Wyman and I expect our baby boy Glenn Jolson at the end of September. His middle name is a reference to Al Jolson, the man who brought Wyman and me together. We have had some pregnancy issues over the past months, and we hope that Glenn Jolson will not make a too early appearance. His due date is September 29th, 2013.
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Trip to Bromley, UK
Andrea and Wyman attended the 2012 Jolson Festival in Bromley, held by the Int’l. Al Jolson Society, UK. They gave a presentation on Andrea’s filmwork as well as on the Vilnius Jewish Public Library. They also interviewed Jolson biographer Michael Freedland. Once again, the organizers came up with an amazing UK Jolson weekend.
Wedding trip to South Carolina
Andrea and Wyman got married on August 22, 2012 in Marion, South Carolina. On August 20, they attended a one-day Al Jolson Fesival on Long Island, NY organized by the Int’l. Al Jolson Society. The wedding took place at The Grove in Marion, SC. The couple spent a brief honeymoon in Charleston. Visit their wedding website here.
Jazz in Film
In 2014, the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel will publish a book on jazz in film which features a long article on Al Jolson written by Andrea Oberheiden-Brent entitled „Al Jolson and the ‚Jewish Jazz'“. Stay tuned for updates. Here’s is a link to the website.
Vilnius Jewish Public Library Opening
The Vilnius Jewish Public Library finally opened its doors on December 16, 2011! It is the first Jewish public library in Lithuania since the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto in 1943. In 2004, Wyman Brent had the idea of founding this library in the city of Vilnius formerly known as Jerusalem of the North.
For more information, please visit the library’s website as well as Wyman Brent’s personal website.
Here you can see the short film „Beautiful Dreamers“ which talks about the founding of the Vilnius Jewish Public Library as well as the story behind Andrea Oberheiden-Brent and Wyman Brent:
Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer
In 2005, Andrea Oberheiden and Jens Reinke started to research on Al Jolson with the goal to produce a feature-length documentary on the life and times of this great entertainer. As a by-product, they produced a research film called „Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer“ which focuses on the first talkie in the history of films. It had its premiere on July 12, 2009 in Kiel, Germany and was also shown in England, Malta, Australia, and the USA.
Check out „Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer“. Here is the direct link to the film site. For more information about Andrea’s film work, please check out her website.
The Seven Little Foys
Kiel, October 2011: Andrea became one of two associate producers of Chip Deffaa’s „Seven Little Foys“ cast album.
For more information on the play and on the cast album, please visit Chip Deffaa’s website.
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