Expert recommendations of the top dance, theater, and classical music performances.
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Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts
City’s foremost performing-arts center. Includes four performance halls, cinema complex, and inviting foyer with café and exhibits. Drama, dance, contemporary and classical music by world-renowned performers as well as experimental and avant-garde artists. Website listings are in Hebrew only. Call or check the Jerusalem Post for weekly listings in English. 20 Marcus Street; tel. +972 (0) 2 560 5755. www.jerusalem-theatre.co.il
Beit Shmuel
The cultural center of the World Union for Progressive Judaism has a surprisingly contemporary schedule of popular and ethnic music, readings, lectures, and summer outdoor concerts. Tickets $15-30. 6 Shama Street; tel. +972 (0) 2 620 3455. www.beitshmuel.com
Jerusalem Cinematheque
Daily screenings of contemporary and classic Israeli and foreign films. Two film theaters and multiple video-viewing stations; houses the Israel Film Archive, the Joan Sourasky-Constantiner Holocaust Study Center, the Cinema Library, and the Cecil Bernstein Collection of cinema memorabilia. Café serves light meals. Tickets $10. Hebron Road; tel. +972 (0) 2 565 4333. www.jer-cin.org.il
Targ Music Center
Relaxing chamber concerts Fridays and Saturdays at noon. Located on the city’s western edge in the rustic, hillside Ein Kerem neighborhood. Tickets $15-20. 29 Hama’ayan Street; tel. +972 (0) 2 641 4250.
Bible Lands Museum
Hosts Saturday night summer garden concerts. Jazz, blues, gospel, and world music performed by local ensembles. Tickets $17-19, includes cheese and wine. 25 Granot Street; tel. +972 (0) 2 561 1066. www.blmj.org
Khan Theatre
The converted Turkish caravansary hosts its repertory theater troupe with occasional English performances, as well as chamber music, jazz, and touristy folk songs and dance. 2 David Remez Square; tel. +972 (0) 2 671 8281. www.khan.co.il
