:00 for music performance. Moon ritual at end.
12/20/2015 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess With Strings! Winter music for radical Jewish women…mostly the Virgin Mary but also some moderns Great fun with Marika Hughes, Dana Lyn and Mazz Swift, last seen playing with D'Angelo (gasp)!
12/14/2015 - Boston, MA - Singing Anti-Fasciscm - Lin Jaldati - Workshopping a collaboration with scholar David Shneer about red diva Lin Jaldati and me and Psoy Koralenko will finally get to sing together! At the AJS conference, wild stuff...
12/3/2015 - Berkeley, CA - Rose Labyrinth - Book of J - New Moon Gather. Study and songs of the month of Kislev. Come at 7 for study & tea and at 7:30 for Book of J performance & ritual.
11/19/2015 - Palo Alto, CA - The Grind - Book of J - Book of J (Jewlia Eisenberg and Jeremiah Lockwood) play some music.
11/5/2015 - Rohnert Park, CA - Jewish Music Series - Book of J - Book of J (Jewlia Eisenberg and Jeremiah Lockwood) play some music.
9/20/2015 - Oakland, CA - Art in Nature Festival - Charming Hostess - Redwood Regional Park exact location tba.
8/20/2015 - San Francisco, CA - Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess has a lunchtime show of Sephardic women's songs from the Balkans, with amazing singers Ganda Suthivarakom and Cynthia Taylor.
4/24/2015 - San Francisco, CA - Center for New Music - Book of J - Book of J (Jewlia Eisenberg and Jeremiah Lockwood) will play songs from Armenia, Bosnia, Poland, and America. Kugelplex will collaborate with poet James Baloian on a piece about the Armenian genocide and the perseverance of the Armenian people.
3/28/2015 - Boulder, CO - Glen Miller Ballroom - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess performs music from The Ginzburg Geography.
3/24/2015 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess performs music from The Ginzburg Geography. For this show, Charming Hostess is Jewlia Eisenberg, Marika Hughes and Ariela Morgenstern.
12/18/2014 - Berkeley, CA - Magnes - Piyut Bay Area - Piyut Bay Area will be sharing our process and Jewish devotional music.
12/17/2014 - Oakland, CA - Canessa Gallery - Boo of J - Where old-time religion meets radical politics. We do songs that started life in Black and White religious communities and were later adopted by organizers for racial, economic and social justice. Book of J is Jewlia and Jeremiah Lockwood (Sway Machinery).
12/17/14-12/18/14 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Museum of CA - Charming Hostess - Khanukah songs, Marian hymns, and other wintery delights in the beautiful Day of the Dead exhibit.
9/21/2014 - Oakland, CA - Art in Nature Festival - Charming Hostess - Redwood Regional Park Stream Trail.
9/13/2014 - Berkeley, CA - Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts - Charming Hostess - With True Life Trio.
7/11/2014 - San Francisco, CA - Red Poppy Art House - Charming Hostess - With Jesse Olsen's project on Tillie Olsen, Makings.
6/22/2014 - Napoli - - Charming Hostess - Prospettive: Punto di Fuga n° 4
6/20/2014 - Amalfi, Italy - Amalfi Young&Jazz Festival - Charming Hostess - Festival : Sulle Tracce delle Sirene
6/19/2014 - Berlin, Germany - Panda Theater - Charming Hostess - Panda Theater in Kulturbrauerei.
3/22/2014 - Berkeley, CA - Subterranean Art House - Charming Hostess - With Rob Reich and Ben Goldberg.
3/1/2014 - Berkeley, CA - Freight and Salvage - Charming Hostess - Benefit for kids against gun violence organized and featuring the amazing Linda Tillery.
2/15/2014 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess performs music from The Ginzburg Geography. For this show, Charming Hostess is Jewlia Eisenberg, Marika Hughes and Brandon Seabrook.
1/11/2014 - Oakland, CA - Radical Ritual - Radical Ritual - Come celebrate Tu B'Shevat, the birthday of the trees with us in a redwood grove! Bring kids, dogs, fruit.
