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Exiled Poetries

Date: Thursday 13 May 2010

Time: 7:30pm

Price: £12 (including free entry to galleries)

Categories: special events

Linton Kwesi Johnson

How can you sing when your tongue is not your own? How do you tell a story no one can understand? In this special event, presented by Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, international poets Linton Kwesi Johnson, Yang Lian and Mahdad Majdian will read from their work and share their stories of migration, longing and a new life.

Curated by Siofra McSherry and supported by the Assembly of Masorti Synagogues and the George Padmore Institute.

Venue

Raymond Burton house, 129-131 Albert Street, Camden Town

Box office: 020 7284 7384 / admin@jewishmuseum.org.uk

Highlights

Siena Ensemble Presents: Illuminatus

26/09/2010: A specially commissioned event featuring contemporary poetry with music from the Middle Ages to the 17th century

Open House

19/09/2010: A free illustrated talk by the Jewish Museum architect MJ Long. Part of Open House Weekend

Jews , Christians and the Bible - An Illuminating Story

16/09/2010: Explore the extent to which Jews and Christians share the same Bible