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Evelyn Rubenstein JCC presents Bring in the Tap Bring in the Swing Sunday, July 7 beginning at 3:00 PM in the Kaplan Theatre. The concert will feature the J Adult Intermediate Tap Dancers, The Golden Girls Plus One Tappers, with guest artists Robin Carlson and Jerry Foote, Directors of Dance Force Productions, plus additional guests performers.

The Argentinian comedy The Last Suit will play in the Kaplan Theatre at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston (the J) on June 25, 2019 at 7:30 PM.

Experience an exciting and unique form of salsa dance at the Cuban Salsa Workshop with instructor Reinaldo Costa on Sunday, July 14 from 3:00 PM-4:30 PM at the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC.

The Evelyn Rubenstein JCC welcomes ceramic teacher, Passion Trenkelback, to its lineup of adult art instructors. Trenkelback will teach two newly-added night ceramic classes: intermediate/advanced wheel throwing class on Mondays at 7:00 PM and beginner wheel throwing on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM.  

The slower summer months are the perfect time to try a new class or return to the dance classes of one’s childhood. Ballet and tap are two disciplines that many learned as children and now seek the opportunity to revisit as adults. The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center offers beginner through intermediate/advanced adult dance classes. Join instructors Sofia Aranha for ballet and Dorena Battaglino and Cathy Marmolejo for tap.

The educators never stop learning at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center’s (the J) Bertha Alyce School. Much like the children they teach, these educators never stop spreading their enthusiasm as they make new discoveries and grow in their abilities. With a culture emphasizing continuous professional development and collaboration, it is a natural next step that the educators of Bertha Alyce will now be educating professionals from across the nation.

Volunteers like Michael Brown sustain the Meals on Wheels program at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center (the J). With the summer here, many of the program’s regular volunteers are on vacation, yet local homebound seniors still need their daily hot meal and a friendly face.

The summer class session begins June 2 at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, and Clay Sculpturing is one of newest offerings for adult ceramics students. In this class participants will create stoneware sculptures of the subject of their choice.