Calling all Jeopardy fans! Join us for a summer themed round of Jeopardy on Tuesday, August 3rd. You'll team up with volunteers from NBC Universal for a fun and friendly competition that is sure to leave a smile on your face!
To register and receive the link, please click: Games
*Space is limited*
Join us to learn how to tell our stories as a way to share our legacy, to communicate, and to form human connections. As we explore the art of first-person oral storytelling, we’ll mine our lives for authentic material, discover the "arc" of our stories, and shape them in a way that's both meaningful and fun to tell aloud.
Facilitated by Ivy Eisenberg, Award-Winning Comedian, Storyteller and Humorist
Aug 4, 2021 12:00 PM
Aug 11, 2021 12:00 PM
Aug 18, 2021 12:00 PM
Aug 25, 2021 12:00 PM
Sep 1, 2021 12:00 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: Legacy Stories
From Marching Bands to Big Bands
August 5, 12, 19, 26
The sounds of marching bands, combined with Ragtime's syncopated rhythms, may have led to the rise of Jazz. Yet the 1920s' concept of jazz is not the same one we hold today around this beloved genre. Join us for this special four-week workshop as we trace the development and definition of jazz all the way from Dixieland to the sound of Big Bands.
Led by Gordon Herman, Pianist, Composer and Musicologist
Women such as Mata Hari and Virginia Hall made their marks as spies during WWI and WWII. Seductive and cunning, they were instrumental in shaping the outcome of the war, provided they weren't caught before they could share their information. Let’s explore their stories together, compare and contrast their techniques and contributions to history and meet a few other spies along the way. Led by Maxine Simson, Educator
Bring awareness to your breath and explore yoga poses while seated in a chair. Benefits include stress reduction, flexibility, and balance. Led by Nobue Hirabayashi, Hatha Yoga Teacher.
To register and to receive the Zoom link, please click: Gentle Chair Yoga
Multiple sessions:
Aug 16, 2021 11:00 AM
Aug 23, 2021 11:00 AM
Aug 30, 2021 11:00 AM
Sep 13, 2021 11:00 AM
Sep 20, 2021 11:00 AM
Sep 27, 2021 11:00 AM
Oct 4, 2021 11:00 AM
Oct 11, 2021 11:00 AM
Oct 18, 2021 11:00 AM
Oct 25, 2021 11:00 AM
Nov 1, 2021 11:00 AM
Nov 8, 2021 11:00 AM
Nov 15, 2021 11:00 AM
Nov 22, 2021 11:00 AM
Nov 29, 2021 11:00 AM
Dec 6, 2021 11:00 AM
Dec 13, 2021 11:00 AM
Dec 20, 2021 11:00 AM
Dec 27, 2021 11:00 AM
Improve balance, posture, and flexibility as you coordinate simple movement sequences with breath. This class will leave you feeling relaxed and energized. Led by Siewli Stark, Certified Mind-Body Specialist.
To register and receive the Zoom link, please click: QiGong
Aug 16, 2021 03:00 PM
Aug 23, 2021 03:00 PM
Aug 30, 2021 03:00 PM
Sep 13, 2021 03:00 PM
Sep 20, 2021 03:00 PM
Oct 4, 2021 03:00 PM
Oct 11, 2021 03:00 PM
Oct 18, 2021 03:00 PM
Oct 25, 2021 03:00 PM
Nov 1, 2021 03:00 PM
Nov 8, 2021 03:00 PM
Nov 15, 2021 03:00 PM
Nov 22, 2021 03:00 PM
Nov 29, 2021 03:00 PM
Dec 6, 2021 03:00 PM
Dec 13, 2021 03:00 PM
Dec 20, 2021 03:00 PM
Dec 27, 2021 03:00 PM
Health Care Decision Making: What Matters Group Conversation
What Matters is focused on advance care planning to enable, empower, and encourage us to think about, plan for, and take steps to ensure that our health care wishes will be known, respected, and honored. Join DOROT for this group presentation to learn more about advance care planning, choosing an agent to speak for you if you're unable to speak for yourself, completing or updating an advance directive and having "the conversation" with the important people in your life. Led by DOROT Social Work Staff
To register and receive the link, please click: What Matters
Whether you’re new to meditation or are already a practitioner, this class is an ideal way to build calm and nurture yourself during this unprecedented time.
Led by Amy Gross, Meditation Instructor
To register and to receive the Zoom link, please click: Guided Meditation
Aug 18, 2021 12:00 PM
Aug 25, 2021 12:00 PM
Sep 1, 2021 12:00 PM
Sep 15, 2021 12:00 PM
Oct 6, 2021 12:00 PM
Oct 13, 2021 12:00 PM
Oct 20, 2021 12:00 PM
Oct 27, 2021 12:00 PM
Nov 3, 2021 12:00 PM
Nov 10, 2021 12:00 PM
Nov 17, 2021 12:00 PM
Nov 24, 2021 12:00 PM
Dec 1, 2021 12:00 PM
Dec 8, 2021 12:00 PM
Dec 15, 2021 12:00 PM
Dec 22, 2021 12:00 PM
Dec 29, 2021 12:00 PM
Join us for a virtual tour of this Chicago museum’s highly acclaimed LatinXAmerican exhibition! This intergenerational exhibition features nearly 40 Latinx artists, bringing voice to those artists and communities too-often omitted from our histories as a city and a nation. This “highlights tour” with Behar will explore the impetus behind the exhibition and the museum’s multi-year LatinX initiative, while discussing such themes as immigration, family, and materials through an incredible range of artworks.
Led by Ionit Behar, Assistant Curator at DePaul Art Museum; Ph.D. Candidate in Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago
To register and receive the link, please click: DePaul Art Museum
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuf-CvqTIpH9MNz1sbnP5y2bm6vaJoXPDk
Join fellow artists for our monthly community arts meetup. No matter what you're currently working on, or what you hope to work on, this community arts session is a way to keep creatives in the DOROT community connected and accountable to fulfill their artistic goals. Bring the supplies you need and consider this an invitation to create!
Facilitated by Shannon O’Connor, LMSW .
Aug 19, 2021 3:30 PM
Sep 14, 2021 3:30 PM
Oct 11, 2021 12:00 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: Arts Meetup
Join conductor and master presenter Cesare Civetta as he explores the fascinating life and glorious singing of one of the greatest tenors of the 20th Century: "Luciano Pavarotti: King of the High C's.” Cesare will share little known facts, rare photos, interviews, recordings and footage from master classes and great performances.
Join Carla to celebrate the Great American Songbook! Come ready to sing and learn about some of your favorite jazz and show tunes. We'll even repeat some songs so you have a chance to really learn them. We can't wait to sing with you soon! This group meets monthly. Led by Tkiya's Carla Friend, Musical Director of Kol DOROT
Aug 20, 2021 2:00 PM
Sep 10, 2021 2:00 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: Songbook
Summer Music Series: Life & Legacy of George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions span both popular and classical genres and include favorites such as Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and the opera Porgy and Bess. In his short life, Gershwin penned a number of America's most recognizable pieces of music that continue to resonate today. Join us as we listen and discuss how Gershwin's transformed the sounds of a nation. Led by Gordon Herman, Pianist, Composer and Musicologist.
To register and receive the link, please click: George Gershwin
El Segundo Museum of Art Presents: Matriarchs Art Workshop
Join the El Segundo Museum of Art for a virtual tour and hands-on art workshop of Experience 37: MATRIARCHS, a 2018 exhibit that featured multiple works by 12 contemporary women and two-spirit Indigenous artists representing 14 Indigenous communities from the United States and Central America.
Featured are an array of media including fashion, metalwork, photography, painting, basketry, and video. Together we'll look at two artworks before starting our art activity, using personal symbols to design and draw a garment that tells a story. Led by ESMoA Docent.
* Space is limited *
Read more more about MATRIARCHS : https://esmoa.org/experience/matriarchs/
To register and receive the link, please click: ESMoA
American Short Stories: Family, Forgiveness and Community
In this "short" programming month for DOROT, please join us to read and discuss short stories written by masters of the craft. During our three-session program, we'll look at pieces from master storytellers Grace Paley, Hans Christian Anderson, Dagoberto Gilb and Edwidge Danticat. We'll provide you with digital copies of the stories to read in advance, each with themes that echo and link, and all designed to get you thinking and discussing. Led by Jennifer Gilchrist, PhD., Adjunct Professor, Hunter College
Three Thursdays: September 9, 23 and 30, 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
* Space is limited *
The Phoenix Art Museum Presents: Going to the Dogs
Dogs have been muses to artists for thousands of years, from ancient cave dwellings to pop-art installations. Greeks and Romans favored dogs as pets and valued them for their faithfulness and courage, while artists from Picasso to Warhol were fascinated by their beloved pets. Dogs intrigue us, engage us emotionally and are living symbols of protection, loyalty, companionship and unconditional love. We’re going to take a look at how artists have shown their admiration and respect for canines in paintings, drawings, sculptures and photography from the 1st Century B.C. to the present. Led by Carole Kauffman, Docent at the Phoenix Art Museum
To register and receive the link, please click: Best Friends
Join us as we learn how traditional Eastern healing methods are used to focus on the energetic body. In this workshop, we'll explore the vayus (channels of energy in the body), discuss the nadis (energy channels), and learn how alternate nostril breathing can help balance our energy. Participants will visualize the colors associated with the seven chakras - energy centers in the body - and learn affirmations for each. Led by Julia Hough, Practitioner, Yoga Alliance
To register and receive the link, please click: Energetic Body
From the moment in 1907 when New York millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt strode through the Plaza Hotel's revolving doors as its first guest, to the afternoon in 2007 when a mysterious Russian oligarch paid a record price for the hotel's largest penthouse, the 18-story white marble edifice at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street has radiated wealth and luxury.
For some, the hotel evokes images of F. Scott Fitzgerald frolicking in the Pulitzer Fountain, or Eloise, the impish young guest who pours water down the mail chute. But the true stories captured in the newly-published The Plaza: The Secret Life of America’s Most Famous Hotel also include dark, hidden secrets.
Join us to learn more from award-winning journalist Julie Satow, who pulls back the curtain on Truman Capote's Black and White Ball and The Beatles' first stateside visit and reveals how, during the Great Depression, a few dowager widows were the lifeline that saved the hotel, and how foreign money and anonymous shell companies have transformed the iconic guest rooms into condominiums shielding ill-gotten gains.
To register and receive the link, please click: Author Talk
Artist Talk: Felicia Lang – The Art of Identity and Building Community
Join us as we welcome California artist Felicia Liang, known for her food illustrations, still-life artwork, and portraiture, who explores and honors her Taiwanese American heritage through colored pencil, digital artwork and visual storytelling. Felicia will share how a 100 Day illustration project exploring her family’s immigration from Taiwan, her upbringing, and Asian American history led to a career illuminating stories of the communities and cultures she engages with. One of her latest works with 282 line-drawings of New York’s Chinatown, made during the pandemic, has been featured in Artsy, Refinery 29, and New York Magazine.
To register and receive the link, please click: Artist Talk
When one thinks of “Jews and jazz," names such as Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Stan Getz and others come to mind, American-born all. But what of the earlier generation of European-born Jewish musicians — klezmorim — who, upon arrival, were obliged to learn two new languages: English and jazz? How did they navigate through a new challenging soundscape to become viable parts of their new land?
By examining the early “jazz” offerings of klezmer pioneers like Lt. Joseph Frankel, Harry Kandel, and Sammy Musiker among others, we witness how that first generation took to jazz as both a social and musical gateway to speed up their – and their audience’s — acculturation from old world to new.
Led by Henry Sapoznik, American author, record and radio producer and performer of traditional Yiddish and American music
To register and receive the link, please click: Jews & Jazz
What does New York mean to you? What makes it a city like no other? Whether you are a native New Yorker, or not, you are invited to share your perspectives during this special edition of DOROT’s Conversation Club. Enjoy an hour of lively conversation in the good company of peers and volunteers. Spaces limited!
To register and receive the link, please click: Conversation Club
This multimedia program presented by author Seth Rogovoy incorporates still images, video, and close lyrical analysis to explore the deep and profound influence of Leonard Cohen’s Jewish background and scriptural roots in his life and work. Join us to understand how the legendary rock poet’s familiarity with Torah, Talmud, and Kabbalah worked its way into his songs and public utterances. Together we will reflect on and discuss how Cohen can best be seen and appreciated as a Jewish artist.
To register and receive the link, please click: Leonard Cohen’s Mystical Midrash
Join pianist and octogenarian Jerome Lowenthal for an afternoon concert with friends. The program includes compositions by Beethoven, Shubert and Chopin all chosen by Jerome, who served as the chair of the piano department at the Juilliard School. Don't miss this special afternoon! This concert is generously provided by The Ullendorff Family in loving memory of their beloved parents “Uli” and Regina Ullendorff.
