Celebrating Zeek’s Fall Issue, devoted to music, we have a lineup of multiple events coinciding with the Oyhoo festival in New York:
1. We Can Rise: Chana Rothman CD Release Party With Zeek’s new fall issue including New Jewish Music Mix 7pm, Mercury Lounge (217 E Houston St., F/V to 2nd Ave/Lower East Side) Entry: $10 Canadian-raised Brooklynite Chana Rothaman takes you on a roots-driven lyrical journey of spoken word, acoustic reggae, and freestyle rhymes. Incorporating both ancient and modern Hebrew into her message of empowerment and unity, Chana’s crew will rock out the evening way past “laila tov.” Also featuring Dan Friedman (Da Ali G Show, Zeek) and special guests. Contact chanarothman.com or myspace.com/chanarothman for advance tickets and more info. Presented by Oyhoo Records, 14th St Y, Jewschool.com, and Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture.