Cozy up with a book from the pop-up library in The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery. We hope to bring a bit of joy to each of you as you peruse the shelves, scan the beautiful book covers, and chat with one another about your favorite titles.
The JCC's Laurie M. Tisch Gallery is located in the building's lobby, to the right of the security desk. Free admission during building hours.
During a 2018 snowstorm, acclaimed Brooklyn klezmer clarinetist Michael Winograd began transcribing the Tanz album from beginning to end. While it had become much loved during the klezmer revival of the 1980s, the music had never been performed in its complete form, from beginning to end. Now, more than six decades after its release, Winograd is joined by a stellar band of musicians to bring Tanz to life, performing the full album for a live concert filming.
Featuring musicians Michael Winograd (clarinet), Marine Goldwasser (clarinet), Alec Spiegelman (saxophone, bass clarinet), Frank London (trumpet), Will Holshouser (accordion), Carmen Staaf (piano), Zoe Guigueno (bass), and David Licht (drums), with Katie Scheele (English horn), and special guests to be announced.
Presented in partnership with Aaron Bendich from Borscht Beat Records.
National Jewish Book Award winner Jai Chakrabarti (A Play for the End of the World) had his life changed when he discovered Bernard Malamud's The Magic Barrel at a used bookstore in a suburb of India. This year is the 65th anniversary of the book's publication, as well as the 65th anniversary of Bernard Malamud receiving the National Jewish Book Award for another work of his, The Assistant. Becca Kantor, editorial director of the Jewish Book Council (which administers the National Jewish Book Award), talks to Jai about his newest book and the impact and legacy of Malamud's work.
Join us for a rebroadcast of the very first Books That Changed My Life event: an intimate conversation between prolific writers Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love, City of Girls) and Maggie Smith (Good Bones, Goldenrod), inspired by Gilbert's bestselling book Big Magic, a book that changed Smith's life. The live stream of this event was recorded in April.
An exciting new musical based on the Creatrilogy trio of award-winning picture books (The Dot, Ish, and Color Sky) by New York Times bestselling author Peter H. Reynolds that celebrates the power of originality, self-expression, and opening our eyes to look beyond the expected. Written by Keelay Gipson and Sam Salmond. A TheaterWorksUSA Production. Appropriate for ages 5+.
Jewish Book Council, facilitator of the National Jewish Book Awards, hosts a book club conversation about the 2022 NJBA fiction award-winning book, Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro.
Acclaimed pastry chef Claudia Fleming, executive culinary director for Daily Provisions, will discuss her latest cookbook, Delectable: Sweet & Savory Baking, with bestselling cookbook author and New York Times food columnist, Melissa Clark. Claudia and Melissa have known each other for over 20 years, co-writing their first cookbook together, The Last Course, which subsequently went on to change their respective lives.
Join Jewish Book Council and the winner of the inaugural Children's Picture Book category at the 72nd National Jewish Book Awards, Shoshana Nambi, for a reading of her book, The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda.
Generations of readers have found themselves in a Judy Blume book, and now the beloved American author candidly shares her own coming-of-age story. With humor, sensitivity, and a healthy dose of adolescent cringe, Judy Blume Forever tells the story of the woman whose trailblazing books changed the way millions of readers understand themselves, their sexuality, and what it means to grow up.