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Klezmer music comes to Oakton

Learn how the Roma and Jewish cultures intertwine and mirror each other in "A History of Klezmer Music," featuring Terran Doehrer and his revival Klezmer band Ensemble M'chaiya, 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27, at Oakton's Skokie campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Room A145/152. Originally the Yiddish word for "musician," klezmer now describes the secular music played by Jews at joyful celebrations. The event is free.

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