Sunday, April 3, 2011

APRIL JAM EVENTS

I'll be posting events as they come up, week by week. To get a sense of what is happening for the month please go to our calendar link above and click in! At the bottom of the calendar is there are complete descriptions of all the events!

Portland Jewish Film Festival19th Annual celebration of Jewish films
http://www.nwfilm.org/screenings/34/341/
  

               

Dates:  April 3 - 17, 2011
Location: Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium,
              Portland Art Museum
              1219 SW Park Ave.
              Portland, Oregon





 The Festival celebrates the diversity of Jewish history, culture, and identity through the medium of cinema.  The films, in their abundance, touch on tragedy, embrace humor, and recount the emotional and tangible gains and losses of a people. Highlights of this year’s Festival include: LA RAFLE (THE ROUND UP)    that examines the infamous “Vel’ d’Hiv’ ” round up told through the story of one family;  THE MATCHMAKER  a warm comedy/drama coming-of-age story set in Haifa in 1968, and BREATH MADE VISIBLE    that profiles San Francisco dance pioneer Anna Halprin. 

TICKETS AND PASSES:
Tickets are $9 general admission; $8 students, seniors, Portland Art Museum members.
Tickets and Festival passes can be purchased online at www.nwfilm.org.

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