NEWARK, NJ — The Newark Museum of Art will present “Carlos Villa: Worlds In Collision” from Feb. 10 through May 8. Organized by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the San Francisco Art Institute, the exhibition brings together 35 rarely seen works by Carlos Villa, a central figure in the San Francisco, Calif., […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center has been approved for a $10,000 Challenge America award to support SOPAC’s music residency program. SOPAC’s music residency program is among 168 projects across the country that were selected to receive fiscal year 2022 funding, totaling $1,680,000, in the Challenge America grant category. SOPAC is […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Anthony Collins, a language arts teacher at the Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts, was looking for a way to make reading fun for his students while making math and numbers less intimidating. His solution: He wrote a book, “Begin Again 10,” that does just that. The […]
NEWARK, NJ — Following the successful conclusion of the 2021 New Jersey Arts Annual “ReVision and Respond” exhibition, the Newark Museum of Art acquired four artworks from the exhibition for the museum’s permanent collection. The annual NJAA series is a project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Again this year, Glen Ridge Recreation is presenting the Glen Ridge Holiday Music Bridge, a program that allows residents to share with their neighbors videos of them performing holiday songs. Interested musicians must have the ability to record their performance and send a link to the video via email to jtcowan@glenridgenj.org. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A few years ago, Charles Lopez Bruns wrote a blog post about the move he and his family made from New York City to Bloomfield when he was in sixth grade. Now it’s a book. During the pandemic, Bruns had the time to expand on the post and turn it into a […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — For its fall play, Glen Ridge High School’s drama club is staging a murder mystery at the Glen Ridge Women’s Club. “Talk About a Murder!” is set on a talk show where various performers are slated to be guests. In the middle of the show, one of the guests is murdered, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After a two-year absence, the West Orange High School Winter Concert rang in the holiday spirit on Dec. 9. From traditional, classical, popular and hip-hop tunes, the vocal groups from the high school delighted concertgoers and evoked memories of past holidays. The evening included performances by the Tenor and Bass Choir, Treble Choir, […]
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Newark’s Division of Arts and Culture announced Dec. 3 the completion of a new mural titled “The Future Nurtures the Past,” by artists Andre Leon and Robert Ramone, Newark natives who work together under the name Rorshach. This double-sided, nearly half-mile long mural stretches along Raymond Boulevard […]
NEWARK, NJ — The New Jersey Performing Arts Center has announced the creation of the Colton Institute for Research and Training in the Arts. Building on NJPAC’s focus on arts education as a means of learning, empowerment, and social and emotional development, the Colton Institute will be devoted to pedagogic research, curriculum creation, teacher training […]