25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
3666Drama | 2020 | Germany, Switzerland | 119min German, English Subtitles Directed by Caroline Link In this gentle, beautifully rendered historical family drama, a German-Jewish girl takes her first steps into adulthood, as world events intrude on her happy, carefree existence. Nine-year-old Anna is too busy with schoolwork and friends to notice Hitler’s face glaring […]
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | The Telling
In partnership with the JCC Literary Consortium, the Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room is a virtual series of author Zoom talks and Q&As. "The Telling" by Mark Gerson | March 7 | 4:00 p.m. In Conversation with: Rabbi Brian Glusman, MJCCA Life changing wisdom from one of Judaism’s most powerful texts. The […]
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power
Virtual Event | To purchase tickets, visit: https://www.showclix.com/event/brooke-baldwin-huddle/tag/mandellIn partnership with the JCC Literary Consortium, the Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room is a virtual series of author Zoom talks and Q&As. April 7 | 8:00 p.m. "Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power" by Brooke Baldwin In Conversation with CNN's Holly Firfer Zoom Author Talk & Q & A Book […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Here We Are
3666Drama | 2020 | Israel | 92 minutes | Hebrew Directed by Nir Bergman Aharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. They live together in a gentle routine, away from the real world. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult it might be time for him to live in […]
Music from the Sole: Body Percussion
3546 1678 Asylum Ave, West HartfordJoin Leo in this online workshop where he will teach Brazilian body percussion combinations and polyrhythms. Brazilian tap dancer Leonardo Sandoval has established a reputation in the tap world and beyond for his musicality, and for adding his own Brazilian flavor to tap. An artist-in-residence at the National Dance Institute and the American Tap Dance […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | ‘Til Kingdom Come
3666Documentary | 2020 | Israel, United Kingdom, Norway | 76 minutes | English, Arabic, Hebrew Directed by Maya Zinshtein Millions of American Evangelicals are praying for the State of Israel. Among them are the Binghams, a dynasty of Kentucky pastors, and their Evangelical congregants in an impoverished coal mining town. They donate sacrificially to Israel’s […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Sublet
3666Drama | 2020 | Israel, United States 89 minutes | English, Hebrew, English Subtitles Directed by Eytan Fox Michael (John Benjamin Hickey), a New York Times travel writer visiting Tel Aviv to research his latest article, get some space from his relationship, and recharge his batteries amid the thriving gay scene. Intending to sublet an […]
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | You’re Leaving When?
Virutal Event | To purchase tickets, visit: https://www.showclix.com/event/annabelle-gurwitch-youre-leaving-when/tag/mandellIn partnership with the JCC Literary Consortium, the Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room is a virtual series of author Zoom talks and Q&As. "You're Leaving When?" by Annabelle Gurwitch | March 11 | 8:00 p.m. In Conversation with Dave Barry, NYT Bestselling Author From the New York Times bestselling author of I […]
Sounds of Persia
447Be transported into another sound world as you listen to a traditional improvised solo by the world's leading master of Persian santoor, Dr. Dariush Saghafi. Then hear the world premiere of a piece for SINGING string quartet by Dr. Reza Vali using the Persian Dastgâh-Magham modal system. This program celebrates the release of a collaborative […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | My Name Is Sara
3666Drama | 2019 | Poland, USA | 111 min English, Polish, English subtitles Directed by Steven Oritt This powerful saga of courage and compassion is based on the astonishing true-life story of Sara Góralnik, a 13-year-old Polish Jew who lost her entire family in the Holocaust, yet struggled to outlast the Nazis and fought to […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | City of Joel
3666Documentary | 2018 | USA | 84 minutes English | Directed by Jesse Sweet Small-town politics and ancient tradition collide deep in the Hudson Valley, in City of Joel, an absorbing account of a high-profile turf war between an ultra-Orthodox community and its neighbors. Located in rural upstate New York, Kiryas Joel is a modern […]
Music from the Sole: Tap Dance and the Underground
3546 1678 Asylum Ave, West HartfordLeo & Greg, Artistic Directors of Music from the Sole, discuss tap's lineage to house dance, Brazilian funk (passinho), samba, and street dance with house/vogue/street dance artists. Leonardo Sandoval (choreographer, dancer, artistic director) Brazilian tap dancer Leonardo Sandoval has established a reputation in the tap world and beyond for his musicality, and for adding his […]