Art After Dark

Docents discuss artworks in the Norton’s collection. Pick up your tour wristband at the Reception Desk one hour before the tour.

Join Laurie Barnes, Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator for Chinese Art for a discussion of Symbolic Messages in Chinese Animal Paintings.

Explore the emblematic ideas expressed in four hanging scrolls that reveal much about the social and cultural history of one of the world’s greatest civilizations.

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Decorate a Hamsa Hand with Resident Teaching Artist Lymari Cuevas. The Hamsa Hand is a universal sign of protection, power, and strength that dates back to ancient Mesopotamia. Known alternately as the Hand of Fatima in Islam and the Hand of Miriam in Judaism, the Hamsa Hand also appears in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Facing downwards, the hand symbolizes abundance and prosperity, inviting good things into your life. Facing upwards, it acts as a talisman against evil and your own negative feelings.

Docents discuss artworks in the Norton’s collection. Pick up your tour wristband at the Reception Desk one hour before the tour.

Hanukkah in SwingTIME

Klezmer Company Jazz Orchestra will perform traditional well known Hanukkah, Klezmer, and Yiddish songs in a swing style with a jazz feel. The concert will appeal to all ages and anyone who loves dance music with a twist. This is a holiday concert to celebrate the 8 days of Hanukkah.

Klezmer Company Jazz Orchestra (KCJO) is a cross genre ensemble that defies classification. KCJO continues to evolve by embracing tradition and imagination with a roster of accomplished jazz musicians. Founded by Aaron Kula, KCJO debuted in 1997 with a mission to re-imagine ethnic folk music.
In 2009, KCJO released its award winning CD Beyond the Tribes, which was selected in 2011 by the Library of Congress (LOC) for inclusion in the Copyright Acquisitions Division. The LOC cited this recording as representative of an important American culture that would "enrich the collections." In 2012, the band released its second studio album Klezmerology and in March 2016 released their third album called JubanoJazz, celebrating the fusion of Latin Jazz and vintage American Klezmer melodies. From 2011 to 2014, Kula led KCJO on concert tours to California, Arizona, and Rhode Island. In 2015 KCJO was invited to perform in Canada at the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto and Montreal Jewish Music Festival. In 2018 the band collaborated with the Grammy winning Latin Jazz flutist Nestor Torres.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.klezmercompany.com/

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