CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Spring 2018 Calendar of Events

Cover image: Shoshanna Weinberger, Running with Severed Conditions, 2016, ink, gouache, collage on paper, 31.375H x 25.375W x 1.5 inches ©Shoshanna Weinberger, 2017

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VISUAL + PERFORMING + LITERARY ARTS

SPR IN G 2018 CA LEN DA R O F EV EN TS

PERFORMING ARTS D E PA RT M E N T O F M U S I C, DA N C E & T H E AT R E

In RealTime: Sodam Jeon, soprano, with Henry Sungho Yang, piano

NJCU Jazz Ensemble: Three Divas of Song featuring Sofia Rei, vocalist

Sunday, February. 11 | 3:00 p.m.

Ingalls Recital Hall FREE with RSVP

Dr. Gabriel Alegria, artistic director Thursday – Friday, March 1 - 2 | 7:00 p.m.

West Side Theatre FREE with RSVP

Classically trained Korean soprano Sodam Jeon, a versatile singer who moves comfortably between arias and folk songs, performs a selection of popular music from her native country.

In the Heights Friday & Saturday, March 16, 17, 23, 24 | 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 18, 25 | 3:00 p.m.

Margaret Williams Theatre $15 general / $5 student & senior

The NJCU Jazz Ensemble paints contemporary portraits of jazz legends Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan. A moving evening of song, swinging Big Band arrangements, and joy to go around, with world-renowned singer and NJCU faculty member Sofia Rei.

Tony Award winning musical In the Heights launched the career of composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, who went on to make his name with Hamilton on Broadway.

The tuneful score, spiked with Latin hip pop and dance rhythms, creates a panoramic mural of Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood, while telling an authentic story of hope, change, and self-discovery.

Music@One: Craig Ketter, piano

Music@One: New Thread Quartet

NJCU Jazz Ensemble: Swing Time

Wednesday, March 21 | 1:00 p.m.

Ingalls Recital Hall FREE

Wednesday, April 4 | 1:00 p.m.

Ingalls Recital Hall FREE

Critically acclaimed for “transporting the listeners to extraordinary heights” and “into a world beyond time and space,” pianist Craig Ketter performs music

by Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin and George Gershwin.

The adventurous New Thread Quartet presents a kaleidoscope of contemporary chamber music for four saxophones. These unique compositions, all created in the past six years, range in inspiration from post-World War II jazz in Europe to sunsets in New Mexico.

Ronald Carter, guest conductor Thursday, April 5 | 7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.

West Side Theatre FREE with RSVP

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Master teacher and saxophonist Ronald Carter leads the NJCU Jazz Ensemble in an evening of greatest hits of the Big Band era, featuring the swinging music of Basie, Ellington, and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis. Carter, who tours the world as an award-winning guest artist, brings his infectious energy and passion for jazz to the NJCU campus for a three-day residency culminating in this concert.

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In RealTime: Trifecta

Symphony of Winds & Percussion

NJCU Orchestra

Sunday, April 8 | 3:00 p.m.

Ingalls Recital Hall FREE with RSVP

Patrick Burns, director Tuesday, April 17 | 7:30 p.m.

Margaret Williams Theatre FREE with RSVP Tuesday, April 24 | 7:30 p.m.

Palisades Park High School 1 Veterans Plaza, Palisades Park, NJ FREE

Lou Kosma, director Sunday, April 29 | 3:00 p.m.

Margaret Williams Theatre FREE with RSVP

Combining virtuosity with flair, this string trio performs an eclectic program of music by J.S. Bach, Alfred Schnittke, Paul Wiancko, George Enescu, and Missy Mazzolli. Trifecta is Sarah Whitney, violin, Angela Pickett, viola, and Laura Metcalf, cello.

The 60 musicians of the Symphony of Winds and Percussion play a program of new and traditional music for symphonic band.

West Point Band Monday, April 30 | 7:00 p.m.

Margaret Williams Theatre FREE with RSVP The West Point Band traces its history to the American Revolution and, since then, it has evolved into one of the most impressive and versatile performing groups in the world. The program features toe-tapping military marches, selections from Mussorgsky’s masterpiece, Pictures at an Exhibition, and a medley from Les Miserables.

