Issue No. 9 May 2012
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The Liberty open the season against the Connecticut Sun on May 19.  

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Parks and Recreation

Partners

 

Brick City Development Corporation (BCDC)

Greater Newark Convention & Visitor's Bureau (GNCVB)

 

Newark Arts Council (NAC)

 

Newark Downtown District (NDD)

 

Newark Regional Business Partnership (NRBP)

 

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO)

 

The Ironbound  

 

Mount Prospect Partnership (MPP)

Upcoming Events

  

5/2: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band  

 

5/3: NJSFWC Fundraiser

 

 

5/5: Japanese Blossom Gala

 

5/9: Bears vs. Boulders (exhibition) 

 

5/9: Let's Do Lunch

 

5/10 & 5/11: Mayhem Poets (SchoolTime Series)

 

5/10: Bears vs. Boulders (exhibition)  

 

5/11: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (SchoolTime Series)


5/11 - 5/13: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 

 

5/11: NJSO @ Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart 

 

5/12: McDonald's Gospelfest

 

5/12: Salsa Dance Extravaganza  

 

5/12: Mayhem Poets

 

5/12 & 5/13: Will Downing 

 

5/13: Mother's Day Brunch

  

5/17: Bears vs. Tornadoes


5/17 & 5/18: Rockapella (SchoolTime Series)

 

5/17 & 5/19: Schubert 9: The Great


5/18: Bears vs. Tornadoes

 

5/18 & 5/19: Real Men Pray  

 

5/19: Liberty vs. Sun (Season Opener)  

 

5/19: Bears vs. Tornadoes

 

5/19: emPowered Family Day Festival

 

5/19: Rockapella 

  

5/19: Chita Rivera 

 

5/20: Bears vs. Tornadoes 

 

5/20: Bill Maher

 

5/20: Simone Dinnerstein



5/22: Spirit Cruise

 

5/22: Wells Fargo Jazz for Teens Concert

 

5/25: Bears vs. Capitals          

 

5/25: Hispanic Youth Showcase 

 

5/26: Bears vs. Capitals

 

5/27: Bears vs. Capitals

 

5/30: Jefferey Carallo Music Scholarship Recital      

 

5/31 - 6/1: Radiohead

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Newark Bears swing into action!
Season opens May 17
 

Newark Bears baseball is back!5/9: Bears vs. Boulders (exhibition) >>

  

5/10: Bears vs. Boulders (exhibition) >> 

  

5/17: Bears vs. Tornadoes >> 

 

5/18: Bears vs. Tornadoes >> 

 

5/19: Bears vs. Tornadoes >>

 

5/20: Bears vs. Tornadoes >> 

 

Click here for full schedule >>

   

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bruce Springsteen: May 2

 

Need we say more? >>

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers: May 4-5

 

The soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees make their only stop in the NY/NJ metro area as part of the I'm With You World Tour >> 

 

McDonald's Gospelfest: May 12 

Radiohead with special guest Caribou

McDonalds Gospelfest presents Honor Thy Mother. Performers include Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin,Shirley Caesar, and Cissy Houston >> 

 

Radiohead: May 31 - Jun. 1
 
Another group of heralded rockers make an exclusive stop in the NY/NJ metro area. Special guest Caribou performs >>
 
The perennial Broadway hit is coming to NJPAC (Nicholas Roberts/ For The Star-Ledger).

West Side Story: May 1-6

 

The Shakespeare-inspired love story about gang life in New York City once again makes history with this tour of the acclaimed 2009 Broadway revival >> 

 

Kirven James Boyd (photo by Andrew Eccles)

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: May 11-20

 

Sleek, sensual, and marvelously athletic, NJPAC's principal resident dance company rolls into Newark with programs that blend their newest and boldest season premieres with the classics you want to see >>

NJSO @ NJPAC

Christoph König

Schubert 9: The Great

May 17 & 19

 

Conductor Christoph König serves the free-flowing melodies of Schubert's Ninth >>

  

NJSO @ Cathedral Basilica

of the Sacred Heart: May 11

 

The NJSO joins the choirs of the bi-annual Archdiocesan Choral Festival in a performance of  Beethoven's beloved Ninth Symphony >> 

 

Real Men PrayReal Men Pray: May 18 & 19

 

The gospel stage play written and directed by local sensation Joe McRae chronicles the lives of four young men as a series of betrayals and suspect decisions threatens to break up a lifelong friendship >>

  

emPowered Family Day Festival at Newark MuseumemPowered Family Day Festival:

May 19

 

Behold the power of renewable energy at Newark Museum! Participate in a miniature solar car race, build a wind turbine, and view the sun through a solar-powered telescope >>

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