07 Feb
POMEGRANATE: A VIDEO BY ORI GERSHT
VIDEO INSTALLATIONOPENS AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM ON MARCH 9
New York, NY - The Jewish Museum will present the video installation, Pomegranate: A Video by Ori Gersht, from March 9 to June 22, 2008. Referencing a still life by Baroque artist Juan Sánchez Cotán (Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber, 1602), […]
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05 Feb
FAMILY PURIM DANCE PARTY WITH SHIRA KLINE AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM SUNDAY, MARCH 16
NEW YORK, NY - Indie kiddie-rock sensation Shira Kline will present a concert and dance party for families in celebration of Purim at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 pm. Families can hear funky […]
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04 Feb
[ March 13, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
READING AND BOOK SIGNING WITH DALIA SOFER
AUTHOR OF THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ
AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM ON MARCH 13
New York, NY - A reading and book signing with Dalia Sofer, author of The Septembers of Shiraz (HarperCollins, $24.95), will take place at The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd […]
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01 Feb
[ March 9, 2008; 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
TWO SHOWS
THE PAPER BAG PLAYERS PERFORM
ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI
AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM
MARCH 9 AT 11:30 AM AND 2 PM
New York, NY - The Paper Bag Players will perform two shows of On Top of Spaghetti, a theater production for families at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, […]
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24 Jan
SNEAK PREVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL
QUEEN ESTHER
AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM ON FEBRUARY 25
NEW YORK, NY - On Monday, February 25 at 7:30 pm, The Jewish Museum will present a sneak preview of Queen Esther, a forthcoming musical comedy by composer Joshua Salzman and bookwriter/lyricist Ryan Cunningham, based on the Purim […]
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23 Jan
READING AND BOOK SIGNING WITH AMY BLOOM
AUTHOR OF AWAY
AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM ON FEBRUARY 28
New York, NY - A reading and book signing with Amy Bloom, author of Away (Random House, $23.95), will take place at The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, on Thursday, February 28 […]
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23 Jan
THE CUISINE AND LIFE OF JEWISH IN SYRIA AND EGYPT DISCUSSED BY AUTHORS POOPA DWECK AND LUCETTE LAGNADO AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM FEBRUARY 21
New York, NY - A conversation between Poopa Dweck, author of Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews (HarperCollins, $49.95), and Lucette Lagnado, author […]
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03 Jan
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
CAMILLE PISSARRO: IMPRESSIONS OF CITY AND COUNTRY
Through February 3, 2008
A founding member of the Impressionists and a master of depicting urban life and rural settings, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was the only artist to show his paintings in all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions from 1874 to 1886, and the only Impressionist who was […]
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03 Jan
NEW MEDIA CENTER INSTALLATIONS
POMEGRANATE: A VIDEO BY ORI GERSHT
March 9 through June 22, 2008
Referencing a still life by 16th century Spanish artist Juan Sánchez Cotán, Ori Gersht’s eerie and painterly video features a ripe pomegranate dangling from a string, and framed with other freshly harvested produce in a window. In slow motion a bullet slices […]
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03 Jan
NEW MEDIA CENTER INSTALLATIONS
OIL/WATER-MOTHER/DAUGHTER: VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MOR ARKADIR
March 9 through June 22, 2008
The Jewish Museum presents the documentary film Oil, Water (2005) and the photograph Overlap (2004) by Mor Arkadir, winner of the 2005 Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design, in the Museum’s Barbara and E. Robert Goodkind Media Center. […]
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