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Bill Castello Presents: Western Art, 1800- Present Day

Mondays, 12:30-2pm

President's Room

5/18 MODERN ART:  Review of  course and introduction to modern art

Film Screenings & Talk with Fred Grieco
Cinéma L'après-Midi
$10 per screening | $25 for all three*

*Series FREE for GCA Subscribers

1:00 - 3:30 PM | President’s Room
Lower East Side Films

5/21 Hester Street (1975)
A critically acclaimed, black-and-white indie drama featuring Carol Kane that details Jewish immigrant life in 1890s New York

6/18 Fish in the Bathtub (1998)
A comedy about a forty-year marriage that begins to unravel when Sam (Jerry Stiller) brings home a pet fish and keeps it in the bathtub, forcing his wife, Molly (Anne Meara), to take action

   

Hester Street
Presentation & Book Signing
by UK-based Author Julia Wagner

Tuesday, May 26, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall | Bernikow JCC
Fee: $15
Book available for purchase

Marking the 50th anniversary of the film’s release, Wagner’s landmark book examines how despite the sexism and prejudice that Micklin Silver faced, this film became and un-expected box office hit.

 Bagels & Book Signing:

Musical Director Tim Weil Presents:

Making Rent: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway

Sunday, June 7 | 11AM-1PM | President’s Room

Fee: $18 in advance, $25 at the door

From the musical director of Rent comes a thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway’s iconic grunge rock show and its music were made and how they would forever reshape musical theater.

 

Presentation & Book Signing
with David Denby, author of
Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan & Mailer

Monday, June 15, 1:00-3:00PM
Presidents Room | Bernikow JCC
Fee: $15
Book available for purchase

Join us for a celebratory, candid and at times fiercely critical telling of how these four brilliant, brash and soulful figures upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life.

Thursday, May 14
10AM - 11:30AM
Avis/South Shore JCC
1297 Arthur Kill Road
$18 per person

Join us and The Gefilteria co-founder Liz Alpern to make their famous Ashkenazi Kimchi. As we chop, mix and slice, we’ll learn about Eastern European and Korean pickling processes. Everyone will make and personalize their own jar of Kimchi
NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Broadway Revival

A Musical Revue with Fred Grieco & Company

Tuesday, June 2, 7-9pm

Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall | Bernikow JCC

Join us for a musical evening honoring the timeless power of Broadway to reinvent itself - again and again. Enjoy Light Refreshments

 

 

Walking Tour of
Jewish Grand Concourse

Thursday, May 28
Bus departs Bernikow JCC at 9:30AM
HEAVY WALKING

Fee: $25

Discover the vibrant Jewish heritage of the Grand Concourse on a 90-minute guided walking tour featuring stunning architecture, art, and community landmarks. Stroll past treasures like the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the “Fish Building,” historic synagogues, and the Andrew Freedman Home.

 

Becky Shaw on Broadway

Wednesday, June 3
Hayes Theatre
Bus departs Bernikow JCC at 12PM

$148 for GCA subscribers
$164 for JCC WellPro & Program members
$182 for JCC Non-members*
*Wellness memberships do not qualify for program discounts

A blind date spirals spectacularly off the rails in this razor-sharp dark comedy from two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo. Strap yourselves in, Becky Shaw will make you laugh, gasp, and maybe take a break from dating...permanently.

 

Museum of Modern Art
Self Guided Visit

Monday, July 13
Bus Departs JCC at 10:30AM
Fee: $35

Enjoy two powerful exhibits as you explore MOMA for a leisurely two and a half hours.

Frida & Diego: The Last Dream and Marcel Duchamp
The Last Dream celebrates two of Mexico’s most beloved icons of 20th-century art, in a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera.

“Why is this art?”
Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) challenged the very definition of artwork and ushered in a new era of creative license.