Film1. The Oranges
A
romantic comedy about David and Paige Walling (Hugh Laurie and
Catherine Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Oliver Platt and Allison
Janney) who are best friends and neighbors living on Orange Drive in New
Jersey. Their comfortable existence goes awry when daughter Nina
Ostroff (Leighton Meester) returns home for Thanksgiving, and rather
than developing an interest in the successful son of the Wallings (Adam
Brody ), it’s her parents’ best friend David who captures her attention.
In cinemas around the country.
Classical Music
2. Listen to a Virtuoso Violin
This
year, the Ra’anana Symphonette promises a procession of virtuoso
musicians. The next guest is famed violinist and conductor Sergej
Krylov, who will play solo and conduct the concert. The program includes
Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinished”), Mozart’s Violin Concerto
No.5, and more.
October 31, November 1 and 3 at 8:30 p.m. at the Art and Music Center in Ra’anana, (09) 745-7773 www.symphonette.co.il
3. Have a Golden Moment
The
Israeli Opera opens this year’s Shabbat of Gold series with the Israeli
Opera singers, who will perform hits from the classical as well as more
popular and Israeli repertoire in five concerts, starting this Saturday
at 11 a.m.
The first concert will bring together 10 of the
Israeli Opera’s best sopranos, who will sing arias from beloved operas
by Puccini, Mozart, Offenbach and Verdi. The concerts are hosted by
Michael Ajzenstadt, the opera’s artistic director.
Opera
House in Tel Aviv. For more details and tickets, call (03) 692-777. NIS
100- 140. 50% reduction for senior citizens. www.israel-opera.co.il
4. Hear the Mandolin
The
premiere concert of a special project, the Kerman Mandolin Quartet,
will take place at the Einav Center on Saturday. The quartet, with four
solo players from Israel, France, Italy and Spain, plays classical works
written for traditional string quartets, replacing the violins with
mandolins, the viola with a mandola and the cello with a mandocello.
Saturday at 8:30 p.m., Einav Center, Tel Aviv.
Jazz
5. Surrender to the Charisma
Opening
the Hot Jazz series this year is Colombian harp jazz musician Edmar
Castaneda. His longtime partner Paquito D’Rivera once described
Castaneda as having “enormous talent and charisma.” Playing the unlikely
harp on the jazz stage, he is considered one of the more original
figures in jazz today. Performing with him will be Andrea Tierra, a
Colombian-born vocalist who mixes jazz and flamenco, and local accordion
and flute player Salit Lahav, and Jokka Parfinnian in the rhythm
section.
Saturday at 9 p.m. in Haifa at Beit Abba
Khoushy, (04) 822-7850. Monday at 9 p.m. at the Gerard Behar Center,
Jerusalem, (02) 623-7000. Tuesday at 10 p.m. at Zappa Herzliya,
1-700-500-039. Next Thursday at 9 p.m. at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art,
(03) 573-3001.
6. Get the Spanish Fever
Michel
Camilo, an accomplished pianist and jazz composer who mixes Caribbean
rhythms in his music, and leading flamenco guitarist Tomatito will be
here for one performance only as part of a world tour, with an evening
bearing the name of their latest album. Spain Again. “The two musicians
set out luminous melodies and surrounded them with arpeggios or darting
guitar lines, so that each phrase spawned ripples like a pebble dropped
in a still pond,” wrote the New York Times of their performance.
Monday at 9 p.m., Tel Aviv Port Hangar 11. NIS 199-399. Call (03) 521-5200 or *2274. www.hadran.co.il
Exhibitions
7. Follow Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiser
Wilhelm II and his wife, empress Augusta Victoria, made a historic trip
to Jerusalem as the focal point of their travels to the Holy Land in
1898 between October 29 and November 4. Their visit received
unprecedented coverage. Local press reported on the journey, and foreign
newspapers devoted caricatures to the trip. An exhibition at the Tower
of David Museum in Jerusalem focuses on the royal visit, showing
original newspapers, photographs and a series of huge projected images
and typical cameras of the era.
Opens Monday, until March. Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem
Mixed
8. Pick Some Olives
Days
of the Olive festival is back for the 18th year, offering attractions,
tours, musical performances, workshops and many more adventures in the
North. Join the olive pickers and learn about oil producing in the past
and today, take advantage of special offers at the local restaurants and
have fun from November 1 to 11.
Call for detailed information: 073-706- 0808. http://zait.galil.gov.il
9. Stretch in the Desert
The
Yoga Arava event returns with 25 compounds along the Arava area, some
of the best yoga teachers and yoga-light areas for families and
beginners. The event will take place November 1-3, featuring many
workshops on the different kinds of yoga, tours and group meditation
sessions in the desert. The opening event will take place on November 2
at Timna Park at sunset with master Dechen Thurman from New York, who
will lead a class, followed by a light vegetarian meal and a musical
show (NIS 80). The event is open to all.
For more information, go to www.yogaarava.co.il
Dance
10. Rock 'n' Roll
They
are charismatic, sexy and talented, and they are here with their show
Rock the Ballet. American dance company The Bad Boys, established in
2007 by dancer-director Rasta Thomas, is constantly storming the world,
receiving praise from critics and audiences wherever they perform. This
week, they will perform around the country as part of the Hot Dance
series.
Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at the Jerusalem Theater,
(*6226). November 2 to 5 at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, (03)
629- 7777. November 7 at Haifa Auditorium at 8:30 p.m., (04) 835-3508,
November 8 at the Beersheba Arts Center at 8:30 p.m., (08) 626-6400.