Tapestry
Arts & Ideas
More than a fun night out, a beautiful painting on the wall, or a good read on the bedside table, arts and ideas is a connection – through generations, across geography, and beyond our differences. Through performance, conversation, and exhibitions, we find a new language for exploring what unites us.
Our cornerstone program, Tapestry, is about celebration, exploration, and building a community through the arts. From the annual Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival to the year-round exhibitions and cultural events, Tapestry explores Jewish history, tradition, life, and future in a way the entire community can appreciate.
This JCC program is now part of our Beyond a Building efforts, where we serve the community online, virtually, or in the home. Tapestry: Arts & Ideas from the JCC continues to serve as a central hub for building community through the arts in Milwaukee. We are pleased to offer another truly unique online season that can be enjoyed in the comfort and safety of your home – no matter where you choose to spend the winter!
Click here to view the Tapestry Winter/Spring 2021 Season
Click here to get your Ticket to Tapestry
From January to June, this season will give you access to new and innovative programs including performances, author events, films, and classes designed specifically for our community, some with curbside pickup options to enhance your experience. While most programs offer a la carte pricing for tickets, we are excited to again offer a Ticket to Tapestry subscription for this season which will allow you to engage in top-quality arts and ideas programming while also receiving discounted pricing and access to a concierge program registration service.
Film
Film has long been a part of the modern Jewish experience; behind the camera, in the scenes, woven throughout the stories told.
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Visual Arts
The visual arts aren’t just decoration. They’re history and future, past and present, dialogue and action, knowledge and wisdom
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Performance
If it’s the Milwaukee Repretory Theater, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, or the Milwaukee Jewish Artists Lab - there’s no shortage of local voices, experts, and artists.
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Ideas
Great ideas, robust dialogue, and – yes – sometime vigorous debate. The world around us is complex, diverse, and ever-changing.
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Questions about our arts & culture programs?
Contact Rabbi Shari Shamah, Community Services and Program Director, at 414-967-8229 .
"“Each year we support Tapestry because we want our community to have access to the richness of theater, movies, and Jewish arts and ideas. The braiding of fellowship with others, while sharing common interests, means so much to us.” "
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