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New Camerata Opera (NCO) presents Summer Concerts, a FREE live performance of favorite opera excerpts hosted by Operation Gig!, on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 4pm at 726 Argyle Rd, Brooklyn NY, 11230 in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Principal soloists from NYC's most exciting young opera company will offer serenades of some of the greatest musical masterpieces ever written. For more information, visit newcamerataopera.org/events.

KENDRA SHANK - voice & PETE McCANN - guitar. $10 cover, no minimum. Full bar, great Mexican food (+ other options).

"Imaginative and daring." - THE NEW YORKER

"Kendra Shank sounds like sunlight shining through a stained-glass window, her crystalline tone illuminating each song. Working her voice like a horn, she phrases inventively, whether crisp and sizzling or sensuously smoky. She's definitely an original." - JAZZ TIMES

Eddie Griffin cut his teeth during the golden age of hip hop standup, with appearances on Def Comedy Jam, Comedy Central, and One Night Stand. The unapologetic comic is still making waves in his current Las Vegas residency and his new special, Eddie Griffin: Laughin’ Through Your Mask, filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The star of Malcolm & Eddie, you’ve seen Eddie in dozens of films including A Star Is Born, Undercover Brother, John Q, and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. No topic is off-limits on this night of no-holds-barred standup.

In celebration of Juneteenth father and son piano duo Ryan & Ryan present Kickin’ the Clouds Away June 17-23, 2021. Ryan & Ryan will be performing their Kicking the Clouds Away concert featuring some of the world’s best piano music including jazz, ragtime, classical, and gospel. Joining Ryan & Ryan for a special pre-concert chat will be Berrie Center director Lisa Campbell. Ryan & Ryan is made possible through a generous grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Jazz pianist Markus Gottschlich (“A painter of emotions via music” - All About Jazz) performs songs from his recently released album "Found Sounds," which focuses on the transformation and re-interpretation of everyday sounds. The event is free and will be live-streamed on ACFNY’s Youtube channel.

Meet artists David King and David Schnuckel, who both make artworks that extend from a rigorous approach to object making; the results are often impractical and unexpected. Join this Wheaton Conversations event as they make an effort to uncover why. Registration is free! Part of "Wheaton Conversations," a virtual series highlighting select & diverse artists with ties to WheatonArts. To see the full schedule of conversations along with past recordings, visit wheatonarts.org.

Join us at 1 Sloan Street in the heart of Downtown South Orange NJ as Michele Bazzanni brings his swinging Bazzanni trio with Caylen Bryant and Pat Clare to Jazz On Sloan St, Free and outdoors. . They will be performing contemporary jazz band standards and other classic jazz tunes. We will be outside the Village Diner. Summer Saturdays produced/hosted by South Orange Village Center Alliance and Gregory Burrus Productions

Hone your skills and work towards drawing realistic portraits in this live-modelled session. Gather your materials and join us on Zoom for this 90-minute session with model Jasmine Bryant. Draw, paint, or even sculpt this live model, who will offer a variety of angles and options that are sure to keep you inspired. Please note that this is an opportunity to create a portrait from a live model, not a facilitated class. Although no instruction will be given to participants, feel free to encourage each other. The program will be available on Zoom.

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. NJSO Concertmaster Eric Wyrick leads the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players in Florence Price’s Five Folksongs in Counterpoint, an exploration of African American spirituals from a pathbreaking Black composer. Mendelssohn’s Octet, one of the composer’s finest earlier works, rounds out the program.

To the delight of fans everywhere, Mexico’s Ana Gabriel is back with Por Amor A Ustedes, her new album and show. The GRAMMY® and Latin GRAMMY® nominee has topped the charts for decades with her signature smoky alto, performing emotional pop ballads and traditional ranchera that speaks to the soul. In shows packed with hits, her husky voice can more than outmatch the horn section of a ranchera, and she’ll often throw in classic Mexican songs and lead the crowd in sing-alongs.