[Libri] "The Rosenbach Company" at the National Yiddish Book Center

[Lise Sanders]

Dear Colleagues,

This upcoming event looked like it might be of interest to local 
bibliophiles, so I thought I'd pass along the announcement. Best 
wishes.

Lise Sanders
Hampshire College

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THIS THURSDAY! The National Yiddish Book Center presents The Rosenbach Company
National Yiddish Book Center presents
"The Rosenbach Company"

Amherst, MA - The National Yiddish Book Center, located on the campus 
of Hampshire College, 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA, 01002, will 
present the New England premiere performance of The Rosenbach Company 
on Thursday, April 6, 2006, at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12 /$6 student 
w/valid id. Reservations are suggested.

The Rosenbach Company is famed cartoonist Ben Katchor and musician 
Mark Mulcahy's new pop-musical that chronicles the life and times of 
the Rosenbach brothers, the world's preeminent rare-book dealers. 
Their collection ranged from James Joyce's manuscript of Ulysses to 
John Tenniel's original illustrations for Alice in Wonderland. Mixing 
projected animated images with live actors, singers and musicians, 
the show explores the obsessive nature of collecting, the 
relationship between cultural and commercial pursuits and the 
brothers' historical significance as owners of some of the world's 
greatest literary treasures.

Variety called it "thrilling, charming and altogether a knockout." 
Join us for this evening of "haunting music," "witty power" and 
"postmodern Yiddishkeit"!

Featured musicians are Brian Marchese, Henning Ohlenbusch and Dave 
Trenholm alongside singers Mollie Weaver, Ryan Mercy and Mark 
Mulcahy. Mulcahy is a Springfield based musician who was the 
front-man for the New Haven band Miracle Legion.

The National Yiddish Book Center is a nonprofit organization 
dedicated to rescuing Yiddish and other modern Jewish literature and 
celebrating the culture they contain. Programming at the National 
Yiddish Book Center is a project of the Jack and Ruthe B. Cowl Center 
for Jewish Culture. For more information, call (413) 256-4900, email 
yiddish at bikher.org, or visit our website at 
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org.

	 
  	 	 	 
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Lise A. Shapiro Sanders, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies
School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies
ASH 103 - Mail Code 'CS'
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002-3359
tel:  413 559 5650
fax: 413 559 5438
email: lsanders at hampshire.edu
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