February News from New Brunswick Cultural Center

February - What a MONTH!!!

February is more than the month of Valentines, Presidential birthdays and the occasional Leap Year. It's also the month New Brunswick Cultural Center and the city's arts community really kick-off the 2011 season with an astounding array of cultural events and performances.

They include tributes to John Lennon and Billie Holiday, a Pulitzer Prize play, a medley of music from symphony and jazz opera to Irish tunes, ballet, unique theatre featuring circus, puppetry, along with outstanding visual arts and outstanding educational opportunities for the younger set

How do we crowd so much into one city? Come see for yourself.

SUZANNE DELEHANTY

Meet Suzanne Delehanty, the Executive Director

of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.

Suzanne Delehanty, founding director of the Miami Art Museum and a former independent arts consultant, is currently the director of the Zimmerli Art Museum. An internationally known museum leader, Delehanty came to Rutgers with an outstanding record of achievements in the museum field and a reputation for curatorial and managerial excellence. Her ten-year appointment, 1995-2005, at the Miami Art Museum (MAM) led to the transformation of what was the Center for the Fine Arts, a non-collecting space, into Miami's flagship art museum. Among her accomplishments at MAM, she established a collection of international art of the 20th and 21st centuries, developed extensive educational outreach to the community, and secured a waterfront site and funds for an expanded new facility.

She previously served as the director of the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston 1989-1993; the Neuberger Museum at the State University of New York at Purchase, 1978-1988; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1971-1978. Her firm, Suzanne Delehanty LLC, provides strategic planning and management for initiatives that bring together art, artists, and communities.

Delehanty holds a B.A. in art history from Skidmore College and has pursued graduate studies in the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. She has served on a number of panels for the arts, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the General Services Administration and the Texas and Florida arts councils. She is a member of the advisory council for the PBS series, "Art for the Twenty-first Century," is on the board of directors of the Museums of Florida History and has been a member of the host committee for ArtBasel/Miami Beach since 2000.

Zimmerli Art Museum

Drawing Club, Children Ages 6-8

Wednesdays, February 9,16, and 23 - 4:15 to 5:45pm

Children can discover the secrets of drawing when they participate in the popular Drawing Club, which takes place on Wednesdays after school. Aspiring artists apply the full gamut of drawing techniques, including pencil and charcoal, to various genres such as still-life and portraiture. Professional educators address the needs of both beginners and advanced artists.

SPOTLIGHT TOURS

Sundays, February 13, 20 and 27 - 2pm
Join a docent educator in the museum lobby every Sunday at 2pm for an informal and informative introduction to the collection.

LECTURE: Joan Snyder on How It Happens/Making Prints and Paintings

Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 2pm

The Zimmerli and the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, a program of the Rutgers Institute for Women and Art in partnership with the Rutgers University Libraries, present a lecture by the leading American artist, Estelle Lebowitz Visiting Artist-in-Residence Joan Snyder. Snyder discusses her career and the methods by which she achieves her powerful prints and paintings.

WORKSHOP: Zimmerli Drawing Society

Saturdays: February 26, March 12 and 26, April 9 and 16, May 7 - 12:30 to 2:30pm

The Zimmerli Drawing Society offers advanced and beginning artists an opportunity to draw both from the live model and from the Museum's vast collections. Each session is overseen by master artists Elizabeth Hutchinson or Margaret Owen. The museum will provide drawing boards, live models at select sessions, and professional instruction; however, participants must bring their own drawing pads, portable easels, and other materials suggested by the instructors. You can obtain a registration form on the Zimmerli website.

(New Program!)

Teen Drawing Society

Ages 14-19
Saturdays: February 26, March 12 and 26, April 9 and 16, May 7 - 3 to 4:30pm

The new Teen Drawing Society offers aspiring and accomplished artists the opportunity to practice their skills in the museum, drawing from works in the Zimmerli's acclaimed collection or from live models under the direction of trained art instructors.

CONCERT: Music of Richard Wagner

Sunday, February 27 - 3pm

Explore the intimate, poetic side of Richard Wagner, whose Wesendonk Songs, based on texts by his great love, Mathilde Wesendonk, are among the most moving works for voice and piano ever composed. The concert features the rarely heard Piano Sonata No. 1, written when Wagner was in his twenties.

For information call: 732-932-7237 or visit

www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu

Crossroads Theatre Company

A Healthy Diet of Culture

YESTERDAYS
An Evening with Billie Holiday

Musical Direction by Levi Barcourt

Directed by Woodie King, Jr.

Lady Day comes to life in this powerful musical drama capturing the final performance of the unforgettable Billie Holiday played by accomplished jazz singer Vanessa Rubin. The show features over twenty classic songs.

Performances:

Evenings: 8 p.m., February 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 and 26.
Matinees: 3 p.m., February 26 and 27.
Press Night/Opening Night: Saturday, February 19 at 8pm.

