JANUARY 13

JANUARY 13 - MARCH 12
2015
PROGRAM TIME
Tuesdays & Thursdays
2:00 - 3:00 pm
(unless otherwise noted)
CONCERTS
$6 Rady JCC members
(with membership card)
$10 non-members
MINI CONCERT CARD
6 concerts for the price of 5!
$30 Rady JCC members
$50 non-members
LECTURES
silver collection
at the door
FULL CONCERT CARD
12 concerts for the price of 9!
$54 Rady JCC members
$90 non-members
Helen White
Photo by David Lipnowski
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra musicians
Meredith McCallum, violin, and Emma
Quackenbush, cello, will be joined by
pianist Donna Laube for the opening of
Music ‘N’ Mavens 2015. Their program
will consist of selections from Telemann,
Prokofiev, and Ravel.
Meredith McCallum
Irving Berlin Love Songs. Martha Brooks,
vocals, and Jeff Presslaff, piano, with
Steve Hamilton, bass and Rob Siwik,
drums, will perform meltingly beautiful
music by Irving Berlin.
Martha Brooks
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21,
1:00 PM | At Gwen Secter Creative
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20
Israel and the Rest of the Middle East: A
Tenuous Relationship. Dr. Adam Bronstone
received his doctorate in International
Politics from the University of Hull, in the
United Kingdom. He is presently the CEO
of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg.
Dr. Adam Bronstone
Living Centre, 1588 Main Street.
Garden City Groove
Garden City Groove is the senior of three
vocal jazz ensembles at Garden City
Collegiate. Led by Choir Director Stacey
Nattrass Brown, Garden City Groove will
perform a variety of hits from the Jazz era
with some Latin, blues and funk thrown
in for good measure.
Karen Ridd
Resolving Personal Conflicts: Dealing with
Disagreements. Karen Ridd teaches in the
departments of Conflict Resolution and
International Development Studies at
Menno Simons College of the University
of Winnipeg. A mediator, teacher, and
speaker in the field of nonviolence, Karen
is routinely rated by students as being one
of the most outstanding on campus.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22
Dr. Allan Levine
The Impact of World War One and Two on
Canada and the World. Dr. Allan Levine,
award-winning author and historian, has
written thirteen books, including King, the
critically acclaimed biography of
Mackenzie King, Toronto: Biography of a
City and Miracle at the Forks: The Museum
That Dares Make A Difference, coauthored with Peter C. Newman.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29
Indian City
Indian City. Founded by Vince Fontaine,
leader of the famed indigenous music
group Eagle ‘N’ Hawk, Indian City features
an all-star band of award winning artists
and rising stars. Their unique fusion of
lyrics, music and personality captures the
sound and colour of a vibrant
indigenous culture.
Kang Mercer Park Trio. Presented by
Prairie Debut, the Kang Mercer Park Trio
is comprised of Rachel Mercer, cello, Judy
Kang, violin, and Angela Park, piano.
Audience-pleasing trios by Mendelssohn
are presented alongside a colourful duo
by Ravel.
Kang Mercer Park Trio
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Dr. Frank Albo
Winnipeg and the Heavenly Jerusalem: 3000
Years of Utopian Town Planning. Dr. Frank
Albo, an architectural historian with
graduate degrees in ancient Near Eastern
languages, Western esotericism, and the
history of art, received his PhD from the
University of Cambridge in 2012. Dr. Albo was
featured as the code-breaking protagonist in
the best-selling book, The Hermetic Code.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
Dr. Stephen Borys
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Why Ukraine Matters: How the Conflict
with Russia has Changed the World.
Dr. Myroslav Shkandrij, Department of
German and Slavic Studies, University of
Manitoba, will focus on transformations
that have occurred in Ukraine, Russia,
and Europe, and in Western perceptions.
Music influenced by the Middle East. Led
by Richard Gillis on trumpet, and joined
by a trio of the city’s leading jazz
musicians. Smatterings of classical,
flamenco, klezmer, Tin Pan Alley and jazz.
Dr. Myroslav Shkandrij
Richard Gillis
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18,
1:00 PM | At Gwen Secter Creative
Living Centre, 1588 Main Street.
Harlequin Barbershop Quartet
Harlequin Barbershop Quartet.
Rob Smith (Tenor), Larry Hunter (Lead),
Herold Driedger (Bass), and Paul Bullock
(Baritone). Featuring a repertoire of
ballads, up-tunes, comedy, and 50’s
doo wop.
Helen White
Dr. Shannon Sampert
The Schultz Siblings
Soprano Sarah Kirsch and Pianist
Madeline Hildebrand, two of Winnipeg’s
award-winning soloists, have joined forces
and are making waves across Canada.
Songs for voice and piano by Robert
Schumann, Claude Debussy, Richard
Strauss, and Richard Danielpour.
Kayla Gordon
TUESDAY, MARCH 10
Prodigy, led by Zane Zalis, is an advanced
program of study for singers at Miles
Macdonell Collegiate. This concert will
feature music from Crosby Stills Nash
and Young, Mumford and Sons, Credence
Clearwater Revival, and other great and
memorable songs from past and present,
re- arranged to reflect this group’s unique
sound.
Generously supported by the
Mark & Dorothy Danzker
Perpetual Trust Fund at the
Jewish Foundation of Manitoba
The Schultz Siblings. What’s better than
hearing two Schultzes together? No, it’s
not a riddle. Brothers Victor and Myron
Schultz are joined by sister Erica in this
rare trio performance of the Mayors of
Sambor. The siblings will mine their
musical roots in traditional and
classical compositions, in this musical
romp through Eastern Europe.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
Sarah Kirsch
Fields of Gold: A Tribute To One of The
Finest Female Jazz Lyricists. Spanning a
career of five decades, Dorothy Fields
collaborated with the greatest jazz
songwriters, penning such hits as: On The
Sunny Side Of The Street, Hey Big Spender,
The Way You Look Tonight. Led by Helen
White, with a band of outstanding
musicians.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Dealing with the Trolls: a Feminist on the
Op-Ed Pages. Dr. Shannon Sampert is the
first female editor of the opinion pages
in the Winnipeg Free Press. She holds a
PhD in political science and has written
extensively on Canadian politics, media
and women.
Prodigy
Canadian Holocaust-era Provenance
Research Project: Stolen Art under the
Nazi Regime. Dr. Stephen Borys is the
Director & CEO of the Winnipeg Art
Gallery. He also holds the post of Adjunct
Professor at the University of Winnipeg
where he teaches a graduate seminar in
the Art History department.
Jews and Broadway. Kayla Gordon
teaches Musical Theatre in the
department of Theatre and Film at the
University of Winnipeg. She is Artistic
Director of Winnipeg Studio Theatre as
well as Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, and
has performed and directed in theatres
across the U.S. and Canada.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
Rembrandt String Quartet. Award
winning musicians, principal players with
the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra; this
quartet of two violins, a viola and a cello
perform classical and Jewish music, to get
everyone humming along. A guaranteed
high note on which to end our season.
Rembrandt String Quartet
Rady Jewish Community Centre
123 Doncaster St. | (204) 477-7510 | www.radyjcc.com