# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Iavnana Ensemble, Carl Linich, Cantadora, and The Hot Clams
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Iavnana Georgian Ensemble is a Kitka community choir dedicated to the performance of traditional polyphonic music from the Republic of Georgia, Lazona, and neighboring Caucasus, Black Sea, and Baltic regions. Comprised of the words “ia” (violet) and “nana” (mother goddess), the ensemble borrows its name from a type of healing song. Violets were often present in healing ceremonies, representative of joy and a euphemism for the goddess of the underworld in Georgian folk poetry. “Nana” is a derivative of the name “Inanna”—an ancient mother goddess found throughout the Near East. The project’s aim is to explore music as a form of healing and connection, both to each other as a community of practice, and to broader engagements with the cultures and communities from which we draw our musical content. Hosted by Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, folklorist and vocalist Kristine Barrett directs the choir. Special guest Georgian folk song master Carl Linich* joins Iavnana for this performance.

Cantadora & The Hot Clams is a music collective featuring Kitka vocalist Kristine Barrett that presents sultry folk and jazz from Sephardic Spain, Italy, Greece, and Corsica, plus bossa nova and jazz manouche. The group is based in Marin County.

Tickets:
Advance: $20
Day of Show: $25
Student discount price: $15

Ashkenaz is all ages, all the time. Kids and minors are always welcome. Those 12 or under are admitted FREE (unless otherwise noted).

*Carl Linich leads a Community Georgian Folk Singing Workshop on November 9 from 4-6pm at Oakland's First Unitarian Church, 685 14th Street. For details, visit kitka.org/events.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/iavnana-ensemble-carl-linich-cantadora-and-the-hot-clams/200029104537105
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, workshops, art, literary-art, kids, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 43

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ashkenaz.com/full-calendar?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=berkeley-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Berkeley
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA
- **lat**: 37.88013
- **long**: -122.29533
- **full address**: Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble (https://allevents.in/org/kitka-womens-vocal-ensemble/26578522)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, workshops, art, literary-art, kids, live-music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Iavnana Ensemble, Carl Linich, Cantadora, and The Hot Clams ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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