Lazar Bear and Saranac Village at Will Rogers are proud to present, ASCAP award-winning singer-songwriter, Laura Wetzler in concert on Saturday, June 26, 2011 at 7:30 pm. at Saranac Village at Will Rogers in Saranac Lake, New York.

Laura’s music is a cornucopia Contemporary Folk / Americana originals, World jewish Roots Music in Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino.

What the music world is saying:

"Laura is one of the very best…" Pete Seeger

"impressive poetic gifts" Bob Sherman, NEW YORK TIMES/WFUV PUBLIC RADIO

"A rich resonant voice weaving traditional, ethnic and contemporary threads into intelligent, literate songs." Richard Fox, WCUW

"Laura can belt out a song with the best singers on the circuit… 'Hold On' is the kind of conversation that is rarely heard except around a kitchen table late at night." Vic Heyman, SINGOUT! Magazine

Date: June 26, 2011
Time: 7:30 pm.
Venue: Saranac Village at Will Rogers
Tickets: $15.00
City: Saranc Lake, New York
Venue: 518-304-5032

Ticket Sales & Information: 518-637-4989
Ticket Oulets: Saranac Village at Will Rogers, Ampersound, Bean To Coffee - Saranac Lake; The Christmas Store - Lake Placid Alpha Stereo - Plattsburgh

Laura Wetzler began singing professionally at the age of 15. She has composed for independent film, television, and her critically-acclaimed CDs, Songwriter's Notebook, and A World of Jewish Music, Kabbalah Music: Songs of the Jewish Mystics, as well as the single, To Save A Life available from cdbaby.com and amazon.com, are heard on 750 radio stations around the world. Laura has shared stages with such artists as Pete Seeger, Odetta, Richie Havens, The Klezmatics, and many others. Meticulous research goes into creating Laura’s 24 different concert/lecture programs featuring new originals and classic American music and Jewish music from around the world. For 7 years she has volunteered as Kulanu.org Coordinator for Uganda, leading safaris and working on 20 different humanitarian projects in Africa with the Abayudaya community. Laura is co-creator with Abayudaya Ugandan coffee farmer JJ Keki of the Delicious Peace fair trade organic coffee project, an interfaith sustainable development project for which she shares a Global Citizen Award from Tufts University.