Big Effin' Sing at Chochmat!

Please join Lauren Arrow & the Big Effin' Sing for a big singing extravaganza with a band of incredible musicians! We’ll teach you easy-to-harmonize songs and let spirit do the rest. This is for anyone who feels the deeeeeep ecstatic JOY of singing, to the deeeeeep terrifying FEAR of singing and everyone in between! We have one life to live- let's celebrate it by using our voices in community.

Note: this is NOT a performance! Singing with all y'all is the POINT, despite whatever judgement you've placed on your voice (good/bad/etc)! We just want to sing WITH you.

0% of this evenings donation will go towards Sogrea-Te Land Trust and MECA (Middle East Children's Alliance). Tickets are a sliding scale donation of $10-$40 with a handful of low-income tickets. Thank you for giving so we can give abundantly.

We will be gathering at an amazing space in Berkeley with easy parking and accessibility and will be inside welcoming the autumnal magick. When you buy tickets, please check the option to allow us to contact you so we can send you messages!

This is going to be a very special soul-expansive evening that’s going to sell out fast! While we aren't a Jewish-specific group, we are all made of Jews who love playing music with eachother and you're bound to hear anything from wordless soulful nigguns to 90's millennial bops and everything in between.

Sunday Nov 10

Doors @ 5:30pm

Show @ 6

End around 8:30ish (but ya know, Goddexx time)

Tickets

There are 3 work-trade tickets available, and we would LOVE your help setting up/breaking down.

Accessibility

Please refrain from wearing strongly scented perfumes/ etc. Please take a COVID test day of and choose community safety if you are experiencing any symptoms or live with someone who does. This venue is very accessible, but it is street parking only so if you need to secure a spot close by please let us know at least three days before the event. Additionally, if you need a seat saved let us know.

We can’t wait to sing with you!

Any questions? Drop us a line - [email protected]

Lauren Arrow and The Big Effin' Sing is the product of a group of musical friends saying YES to spending evenings eating homemade soup and bread, sharing life stories (one minute at a time), and relishing in the delights of making music together.

The band: Nataniel Markman (fiddle, vocals, guitar), Matt Takiff (guitar, vocals, saxophone, fiddle), Callie Millington (bass), Michelle Rybka (vocals), and Carrie Staller (percussion.)

Lauren Arrow (she/her) is a queer Jewitch song-tender and facilitator in the Bay Area. After overcoming a debilitating fear around singing and sharing her voice, her life’s mission has centered around holding trauma-informed singing circles for the past 10 years, helping folks reclaim their voice and embrace their creativity through her organization, ProcessSING. Her 2016 album, “It’s Happening!” received national acclaim and can be found on all streaming platforms. Lauren facilitates intimate singing retreats, huge song festivals, and everything in between. She loves nothing more than to sing with big groups of folks so come warmed up and ready to dive in!

Learn more about Lauren: https://www.processsing.com or www.laurenarrow.com

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Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. Through the practices of rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, Sogorea Te’ calls on Native and non-native peoples to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do.

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. In the Middle East, MECA provides humanitarian aid, partners with community organizations to run projects for children, and supports income-generation projects. In the US and internationally, MECA raises awareness about the lives of children in the region and encourages meaningful action.

Host or Publisher Lauren Arrow