This contribution — made to the Arts Center's current, $175 million Capital Campaign — will fund the expansion of NJPAC-developed community-based programs that leverage the power of the arts to encourage mental and physical wellbeing.
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center has partnered with Center Street Owners and will break ground in 2022 on the next phase of a transformational masterplan that will expand the arts and education district surrounding its theaters, Arts Center leadership announced today.
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center's award-winning Virtual Summer Camp is set to return in July, delivering two months of engaging opportunities to young people focusing on acting, music theater, Hip Hop, jazz, song, poetry, and more.
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Newark will be filled with music again this summer as NJPAC’s much-loved free outdoor concert series, Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City, returns with in-person performances on the Arts Center’s Chambers Plaza starting July 15.
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will reopen for in-person performances in Summer 2021, after taking a leadership role in establishing best practices for hosting indoor performances.
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Join Savion and NJPAC President and CEO John Schreiber for a conversation that will trace the history of tap through historical performances by the likes of Jimmy Slyde, George Hillman, Lon Chaney, Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis and Fred Astaire, examining their artistry and more.
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In celebration of Black History Month and beyond, the Kravis Center is inviting people to enjoy a series of engaging experiences including music, stories, discussions and more created and presented by NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center).
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When the late philanthropist Betty Wold Johnson first became a supporter of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center more than a decade ago, she asked the institution's leadership a simple question: What aspects of the Arts Center's operations were hardest to fundraise for?
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Join John Schreiber for a fresh look at the classic American Songbook in this free online series. Each month, a special guest is invited to our virtual theater to share the songs of a performer or composer they love. Afterward, John dives deep with a one-on-one chat about timeless music, legendary artists, and creative inspiration.
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the State's premiere non-profit cultural and arts institution, is bringing an original, exciting virtual series of stimulating jazz discussions and thrilling performances straight to your living room, no matter where in the country you reside. NJPAC is among the nation's largest producer of virtual content in a wide variety of genres.
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It's a virtual event with New Jersey's own Ol' Blue Eyes! Sinatra historians James Kaplan and Chuck Granata share recordings of Frank Sinatra's most celebrated performances, accented by conversation about his songs, career and legacy with NJPAC President John Schreiber.
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Representative John Lewis of Georgiaa?"Freedom Rider and Congressman, Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree and conscience of the nationa?"served the cause of social justice for decades, both as an elected representative and as a groundbreaking activist whose fervent belief in getting into a?oegood trouble, necessary troublea?? for the cause of racial equality changed our country.
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Representative John Lewis of Georgia-Freedom Rider and congressman, Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree served the cause of social justice for decades, both as an elected representative and as a groundbreaking activist whose fervent belief in getting into 'good trouble, necessary trouble' for the cause of racial equality changed our country.
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CAPA and the Lincoln Theatre Association have partnered to present John Lewis: Good Trouble as an online rental through September 21. The film can be rented directly from Magnolia Pictures for $12 and can be viewed any time prior to and including September 21.
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New Jersey Performing Arts Center organizes a nationwide watch, inviting over 60 of the nation's arts and cultural institutions to participate in a virtual viewing of the riveting new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble.
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Marcus Performing Arts Center invites its patrons to join in a nationwide watch, in collaboration with over 60 of the nation's arts and cultural institutions, of the riveting new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble, which looks at the impact of Lewis's life and work.
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Representative John Lewis of Georgia -- Freedom Rider and Congressman, Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, and conscience of the nation -- served the cause of social justice for decades, both as an elected representative and as a groundbreaking activist whose fervent belief in getting into a?oegood trouble, necessary troublea?? for the cause of racial equality changed our country.
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced today that it will extend the suspension of its traditional presenting activities through January 1, 2021.
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For the ninth consecutive year, singers from around the world will compete in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition (aka 'The Sassy Awards') - a 21st-century version of the amateur night at the Apollo Theater that helped launch the career of a gifted teenager from Newark, Sarah 'Sassy' Vaughan, more than 75 years ago.
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With its campus closed during the coronavirus pandemic, NJPAC, the state's anchor cultural institution, relaunched its arts training for elementary and high school students online, delivering virtual instruction to the students who usually fill the Arts Center each Saturday for lessons in acting, musical theater, hip hop, filmmaking and jazz.
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