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‘Journeys of the spirit’ Expressionist work on display in Englewood
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A dizzying five-by-five matrix, the Technicolor "Windows to the City" speaks to the fragmented mania that finds its way into much of Peter Lajtai Langer’s mixed media artwork. Born to a Jewish family in Hungary, Langer fled to Jerusalem in 1972 because of communism’s artistic and religious repression. He moved to Paris a year later, and then relocated to Antwerp, Belgium, after eight years in the French capital. Twenty-two years in Antwerp couldn’t unravel Langer’s dystopia: like most of Langer’s creations, "Windows to the City" is harried and claustrophobic, an uneasy 77-inch by 77-inch unity of 25 autonomous pieces. The work, along with more than 15 others by Langer, — photos that are manipulated with painting and mounted on aluminum — will soon be on display at the Mark Gallery in Englewood. Entitled "Journeys of the Spirit," the Langer exhibition will open with a special reception on Thursday, May 15, at 6 p.m. The artist will be at the gallery until May 25, and his work will hang there until June 26. Directions, hours, and a sneak preview of Langer’s work are available at mark-gallery.com.
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‘Unsettled by their roles in the national drama’
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Documentary tracks young Israelis through the evacuation of Gaza
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Israeli singer is a ‘Bronx girl’
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Israelis are stereotypically thick-skinned, pushy, and direct. New Yorkers — especially from the Bronx — experience the same typecasting. So what do you get when an Israeli grows up in the Bronx and then returns to her native land, without her family, at 17? Someone who isn’t particularly concerned with non-receptive crowds. For Noa, known in Israel by her proper name, Achinoam Nini, borderline insouciance is a way of life, molded from experience: Moving to New York at 2. Moving back to join the Israeli military. Selling more than a million and a half records with Gil Dor, her longtime songwriting partner.
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To boldly go...
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Shatner explores Passover story in dramatic reading of Exodus Less than a month after the death of Charlton Heston, another of Hollywood’s great
over-actors is taking center stage in the retelling of the Passover story. Last week the Jewish Music Group released "Exodus: An Oratorio in Three Parts," a dramatic biblical reading by William Shatner accompanied by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. The album is taken from recordings of back-to-back evening performances in April 2005 at the Robinson Center Music Hall in Little Rock.
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‘Rabbi and rock star’
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Play about Shlomo Carlebach set to premiere For one of the most polarizing figures in modern Jewish history, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach did a lot of loving. "The Singing Rabbi," who founded the House of Love and Prayer in San Francisco, regularly hugged the homeless, supported the poor, and called everyone "brother" or "sister." And on those rare days when he was home — and not in some remote pocket of the world performing music and teaching rudimentary Judaism — he let his daughter Neshama play hooky. "When I was growing up, my father would say to me, ‘It’s a beautiful day today, don’t go to school. If you’re not being moved by what you’re learning it’s not worth your time,’" said Neshama Carlebach, who herself embarked on a successful music career. "I definitely skipped my share of days because I had the opportunity. He was only home once a month, but still."
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