To register and receive the link, please click: Ullendorff Concert
Join us for an important presentation to learn how you can help reduce your falls risk. DOROT's Occupational Therapy Fellows will cover a range of important topics and answer questions including: What causes falls in older adults? What can you do to protect yourself and your loved ones from a fall? What role can occupational therapy practitioners play in reducing your fall risk and helping you to live life to its fullest? This program also includes individual remote falls screenings. Led by DOROT graduate student interns from Columbia University’s School of Occupational Therapy
To register and receive the link, please click: Falls Prevention
Don't miss this opportunity to listen and learn about both new and beloved works by classical composers. Together, we’ll watch clips from some of the world’s finest performers and engage in dynamic group discussion. Led by Jeremy Caplan, Violinist, Director of CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism
To register and receive the link, please click: Music Appreciation
In 1967, at Sacramento City College, painter Fritz Scholder unveiled his new series, Real Indians. Going beyond stereotypical images of Native Americans, he portrayed his people as he knew them, with all of the harsh realities of Reservation life. One of his art students, T.C. Cannon, was also exploring these themes and their work and unique relationship remain controversial to this day. Please join us for a fascinating look into both Scholder and Cannon when Cliff Tisdell, fine artist and art lecturer, returns to DOROT.
To register and receive the link, please click: Artist Talk Real Indians
Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we are doing, without being overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. Simply stated, mindfulness is noticing whatever experience we are having, including all the thoughts, feelings, or physical sensations that are a part of it. Join longtime yoga and meditation teacher Jennifer Monness, founder of The Meditation Lab, who will share mindfulness practices designed to help us better manage stress, increase focus, and regulate emotions. Enjoy one session or all four.
Four Tuesdays begining October 5, 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Oct 5, 2021 09:30 AM
Oct 12, 2021 09:30 AM
Oct 19, 2021 09:30 AM
Oct 26, 2021 09:30 AM
To register and receive the link, please click: Morning Meditation
Part I: The Rise and Fall of Operetta & the Beginning of Broadway
October 5, 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Part II: The Golden Age of Broadway from Sondheim to Weber and beyond.
October 19, 2021 02:30 PM
Musical Theater is one of the oldest forms of entertainment in America. This two-part presentation will trace the development of musical theater from colonial days to the present. Along the way we’ll discuss the rise and fall of operetta, the development of Broadway as the center of musical theater and the emergence of the American Musical. Led by Gordon Neal Herman, Musicologist, Composer, Pianist.
To register and receive the link, please click: History of Broadway
Join master storyteller and performer Judith Cohen, Ph.D., Canadian ethnomusicologist and musician, to hear and learn more about the beautiful, mystical sounds of Sephardic music from the greater Judeo-Spanish world. This introductory program will include details on the music in Medieval Spain pertaining to Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities and will cover the role of women in Sephardic songs, plus so much more. Judith accompanies her singing and storytelling on traditional frame drums of Spain, Portugal and North Africa, on the medieval bowed vièle, Appalachian Mountain dulcimer and other instruments. Don’t miss this special program!
To register and receive the link, please click: Sephardic Music
Rabbi Leah Shakdiel will join the DOROT community and speak about her life as a social justice, peace, human rights, and feminist activist. Rabbi Leah has also been involved in the construction of a historiography project of her town in Israel, using narratives as a form of empowerment. She’ll share this experience with us, and more!
To register and receive the link, please click: Jewish Feminist Activism
Our backs are well designed, but gravity, chairs, computers, and stress can all take their toll and cause back pain. In this workshop we will do stretching and breathing exercises to relieve tension commonly held in the neck, shoulders, and lower back. In addition, we will do postures to strengthen and support healthy alignment. You will find out how you can take good care of your back in your daily life. Led by Julia Hough, Practitioner, Yoga Alliance
Oct 7, 2021 12:30 PM
Oct 14, 2021 12:30 PM
Oct 21, 2021 12:30 PM
Oct 28, 2021 12:30 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: Healthy Spine
She Knew Where She Was Going: Gee’s Bend Quilts and Civil Rights
Gee’s Bend, Alabama, is home to generations of extraordinary Black craftswomen whose quilts represent a crucial chapter in the history of American Art. Since the early 1800s, these women have transformed worn clothes, sacks, and other fabric remnants into patterns that surpass the boundaries of the genre.
Join us as we welcome Brittany Luberda, Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Baltimore Museum of Art, who will provide us with a virtual tour of BMA's "She Knew Where She Was Going" exhibit, featuring five beautiful Gee's Bend quilts acquired with support from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership.
To register and receive the link, please click: Gee's Bend Quilting
During World War II, untold numbers of artworks and cultural property were stolen by Nazi forces. After the war, an estimated 1 million artworks and 2.5 million books were recovered. This special exhibition chronicles the stories of the objects looted from Jewish families during the war, including works by Marc Chagall, Paul Cézanne, Franz Marc, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Camille Pissarro. Led by Jenna Weiss, Assistant Director of Public Programs at the Jewish Museum
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art is the only dedicated LGBTQ+ art museum in the world with a mission to exhibit and preserve LGBTQ+ art and foster the artists who create it. Join us to learn more about this NYC museum and its exhibited work. Led by Buzz Slutzky, teaching artist at The Leslie-Lohman Museum
To register and receive the link, please click: Leslie-Lohman
The Work of John Sloan: “I Have Soaked in Something to Paint”
Thursday, October 14, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
New York has inspired many works of art, but arguably no artist has embraced the city more passionately than John Sloan—a Philadelphia newspaper illustrator turned painter who depicted New York at the dawn of the 20th Century, when immigrants crowded the Lower East Side, suffragists and socialists marched in the streets, and Greenwich Village was a center for the arts and dissent. On the 150th anniversary of Sloan’s birth, join Manhattan borough historian and Rutgers professor emeritus Robert Snyder for a look at Sloan’s life and art as one of the leading figures of the “Ashcan School,” a loose collection of artists who depicted everyday life in early 1900s New York.
Together, we’ll explore Sloan’s art, his urban vision, his political commitments, and the places where he lived and worked in Manhattan—above all, Greenwich Village. Snyder, who has written widely on New York City, is co-author of Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York.
To register and receive the link, please click: Something to Paint
Reconceptualize your relationship to clutter with the FLOW technique; learn to let go of objects that no longer serve you and organize what remains. This approach is holistic, non-judgmental and realistic, rather than minimalistic. The workshop will be facilitated by Amanda Sullivan, a professional organizer with more than 20 years of experience, founder and owner of her own organizing business The Perfect Daughter: Chaos Control, and author of Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist's Guide to Getting - and Staying - Organized.
