| I have to admit, I have yet to experience Purim as a rock opera, Eastern European folk-punk, or bat-mitzvahed beauties performing cabaret skits. But I'm willing, as usual, to be a guinea pig for the inaugural season of Open Tent, a new Jewish outreach initiative in Miami that will present three cultural programs this spring.
Up first, The Esther Show, presented by San Francisco artist Amy Tobin and her band, rocks the The Pawn Shop (1222 NE 2nd Ave.) on March 8 at 9 p.m. The show comes complete with cocktails called the "Dirty Haman" and audience participation via noisemakers as Queen Esther tells her side of the story. Guaranteed you've never celebrated Purim like this before...
On April 10 at 8 p.m., the neo-klezmer band Golem hits the North Beach Bandshell (73rd and Collins Ave., Miami Beach) for a set that defies all explanation, really. Suffice to say that the Washington Post calls this "the sort of music you'd expect if the shtetl were filled with punks instead of peasants." Oy!
Finally, on May 31 at 9, Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad takes the stage at the Alfred I. DuPont Building (169 E. Flagler St., Miami). This "group of chosen chicks" promises both "punch lines and kick lines... in a fast-paced vaudeville extravaganza." By that, I can only assume there will be some physical humor along with breaking down of stereotypes.
Tickets for all events are $18; for more info, visit www.brownpapertickets.com or call 800-838-3006. |
