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A Chorus Line will swing The Opera House Tel Aviv

A Chorus Line will swing The Opera House Tel Aviv

From October 18th. until October 29th. one of the most popular American musicals all times: A Chorus Line will swing the audience at The Opera House (TAPAC). The 1975 musical (lyrics by Edward Kleban and music by Marvin Hamlisch) about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line ran only on Broadway for 6.137 performances, winning 9 Tony Awards. Don’t miss Broadway at his best, this month in Tel Aviv. Information: 03-6927777 … Read entire article »

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Marianne Faithfull in Zappa Club Tel Aviv [video]

Marianne Faithfull in Zappa Club Tel Aviv [video]

One of my most favourite singers, Marianne Faithfull (born December 29, 1946), will give a concert at the Zappa Club on November 18th. Marianne became world-famous with the Jagger/Richard song: ‘As Tears Go By’ (1964). At the age of 17 she become the lover of Mick Jagger. Her best album was: ‘Broken English’. She became an award-winning singer, songwriter and actress. In 1987 her style became more jazzy & bluesy. Can’t wait to see her again. This time in … Read entire article »

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The first Slideluck Potshow in Tel Aviv

The first Slideluck Potshow in Tel Aviv

After New-York, London, Sao Paulo, L.A., Barcelona, Nairobi,Chicago, Mexico-City, Copenhagen, Toronto, Sevillia, Rome, Bogota, San Francisco, Madrid, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Bucharest, Berlin, Panama-City, Montreal and New Orleans… The first Telavivi Slideluck Potshow took yesterday-evening (September 19th.) place in Tel Aviv at the old town-hall (Beit Ha-Ir, Bialik Square). The Slideluck Potshow is a New-York based, non-profit arts organization, that provides an opportunity for artists and art-appreciaters to gather around food, friends and artwork. The event, which began in … Read entire article »

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The once Ben Nahum Hotel is today the place to be: Shampina

The once Ben Nahum Hotel is today the place to be: Shampina

Last Saturday afternoon I did visit an afternoon-party at the Shampina Bar on Rothschild Boulevard 32. The place was crowded and swinging with the ‘to be seen folks’ of Tel Aviv. You will find the Shampina in the once Ben Nahum Hotel, the beautiful building with this special roof-top on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby Street, designed in 1921 by Judah Magidovitch, Tel Aviv’s first city engineer. Last September restoration works started on the … Read entire article »

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Exhibition of Yakov Agor in Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Exhibition of Yakov Agor in Tel Aviv Museum of Art

This week an exhibition was opened in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art about the Israeli photographer Yakov Agor (1911-1996), who became famous for his pictures in the left-wing weekly ‘HaOlam-Haze’ (Uri Avneri) and later on in ‘Haaretz Magazine’... Information: 03-607.7020 … Read entire article »

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Tel Aviv Laila Lavan – White Night – coming weekend

Tel Aviv Laila Lavan – White Night – coming weekend

On June the 30th 2011 another Laila Lavan, ‘White Night’, will take place all over the city of Tel Aviv in celebration of the declaration by UNESCO (June 2003) that the inner-city of Tel Aviv will be a ‘World Heritage’ site. Like every year (all night) museums will be open (free of charge), there will be yoga lessons at the ‘Chandra Yoga Center’, lots of music (classic, jazz and rock ), free theater, etc…etc. For a full … Read entire article »

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I Shot My Love, BUTT it’s OK

I Shot My Love, BUTT it’s OK

Heymann Brothers will present  two swinging events on Saturday, March 19th. (at 14:00 and 20:00) at the ‘Tmoona Theatre’ (Shonzino 8). They will screen ‘I Shot My Love’, directed by Tomer Heymann and there will be a dance performance by Andreas Merk. After the show, there will be a Q&A session with Andreas (English). Entrance: NIS 70 For more information: 03-56.11211 … Read entire article »

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Allenby 58, from cinema to club to apartment complex

Allenby 58, from cinema to club to apartment complex

In the beginning of 2000 ‘Allenby 58′ was the place to be: a groundbreaking club, with the best dj’s of the world. Years before it was known as the ‘Rimon Cinema’. It started all in 1930 when architect Shlomo Gepstein was commissioned a plan to design a three-storey block of flats on a plot at Allenby 58. Plans changed and in 1932 a cinema was build. After the 80′s the building crumbled down, until it became a Tel Aviv … Read entire article »

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Oscar for Short documentary about Tel Aviv: Strangers No More [with trailer]

Oscar for Short documentary about Tel Aviv: Strangers No More [with trailer]

Breaking News: A few hours ago the short documentary: ‘Strangers No More’, directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon (from New York: the Simon & Goodman Pictures Company) received an Academy Award (Oscar) for ‘Best Short Documentary’. It is the story about the Bialik-Rogozin School, a unique school in South-Tel Aviv (near the Central Bus station) with children from more then 48 countries around the world, most of them refugees. Karen & Kirk: Congrats !! More (former) Oscars … Read entire article »

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Just some random facts about Tel Aviv

Just some random facts about Tel Aviv

January 2011… Population : 403.000; Academic institutions: 9; Museums: 23; Theaters: 9; Dog parks: 40; Dog owners: 20.000; Gyms: 80; Bars: 450; Sushi restaurants: 100 (the 3rd. highest concentration per capita in the world ); Private investigators: 108; Matchmaking services: 18; Public libraries: 22; Bookstores: 91; Cafes: 332; Street lamps: 63.312 and 151 outdoor sculptures… We think you should come to see it all with your own eyes. Even the (many) dogs… ;-) … Read entire article »

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Legendary rock band Bon Jovi in Bloomfeld Stadium Jaffa

On April 27th 2011 legendary rock band Bon Jovi will give a concert in the Bloomfeld Stadium in Jaffa.. Yeahhhh.. I will lay down on a “Bed of Roses”… :) … Read entire article »

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Information Center of the Association for Tourism Tel Aviv-Jaffa [non-paid advertorial ;-) ]

Information Center of the Association for Tourism Tel Aviv-Jaffa [non-paid advertorial ;-) ]

If you are visiting Tel Aviv for the first time or even for a second or more times it is wise to visit the friendly people at the Information Center of the Association for Tourism Tel Aviv-Jaffa… They can tell you lots of things about Tel Aviv, for instance the free guided tours on Tuesdays, cycling in Tel Aviv…. And there is a lot of material which is refreshed every day. When we were there they … Read entire article »

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View on Peace Wall from Peres Peace House

My co-editor Frits told me and wrote about it on our site before. He is an art and architecture lover and I am a photographer. But now I have seen it with my own eyes, being on a guided tour with Frits. For me it is official now: The Peres Peace House is ugly! There are more reasons for that: it is an ugly building (of 15 million dollars), that looks like an Amsterdam parking house it is difficult to clean and so dirty already it is facing the sea and not the streets of Jaffa / Ajami There is one big benefit since a few weeks and from yesterday. The backside of the building, designed by Italian architect Massimillana Fuksas, faces the Peace Wall, the great artwork of Arabic and Jewish children, in the form … Read entire article »

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