In April 1862, Confederate forces surprised Union forces at Pittsburg Landing, a small steamboat docking on the Tennessee River. The two armies faced off for control of the all-important Mississippi Valley knowing that victory could determine the outcome of the Civil War. The violent clash, which came to be known as the Battle of Shiloh, ended with 23,746 dead or wounded, forcing the citizens of a divided nation to reckon with the prospect of a war that was longer and bloodier than they had ever imagined. Ellen Snyder-Grenier, principal of REW & Co, is currently working for the National Park Service’s Shiloh National Military Park, and will guide us through this moment in American history.
To register and receive the link, please click: Battle of Shiloh
The Murals & Mosaics of Spanish Harlem: Telling the Story of a Community
The many colorful murals and mosaics of Spanish Harlem, also known as East Harlem or El Barrio, tell us so much about the history, culture, and politics of this neighborhood and its residents. Some are dedicated to accomplished citizens, while others honor world-famous leaders. Some of the public art celebrates the LatinX culture or expresses strong political statements, and many of the murals and mosaics include the gorgeous scenery of the tropical islands from which so many members of this community emigrated to New York. Join us to learn exciting and little-recognized aspects about this special NYC neighborhood. Led by Leigh Hallingby, Licensed NYC Tour Guide
To register and receive the link, please click: Spanish Harlem
It's time to get traveling again! This time we'll head (virtually) to northwestern Arkansas to visit the Crystal Bridges Museum, one of the nation’s most outstanding collections of American art, assembled by Walmart heir Alice Walton. We'll look at Moshe Safdie’s spectacular architecture and briefly explore the museum’s vast collection spanning 500 years, including works by John James Audubon, Norman Rockwell, Frank Lloyd Wright, Keith Haring and many others. Led by Riva Blumenfeld, Art Educator
To register and receive the link, please click: Crystal Bridges
Memorial Sloan Kettering Presents: Breast Cancer Awareness
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join us for a workshop to learn what we all need to know about breast cancer, presented by clinicians from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, who are committed to keeping the community informed of the latest information on cancer prevention and care. Screening and early diagnosis is essential care, and MSKCC doesn’t want anyone to put it on hold. Led by Emily Palmquist, MD and Marissa Srour, MD
To register and receive the link, please click: Breast Cancer Awareness
Telehealth is easy and convenient – a great option when you do not wish to go to your doctor’s office. Join DOROT and New York City’s top health networks to introduce you to your specific telehealth portal and a general overview of telehealth use.
YOU MUST CHOOSE YOUR HEALTH NETWORK WHEN YOU REGISTER TO LEARN YOUR SPECIFIC TELEHEALTH PORTAL. YOU MAY ONLY CHOOSE ONE. In order for you to join the breakout room you selected at registration, You MUST use the same email and Zoom account you used to register. If you use a different email or Zoom account, you may be delayed or be sent to a different breakout room.
Choose your network when you register:
NY Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Mount Sinai
Northwell
NYU Langone
Hospital for Special Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering
A laugh-filled look at, you guessed it, the sassy, sensitive, and sublimely humorous women who have lit up stages, screens, and airwaves, ranging from radio and silent film stars—such as the original Funny Girl Fanny Brice, the side-splitting Marie Dressler, and the groundbreaking Gertrude Berg—right up to Sarah Silverman, Tina Fey, and Kate McKinnon. What characterizes these legends is a certain feistiness, given that so many broke through at a time when showbiz was not considered a respectable avenue for women, paralleled by the fact that so few other professional avenues were available. Led by author & journalist Stephen Silverman
To register and receive the link, please click: Funny Ladies
Please join us as Sylvia Hernandez, Brooklyn-based quilt-maker and president of Quilters of Color of NYC, discusses the creation of her timeless, handcrafted works that address community and human rights issues. Sylvia's quilts focus on social justice and highlighting the stories of community members, and she'll share pieces exhibited locally, nationally and internationally in high profile art exhibitions and publications like The New York Times.
To register and receive the link, please click: Quilts
The mass emigration of Eastern European Jews to the United States in the late 19th Century occurred when the banjo was a dominant force in popular music. While Jews did not become involved in the older more established worlds of minstrel banjo or the later classic finger-style banjo, the newly emerging worlds of ragtime and jazz offered an unfettered ground floor for this new collaboration. Join us to hear how the banjo became a mainstream Jewish presence in the Yiddish theater and traditional klezmer bands. Learn how our presenter, the producer and performer Henry Sapoznik, reintroduced the banjo in the mid-1970s klezmer “revival” and its subsequent worldwide renaissance.
To register and receive the link, please click: Banjo
Lasting Impressions: DOROT’s Legacy Project is generously supported by a grant from the Keller-Shatanoff Foundation
Don't miss this opportunity to listen and learn about both new and beloved works by classical composers. Together, we’ll watch clips from some of the world’s finest performers and engage in dynamic group discussion. Led by Jeremy Caplan, Violinist, Director of CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism
To register and receive the link, please click: Music Appreciation
Join us as we sit down for a conversation with author, activist and iconic community leader Karla Jay. Leading this conversation is Hugh Ryan, author of When Brooklyn was Queer. Hugh and Karla will discuss Karla’s early start in activism and her leadership in the Gay Liberation Front and Lavender Menace. They’ll take a deeper dive into the movements and culture of the radical '60’s and '70’s, touching upon the intersectionality of causes (black power, feminism, gay liberation) and controversial institutions like the Women’s House of Detention. Your experiences, thoughts and questions welcome, too, as always.
To register and receive the link, please click: Be Proud
For more than a century, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has been home to one of the largest Jewish communities in New York City. Since World War II, it has also become the most intensely Hasidic neighborhood in the United States. How did Hasidim carve out an enclave in one of New York's poorest and most crime-impacted areas during the 1960s and 1970s? How did they respond when, more recently, Williamsburg became a global symbol for gentrification? Led by Dr. Nathaniel Deutsch, Director of The Humanities Institute, Director of the Center for Jewish Studies. and Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz
To register and receive the link, please click: Williamsburg
The Phoenix Art Museum Presents: The Global Influence of Chinese Porcelain
Join us to learn about the delicate art of pottery-making and the global struggle to replicate this special recipe over time. We’ll get to know the how and where blue and white porcelain was first produced and contemporary artists who take inspiration from Chinese Porcelain today. Led by Pati Anderson with support from community docent co-chairs, Barbara Maloney and Brooks Hozier
To register and receive the link, please click: Chinese Porcelain
The Jews were very much among the original settlers who went to the American West. Who were they? What propelled them to make the hazardous journey? What were some of their experiences? Join us for this special three session workshop where we'll hear stories of the Wild West, and learn about the experimental agricultural communities, the birth of the blue jeans, the key role played by the city of San Francisco, and the formerly hidden contributions of the conversos; among other Westward tales. Presented by author and historian Andree Brooks
To register and receive the link, please click: Jewish Wagons
Nov 3, 2021 12:00 PM
Nov 10, 2021 12:00 PM
Nov 17, 2021 12:00 PM
The flood of gratitude and appreciation for Walking Manhattan Sideways - the first book that Betsy Bober Polivy wrote and spoke about to our group - inspired her to begin working on another this past spring. In addition to shining a light on many more scrumptious restaurants, splendid neighborhood bars and one-of-a-kind shops that have survived on the side streets for decades, The Art of Walking Manhattan Sideways features magnificent places of worship, fascinating not-for-profits, and the Arts – in all its forms.
