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Asheville JCC

Arts & Culture

Parties Around Town 2023

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Reconnect with your JCC friends this summer!

“Parties Around Town” (PAT) is a biennial summer fun(d) raiser for the JCC and we are planning an exciting season! This series of summer parties features a variety of themes, locations, ticket prices, and hosts. Purchase tickets to attend one, a couple, or all of the Parties Around Town! Ticket revenue supports the Asheville JCC.

Click below to purchase tickets to each party.

Sunday, June 25 / 3:00-5:00 pm

The ancient practice of Yoga Nidra will guide you into deep relaxation. Rest in a cocoon of blankets & pillows and relax your body & mind to remember who you are. Yoga Nidra can help manage stress but also has the power to help you release, remember, & renew. All props provided but bring a favorite blanket, comfy socks or pillow, and a journal. No yoga experience is needed.

Host: Sharon Hyman
Location: Sharon’s home (38 Hibriten Drive, AVL 28801)
Price: $54 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Sunday, July 2 / 3:00 pm

A traditional afternoon tea with a selection of dainty sandwiches (including thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches, of course), scones with clotted cream and preserves, and cakes.

Host: Jeri Krassner and Jane Saber
Location: JCC
Price: $40 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Saturday, July 8 / 4:00 pm

BYOG! Win some prizes! Dinner and fun with fellow tabletop gamers. Play MTG, Catan, YU-GI-OH, Betrayal at the House on the Hill, and more. Bring something to play or just enjoy what others have to offer.

Host: Aislinn McShane and Emma-Li Showfety
Location: JCC
Price: $25 per person/$15 for staff. Click HERE for tickets. Staff tickets may be purchased at the front desk.

Sunday, July 9 | 10:00 am – noon

Bring your tots aged 2-4, and make a splash at our new’ishcomers bash! Waiting to introduce yourself to your new Jewish community, or just haven’t gotten around to it? Join us for a FUNdraising event and meet your new friends. Splash in the kiddie pool, relax on the lawn with PJ Library books and games, and enjoy a spread of donuts, beverages, bagels, and schmear!

Host: Cindy & Keith Smith, Katy & Chaim Salomon
Location: JCC Kiddie Pool
Price: $36 per family. Click HERE for tickets

Thursday, July 13 / noon

Learn to bake challah for Shabbat with Emily Baron, a local baker.

Host: Barbara Lebovitz-Nichol & Natalie Kramer-Shaw
Location: JCC
Price: $25 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Thursday, July 20 | noon–4:00 pm

Come join us either as an individual player or with your Mahj game players to enjoy an afternoon of fun and food.

Hosts: Gail Sobel and Henrietta Cuttler
Location: Asheville JCC
Price: $36 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Saturday, July 22 | 7:30 -10:00 pm

Oh Splash Yeah! Come party at our Adult Pool Party! We’ll have food and drinks — night swimming is our jam! Isn’t the J the best? xoxo

Hosts: Margaret Teich, Rachel Hines, Carolyn Small, & Margaret Byrd
Location: Asheville JCC David Zimerman Pool
Price: $25 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Sunday, July 23 / 7:00 -10:00 pm

“Mercy, Mercy Me”, we “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” so don’t “Shop Around” for another PAT! This one is “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” to be “What’s Going On”! No need to be “Dancing in the Streets” as you groove to Motown Sounds of “In the Pocket” featuring the Paula Hanke. “Heard It through the Grapevine” there’ll be party munchies and drinks. Get ready to “Get Your Groove On”!

Hosts: Amy & Paul Silverman, Ellen & Alan Kellam, Tracy & Len Levi, Carol & Bob Wenom
Location: Asheville JCC
Price: $54 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Saturday, July 29 | 6:00 pm

Using your travel memories and inspired by the beauty of our world, we will create a multi-course dinner at our home paired with wines from around the globe. Get ready to be transported to amazing places. We will learn together, share experiences, and make memories.

Hosts: Josh & Elizabeth Bernstein, Alan & Cindy Feiler
Location: Bernstein home, 392 Charlotte Street
Price: $180 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Sunday, August 6 / 11:00 am-1:30 pm

Back by popular demand! Enjoy a delicious brunch of lox, bagels, blintzes, veggies, fruit and all the fixins. We’ll finish up with surprise entertainment. Reserve early; sellout predicted!

Hosts: Marti & Julian Biller, Nadine & Ed Fidelman, Judi Goloff, Hedy & Don Jacobson
Location: Asheville JCC
Price: $30 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Sunday, August 13 | 11:30 am – 2:00 pm

Come join us on Henrietta’s porch for lox and bagels and all of the trimmings

Host: Henrietta Cuttler & Gloria Pincu
Location: Henrietta’s (50 Tiverton Lane, AVL 28803)
Price: $25 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Sunday, August 20 | 4:00 pm

Join the JCC for a special Klezmer-Bluegrass concert featuring local band Zoe and Cloyd. Relax on the lawn to unique genre-bending tunes, order dinner from Tahini Jar food truck, and sip local brews! Hear more about Zoe & Cloyd on the JCC’s podcast here.

Host: Asheville JCC
Location: JCC Camp Field
Price: $25 per family. Click HERE for tickets

Thursday, August 24 | 3:00 – 7:00 pm

Exciting music and arts expo featuring Asheville’s most talented teens: bands, singers, comedy, magic, and more!

