Community Calendar

Halsey Fest is returning on September 23 from 3-8pm to welcome back residents, employees and students to Downtown Newark. The community street festival will run along Halsey Street between Central Ave to New Street. The event features music, games, art making, food, drinks, performances, mascots, giveaways, sampling and much more! Attendees are invited to reacquaint with their favorite Newark businesses and meet new ones that have opened during the pandemic. This year, the festival’s lead sponsors are the Newark Alliance along with Rutgers University-Newark and co-sponsor Prudential, Newark Downtown District and Hanini. For more information on Halsey Fest, please visit www.halseyfestival.com Follow #HalseyFest for details leading up to festival day.

How can you boost up your art classroom? Build your skills and teaching approach in art making techniques, incorporate diverse artists in your art lessons, and increase creative and expressive thinking for your students. Participants will receive professional development hours and a certificate of continued education. The Newark Museum of Art is operating under new protocols to keep our visitors and staff as safe as possible. As part of planning your visit, all visitors aged 12 and up must show proof of vaccination with a copy of vaccination card or photo, along with personal identification, or present a negative Covid-19 test from the last 72 hours. This includes both the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Garden and inside the Museum.

Solo piano located in a trendy open bar in the Time Warner Building with a great view overlooking Columbus Circle, Central Park and all the way across town. Small plates and nice drinks, slightly on the expensive side. Reservations are not required, but can't hurt.

In homage to Miles Davis’ ballad on his 1959 iconic album Kind of Blue, join JAZZ HOUSE KiDS and its presenting sponsors, BDP Holdings and Montclair Center BID for a very special evening as we celebrate the 12th annual MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL. The evening will include cocktails and delectable bites with accompaniment by the JAZZ HOUSE Alumni All-Stars, followed by a champagne toast with our Artistic Director, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE, and our special musical guest, DANIELLE PONDER. The evening culminates with an exclusive and area-premiere performance by singer DANIELLE PONDER who is a powerful storyteller for today through her authentic songwriting and unforgettable voice. Ms. Ponder performs just off the heels of her acclaimed Newport Jazz Festival debut receiving multiple standing ovations for her soulful and stirring performance. Special thanks to Susan and Chris Gifford and the Korones Family Foundation, Lincoln of Wayne, the MC Hotel and Steinway & Sons. 100% of proceeds to benefit JAZZ HOUSE KiDS.

The Calvin Hill Group will be performing the initial concert in the Englewood Public Library's 9th annual Summer Jazz Concert Series - "Jazz Under the Stars". This acclaimed series will be take place every Thursday evening at 7:30 from June 24 through August 26 on the library's front plaza. The concert series is free and open to the public. Register for the Calvin Hill concert can be found at tinyurl.com/JUTScalvin. As of press time, registration will be limited to 100 people. Bassist, Composer, Arranger, and Educator Calvin Hill was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and started the study of music at 10 years of age. Hill played trumpet, trombone, and saxophone in school bands, and switched to bass his last year of high school. Mr. Hill received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Berklee College of Music. He has also received a Master of Special Education from Hunter College. Calvin's first musical experiences were on the Boston music scene, where he became the regular bassist in the area's nightclubs. This enabled him to perform with a wide variety of artists, everyone from Billy Eckstine, Mel Torme, Mose Allison to John Lee Hooker the Kirby Stone Four and Matt Monroe. While in Boston, Calvin met and played with Joanne Brackeen, whom he continues to play with today. Hill moved to New York in 1969. His first big gig was with the McCoy Tyner Quartet. Calvin recorded Sahara with the group. The record was voted Album of the Year by the critics at Downbeat magazine. Calvin has been a member of the groups of Pharaoh Sanders, Betty Carter, George Coleman, James Moody, Chet Baker, Junior Mance and Max Roach. Hill is still an active studio musician and also tours and works with various artists, including the Spirit of Life Ensemble, as well as his own Quartet or Quintet. Hill's own 2005 CD release I Can't Give You Anything But Love was a critical success and is available in the Englewood Library through the BCCLS system. For further information, visit the Library’s website at www.englewoodlibrary.org. The lineup for the rest of the jazz series is as follows: July 1—The Darryl Yokley Band; July 8— Richard Baratta - The 3 B’s + Vincent Herring; July 15— Darrell Green & Camille Thurman; July 22— Bill Saxton with His Harlem All-Stars; July 29—Vince Ector; August 5—Eddie Allen Quartet; August 12—Chris Beck August 19—The Sharp Radway Band August 26—Duane Eubanks

