Jewish
Arts Month 2010
Schedule of Events
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 "Fiddle Fantasy" by Leslie Elder |
Pre-JAM
Slam : Jewish Arts Month Kick-off
Event
Date:
Wednesday,
February 24, 2010 Location:
Mittleman Jewish Community Center Music, art,
storytelling and light refreshments provide an
entertaining sampler of planned JAM events. |
| All classes take
place at Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW Capitol Hwy 503.244.0111 Call to register. Sundays, March 7 & March 14, 2010 Diane Fredgant: Handpainted Silk Scarf Eddy Shuldman: Intro to Fused Glass |
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Dates: Runs February 25th- March 21st Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pm Sundays at 2 pm
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Kindertransport weaves
the story of 3 generations of women whose lives are intertwined when 9
year old
Eva is sent
from Germany to Manchester in 1938.
Post-show
conversations with special guests are an ever-present feature of JTC
programming and nightly talk backs are planned with
guests: Holocaust Survivors, Social Workers, Academics and
representatives from
International Aid Agencies.
A reception and docented talk is
scheduled for 12:30 pm on Sunday, February 28th, preceding the 2:00
matinee.
Admission to the reception is free.
Tickets
are $15 for students, $20 for seniors, and $25 for adults. All
Seating is General Admission.
 "My Blue Piano" by Friderike Heuer |
Dates: February
25th
- March 21st, 2010 Available
for Viewing 12pm-7:30pm Tues-Sat Location:
Artists
Repertory Theatre, Alder Stage |
Local
photographer Friderike
Heuer's photomontage series, based on poems about exile,
emigration
and displacement will be showcased at Artist Repertory Theatre
throughout the
run of Kindertransport.
The
Destruction of a
People and Its Culture
Lecture by Dr. Natan Meir
Admission
is FREE for this event, but reservations are encouraged.
All Seating is General Admission
To reserve
tickets, call 503-512-9JTC
(9582)
Joanne
Greenberg: An Evening with A Master Story Teller
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Date:
Sunday, February 28 Time: 7pm Location:
Oregon
Jewish Museum Tickets: $10 at the door |
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Many of us first met
Joanne Greenberg in high
school when we read I Never Promised You
a Rose Garden. Some of us read it more than once!
Joanne will delight an
intimate audience of 50 adults with
stories intended for a mature crowd.
These aren't stories intended for young
ears....This is a remarkable opportunity!
"Light" - An Art
Exhibit
20 artists at Elements Gallery
Date : First Thursday opening reception March 4th, 5:30-9 pm(show runs daily noon-4pm through Sunday March 14th) ORA: Northwest Jewish
Artists and guests explore the theme of LIGHT
Elements
Gallery
and Hot Shop
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 "Road to Sunshine" by Sharon Segal |
http://northwestjewishartists.blogspot.com
Vilna's Got a Golem
- by Ernest Joselovitz
Performed by students of Lewis &
Clark College
Directed by Professor Stephanie Arnold
| Performance Dates and Times
March 5, 6, and 11, 12, and 13, at 7:30 pm Fir Acres Theatre Main Stage, Lewis & Clark College Box Office: 503-768-7495 For Assistance or Group Tickets: Joyce Beeny 503-768-7491 Discussions Following Performances Saturday March 6: Professor Natan Meir, Portland State University Friday March 12: Rabbi Jonathan Seidel, Lewis & Clark College, Portland State University, and the University of Oregon |
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ORA:
MJCC Lobby
Art Exhibit
Date:
Sunday March 7- 12
Location: Mittleman Jewish Community
Center |
 "Surrender" by Diane Fredgant |
in the lobby of
Mittleman Jewish Community Center.
Shelley
Jordon: An Artist's Journey
(...or
How a middle-aged Jew
reinvented herself)
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Date: Tuesday,
March 9, 2010 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Admission free... donations appreciated |
OSU
art professor and painter, Shelley Jordon will discuss how she expanded
her studio practice from traditional drawing and painting media to
include moving image work and installation. Her visual
presentation
will include examples of her own fascinating paintings and animations,
past work, transitional work, and work in progress.
| DATE: Thursday
March 11 Time: 7:30pm Location: Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW CAPITOL HWY 503.244.0111 Admission: $10 at the door |
 "Klezmer" by Issachar Ryback |
Eclectic Klezmer musical entertainment at its best! Come experience music that will rock your soul!
Dates: Sunday
March 14 & Monday March 15, 2010
Location:
Congregation
Neveh Shalom,
Stampfer
Chapel
2900
Peaceful Lane
Portland,
Oregon 97239
March 14:
Lecture by
Joseph Butwin
"Lives of the Translators: Sholem Aleichem in English, 1946"
Yiddish movie "Tevye" discussion led by Marat Grinberg
Stage reading with George Lederer and Aliza Shevrin:
"The Competitors" - Congregation Neveh Shalom, Stampfer Chapel.
March 15 -
Lecture by Natan Meir:
"This Hole which is Yehupets': Sholem Aleichem and Jewish Culture in
Fin-de-Siecle Kiev"
Panel of translators: Joseph Butwin, Aliza
Shevrin and Friderike Heuer
Lecture by Aliza Shevrin: "Is the Translator still the
Traitor"
For tickets, times and
additional information, go to http://judaicstudies.org/index.php/events/
New Perspectives:
Celebrating Miriam's Legacy
A Seder For Women
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DATE: Wedneday,
March 17 TIME:
5:30 pm Location: Mittleman Jewish Community
Center |
A
special Seder for women will be led by Cantor Ida Rae Cahana, with
musical accompaniment by Rayna Dushman and Kim Palumbis.
