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  • Martha Brooks & Mboya Nicholson Jazz Duo

    Martha Brooks & Mboya Nicholson Jazz Duo
    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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    Martha and Mboya present a tight musical partnership and their wonderful repertoire is from the American standard songbook oeuvre, culled from the world of Tin Pan Alley and some of the past century’s greatest composers. Their performances are lyrical, thoughtful, funny and fun.Martha Brooks is a vocal artist whose sensually sculpted and wry takeson standards ...

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    $36

  • Notable Jewish people of Edmonton and Northern Alberta

    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    The JAHSENA (Jewish Archives) will have a display on notable Jewish people of the Edmonton and Northern Alberta Jewish Community. Available to view at the Centre.

  • Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Canada Breaks Diabetes with Melanie Hibbard, Executive Director DRIFCan

    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Canada (DRIFCan) mission is to directly fund cure based diabetes research. Dr Shapiro has a world renowned research lab at the Alberta Diabetes Institute at the University of Alberta, which is best known for the Edmonton Protocol and Islet transplantation. He is now moving the research into a new direction ...

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  • Technologies in XXI century & Artificial Intelligence with Forrest Zeisler

    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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    Forrest is the CTO & Founder of Jobber, software for small home service businesses. He will share some of the key breakthroughs that have driven company success and the exciting new technologies. This talk will provide a glimpse into the future of tech in the home service industry. Jobber is now used by over 200K ...

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  • “The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel

    “The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel
    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    This course examines the origins of the huge rift between Western countries beginning with the Russian Revolution in 1917, its temporary burial during World I, its global reach during the period from 1945 to the 1980s, and the failure to heal that rift either during the Gorbachev period when the Soviets sought rapprochement with the ...

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    $48

  • Karen & Bert Richards: The Amazing Race Canada

    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    Thursday, July 9 at 1p.m. Join Karen & Bert Richards, who will share their wonderful experiences with The Amazing Race Canada.

  • How did a nice Jewish boy from Edmonton have an audience with the Pope at the Vatican?

    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    Thursday, July 11 at 1p.m. Join Sol Rolingher, a retired Honorary LColonel of the Military Police, as a 51-year lawyer and prior to that as an engineer. He has a long history in Edmonton and in the Jewish community here and is a proud member of our Centre.

  • “The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel

    “The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel
    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    This course examines the origins of the huge rift between Western countries beginning with the Russian Revolution in 1917, its temporary burial during World I, its global reach during the period from 1945 to the 1980s, and the failure to heal that rift either during the Gorbachev period when the Soviets sought rapprochement with the ...

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    $48

  • Pre-Shabbat Dinner

    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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    Where beautiful traditions & new friends meet! Bert Malo will do pre-Shabbat formalities for us.Menu No-Chicken-Chicken Soup with Matza Ball Baked Fish with Roasted Potatoes Brussel Sprouts Garden Salad Apple Strudel Challah & Challah Buns Please reserve your seat before July 11 Fee per guest: Adults $45 Youth $30 Children under 6 $5 Red or ...

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  • “The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel

    “The Long Cold War, 1917 to the Present Day” with Prof. Alvin Finkel
    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    This course examines the origins of the huge rift between Western countries beginning with the Russian Revolution in 1917, its temporary burial during World I, its global reach during the period from 1945 to the 1980s, and the failure to heal that rift either during the Gorbachev period when the Soviets sought rapprochement with the ...

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    $48

  • Truth Before Reconciliation: An indigenous deconstruction of noble and savage stereotypes, through poetry and discussion.

    From Survival to Thrival: Shared Historical Experiences 2024
    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    Tuesday, July 23 at 1p.m. Join Daniel Poitras, who calls himself a half-breed poet from the Paul First Nation. Currently residing in Edmonton, he writes about the challenges that Indigenous and Metis people face today. He has been published in the Home and Away anthology (House of Blue Skies, 2009), The Malahat Review, Grain Magazine, ...

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  • Self-defense for Seniors

    The Centre 10052-117 St. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Special Events & Presentations

    Thursday, July 25 at 12p.m. Join Katherine to explore the techniques for self-protection against a sudden attack in today's challenging world.