P’Chotchka returns on Monday, June 3rd (6 pm) at the Metropolitan Ballroom. Last year’s P’Chotchka--a fast-paced evening of art, food and ideas--was close to a sell-out. This year’s line-up of presenting artists is as stellar as it is diverse--Pedram Baldari, Debra Fisher Goldstein, Hayley Finn, Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg, Leslie Morris, Sara Shiff, Aaron Silver, and Denise Tennen. Buy your tickets at rimonmn.org

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Events

Wednesday, May 1. The Sabes JCC’s Lobby Gallery (4330 S Cedar Lake Rd, Mpls) hosts an exhibition of this year’s Keren Or photography winners. Keren Or (Ray of Light) is a creative arts forum for Minnesota’s Jewish teens. The exhibit runs through May 31. FFI: 952-381-3449

Thursday, May 2, 6:30 p.m. St Louis Park Friends of the Arts hosts a panel discussion at the Rec Center (3700 Monterey Dr, St Louis Park) with artists Dan Israel, Mari Harris, Xiaojie Liu, and Stacia Goodman on what fuels their creative work, how they navigate the creative process, and how their artwork makes a difference in their communities. FFI: info@slpfota.org

Thursday, May 2, 5 p.m. How are marginalized artists asked by institutions to turn their trauma into something digestible for audiences? How is expression limited and progress hindered by the ongoing exploitation of historical trauma? Through darkly comedic performance, installation, and discussion, Anat Shinar & Amal Rogers explore at the Walker Art Center (725 Vineland Pl, Mpls) how the pressure to produce work about these subjects can further alienate and exploit individuals and communities. FFI: walkerart.org

Friday, May 3, 6:30 p.m. Master percussionist Dror Sinai is a guest musician at Mount Zion Temple (1300 Summit Ave, St Paul) for the weekend. He begins by bringing his expertise in Mizrachi drumming to the Shabbat evening service. More teaching follows on Shabbat afternoon and a concert on Saturday evening. FFI: mzion.org

Friday, May 3, 8 p.m. The Minnesota Orchestra’s celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centenary continues with performances of his Divertimento and Serenade, after Plato’s Symposium. The performance at Orchestra Hall (1111 Nicollet Mall, Mpls) is repeated on May 4. FFI: 612-371-5642

Saturday, May 4, 5:30 p.m. Every spring the artists at Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art (250 3rd Ave N, Mpls) open their studios for a night. Some of the many outstanding artists whose work is featured are Harriet Bart, Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, Perci Chester, Phil Rosenbloom, Bonnie Heller, and Howard Oransky. FFI: trafficzoneart.com

Sunday, May 5, 1:30 p.m. Scholar/choreographer Judith Brin Ingber leads a multimedia discussion of the Birth of Israeli Dance at Mount Zion Temple (1300 Summit Avenue, St. Paul). Master teacher Shira Schwartz is on hand to teach the audience a multitude of Israeli dances, classic and contemporary.FFI: mzion.org.

Sunday, May 5, 2 p.m. Celebrate the imagination and twenty-two local teens whose poetry, creative prose and photographs won awards in the annual Keren Or contest. The awards ceremony takes place at the Sabes JCC (4330 S Cedar Lake Rd, Mpls) and is open to all. FFI: rimon@sabesjcc.org

Monday, May 6, 1:30 p.m. Filmmaker/photographer Daniel Blaufuks presents his new film Judenrein in the U of M’s Memorial Union (300 Washington Ave SE, Mpls) as part of the Center for Jewish Studies’ symposium The Hyphenated Jew. FFI: jwst@umn.edu

Wednesday, May 8, 1 p.m. The Sabes and St Paul JCCs host artist-in-residence Caroline Rothstein for a workshop, Pikuach Nefesh: The Art of Art at the Sabes JCC (4330 S Cedar Lake Rd, Mpls). In this workshop participants will explore their authentic voices as artists, using Jewish rituals and texts to anchor the journey. FFI: sabesjcc.org

Thursday, May 9, 1 p.m. Caroline Rothstein offers a second workshop for adults, Words Create Worlds: Using Art for Social Change, at the St. Paul JCC (1375 St Paul Ave). The workshop focuses on how writing, poetry, and language can be used to help repair the world. The workshop will celebrate our passions and cultivate a deep understanding of how to most effectively and meaningful share that with our communities and the world. FFI: sabesjcc.org