11/8/13-11/16/13 - San Francisco, CA - Joe Goode Annex - Jewlia - Give a Woman a Lift: Aerial dancers Flyaway Productions with score by ChoHos Jewlia Eisenberg and Laura Inserra.
10/25/2013 - San Francisco, CA - Southern Exposure Gallery - Charming Hostess - Sonic Kung Fu: Live soundtracks to Bruce Lee films with Mike Lai.
9/4/13-9/5/13 - Berkeley, CA - Aquarian Minyan - Radical Ritual - Cantor-in-Residence Jewlia Eisenberg. Rock out the new year with Jewlia and this open-hearted, song-oriented congregation. See schedule for details.
9/13/14-9/14/13 - Berkeley, CA - Aquarian Minyan - Radical Ritual - Cantor-in-Residence Jewlia Eisenberg. Rock out the new year with Jewlia and this open-hearted, song-oriented congregation. See schedule for details.
8/22/13-8/25/13 - San Francisco, CA - Counterpulse - Charming Hostess - Performing Diaspora Festival with Muisi-kongo Malonga, and Nadhi Thekkek.
8/15/2013 - Berkeley, CA - Subterranean Art House - Gramaphone & Dynamo - Gramophone & Dynamo with Jeremiah Lockwood.
7/20/2013 - Berkeley, CA - Aquarian Minyan - Radical Ritual - Jewlia leads services in the redwoods of Tilden Park.
7/13/2013 - Berkeley, CA - Jewish Music Festival - Jewlia - Jewlia with The Ark at a benefit for the JMF.
7/2/2013 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord - Charming Hostess - ChoHo workshops The Ginzburg Geography with Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (wow!).
6/29/2013 - San Francisco, CA - CounterPulse - Charming Hostess - ChoHo workshops The Ginzburg Geography as part of the Performing Diaspora fellowship.
6/6/2013 - Los Angeles, CA - Levantine Cultural Center - Charming Hostess - Bowls Project redux.
6/5/2013 - Los Angeles, CA - Italian Cultural Institute - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess performs work-in-progress from The Ginzburg Geography. Carlo Ginzburg is coming from Italy to share the history of his parents and contextualize the work. Sponsored by UCLA.
3/9/2013 - Brooklyn, NY - Barbes - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess performs music from The Bowls Project. For this show, Charming Hostess is Jewlia Eisenberg, Marika Hughes and Brandon Seabrook.
12/1/2012 - San Francisco, CA - Meridian Gallery - Charming Hostess Residency - Charming Hostess - DECEMBER brings Charming Hostess to our residency at Meridian Gallery in SF, with a new installation on teraphim. Teraphim are often translated as ""household gods""--they were figures used for home worship, for divination, to seek justice and to determine authority. Participate in our installation during the day on Thursdays, or come Thursday nights for our Jewish music series. We are so excited to be at Meridian with the incomparable Dohee Lee…What an honor. See you soon for bright lights on a dark night!
12PM-5PM: Participate in ""Teraphim""--hepatoscopy, belomancy, text study, meditative movement, idol-contemplation and more! See website for details.
8PM: Jewish music series. Join Charming Hostess and friends as we move from Khanukah to Solstice, from mystic contemplation to sweaty dancing, from the intimate to the apocalyptic. Charming Hostess will open each evening with a short set and then be followed by Jewish luminaries who will light up this intimate space. Peformance partners listed for each date below. Get apocalyptic for Khanukah!"
