September is a month of renewal. We take stock of our summer and look toward the bounty of the fall. At the Mizel Museum we are embracing this season of change and rededicating ourselves to our mission to "honor, engage and inspire." Fall programs and classes are inspired by the season, with art classes, a “sweet” Salon Night and Sukahpalooza!, an ingathering of friends and neighbors celebrating vegetables, music and our revitalized sukkah! Watch your mail for our fall newsletter and new program calendar.

The World of Bees and Honey

Thursday, September 15

5:30 to 7:30 pm

The new season of Salon Nights begins with The World of Bees and Honey, a presentation about beekeeping and honey making, followed by a honey tasting.Yum! Norm Klapper, Coloradoan and Israeli beekeeper, will open the evening with a discussion about the art and science of beekeeping and the importance of bees. We'll taste Grampa’s Gourmet Honey, raw varietal honeys from the San Luis Valley. Read more about Grampa's and CLICK HERE to register for this sweet Salon Night.

Join us this year for a very special program:

WELCOME Mayor Michael Hancock
KEYNOTE Dr. David Shneer presenting Many Babi Yars: The Holocaust on Soviet Soil
MUSIC Violinist Sherman Jacobs

CLICK HERE for more information.

Sukkahpalooza! An Ingathering of Friends and Neighbors

Sunday, October 16 {FREE!}

11:30 am to 2:00 pm

The holiday of Sukkot is all about celebrating the autumn harvest and connecting with the outdoors. Our first Sukkahpalooza! will do exactly that! Everyone is welcome on Sukkot – all backgrounds and all ages – to rejoice in each other, in the beauty of the outdoors and in the bounty provided to us by the earth. The museum’s exhibit will provide inspiration for the completion of our new sukkah, Cherie Karo Schwartz will enlighten us with stories about the season, we’ll create instruments out of vegetables with guest artist Sheldon Sands and then Denver’s first vegetable band will perform!

Jewish Denver: Local Stories, Local Journeys

Sunday, October 23, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Hit the road with the Mizel Museum! Join us on this fascinating tour of Jewish Denver as it was and as it is today. Historian Jeanne Abrams will make history will come alive as we visit Babi Yar Park, National Jewish Hospital, the old BMH and Temple Emanuel, Auraria Campus, Denver’s old West Side, the site of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society and, of course, the museum’s new exhibit, 4,000 Year Road Trip: Gathering Sparks. CLICK HERE for details and to register.

Thursday Nights at the Mizel Museum will continue to be "a nosh above!" We'll warm you up on chilly fall evenings with free admission, tea and sumptuous treats from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.

Due to the High Holidays, the museum will be closed on some Thursday nights in September and October. Check our online calendar HERE.

Art & Culture in Israel: Off the Beaten Path

October 23-November 2, 2011

Travel to Israel with the Mizel Museum! You'll get to know it from a unique perspective with our Israeli cultural guide Ayelet Danielle Aldouby. While traveling to cities in Northern Israel all the way south to Eilat, we'll visit private art collections, galleris of established and emerging artists, art schools, a kibbutz, theaters, concerts and more. Accommodations include the acclaimed Mitzpeh Hayamim Spa Hotel. Read the complete itinerary HERE and reserve your space by September 30. For more information email Georgina Kolber.

Come & Listen: Jewish Food for Thought

A Museum for Your Ears!

Come & Listen: Jewish Food for Thought is a podcast, developed for anyone with an appetite for thought expansion. It's an audio portal into Jewish thought, culture, history and religion; a podcast which takes complex concepts, theories and thoughts, and distills them into digestible ideas.

Come & Listen's first episode, Love & Death, featuring a philosophy teacher, a rabbi and a Czechoslovakian filmmaker. It's a museum for your ears and is now available on iTunes. CLICK HERE to visit Come & Listen's website.

Support Come & Listen HERE.

Painting with Boris Shoshensky

Well-known master painter and professor Boris Shoshensky teaches concepts and techniques for all levels. Day classes held on Tuesdays; late afternoon classes on Wednesdays. To register email Tia or call (303) 749-5018.

Restorative Hatha Yoga

Enjoy a gentle, strengthening, restorative yoga class in the peaceful and inspiring setting of the Mizel Museum's new exhibit.Classes are held on Wednesdays from 5:15 to 6:45 pm. Price per class is $18; pay at the door.

Jewish Meditation with Rabbi Stephen Booth Nadav

September 18, 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Meditation is the practice of making ordinary moments sacred, or finding the sacred in the ordinary. Join Rabbi Steve to develop the skills of Jewish mindfulness including meditation instruction, chanting, walking, Torah and text study. All levels and backgrounds welcome. Drop-in class; donations on site.

Mizel Museum Celebrates Denver Arts Week

The Mizel Museum joins the City of Denver and our rich cultural arts community to celebrate the arts. Watch your email and check our website for details on events, programs and special $52.80 prices!

• November 4, The Art of Shabbat, an artsy Shabbat dinner
• November 5, Night at the Museum, free admission night
• November 6, So You Think You Can't Draw? You Can!, drawing class with DU professor Deborah Howard

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