Mizel Museum January 2010 M! News for events, programs and information about the Mizel Museum.

January 2010 Mizel Museum Home Page We Must Remember Film Screening for the Miraym Brand Holocaust Film Project January 22 and 23

    ADULT PROGRAMS

    EVENTS

    TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS



    Teaching Awareness and

    Respect through Jewish

   Life and Culture,

    Immigration, Art, Lessons

    of the Holocaust,

    Bridges of Understanding,

    Exhibitions

    and workshops.




    WHERE WE ARE
    400 S. Kearney St.
    Denver, CO 80224
    303.394.9993
    www.mizelmuseum.org



     SPONSORS

    Sponsors
 
ANNUAL DINNER GALA    
2010 Dinner Honoree Mizel Museum Annual Dinner
Honors Anna and John Sie

Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Mizel Museum is honored to announce Anna and John J. Sie as the recipients of the 2010 Community Cultural Enrichment Award. The award will be presented to this outstanding couple at the 20th gala dinner on May 27, 2010 at Wings Over the Rockies, 7711 E. Academy Blvd. in Denver.
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ART EXHIBITIONS & MIZEL MUSEUM ARTIST ALLIANCE PROGRAMS
Boris Shoshensky   Boris Shoshensky Watercolor Demo
Acclaimed artist and popular painting teacher
at the Mizel Museum
Monday, January 4, 2010
$5 per person | MMAA members $2.00 6:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Mizel Museum | 400 S. Kearney St.
Call 303.394.9993 ext. 107 for more information
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Ed Stein   Ed Stein Exhibit
Exhibit opening January 11, 2010

Exhibition January 11 – May 31, 2010
Congregation Kohelet | 428 S. Forest St. | Denver

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Toby Meyer   Toby Meyer, “Interpretations”
Presented by The Mizel Museum Artist Alliance and the Rafael Spiritual Healing Center of Jewish Family Service

December 2, 2009 — March 2, 2010
Rafael Spiritual Healing center of Jewish Family Service
3201 South Tamarac Drive, Denver, CO

Call 303.394.9993 ext. 107 for more information

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ADULT PROGRAMS    
Claudia Roulier   How to use a Dremel Tool
January 8, 2010 | 6:45 pm-8:45 pm | Mizel Museum
Mizel Museum Artist Alliance
members $2, non-members $5
This workshop will be given by the inspiring artist, Claudia Roulier. The dremel tool is a handy device that every artist can use in their work. It is especially useful for jewelers and anyone else using mixed media in their work. You don’t need to own one to come to the meeting-come and see what it can inspire you to do with it!

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Meditation   Jewish Meditation Group
with Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav
Sundays, January 17, 31; February 2, 21 and
March 4 and 18
4:00 – 5:30 pm | Mizel Museum | 400 S. Kearney St.
Join us as we learn, share and practice meditation techniques. All are welcome!

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Carlotta Walls   Mighty Long Way: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement
Thursday, March 11, 2010
7:00 pm | Reception follows discussion
Bring friends and/or your book group to this fascinating panel discussion with author and the youngest member of the Little Rock 9, Carlotta Walls LaNier and local activists from that era, Sheldon Steinhauser and Richard Male as part of a panel speaking about their experiences in the Civil Rights Movement, and the lessons we carry forward to another generation. Ms LaNier will sign copies of her memoir, Mighty Long Way.
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Contemplative Yoga   Lisa Eller Davis Contemplative Hatha Yoga in the Kripaulu Tradition
Classes resume in January, 2010!
5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Classes are at the Mizel Museum with Lisa Eller Davis, Registered Yoga Teacher. Cost $15 drop-ins, or pre-pay $56 classes for 4 classes. Please bring your own yoga mat. Call 303-394-9993 ext. 104 for more information.

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EVENTS    
We Must Remember
In partnership with the Holocaust Awareness Institute, the evening event is open to the community.
  Miryam Brand Holocaust Film Project
“We Must Remember
January 22, 2010 | 10 am and noon | FREE
Hinkley High School | 1250 Chambers Rd. | Aurora
For middle and high school students and their teachers.
REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED
January 23, 2010 | 7:00 pm film screening and
$12/includes parking pass
Q&A with two of the students and the filmakers' teacher
Davis Auditorium in Sturm Hall
2000 E. Asbury Avenue on the DU Campus
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Workshops and event are sponsored by the Mizel Museum, co-facilitated by Facing History and Ourselves, Denver Public Schools, and the Denver Mayor’s Office of Education and Culture.
  Mizel Museum and Facing History and Ourselves present
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes

Monday, February 22, 2010
10:30 am - 12:15 pm | $5 per person
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED | Register online at www.facinghistory.org/kareem
Wells Fargo Theater,
Colorado Convention Center, Speer and Stout Street
BROTHERS IN ARMS WORKSHOP
(for DPS Educators only)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Free
CIVIL RIGHTS WORKSHOP: POWER OF THE VOTE
January 15, 2010 | 8:30 am – 3:00 pm | FREE
To register for these workshops go to www.facinghistory.org/denverevents
For questions about the workshops, email Karen Mortimer or call 303 316-4848


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TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
  Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World
Art installation by Christy Honigman
A Traveling Exhibition of the Mizel Museum

Call 303.394-9993 ext. 103 for information about the current location.
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  Bridges of Understanding Educational Programming
"Walk in another's shoes." The Mizel Museum helps promote tolerance by bridging the gap between cultures through The Bridges of Understanding Curriculum and Exhibition Rites of Passage and Ceremonies and Festivals Cases. Exhibition targets six Colorado Model Content Standard areas: Visual Arts, Reading and Writing, History, Geography and Math.
Contact Jan Cooper-Nadav at 303-394-9993 ext. 103
to bring to your school or organization.
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