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, begins its fall 2021 Season with a return to evening performances in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Peter B. Lewis Theater this September and October at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128. Following a spring season featuring robust in-person rotunda performances at a time when theaters remained dark, this fall Works & Process will resume its signature behind the scenes Artist-driven programs, uniquely blending performance highlights with insightful artists discussions all prior to premiere. Tickets on sale now for September and October programs at www.worksandprocess.org. Additional programs will be announced later in the fall. Works & Process programs will be 60 minutes, ticketed at full capacity, and require everyone to be fully vaccinated. All individuals will be required to wear a face mask at all times. At this time, children under the age of 12, for whom there is currently no available vaccination, will not be permitted to attend. The Metropolitan Opera: Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Terence Blanchard, libretto by Kasi Lemmons Monday, September 20, 7:30 pm Ahead of the Metropolitan Opera's 2021–22 season, learn more about the opening night production Fire Shut Up in My Bones—the Met's first performance of an opera by a Black composer. Written by Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard, this adaptation of Charles M. Blow's moving memoir features a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons. The opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man's journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown co-direct this new staging; Brown, who is also the production's choreographer, becomes the first Black director to create a mainstage Met production. Prior to its premiere, General Manager Peter Gelb moderates a discussion with members of the creative team and cast members present highlights.    New York City Ballet: Sidra Bell and Andrea Miller Sunday, September 26, 7:30 pm Just days ahead of New York City Ballet's Fall Fashion Gala, choreographers Sidra Bell's and Andrea Miller's illuminate their first-ever works for the stage at NYCB. Bell's collaboration features costumes by Brooklyn-based designer Christopher John Rogers, and Miller's collaboration with Indigenous Colombian singer Lido Pimienta featurescostumes by Paris-based Colombian-American designer Esteban Cortázar. Both will premiere on September 30. NYCB company members will perform excerpts ahead of the premiere, and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelanwill moderate a discussion with Bell and Miller.   The Santa Fe Opera: M. Butterfly by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang Monday, October 18, 7:30 pm Joincomposer Huang Ruo and writer David Henry Hwang as they discuss their newest collaboration, M. Butterfly. Inspired by the true story of a French diplomat who carried on a twenty-year love affair with a star of the Peking Opera, M. Butterfly is based on Hwang's 1988 Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award–winning Broadway play of the same name. Hear excerpts ahead of the production's world premiere as part of Santa Fe Opera's 2022 season. TICKETS & VENUE $25, $15 partial view, available for purchase online only House seats may be available for $1,000+ Friends of Works & Process. To purchase house seats, email friends@worksandprocess.org. House seats may be released to the public before performances. For more information, call 212 758 0024 or visit worksandprocess.org. Peter B. Lewis Theater Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street Subway: 4, 5, 6, or Q train to 86th Street Bus: M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus on Madison or Fifth Avenue Heath and Safety Information - Your health and safety are important to us. Every audience member must be fully vaccinated and will be required to show proof in person of vaccination authorized by the FDA or WHO, against COVID-19 before entering the theater. Proof of vaccination may include a CDC Vaccination Card (or photo), NYC COVID Safe app, New York State Excelsior Pass, NYC Vaccination Record, or an official immunization record from outside New York City or the United States. Full vaccination is defined as being two weeks or more after receipt of the second dose in a two-dose series, or two weeks or more after receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine.Visitors over the age of 18 will also be asked to show a photo ID. Full vaccination is defined as being 2 weeks or more after receipt of the second dose in a 2-dose series, or 2 weeks or more after receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine. At this time, children under the age of 12, for whom there is currently no available vaccination, will not be permitted to attend this performance regardless of the vaccination status of their guardian. Bring your three-ply face mask, N-95, or equivalent to keep yourself and one another safe. All individuals will be required to wear a face mask at all times. There is no coat check; please do not bring bags. Do not attend if in the ten days leading up to the performance, you have tested positive or experienced COVID-19 symptoms or come into close or proximate contact with a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case. If you are unable to attend due to COVID-19 exposure, please contact boxoffice@guggenheim.org in advance of the performance. An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public environment where people are present. Those visiting the museum do so at their own risk of exposure. Lead funding for Works & Process season is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Christian Humann Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Evelyn Sharp Foundation, The Geraldine Stutz Trust with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Works & Process at the Guggenheim  Described by The New York Times as "forward thinking" and "an exceptional opportunity to understand something of the creative process," since 1984 Works & Process has welcomed New Yorkers to see, hear, and meet the most acclaimed performers and creators of the performing arts. Led by Producer Caroline Cronson and General Manager Duke Dang, Works & Process nurtures and champions new works, shapes representation, amplifies underrepresented voices and performing arts cultures, and offers audiences unprecedented access to generations of leading creators and performers. Artist-driven programs blending performance highlights with insightful discussions are, when permitted, followed by receptions in the rotunda, producing an opportunity for collective learning and community building, while also helping to cultivate a more inclusive, fair, and representative world. Approximately fifty performances take place annually in the Guggenheim's Frank Lloyd Wright–designed, 273-seat Peter B. Lewis Theater. Every summer Works & Process produces a program at the Guggenheim Bilbao as well. In 2017 Works & Process established a residency program inviting artists to create newly commissioned performances made in and for the iconic Guggenheim rotunda. In 2020 Works & Process Artists (WPA) Virtual Commissions was created financially support 84 new works and over 280 artists and nurture their creative process during the pandemic. To forge a path for artists to safely gather, create, and perform during the pandemic, from summer 2020 through spring 2021 Works & Process pioneered and produced 250 bubble residencies supporting 247 artists, made possible through the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. On March 20, 2021, after over a year of shuttered indoor performances, with special guidance from New York State's Department of Health, Works & Process, in the rotunda of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, was the first cultural organization to reopen live indoor ticketed performances. worksandprocess.org Works & Process bubble residencies and Works & Process reopening performances are made possible through the generosity of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Stephen Kroll Reidy. Works & Process has received support from the U.S. Small Business Administration Shuttered Venue Operators Grant and Paycheck Protection Program and NYC Employee Retention Grant Program.

