The Jazz Heritage Center and Judah L. Magnes Museum to Host Afternoon Reception, Concert to Celebrate Jews of the Fillmore Exhibition this Sunday, July 19, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.

The Jazz Heritage Center and Judah L. Magnes Museum to Host Afternoon Reception, Concert to Celebrate Jews of the Fillmore Exhibition this Sunday, July 19, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Specially Commissioned Admission-Free Concert by John Schott at Yoshi's

SAN FRANCISCO , July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jazz Heritage Center and Judah L. Magnes Museum today announced a special celebration to take place on Sunday, July 19, from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. to include an art show, film screening, live jazz, bites from local Fillmore restaurants and an interactive walking tour to celebrate its latest exhibition Jews of the Fillmore. Three years in the making and created through a lead grant by the Koret Foundation, Jews of the Fillmore honors the once-thriving Jewish neighborhood from 1906 through 1950 and pays homage to some of its landmarks. Visitors to the Jazz Heritage Center will enjoy FREE admission to all the day's festivities but registration is requested and available at this link: www.jewsofthefillmore.com

   Visitors to the Jazz Heritage Center will enjoy:     3 p.m.        Jazz Heritage Center Koret Heritage Lobby (1330 Fillmore)                  Pre-Concert Mixer & Jews of the Fillmore Exhibition Viewing                 Music by: Dewayne Oakley & Wayne Anderson Duet    4 p.m.        Yoshi's San Francisco (1330 Fillmore Street)                  Opening Remarks & State Proclamation presented by Senator                 Mark Leno                  Performance: A specially commissioned ensemble featuring                 Grammy Award-winning guitarist John Schott, T.J. Kirk,                 clarinetist Ben Goldberg, accordionist Maria Abe and                 trombonist Rob Ewing                  Music will include a mix of sacred and secular Jewish music,                 jazz, and big-band swing music.    5 p.m.        Jazz Heritage Center Lush Life Gallery (1320 Fillmore                 Street)                 Art Showing: "Reflections on Jazz, History & Heritage"                 Music by: Frank Jackson, F. Allen Smith and Frank Fisher                  Guide by Cell Audio Walking Tour                 Grab your cell phone and embark on your own self-guided                 journey into the Fillmore's rich history.  Here's just some                 of what you'll learn:                      -- Two synagogues, three kosher restaurants, four                        Jewish bakeries, five kosher meat markets, at least                        three Jewish delicatessens  and one Jewish liquor                        merchant (keep in mind this was during Prohibition)                        were located within a  two-block radius between                        Fillmore, Buchanan, McAllister, and Golden Gate.                      -- The Fillmore was home to San Francisco's first                        professional hockey team, which played at the                        Iceland Pavilion in the early 1930s.                      -- The Fillmore was commonly referred to by residents                        as a combined version of New York's Broadway, Fifth                        Avenue, and Coney Island.                      -- The Chutes, a block-wide amusement park bordering                        Fillmore, Webster, Turk and Eddy, was one of San                        Francisco's major attractions in 1909, and featured                        the giant water slide of its day, movies,                        vaudeville acts (including Sophie Tucker at the                        American Theater) and even a zoo.                      -- The Fillmore was the early childhood home to                        one of the world's most famous violinists, Yehudi                        Menuhin.                  Media and Education Screening Center (1330 Fillmore Street)                 Visitors can get an even more in-depth look at the Fillmore                 by catching highlights from award-winning PBS documentary                "The Fillmore" in the JHC's state-of-the-art screening room.   

The Jews of the Fillmore Afternoon Celebration is sponsored by Koret Foundation; Magnes Museum; Em Johnson Interest In kind sponsors: Yoshi's San Francisco; 1300 Fillmore; Gussie's; Sheba's Lounge; Jazz Cellars Winery; Brassfield Winery.

Exhibition Credit Lines: Jews of the Fillmore is supported by a lead grant from the Koret Foundation; the Lehrhaus Museum Partnership Fund available through the Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation; the Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropic Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund; Fred Levin and Nancy Livingston and The Shenson Foundation, in memory of Ben & A. Jess Shenson. Additional support has been provided by generous members of the Judah L. Magnes Museum. The Judah L. Magnes Museum is a beneficiary of the Jacques and Esther Reutlinger Foundation and of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.

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CONTACT: Angela Nibbs of Jazz Heritage Center, +1-415-225-7090,
press@jazzheritagecenter.org

Web Site: http://www.jewsofthefillmore.com/

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