For Tickets: 732-545-8100

www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org

George Street Playhouse

The Subject Was Roses

The Pulitzer Prize Winning Play about a Veteran's Homecoming
February 8 - March 6, 2011

by Frank Gilroy
directed by Michael Mastro

with Lee Sellars, Chris Wendleken and Stephanie Zimbalist (star of TV's Remington Steele)

A stunning, beautifully written drama about the relationships between a husband and wife and their young adult son.

Buried truths and old emotional wounds resurface when a young soldier returns to his parents' home after World War II. Caught in the crossfire of unresolved tensions over money, love and heroism, the new veteran finds himself engaged in a battle on the home front.

For Tickets: 732-246-7717
www.georgestreetplayhouse.org

State Theatre Regional Arts Center

STOMP

Fri, February 11, 2011 at 8pm
Sat, February 12, 2011 at 3pm & 8pm
STOMP is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, and unique. The international percussion sensation has garnered an armful of awards and rave reviews. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments-matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps-to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms.

Philharmonic of Poland

Direct from Opole, POLAND
Sun, February 13, 2011 at 3pm
Boguslaw Dawidow, music director and conductor
Evgeni Mikhailov, piano soloist

Program:
R. Strauss, Don Juan, Op. 20;
F. Liszt, Mazeppa Symphonic Poem No. 6; and
F. Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
This will be the orchestra's first transcontinental tour of the U.S.

Philadanco

The Philadelphia Dance Company
Thu, February 17, 2011 at 8pm
Program: Bolero Too (music by Ravel), Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's By Way of the Funk (music by Parliament-Funkadelic), Elegy, and Enemy Behind the Gates.

The Chieftains

Fri, February 18, 2011 at 8pm
Six-time Grammy® Award-winners, The Chieftains were one of the first bands to bring worldwide popularity to traditional Irish music.

John Lennon - 70th Birthday Celebration

Glen Burtnik & Friends

Sat, February 19, 2011 at 8pm
Glen Burtnik & Friends perform a special concert celebrating the life and music of John Lennon. Hear all your favorite Lennon songs including "Imagine," "Come Together," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "In My Life," "Give Peace a Chance," and more.

DrumLine Live

Sun, February 20, 2011 at 3pm
Explosive choreography, unbelievable athleticism, and exhilarating trumpets, DrumLine presents traditional black marching band sounds that resonate on the theatrical stage.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle Favorites

Date(s): Mon, February 21, 2011 at 10:30am, 1pm, & 3:30pm
Presidents Day is Family Day-Children and adults alike will delight in this wonderful black-light puppetry performance featuring the Little Caterpillar and an assortment of Eric Carle favorites.

Circa

Fri, February 25, 2011 at 8pm
This high-flying group combines dance, circus, and the multimedia use of sound, light, and projection. Circa barrels, bolts, and balances at breakneck speeds with awesome acrobatics to fantastic free-falls, and beyond.

For additional listings and more information, call 732-246-SHOW or visit http://www.statetheatrenj.org

American Repertory Ballet

On Pointe
Feb 25th 4pm

Princeton Ballet School, Princeton NJ

American Repertory Ballet hosts a monthly discussion series at its Princeton Studios. This month Company Director Douglas Martin will speak about the creation of his newest piece. In addition you will see a brief sneak preview performed by American Repertory Ballet.

For more information call: 732-249-1254
or visit
www.americanrepertoryballet.org

Mason Gross School of the Arts

MUSIC

Rutgers Symphony Band

Thursday, February 17, 8 p.m.
Darryl Bott, conductor
Nicholas Music Center

Rutgers Wind Ensemble

Friday, February 18, 8 p.m.
Darryl Bott, conductor
Nicholas Music Center

Rutgers Jazz Ensemble

Monday, February 28, 8 p.m.
Charles Tolliver, conductor
Nicholas Music Center

THEATER

Rutgers Theater Company*

Friday, February 4 through Saturday, February 19

Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

By Peter Weiss
Directed by Anders Cato
Peter Weiss's classic retelling of the French Revolution, as perverted by the Marquis de Sade. Set in an asylum where mad men perform for the amusement of the new ruling class, this play makes us re-examine all our values--political, philosophical and sexual.
Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater (formerly New Theater)

The Jameson Project

Saturday, February 12, 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 12 and Sunday, February 13, 2 p.m.

BOOM

By Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
Directed by Melissa Firlit
A comet hits the earth, two college students are alive in a bomb shelter underground, the LAST people left on earth, now what do they do? An epic and intimate comedy.
Jameson Studio Theater

Rutgers Theater Company*

Friday, February 25-Saturday, March 5

Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Chris O' Connor
What play brings together Pontius Pilate, Mother Teresa, Jesus Christ, Satan, and Sigmund Freud? A play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, of course. This hypothetical trial of Judas Iscariot gathers these and other characters to testify.
Philip J. Levin Theater

VISUAL ARTS

MFA Thesis Exhibition I