COMMUNITY + CALENDAR

  • The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Violins of Hope

    Ordway Center For Performing Arts 345 Washington Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

    This powerful program features violins once played by Holocaust survivors, each instrument carrying a story of resilience, loss and hope. Through music inspired by Jewish traditions, the concert honors memory while lifting the spirit. The program includes stirring string solos and a performance of Shostakovich’s Quartet, featuring SPCO’s principal string players. It’s a deeply moving […]

  • The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Violins of Hope

    Ordway Center For Performing Arts 345 Washington Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

    This powerful program features violins once played by Holocaust survivors, each instrument carrying a story of resilience, loss and hope. Through music inspired by Jewish traditions, the concert honors memory while lifting the spirit. The program includes stirring string solos and a performance of Shostakovich’s Quartet, featuring SPCO’s principal string players. It’s a deeply moving […]

  • Hadassah Great Mahj Get-Together

    The Hadassah Minneapolis St. Paul Annual Great Mahj Get-Together is scheduled for Sunday, May 17, from 1-3:30 p.m. The location will be provided with your e-mail confirmation after you register. This is not a tournament but rather a simple gathering to play Mahj, with door prizes and light refreshments. It also is a local fun(d)raiser […]

  • The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Violins of Hope

    Ordway Center For Performing Arts 345 Washington Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

    This powerful program features violins once played by Holocaust survivors, each instrument carrying a story of resilience, loss and hope. Through music inspired by Jewish traditions, the concert honors memory while lifting the spirit. The program includes stirring string solos and a performance of Shostakovich’s Quartet, featuring SPCO’s principal string players. It’s a deeply moving […]

  • Music, Memory, and Resistance: A Book Talk with Dr. James A. Grymes

    Minnesota JCC Capp Center St. Paul 1375 ST. PAUL AVE, St. Paul, MN, United States

    Internationally renowned musicologist James A. Grymes discusses his National Jewish Book Award–winning book Violins of Hope, a powerful account of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. The book also tells the story of Israeli violinmakers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, who restore these instruments and the histories they carry. Grymes explores how the violin […]

  • World Premiere Performance: Alex Lubet, Amy Levy: Songs of Love and Loss, for mountain dulcimer and mezzo-soprano

    Register for this event https://z.umn.edu/AmyLevyRSVP Date: Tuesday, May 19 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Minnesota JCC Sabes Center, Minneapolis (4330 Cedar Lake Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55416) About the Event: Amy Levy: Songs of Love and Loss, a new musical composition for mezzo-soprano (Victoria Vargas) and mountain dulcimer (Alex Lubet) by University of Minnesota Center for Jewish […]