saturday/17
“Broken Glass.” Theatre Chevruta performs a staged reading of the Arthur Miller play about an American Jewish couple’s reaction to the unfolding events of the Holocaust. At Addison-Penzak JCC, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos. 7 p.m. Also Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. $10-$20, JCC members free. www.apjcc.org
thursday/22
Say it and play it. Jewish words and music will find a common language in “Poetry=Klezmer=Jazz,” a collaborative presentation by local poet Jake Marmer and musicians Ben Goldberg and John Schott. Co-sponsored by Lehrhaus Judaica and KlezCalifornia.
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 at Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. Free. www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org