Yiddish Vaudeville, Burlesque, & Drag workshop

Schedule

Sun Dec 14 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts | Toronto, ON

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Rad Yiddish & UJPO present: YIDDISH VAUDEVILLE, BURLESQUE, & DRAG WORKSHOP w/Goldie Luxemburg!


📅Sunday, December 14

🕑6:30-8:45PM 

📍Trinity St. Paul's Church - 427 Bloor St. W. - Dance Studio

🎫https://bit.ly/GoldieDec14


Come see Goldie Luxemburg's performance / presentation on the history of Yiddish vaudeville and its enormous influence on today's comedy, burlesque and drag. Stay for the burlesque dance class with a Yiddishe twist!


SCHEDULE

🚪6:30pm - Doors Open: Sign in & settle in!

🕎6:45pm - First night of Khanuke candle lighting!

💜7:00pm sharp - Workshop begins!


Part A. Performance/ Presentation by Goldie on early Yiddish vaudeville’s influence on today’s Comedy, Burlesque, & Drag!

Part B. Goldie teaches YOU Yiddish Burlesque dance moves - No experience necessary!


ABOUT GOLDIE


GOLDIE LUXEMBURG drags burlesque back to its roots in vaudeville, music halls, and girlie shows. Armed with a quick wit, a soaring voice, and a baritone ukulele, she’s Southern Ontario’s Yenta of Burlesque. Call her the Revenge of the Red Hot Mamas.


EMILY ZIMMERMAN created Goldie Luxemburg as a celebration of undergound, queer, and sexy Jewish culture. Emily is a food bank coordinator by day, cabaret performer by night, with a theatre school education and a deep love of history. As Goldie, she explores and shares the history of Jewish radical politics and performance in venues ranging from punk clubs to academia to shuls.


ACCESS

TSP is located at the southwest corner of Bloor Street and Robert Street. For accessible entry use the main entrance on Bloor Street on the north side of the building.

-- Trinity-St. Paul’s is fully accessible on the main floor, including access to the main door, Sanctuary, Gymnasium, Circle Room, Memorial Room, Chapel, Studio and washrooms.

-- Trinity-St. Paul’s owns a wheelchair for use within the building.

-- Staff are available to assist you when needed; please just inform them and they are happy to help.

-- Service animals are welcome in all parts of the premises that are open to the public.

-- TSP provides training to all staff as well as volunteers, including an overview of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the requirements of the customer service standard’s plan.


😷Masks required to keep our community safe.

-- Please wear a K95 or equivalent respirator.

-- We will have some at the door if you forget to bring yours.

-- Please note that the rest of the building outside the workshop will likely have unmasked individuals and there may be unmasked individuals at this event who have talked to us ahead of time about not being able to mask. The workshop facilitator may be unmasked.

-- We operate under the understanding that when the vast majority of people in a space are masked, this reduces risk of transmission many-fold and makes it possible for more folks in our community to attend our events.

-- Please reach out if masking is a hardship for you for an exemption. 


DIRECTIONS

Public Transit

-- The nearest TTC station is Spadina Station, located just north of the intersection of Spadina and Bloor.

-- For a fully accessible exit from the subway station, use the Spadina Street exit. Head south to Bloor street, then turn right and head west to the next intersection at Robert Street. 

Parking – Paid parking, including accessible parking, is available across the street on Robert Street at the Green P lot on the south side of the Metro grocery store.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Radical Yiddish Song Workshop is presented with generous support from the Ontario Arts Council.

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Where is it happening?

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts, 427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7, Canada

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