The Temenos Center for the Arts invites you to the 1st annual Festival of Pie at Race Brook Lodge — a celebration of deliciousness, craft, community, and communion. Bring a pie for free entry, or just bring a hungry tummy!

We'll open with a mini Shabbat ceremony, gather for a potluck and pie fest, and rise into an evening of live music by Lala Tamar & Zachi Asher.

Pies will compete for four non-hierarchical awards:

Heart of the Matter — not the prettiest pie, but the most deliciousness
Honored Ancestor — the pie that best channels the blessing of an ancestor
Weird, Wild & Whacky — the most creative, unexpected, wonderfully-itself creation
People's Choice — let your voice be heard; we are the people

Run of Show
5:00pm — Doors
5:30pm — Mini Shabbat Ceremony
6:00pm — Potluck & Pie Fest
7:00pm — Music by Lala Tamar & Zachi Asher
8:00pm — Bestowal of Awards & Goodbye

Tickets are $32, or free if you bring a pie.

About the Musicians

Lala Tamar — The young diva of Moroccan Arabic groove, Lala Tamar breathes vibrant new life into Andalusian, Flamenco, and Middle Eastern music. A vocalist, musician, and winner of the New Israel Fund's Grant for Essential Arts, she was born to Jewish Moroccan-Brazilian parents and is a researcher and collector of North African, Ladino, and Andalusian Jewish song — including the first-ever album recorded in the lost language of Haquetía (Moroccan Jewish Ladino). Famous on the streets of Marrakech and fresh off a sold-out debut at Lincoln Center, she enchants audiences across the globe.

Zachi Asher — Rabbi Zachi Asher leads soulful Shabbat gatherings and ceremonies of song, teaching, dance, stillness, poetry, and community — for adults and kids alike. A guiding spirit of the Temenos Center for the Arts, he brings warmth, playfulness, and depth to every gathering.

Festival of Pie & Community Shabbat Gathering

Festival of Pie & Community Shabbat Gathering