Wednesday, May 8, 7 p.m. The Chai Light Chorus presents A Spring Sing with Bing and Sting –The Music of Bing Crosby & Gordon Sumner. The performance is produced and directed by Mark Bloom at Beth El Synagogue (5225 Barry St W, SLP). The concert is repeated on May 9 (2 p.m.) FFI: mark.bloomtru2life@gmail.com

Thursday, May 9, 7 p.m. Caroline Rothstein performs original poems and monologues at the St Paul JCC (1375 St Paul Ave) about finding resilience and hope in the wake of challenge and adversity. Caroline shares stories about how Jewish roots and faith ushered her towards perseverance. FFI: stpauljcc.org

Thursday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. Join J-Pride and Adath Jeshurun’s Keruv committee for a screening of The Infamous T, a documentary following the story of a local 18-year-old participant in Avenues for Homeless Youth’s GLBT Host Home program. Learn about LGBTQIA+ housing and community and how to create safer, more accessible LGBTQIA+ spaces within the Jewish community. RSVP: keruv@adath.net

Through May 10. Photographer Vince Leo has created a contemplative body of work, Remembered as a Blessing: Memorial Stones in Jewish Cemeteries. On view at the St Paul JCC (1375 St Paul Ave), the photos are a meditation on love and the great mystery and sadness of death. FFI: stpauljcc.org

Friday, May 17, 5 p.m. Where to begin with Art-a-Whirl in NE Mpls, the largest annual open artist studio tour in the country? You might start with the California Building (2205 California Ave, Mpls) with visits to the studios of artists Susan Weinberg, Brenda Litman, and Martin Arend. This exceptional open studio event runs through May 19. FFI: nemaa.org/art-a-whirl/

Friday, May 17, 5:30 p.m. TC PHOTO hosts a community celebration and silent auction in honor of photographer Linda Brooks. The auction will support TC Photo’s first book publication, PROXIMITIES: Reflections on Art, Education, and Activism, a Survey of the Work of Linda Brooks. Featuring prints and publications by 50 award-winning artists, the auction will be held in the Koechel Peterson Building (2600 East 26th St, Mpls). FFI: tcphotomn.org

Friday, May 17, 7:30 p.m. Chorus Polaris presents Millennia: Psalms Ancient and Modern at the Christ the King Lutheran Church (1900 7th St NW, New Brighton). Highlights of the concert include Bernstein's sublime Chichester Psalms. The concert is repeated on May 19 (5 p.m.) at Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, Mpls (511 Groveland Ave, Mpls). FFI: choruspolaris.org

Friday, May 17, 8 p.m. Musician/Composer Eddie Estrin performs a set of his original songs live at Art-a-Whirl. Jam out all weekend long, Estrin performs again Saturday at Rotondo's Hideaway (Studio 1026 24th Ave NE, Mpls). FFI: eddieestrin.com/gigs

Saturday, May 18, 8 p.m. Form + Content Gallery (210 N 2nd St, #104, Mpls) hosts an opening for Layers of Time, an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Howard Oransky, Stuart Nielsen and Clarence Morgan. The exhibit, which runs through June 22, celebrates the perspective of artistic change over time. FFI: formandcontent.org

Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m. Or Emet (768 Hamline Ave S, St Paul) hosts its third annual art and performance program featuring work by artists and musicians from the congregation. It’s a great chance to see a range of creative talents and styles and  to broaden your perspective about what Jewish art can be. FFI: ttsp.org

Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m. Film Buffs will not want to miss the Yiddish Vinkl's screening of the classic music melodrama, Bar Mitzvah. This restored early film stars Boris Thomashefsky, the foremost stage actor in New York's Yiddish Theater. The main character believes his wife was lost at sea and remarries a scheming gold digger. The first wife returns home on the eve of their son's Bar Mitzvah. Emotions run high at the Sabes JCC (4330 Cedar Lake Rd, SLP). FFI:  minneapolisyiddishvinkl.com

Sunday, May 19, 3 p.m. Happy Birthday, Israel! Join your friends at the St Paul JCC (1375 St. Paul Ave) to celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut with Israel Through the Arts, a day of performance, music, demonstrations, exhibits, family activities, food vendors, an artists’ shuk, Tel Aviv pool party and more. FFI: stpualjcc.org