12/20/2012 - San Francisco, CA - Meridian Gallery - Charming Hostess & Kugelplex - We will be celebrating the darkest night with Jewish songs about eggplant and fire-worship. Dance music from the heart of Other Europe will make you sweat out your fear of the upcoming apocalypse. Apocalyptic Intimate Signifier: FLAME
12/13/2012 - San Francisco, CA - Meridian Gallery - Charming Hostess & Jeremiah Lockwood - Diaspora consciousness connects the halakhic demand for ethical conduct to a spirit of universal dignity. Tonight both ChoHo and Jeremiah will perform music with roots in religious transcendence and branches in social justice movements. Apocalyptic Intimate Signifier: SKY
12/6/2012 - San Francisco, CA - Meridian Gallery - Charming Hostess & I-Tal-Ya - Charming Hostess will perform winter songs for teraphim and other house-gods. I-Tal-Ya will sing from the Italian Jewish tradition: synagogue chants to lullabies to work songs. Apocalyptic Intimate Signifier: EARTH
11/29/2012 - Berkeley, CA - Freight and Salvage - Charming Hostess, Kugelplex, Red Hot Chachkas - Charming Hostess, Kugelplex, Red Hot Chachkas
11/15/2012 - Oakland, CA - House Concert Benefit for Occupy Sandy - Charming Hostess - Jewlia, Jessica Lurie, and secret special guest.
10/6/2012 - Oakland, CA - Sukkot House Concert - Charming Hostess - Harvest music.
9/23/2012 - Oakland, CA - Art in Nature Festival - Charming Hostess - Treehuggers, I guarantee a good time. Redwood Regional Park. Pics.
9/20/12-9/30-12 - San Francisco, CA - CounterPulse - Charming Hostess - Homo File: Theater piece about gay sex revolutionary, Sam Steward. Music by Jewlia.
9/16/12-9/18/12 - Berkeley, CA - Aquarian Minyan - Radical Ritual - Cantor-in-Residence Jewlia Eisenberg. Rock out the new year with Jewlia and this open-hearted, song-oriented congregation. *At Rudramandir, see schedule for details.
9/25/12-9/26/12 - Berkeley, CA - Aquarian Minyan - Radical Ritual - Cantor-in-Residence Jewlia Eisenberg. Rock out the new year with Jewlia and this open-hearted, song-oriented congregation. *At Rudramandir, see schedule for details.
9/14/2012 - San Jose, CA - Zero 1 Biennial - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess with Mike Lai. Also featuring live martial artists, teenage fight announcers with megaphones, and of course, Bruce Lee.
9/13/2012 - San Francisco, CA - Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - Kugelplex - Jewlia with Kugelplex
8/11/2012 - San Francisco, CA - Red Poppy Art House - Charming Hostess - Music for a summer night, with Jeremiah Lockwood (we play first).
4/21/2012 - San Francisco, CA - The Women's Building - Flyaway - Jo Krieter's Flyaway Productions performs "The Grim Arithmetic of Water" in honor of 10 Women Campaign Awardee. Music by Jewlia.
3/25/2012 - San Francisco, CA - Congregation Sherith Israel - Jewlia - Jewlia with bavel ashkenaz. Jewish Music Festival Bavel/Ashkenaz Music from the Iraqi and Eastern European traditions with Frank London, Yair Dalal and Jewlia.
3/24/2012 - Aptos, CA - Beth El Jewish Community Center - Jewlia - Jewlia with bavel ashkenaz. Jewish Music Festival Bavel/Ashkenaz Music from the Iraqi and Eastern European traditions with Frank London, Yair Dalal and Jewlia.
3/16/2012 - San Francisco, CA - Red Poppy Art House - Charming Hostess - Homage to Adrienne Cooper
3/8/2012 - Boulder, CO - University of Colorado Boulder - Charming Hostess - First workshop previews of The Ginzburg Geography.
3/7/2012 - Boulder, CO - University of Colorado Boulder - Charming Hostess - Community Mapping with The Ginzburg Geography.
2/27/2012 - Boulder, CO - University of Colorado Boulder - Charming Hostess - Launch of Artist Residency--Intro to The Ginzburg Geography
2/25/12-3/12/12 - Boulder, CO - University of Colorado Boulder - Charming Hostess - Jewlia will be an Artist-in-Residence at UColorado in Boulder. ChoHo starts work on "The Ginzburg Geography," based on the life and work of Italian anti-fascist intellectuals Natalia and Leone.
2/16/2012 - Berkeley, CA - Starry Plough - Gramaphone & Dynamo - Gramophone & Dynamo perform as part of "The Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal" with Inspector Gadje and Radio Istanbul.
