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"as well as sure-fire hits from recording indus- try legends" in the folk, pop and rock genres from the Woodstock era and the early '70s, the release says. In the 90-minute Baby Boomer Comedy Show, veteran comedians Jan McInnis and Kent Rader will "hit all the familiar topics baby boomers are dealing with: family, kids, work, do-it-yourself projects, dieting, aging and more and they [will] do it with clean humor," the release points out. Venice Theatre is located at 140 W. Tampa Ave. on the island in Venice. The Baby Boomer Comedy Show will offer a couple of baby boomers' comic insights into topics their generation is facing. Contributed photo For the past two months, singers from dozens of area-based choral groups have gathered at downtown Sarasota's Church of the Redeemer to rehearse for Music Makes Community, CELEBRATION OF JEWISH MUSIC PLANNED ON APRIL 3 a celebration of Jewish music coordinated by the church's organist and choirmaster, Ann Stephenson-Moe, and presented by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee (JFSM), a news release says. "Matthew Lazar, the world's most celebrated conductor of Jewish choral music, will direct the concert, which will include Metropolitan Opera baritone Jason Stearns singing the cantor's part from Ernest Bloch's Sacred Service," the release points out. Among other selections will be Kurt Weill's Kiddush along with excerpts from works by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, the release continues. The concert will be held on Thursday, April 3, at 8:15 p.m. at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. Tickets are $18 to $72 and are available at vanwezel. org. For more information, call 552-6300. The concert will feature professional sing- ers from Gloria Musicae, Musica Sacra Cantorum, the Jewish Community Chorus, Adelaide Boedecker/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader March 28, 2014 Page 117