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25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Latter Day Jew
Documentary | 2019 | Israel – United States | 85 minutes | English Directed by Aliza Rosen How does a gay, former-Mormon, cancer-survivor who converted to Judaism at the age of 34 prepare for his bar mitzvah? Determined to be “the best Jew he can be” before becoming a man in the eyes of Jewish […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Mossad
Comedy | 2019 | Israel | 95 minutes English and Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Alon Gur Arye A box office smash in its native Israel Mossad follows the tradition of The Naked Gun series with a riotous laugh-a-minute sendup of the Mossad, Israel’s revered national intelligence agency. Tsahi Halevi (Fauda, Bethlehem) stars as […]
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25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Shiva Baby
Comedy | 2020 | USA | 77 minutes | English Directed by Emma Seligman When Danielle joins her family at a shiva, the last person she expects to run into is Max, the ‘sugar daddy’ she said goodbye to just a few hours earlier. With this unexpected clash of her worlds, Danielle is forced into […]
Music from the Sole: Percussive Dancers in Conversation
Music from the Sole: Percussive Dancers in Conversation
Leo, Artistic Director of Music from the Sole, in conversation with flamenco, step, hoop, Irish, kathak, and tap dancers. Leonardo Sandoval Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer, Composer Brazilian tap dancer and choreographer Leonardo Sandoval has become renowned in the dance world for blending America’s great tap tradition with Brazil’s rich rhythmic and musical heritage. He helped […]
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25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | The Crossing
Drama | 2020 | Norway | 90 minutes Norwegian, English Subtitles Directed by Johanne Helgeland The Crossing tells the story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda and Otto’s parents are arrested, […]
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Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | The Beauty of Living Twice
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | The Beauty of Living Twice
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 Beauty of Living Twice" by Sharon Stone | April 1 | 8:00 p.m. In conversation with International Superstar Gloria Estefan Sharon Stone tells her own story: a journey […]
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Drive-through Easter Egg Hunt
Drive-through Easter Egg Hunt
Free drive-through Easter Egg Hunt in the parking lot of First Baptist Church of West Hartford. Each child will receive a goodie bag with candy, stickers, and a craft to complete.
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Music from the Sole: Virtual Performance and Discussion
Music from the Sole: Virtual Performance and Discussion
Join members of Music From the Sole as they share video of past performances and provide an inside look at each project. *This is a virtual event-online only
Sharing Credit: Jewish Loan Societies, Past and Present
Sharing Credit: Jewish Loan Societies, Past and Present
Please join the Jewish Historical Society for a talk with Professor Shelley Tenenbaum Sharing Credit: Jewish Loan Societies, Past and Present April 5 at 7:00 PM Register at https://jhsgh.org/sharing-credit/ to receive a Zoom link. Please contact lnewman@jewishhartford.org for questions. The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford recently launched a new Jewish Free Loan Fund which provides […]
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Impact of the Spanish Conquest on Latin American Music
Impact of the Spanish Conquest on Latin American Music
Camilo Jauregui is a native of Bogotá, Colombia and has directed, worked with, and created music programs in his home country and around the world. He now teaches at Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania. In advance of his visit to Hartford as a guest artist in an April 11 concert titled De Vuelta Al Sur, Camilo […]
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Civil Right’s Film Series: Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
Civil Right’s Film Series: Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
One of the Civil Rights movement’s pre-eminent orators, Hamer used stories from her own life to call America to account for the racism that defined every aspect of her existence—from the turn-of-the-century cotton plantations of the Mississippi Delta where she was reared, to her death in an all-black hospital in 1977. Fannie Lou Hamer’s America […]
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Used Bag & Bike Collection
Used Bag & Bike Collection
On Saturday April 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., First Church West Hartford and the JPW Library at 12 South Main Street, will be collecting gently used bicycles and small used or new suitcases. The collection supports the missions of two local non-profit organizations: Hartford Cycles and Ädelbrook. If you need to drop off […]
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De Vuelta Al Sur
De Vuelta Al Sur
De Vuelta Al Sur (A Flight to the South) is a journey into chamber music by Latin American composers. Camilo Jauregui (percussion and conductor) and Alejandro Pinzon (bandoneón) are the leaders of Pittsburgh's Camerata 33, a chamber orchestra dedicated to presenting concert music by Latin American composers. They will join forces with Cuatro Puntos Ensemble […]
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | The SS Officer’s Armchair
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | The SS Officer’s Armchair
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 SS Officer's Armchair" by Daniel Lee | April 11 | 2:00 p.m. In Conversation with CNN's Holly Firfer Zoom Author Talk & Q & A Based on documents […]
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Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
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. "Broken" by Jenny Lawson | April 13 | 8:00 p.m. In Conversation with Judy Blume, NYT Bestselling Author and Owner, Books & Books at The Studios of Key West […]
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Civil Right’s Film Series: Antonia Pantoja: Presente!