You can purchase the books by clicking here.
To register and receive the link, please click: Manhattan Sideways
If 2019 fashion was all about the bike shorts and slip dresses, then 2020-2021 is nothing but the mask. While COVID-19 has transformed fashion's role from adornment and fantasy to one of public safety, this is not the first time fashion has had to respond to a pandemic. This is the story of how the 1918 "Spanish Flu" Influenza Pandemic changed the meaning of fashion throughout the world, and how creativity — from fashion designers to ordinary people — can survive, and even thrive, in the darkest of circumstances. Led by fashion historian Caroline Elenowitz-Hess
To register and receive the link, please click: Pandemic Fashion
Join Dr. Andrew Porwancher, Wick Cary Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, and author of The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton, as he debunks a string of myths about the origins of this founding father to arrive at a startling conclusion: Hamilton, in all likelihood, was born and raised Jewish. Uncovering the truth about Hamilton is critical to understanding why he came to champion the cause of American Jewry in the new nation he fought to create.
To register and receive the link, please click: Jewish Hamilton
Join us for a fun multi-week workshop on art journaling. An art journal is creative play that results in anything from a collection of your doodles, a junk journal, a scrapbook, or a collection of writing and collages. This zoom workshop will provide suggestions on the use of common materials and techniques as well as provide some time to work and record your own personal expression. You will never be asked to share or show what you are working on unless you want to. No special materials or art skills are needed or required. Just look around your place for anything that can be used to write, draw, doodle, cut, or paste and join us to help you get started in this fun activity! Led by April Lombardi, Artist & Expert in the field of Art Education and Art History
Nov 8, 2021 03:00 PM
Nov 15, 2021 03:00 PM
Nov 22, 2021 03:00 PM
Nov 29, 2021 03:00 PM
Through diverse poems and open discussions, this workshop aims to inspire participants to share and record their Everyday Revelations. It is facilitated by poet and literary coach Gracie Bialecki, who joins us from Paris, and brings a unique, international perspective to the workshop.
Nov 9, 2021 10:30 AM
Nov 16, 2021 10:30 AM
Nov 23, 2021 10:30 AM
Nov 30, 2021 10:30 AM
Dec 7, 2021 10:30 AM
In this presentation and traveling exhibit, Roslyn Sholin, creator of the educational exhibit “My Attic, Your Story: An Immigrant’s Journey,” describes what happened when she inherited a house that had been in her family for 80 years. Roslyn will examine how family history and world history are inextricably linked, and share how objects can enrich a storytelling tradition. She invites us to consider our own family artifacts, and think about how will we tell your story for the next generation.
To register and receive the link, please click: Museum of You
The original voice of Siri, the Madam CJ Walker biographer and the sculptor of Lady Gaga’s Fame perfume carriage are among the inspirational stories revealed in this compelling documentary. From a very early age women are made to believe that our relevance has an expiration date. Showing us the power of resilience, defiance and the wisdom of experience Beyond Sixty will challenge the way we think about aging and the value of our own stories. Join us as we sit down with the film's director, Melissa Davey.
To register and receive the link, please click: Beyond Sixty
“A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing of his own face” - Jorge Luis Borges
Great travel memoirs map both inner and outer journeys, telling us at least as much about the writer as about the itinerary. Whether you choose to explore a far-flung corner of the globe or a forgotten nook of the city, you will use both memory and imagination to reconstruct the various selves you have been as well as the places you’ve seen. By exploring the virtues of getting lost, the power of wanderlust, and the hidden gift of feeling invisible, you will arrive at some unexpected truths about yourself! Led by Dawn Drzal, author of The Bread and the Knife: A Life in 26 Bites
Nov 11, 2021 01:30 PM
Nov 18, 2021 01:30 PM
Space limited.
Join us as we sit down with artist and activist Todd Drake and learn about his newest series Rising. Rising is an exhibition of new prints and drawings connecting through lines between climate change, loss and celebration. These drawings, lino-prints, and silk screens, break open the dams of worry that freeze us around the subject of climate change. Old soul whales, surreal duck hunters, swimming deer, osprey, and wild boar are only part of this rollicking visual vocabulary that call attention to what we risk loosing to rising tides. A concern for ecological collapse is met in this show with persistent hope and a call to meet these rising tides with action and understanding.
Guided Relaxation: Join us for an afternoon of guided deep relaxation. Yoga Nidra is an ancient practice designed to bring peace and settle the mind while maintaining full consciousness. During this practice, you’re encouraged to lay on your back, supporting yourself with pillows to ensure ease. Class can be enjoyed without the use of a camera. Led by Nobue Hirabayashi, Certified Yoga Instructor
Nov 11, 2021 03:15 PM
Nov 18, 2021 03:15 PM
Travel virtually with Debbie Wells of Artful Circle to the Hamptons! Explore two incredible artful sites located on Long Island’s East End just minutes away from each other – The Leiber Collection and the Pollock-Krasner House & Studio. Together, we will discuss Judith Leiber's rise to fame as a handbag designer to celebrities, American First Ladies, movie stars and more. We'll learn how Lieber became a master craftsperson in the world of fashion, grew an empire and ultimately built a museum with her husband to house their collections and preserve their artistic legacy. We will also take a short “drive” to a nearby locale where the famous Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock lived with his fellow artist and wife, Lee Krasner. To see how they lived and created in this environment is a special treat!
