# Event Details

- **Event Name**: EAST AND WEST (1924) Yiddish Silent Film w/ Live Music by Alicia Svigals & Donald Sosin!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Molly Picon shines as a spirited New York girl who loves stirring up trouble in this delicious comedy that bears the distinction of being the earliest surviving Yiddish language film- accompanied by Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin’s award-winning live klezmer-and-Viennese score on violin and piano!
Doors open 6:30pm, Film begins 6:45,  After the film at 8pm, Enjoy a very special Jewish Heritage-Inspired Dinner after the film!

East and West (1923, 84 mins), is a delicious comedy that bears the distinction of being the earliest surviving Yiddish language film and the earliest recorded performance of Molly Picon, then just 25, already on the path from Yiddish theater to a long career in film, radio, television, and worldwide stage tours with her husband and frequent co-star, Jacob Kalich. A wonderful role model for the renegade in all of us, best known today for her role as Yente the matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Picon shines here as a spirited New York girl who loves boxing, eating, and stirring up trouble— and could not be more different from her religious European relatives. Her New World ways turn the lives of her shtetl relatives upside down, much to the exasperation of her father. However, Molly's crazy antics escalate when she meets her match in an engaging young scholar (Kalich), who forsakes tradition and joins the secular world to win her heart. 

The film features charming scenes of Yom Kippur services, Shabbat dinner complete with noodle soup, lively dancing, and a riotous finale in Vienna. Beautifully restored by Filmarchiv Austria, East and West premiered in 2025 with Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin’s klezmer-and-Viennese score, earning Best Feature at the Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival. This special performance is funded by the Sunrise Foundation for Education and the Arts. 

THE MUSICIANS 
Violinist/composer Alicia Svigals is the world's leading klezmer fiddler and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics.  She has worked with violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, poet Allen Ginsburg, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Debbie Friedman and Chava Albershteyn.  Svigals was awarded a Foundation for Jewish Culture commission for her original score to the 1918 film The Yellow Ticket, and is a MacDowell fellow. With jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer, she recently released Beregovski Suite, a recording of contemporary interpretations of klezmer music from a long-lost Soviet Jewish archive. 

Pianist/composer Donald Sosin grew up in Rye, NY and Munich, Germany. Since 1971 has performed his silent film music at Lincoln Center, MoMA, BAM, the National Gallery, Yale, Harvard, and major film festivals here and abroad. He records for various DVD labels: Criterion, Kino, Milestone, Flicker Alley and his scores are heard frequently on TCM. He has taught music at MUM and performed with community members for silent films at the Sondheim Center and other Fairfield venues. He and his family live in northwest Connecticut. Donald is currently touring with Alicia Svigals, performing her score for The Yellow Ticket and their collaborative score for The Ancient Law, The City Without Jews, and The Man Without a World. 

AFTER THE FILM, ENJOY A VERY SPECIAL JEWISH HERITAGE-INSPIRED DINNER Created by Stella Mori Silbert: improviser, audio editor, curator, cook, field recordist, disorganizer of sounds, organizer of multi-disciplinary gatherings in Western Massachussetts. RESERVE YOUR SPACE HERE!

-MENU:
- Chicken soup (flavor vibe is lemon, parsnip, peas, dill, celery. No noodles, so this hearty soup is accessible to gluten-free folks)
- Paprika sauerkraut stew with potatoes and beans (vegan & gluten-free)
- Horseradish sour cream (as an optional garnish for the soups)
- Rosemary rye challah
- Beet deviled eggs

"I enjoy menu-planning and cooking for events/residencies and in homes. My cooking style tends towards thoughtful combinations and contrasts, playful colors and textures, and seasonal ingredients, inspired by spontaneous cravings and improvisation with available materials as well as a wide swathe of traditional foodways including my own Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. I am also a baker at Rise Above in Greenfield, MA. In the winter months, I run a soup delivery service called Pookah’s Soup Deliveries." -Chef, Stella Mori Sibert
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brattleboro/east-and-west-1924-yiddish-silent-film-w-live-music-by-alicia-svigals-and-donald-sosin/200029773300518
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, festivals, live-music, art, comedy, performances, sports, food-drinks, literary-art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Brattleboro
- **state**: VT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Epsilon Spires
- **lat**: 42.8538
- **long**: -72.5592
- **full address**: Epsilon Spires, 190 Main Street,Brattleboro, Vermont, United States

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- **Q**: When and where is EAST AND WEST (1924) Yiddish Silent Film w/ Live Music by Alicia Svigals & Donald Sosin! being held?
  - **A:** EAST AND WEST (1924) Yiddish Silent Film w/ Live Music by Alicia Svigals & Donald Sosin! takes place on Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Epsilon Spires, 190 Main Street,Brattleboro, Vermont, United States.
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  - **A:** EAST AND WEST (1924) Yiddish Silent Film w/ Live Music by Alicia Svigals & Donald Sosin! is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Brattleboro, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If EAST AND WEST (1924) Yiddish Silent Film w/ Live Music by Alicia Svigals & Donald Sosin! sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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