New Camerata Opera announces that tickets are now on sale for performances of Cav + Pag, a bold and innovative adaptation of two classic verismo operas performed with a chamber orchestra, on September 23, 25, 30 and October 2, 2021 at 8pm at The Muse Brooklyn, a cavernous, converted industrial warehouse in Bushwick at 350 Moffat St., Brooklyn, NY. Tickets are $40 and are now on sale at https://www.newcamerataopera.org/cavpag. This 90-minute adaptation retains the most essential elements of each opera and places the role of Cavalleria Rusticana's Santuzza at the center, with Pagliacci's play-within-a-play paralleling her own crisis. The performance will feature New York-area artists accompanied by a nine-piece chamber orchestra (five string players, flute, oboe, bassoon, and piano). The creative team notes this production is "...not your grandpa's Cavalleria/Pagliacci but Cav + Pag, a distinct musical and dramatic entity that draws on the best of those twin masterworks to deliver a streamlined, intimate and powerful evening in the theater." Cav + Pag September 23, 25, 30 and October 2, 2021 at 8:00pm, The Muse Brooklyn Cav + Pag is an operatic fusion of the traditional double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Developed by Director John de los Santos, Music Director Samuel McCoy, and internationally-renowned Dramaturg Cori Ellison, Cav + Pagseamlessly intertwines the characters, stories, and music, treating the audience to a super-condensed look at these classic verismo operas. Composed by Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo.  Directed by John de los Santos, music direction by Samuel McCoy, dramaturgy by Cori Ellison, costume design by Asa Benally, and lighting design by Emily Clarkson. Principal cast members include Erik Bagger, Chris Carr (Canio), Indira Mahajan, Megan Nielson (Santuzza), Samina Aslam, Maria Brea (Nedda), Lindell Carter, Victor Khodadad (Turiddu), Angky Budiardjono (Silvio), Stan Lacy (Tonio), Rashard Deleston (Beppe), Costas Tsourakis (Alfio), Leslie Middlebrook (Lucia), Eva Parr, Julia Tang (Lola). Chorus/covers include Roseanne Ackerly, Ryan Allais, Brian Alvarado, Rosa Betancourt, Linda Collazo, Nick Connolly, Brittany Fowler, Alkis Sarantinos. New Camerata Opera will be adhering to strict guidelines as outlined by the CDC and New York State regarding COVID-19. The protocols observed include proof of vaccination for attendees and performers, masks for attendees, and social distancing. For more information on the latest requirements to attend Cav + Pag, visit newcamerataopera.org/covid-policy. New Camerata Opera was founded with the mission of building new audiences for the art form through engaging, exciting and educational productions. The organization accomplishes this via three main initiatives: full-length operas presented at innovative and daring venues, newly arranged and adapted children's operas (Camerata Piccola), and originally commissioned short operatic films for presentation online (CamerataWorks). It is through these multifaceted operations that NCO has successfully brought countless new opera lovers into the cultural fold. The organization has been hailed as "the future of opera" and is one of the most consistently active and present opera companies in New York. For more information, visit newcamerataopera.org. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Welcome to Laura & Antonio's Virtual Jazz Club! Pianist Laura Dubin and drummer Antonio Guerrero are a husband-and-wife duo based in Rochester, NY. They livestream concerts every night at 8:30 pm ET on Facebook and YouTube. Visit www.lauradubin.com to find out more. Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/lauradubinjazz YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/c.lauradubinjazz

Find solace and inspiration at WheatonArts! A national cultural treasure, WheatonArts hosts unique exhibitions in the Museum of American Glass and Down Jersey Folklife Center, allows visitors to meet informally with resident artists in the Hot Glass, Pottery, and Flameworking Studios, has award-winning Museum Stores, and a scenic Nature Trail with a beautiful pond-side picnic grove – a true Pineland Sanctuary. For current hours, tickets, and visitor guidelines, visit https://www.wheatonarts.org/tickets/ Photo by Phil Vitale

The exhibition features artwork created by the glass artist Paula Meninato. Through the optical qualities of paint on glass, Persistent Memories depicts the human toll behind the criminalization of Latin Americans and the human suffering caused by wars and immigration policies. Some of the artworks are created during an artist residency at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center and made specifically for this installation. The exhibition also features videos to further emphasize the concepts of disappearance and invisibility. Exhibit Opening Saturday, September 25 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. • Maya Weaving Demonstration: Julia Sánchez • Meet the Artist: Paula Meninato • Blessing for a New Beginning: Genaro Jacinto Calel • Marimba Music: Marimba Maya AWAL WheatonArts is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.