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JCC MetroWest presents, Laura Zigman, "Small World" From bestselling author Laura Zigman comes a heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults and finally reckon with their childhood. A heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults hoping to forge the […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Elizabeth Graver, "Kantika" A dazzling, Sephardic, multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home. Kantika—“song” in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are […]
Join us all month long to celebrate the importance of reading, writing, and literature. Free Bagels and Free Books, please stop by the Steiner Court Cafe and grab a bagel and a book.
Featuring: Denise Bobinski / pastel landscapes / best drawing/pastels - Gaelen 2022 Ellen Hark / sculpture / best sculpture - Gaelen 2023 FREE to the community / Light refreshments
JCC MetroWest presents, Rachel Beanland, "The House Is On Fire" Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground in the middle of […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Cathleen Schine, "Kunstlers in Paradise" For years, clever and glamorous Mamie Künstler, 93, has lived happily in her bungalow in Venice, California with her housekeeper and gigantic St. Bernard dog. Their tranquility is upended when Mamie’s twenty-something grandson, Julian, arrives from New York City to seek his fortune in Hollywood. But it […]
Six generations have read the story. This one will sing it. This timeless, captivating story is brought to life in this glorious musical filled with personal discovery, heartache, hope, and everlasting love. Pixie Dust Players is thrilled to bring back opportunities for adult performers! Participants ages 16 and up are encouraged to audition. There […]
Six generations have read the story. This one will sing it. This timeless, captivating story is brought to life in this glorious musical filled with personal discovery, heartache, hope, and everlasting love. Pixie Dust Players is thrilled to bring back opportunities for adult performers! Participants ages 16 and up are encouraged to audition. There […]
Ry An Winner of best mixed media in the 2023 Gaelen Juried Show Alex Polner Winner of best drawing/pastels in the 2023 Gaelen Juried Show Exhibit Runs: January 7 - February 25, 2024
JCC MetroWest presents, Buzzy Jackson, "To Die Beautiful" Based on the true story of Hannie Schaft, known to the Nazis as the Girl with Red Hair. It’s 1940 and Hannie Schaft is a shy nineteen-year-old law student living in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. The timid, studious university student who once dreamed of becoming a League of Nations lawyer […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Andrew Ridker, "Hope" Ridker’s slashing satire of upper-middle-class life turns on the foibles of a seemingly charmed Jewish family in Brookline, Mass. Scott Greenspan is a well-respected cardiac surgeon. His wife, Deb, is known for her good work on various school and synagogue activities. Their daughter, Maya, works at a prestigious New […]
PURCHASE TICKETS TRIO ZIMBALIST Josef Špaček, violin Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin, cello George Xiaoyuan Fu, piano Trio Zimbalist has garnered critical acclaim for its “precision and feverish intensity” (Greece’s EfSyn). The group was lauded for its “liveliness and vigor of playing” and performances that were “pure enjoyment!” (Athinorama) at the Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius […]
In honor of Women's History Month An exhibit by women artists who portray women in their work, using a variety of media and styles. March 3 through April 28 Participating Artists: Sybil Archibald • Aliza Augustine • Janet Boltax • Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern • Ellen Hark • Barbara MinchLeslie Nobler • Sarah Petruziello • Sharon Sayegh […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Jennifer Rosner, "Once We Were Home" Among the tragedies of WWII were the Jewish children separated from their families, given new names, and instructed to follow new religions. Rosner follows The Yellow Bird Sings (2020), with this complex tale about fear, survival, and what it means to be a family, as four children grapple […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Daisy Alpert Florin, "My Last Innocent Year" It’s 1998 and Isabel Rosen, the only daughter of a Lower East Side appetizing store owner, has one semester left at Wilder College, a prestigious school in New Hampshire. Desperate to shed her working-class roots and still mourning the death of her mother four years […]
Dini Klein is a food host, founder of Prep + Rally, a family meal-prep subscription service, and the author of Prep + Rally: An Hour of Prep, a Week of Delicious Meals. Dini has worked with brands such as Walmart, Starbucks, Weight Watchers, Popsugar, and Barilla, and has appeared on national television from CW to […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Lauren Grodstein, "We Must Not Think of Ourselves" In time for Yom Hashoah comes this heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives kept by those determined to have their stories survive World War II. Inspired by the testimony-gathering project with the code name […]