Civil Right’s Film Series: Antonia Pantoja: Presente!
In this important documentary, Pantoja’s compelling story is told through never-before-seen home movies, archival footage, and personal passionate testimony from Pantoja herself and some of her countless protégés, as well as her life partner. Highlighting major landmarks in Pantoja’s biography and long, productive career, the film shows her profound commitment to transforming society, her pivotal […]
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | Lilyville: A Memoir
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | Lilyville: A Memoir
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. "Lilyville" by Tovah Feldshuh | April 15 | 8:00 p.m. In Conversation with Holly Firfer, CNN Correspondent Zoom Author Talk & Q&A Books include signed bookplate! A Cappella Books […]
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Virtual Brunch & Learn: Efforts to Mandate Holocaust and Genocide Education in Public Schools
Virtual Brunch & Learn: Efforts to Mandate Holocaust and Genocide Education in Public Schools
Join us for a special Brunch & Learn Wednesday, April 21 | 1:00 p.m. 'Efforts to Mandate Holocaust and Genocide Education in Public Schools' -- A conversation with Alan Berkowitz, Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Advocate To receive the ZOOM link, RSVP to Sharon Holtzberg | sholtzberg@mandelljcc.org MORE INFO: https://www.mandelljcc.org/index.php?src=events&srctype=detail&refno=2785&category=Virtual
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The Art of Assemblage
The Art of Assemblage featuring seven imaginative and inventive artists who are also compulsive collectors and enjoy transforming found objects into whimsical, quirky, organic, socially relevant works of art. Participating Artists Debra Cantor - Bloomfield Peggy Demicier- Avon Joanna Eickenhorst- West Hartford Heather Satlof- Avon Shirley Quintero-Windsor Carolyn Venne- South Windsor Sue Williams - New […]
Civil Right’s Film Series: The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Civil Right’s Film Series: The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till is a groundbreaking documentary that led to the reopening of the historic murder case nearly 50 years later, in 2004. Nine years in the making, the film uncovers the truth behind the night of the 1955 murder of Emmett Louis Till, a 14 - year old Black Chicago […]
Health, Wellness & Fitness Virtual Town Hall | We Have Room for You!
Health, Wellness & Fitness Virtual Town Hall | We Have Room for You!
Incorporating fitness & wellness into your busy life can be a challenge, especially if your routine was interrupted this past year. We want you to know we are here for you, ready to help you return to your fitness and wellness routine -- or if you are doing this for the first time, we've got […]
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Quarantine Qualms
Quarantine Qualms
A lot has happened in the last year, and Queenes Companye has much to say about it. Join us as we explore the thoughts, emotions, and wonderings of a generation whose lives have been overturned by a global pandemic. How do we deal with online classes? What do we think about at night? How dramatically […]
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Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Stockholm
Mandell JCC Book Festival In Your Living Room | A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Stockholm
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. "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Stockholm" by Robert Lefkowitz, M.D. April 25 | 8:00 p.m. In Conversation with Holly Firfer, CNN Correspondent Zoom Author Talk & […]
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Ron’s Run For The Roses
Ron’s Run For The Roses
12th Annual Kentucky Derby-themed gala to benefit pancreatic cancer. Attend in-person or virtually. Visit www.ronsrun.org for more information.