Tickets
are $36 with advance reservations made by March 10, and $46
thereafter.*
Reception
with food and wine tastings and a wealth of Passover resources to be
followed by a seater Seder.
Members of ORA - Northwest Jewish Artists will beautify the celebration
with select works of art.
Come and explore new ways to enrich your own holiday celebration.
Kosher for Passover appetizers, a light and refreshing Seder meal and dessert will be served. Jewish Dietary laws will be observed.
To
register, contact Becka at 503.245.6219 or
becka@jewishportland.org
or go to the Federation website at www.jewishportland.org
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW CAPITOL HWY 503.244.0111 Tickets $5.00 Such a deal! |
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Hey, Hey, It's
Esther Blueberger Portland Oregon Women's Film Fest Film Festival runs March 18 - 21 All films shown at Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Blvd Portland OR 97212 503.281.4215 Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueberger airs Sunday, March 21st at 2:45 pm http://powfest.com/ for more information and to purchase tickets |
Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010 Time: 5:30 pm Location: Havurah Shalom 825 NW 18th Ave. Portland, Oregon Admission: $6 at the door (children free) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farbrengen |
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ROSE: A one-woman play starring Wendy Westerwelle
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Location: http://www.tripro.org/20th-season/rose.html or call 503-239-5919 |
Renate
Dollinger Art Exhibit
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Date:
April 1 - 25, 2010 Location: |
 "When The Rabbi Danced" by Renate Dollinger |
Renate Dollinger
paints mainly in oil, but has also done a considerable
amount of work in watercolor, gouache and hand tinted etchings.
Renate escaped Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. Her bright
and joyous paintings of shtetl life will intrigue you and capture your
imagination.
Renate is a vibrant 86 and continues to paint. This exhibit
accompanies "ROSE" and will feature her newest work.
Conducted by
Cindy H. Petty, the Jewish Community Orchestra provides music for the
Jewish and greater community.
Tickets available for purchase at the door.
Co-sponsored by MJCC and Oregon Board of
Rabbis
“Dachau Song” - The musical story of a
secret orchestra
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Zipper - Dachau Lied
Williams - Selections from Schindlers List - Yvonne Shue, violin
Various - The Terezin Collection
Portland Jewish Film
Festival
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Dates:
April 15 - 25, 2010 Location: The 18th
annual festival will
feature 12 movies from 8 countries! |
General
admission tickets are priced at $8. There is a discount for students,
seniors
and Portland Art Museum members.
A festival pass for admission
to all 12
films is available for $50 from the Institute for Judaic Studies (
www.judaicstudies.org ).
Pass holders are entitled to express entry. Festival director
Merridawn Duckler encourages the purchase of festival passes as the
best way to
help IJS, which created the Portland
Jewish Film
Festival and presents it today with the Northwest Film Center.
Purchase
passes
by phone at 503-246-8831 or send a check to IJS, 2900 Peaceful Lane,
Portland OR 97239.
Individual
tickets may be purchased at the door or from the NWFC: 503-221-1156, or
www.nwfilm.org
The
Chosen
a play adapted by Aaron
Posner from Chaim Potok’s novel
Dates: April 6 - May 2 Time : varies – check website for times
& ticket prices Location: |
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This
award-winning adaptation from the award-winning novel is the
coming-of-age
story of two boys growing up in two very different Jewish communities —
“five
blocks and a world apart” — in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the 1940s.
ARTWORK by Sarah Horowitz and Shelley Jordon will be featured in the theater’s gallery space.
YUVAL
RON Ensemble
Mystical
Music of the Middle East- Concert
for Unity
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Date: Tuesday, April 13 Time: 7pm LOCATION: Tickets:
$15 at
the door or online |
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An
inspirational celebration of Sacred Hebrew,
Sufi, and Armenian devotional music, poetry, dance and story telling.
For more
information write to info@yuvalronmusic.com
or see www.yuvalronmusic.com
Ideas
in Play: The Chosen
Date: Wednesday
- April 14, 2010
Time: 7:00
PM
Location: Mittleman Jewish Community
Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
503.244.0111
Explore themes
in Chaim Potok’s The Chosen
(adapted for the stage by Aaron Posner - now on stage at Portland
Center Stage)
through a discussion from a distinctly Portland perspective. Local
figures will
join the conversation about fathers and sons, coming of age, the power
of
silence, and the Portland atmosphere in the 1940s. Open to
everyone.
Admission free,
but registration required:
Click
here to register
Sponsored by
MJCC, Portland Center Stage. Call
503.244.0111
or go to: http://www.oregonjcc.org/page.cfm?p=1312
to register
OLDER
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WISER: A WRITER’S CAFE
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Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010 Time: 5 - 7 pm Location: Food for Thought Cafe Smith Hall, Portland State University 1620 SW Park Avenue Portland, Oregon 97201 A storytelling and Klezmer rocking celebration of Sholem Aleichem’s yartzeit Presented by Jewish Theatre Collaborative, and The Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies Admission:
Free |
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Jewish Arts Month is
a joint production of Mittleman Jewish Community Center and ORA:
Northwest Jewish Artists.
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. |
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