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Welcome to Summer
"The summer hath his joys...A heavenly paradise is that place wherein all pleasant fruits do flow."
In the 17th century, that is how Tomas Campion described summer.
Four centuries later, the New Brunswick Cultural Center and the city's arts community prepare to welcome summer of 2011. The pace in June, July, and August will slow, but not the quality and variety of performances and presentations. As this calendar demonstrates, summer arts in New Brunswick will provide many opportunities for you. Enjoy them!
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Crossroads Theatre Company
Friday June 24 at 8pm, Saturday June 25 at 3pm and 8pm
Livin' Fat
A religious and poor family whose scruples are challenged in this outrageous comedy examining the Cooper family in the 1970's. By Judy Ann Mason Presented by Crossroads Theatre Company Common Ground Festival and Daughters Wanted Group Rates available for 10 or more
Sunday June 19 at 3pm Little Clay Cart For Sanskrit theatre, this play is atypically romantic, funny, and thrilling. As one of the earliest Sanskrit dramas, Little Clay Cart was created in South India, perhaps in the seventh centuryBC. Set in the city of Ujjain, so secular and universal is the story that it can be situated in any society, and it has, including in Bollywood film and by the BBC. Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick NJ. For Tickets: 732-545-8100
www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org On Stage at Crossroads Theatre
This Summer Friday June 3 at 7pm Visions of Yvette Presented by Pierre Films Written and directed by Patrick Pierre ; produced by Brian Watson A Benefit to support area Family and Child Welfare service organizations Acclaimed, NJ-based filmmaker, Patrick Pierre, whose previous work includes the celebrated The City is Mine (2008 award nominee at the American Black Film Festival), will present the world premiere of his latest feature, Visions of Yvette, followed by a panel discussion of several of its timely themes, including sexual violence toward women; drug addiction; the poor economy; and the impact these have upon families. For tickets: http://visionsofyvette.eventbrite.com. More information and a trailer of the film can be found at http://vimeo.com/20861761 .
Saturday, June 4, 2011, 7pm Awakening - A New Brunswick Champagne Debut Presented by Lustig Dance Theatre www.lustigdancetheatre.org For tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com Sunday, June 5 at 4pm Dance with a purpose Presented by Cordie Dance Studios For tickets: www.cordiestudio.org June 10, 2011, 7pm Quantifying the Motions of Objects Cleo Mack Studios For Tickets: www.cleomack.org Saturday June 11, 7:30 pm Recuerdos de España - Memories of Spain Presented by Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre For tickers contact Brown Paper Tickets via phone 800-838-3006 or book on-line at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/174209 Event website: www.AlboradaDance.org For more information please call 732-255-4071 or E-mail AlboradaDance@aol.com.
Monday, June 13 through Thursday, June 16 Show on Thursday, June 16, 7pm One woman Show with Kathy Buckley Presented by Kids With No Limits Theatre Group www.kidswithnolimits.org Crossroads Theatre is available for rental this summer.
For information, please call 732-839-4447
www.newbrunswickarts.org
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Mason Gross School of the Arts
Wednesday, July 6 at 8pm
Bill Bowers in Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures is a collection of mime,music, and monologues that continue Bowers' lifelong investigation of silence in our culture. Accompanied by Broadway performer Randy Reddon piano and vocals, Moving Pictures takes the audience on a wildly funny and poignant journey of sound and silence.
Nicholas Music Center/85 George St/Douglass Campus
Wednesday, July 13 at 8 pm The Diaz/NelsonProject Master percussionists Javier Diaz (Tarzan, American Symphony) and Madeleine Yayodele Nelson (Women of the Calabash, Paul Simon) join an incredible cast of drummers, singers, and dancers to present a multimedia journey from Guinea to Cuba, Peru,the United States, and everywhere in between. Featuring West African master drummers Sekou "Pablo" Dembele andMangue Sylla.
Nicholas Music Center/85 George St/Douglass Campus
Wednesday, July 20 at 8 pm Jennifer Muller/TheWorks For over 37 years, JenniferMuller/TheWorks contemporary dance company has applied a multi-disciplinary approach that weaves dance, theater, and visual arts to create dances that illuminate the human condition, including Bench, a recipient of a Joyce Theater dance world for over 40 years, Artistic Director Jennifer Muller has created over 100 exhilarating productions.
Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater (formerly New Theater) /85 George St/Douglass Campus
Wednesday, July 27 at 8 pm Rutgers Jazz Faculty The annual tradition of excellence continues in Nicholas Music Center with the appearance of the Rutgers Jazz Faculty with special guest artists: Kenny Davis, bass; Conrad Herwig, trombone, Don Glasgo, trombone; Ralph Bowen, saxophone; Bill O'Connell, piano; Vic Juris, guitar; Robby Ameen, drums; and Joe Magnarelli, trumpet.
Nicholas Music Center//85 George St/Douglass Campus
For additional listings and more information call: 732-932-7511
or visit
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State Theatre Regional Arts Center
Rick Springfield
Sunday July 10 at 7pm
Renowned Grammy® Award-winning singer and songwriter, Rick Springfield is a quintessential pop songwriter, boasting 17 top 40 singles, including the smash hits "Jessie's Girl," "Don't Talk To Strangers," "Affair of the Heart," "Love Somebody," "Celebrate Youth," and "Rock of Life."
 Huey Lewis and the News
Tuesday July 12 at 8pm
After 30 years together and more than 20 million albums sold, Grammy® Award-winners Huey Lewis & the News are still going strong, performing 60-70 shows a year. Now, for one night only, the band pays tribute to Memphis soul with the Soulsville Tour. The band will perform all those classic Huey Lewis & the News songs you know and love.  Shawn Colvin &
Loudon Wainwright III
Saturday July 16 at 8pm
In her 19-year career, singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin has won three Grammy® Awards, released eight albums, and maintained a nonstop national and international touring schedule. Colvin, best known for her Top 10 hit "Sunny Came Home," has a storytelling song style which is both keen and warm-hearted.  Since his debut in 1970, Grammy® Award-winning Folk singer Loudon Wainwright III has recorded over 20 albums. Wainwright is also known as the singing surgeon, Capt. Calvin Spaulding from the TV show M*A*S*H. Most recently, in January 2010, Wainwright won a Grammy® for Best Traditional Folk Album for High Wide & Handsome.  Jersey Beatles Bash V
Glen Burtnik and FriendsSaturday July 23 at 8pmIt's back! The Jersey Beatles Bash with Glen Burtnik and Friends! And this time, Glen and friends are performing the Beatles album, Revolver on its 45th anniversary!  Three Dog Night
Thursday August 4 at 8pmLegendary music icons, Three Dog Night enter their fourth decade bringing with them some of the most astonishing statistics in popular music. In the years 1969 through 1974, they delivered 21 consecutive Top 40 hits, perfectly re-creating their larger than life songs with customary impeccable harmonies and exciting arrangements,.  Larry the Cable Guy
Saturday August 27 at 7pm and 10pmSee comedian Larry the Cable Guy in his State Theatre debut! With his signature catchphrase, "Git-R-Done," Larry became a household name after his part in the highly successful Blue Collar Comedy Tours.
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The Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
 SUMMER ART CAMP 2011 Ages 7 to 14
Date: June 27 - July 29
Time: 9am to 12pm and 1 to 4pm
Location: Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick
Cost: Contact Education Department at 732-932-7237 ext. 640
During the hot days of summer, the Zimmerli is the place to be for budding young artists. Join us for the museum's popular summer art camp program. The Zimmerli continues to offer its popular classes in painting, drawing, pastels, watercolors, sculpture, and an art "sampler" class. Children also find inspiration in the museum's collections. Please register early as spaces fill up quickly.
EXHIBITIONS Jolán Gross-Bettelheim: An American Printmaker in an Age of Progress Through July 31
This exhibition features rare prints by the Hungarian-American artist Jolán Gross-Bettelheim (1900-1972), a pioneering modernist woman printmaker. Gross-Bettelheim excelled in creating prints of industrial scenes, machinery, and technology. Her compositions celebrated the modernist geometric imagery that prevailed during America's machine age.
Mystics and Moderns: Painting in Estonia before Glasnost Apr. 30, 2011 - Oct. 28, 2011
Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, became an important center for underground art in the late 1960s. Turning to painting, artists revived the European painterly origins of Estonia's avant-garde past. Painting allowed artists to assimilate or reject contemporary trends from the nearby West. Nationalist opposition to Soviet power gave birth to the 1980s National Awakening. Mystics and Moderns draws on rarely seen works from the Dodge Collection to celebrate that opposition.
For information call: 732-932-7237 or visit www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu |
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