Through May 19. The Minnesota Jewish Theater Company (1978 Ford Pkwy, St Paul) presents Shul by Sheldon Wolf. The remaining congregants of an old synagogue must decide what to do with their dilapidated building in this charming new work that explores what it means to be Jewish for different generations while touching on themes of religious tradition, gentrification, and poverty.  FFI: mnjewishtheatre.org

Thursday, May 30, 7:30 p.m. Adath Jeshurun Congregation (10500 Hillside Lane W, Minnetonka) presents four of the Conservative movement’s top women cantors in Divas on the Bima. For a night of gorgeous singing and high spirits, check it out. FFI: adathjeshurun.org

Through May 30. The Tychman Shapiro Gallery at the Sabes JCC (4330 S Cedar Lake Rd, Mpls) hosts Passover Landscapes: Illuminations on the Exodus, featuring works by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz. His goal is to create compositions that reflect the moral dimension latent in the written word.  FFI: rawend@sabesjcc.org  

Saturday, June 1, 7 p.m. Z Puppets Rosenschnoz (4054 Chicago Ave., Mpls) presents Through the Narrows: A Watch it, Make it, Take it Event. Take a place at the table and call into action someone who inspires you to make the next step towards liberation from life’s narrow passages. This intimate puppet theater experience delves into the rich emotional landscape of struggle, loss, and triumph which we inherit and inhabit. The production runs through June 15. FFI: zpuppets.org/through-the-narrows.

Saturday, June 1. The much-traveled interfaith exhibit, Life, Loss, and Legacy, created by the Jewish Women Artists' Circle, moves to the walls of Unity Church Unitarian (733 Portland Ave, St Paul). The exhibit runs through June 30. FFI: lucyrosefisher.com

Saturday, June 1, 9 a.m. Temple Israel (2323 Fremont Ave S, Mpls) hosts guest Israeli artist Avner Moriah for a Torah study on the subject of From Text to Image: A Journey through the Bible.  Moriah has addressed a wide range of Jewish and Israeli themes during the four decades of his artistic journey. His work promises to delight and inspire all those who love the Bible and art. FFI: 612-306-7370

Monday, June 3, 6 p.m. The wait is over. P’Chotchka, Rimon’s annual fast-paced evening of art, food, and ideas, returns to the Metropolitan Ballroom (5418 Wayzata Blvd, Golden Valley). This year’s line-up of presenting artists is as stellar as it is diverse--Pedram Baldari, Debra Fisher Goldstein, Hayley Finn, Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg, Leslie Morris, Sara Shiff, Aaron Silver, and Denise Tennen. Last year was close to a sell-out. Buy your tickets at rimonmn.org

Wednesday, June 5, 7:30 p.m. The St Paul JCC Symphony Orchestra finishes its season with powerful pieces of music that evoke the drama of opera and the movement of ballet dancers. Under the baton of Amir Kats, the orchestra shows why it’s one of the oldest, continuously operating community orchestras in the country. FFI: stpauljcc.org

Opportunities

1. Kabbalah is ancient spiritual wisdom that explores our relationship with ourselves, with others, and with the Divine. Join Joy Gordon for six creative, interactive sessions at the Sabes JCC on Thursday evenings May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and June 6 (7– 8:30 pm) with meditation, text study, discussions, storytelling, art, and music. The class will take you on a journey to navigate the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions of life to achieve greater wholeness. The cost is $80 (couples $130). FFI: joy@joyofkabbalah.com

2. The St. Paul and Sabes JCCs invite the community for a grand celebration of Israel’s 71st Birthday with Israel Through The Arts on Sunday, May 19 (3-5 pm) at the St Paul JCC. There will be a variety of exhibits, demonstrations, performances, food, crafts and more for all generations. As part of this community event the JCCs are facilitating an artist shuk (marketplace) and are looking for Judaic artists to display and sell their creations at the event. Over 1000 participants are expected at the event. Why not be a part of it?! Contact Ben Savin at 651-255-4768 or bens@stpauljcc.org for more information.

