Arts & Culture

Tapestry: Arts and Ideas

Adults Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC
Tapestry is about celebration, exploration, and building a community through the arts. Through performance, conversation, and exhibitions, we find a new language for exploring what unites us.
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The JCC’s focus on arts and ideas extends beyond any one discipline, and celebrates the wide spectrum of Jewish thought across all mediums.

We know that Jewish culture and arts are the common denominator of the Jewish people, and the backbone of a Jewish community. The arts tie us together, provoke us, help us express ourselves.

The arts build community.

From a staged reading to a featured symphonic performance, Tapestry Arts & Ideas at the JCC partners with artists and experts around the world – and right here in Milwaukee – to bring our community meaningful moments across the entire spectrum of Jewish life, culture, and tradition.

Upcoming Events

Arts & Culture Events

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Thu

05

Aging Wisely

Age: 60 – 99 years
March 05 at
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Every Thursday from February 12 to March 5
$45 Members / $50 Community
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC

Arts & Culture Events

Book cover titled "Two Envelopes: What You Want Your Loved Ones To Know When You Die" with two blue envelopes labeled #1 and #2, and a photo of author Rusty Rosman.

Thu

12

What Loved Ones Need to Know

Age: 18 – 99 years
March 12 at 01:00pm
Member $25.00 / Community $30.00
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC

Talking about death isn’t easy—but it’s one of the greatest gifts we can give the people we love. In Two Envelopes, author Rusty Rosman combines wisdom, humor, and deep empathy to guide readers through the emotional and practical realities of end-of-life planning. Her compassionate storytelling transforms a difficult topic into an empowering act of care and clarity.

Arts & Culture Events

Promotional graphic for Tapestry's Banned Book Club by the Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC and Coalition for Jewish Learning, Milwaukee Jewish Federation.

Tue

17

Banned Book Club: March The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

Age: 14 – 99 years
March 17 at 01:00pm
$5 Members / $7 Community
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC

Explore books that spark conversation, challenge ideas, and sometimes… get banned! Our Banned Book Club meets once per month – join us for meaningful, thought-provoking discussions about literature and the reasons certain books have faced bans.

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