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The program includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, featuring MDT Graduate Student Katie Kang, soprano, and Nino Rota’s Divertimento Concertante for Double Bass and Orchestra, with Jeremy McCoy, double bass with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

The Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet featuring Hugo Alcazar, drums

NJCU Spring Choral Concert: Music from the Movies

Thursday, May 3 | 7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.

West Side Theatre $15 general / $5 students and seniors

Dr. Robert Prowse, director Sunday, May 6 | 3:00 p.m.

Margaret Williams Theatre FREE with RSVP

The Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet, led by NJCU’s Jazz Studies Director Gabriel Alegria, has won audiences across the globe with its infectious rhythms and original compositions. An evening of irrepressible Latin jazz music, with guest percussion master Hugo Alcazar.

The NJCU Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers present favorite songs and music from the movies.

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EXHIBITIONS A RT D E PA RT M E N T

State of the DysUnion: Joyce Yu-Jean Lee January 25 – March 1 OPENING RECEPTION: January 25 | 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

ARTIST TALK: February 13 | 7:00 p.m.

Visual Arts Gallery In the Trump era of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” multi-media artist Joyce Yu-Jean Lee presents a snapshot of current journalism, advertising, and the Internet. Through animated video installations, State of the DysUnion examines contemporary mass media -- its documentation, distribution, and role in shaping culture and history.

Lee, who works in video, interactive technology, installation, and performance, is deeply interested how mass media and visual culture impact notions of truth and the “other.” Her r​ ecent project about Internet censorship, ​ FIREWALL​,​garnered the attention of Chinese authorities and was reviewed by Hyperallergic, The Washington Post, and ArtCritical.

The Otherness of Strangefruit: Shoshanna Weinberger February 1 – March 15 OPENING RECEPTION: February 1 | 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS & WRITERS PANEL DISCUSSION: February 27 | 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Shoshanna Weinberger mines the complexity of her Caribbean-American heritage to investigate the female archetype.

Her Strangefruit series is a collection of collages that reference the ambiguity of her mixed-race identity and pointedly distill cultural stereotypes around beauty, race, and gender.

Wonder Women 11: Eye of the Storm March 21 – May 9 OPENING RECEPTION: March 21 | 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.

ARTIST TALK: April 25 | 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery Organized by _gaia, the Jersey City based artist collective, and curated by Doris Cacoilo and Eileen Ferara, Wonder Women 11 urgently speaks to our changing Earth: drastic shifts in temperature, disappearing islands, glacial melt, huge super storms, fires, and flooding. Voicing concern and a call for action, this all-female group of artists uses various media and processes to explore the science, story, and future of environmental policy and life on the planet.

Weinberger, who has exhibited internationally as well as across the United States, has been featured in the Jamaican and Martinique Biennials, and was most recently recognized with a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and a 2017 Artist-inResidence at the Gateway Project in Newark.

This year’s Wonder Women artists are: Olga Bautista,Gwen Charles, Sharon De La Cruz, Jessica Demcsak, Tamara Gubernat, Wendell Jeffrey, Deborah Sperry, Linda Streicher, Amanda Thackray, and Michele Vitale.

Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, “Verti-Call,” HD video & motion-sensitive LED installation, 2016​

Shoshanna Weinberger, Top Heavy, 2017, Collage on paper, 27.5H x 19.5W x 1.25D inches

Amanda Thackray, Porifera (detail), 2017

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FILM M E D I A A RT S D E PA RT M E N T Ramapo College of NJ Friday, February 16 | 8:00 p.m.

Sharp Theater at the Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ $10 / FREE with student ID

Sussex County Community College Saturday, February 17 | 8:00 p.m.

The Performing Arts Center, 1 College Hill Rd., Newton, NJ $5 / FREE with student ID

University of Delaware March 13 | 5:00 p.m.

Trabant Theater, Newark, DE FREE

Centenary University

Black Maria 37th Annual Film Festival Premiere Saturday, February 10 | 7:00 p.m.

Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., Hoboken $10 The first screening of the 2018 winning films!

Housed in NJCU’s Media Arts Department, the Black Maria Film Festival is an annual juried competition that travels across the U.S. and abroad, and features new short works in all genres.