To register and receive the link, please click: Jewels of the Hamptons
Join Carla Friend to celebrate the Great American Songbook! Come ready to sing and learn about some of your favorite jazz and show tunes. We'll even repeat some songs so you have a chance to really learn them. We can't wait to sing with you soon! This group meets monthly. Led by Tkiya's Carla Friend, Musical Director of Kol DOROT
Nov 12, 2021 02:00 PM
Dec 10, 2021 02:00 PM
Jan 14, 2022 02:00 PM
Feb 11, 2022 02:00 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: American Songbook
What do health and healing — physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual — really mean? After decades researching this question, Patricia Muehsam, MD, offers a revolutionary new way to think about health. In Muehsam’s new book Beyond Medicine she invites readers to travel beyond medicine, to Absolute Health and inner peace, to the place where healing happens. Join Dr. Muehsam for this experiential class where you’ll learn about the science of it all and you’ll get to practice mind-body medicine exercises to experience Absolute Health for yourself.
To register for Beyond Medicine and receive the link, please click: Beyond Medicine
Join us for a very picturesque prowl through historic Harlem, once a bucolic estate setting for gracious mansions, later a hub for European immigrants, and then the destination of southern Blacks fleeing Jim Crow and migrating to the North in pursuit of jobs and rights. Together we'll visit settings associated with all of these phases of Harlem's history, while concentrating on the emergence of the Harlem Renaissance. We will 'walk' past Sylvan Terrace, the Morris-Jumel mansion, the Triple Nickel, Trinity Church Cemetery, Hamilton Grange, Hamilton Heights, the historic City College campus, Strivers Row, and the Abyssinian Baptist Church, and see sites where well-known Harlem residents lived. We'll end this enlightening tour at a special pavilion to view historic WPA era murals depicting the lives of Harlem's Black residents. Led by Deb Zelcer, Prowler Tours
To register and receive the link, please click: Historic Harlem
This program will explore the role of the Aging Life Care Professional ® and how older adults can optimize care management services in Aging Life Care ® planning. The rapid aging of America as it intersects with an increasingly fragmented health care system will be discussed, and the concepts of informed advocacy and control and choice over health care outcomes will be explored through case history discussions. The importance of creating goals and objectives around an "aging ideal" will be discussed along with useful resources and tools to start the planning process.
Led by Anne C. Sansevero RN, MA, GNP, CCM, President, New York Chapter, Aging Life Care Association
To register and receive the link, please click: Aging Life Care
Joseph Cornell spent his early years in Nyack, NY, living an upper-middle class lifestyle. His father’s untimely death in 1917 forced Cornell to help his mother and siblings. He spent many years working as a fabric salesman in New York City to support them. Working out of their humble home in Queens while taking care of his mother and disabled brother, Cornell became one of the most original American artists of the twentieth century. Join artist and educator Cliff Tisdell for a closer look into the life and artwork of Cornell.
To register and receive the link, please click: Dreams and Shadow
Join conductor Cesare Civetta, Founder and Music Director of the Beethoven Festival Orchestra, as he explores Great Jewish Opera Singers in a two-part series. Part 1 features Leonard Warren, Roberta Peters, Robert Merrill, Beverly Sills, Joseph Schmidt, Richard Tucker, and Jan Peerce. Maestro Civetta will explore the lives and music of these extraordinary artists through rare photos, interviews, recordings and footage. For a brief preview click here.
To register and receive the link, please click: Jewish Opera Singers
Phoenix Art Museum Presents: Untold Stories of Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
During this presentation, we will be guided through the art and lives of four women artists from the Renaissance to the Baroque art movements of the 16th and 17th centuries. We will discover their untold stories of overcoming obstacles of their day and how they left behind a fascinating visual legacy. Please join Mary Menacker, Phoenix Art Museum docent, as she shares the stories of these amazing women and takes us on a journey through time to learn about the art history, culture and influence of religion during that era.
To register and receive the link, please click: Women Artists
Meet cheesemongers, bakers, baristas, grocers, and restaurateurs on this virtual tour of the Essex Market on Manhattan's Lower East Side. This historic market was opened in 1940 as part of Mayor LaGuardia's citywide program to build new wholesale and retail food markets, and get pushcarts off the streets. In 2019, the market moved into a beautiful new facility on the south side of Delancey Street that boasts over 40 purveyors of prepared foods, specialty items, and grocery staples. We'll learn about the market's history and go live to Essex Market to visit with a diverse range of small businesses that call the market home today. Led by Andrew Gustafson, Cindy VandenBosch, and Amanda Adler Brenna of Turnstile Tours
To register and receive the link, please click: Essex Market
Jeremy Caplan will introduce works of classical composers and performances by musicians, changing each month. We'll share music for advanced listening in between sessions. We look forward to having you in this monthly program!
To register and receive the link, please click: Music Appreciation
The next concert of the Ullendorff series will feature a very enjoyable program from violinist Juliette Kang and cellist Thomas Kraines. The program will include a cheerful Mozart violin and cello duet, a contemplative solo Bach on the cello, a thrilling violin solo work by Ysaye, and the highly virtuosic Handel-Halvorsen duet, plus a few extra short pieces for our enjoyment. This concert is generously provided by The Ullendorff Family in loving memory of their beloved parents “Uli” and Regina Ullendorff.
To register and receive the link, please click: Ullendorff Concert
The holidays are here! Come join us and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center staff to learn how to keep our plates well balanced while still enjoying our favorite foods during the holiday season. Led by Elissa Meditz, Clinical Dietitian & Shakima Grant, Community Programs Manager
Dec 15, 2021 03:00 PM
Jan 19, 2022 03:00 PM
Feb 16, 2022 03:00 PM
Mar 16, 2022 03:00 PM
Apr 20, 2022 03:00 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: Healthy Holidays
What Matters is focused on advance care planning to enable, empower, and encourage us to think about, plan for, and take steps to ensure that our health care wishes will be known, respected, and honored. Join DOROT for this group presentation to learn more about advance care planning, choosing an agent to speak for you if you're unable to speak for yourself, completing or updating an advance directive and having "the conversation" with the important people in your life.
What Matters is an initiative of the New York Jewish community, guided by the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan that is focused on advance care planning and is open to those of all religions. Led by DOROT Staff
To register and receive the link, please click: What Matters
What Matters is focused on advance care planning to enable, empower, and encourage us to think about, plan for, and take steps to ensure that our health care wishes will be known, respected, and honored. Join DOROT for this group presentation to learn more about advance care planning, choosing an agent to speak for you if you're unable to speak for yourself, completing or updating an advance directive and having "the conversation" with the important people in your life. What Matters is an initiative of the New York Jewish community, guided by the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan that is focused on advance care planning and is open to those of all religions. Led by DOROT Staff
To register and receive the link, please click: What Matters
Sparkle and Shine Up Your Life! Home Organizing Solutions, is about streamlining your lifestyle towards joy and serenity. From ongoing clutter control to people backed up in piles of neglected tasks, these discussions are for everyone seeking support and strategies to live their best life!
