Hot news: King of the Metal, Philip Amselmo coming
King of the Metal, Philip Anselmo will give with Down one concert at Ha’oman 17 on July 14th at 21:00.
Pictures from the Levine roof
Herewith two pictures, I took from the roof of the Levine House on the White Night Party (May 27th): A beautiful view of the Va-ad Ha-Kila House, on Rotschild Boulevard no.40, designed in 1926 by Dov Hershkowitz and restored by Amnon Bar-Or. Also a picture of a nearby Bauhaus-building (1930, Rothschild Boulevard 48) with a charming detail of his glass-covered… Read more →
White Night at ShenArt
In the charming gallery ShenArt (Frishman 21) Nadia and Stephane had their first White Night. Two month ago they opened the place, arriving from a small, lovely (channeled) town in the Netherlands (Holland), called Haarlem. Nadia makes small exotic sculptures and Stephane is working with vinyl art, putting (for the first time) his art-work on canvases. The lovely couple decided… Read more →
Hanoch and Peterson: What a Party!
Just came back from a fantastic rock/blues show by Shalom Hanoch and Ronnie Peterson and his band in a crowded Barby club. This was two hours of pure rock. I wrote Ronnie (he is Facebook-friend): “Ronnie, this was f*cking great, thanks!!” Within a minute he wrote back to me: “Yeah, hey that was f*cking great! What a party! I’ll be… Read more →
The ‘Yekkes’ in Tel Aviv
A charming article I found yesterday in the Metro (Jerusalem Post, May 28th/2009) about the ‘Yekkes’ of Tel Aviv, written by Bracha Stork. Yekkes was the nick-name for the Jews from German origin. (always, even during hot summer days, with their suits, ‘jacket’, on!!). Until today, you will find them in the small cafe-shops around Ben-Gurionstreet, still talking German ;-)… Read more →
Good old Astor Hotel to be demolished
The cosy, ‘small’ (60 rooms) Astor Hotel (build in the 50s) on the corner of HaYarkon- and Frishman Street will be demolished after long court battles. The four-star six storey seafront Astor hotel has ‘to go’ for a 22 (!!) storey hotel with 161 rooms. Another historic, charming place will be gone :-(
Tonight at ‘Barby’
Tonight at Barby (01:00) a ‘great‘ rock/blues concert by Shalom Hanoch and the great Ronnie Peterson.
Relaxed Tel Aviv White Night video
This video of the Tel Aviv White Night 2009 looks a little bit quite, but seeing the people wandering through the streets is nice… The atmosphere is so relaxed!
On the rooftop of the Levine House
Last evening, at 19.30, there was a small VIP ceremony for the opening of the White Night Celebrations on the roof of the just (for the 2nd time) restored Beth Levine (The Levine House) at Rothschild Boulevard no.46. Among the guests the Deputy Mayor of Paris, Christophe Girard. It was Girard who started in 2003 (then Deputy of Culture of… Read more →