Black Maria Film Festival Screenings In The Community For more information about the festival, 2018 winners, and screening locations: www.blackmariafilmfestival.org

AMC Dine-In Theatre - Essex Green 9 Sunday, February 11 | 2:00 p.m.

495 Prospect Ave., West Orange, NJ $12

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Media Arts Department Showcase Thursday, May 17 | 7:00 p.m.

The Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theater 54 Journal Square, Jersey City $4 suggested admission

Wednesday, March 21 | 7:30 p.m.

Sitnik Theater, 400 Jefferson St., Hackettstown, NJ

The Media Arts Department presents its annual awards and showcase of student films, video, and digital media.

Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools

NJ Young Filmmakers’ 44th Annual Festival Premiere and Awards Ceremony

Wednesday, March 28 | 7:00 p.m.

School of the Arts, East Brunswick Campus 12 Rues Lane, East Brunswick, NJ

Secaucus Public Library Sunday, April 8 | 1:00 p.m.

1379 Paterson Plank Road, Secaucus NJ FREE

The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum

Saturday, June 9 | 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Edison National Historical Park 211 Main Street, West Orange, NJ FREE A project of the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium, a non-profit operating in association with NJCU’s Department of Media Arts, NJ Young Filmmakers celebrates and encourages emerging talent in New Jersey—the state in which Thomas Edison first developed the motion picture.

Wednesday, April 18 | 7:00 p.m.

6 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown, NJ

Secaucus Public Library Sunday, May 20 | 1:00 p.m.

1379 Paterson Plank Road, Secaucus, NJ FREE

Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences Friday, July 6 | 8:00 p.m.

120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ

National Gallery of Art Saturday, August 11 | 1:00 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.

East Building, Main Theater 6th & Constitution Ave. Washington, DC FREE

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LITERARY EVENTS E N G L I S H D E PA RT M E N T W R I T E R S O N C A M P U S features NJCU students, alumni, and faculty, as well as readings by guest writers. FREE and open to the public.

Fourth Annual 100-Word Reading Marathon Tuesday, February 6 | 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Gilligan Student Union, Room 129 Flash fiction and flash nonfiction are the new genre!

Dozens of writers come together to share their “short” short stories.

Black Women Writers and Artists Tuesday, February 27 | 6:00 p.m.

Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery A discussion hosted by Edvige Giunta and gallery curator Midori Yoshimoto.

Co-sponsored with the Art Department, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Department.

Julija Sukys: Siberian Exile Thursday, February 22 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Gilligan Student Union, Room 129 In Siberian Exile, Sukys traces her family’s history while shedding light on the horrors the Lithuanian Jews faced during World War II. In this deeply personal memoir, Sukys considers what happens when the stories we’ve been told all our lives change, and how forgiveness operates across generations, and barriers of life and death.

Krystal Sital: Secrets We Kept

Helene Stapinski: Murder in Matera

Tuesday, March 13 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Gilligan Student Union, Room 129

Thursday, March 29 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Gilligan Student Union, Room 129

NJCU alumna Krystal Sital reads from and discusses her new memoir, Secrets We Kept (W.W. Norton & Company), an exploration of the lives of three generations of women from Trinidad.

An evening with journalist and Jersey City native Helene Stapinski, author of Five Finger Discount, on her newest book, Murder in Matera. Stapinski recounts her travels to Southern Italy to investigate a mysterious murder that involved her great-greatgrandmother, and uncovers a story of struggle and survival.

Co-sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Program and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.

Annie Lanzillotto presents Hard Candy: Caregiving, Mourning, and Stage Lightand Pitch Roll Yaw Tuesday, March 27 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gilligan Student Union, Room 129 Annie Lanzillotto’s new double book of poetry and memoir offers advice from beyond the grave on surviving—how to eat, cook, clean, heal, mourn, and sing the blues.

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The Margaux Fragoso Literary Courage Award Wednesday, April 18 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gilligan Student Union, Room 129 NJCU alumna Margaux Fragoso, author of the international best-seller Tiger, Tiger, is remembered less than a year after her death with an award that recognizes her extraordinary courage and achievement.

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GUEST SPEAKERS

Keynote Speaker: Judith Jamison

An Evening with Parvez Hussein Sharma

Wednesday, February 28 | 7:00 p.m.

