Community Calendar

A series from The Newark Museum of Art & New Jersey Symphony Orchestra June 9 - September 24, 2021 This summer, The Newark Museum of Art partners with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to bring you a vibrant outdoor series of concerts, films, and cultural celebrations. All programs will take place in the Museum’s Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden with a limited capacity and safety guidelines to ensure everyone has an enjoyable experience. Tickets will be available on the websites of the NMOA and NJSO, and must be purchased in advance. No exceptions. In compliance with Mayor Baraka and the City of Newark’s Executive Order on May 19, all visitors, aged 12 and up, to large cultural and recreation venues in Newark, including The Newark Museum of Art, must be fully vaccinated to gain entrance to the Museum. Note: Full vaccination means a minimum of two weeks after your second shot for Moderna and Pfizer and after the one shot for Johnson & Johnson. As part of planning your visit, please be prepared to show proof of vaccination with copy of vaccination card or photo, along with personal identification. For children 12-16, identification is not required. This ordinance includes both the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Garden and inside the Museum. This applies to all visitors, including Members of the Museum. This order is in effect until further notice.

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.

Our 2nd celebration of community arts will take place in Newark’s Forest Hill historic district on Saturday, September 25, 2021 from 12-6pm. Organized by the Forest Hill Community Association, our FREE family-friendly event will have amateur and professional artists (both performing and visual) volunteering to showcase their talents. Residents from Forest Hill will make their porches available to serve as community stages to accommodate the artists. Attendees will be invited to visit stages across the neighborhood to enjoy a full afternoon of entertainment, food, and fun. Visit us at Facebook: Newark Porchfest or Instagram: @newarkporchfest for updates and info

Comedy is back at NJPAC! Join us for an evening with Paula Poundstone, known for her smart, observational humor and spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. She was the first woman to share the dais with the President and perform standup at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. She was the first woman to win the CableACE award for Best Stand-up Comedy Special. And she can be heard weekly as the host of the comedy podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, an out-of-control adult education class that meets in a treehouse. Paula continues as a panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! She is recognized in innumerable lists, documentaries, and literary compendiums noting influential standup comedians of our time.

Starring Tito Nieves, Arturo O’farrill Big Band and Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra ¡Viva la Música! In the best tradition of the venerated “Jazz Meets Salsa,” series, this all-star lineup features three of the greatest attractions in all of contemporary Afro-Latin music: hard-swinging virtuoso pianist Eddie Palmieri and his Salsa Orchestra, storied bandleader and keyboardist Arturo O’Farrill (son of jazz pioneer Chico O’Farrill and heir to a great musical legacy) and his tribute to Charlie Parker’s Latin at 100, and Puerto Rico’s celebrated son and salsa singer Tito Nieves.

Grammy Award-winning vocalist Catherine Russell teams up with Jazz guitarist, vocalist and bandleader John Pizzarelli in a stunning tribute to Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra. Dubbed “the essential duo,” Russell and Pizzarelli transport audiences to the glory days of Jazz with masterful ease, capturing Holiday’s effortless grace and Sinatra’s cool swagger. World-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli has been hailed by The Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing Jazz,” while All Music Guide says, “Russell emerged as a retro old school vocalist for the ages.”

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.

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.