12/24/2011 - San Francisco, CA - Tikva Store - Charming Hostess - Queer Khanukah Party. Candles, vodka, latkes, singing.
12/23/2011 - San Francisco, CA - Tikva Store - Charming Hostess - Shabbat with ChoHo. Candles, khallah, singing.
12/10/2011 - Berkeley, CA - Subterranean Art House - Charming Hostess - With Zoyres (we play first). read more
12/11/2011 - Oakland, CA - Paramount Theater - Kugelplex - Jewlia with Kugelplex and Joan Baez (wow!)
12/1/2011 - San Francisco, CA - Jewlia at the Pop-Up Jewish Music Store - Jewlia - Stop by, listen to records, watch Yiddish musicals, check out live music at night
10/16/2011 - San Francisco, CA - Sue Bierman Park - Charming Hostess - Celebrate joy and struggle in the OccupySF sukkah with Charming Hostess and friends! Welcoming to all ages and all people. read more
9/15/2011 - San Francisco, CA - Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - Charming Hostess - Grab a sandwich and a summertime drink and meet up for the finest music under open skies.
5/12/2011 - San Francisco, CA - Jewish Community Center - Gramaphone & Dynamo - Charming Hostess spin-off project Gramaphone & Dynamo perform Purim music from around the Balkans.
5/6/2011 - Tel-Aviv, Israel - Levontin-7 - Holy Land Hostess - Performance.
5/5/2011 - Jerusalem, Israel - Khet-7 - Holy Land Hostess - Show and discussion. LIMONCHIKI is a joint project of “Beit Avi Chai” culture centre, the Israeli Russian-speaking community group “Fishka,” and Auris Media. Limonchiki is a series of meetings combining interviews and discussions with artists and musicians and their live performances. Limonchiki is interested in the creative process, in cross-cultural influences, and in traditional and non-traditional ethnic expression.
5/4/2011 - Tel-Aviv, Israel - Fishka - Holy Land Hostess - A talk by Jewlia with Ruhama Weiss (Talmud prof at HUC) and Asja Istoshina (RTV and democracy blogger). LIMONCHIKI is a joint project of “Beit Avi Chai” culture centre, the Israeli Russian-speaking community group “Fishka,” and Auris Media. Limonchiki is a series of meetings combining interviews and discussions with artists and musicians and their live performances. Limonchiki is interested in the creative process, in cross-cultural influences, and in traditional and non-traditional ethnic expression.
4/15/2011 - Samarkand, Uzbekistan - International Museum of Peace and Solidarity - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess presents The Bowls Project with Samarkand's International Museum of Peace and Solidarity. See video of show.
11/5/2010 - Berlin, Germany - P.A.N.D.A. - Charming Hostess - See video of show on our blog.
11/1/2010 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - TBA Venue - Charming Hostess - More soon...
10/7/2010 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Museum of California - Gramaphone & Dynamo - Gramaphone and Dynamo play the Unplugged After Work Series.
9/2/10-10/3/10 - San Francisco, CA - Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - Charming Hostess - 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...
9/10/10-9/18/10 - San Francisco, CA - The Women's Building - Charming Hostess - 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.
9/2/2010 - San Francisco, CA - Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - Gramaphone & Dynamo - 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.
8/26/2010 - San Francisco, CA - The Women's Building - Charming Hostess - Curbside Conversation. Watch a rehearsal of "Singing Praises" and chat with choreographer Jo Kreiter and composer Jewlia Eisenberg.
6/5/2010 - Berkeley, CA - Cafe Milano - Gramaphone & Dynamo - 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.
6/10/2010 - San Francisco, CA - Jewish Community Library - Charming Hostess - Lecture/performance on upcoming Bowls Project.
5/19/2010 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill - Charming Hostess - KUSF benefit featuring Khi Darag, ChoHo and Mitch Marcus Quintet. Produced by Friends of KUSF.
5/16/2010 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord - Charming Hostess - Faun Fables, ChoHo and Siamese Sirens.
