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This ongoing Museum of American Glass exhibition honors 50 years of glassmakers at WheatonArts! Discover collaborations that artfully combine vision, artifacts that serve as muse, and the tools that connect skills across time. See themes of creativity reflected through people, place, and process. Combined, they showcase the exploration of creativity specific to WheatonArts. Through these tangible pieces, experience the intangible qualities that make WheatonArts a creative sanctuary – the people who allow creativity to flourish, the place steeped in the glassmaking tradition, and the process of balancing skill with vision. Open April through December 2022. For current hours, tickets, and visitor guidelines, visit https://www.wheatonarts.org/tickets/

Drummer Chris Beck will be in concert at the Englewood Public Library on Thursday, August 18, at 7:30 p.m. on the library’s front plaza. This will be the 9th installment in the library’s 10th annual jazz concert series “Jazz Under the Stars.” The concert series is free and open to the public. No registration is needed, but library parking is very limited. In case of inclement weather, the concerts will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church one block north at 113 Engle St.
Continuing in the music legacies of his father and grandfather, Chris Beck is making a name for himself on the New York scene as a hard-swinging, powerhouse drummer and composer. Beck’s refreshing and soulful vision as an artist is on full display, as is his unique ability to pay homage to the classic straight-ahead style of jazz while infusing elements of his African roots and Gospel upbringing.
For further information, visit the Library’s website at www.englewoodlibrary.org. The Englewood Library is located at 31 Engle St., Englewood, N.J. The final concert in the series will be with Sharp Radway on August 25.

This electric musical lays bare the rich legacy of an American icon whose work spans different genres, from jazz to gospel to blues to Broadway to rock and roll. It features such definitive classics as I Loves You Porgy, Young, Gifted and Black, and My Baby Just Cares for Me. Heart-melting and hopeful, Simone’s spellbinding story comes to life through four actresses in this theatrical journey. Simply Simone is performed in two acts with one 15-minute intermission. The total run time is approximately two hours and 10 minutes.

Performers: K. Desiree, Joy Brown, Kia Stewart, Rhyan McNeil
Associate Director: Kim Awon
Movement Director: Nikia Neal

This program is organized by NMOA Visiting Curator of Performing Arts, Daryl Stewart, a Newark-based theatre artist.

Stephane Wrembel’s annual Django A Gogo Festival 2021 comprises four concerts and an intensive two-day guitar workshop celebrating the music and life of legendary musician and composer Django Reinhardt. The concert repertoire follows the Django canon and veers into reinterpretation, improvisation and interplay between artists from various backgrounds performed at the highest level of musicianship. Each show has a different theme and lineup of musicians. This year includes: Thursday, June 3—From Tarrega to Django: The Art of Guitar; Friday, June 4—The Django Experiment CD Release Show, The Django Experiment VI; and Saturday, June 5—Django New Orleans. Performers include: Stephane Wrembel, Thor Jensen, Ari Folman-Cohen, Nick Anderson, Daisy Castro, Nick Driscoll, Michael Sheridan, Joe Correia, Scott Kettner, David Langlois, and Mike Davis. Please check website for exact details.

Broadway in the Bricks is a new live performance series that brings Broadway's best and brightest talents to Newark. Join Broadway in the Bricks host and executive producer, Daryl Stewart as he brings Broadway to Newark Museum of Art's Garden for an intimate, elegant and socially distanced one night only evening of stories, standards and show tunes. Music Direction by Gail Lou Freeman. Produced by Daryl Stewart Productions in association with NMOA Music Curator, Marcy DePina. The Arts in the Garden series is a partnership between The Newark Museum of Art & 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 must be purchased online in advance. No exceptions.

