Thank You for voting us... Love Songs Best Middle Eastern Restaurant! : r 4in0 / OFF NW /0 I total Bill I i I -17 "I think of Jewish music as world music because of the Diaspora." i4 ped pay& to- the, a L : 1 from page 66 Come, akk.ate... g)atentiriev, I Monday - Thursday only. One coupon per customer. Not good with any -other offer. . I Expires 2/28/03. . LOVE (SONGS) From Another Era ; - Best lunch FREE town DELIVERY i prices in $4 95 On any order of $50 or more 5 Mile radius. Expires 2/28/03. I. ' 1 1 I I a starting at The place for Lamb Chops, Deboned Chicken & Kabobs West Bloomfield 4189 ORCHARD LAKE AT PONTIAC TRAIL IN WEST BLOOMFIELD 607110 (248) 865-0000 Open 7 Days a Week for Lunch & Dinner Jewish love songs make up only part of the double CD Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano, which fea- tures Jewish cabaret, popular and political songs centered on the years between 1900 and 1945. Featured performers, members of the all- The New Budapest Orpheum Society performs the music American New on "Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano." Budapest Orpheum Society, include Chicago-area cantors were the evening's entertainment at a Stewart Figa and Deborah Bard. meeting I attended, and I was Figa, who has performed in New absolutely fascinated," recalls York's Yiddish theater, has sung the Ginsburg, a former music critic and classic "Rumania, Rumania" on televi- the son of Supreme Court Justice sion. Bard has appeared in professional Ruth Bader Ginsburg. theater in Chicago and New York. "They'd been presenting these songs "Jewish love songs, like any other at different venues, and we worked up love songs, run the gamut of emo- a full CD program." tions, but these also have a little bit of Movie buffs will probably recognize irony or detachment and a quality of the melody of "From Head to Toe I not taking oneself Am Prepared quite so seriously," says for Love," writ- James Ginsburg, man- ten by Friedrich Dancing ager, producer and Hollander and on the Edge founder of Cedille, an performed in of a 'Volcano independent, nonprof- the Marlene it, classical record label Dietrich film not restricted to Jewish The Blue Angel music. "Do a Little "These songs give us Dreaming," a chance to look back another on another era." Hollander song, Cedille, the record- came at a time ing label for the when there was- Chicago Classical n't much happi- ness in reality Recording "Jewish love songs, like any other love for Jews in Foundation, focuses songs, run the gamut of emotions, but on Chicago-area per- Europe. these also have a little bit of irony or forming artists and Dreaming was detachment," says James Ginsburg of one form of offers a companion the Cedille label that issued "Dancing escapism that booklet for this project on the Edge of a Volcano." brought happi- that explains the times in which the songs ness by thoughts were performed and gives the words of beautiful things. and history of each selection. "The CD title, Dancing on the Edge The tension between tradition and of the Volcano, has to do with what was modernity is explored in the booklet erupting around Jews in the 1930s written by Philip V. Bohlman, artistic and 1940s," Ginsburg says. director of the New Budapest "'Do a Little Dreaming' was one Orpheum Society. A University of way of dancing around the volcano Chicago ethnomusicologist, Bohlman and essentially dealing with what was unearthed much of the repertoire on going on, and I think there's a reso- the CD. nance with the [feelings surrounding] "Professor Bohlman and his troupe terrorism in Israel." . FR ITALIAN GRILL Fresh, Affordable, Italian dining. Start your meal with our complimentary Antipasto plate. Enjoy our new Winter Menu. Drop by during Happy Hour our $2.99 appetizers. Children's Menu available for children 10 and under. Larco's restaurants - family owned for 50 years. As always, we offer *Complete Innovative, Gourmet, Italian Dining and Great Service. Delicious Bread, Salad or Soup and side of Pasta with every entree. .f