Events

In advance of the RiverArts Studio Tour this November, RiverArts will host a preview exhibition of works by select participating artists at the J. Stop by for a reception and celebration of local art and artists. This is a FREE event.

Folk singer Pete Seeger impacted the world with traditional folk songs, songs of activism and protest, songs from around the world and his own anthems of affirmation. Robert Cohen, an accomplished speaker, has been lecturing on American folk and popular music for over a quarter of a century and will share his vast knowledge and […]

Make connections while learning a new craft in our terrarium-making workshop! Sponsored by Regeneron as part of their Day for Doing Good, you’ll be paired with a volunteer to work together on making a tropical plant micro-garden with mini-houseplants, stones, and preserved mosses to re-create a natural landscape in a glass container. The class is […]

Come discuss the first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant with only a high school education who went on to be dubbed by Life Magazine “the most important woman in the American government.” As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s special envoy to Europe in World War II, Rosenberg went where the president couldn’t […]

FREE for members; $5 for non-members If you’re a fan of Perry Mason, Law and Order or just good old-fashioned suspense, join us for our first courtroom transcript roundtable reading! Much like a table reading for a play, participants will be assigned parts (judge, attorney, plaintiff, etc.) from an edited transcript of a famous trial. […]

In partnership with COPE, the Shames JCC presents: Mindful Grief Workshop with Dr. Amy Gross. Grief and loss are deeply felt and part of our human experience. What can bring us greater ease and peace in the midst of pain is letting go of our resistance to it. In this workshop, participants will engage in […]