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 11
Visit the Bloomfield Science Museum and frolic with young members of the family with All about the Voice (Hakol al Hakol). The music and science-focused exhibition offers children a chance to play various musical instruments, discover the sounds that colors make, and blend creativity with movement.
3 Shederot Hamosionim. Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. NIS 65 per ticket. NIS 52 for Jerusalem residents. Free for children under age five. For more, visit: mada.org.il
SATURDAY, JULY 12
Step into the Jerusalem Cinematheque and watch the film Know Hope. Directed by Omer Shamir, this documentary focuses on Addam Yekutieli, the artist known as Know Hope, famous as Israel’s answer to Banksy. This is a chance to get to know an unusual man as he grapples with both his artistic choices and declining health.
8 p.m. The film is in Hebrew, Arabic, and English, screened with Hebrew subtitles. NIS 43. Call (02) 565-4333 to reserve.
SUNDAY, JULY 13
Visit the Jerusalem Print Workshop and enjoy new works by artists such as Halil Balabin, Avishai Platek, and Merav Sudaey, curated by Arik Kilemnik. The nine artists selected for the Counter Reaction exhibition mark half a century of continuous work at this Jerusalem-based gem by all who love printmaking and the art it produces.
38 Shivtei Yisrael Street. Sunday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free.
MONDAY, JULY 14
Enjoy the fun music of Hila Ruach in a one-time-only, unplugged show at the National Library courtyard. The songs are mostly from her third album, Bat Yam, but will also include crowd favorites from her two previous albums, Advert Music and Doctor in the West.
Doors open at 8:30 p.m.; show begins at 9 p.m. NIS 80. This is an outdoor performance at 36 Rupin Street. To book, call *5049.
TUESDAY, JULY 15
Visit The Embodiment of Land, created by Saar Patush, a digital space based on memories from Patush’s combat duty in the Gaza Strip. The work, part of the Mind Chips exhibition at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, explores the profound way technology infuses and shapes culture, and vice versa.
The Bezalel Academy’s graduate exhibition is part of the two-day First Born series of events, which include a street theater performance by Nissan Nativ acting studio graduates (5 p.m.), and an Oriental music concert, from Greece to India, at the Center for Middle Eastern Classical Music (7:30 p.m.).
Mind Chips is exhibited at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Campus, 1 Zemora Street. Street theater performance is outside the Nissan Nativ Studio, 3 Menora Street. The Oriental music concert is in the building of the same address. For more, visit bechorot.co.il.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
Listen to the “Ashes to Gold” performance by Avishai Cohen and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra at the Jerusalem Theatre Square. The concert, which is part of the Israel Festival, evokes the rage, despair, and hope following the Hamas terror attack of Oct. 7 and the war that still rages.
Cohen, a leading trumpet player, invites patrons to an unforgettable musical voyage.
20 Marcus Street. NIS 150 per ticket. Call 1-700-70-4000 to book.
THURSDAY, JULY 17
Step into the Harmonia Music Center and enjoy the opera L’elisir D’amore (The Love Elixir) by Donizetti, in a new production by the Lyric Opera. Directed by Yulia Fayn, this crowd-pleasing favorite dramma giocoso (humorous drama) will no doubt delight patrons after a long week.
7 p.m. 1 Koresh Street. For more, visit www.lyric-opera.org.
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