Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Seattle WA Permit No. 7796
Cultural Arts
3801 East Mercer Way Mercer Island WA 98040 www.SJCC.org
Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle
STROUM JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
Your Performing Arts Venue
MAY 2017 SAT MAY 13 | 7:30 PM
$20 | $15
SUE ENNIS & HUMMIE MANN IN CONCERT
A rare performance with Seattle recording legends THURS MAY 18 | 7:30 PM
$12 | $8
3RD THURSDAY FILM | GOLD BALLS
Ultra senior tennis stars battle | Director Kate Dandel attending SUN MAY 21 | 2 PM
$12 | $8
DAUGHTERS OF IRAQ
JUNE 2017 SUN JUNE 4 | 2 PM
$20 | $15
SUN JUNE 11 | 7 PM
$25 | $20
PARFAIT ICE CREAM MAKING CLASS
Experience the holiday of Shavuot with ice-cold yummy treats
NOAM VAZANA SEPHARDIC JAZZ CONCERT
If Nina Simone and Tori Amos played both piano and trumpet
PHIL ROSENTHAL & JOAN NATHAN
COMING SOON
I’ll have what they’re having! Famous Jewish foodie friends
D-GENERATION: AN EXALTATION OF LARKS
Poetic puppet theater about dementia
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2016 2017
SEASON
Author Revital Shiri-Horowitz on forgotten Jewish women
GLOBAL SOUND
JEST FEST
FABLE TO TABLE
WORDS TO THE WISE
ON THE BIG SCREEN
YADDA YADDA
International Concert Series
Stand-Up Comedy
Culinary Arts & Chefs
Intriguing Conversations
Year-Round Films
Theater and Art Exhibits
SEPTEMBER 2016
PRICE
WED SEPT 14 | 7:30 PM
$12 | $8
PROGRAM
DECEMBER 2016
PRICE
WASHINGTON FOOD ARTISANS
SUN DEC 18 | 7:30 PM
$30 | $25
3RD THURSDAY FILM | DOUGH
SUN DEC 25 | 4 PM
COMEDIAN JUDY GOLD
JANUARY 2017
Seattle Times’ Leora Bloom and TableTalk NW’s Jamie Peha THURS SEPT 15 | 7:30 PM
$12 | $8
HAPPY HOUR: 7 PM CASH BAR
WED SEPT 21 | 7 PM
CO-PRESENTER: PARENTMAP
SEPTEMBER 22-30
$35 | $30
Her-larious stand up from an Emmy-winning comedy veteran $15
THE MASK YOU LIVE IN
Film and panel on America’s narrow definition of masculinity Free
WOMEN OF THE BOOK ART EXHIBIT
Collection of women’s artwork, representing weekly Torah portions WED SEPT 28 | 6:30 PM
$20 | $15
DEEP BREATH CHALLAH BAKING
A relaxing journey through baking, meditation, and art
OCTOBER 2016 SUN OCT 9 | 2 PM
$12 | $8
WED OCT 19 | 7 PM
$15 | $10
LEO FRANK: MURDER IN MARIETTA
Prof. Stephen Kalish examines America’s only Jewish lynching CO-PRESENTER: TASVEER SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
SONG OF LAHORE
Pakistan’s vibrant music revival | Director Andy Schocken attending
IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE
THURS OCT 20 | 7 PM
$15 | $10 $12 | $8
Film and cooking class: tour Israel’s vibrant food scene
SUN OCT 23 | 10 AM
Free
SUKKAH CITY
FILM ONLY 7:45 PM
AT MAJESTIC BAY THEATRES
SUN OCT 30 | 8 PM
CO-PRESENTER: EARSHOT JAZZ
PLEASE RSVP
Celebrate Sukkot with a free film in Ballard
$25 | $20
SOFIA REI TRIO IN CONCERT
Spellbinding Argentine modern jazz vocals and folkloric rhythms
NOVEMBER 2016 WED NOV 2 | 7 PM
$12 | $8
WED NOV 9 | 7:30 PM
$12 | $8
TAKE MY SPOUSE, PLEASE!
