Editor’s note: Due to the ongoing security situation, events listed below may be postponed or canceled. Check before booking, and stay safe.
FRIDAY, JUNE 19
Visit a garage sale in the yard of the Karmi family home and rummage through second-hand clothes, bric-a-brac, and odd treasures while enjoying beer and fresh oven-baked pizza.
From 10 a.m. 13 Hehalutz Street. Payment in cash or Bit only. Held in a private yard. Animals not allowed.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20
Cool off from the early summer heat with the Nordic comedy Three Men for Vilma. Vilma is a piano teacher, and the three men are her late father, a good-looking priest, and a pathologist.
Directed by Charlotte Blom and screened at the Lev Smadar Theater, this is a good opportunity to visit the Jerusalem cinema establishment.
7 p.m. 4 Lloyd George Street. Screened with English subtitles. NIS 47.50. Visit h1.nu/1rEA4 (English site) to book.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21
Justice requires strong Kung Fu: two teenagers are taught by a homeless man in Giddens Ko’s Mandarin-speaking blend of action, comedy, and teenage romance.
Screened at the Jerusalem Cinematheque during Taiwan Film Week, this eye-candy of a movie will be a fun two-hour escape for anyone who enjoyed such classics as Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon or the more recent television adaptation of the Iron Fist comic book character.
8:15 p.m. NIS 43. 11 Hebron Road. 80 minutes. Call (02) 565-4333 to book.
MONDAY, JUNE 22
Master classes at the Jerusalem Music Center are open, free of charge, to patrons interested in the future of Western music in Israel and might be supportive of the young musicians attending them.
Come watch Bassoonist Mauricio Paez teach the next generation of Israeli talents and, maybe, enjoy a brief moment of hope for the days ahead.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. 3 Yemin Moshe Street. Call (02) 623-4347 for more.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Celebrate the diverse culture of Ethiopia at the opening show of the Hullegeb Festival with a performance of three musical powerhouses: saxophone player Abate Berihun, pianist Omri Mor, and percussionist Joca Perpignan. (“Hullegeb” means “multifaceted” in Amharic.)
Titled Between Adis and Rio, the program links the brilliant jazz tradition of Ethiopia with North African music and – across the Atlantic – to the forced arrival of the first Africans to Brazil.
8:30 p.m. doors open; 9:30 p.m. show begins. The Yellow Submarine. 13 Harechavim Street. NIS 90.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
One of the last chances to visit Video Pub before it closes at the end of the month.
Jerusalem’s gay bar has been around for 14+ years, and is one of a kind.
Serving as a safe space for the queer community with a line of drag parties, musical nights, and celebrating Eurovision and Taylor Swift, among others – the pub is also straight-friendly.
Open from 8 p.m. Happy Hour from 8 p.m.-9 p.m. 1 Yohanan Horkanos Street. The pub is also open, same hours, on Thursdays and Saturdays. On Fridays it is open from 10 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Enjoy a free yoga class at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. An all-inclusive class meant for all ages, it is held on the lakeside of the gardens and is one of the many activities included in the Festival of the Lotus and Indian Culture.
In Hindu tradition, just as the lotus flower blooms in swamps, a thing of beauty that ascends above the ground, so is a human being capable of great inner strength and joy.
The famous position of a yogi sitting cross-legged and meditating is called, in Sanskrit, Padmasana, or the “Lotus Pose.” Patrons will also enjoy actual lotus flowers now blooming in the gardens.
5 p.m.- 6 p.m. Free. 1 Yehuda Burla Street. For more, visit shorturl.at/r1rPI (Hebrew site).
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