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Michael Dorf

2017 Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame Inductee

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Michael Dorf is the founder and CEO of City Winery. He has started multiple businesses and non-profit organizations, including his first musical venue, the seminal Knitting Factory in 1987, The Digital Club Network, Tribeca Hebrew, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival and Oy!hoo Music Festival. Through Michael Dorf Presents, Michael has spent last 14 years producing tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall, raising over one and a half million dollars for programs that bring music education to deserving youths, with the Music of Aretha Franklin, the Music of Prince, the Music of Joni Mitchell, the Music of Bob Dylan, the Music of Bruce Springsteen the Music of Elton John, Neil Sedaka’s 50 Years of Hits, the Music of R.E.M., the Music of The Who, the Music of Neil Young, along with the Music of Simon & Garfunkel and the Music of Frank Sinatra at Central Park’s Summer Stage, the Music of Robert Johnson at The Apollo Theatre and the Music of David Bowie at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall. Mr. Dorf also is the conceiver and producer of the Downtown Seder which for 25 years had presented an alternative celebrity Seder for 300 people a year in NY, Chicago, Boston, Napa, Atlanta.

Michael Dorf’s City Winery maintains its flagship base of operations at 155 Varick Street in Soho. Since its inception in 2008, City Winery has been New York City’s first and only fully functioning winery, restaurant and events space. City Winery Chicago, City Winery Nashville and City Winery Atlanta joined the CW family in 2012, 2015 and 2016 respectively, with City Vineyard opening its doors at Pier 26 on the Hudson Riverwalk in the summer of 2016. City Winery Boston and City Winery Washington DC will open in 2017.
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