Tue, July 20, 2021, 6- 8 PM EST Rome Neal Banana Puddin' Jazz Supported by Jazz Foundation of America Presents "JAZZ Live in the Commodore Barry Park" (Brooklyn) Featuring Chip Crawford (keys), Patience Higgins (sax), Dwayne Cook Broadnax (drums), Lonnie Plaxico (bass) And the Vocals of Patsy Grant, Frank Senior, Steve Cromity More info: www.romeneal.com FREE in the Park and Streamed on YouTube and FaceBook Live, however, your financial support will help to keep this program ALIVE and LIVE! venmo: rome-neal-2 or PayPal: romekyn@earthlink.net Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz events are STREAMED LIVE! YOUTUBE & FB "FREE" SPONSORS: John D. Smith, Ron Cephas Jones, Lamon Fenner Barbara Flowers, Sheryl Renee Productions, Chris Bryan, Laurence Holder, George Turner, Russell G. Jones, Lisa Martin, Steve Burnett, Black Repertory Group (Berkeley) Black Theatre Project (Documentary)

‘Super excited to be heading back to Hartford in August with the all female band of cello, violin, bass, drums and keys, Firey String Sistas featuring Nioka Workman, Marlene Rice, Mala Waldron, Destiny Diggs and Luciana Padmore. We will be sharing a hot set of Jazz, Soul and new music at the Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series. Bring your lawn chairs and umbrellas. See you there! August 9, 2021. 7:30p-9:00p The 2021 Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series will run from July 12, 2021– August 16, 2021.  All concerts are free and will be held at the; Thomas D. Harris IV Pavilion at Bushnell Park in Hartford, CT 2021 Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz Series Sponsors Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Summer in The City Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts Foundation Greater Hartford Arts Council , City of Hartford  www.hartfordjazzsociety.com

We are super excited to have our first in-person house session of the year at Virtuosity. Although space is limited, we'll also be streaming this house session on Virtuosity's Facebook & Twitch : @VirtuosityBoston. For our July event we welcome Jazz Pianist, Miguel Landestoy, to the House Session family! Miguel is an amazing pianist, band leader, and educator. He is also an OG supporter of the House Session Series who has accompanied multiple artists. We are honored to have him as a featured artist this season. This House Session has been generously sponsored by the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston. Thank you for your support of Dunamis and the Y.A.M.S House Session Series. Space is limited; tickets must be purchased in advance.

On Saturday July 3rd 2021 from 2pm to 5pm, NEW YORTK STATE JAZZ AND LITERATURE SOCIETY hosts the 10th Louis Armstrong Jazz Fest from The Harlem Heritage Tours Cultural Center.@ 104 MALCOLM X BLVD btw 115th and 116th streets This live outdoor show and live stream presentation celebrating LOIUS ARMSTRONG'S BIRTHDAY (JULY 4TH) will be featuring s Award-winning Jazz Singers Terri Davis. Grace Young and Veronica Deah This event is free The John Satchmo Mannan Renaissance 2.0 will headline the event and feature music from the jazz opera "PORGY AND BESS" Trumpeter James Zollar ,,international pianist (featured recently in the AMSTERDAM MEWS) Bertha Hope Tap Dancer Josh J Johnson and spoken word artist Lotuz will also perform The performances are supported each year by the law firm of Lipsig Shapey Manus and Moverman and the Jazz Foundation of America FOR INFO CALL 646539964

PATRICIA PHILOMENA RAE (mother) Girl, woman, wife, mother; Innocent, curious, in-love, tireless, fearless, faithful, patient, giving, tired, unloved, yelled at, misunderstood. Best friend, a confidant, trusted - most dialed number. Always there, always interested, proud, worried. A martyr, afraid, sick, frail, alone, gone..... Tracey Yarad exposes her vulnerable, cavernous interior landscape through music after the passing of her mother in 2013. Melody, silence, and harmonic resonance becomes a place of retreat to heal and find meaning in the life of Patricia Philomena Rae. Never performed before Tracey brings together a powerful group of women to interpret, intertwine and collaborate. Claudia Acuña, improvisational voice, Elsa Nilsson, flute, Jennifer Vincent, bass, and Rosa Avila, drums. More information: https://www.traceyyarad.com https://www.claudiaacunamusic.com/ https://cslproductions.org/about/jennifer.shtml https://www.elsanilssonmusic.com/ https://maestramusic.org/profile/rosa-avila/