The Livermore-Amador Symphony and the East Bay Holocaust Education Center are bringing Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust performances to the Tri-Valley this February.
For the first time in two years and in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), a multimedia exhibit of gritty imagery and eyewitness testimony is being shown at Pleasanton s Firehouse Arts Center through May 28.
Happy New Year! Hello to the future, and farewell to 2021, with a look back at the last six months. The theme for the second half of the year seems to be reopening . Onward to 2022.
Kindertransport is story of Jewish children sent from Germany just before WWII
Uploaded: Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 9:42 pm
Time to read: about 2 minutes
Members of Livermore Shakespeare Festival (LSF) will reopen the doors to their downtown studio later this month for a staged reading of Diane Samuel s Kindertransport, a play about the Jewish children who were transported to safety in the United Kingdom prior to the outbreak of World War II.
The reading, at 7 p.m. July 22, will be directed by Bay Area director/actor/playwright Jennifer Le Blanc; cultural advisor is Larry Lagin, president of East Bay Holocaust Education Center. Kindertransport follows the story of fictional Eva Schlessinger, who is transported away from her parents in Germany to live with a foster family in England, with events based on real life stories of Kindertransport children. The play was first performed by the Soho Theatre Company at the Cockpit Theatre in London in April 1993 and at New York City s Manhat
Kindertransport is story of Jewish children sent from Germany just before WWII
Uploaded: Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 3:58 pm
Time to read: about 2 minutes
Members of Livermore Shakespeare Festival (LSF) will reopen the doors to their downtown studio later this month for a staged reading of Diane Samuel s Kindertransport, a play about the Jewish children who were transported to safety in the United Kingdom prior to the outbreak of World War II.
The reading, at 7 p.m. July 22, will be directed by Bay Area director/actor/playwright Jennifer Le Blanc; cultural advisor is Larry Lagin, president of East Bay Holocaust Education Center.
Kindertransport follows the story of fictional Eva Schlessinger, who is transported away from her parents in Germany to live with a foster family in England, with events based on real life stories of Kindertransport children. The play was first performed by the Soho Theatre Company at the Cockpit Theatre in London in April 1993 and at New York City s Manhatt