One New Year’s Eve when I was 6 years old, I stayed up way past my bedtime and, crouched behind the living room door, I looked on as my parents celebrated late into the night with friends. I watched silently as they twirled to the music of Tony Bennett, drank champagne from crystal glasses and…
Aluminyze will print your family photos or their stock art on aluminum plates for an art display that is extremely durable: no need to worry about water damage to these images. “Kids really absorb the art around them and it becomes a part of who they are,” says Shani Posner, director of marketing for Aluminyze,…
On a 1996 trip to the former Soviet Union to teach women how to start a business, Janie Kuznitsky presented four women with espresso machines, coffee beans and accessories and trained the women to lead seminars enhanced by the experience of great coffee. Look in the dictionary for the word “volunteer.” It would make good…
The recent Valley Jewish Federation study on needs of our senior population confirmed what many already knew: It is imperative that the Jewish community provide services, opportunities and care for our burgeoning senior population. Enter Smile on Seniors, a national program developed by the Chabad and administered locally by Rabbi Levi and Chani Levertov. The…
It’s no secret that when a recession hits, the arts get hit first and recover last. Some Arizona companies simply could not weather the downturn. But through careful strategic planning and significant fundraising, the Arizona Opera is alive and well and developing creative programming to increase its base for the future. Arizona Opera recently announced…
“A shtetl with washing machines” is how Hershey Felder affectionately describes the Montreal of the 1970s he grew up in. “It was a strong, close-knit Jewish community.” Hershey, who will be performing his one-man show of Irving Berlin for Arizona Theatre Company this month, loved the warm blanket of protection he felt as a young…
She didn’t really like art when she was a child, yet Tucsonan Lisa Mishler evolved into a prize-winning artist whose artwork is exhibited nationally and internationally. “I disliked art in my younger years,” Lisa says. “It was way too structured in art class. I always admired artists, but I didn’t think I could do art…
The 15th Annual Red Rocks Music Festival will be held in Phoenix and Sedona Sept. 2-6, bringing the best in international chamber music to Arizona. Led by Israeli-born Moshe Bukshpan, the festival “educates, engages and challenges audiences through a unique collaboration of musicians from leading Arizona performing arts organizations and world-acclaimed artists.” Two public performances…
ARIZONA BROADWAY THEATRE Fiddler on the Roof One of the shows from the upcoming season is a returning favorite that everyone has been asking for – Fiddler on the Roof. Fiddler will be onstage Feb. 26-April 3, 2016. azbroadway.org | 623-776-8400 Arizona Opera Arizona Lady This season opener starring Angela Fout will be onstage Oct….
The Tucson Jewish Community Center (the Tucson J) announces a call to artists for the Seventh Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, which will be displayed from March 13, 2016, to March 1, 2017. The 2016 exhibition will comprise as many as 20 sculptures displayed throughout The J’s sculpture garden. The juror for the exhibit will be Moira…