IN LOVING MEMORY OF BERNICE AND MORTIMER SHAPIRO JCC METROWEST CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT SERIES: Beca Quartet from The Juilliard School The Beca Quartet, comprised of violinists Jory Lane and Messiah Ahmed, violist Aditi Prakash, and cellist Miles Goosby, formed in August 2023 at the start of their graduate degrees at the Juilliard School. Since its […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Peter Blauner, "Picture in the Sand" Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Armando Lucas Correa, "The Night Travelers" Separated by time but united by sacrifice, four women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the fall of the Berlin Wall as they embark on journeys of self-discovery and maternal love. Lilith, the child of a white mother and Black father, […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Talia Carner, "The Boy with the Star Tattoo" Talia Carner's "The Boy with the Star Tattoo" is an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage, of love and loss, weaving two yet-untold events set in France. The first is set in 1946 in the aftermath of the Holocaust. The second covers the […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, "The Wolf Hunt" Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a timely and suspenseful exploration of the fault lines in a community, a school, and a family, as a mother begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime in her novel "The Wolf Hunt". Book group discussion at […]
With democracy on our minds, J-Films presents one of the best satires of the 21st Century, a mostly-true story of dictatorship run amok. In March of 1953, Joseph Stalin's brutal reign over the Soviet Union ends with his sudden death. His underlings hilariously scramble over each other for advancement in the power vacuum. With a […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Lynda Cohen Loigman, "The Love Elixer of Augusta Stern" "The Love Elixer of Augusta Stern" is a reminder that age doesn't change who we are, that second chances are always possible, and that it is never too late to try and recapture the lost magic of our youth. Book group discussion at […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Sara Goodman Confino, "Don't Forget To Write" When Marilyn Kreinman is caught making out with the rabbi's son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter's reputation, it's Philadelphia's strict premier matchmaker. Wither that of Marilyn […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Lisa Barr, The Goddess of Warsaw Set in 2005 Los Angeles and 1943 Poland, The Goddess of Warsaw is an enthralling tale of a legendary Hollywood screen goddess with a dark secret about her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto. When the famous actress is threatened by someone from her past, she must […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Samantha Greene Woodruff, The Trade Off Bea Abramovitz has a gift for math and numbers. With her father, she studies the burgeoning Wall Street market’s stocks and patterns in the financial pages. After college she’s determined to parlay her talent for the prediction game into personal and professional success. But in the […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Lihi Lapid, On Her Own Set between the eve of Passover and Israel’s Independence Day, On Her Own is a tense and immersive psychological read about two families looking for redemption and the transformative bonds between strangers. Book group discussion at 12:00 PM Author presentation at 1:00 PM Book Group discussion and […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Zibby Owens, Blank A wife, a mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a hilarious debut novel, Blank, about family, friendship, success, and exhilarating self -(re) discovery. Book group discussion at 12:00 PM Author presentation at 1:00 PM Book Group discussion and conversation with the […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Sasha Vasilyuk, Your Presence is Mandatory A riveting debut novel, based on real events, Your Presence is Mandatory is about a Ukrainian World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to live in the shadow of all he has not […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Ayelet Tsabari, Songs for the Brokenhearted A Yemeni Israeli story of mothers and daughters, love and loss, and secrets untold, the novel shines a light on a little-known community and their rich history. In 1995, thirty-something Zohara, living in New York City, returns to Israel for the funeral of her mother, Saida, […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Emily Matchar, In the Shadow of the Greenbriar Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbriar Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbriar has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must grapple with their […]
Gaelen Gallery Opening Reception Book Arts Roundtable The Book Arts Roundtable was established in 1999 to encourage the love of book and paper arts as well as to create a forum for the exchange of ideas and information about books and book making. Light refreshments will be served. Open to all Exhibit runs through October […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Allegra Goodman, Isola Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian, accusing her of betrayal, brutally punishes and abandons her on a small island. Once a child of privilege, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the […]
Artists Judy Levy and Roberta Reynolds have each been awarded the ribbon for best in their respective media at the 2024 Gaelen Juried Art Show and Sale. This exhibition showcases their unique work. Join us at the opening reception. Light refreshments will be served. Open to all Exhibit runs through December 28.