3. City-School Calendar Photo Contest. Submit your photo of your favorite place in St. Louis Park by May 30 for a chance to see it in the 2019-20 calendar, mailed to every household in the city! FFI: www.stlouispark.org/our-city/arts-culture/city-school-calendar-photo-contest

4. Are you a young composer (under the age of 19 before June 1, 2019)? If so, you’re eligible for the MN Sinfonia Young Composers 2019 New Works Competition. Just submit original works - no entry fee! Composers must be native-born or current residents of the state of Minnesota. The selected work will be performed by the MN Sinfonia as part of its July 2019 concert at the Minneapolis Lake Harriet Bandshell. A selected composer receives a $500 stipend and the opportunity to work with MN Sinfonia's resident conductor/composer Jay Fishman to refine the piece for the Sinfonia. Deadline June 10. FFI: jfishmanmusic@gmail.com

5. The Peninsula Jewish Community Center is accepting submissions for a group exhibit at PJCC and is inviting artists of all faiths and cultures to submit their work for consideration. This call for art proposes to illuminate hate speech, its historically destructive manifestations, and its consequences for humanity. The exhibit was originally created by Jewish Art Salon members Robin Atlas and Nancy Current. It features their narratives Lashon Hara and L’dor Vador and has toured Canada, the Pacific Northwest, and New York City.  This version of the exhibit is being expanded to create a larger community conversation and encourages participation by artists of different faiths and cultures who are conscious of the issue of hate speech as part of daily life. Deadline: June 30, 11:59 p.m. FFI: OCHS32019@gmail.com  

6.  Have you ever wanted to get a new project off the ground? Do you want to start something special but just don’t have the resources? Then the YALA Grassroots Mini-Grant is for you! Thanks to the vision, guidance and support of the Minneapolis and St Paul Federations, there is now a way to get funds and resources into the hands of the individuals in the Twin Cities Jewish communities. These grants are being made available for young professionals and college students. FFI: csmith@jewishtwincities.org

7. Kol HaOt, a Jerusalem-based organization that combines the arts with Jewish themes, history and ideas, welcomes visual artists who are fascinated with Judaism’s rich sources to apply to its Artist-in-Residence program. The artist is given a spacious working space at no cost to work on creative artwork(s) that explore the intersection of the arts, Judaism and Jewish sources. The Kol HaOt center is located in the Chutzot HaYotzer Artists Colony, just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls, in a quiet yet urban atmosphere. Kol HaOt staff provide logistic and administrative assistance and familiarity with the local artistic cultural and religious scenes. The artist works daily in an artistically, culturally and historically rich environment and interacts with gallery visitors and the Kol HaOt team. Applications for this short-term residency (1 to 4 months) are accepted on an ongoing basis.. FFI: kolhaot.com

8. The American Guild of Judaic Art celebrates the rich diversity and sacred beauty of Judaic art around the world. Its goal is to establish a community for those who are inspired to fulfill the commandment of hiddur mitzvah by creating, collecting, and exhibiting Jewish art. The Guild hosts an artists roster of international talent and offers online educational opportunities. Among the artists whose work is featured at its website is Minnesota-based glass artist Claude Riedel. FFI: jewishart.org

9. Do you know someone with a passion for the arts and Jewish culture? Someone who is eager to translate that passion into a career? If so, consider enrolling in George Washington University’s Master's in Experiential Education and Jewish Cultural Arts program, a unique degree program that brings together faculty from Museum Education and Judaic Studies to train the next generation of professionals in the growing field of Jewish arts and culture. Qualified applicants may also receive up to 85 percent tuition support with a grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation. FFI: eejca@gwu.edu or 202-994-6281

10. Masa Israel Journey connects Jewish young adults to gap year, study abroad, post-college, and volunteer programs. Some Masa Israel programs of note include the Rimon Music Experience, WUJS Israel Arts-Tel Aviv and Dance Jerusalem. Through these immersive experiences, lasting between five and twelve months, participants develop a deep, personal connection to Israel and Jewish life. FFI: masainfo@masaisrael.org

11. Springboard for the Arts’ Emergency Relief Fund exists to help cover unexpected emergency expenses due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastrophic, career-threatening events. Artists who can demonstrate an artistic history and need may access up to $500 to meet or defray such expenses. Payment is made directly to the creditor, not to the artist. FFI: 651-379-0871

12. The St. Paul JCC hosts a weekly class of Israeli folk dancing taught by master teacher Shira Schwartz. The class is open to both novice and expert every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. FFI: 651-255-4736

13. For those with little to no prior art experience but who wish to learn or perfect their techniques, join the Sabes JCC ongoing art class “Let’s Paint, Draw and Have Fun,” led by instructor Lou Kotlarz. The class meets every Monday at 10 a.m. FFI: info@sabesjcc.org