Join Kathleen Fiorito, Expert Home Organizer, for "Sparkle & Shine Up Your Life".
Join us for a musical Shabbat experience that's appropriate for everyone (invite your family in other locations to join us, too). Carla will lead us in songs, nigunim and the opportunity to reflect on our weeks. Led by Tkiya's Carla Friend, Musical Director of Kol DOROT
Dec 17, 2021 02:00 PM
Jan 21, 2022 02:00 PM
Feb 18, 2022 02:00 PM
Mar 18, 2022 02:00 PM
Apr 15, 2022 02:00 PM
May 20, 2022 02:00 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: Shabbat Shalom
Ten years ago, after a 15-year career as a classical singer, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell decided to devote himself to music in Yiddish, a choice that presented new horizons for him as a performer. Join multi-instrumentalist, composer, and ethnomusicologist Hankus Netsky in conversation with Anthony as they discuss the music, language and culture that has brought him to stages the world over.
To register and receive the link, please click: Anthony Russell
Join us for Food in Art History, a Lasting Impressions art history and poetry program that begins with a menu of meals based on paintings and sculptures and ends with some haiku writing (5 syllables-7 syllables-5 syllables if you want to start writing ahead of the event!). Join us for this appetizing Zoom presentation, and be sure to eat ahead of time! Led by April Lombardi, Artist & Expert in the field of Art Education and Art History
To register and receive the link, please click: Food in Art History
You may have heard about chakras--you may have even studied them and yet you may not have a clear sense of what they are. In this workshop we will experience each chakra through gentle yoga postures, mudras and chanting. Through this exploration, we will become aware of which chakras need attention, and learn techniques to balance them. We will conclude our work together with a guided visualization, leaving us all in a relaxed and vibrant state. Led by Julia Hough, Certified Yoga Therapist
Join us as author and historian Scott Seligman returns to DOROT to speak about his latest book. A Second Reckoning tells the story of John Snowden, a Black man accused of the murder of a pregnant white woman in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917.
Decades after his death, thanks to tireless efforts, Snowden was pardoned by the governor of Maryland. A Second Reckoning uses Snowden’s case to bring posthumous pardons into the national conversation about amends for past racial injustices. Mr. Seligman argues that the repeal of racist laws and policies must be augmented by reckoning with America’s judicial past. You won't want to miss this important discussion.
Voted the most inspirational movie ever made by the American Film Institute, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life has been a beloved Christmas classic for many generations. Yet when the film was released in 1946, it was a box-office flop—until it was rediscovered through endless airings on local TV stations beginning in the 1970s and on annual Christmas eve broadcasts on NBC starting in 1992. Together we'll examine the fascinating story of It’s a Wonderful Life, looking at the challenges of how it was made, what it says about the problems of post-war America, and how it became the ultimate portrayal of holiday goodwill and cheer.
Led by Brian Rose, retired professor of Communications and Media Studies, Fordham University
To register and receive the link please click: It's a Wonderful Life
Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we are doing, without being overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. Simply stated, mindfulness is noticing whatever experience you are having, including all the thoughts, feelings, or physical sensations that are a part of it. Join longtime yoga and meditation teacher Jennifer Monness, founder of The Meditation Lab, who will share mindfulness practices designed to help better manage stress, increase focus, and regulate emotions. Enjoy one session or all of this 8 week series.
Tuesdays in December & January, 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Dec 28, 2021 09:30 AM
Jan 4, 2022 09:30 AM
Jan 11, 2022 09:30 AM
Jan 18, 2022 09:30 AM
Jan 25, 2022 09:30 AM
Feb 1, 2022 09:30 AM
To register and receive the link, please click: Good Morning
The end of every year is an opportunity to look back and reflect — and what a year 2021 has been. Let's gather together, around the warm glow of Zoom, to share our experiences and look ahead to 2022. Please come prepared to listen, and if you wish, to share any thoughts you have about 2021 or what 2022 might hold. Here are a few prompts that you might find particularly fruitful:
What are surprising new things? How have they changed your worldview?
If you could describe the past year in just one word, what would it be and why?
Do you have a resolution for 2022? What is it and why?
Tell us about the most significant New Year's resolution you've ever made.
Please join us at this bi-weekly LGBTIQ+ check-in and discussion group for our Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans, and more, elders. For more information, please be in touch at DOROTPrograms@dorotusa.org. Led by Ronnie Tuft, DOROT Volunteer.
Jan 4, 2022 11:00 AM
Jan 18, 2022 11:00 AM
Feb 1, 2022 11:00 AM
Feb 15, 2022 11:00 AM
Mar 1, 2022 11:00 AM
Mar 15, 2022 11:00 AM
The American spirit is defined by its land. Through the paintings of 19th Century artists, join us as we journey from the first colonies along the Atlantic to the Ohio River Valley, through the Louisiana Purchase and the Northwest Territory, from California Coasts to the Rio Grande. Together we will unpack the unique gift this land represents … a beacon of hope that stretches from “Sea to Shining Sea.” Led by Sherry Koopot, Phoenix Art Museum docent
To register and receive the link, please click: Sea to Shining Sea
Current events — they play a direct role in our lives, communities, and thoughts. Join us each week for a discussion about current events that are most important to you. The group begins with three articles sent before class, and additional topics are chosen by group members. Bring your morning coffee, tea, or breakfast to start your day with lively conversation. Led by Avodah Fellow, Jenna Zucker
To register and receive the link, please click: Current Events
A lifelong resident of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, Ekua Holmes (b. 1955) is an artist and community activist whose body of work explores themes of childhood, family bonds, memory, and resilience. This exhibition focuses on her award-winning children’s book illustrations—vibrant collages revealing stories of self-determination, love, and community that reflect the artist’s distinctive vision and commitment to Black imagery and representation. The more than 40 works on view include original illustrations from Holmes’s published book projects and features a selection of Holmes’s luminous illustrations for the recently released book Saving American Beach (2021), as well as a selection of her independent work, including portrait installation pieces. Led by Meghan Melvin, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Curator of Design in the Department of Prints and Drawings
To register and receive the link, please click: Radiance and Resilience
Don't miss this opportunity to listen and learn about both new and beloved works by classical composers. Together, we’ll watch clips from some of the world’s finest performers and engage in dynamic group discussion. Led by Jeremy Caplan, Violinist, Director of CUNY’s Newmark School of Journalism
Jan 6, 2022 04:00 PM
Feb 10, 2022 04:00 PM
Mar 10, 2022 04:00 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: Music Appreciation
The New-York Historical Society honors the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG)—the trailblazing Supreme Court justice and cultural icon—with a special exhibition in fall 2021. Notorious RBG features archival photographs and documents, historical artifacts, contemporary art, media stations, and gallery interactives spanning RBG’s varied roles as student, wife to Martin “Marty” Ginsburg, mother, lawyer, judge, women’s rights pioneer, and internet phenomenon. Led by New-York Historical Society Docent
To register and receive the link, please click: Notorious RBG
The years 1890-1920 produced sweeping reforms and profound change in American life and especially in New York State. Reacting to the great inequalities from the Gilded Age, reformers pressed for laws for better housing, women's suffrage, personal income tax, labor protections, and far more. The era saw innovative ways of combatting social issues like the Settlement House movement. An unlikely alliance of reformers and Protestant ministers also passed Prohibition laws. Land preservation and animal rights were considered for the first time. This presentation will take us on a journey of these social movements, exposing their nuances and little-known dissenting voices. Historic photos, archived video, and poetry about and from that period will bring this era alive. Led Paul Kaplan, author of New York in the Progressive Era: Cultural Upheaval and Social Reform 1890-1920
Brain health is often on our mind. But have you wondered what it is exactly that we can do to support our brain health? Join dancer, researcher and creative aging teaching artist Magda Kaczmarska for an hour of exploration, discussion and movement to learn about how dance, movement and creativity help make us stronger, more adaptive and engaged in the world around us. Together, we will learn about the brain across the lifespan and try out some activities we can do to sharpen our brain. All are welcome! We will move together, so wear something comfortable. All activities can be done seated or standing.