Host: Asheville JCC
Location: JCC Camp Field
Price: $10 per person. Click HERE for tickets

Sponsored by:

Dr. Michael and Della Weizman

Congregation Beth Israel

Emily Baron, Local Baker

Del Vecchios Italian Food

Gamers’ Haunt

2021 JCC Purim CARnival

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This year’s Carnival is presented by High Touch High Tech of Western North Carolina

NEW THIS YEAR: This year, the JCC’s Purim CARnival is going to be an exciting, COVID-safe, activity-filled car parade! Dress up your family’s car for the car costume contest, tune in to the JCC’s Purim playlist for music, games, and contests, and taste delicious Purim treats that will available for purchase on the day of the event. Watch jugglers, balloon twisters, and other performances from the comfort of your vehicle, and pose from your window for an in-car snapshot of your decorated vehicle! You won’t want to miss this creative adaption of the JCC’s popular Purim festival on February 28 from 12:30 – 2:30 PM!

Admission is $18 per car, and tickets are on sale now!

To purchase tickets to this year’s Purim CARnival, click here.

For more information, email geri@jcc-asheville.org

Mishloach Manot Basket Sale: Through Friday, February 26

On Purim, it is customary to give mishloach manot, or gifts of food, to friends and neighbors. The JCC’s sale of Mishloach Manot Baskets lets families exchange gift boxes with friends, classmates, teachers and community members. The baskets include traditional Purim cookies, a mask, a noisemaker, and other edible treats.  The cost of mishcloach manot is $10 for each children’s basket. Proceeds support the JCC’s many programs and offerings. A no-contact pick-up of mischloach manot bags will take place outside of the main JCC building on Thursday, February 25 or Friday, February 26.
For more information, contact: tami@jcc-asheville.org

To purchase one child Mishloach Manot basket online, click here.

To purchase two child Mishloach Manot baskets online, click here. 

To Purchase three child Mishloach Manot baskets online, click here. 

Virtual JCC Book Club

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The JCC’s virtual book club meets online on the second Tuesday of each month to focus on Jewish authors and/or themes in both fiction and non-fiction. Each month a new book is selected by the group. The discussions focus on but are not limited to aspects of the author’s life that may have influenced his or her writing, key literary themes in the works, and how the work may be seen in the larger context of Jewish history and current events.

Click here for details about upcoming Virtual JCC Book Club meetings.

Contact info@jcc-asheville.org for more information or to join the discussions.

Winter Care Package Drive

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As a way to teach and implement Tikkun Olam (repair the world) JCC Kids After School program will be assembling winter care packages for our community members. Help us to warm our neighbors this holiday season. Donations needed between Monday, Nov. 23 – Wednesday, Nov 25

-Drop off available at a box located in front of the JCC building during JCC Kids program hours (2p-6p).

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JCC Hanukkah Shuk

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The Hanukkah Shuk is in a new location this year: the JCC Aquatics Center Party Room at 40 Clyde Street, just a block away from the main JCC facility parking lot. Come shop for all your Hanukkah supplies from November 23 – December 17 from 8 am – 5 pm. We’ll have face coverings in festive Hanukkah prints, plants, dreidels, candles, menorahs, wrapping paper, gifts and toys. For the health and safety of shoppers, wellness checks will be required before entering the Aquatics Center and the number of shoppers will be limited to 3 at a time. 

The shuk will be closed on Thanksgiving and on Saturdays.

Broadway Backstage with The Osher Marin JCC (San Rafael, CA)

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We are delighted to partner with our friends at The Osher Marin JCC (San Rafael, CA) to bring you Broadway Backstage – a Series of online Broadway “Backstage” Experiences with Special Guests, Stars from the Stage!

You’re invited to take part in either a 4-part series  of special evenings with Broadway performers ($60), or any one of the four evenings separately ($20). The programs are hosted by Osher Marin JCC  Program Director & Broadway/opera instructor James Sokol, who will sneak you in the Stage Door to go “backstage” on Broadway! A different, special guest theater professional – who brings his/her unique expertise, experiences and insights to the discussion – will be featured at each of these exclusive, behind-the-scenes visits. Live Q&A and photos/video clips (when available) will enrich the experience.

The events take place online on four Thursdays between Sept 3-24 from 4:00-5:30pm (EDT) on the Zoom platform.

Your ticket purchase helps support not only this program, but also our special guests – theater professionals – who are mostly or completely out of work.

Come learn, off-stage, what makes the magic happen on-stage!

For Series details & tickets, click here.

 

The Special Guests for September:

 

Tim Dolan – The Walking Broadway Encyclopedia (Sep 3)

Begin our Broadway journey by touring the Southern Times Square area with the incomparable and multi-talented Tim Dolan. When not performing, Dolan runs his small business offerings the district’s premiere tours. Explore some of the theaters from 41st to 44th Streets. Hear about the titans & legends associated with these theaters and much, much more! For tickets to this single meeting, click here. 

 

Caitlin Kinnunen – The Tony Nominee! (Sep 10)

After making her Broadway debut at age 16 in Spring Awakening, Caitlin Kinnunen went on to The Bridges of Madison County and, most recently, to the leading role of Emma Nolan in the 2018 The Prom, earning a Tony nomination for “Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.” For tickets to this single meeting, click here. 

 

Amy Justman – The “Leading Lady of Crossover” (Sep 17)

With a career spanning musical theater, classical music, jazz & beyond, Amy Justman has performed on Broadway in the 2006 revival of Sondheim’s Company, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, In Transit and, most recently, covering and performing for both Renée Fleming and Jessie Mueller in the revival of Carousel. For tickets to this single meeting, click here.  

 

Max Clayton – The Chorus-star (Sep 24)

More than a “chorister,” Max Clayton has emerged as one of the premier, most in-demand chorus boys of Broadway – a “chorus-star!” After his Broadway debut in On the Town, Clayton went on to be in the ensembles (and, in some cases, the understudy for the leads) in the revivals of Gigi and Hello Dolly! and in Something Rotten!, Bandstand, Pretty Woman and, most recently, the hit Moulin Rouge!

For tickets to this single meeting, click here.