Tag: Sophie Tucker
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Linda Ipanema and the Dixie Cats to perform big band swing music at Old Bridge Library
The Old Bridge Library will welcome Linda Ipanema and the Dixie Cats for a concert featuring 1930s and ’40s swing and big band favorites at 2:30 p.m. on April 13 at the library, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, corner of Route 516 and Cottrell Road, Old Bridge. As part of the library’s Second Saturday Concert Series,…
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Brandeis University meeting to focus on diva Sophie Tucker
Brandeis University Middlesex Chapter will meet at 1 p.m. on Jan. 16 to discuss Sophie Tucker as the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas” at the East Brunswick Library, Civic Center Drive off Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. The business icon wowed audiences from 1906-66 as an early champion of women’s rights, a passionate philanthropist and…
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Jewish lecture series explores Sophie Tucker
The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, continues for its 20th consecutive year with a presentation by Dr. Marcia Midler entitled “Outrageous Sophie Tucker: Cultural Rebel, Comedienne, Last of the Red Hot Mamas” at 10 a.m. on Oct. 3 at Jewish Family Services, 52 Concordia Shopping Center,…
