Contemporary abstract artist Lily Stockman discusses her work, drawn from nature and its grammar of symmetry, camouflage, and repetition to create large-scale abstract paintings, during the spring Lenhardt Lecture Lenhardt Lecture: Lily Stockman Cocktail Hour 5:30pm Artist Talk 6:30 – 8pm // Whiteman Hall TICKETS: Free for Members | $5 for the general public Join contemporary…
Lee Berk, former Berklee College of Music president, namesake, and music legend, created a unique concert venue in Phoenix, Arizona when he moved to Sagewood, a senior living community. The concert venue recently hosted its 100th live concert in honor of Lee Berk who passed last year. It was his mission to bring music and its…
“Judaism is a religion of words, and yet whenever the language of Judaism aspires to the spiritual, it modulates into song, as if the words themselves seek escape from the gravitational pull of finite meanings. Music speaks to something deeper than the mind. If we are to make Torah new in every generation, we have…
The Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival is honored to present ONE LIFE as our 28th Annual Festival’s Opening Film, screening on Sunday, Feb. 18 at 7pm at Harkins Theatres Shea 14 in Scottsdale. Academy Award winner actor Sir Anthony Hopkins and Academy Award-nominated Helena Bonham Carter star in the true inspiring story of Sir Nicholas…
Our contributing writer Tara Dublin recently self-published her debut novel, THE SOUND OF SETTLING, A Rock and Roll Love Story, to rave 5-star reviews and reader demands for a sequel and streaming series. It is a fun read. Inspired by Tara’s real-life ultimate “meet-cool” with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters in 2001, THE SOUND OF SETTLING…
By Susan Kern-Fleischer In many ways, acclaimed artist Ora Tamir is a storyteller. Though there are no spoken or written words, her surrealistic paintings capture the fantastical, adventurous, evocative, and sometimes serious stories and images that exist in her mind’s eye as she begins to paint. The Artist Ora was born on a kibbutz:…
If you live in Arizona, there is an important event happening this Thursday, March 30 at the Valley of the Sun JCC. But don’t worry, if you live anywhere else, you can watch the event virtually. There is no charge, but registration is required: https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/wcarizonastpp0323
Very rarely in life will you meet someone that is a true inspiration. When I first sat down with Nancy Kravetz, I knew little, apart from the brief research I had conducted before our interview. I knew Nancy was an artist who despite being 85 years old continued to work in her studio…
By Ellen Braunstein Joseph Specter sang in a garage rock band as a teen, but he got as much of a rush “listening to and experiencing opera,” he says. The president and general director of Arizona Opera worked from 1999 to 2007 as a professional baritone, performing in more than 20 opera and musical theater…
In association with over 200 synagogues and Jewish film festivals across North America, the first annual Israel Independence Day Film Festival will be held beginning May 4th and continuing for a total of six nights, streaming virtually to enjoy from the comfort of home. This important event brings together the potential of every community, no…
