The Open Doors Gallery Crawl may be over, but art exhibits in Newark continue! Read more for a schedule of gallery exhibits happening all over the city. All exhibits are free and open to the public.
On behalf of the Newark Arts Council thank you for your contributions to making sure this year’s Open [...]
If you’re interested in seeing one of Newark’s best looking and most historic neighborhoods, I invite you to come on my December 14th walking tour of Weequahic. We’re going to be starting at Divident Hill and moving on to sites representative of Weequahic’s farm days, the creation of the park, the development of [...]
[ Saturday, 15 November 2008; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Barter Up This Saturday at NJIT: a demonstration of an alternate non-cash-based economy. Bartering serves two real needs for our time: trading goods provides a green recycling alternative to throwing your old stuff away, and getting by on a slim budget in our brutal economy.
Check out the invite, which provides some details on the presentation [...]
[ Thursday, 13 November 2008; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Boys & Girls Club of Newark invites you to the 22nd Wine Tasting Benefit
This benefit wine-tasting will take place at the Dryden Mansion in Lincoln Park next week on Nov 20. Proceeds will go to benefit the Boys & Girls Club, a youth development Newark non-profit which this year is celebrating its 70-year anniversary.
The [...]
How are you? Doing good? Seen any good puppets lately?
The Open Doors gallery and artist space tour — which kicks off tonight! — will open with a sidewalk puppet parade. Elmo, much to my daughter’s chagrin, will NOT be attending, but I am assured that the puppets that will be in this [...]
Alone and Together: Tintype Portrait Studio at Gallery Aferro October 3 + 4th, 1-7 PM
email ewilcox@aferro.org for an appointment, or walk in.
Photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley is inviting the public to have their portrait taken at Gallery Aferro on October 3 and 4th from 1-7 PM. Sitters can come solo or with a loved one. The sittings [...]
Hello, yesterday I happened to be exploring Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in preparation for my next walking tour there. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, even compared to other cemeteries, is a still and forgotten place and yesterday morning was miserable in terms of weather, so I wasn’t expecting to see a soul.
You can imagine my surprise when [...]
Please join us for the opening of two new exhibitions:
Outside Over There
Fourth in the annual urbanism exhibition series curated by Emma Wilcox
Dwell, Robert Lach, Project Room
September 27 - November 22, 2008 Opening Reception September 27, 7-10 PM
Gallery Aferro 73 Market St Newark NJ
Will Work for Food by KH Jeron
Bring a can of food to barter [...]
Komunyakaa at Rutgers-Newark
Tonight at 5:30pm! The 2008-09 Writers at Newark Reading Series kicks off with a reading by Yusef Komunyakaa, an American poet and winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Check out Tayari’s blog below and get details at the Writers at Newark page.
Wednesday, September 24. Yusef Komunyakaa will open the 2008-09 Writers [...]
“City of Newark Hosts End of Summer Festival”:http://ci.newark.nj.us/press/press_releases/end_of_summer_festival_at_boylan_recreation_center.php
It’ll be a busy weekend in Newark! In addition to the Brazilian Independence Festival at Riverbank Park, the city will be hosting an End of Summer Festival at the Boylan Recreation Center with music, karaoke, double-dutch exhibitions, face painting and fashion show. The festival will take [...]
Alone and Together: Tintype Portrait Studio at Gallery Aferro
October 3 + 4th, 1-7 PM
Photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley is inviting the public to have their portrait taken at Gallery Aferro on October 3 and 4th from 1-7 PM. Sitters can come solo or with a loved one. The sittings are free. A print of the image is [...]
“Annual Brazilian Independence Day Festival”:http://ironboundnewark.com/annual-brazilian-independence-day-festival/
Coming up this weekend: the Brazilian Independence Festival will be taking place this year at Riverbank Park.
Come join the celebration of Brazil’s Independence in Newark on September 6 and 7 at Riverbank Park, between Jackson and Some Streets.
Sponsored by the Brazilian America United Association (BAUA).
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Hi, I’m posting to share the news that Newarkology has gotten permission to offer a walking tour of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Mt. Pleasant and Fairmount cemeteries were the only two options for eternal rest for well-to-do 19th century Newarkers, with Mt. Pleasant being the choice for most of the Anglo-Protestant aristocracy. The Ballantines, [...]
Hi all, this is just a reminder that I’m offering my first new Newarkology walking tour this Sunday, August 10th at 12:15 in front of Arts High. Come learn about the Newark’s fascinating past and architectural legacy.
More information is available at:
High Street Tour
The cost is $10 for a first time attendee, free [...]
“Revolution ‘67: Understanding the Past, Shaping the Future of Newark”:http://www.civicframe.org/whatwedo-upcomingsetonhall.html
Civic Frame, “a 501c3 nonprofit organization that uses art and intellectual work to encourage civic engagement, media literacy and critical thinking about pressing social issues” will be hosting a viewing of Revolution ‘67 at Seton Hall Law School this Thursday at 6pm.
“Revolution ‘67″:http://dailynewarker.com/2007/07/04/newark%E2%80%99-s-summer-of-%E2%80%9967-riot-rebellion-and-revolution/, is the seminal [...]
