Cultural Arts & Entertainment
Winter / Spring Sara D. November Gallery Openings
Sponsored by James River Air Conditioning Co.
December 15 – January 10 Susan Singer
January 12 – March 9 The Children of the Weinstein JCC
April 13 – May 11 Undiscovered Artists and Photographers Exhibition
Women’ s Night Out
Sponsored by Allen and Hannah Cohen
This Women’ s Night Out will transform the Center into a knee-slapping, kick-up-yourheels honky tonk where we’ ll enjoy Tex-Mex food and drinks, great country music, and high-steppin’ line dancing. We’ ll also learn fascinating details about the Jewish cowboys and explorers who helped pioneer the American West.
Thursday, February 16 7:00 pm
$ 18 JCC members $ 27 non-members
70 TH Anniversary: JCC Through the Decades
Sponsored by Claudia and Steve Biegler March 30 at 7:00 pm
The Weinstein JCC is celebrating 70 years in Richmond! When it first opened in August of 1946 in its former location on Idlewood Ave., no one could have imagined the glorious and beautiful Center we see today.
The Patrons of the Arts will commemorate this momentous anniversary with a celebration through song, theatre, and dance with some of Richmond’ s biggest talent and most accomplished Jewish artists. We will be joined by Susan Greenbaum, Jocelyn Adelman, Shira Layni, Jason Marks, Debra Clinton and MORE! Join us as we say“ Happy Birthday to the JCC” with a historical look at how far we have come over the last 70 years, the community members who helped us get here, and the world events impacting our history.
$ 18 JCC members $ 27 non-members
POA Finale: An Evening of Multi-Cultural Dance
Sponsored by Allianz Worldwide Partners
New and Renewing Patrons Reception to Follow
Thursday, April 6 at 7:00 pm
Join us as we end another amazing year with a unique evening of dance. The Ezibu Muntu African Dance Company and the Latin Ballet of Virginia will bring their unique culturally influenced styles and companies to entertain and enlighten. Both companies, based in Richmond, reflect the exceptional depth, variety, and diversity of our arts and culture community.
$ 18 JCC members $ 27 non-members
National Poetry Month Celebration: Poetry SLAM
Sponsored by SunTrust
Writing workshop, Poetry reading and Slam Competition
In partnership with Commonwealth SLAM and SLAM Richmond
Sunday, April 23
We will celebrate National Poetry Month with a daylong celebration of Poetry.
1:00 pm Youth Workshop Students are invited to work with awardwinning poets Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib and Joanna Hoffman.
$ 5 per student participant
2:30 pm Poetry Reading Featured Poets / Slam Judges Willis- Abdurraqib, Hoffman, and John“ Survivor” Blake will read selections of their work.
$ 5 JCC members $ 10 non-members
4:00 pm Slam Competition 12 local poets will compete for the honor of being named the winner!
$ 8 JCC members $ 12 non-members
5:30 pm Poetry and Pancakes Reception Commonwealth Slam tradition – after each competition they eat pancakes! We will share in this tradition and schmooze with the competitors and Featured Poets over pancakes and other delicious treats.
A slam is a poetry competition in which poets perform original work alone or in teams before an audience, which serves as judge. The work is judged as much on the manner and enthusiasm of its performance as its content or style, and many slam poems are not intended to be read silently from the page. The structure of the traditional slam was started by construction worker and poet Marc Smith in 1986 at a reading series in a Chicago jazz club.
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