Dani Klein Modisett: marriage by the rules of comedy
MUNICH ‘72 AND BEYOND
Film memorializing Israel’s Olympic team and Munich tragedy THURS NOV 10 | 7 PM
CO-PRESENTER: PARENTMAP
THURS NOV 17 | 7:30 PM
$15
BEYOND MEASURE
Film and panel on testing in America’s education system $25 | $20
ISRAELI TV DINNERS: FAUDA
Hot Israeli TV show and Middle Eastern dinner TUES NOV 22 | 6:30 PM
$20 | $15
BABKA AND RUGELACH
Buttery baking bonanza: Bubbe’s recipes revived and renewed
DECEMBER 2016 THURS DEC 1 | 8 PM
$25 | $20
COMEDIAN GARY GULMAN
“Last Comic Standing” finalist and TV funny man SUN DEC 11 | 2 PM
$20 | $15
SEPHARDIC CHEESY POTATO FRITTERS
A Mediterranean twist on the traditional Hanukkah latke
KUNG PAO CHRISTMAS
A Festivus for the rest of us! Chinese food and a movie
SUN JAN 8 | 4 PM
$12 | $8
THURS JAN 19 | 7:30 PM
$12 | $8
150 YEARS OF OBAMACARE
Daniel Dawes: insider who shaped the Affordable Care Act CO-PRESENTER: SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP
TUES JAN 31 | 7 PM
3RD THURSDAY FILM | MR. GAGA
Intimate documentary about Batsheva Dance Company $25 | $20 INCL. $5 SUPPLY FEE
CANNING, PICKLING, AND PRESERVING
Learn the art and tradition of homemade canning
FEBRUARY 2017 THURS FEB 2 | 7:30 PM
$15 | $10
DR. PEPPER SCHWARTZ: THE SCIENCE OF LOVE
What underlies attraction and falling in love? SUN FEB 19 | 8 PM
$25 | $20
COMEDIAN MARK SCHIFF
Veteran club comic hot off a world tour with Jerry Seinfeld SAT FEB 25 | 7:30 PM FOOD TRUCK: 6:15 PM
TUES FEB 28 | 6:30 PM
$20 | $15
WINE TASTING: ISRAELI SOMMELIER
Orr Reches seminar on the grapes of Spain and Portugal $20 | $15
PERSIAN COOKING
Essential ancient and modern recipes
MARCH 2017 WED MARCH 1 | 8:30 PM VIP TICKETS AVAILABLE
SUN MARCH 19 | 4:30 PM
$40-$60
DAVID BROZA UNPLUGGED
Superstar Israeli folk-rock ‘n’ roll singer/songwriter in concert $15 | $10
LOST AND FOUND IN LOVE BY ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER Provacative and entertaining Jewish literature brought to life
SEATTLE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2017
MARCH 25-APRIL 2
Join us for the 22nd annual festival!
APRIL 2017 THURS APRIL 6 | 7:30 PM
$15 | $10
SUN APRIL 23 | 2 PM
$15 | $10
inHEIRitance PROJECT: RACHEL/LEAH PLAY Multimedia play about local sisters and Biblical matriarchs
SEATTLE JEWISH THEATER COMPANY
“The Dybbuk”—Yiddish play adapted by Tony Kushner
MAY 2017 WED MAY 3 | 7:30 PM
$25 | $20
THE KLEZMATICS IN CONCERT
The world’s most famous Klezmer band celebrates 30 years
British comedy stars Jonathan Pryce as a Jewish baker SAT SEPT 17 | 8 PM
PROGRAM
$25 | $20
ISRAEL STORY: HERZL 48
Israel’s “This American Life” live radio road show THURS MAY 11 | 7:30 PM
$15 | $10
KERTZER BROTHERS IN CONVERSATION
Spielberg adapts Pulitzer-winner David Kertzer’s book
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