Skyline Room, NJCU School of Business FREE with RSVP

Thursday, April 12 | 7:00 p.m.

NJCU School of Business $25 (includes a copy of A Sinner in Mecca)

An evening with icon Judith Jamison–dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director Emeritus of the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. As a dancer, Ms. Jamison became one of modern dance’s great performers and she was appointed Artistic Director of the company in 1989 at the request of Alvin Ailey, himself. She will reflect on her life and the importance of the arts in our culture.

NJCU Center for the Arts and the Jersey City Free Public Library welcome filmmaker and author Parvez Hussein Sharma, in conversation with NJCU Professor Chris Cunningham. In his award-winning film A Sinner in Mecca, and the new book of the same name, Sharma documents his Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca as an openly gay Muslim. Join us as we screen part of the film and hear from the author.

Ms. Jamison’s appearance is presented in partnership with NJCU’s Hagan Africana Studies Center and part of the University’s Black History month celebration.

FOR ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS Social Media Bootcamp with Jamie Benson Wednesday, March 7 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

NJCU School of Business FREE with RSVP Dive into an intensive, hand-on workshop on effectively using social media, geared specifically towards individual artists and small arts organizations, with marketing expert Jamie Benson.

The Art of Board Development Wednesday, May 16 | 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

NJCU School of Business FREE with RSVP A supportive board of directors is behind almost every successful non-profit. Building a Board and keeping them engaged and on track is work – but well worth the effort! This panel will provide you with insights from non-profit arts administrators of failures and successes towards “getting the board onboard.”

Keynote Speaker: David Leventhal, Program Director of Dance for Parkinson’s Disease (Dance for PD​®) Tuesday, April 17 PRESENTATION: 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

DANCE CLASS: 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Liberty Science Center 222 Jersey City Boulevard, Jersey City FREE with RSVP A growing body of scientific research by major university research centers points to the benefits of dance for people with Parkinson’s disease. Launched as a collaboration between the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group, Dance for PD has developed internationally acclaimed dance classes for people with Parkinson’s in New York City and through a network of partners in more than 24 countries.

Founding instructor and Program Director David Leventhal will present on Dance for PD, using it as a case study for looking at the intersection of arts and science. A guest speaker at universities around the world, Leventhal also teaches a pioneering, dance-based course at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Leventhal’s presentation will be followed by a dance class specifically for people with Parkinson’s.

These workshops are part of NJCU’s commitment to building the capacity of local arts organizations and supporting dialogues to shape the cultural landscape in Jersey City.

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CAMPUS MAPS

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2039 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305

S C HOOL OF BUS IN E S S Harborside 2, 200 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07311

GALLERIES, THEATRES AND VENUES Visual Arts Gallery Visual Arts Building, 100 Culver Ave. 201-200-2496 Monday – Friday | 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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1. Hepburn Hall 2. Grossnickle Hall 3. Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library 4. Vodra Hall 5. Rossey Hall 6. Education and Professional Studies Building 7. Science Building 8. George Karnoutsos Arts and Sciences Hall 9. Fries Hall

10. Gilligan Student Union 11. Visual Arts Building 12. John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center 13. A. Harry Moore Laboratory School 14. Co-Op Dormitory 15a. University Academy Charter High School 15b. West Side Theatre 15c. Business Development Incubator

16. Facilities and Construction Management Building 17. College Street Houses 18. West Village

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Consider hosting your next performance or event at NJCU. For more information about renting our theaters, meeting rooms, and other spaces, please contact Event Services at eventservices@njcu.edu or 201-200-3352.

PARKING

P1. Central Parking, 110 Plaza 5 P2. Central Parking, 135 Greene Street

BOX OFFICE Reservations may be made in advance online, and tickets may be purchased in advance online or in person at the box office, which opens one hour prior to performances. For group sales and reservations, please contact the box office directly: boxoffice@njcu.edu.

The Center for the Arts thanks the following faculty for their contributions to the programming: Gabriel Alegria, Marc G. Dalio, Edi Giunta, Lou Kosma, Robert Prowse, Ana Maria Rosado, Jane Steuerwald, Midori Yoshimoto.

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