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ARTS & CULTURE SPECIAL EVENTS:
Welcome The New Year: A Visual
NEW! Arts Workshop for Rosh Hashanah
Sunday, September 17, Noon – 2 pm
In this workshop, in preparation for Rosh Hashanah you
will be guided through a mixed-media process that invites our
reflection on the seven spiritual building blocks (Sefirot) with
which G-d created the world. You will create a project that will
invite us to reflect on Kindness, Severity, Harmony,
Perseverance, Splendor, Foundation and Loyalty. This is a
family friendly event. All are welcome! Carolyn King has been a
teaching-artist for over 30 years. She has focused her teaching
work on Arts as Healing with community members age 3-93.
Instructor: Carolyn King
$15/ $10 members
Perlman Art Studio
NEW! Putting Your Best Foot Forward with
Ballet Tucson
Sunday, October 15, 2 pm
Experience creative movement, basic ballet and life skills in a
fun afternoon with Ballet Tucson’s Professional Dancers and
Staff. Great for the whole family - Ballet Tucson Artists will
lead and inspire young and old alike to create their own “Art
That Moves” in the Tucson J’s Sculpture Garden.
Adults: $12/ $10 members
Children under 18: $8/ $7 members
Tucson J Sculpture Garden
NEW!
Art Talk: Design Elements & the Art of
Appreciation
Thursday, October 19, 5 – 6 pm
Artist and Gallerist Yun Gee Park will lead a seminar on the
appreciation of art. Tucson’s Yun Gee Park Gallery presents works
by leading artists from across the United States, Israel, Germany,
France, and South Korea, as well as work by Tucson artists. A
graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Park will showcase
items from the Yun Gee Park Gallery as tools for conversation.
Instructor: Yun Gee Park
$15/ $10 members
Jewish Heritage Center
NEW! Ballet Tucson:
Sole Impressions New Works Performance
Sunday, November 12, 2 pm
Cheer the next generation of
dance makers at the Tucson J with
engaging new works from our professional company! Innovative,
entertaining and moving dance will be presented “up close
and personal” by company artists. Along with insights provided
from each choreographer, a question and answer session will be
offered to delve more deeply into the creative process of classical
and contemporary ballet.
$30/ $25 members
Ballroom
NEW! Hanukkah Artist Showcase
Sunday, December 3, 11 am – 2 pm
The Tucson J will host a Hanukkah artist showcase
celebrating the works of local artists in time for holiday
gift-giving.
Free and open to all
Fine Art Gallery
To Tell Our Stories: Holocaust Survivors of
Southern Arizona
NEW! The Jewish-Jazz Connection and the Great
American Songbook:  A Musical Review
Wednesday, October 18, 6:30 pm
A musical review of the Jewish-Jazz Connection and the Great
American Songbook from the swinging jazz that brought
America to its feet in dance halls across the U.S. in the 30s
and 40s, to the Brazilian bossa nova craze that swept the
nation in the 50s and 60s. Robin Bessier’s Jazz Trio explores
this rich tapestry in a concert that will both entertain and
educate.
$12/$10 members
Ballroom
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Sunday, December 10, 11am – Noon
Members of the Tucson community will share dramatic and
poignant accounts of their persecution at the hands of the Nazis,
and of perseverance and survival. Learn how the book evolved, and
how local schools are using the book in their curriculum. Copies of
the book will be available for purchase, with proceeds to benefit
the Holocaust Program at Jewish Family & Children’s Services.
Free and open to all
Jewish Heritage Center
The J offers more than 30 enrichment classes for
children & youth! Visit pages 21 - 27.