5/10/2010 - San Francisco, CA - KUSF 90.3 - Charming Hostess - ChoHo and Khi Darag join Prem Noble on air at 90.3 FM.
4/9/2010 - San Francisco, CA - California College of the Arts - Charming Hostess - Small Press Traffic presents an evening with Ammiel Alcalay reading new work and Charming Hostess singing from Sarajevo Blues.
3/15/2010 - San Francisco, CA - Coda Lounce - The Ark - The Ark performs with Felonious and Jascha v. Jascha.
12/12/2009 - San Francisco, CA - Contemporary Jewish Museum - Charming Hostess - 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).
12/3/2009 - San Francisco, CA - BLE Jewish Community Library - Charming Hostess / Gramaphone and Dynamo - performance | Cho Ho performs Gramophone and Dynamo
10/29/2009 - San Francisco, CA - Red Poppy Art House - Charming Hostess / Gramaphone and Dynamo - Charming Hostess presents Gramophone and Dynamo at 7pm. Charming Hostess presents Charming Hostess at 8pm.
10/8/2009 - San Francisco, CA - El Rio - Charming Hostess - performance | Cho Ho with Brass Liberation Orchestra and Loco Bloco
7/30/2009 - San Francisco, CA - El Rio - Charming Hostess - performance | Cho Ho with Conspiracy of Venus and Brass Liberation Orchestra
7/24/2009 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord - Charming Hostess - performance | Cho Ho with Khi Darag and Colm O Riain
7/14/2009 - San Francisco, CA - Amnesia - Charming Hostess / Gramaphone and Dynamo / Kugelplex - 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.
5/8/2009 - Oakland, CA - AK Press Warehouse - Charming Hostess - 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.
5/7/2009 - San Francisco, CA - Contemporary Jewish Museum - Jessie Square - Kugelplex - 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!
June 2008-January 2009 - San Francisco, CA - Contemporary Jewish Museum - Jewlia - 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.
12/4/2008 - San Francisco, CA - Contemporary Jewish Museum - Charming Hostess - 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.
9/5/2008 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe Du Nord - Jewlia with Kugelplex - The Hornucopia Festival: A Bay Area Celebration of Fantastic Bands with Horns & Brass. Tongihts line-up: Frank London (from the Klezmatics), Kuegelplex with Jewlia Eisenberg, and Dan Cantrell's Megaband.
8/30/2008 - Mulhouse, France - Noumatrouff - Charming Hostess - In the field of "avant-garde" & improvised music, Jazz à Mulhouse is one of the oldest and best known festival in Europe.
7/27/2008 - Berkeley, CA - East Bay JCC - Jewlia with Kugelplex - Jewlia performs with Kugelplex for the FREYLEKH Klezmer Dance Party. A hot new monthly Klezmer dance party and cabaret featuring members of Kugelplex, Yiddish dance instructor Bruce Bierman, monster accordionist, Dan Cantrell & neo-old world diva vocalist, Jewlia Eisenberg! Dance lesson: 7-8pm, live music and dancing: 8-10pm.
7/19/2008 - San Francisco, CA - Red Poppy Art House - Charming Hostess & Kugelplex - Charming Hostess performs with Kugelplex. See Charming Hostess stay on to watch Jewlia sing with Kueglplex. Note: small venue + no advance tix.
7/5/2008 - Krakow, Poland - Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow - Jewlia with The Ark - The Ark closes the Jewish Culture Festival at Shalom on Szeroka Street: "The Ark" grew from the Artist Residency program from the 23rd Jewish Music Festival, Berkeley. This project features Frank London, Aaron Alexander, Avi Avital, Stuart Brotman, Glenn Hartman, Mariana Sadowska, John Schott, Jessica Ivry, and Jewlia.
5/19/2008 - Victoriaville, Canada - Festival International de Musique Actuelle (FIMAV) - Jewlia with The Art Bears - ART BEARS SONGBOOK: Chris Cutler, Jewlia Eisenberg, Carla Kihlstedt, Zeena Parkins, Kristin Slipp and Fred Frith.
