Creativity can enrich your life at any age and change the way you see the world. Explore the arts with us through our wide array of enticing cultural programs, films, thought-provoking Gallery exhibits and exhilarating theatre programs. Find out more about the MNjcc Arts and Culture team.

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Sunday, June 2, 2013; 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm

$15.00 general admission; $10 Ages 18 - 35 (7:30 pm screening only)

Laughter Through Tears (Smekh Skvoz Slezy)

Skillfully interweaving three classic Sholom Aleichem short stories, Laughter Through Tears personalizes the struggle to survive in the shtetls of pre-revolutionary Russia. This silent film will feature live piano accompaniment by Jordan Klapman.

Wednesday June 5 and Thursday June 6, 8:00 pm 
(doors open 7:30 pm) $10

Feel the Choir Spirit with the MNjcc Community Choir in Concert! See 70 spirited singers from the MNjcc Community Choir take the stage of the Al Green Theatre at the MNjcc with a concert guaranteed to knock your socks off. Two shows only!

Conductor: Harriet Wichin

Piano: Len McCarthy
Accordion: Ronen Segall

To purchase tickets, call the Information Desk at (416) 924-6211 x 0

Back by Popular Demand! With Adam Nayman

May 6 – June 3, 2013; 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Series price: $40 (four classes); $12 drop-in ($6 for students and Toronto Jewish Film Society subscribers with valid ID)

An in-depth look at the careers of four of the most accomplished and polarinzing film directors of the past thirty years: David Cronenberg (Cosmopolis, The Fly), Roman Polanski (Carnage, Chinatown), Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Showgirls) and Lars Von Trier (Melancholia, Breaking the Waves).

Sundays, April 28 - June 30; 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Member & Non-member: $235

This ten-week workshop is intended for emerging writers interested in better developing their craft. Students can expect to become familiar with many of the fundamental techniques of short fiction writing.

Thursdays, April 18 - June 27; 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Member & Non-member: $235

A 10-week creative writing workshop at the Miles Nadal JCC, facilitated by award-winning poet, writer, and creative writing coach, Benjamin Hackman.

This ten-week workshop is intended for emerging poets interested in better developing their craft. Students can expect to become familiar with many of the fundamental techniques of writing poetry. They can also expect to complete two to five meaningful drafts of poems and two to five substantial revisions. Through lively class discussion, Benjamin’s expertise, and the feedback and critique of their fellow classmates, students will learn to identify and repair weaknesses in their own works of poetry and become more confident in their craft as writers.