The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly will hold its sixth annual sale of upright and grand pianos at reduced prices over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3, 5, and 6. More than 60 pianos in a variety of styles and brands will be displayed. Call Vladimir Zaslavsky at Forte Piano in Paramus, (201) 265-1212.

“The Spirit of Sepharad: From Casbah to Caliphate” with Gerard Edery and the Caravan Ensemble

The Ashkenaz Festival, the largest Jewish cultural event in Canada, will be held at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre Aug. 31 to Sept. 6. Performances include the 14-piece gypsy group, The Other Europeans; Frank London’s “A Night in the Old Marketplace;” the Balkan Beat Box; Bosnian-Ladino legend Flory Jagoda; and Divahn, the all-female Persian/Middle-Eastern fusion group. Ashkenazfestival.com.

Justin Boccitto

The Summer Concert series at the YM-YWHA of North Jersey in Wayne concludes with the one-man musical, “George M. Cohan Tonight” starring Justin Boccitto, on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. The event is free. At 5:30, there is an all-you-can-eat buffet in the Y’s Tel Aviv Café with pasta, fish, salad, soup, fruit, and drink for $7.95. For information, call (973) 595-0100, ext. 237.

The Park Players, a community theater group in Northern New Jersey, will host “Mosaic of Love,” a fund-raiser with song, tap-dancing, and comedy, on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 15, at 3 p.m., at the Point Diner in Fairview. Proceeds will benefit a groundbreaking procedure to help Arlene Louise Shapiro, who had a debilitating stroke in February leaving her in a vegetative state, awaken from a coma. The cost of Shapiro’s treatment is $100,000.

Shapiro’s daughters, Phylis of Cliffside Park, who attends services at the New Synagogue of Fort Lee, and Cheryl of Nanuet, N.Y., are among the performers. Their mother, who lived in Nanuet, was an active member of the Orangetown Jewish Center in Orangeburg, N.Y.

The event costs $6 for adults, $5 for seniors/students, and $3 for children up to age 7. Menu prices will apply to the cost of food. Donations payable to The Shapiro Fund can be sent to 554 Oregon Ave., Cliffside Park, NJ 07010. For information, call (201) 786-3173.

Romashka, New York’s own Balkan gypsy band with lead singer Inna Barmash, performs at the fifth annual “Rooftop Tusofka” at the JCC in Manhattan on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Vodka served. Sponsored by Zyr Vodka. (646) 505-5708 or www.jccmanhattan.org.

Temple Israel and JCC of Ridgewood will continue its series of Summer Music Fridays on Aug. 6. Daniel, 17, and Michael Butensky, 21, will play Sonata No. 1 by Jean-Marie LeClair, Adagio by Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto for Two Violins by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Duo No. 1 Opus 38 by Jacques Féréol Mazas.

In the fall, Daniel will be the principal violist of the chamber orchestra at Ridgewood High School. Michael, who graduated from Lehigh University in May, played viola in the Lehigh Philharmonic Orchestra.

The program begins at 7 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and wine, followed by the Butenskys’ performance. At 8, there will be kabbalat Shabbat services. Admission is free, but voluntary donations support music programs at the shul.

For information, call (201) 444-9320 or www.synagogue.org.