Eileen Wingard, a retired violinist with the San Diego Symphony, is a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.
Gloria Gervitz, of blessed memory, the acclaimed Mexican-Jewish poet, had her poetry read, the first of three featured writers at the Tuesday, March 5, Jewish Poets–Jewish Voices program.[Eileen Wingard]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, International, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAThe Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices Committee prides itself on discovering poetic talent within our community for the featured poets segments. During its sixteen seasons, it has featured the same poet again only once, Zev Bar-Lev, z”l. At one program, he read his Hebrew poems, at the other, his English works. [Eileen Wingard]
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I will be hosting the program, and my special guest will be Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, who was Theodore Bikel’s wife during the last years of his life and founder and director of the Theodore Bikel Legacy Project. The songs were selected to illustrate Bikel’s vast range and the large number of his recordings in our Astor Judaica Library. [Eileen Wingard]
Theodore Bikel’s Songs to Be First in JCC’s ‘Beloved Voices’ Series Feb. 22 Read More »
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That drawing inspired Gmach to develop “We Are The Tree of Life,” a project focusing on Holocaust education utilizing the arts to promote a message of hope and survival. Literature, music, dance, poetry and drawings created by prisoners in the concentration camps and ghettos during World War II show that beauty can survive, even when experiencing unspeakable horrors. [Eileen Wingard]
In honor of its jubilee year, the 50th year since the orchestra was founded, TICO is performing at each of its concerts the fifth symphony of a great master. This concert opened with the most famous of all, Beethoven’s Fifth. [Eileen Wingard]
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAThe poetry of Adam Deutsch, from his newly published book, Every Transmission, opened the January 16 program of Jewish Poets/Jewish Voices. The youthful looking Grossmont College faculty member had arrived at the JCC using the trolley and his bike. His well-received selections were followed by translations from Yiddish and Ukrainian and original poems by Amelia Glaser, UCSD chair of Judaic Studies. The concluding portion of the first hour of featured poets was the poetry of Herb Brin. [Eileen Wingard]
The poetry of two academics and one prize-winning journalist will be featured at the next “Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices” in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16. This free program is co-sponsored by the JCC and the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture. [Eileen Wingard]
2 Academics, Son of a Journalist to Read Poetry on Jan. 16 Read More »
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Sandy fostered long-lasting connections to friends around the world such as Jacob Goldberg, who had served as an adviser to Israel’s prime minister, Ehud Barak. That 40-year friendship began when the Lakoffs hosted Goldberg’s lecture at their home on behalf of American Professors for Peace in the Middle East. [Eileen Wingard]
Remembering Sandy Lakoff, Founder of UCSD’s Political Science Department Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Eileen Wingard, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJewish Poets—Jewish Voices got off to a great start Tuesday evening, November 28, in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC. This first program of the 2023-4 season featured Felicia Morgenstern, Larry Gach and Maya Tevet Dayan.[Eileen Wingard]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego CountyEnjoy a prelude to your first night of Hanukkah with Hanukkah Music, part of the series, Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library. This free program will be held in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC on Thursday, December 7, 2:00-3:30 p.m. [Eileen Wingard]
Recorded Hanukkah Music to Provide Holiday Prelude Dec. 7 Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyCelebrating its 50th anniversary, TICO, the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, under the direction of David Amos, gave a memorable concert at the Garfield Theatre of the Lawrence Family JCC Sunday, November 26. Because of the configuration of the hall, most of the well-filled audience seats allowed visibility of all the musicians. [Eileen Wingard]
TICO, Celebrating Golden Anniversary, Has Memorable Concert at the JCC Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyThree outstanding poets will be featured in the opening Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program of the 2023-24 season, Tuesday, November 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. [Eileen Wingard]
Israeli, American Poets To Be Featured Tuesday Night at the JCC Read More »
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Entering the Conrad on Thursday evening, November 16, the audience encountered a stage veiled in a white haze. Before the concert was about to begin, the hall went dark. When the lights came on, a spotlighted figure, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, surrounded by the white haze, unleashed an
‘Fragments II’ a Unique Multi-Sensory Experience Read More »
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Szilard Biographer William Lanouette and geneticist Matthew Meselson will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Leo Szilard’s birth and the Szilard archive held in UC San Diego Library’s Special Collections & Archives on Thursday, Nov. 2, from 4-5 p.m. online. To register for “Leo Szilard’s Legacy: Science in
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