The Chicago Center for Jewish Studies, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Office of the Provost are pleased to present

a concert by the
New Budapest Orpheum Society

Thursday, December 1 at 7:00 PM
Swift Hall, Common Room
1025 E. 58th St.

The New Budapest Orpheum Society is a seven–member ensemble in residence in the Division of the Humanities at the University of Chicago performing Jewish Cabaret music and political songs from the turn of the 20th century to the present, exploring original materials in Hebrew, Yiddish, and German. The cabaret group has released three CDs, most recently “Jewish Cabaret in Exile” (2009, Cedille Records) and has performed locally and internationally, from Chicago-area synagogues to Broadway to clubs in Berlin and Vienna, with frequent appearances at Jewish community and cultural organizations. The ensemble’s current project draws upon song composed for the golden age of German-Jewish and Yiddish film during the 1920s and 1930s. The Artistic Director is Philip V. Bohlman and the Music Director is Ilya Levinson.

This concert is presented as part of a two-day workshop entitled Sites/Traces/Manifestations of Jewish Pasts, Presents and Futures.  To learn more about the workshop, see the workshop blog: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/jewishpasts/

The concert is free and open to the public.  Please contact Christina Heisser at cheisser@uchicago.edu or 773-702-7108 if you require assistance to participate fully in this event.