Editor’s note: Due to the ongoing security situation, events listed below may be postponed or canceled. Check before booking, and stay safe.
FRIDAY, JULY 25
Take an ice bath and breathing classes with Elisa Joy Kagan at an unusual workshop, which promises to restore balance and promote health even for those who do not like to feel cold. Held at the Jerusalem Urban Climbing center in Givat Shaul, this is one way to jolt the senses before Shabbat.
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. NIS 220. 11 Beit Hadfus St. Call 052-951-4448 to register.
SATURDAY, JULY 26
Enjoy a musical evening with English-speaking singer and songwriter Mike Rauss. If he and his sister Kim are the duo behind the Falafel Pop music of Kayam, tonight Mike dives deep into music from his first solo album, Minutes Made of Years, and his outstanding guitar-playing skills.
Doors open at 9:30 for the 10 p.m. show. Nocturno Live, 7 Bezalel St. NIS 75. Visit nocturno.co.il/live to book.
SUNDAY, JULY 27
Watch the play How Not to Drown in Condensed Milk by Sofia Gladkaya as part of the School of Visual Theater series of graduate performances. This show deals with the themes of nostalgic admiration of an impossible Soviet childhood. The pop-opera Approved for Publication: XOXO by Dana Zehavi, and Detective by Eden Dolev are also featured this evening. The school offers many graduate performances in this five-day program, which opens today and concludes on Thursday, July 31.
How Not to Down in Condensed Milk and Detective start at 6 p.m. Approved for Publication: XOXO will be shown at 7:30 p.m. NIS 30. Shows run 1.5 hours. Three time options: 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. Open bar from 7:30 p.m. 11 Bezalel St. Call (02) 673-3435 to book or visit visualtheatre.co.il for more.
MONDAY, JULY 28
Climb to the roof of the Sam Spiegel Cinema to enjoy its summer night open-air screening of the 1998 German action film Run Lola Run. Written and directed by Tom Tykwer, the film stars Franka Potente as Lola, who needs to get a great deal of cash to save the life of her boyfriend. Something of a cult movie, the film is lauded for being composed of three mini-films, each starting from the same point but ending differently.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., there will be a DJ set marking the sunset. Screening begins at 8 p.m. German with Hebrew subtitles. NIS 35. 3 Menora St. Visit cinema.jsfs.co.il for more information.
TUESDAY, JULY 29
Enjoy a back-to-back alternative rock concert with Bish Bash, an English-speaking band, and Corduroy, who sing in Hebrew: “Look at what they make of you, raw material, paper.”
9 p.m. at Mazkeka, 3 Shoshan St. NIS 45 – NIS 60 per ticket. Call (02) 582-2090 to book or visit mazkeka.com/en.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
Sign up for a charcoal-sketching workshop with Ilya Kotz. This one-time-only experience is open to all, from novices to well-seasoned artists. The themes explored include how a mark on paper can become a gate through which the eye may flow, keep its gaze, and discover new things.
Kotz had been teaching art for more than two decades. He guides students through painting from observation, illustration, and exploring imagination in art.
Theatergoers might recognize Kotz’s work from a stage adaptation of the 1994 Meir Shalev novel Four Meals. Shalev told Kotz that the poster he made for the novel was stunning.
6:30 p.m. NIS 30. Clal Center, Muslala balcony, 97 Jaffa St. Enter from the seventh floor and reach the balcony from the elevator and staircase. To register, call (02) 999-6016 or email office@muslala.org.
THURSDAY, JULY 31
Attend the launch of the sound installation Blood, Race & Tears by Maya Dunietz and light artist Tab Bolotov. Dunietz began recording the voices of well-known Israeli authors, such as Etgar Keret and Sami Berdugo, and then created a soundscape that explores narratives and how they shape our lives.
8 p.m. Hansen House, 14 Gedalyahu Alon St. Free. Shown as part of the Israel Festival.
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