5/11/2008 - Boulder, CO - Shalhevet Productions & Boulder JCC - Charming Hostess - Charming Hostess takes the stage. Two-part grand finale to Jewlia's Artist in Residence at Denver University. Jason Ditzian & Cynthia Taylor.
5/10/2008 - Denver, CO - University of Denver - Charming Hostess - Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. Charming Hostess takes the stage. Two-part grand finale to Jewlia's Artist in Residence at Denver University. Jason Ditzian & Cynthia Taylor.
4/15/08-4/17/08 - Denver, CO - University of Denver - Jewlia - Jewlia Eisenberg in Conversation with Faculty from the Center for Judaic Studies. This Rimon series will focus on Babylonian incantation bowls – a type of amulet that was commonly used more than 1500 years ago in the region now known as Iraq. These bowls were inscribed with secrets and desires and then buried under the home. They speak of mysticism and sensuality,angels and devils, and the trials and joys of love and sex. These amulets were a cosmopolitan form, shared by Jews, Syriac Christians, Gnostics, Mandaeans, and Zorastrians.
4/15/2008 - Denver, CO - University of Denver - Jewlia - Master Classes in Judaic Studies with Jewlia Eisenberg: Rimon Series. In conversation with Alison Schofield. This Rimon will be an examination of what Babylonian incantation bowls are and where they are from with Alison Schofield, assistant professor of Religious Studies and the Center for Judaic Studies. Alison brings her experience in archaeology for an examination of the history of Jews in this time period and what types of cultural influences they would have had.
4/16/2008 - Denver, CO - University of Denver - Jewlia - Master Classes in Judaic Studies with Jewlia Eisenberg: Rimon Series. In conversation with Sarah Pessin,associate professor of Philosophy and the Hecht Chair in Judaic Studies, who joins Jewlia for a conversation about Jewish mysticism, including Merkabah and early Kabbalah. Learn more about these fascinating bowls, their time and place, and the mystical and theological context of these amulets.
4/17/2008 - Denver, CO - University of Denver - Jewlia - Master Classes in Judaic Studies with Jewlia Eisenberg: Rimon Series. In conversation with David Shneer,associate professor of History and director of the Center for Judaic Studies This conversation concludes this series with Jewlia as both David and Jewlia unearth ancient Jewish culture and discuss how it is leading to the creation of new forms of Jewish culture today.
4/14/2008 - Denver, CO - University of Denver - Jewlia - Public Lecture & Launch of ""The Bowls"" Project. Join Jewlia for the premiere event and the launch of “The Bowls Project”. A geodesic structure built on the campus of DU that will be used to host an entire series of events and intimate salons during Jewlia’s time as an artist-in-residence with the Center for Judaic Studies. Free | Reservations required: call 303.871.4633 or email
4/3/2008 - Denver, CO - University of Denver - Jewlia - NOT YOUR BUBE’S MANISCHEWITZ 3RD ANNUAL KOSHER WINE TASTING Sponsored by The ALEPH Institute for Jewish Culture at the Center for Judaic Studies. Featuring the Managing Editor of Wine & Spirits Magazine, Tara Q. Thomas. Jewlia will be performing as the University's Visiting Artist-in-Residence.
4/7/2008 - Denver, CO - Colorado Symphony Orchestra - Jewlia - CSO Presentation & Performance. Hope From Despair Festival Preview: CSO Music Director Jeffrey Kahane will offer a musical preview and commentary of the upcoming Hope From Despair Festival. He will be joined by vocalist/composer Jewlia Eisenberg, visiting artist in residence at the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver who will perform two songs by Kurt Weill. Tattered Cover Book Store Historic Lower Downtown Store.
3/29/2008 - San Francisco, CA - San Francisco JCC - Jewlia - Jewish Music Festival Artist Residency "The Ark" with Jessica Ivry, Glenn Hartman, Avi Avita, Aaron Alexander, Frank London, Mariana Sadowska, Stuart Brotman, and John Schott.