JCC MetroWest presents, Cynthia Weiner, A Gorgeous Excitement “A Gorgeous Excitement,” Freud's term for cocaine, is central to this 1980s coming-of-age tale about a Jewish teenager attempting to fit into rarefied Upper East Side society the summer before she leaves for college. She spends her evenings at Flanagan’s, the Upper East side bar where she […]
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JCC MetroWest presents, Esther Chehebar, Sisters of Fortune The Cohen sisters—Fortune, the middle sister, preparing for her upcoming arranged marriage; Nina, the 26-year-old eldest, struggling with single life and newfound career opportunities; and Lucy, a high school senior sneaking around with a much older bachelor—are members of the tight-knit Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. The […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Mary Morris, The Red House Laura's mother, Viola, vanished 30 years ago, leaving behind unsettling paintings of a red house, all containing the phrase, "I will not be here forever" in Italian. At a personal crossroads, Laura returns to her birthplace in Italy on a poignant quest that peels back hidden layers […]
History teaches that antisemitism is a disease which begins with the Jews but does not end with them. Once unleashed, it often turns against other minority groups as well as foundational democratic values. In Antisemitism: What Everyone Needs to Know, long-time CEO of the American Jewish Committee David Harris provides critical insight into what antisemitism […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Sam Sussman, Boy From the North Country When Evan, twenty-six, is called home to the secluded farmhouse where he was raised, he doesn't yet know his mother is dying. He doesn't know the identity of his biological father or the elusive story of his mother's creatively intense, emotionally turbulent romance with Bob […]
PLEASE NOTE: This concert has been postponed due to weather. A new date will be announced soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Formed at the Curtis Institute of Music, this string quartet unites four musicians whose close collaboration has been shaped through years of shared study and performance. They have appeared together […]
Artists Janet Boltax, Amy Wax, and John Zollo have each been awarded the ribbon for best in their respective media at the 2025 Gaelen Juried Art Show and Sale. All three artists focus on faces for their subject matter. Join us at the opening reception. Light refreshments will be served. Free & open to all […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Laney Katz Becker, In the Family Way Set in the 1960's before Roe vs Wade, this is a poignant and powerful novel about the friendship between a group of suburban housewives who help one another navigate their personal challenges, marriages, and their pregnancies - both wanted and unwanted. Moving and atmospheric, full […]
Featuring Beca Quartet Shortly after coming together, the group was featured as part of the LA Philharmonic’s California Festival alongside Juilliard alumni and film composer Kris Bowers, and film director Ava DuVernay. Recently, the Becas have been featured in performances by WQXR, the Czech Philharmonic’s residency at Carnegie Hall, Juilliard’s Honors Chamber Music program, and […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Tod Lending, The Umbrella Maker's Son During the week of Yom Hashoah, we'll discuss this powerful, heart-wrenching novel that follows a young Polish Jew through his incredible journey to escape the Nazis. A love story and a story of family, "The Umbrella Maker's Son," is a riveting, heartfelt, and beautiful tale of […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Allison Epstein, Fagin the Thief A thrilling reimagining of the world of Charles Dickens, as seen through the eyes of the infamous Jacob Fagin, London's most gifted pickpocket, liar and rogue. Born in the Jewish enclave of Stepney shortly after his father was executed as a thief, Jacob's whole world is his […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Jessica Berger Gross, Hazel Says No When Hazel Blum's father gets a tenured job at a prestigious college, she and her family relocate from Brooklyn to a remote college town in Maine. They attempt to acclimate to their new lives and connect with the town's sprawling community, On Hazel's first day of […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Tovah Mirvis, We Would Never Inspired by a true story, "We Would Never' is an "intellectual mystery-part whodunit, part whydunit, and heavy on the complexities of famuly dynamics, asking: How far would you go to protect those you love?" (The Boston Globe). A divorce leads to murder, and the victim's ex-wife is […]
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