SMILE–It’s the weekend!
For more than 60 students at Arizona School for the Arts, the weekend arts scene started last night (Thursday) with the opening of their spring musical production “Smile”—playing through April 25 at...
View ArticleExploring Jewish arts and culture
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center opened its Oct. 29-Nov. 15 “Jewish Book & Cultural Arts Fair” last night with Yafit Josephson’s “New Eyes” — which Josephson performs again tonight for a...
View ArticleDown time with book time
Holiday shopping is easy for folks in the Trimble family, who’ve rarely met a book they didn’t like. After all our gifts were exchanged across three generations, these are some of the titles we came...
View ArticleThe art of remembering
Since learning that his father’s entire family was murdered at Auschwitz because they were Jewish, Scottsdale artist Robert Sutz has been remembering victims of the Holocaust by creating life-size...
View ArticleArt meets Holocaust awareness
Scottsdale filmmakers Matt and Trish Myers will premiere a documentary film called “Children of the Model Ghetto,” which features oral histories shared by women who survived the Terezin concentration...
View ArticleUnderstand. Act. Protect.
“We must learn to accept the fact that we are all created equal, that we must tolerate and respect one another, and we should enjoy the gift of life that was given to each and every one of us.” So...
View ArticleA disturbing comment
“Is it possible to show paintings that aren’t so disturbing?” It’s a question Scottsdale artist Robert Sutz often hears from gallery owners concerned his works reflecting the harsh realities of the...
View ArticleExploring Holocaust education
More than 100 Arizona teachers gathered recently at Scottsdale Community College for a full-day of training on Holocaust education and genocide prevention. They began the day seated at large circular...
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