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KOFFLER ROCKS!
Randy Bachman & Special Guests
A GLORIOUS GALA EVENING OF POP, ROCK, JAZZ, AND R&B WITH A JEWISH SPIN
HOSTED BY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MICHAEL WEX
Canadian music superstar Randy Bachman from The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive together for the first time for one night only with Canadian indie and alt-country stars The Sadies and two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer/songwriter Melanie Fiona.
Presented by Canada's only contemporary Jewish cultural institution.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Artscape Wychwood Barns
601 Christie St.
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FUGUING AROUND WITH BACH, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN
Sunday, March 10, 2013 | 3:30 PM | The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West
General: Advance tickets $20 | Door $25 | Koffler Members: Advance tickets $15 | Door $20
The final concert of the 2012-13 Koffler Chamber Orchestra season features baroque music performed in the beautiful ballroom of Toronto's historic Victorian-turned-Art hotel, the Gladstone.
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SPRING 2013 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Sign up NOW for Koffler classes this spring at the Prosserman JCC, the Schwartz/Reisman Centre and The Leo Baeck Day School! Featured classes include:
Family Art, All ages
Kid-friendly workshops designed to introduce your child/ren to the arts. Each class will feature a unique project that you and your family can complete together. Ideal for parents, grandparents and/or caregivers and their young children age 2-12. Instructor: Kathrynn Rosati.
Schwartz/Reisman Centre
Sunday, 10 AM - 12 PM
April 7 - June 9, 2013 | $250 - $350
Family Pottery, All Ages
Spend creative quality time together with your children making functional, sculptural and decorative objects. We'll have fun learning the basic clay construction methods like pinching, coiling and working with flat slabs. For kids 4 yrs old and up and adult 105 yrs old and down - come with grandparents, parents or caregivers. Open to the community and Leo Baeck families. Instructor: Firth MacMillan. The Leo Baeck Day School Sundays, 12:30 - 2:30 PM
April 7 - May 26, 2013 | $200 - $300 Encaustic Workshops, Adults
This is a comprehensive encaustic workshop that covers everything from setting up an encaustic studio and the basics of painting with hot wax, to working with a variety of mediums and techniques. Students will explore traditional encaustic practice as well as ink transfers, stenciling, collage and working with found objects. No painting experience necessary. Instructor: Sari Zon.
Schwartz/Reisman Centre
Thursdays, 10 AM - 1 PM
April 18 - May 9, 2013 | $190
Prosserman JCC
Monday - Wednesday, 10 AM - 4 PM
June 17 - 19, 2013 | $285 Drawing for Beginners, Adults
Designed for beginners and students who want to revisit basic principles in drawing. Emphasis will be on how to create successful composition and improve proportions. Using lines, tones and texture as visual elements student will draw from still life and photos. Instructor: Sadko Hadzihasanovic.
Prosserman JCC
Fridays, 1 PM - 3 PM
May 3 - June 21, 2013 | $300  |
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ESTER RADA: UNPLUGGED
Thursday, March 21, 2013, 8 PM | Bang & Olufsen, 175 Avenue Rd.
$10 (Suggested Donation, proceeds go to Regent Park - School of Music)
Ester Rada's cross-cultural sound is a deep reflection of the Israeli born Ethiopian's heritage. Ester has most recently teamed up with acclaimed Israeli producers Kuti (Kutiman/Thru-You) and Sabbo (Soulico), to release her first self-written and composed solo EP "gracefully combining Ethio-Jazz, funk, soul and r&b, with mixed undertones of black grooves."
Presented by Size Doesn't Matter. Koffler Centre of the Arts is proud to be a Community Partner.
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TORONTO JEWISH LITERARY FESTIVAL
SAVE THE DATES! June 1 - 9, 2013 | Various venues
The re-envisioned 2013 Toronto Jewish Literary Festival features top-quality literary programs geared towards diverse audiences in different locations and in partnership with other Jewish organizations across the city.
This year's Festival includes Opening Night with Fania Oz-Salzberger launching Jews and Words, co-written with her father Amos Oz; the 30th anniversary of None is Too Many with co-author Irving Abella; late-night poetry and prose readings with local Jewish writers at the Miles Nadal JCC; the 25th annual Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards; and KidLit! - an extraordinary day devoted entirely to children's Jewish literature programming presented together with the Schwartz/Reisman Centre.
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IN THE COMMUNITY
The State of Yiddish in Interwar Poland: A lecture by Dr. Samuel Kassow
Sunday, March 17, 2013, 2 - 3:30 PM | Toronto Workmen's Circle, 471 Lawrence Ave. West
Dr. Samuel Kassow is the author of The Distinctive Life of East European Jewry and Who will Write our History: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Secret Ghetto Archive, and is the Shoshana Shier Distinguished Visiting Professor, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto.
Presented by UJA Federation's Committee for Yiddish & Toronto Workmen's Circle
Full details: 416.635.2883 x5189 | committeeforyiddish@ujafed.org or 416.787.2081 | wcarto@yahoo.com
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Koffler Centre of the Arts
4588 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M2R 1W6
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The Koffler Centre of the Arts is Canada's only multidisciplinary, contemporary Jewish cultural institution. We present cutting-edge exhibitions of new Canadian and international art, and diverse programs in music, dance, literature, film, spoken word, and theatre. Our programs welcome everyone from every background. The Koffler Centre of the Arts is an agency of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. Thank you to our supporters: 
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JOIN THE KOFFLER!
Join ENVISION, the Koffler Centre of the Arts' membership program.
Benefits include access to special member's events, great discounts and more.
Membership begins at just $80.
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