The launch of Ikar at the Alcove’s Second Season got off to a nice start on Motzie Shabbos, November 26th.
Opened last year in Crown Heights by local resident Tamar Adelstein, Ikar at the Alcove offers women an eclectic mix of classes, lectures and creative workshops built around monthly themes throughout the year.
At our Second Season launch, choreographer Miriam Cohn led us in a variety of dance moves set to several different pieces of great Jewish music.
We appreciated the way she guided us through each step using Chassidic themes to visualize each movement.
Aside from Yours’ Truly who could use some help switching from right to left and back – the class was loads of fun and very invigorating!
Miriam’s talents are quite diverse. In addition to dance instruction, she is a Henna artist and an accountant too!
Ikar is offering a dance class with Miriam on Tuesday nights at 7:30pm and/or Sunday mornings at 10am beginning in January.
Class is limited to five people. Contact us at https://ikar-at-the-alcove.com/ to sign up.
After dancing we enjoyed a Melava Malka with tofu lasagna, salad and an elegant fruit and sweet Charcuterie board.
Storyteller Sema Cohen has long been in the field of interactive theatre and multi-lingual storytelling with appearances in France and Yerushalayim.
She learned the art while in seminary in Tzfat from screen writer and actor Rabbi Yisroel Bernath who is also on Shlichus with YEP.
Sema’s rendition of a Baal Shem Tov story about a Jew who needs to marry off his daughter was very well done!
Up next at Ikar is our Ladies Chanuka Lunch, Learn & More on the first day of Chanuka of the festival, Monday, December 19th from 11am – 3pm.
Standing Tall against the Winter Chill, an exploration of Chanuka through Torah, Movement and Craft opens with a Posture Workshop given by Sarede Switzer’s Bring the Gym to Me.
Well-known guest speaker, Rabbi Heschel Greenberg will join us (via Zoom) for lunch and farbrengen. On the Menu: Wraps, Salads, Dips and Dessert.
After lunch Needlepoint designer Susan Sutton will give a class on the Art of Embroidery and guide us in stitching our very own tapestries to take home.
For details and to register: https://ikar-at-the-alcove.com/
Save the date for our upcoming January 11, 2023, Chai Teves – To Life! Memoir Writing workshop with Tzivia Emmer from 1-3pm. If your birthday is in Teves, like mine, you get a special 25% discount when you register! Refreshments will be served. For details and to register: https://ikar-at-the-alcove.com/
Inspired by LA based The Braid, the go-to Jewish story company and Salon Theatre, Ikar at the Alcove invites submissions of short stories and essays from writers and enquiries from actresses who would like to read them on dates to be announced during the Winter season. Check out The Braid.org and contact Ikar for more information.
Stay tuned for details, which can be found on Ikar’s Events Calendar, about our special Tu B’Shevat program and Culinary Day at Ikar on Rosh Chodesh Adar in February.
Ikar at the Alcove shares space with The Juneberry Tree Art Gallery. The gallery welcomes submissions for art in the below categories:
Kislev/December – Miracles
Teves/January – Women/Head coverings
Shevat/February – Landscapes
Adar/March – Costumes
Nissan/April (Chol HaMoed) – History
Iyar/May – Botanicals/Flowers/Trees
For more information, contact the gallery at www.junbeberrytreeartgallery.com
Looking forward to greeting you at our next event,
Tamar Adelstein & Ikar at the Alcove
…a touch of gold
Your EY admirer.