Mount Vernon Virtuosi: Around the World in Seven Cellos
Mount Vernon Virtuosi will be performing Around the World in Seven Cellos at the Bender JCC! There are two opportunities to see this incredible concert: Family Concert | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Free General Public Concert | 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Free The Family Concert is a great way to introduce the youngsters […]
J Talks: Journeys Through Television and Film History
Wednesdays in February | Virtual via Zoom | 2:00 PM | $10/lecture Attend all 4 sessions for only $36! Join us for this virtual lecture series led by Brian Rose, professor emeritus at Fordham University. He’s written several books on television history and cultural programming, and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, […]
Adult Jazz and Lyrical Dance
Tuesdays | January 9, 2024 – February 13, 2024 $100 / members | $120 / non-members Let’s practice your dance moves! This fun and energetic class will incorporate the upbeat and stylized movements of jazz dance as well as the flowing and expressive qualities of lyrical dance. Emphasis on technique and body placement will be […]
Excavating Theater History at Pompeii’s House of the Four Styles
Thursday, April 18 | 8:00 PM | Open to the Public Join Dr. Marden Nichols of Georgetown University for a lecture on ancient Pompeii history. The “House of the Four Styles” is a well-preserved Pompeian house, named for the superb examples of wall painting across all of the Four Styles of Roman mural decoration that […]
Community Hanukkah Concert with Y-Studs A Cappella
$50 per individual ticket | $36 per ticket when purchasing four or more!* | Bender JCC Unite as one – b’yachad – on the seventh night of Hanukkah. Join your Bender JCC family for an evening of light, love, and latkes. 5:00 PM | Candle lighting 5:30 PM | Latke bar and other treats 7:00 […]
Cinema J: A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings
Two showings! Thursday, November 16 | 1:30 – 3:15 PM | Leisure World, Clubhouse II (3300 N. Leisure World Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20906) Thursday, November 16 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM | Kreeger Theater at the Bender JCC* English | Documentary | USA, 2023 | 1 hour, 16 minutes Berlin-born and D.C. based […]
Piracy and the Late Bronze Age Collapse
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | 8:00 PM | Open to the Public | Zoom Join Professor Louise Hitchcock of University of Melbourne over Zoom for a discussion of ancient maritime history. The Sea Peoples were emblematic of the mixed ethnic identities that typified pirates of the Mediterranean world near the end of the Bronze Age. These […]
After 1177 BCE: The Survival of Civilizations
Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Open to the Public | At B’nai Israel Join Dr. Eric Cline at B’nai Israel for an evening of ancient history. In the years after 1177 BCE, many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, […]
Reconstructing Mysteries of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods at Samothrace
Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 3:00 PM | Open to the Public Join Dr. Amy Sowder-Koch of Towson University for an afternoon of archaeology. The island of Samothrace and its mystery cult that promised safety at sea and improved lives for its initiates are mentioned as early as the Homeric poems, but few finds indicate […]
Imperial Terror and Personal Trauma in the Second Temple Period
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 8:00 PM | Open to the Public Join Dr. Xandy Frisch of George Mason University for an evening of ancient history. Beginning in 586 BCE, a virtually uninterrupted succession of empires ruled over Jews both in Israel and in the Diaspora. This lecture will explore how one specific Jewish community, […]