To register and receive the link, please click: Brain Health Salon
Please join us for an informative discussion to review nutrition and lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention. We will discuss some simple changes you can make to your diet and exercise routine to help reduce your cancer risk. Led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Staff: Clinical Dietitian Elissa Meditz & Community Programs Manager Shakima Grant
Jan 12, 2022 03:00 PM
Feb 16, 2022 03:00 PM
Mar 16, 2022 03:00 PM
Apr 20, 2022 03:00 PM
Stories in the Moment is a co-creative movement-based program designed to stimulate creativity and imagination. Using dance and storytelling, we explore connections between movement and meaning through a series of activities that invite us to play, create and move together. This is a neurodivergence and dementia-inclusive class. All minds and bodies are welcome! All activities can be done seating or standing. Led by Creative Aging Teaching Artist Magda Kaczmarska
To register and receive the link, please click: Stories in the Moment
Join us as we learn more about Footsteps -- the only organization in North America providing comprehensive services to people who have chosen to leave their ultra-Orthodox communities of origin and begin self-determined lives. We'll hear about the challenges and triumphs of Footsteps members and how the organization works to help the formerly ultra-Orthodox carve out new identities of their own. Led by Footsteps staff & member
To register and receive the link, please click: Footsteps
This program celebrates the Morgan’s 2018 acquisition of eleven drawings from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting Black Southern artists and their communities. The artists represented in the acquisition are Thornton Dial, Nellie Mae Rowe, Henry Speller, Luster Willis, and Purvis Young. Led Morgan Library & Museum curator Rachel Federman
To register and receive the link, please click: American Tradition
Join us for our monthly LGBTQ+ film club, which gives voice and visibility to the wide scope of LGBTQ+ experiences through film. Every month will be a new featured film.
Please see monthly dates listed below for the Film Club.
To register and receive the link, please click: We Love LGBTQ+ Films
Tuesday, January 18, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Feb 15, 2022 03:00 PM
Mar 15, 2022 03:00 PM
Apr 19, 2022 03:00 PM
May 17, 2022 03:00 PM
Jun 21, 2022 03:00 PM
Join us as we discuss this month's feature film. Bring your question, comments, and reactions to add to what we think will be a powerful & impactful dialogue.
To register and receive the link, please click: Talk Back
Thursday, January 20, 3:00 PM – 4:30
Feb 17, 2022 03:00 PM
Mar 17, 2022 03:00 PM
Apr 21, 2022 03:00 PM
May 19, 2022 03:00 PM
Jun 16, 2022 03:00 PM
Jul 21, 2022 03:00 PM
Aug 18, 2022 03:00 PM
Sep 15, 2022 03:00 PM
Oct 20, 2022 03:00 PM
Nov 17, 2022 03:00 PM
Dec 15, 2022 03:00 PM
Documentary and conceptual art photographer Daniel Levin traveled to the workshop of Tel Avivian luthier, Amnon Weinstein, the founder of the renowned Violins of Hope programs, to explore his life's mission. Daniel will discuss his book, Violins and Hope: From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall, which weaves fascinating text that includes true stories of world leaders, and some the globes greatest composers, conductors, and string virtuosos, all with a direct connection to the Violins of Hope.
Art Educator Riva Blumenfeld will take us through "Grief & Grievance: Art and Mourning in America," a New Musuem exhibit of 37 artists whose multi-generational work addressed the mourning, commemoration, and loss associated with racist violence across the United States. The works encompass video, painting, sculpture, installation, photography, sound, and performance—mainly made in the last decade, some expressly for this exhibition, and augmented by several key historical works. We'll explore these powerful pieces, and have an opportunity to learn and reflect together.
To register and receive the link, please click: Grief and Grievance Grief and Grievance:
Join us as we welcome DOROT's own Fran Handman, who will share two original short plays The Sticking Point and She Wanted Points, with time for questions, answers, and reflections. Fran began her career in theatre as a singer/actress, and is now an actively engaged playwright with The American Renaissance Theater Company and The Playwrights Circle Workshop. In 2020 her monologue, The Sticking Point, won the August van der Becq award. In March 2021, a collection of 5 of Fran's short plays were produced for the public. Don’t miss this incredibly special program!
To register and receive the link, please click: Playwright Talk
Join us for an 8-week workshop as we learn and experience Jin Shin Jyutsu® exercises that can help to reduce stress and anxiety, boost circulation, and elicit the relaxation response. Jin Shin Jyutsu® is a holistic mind-body-spirit practice, which helps to balance and harmonize. It's a gentle, non-invasive, light touch practice to relax the mind, relax the body, decrease stress, calm the nervous system, boost the circulatory system, and stimulate the body's natural healing process. www.jsjnyc.com. Led by Teri Meissner, Certified Jin Shin Jyutsu® Practitioner and Self-Care Instructor
Thursdays, starting January 6, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Jan 27, 2022 12:30 PM
Feb 3, 2022 12:30 PM
Feb 10, 2022 12:30 PM
Feb 17, 2022 12:30 PM
Feb 24, 2022 12:30 PM
To register and receive the link, please click: Jin Shin Jyutsu
