Unleash your imagination and craft your protective Golem with Isaac Brynjegard Bialik.
Lift your voice and join a musical workshop led by Leeav Sofer. He is faculty at the Colburn School, leads the band Mostly Kosher , and co-founded Urban Voices. Leeav has performed at venues such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Ford Amphitheatre, and the Staples Center. Come join in a community singing workshop inspired by Urban Voices Project led by Leeav, an amazing teacher and musical mastermind. (All Ages)
Channel your inner muralist as you paint alongside the renowned LA street artist Mr. B Baby. A Latina born and raised in San Diego, California, Michelle Ruby aka Mr. B Baby, uses elements of her heritage as inspiration for her striking and lively art work. Together you will help create a dope mural for our community. (All Ages)
Meet many Be the Change artists in a nontraditional panel talk designed in a lightning-round format. Anne Hromadka Greenwald, curator at the Jewish Community Foundation Orange County, will act as moderator. She will ask our artist panelists summary questions about BTC. Each artist will answer quickly and concisely. Learn the behind-the-scenes of BTC and how the arts can challenge us to be changemakers.
Get ready for an exceptional performance by Andrew & Polly, GRAMMY-nominated family music artists, and the creative minds behind Ear Snacks, the acclaimed kids' podcast described by The New York Times as "packed with earworms and made with heart." (Families)
Join international exhibited artist, Cathy Weiss as she leads a print workshop centered around the theme of her BTC box, delving into the concepts of Home and Belonging. In this distinctive printmaking session, alongside the artist, delve into your interpretations of HOME and BELONGING. Share stories about individuals and places who have instilled in you feelings of love and belonging. Following the exploration, create prints that can incorporate collage. Additionally, participants can take home their prints and printing blocks.
Let's join in a fireside chat with Polly Hall Emmy and Grammy nominated songwriter, (Andrew & Polly Band & Ear Snacks Podcast) and Leeav Sofer (Urban Voices & Mostly Kosher) they will discuss how the arts are intricately woven into the threads of our communities’ civic fabric and play a vital role in promoting fairness. Frequently, artists and musicians like Leeav Sofer and Polly Hall craft comprehensive approaches and initiatives that shed light on our most vulnerable members. Let’s embrace a dialog of compassion and understand how music and Jewish social justice can elevate and amplify our voices for positive change.
Join in family friendly greening project designed by Adamah, providing an opportunity for you to connect to our earth. Pick from two activities including "Plant your Own Parsley" with Marissa Fink, Jewish Youth Climate Movement SoCal Coordinator for Passover/Earth Day. Lean the meaning and symbolism behind this herb. Or participate in creating a "Seed Blessing' where you will write down your wish for the environment, take it home, and watch your wishes blossom this Spring!
Join with our partners at Orange County (CAP OC) who are spearheading a crucial volunteer initiative to bring hope and resources to those in need within our beloved OC community. CAP OC seeks to end and prevent poverty by stabilizing, sustaining and empowering people with the resources they need when they need them.