Busy week this week, what with it being White Night on Thursday, and all. Plenty to keep you busy on other dates too, though! More White Night parties will be added Wednesday in the party post, obviously.
Monday
Utopia Festival fundraiser @ Cinematheque from 19:00 – Tel Aviv’s famous sci fi festival is fundraising to keep itself in business. On the menu: (Hebrew) science and sci fi lectures, Ocolus Rift virtual reality demos (and you get to try it out, too), plus a screening of much anticipated film, Ex_machina. Tickets are 100NIS on the door or 79NIS in advance from here.
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Harel Shachal & The Ottomans live @ Shafa Bar from 20:00 –
Last show before their summer break. Happy live Turkish music at this fun outdoor bar. Free.
Ariel Qasis – Kanun
Yaniv Taichman – Oud
Ben Dagovitch – Riqq
Roei Fridman – Darbuka
Harel Shachal G – Clarinet
Daniel Hoffman – violin
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Tuesday
Kal-ish Signal live @ The Container – dark, clubby synth stuff, apparently. Free. From 21:30.
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Wednesday
Di Tsaytmashin Ensemble live @ Yung Yiddish from 20:00 –
Original old Ashkenazi music live show in Tel Aviv’s most surreal secret venue. 50NIS. Yung Yiddish is inside the Tel Aviv central bus station building. Level 5, artist area, studio 5008. Call 03-6874433 for more info and to book.
Bari Moskovitz: theorbo
Ayela Seidelmann: cello
Daniel Hofman: violin
Adi Silberberg: recorders
Oren Fried: percussion
All arrangements and additional compositions by Avishai Fisz
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Thursday
Tel Aviv white night @ All Over town – The annual White Night event returns with parties, music, food, late night shopping, art shows and loads more stuff. Most events are free, some are cheap. A full list of official events can be found here (in English).
Highlights:
Screen reality for dreams @ Hayarkon 19 from 20:00 – One of the White Night events – a night of video art, computer inspired live music from My Little Pony is a Computer, virtual reality and artistic video games and all kinds of human-computer interactive fun. Free.
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Black Night @ Achoti House –
The traditional anti white night event by the angry feminist Mizrahi brigade, pissed off about always being left out when it comes to culture and resources. Live and DJed Mizrahi music, poetry readings, a party and maybe even some action, as the municipality doesn’t take kindly to people trying to organise their own parties on White Night, as much as they’d like to pretend it’s an all inclusive event. Free.
Matalon 70, corner of Chlenov.
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SEVEN – site specific performance art @ Central Bus Station from 20:30 –
Mystorin Theatre’s brand new physucal theatre show, specifically designed for the 7 levels of the Central Bus Station. Guaranteed to be an immersive and strange experience.
Tickets are 80NIS and can be found here.
Full blurb:
SEVEN is the new artistic achievement of the Mystorin Theatre Group. Continuing the company’s journey in the urban landscapes of the Tel-Aviv New Central Bus Station, SEVEN poetically intertwines with the terminal’s vivid daily activity. It becomes part of the station and turns it into a theatrical world of fantasy, shared by performers, audience and passersby. Along with the audience, the show travels the seven floors of the station’s giant structure, from the busy platforms, through the hectic shopping avenues to the covert underground urban-labyrinths, secretly hidden three floors under street level. SEVEN is a first of its kind site-specific interpretation of an assortment of mystical texts, all linked by the number 7 and the contemplation of the afterlife: Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’, the ‘Seven Skies’ in the Book of Zohar, the New Testament’s Seven Deadly Sins and more. A diverse
language of styles and techniques of performance such
as areal acrobatics, acapella singing, movement and visual theatre turns SEVEN into an all-round immersive celebration of colour, texture, sound, movement and emotion
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Istanbul Connection @ Barby from 20:30 –
A free night of trippy, groovy and fun music from Tel Aviv and Istanbul. Free.
Radio Trip | Boom Pam | DJ Murat Meric | Baba Zula
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Friday
2nd Hand Market @ Shapira Cafe from 9:00 – 16:00 – Come buy some 2nd hand goods from residents of the Shapira neighbourhood. Everything from books to bikes and beyond. You can also bring your own stuff to sell, but please bring exact change, a table or something to display your stuff and shade, because none of these will be provided there. Free to attend.
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Free School @ Pele from 10:00 –
Be the student or the teacher at this day of varied workshops in Tel Aviv’s Rainbow community stronghold. Everything from music, dance, alternative therapies, writing and anything else you’d care to share. Also – free market where you can exchange 2nd hand goods, a musical jam and a communal meal (bring stuff to cook and contribute, preferably vegan).
30NIS to get in, to cover venue cost. More info at: 052-4555780
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Wild Chocolate Workshop @ South Tel Aviv from 10:30-13:30 –
Learn how to make tasty vegan chocolate from scratch, at home! Inbar’s small, informal workshops are hands on and fun and will teach you everything you need to know about raw, vegan chocolate and how to make it. You get to make a whole range of stuff, plus eat a lot of chocolate. This workshop will be taught in Hebrew but as it’s a hands on workshop in a small group, it can be adapted to accommodate English speakers.
Cost is 200NIS per person.
For more details and to book, call Inbar on 0547275353 or email her on sun.kissed.food@gmail.com
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Bad Kayma @ Bar Kayma from 12:00 – 17:00 – Bring or take 2nd hand clothes, as many as you’d like. No money changes hands. Please bring stuff that’s wearable and relevant if you’re bringing your own stuff.
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A free swing / lindy dance party outside the Tel Aviv Cinematheque from 13:00 -16:00. You’re welcome to join in or watch the pros.
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Saturday
Luna Abu Nassar live @ OzenBar from 20:00 –
Special acoustic set with very special guest, Rona Kenan. Tickets are 50/60NIS on the door.
http://lunaabunassar.bandcamp.com/album/-
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Free stargazing event @ Tel Aviv Port from 20:00 – The Israeli Astronomy organisation’s volunteers will be out with their telescopes and you’ll be able to watch the moon, some planets and anything else the weather and light pollution would allow. All for free. Meet near the Reading bridge and the amphitheatre.
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Poetry and Storytelling slam @ Ktovt from 20:00 –
English language poetry and storytelling slam. This time it’s all about roots. Free to watch and to perform.
Sign up to perform at:
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Bint el Funk live @ Gagarin from 22:00 –
Upbeat Yemenite funk and groove. 40NIS on the door.
