GKT presents SONIC SUPERSTARS Dance Parties
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, JULY 7 – JULY 28

NEWARK, NJ, June 23, 2011 – This summer, NJPAC is once again the place to be in downtown Newark on Wednesday and Thursday nights, hosting free music, dance and a hopping social scene. The Arts Center’s popular annual concert festival, Sounds of the City, brings the State’s hottest weekly music series, featuring Newark’s, New Jersey’s and the region’s best jazz, pop/rock, R&B and world music artists – with over 40 bands/artists and DJs, a vendor marketplace, and a multi-thousand-person party – Thursday evenings, June 23 through August 25, from 5pm – 10pm. And after becoming an instant hit last summer, NJPAC gets people’s feet – and the rest of their bodies – moving at GKT presents Sonic Superstars, a free Wednesday night dance party headlined by some of the world’s top DJs, running July 6 through July 27 from 5pm to 10pm. Each Sounds of the City concert will be streamed live at www.livestream.com/njpac.

Sounds of the City
Sounds of the City continues an annual summer tradition of bringing the top talent from the region to its outdoor stage in NJPAC’s Theater Square. Sounds of the City kicks-off on June 23 with a eighteen-artist Tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, co-presented with Purpose Records and sponsored by Hennessy. Each artist will pay homage to “the king” by covering some of his hits as well as some more obscure songs (rescheduled for Sep. 1 because of inclement weather). Other notable evenings in the series include an Afropop Night (July 7) that includes the international music icon Banning Eyre with Timbila (http://bit.ly/Timbila), a Bastille Day Celebration (July 14) featuring music from Francophone countries including Haiti, Cote D’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a Ladies Night (August 4) culminating with a Bachata dance party, a Jazz Night (August 18) featuring guitarist John Ehlis and Revive Da Live Big Band with Igmar Thomas, and the always-packed Salsa finale on August 25 with Swing Sabroso, special guest artists still to be named, and free dance lessons, sponsored by Hennessy.

A full list of artists performing at NJPAC’s Sounds of the City can be found below.

Sonic Superstars
GKT presents Sonic Superstars, last year’s addition to the Newark nightlife scene, was an instant hit and returns with four evenings of body-rocking music from some of the hottest DJ’s working today. The series opens July 6 with a Soulful House Music Night featuring DJ Beloved and Jihad Muhammad. The following Wednesdays in July are Ladies Nights (July 13) with DJ Kiss and Samantha Ronson (an artist in her own right, but also the stepdaughter of Foreigner’s Mick Jones and sister of DJ Mark Ronson) and sponsored by Hennessy Black, a Hip Hop Night (July 20) with the Awesome 2 and iconic hip hop DJ/producer Prince Paul, and a Global Soul Experience Night (July 27), which brings New York City’s twice monthly Libation party (http://bit.ly/korUdz) to Newark.

This summer’s Sounds of the City series is sponsored by Chase, Berkeley College, BD (Becton, Dickinson & Company), Bud Light, Hennessy, Verizon Wireless, Newark Downtown District,
New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Discover Jersey Arts.

GKT presents Sonic Superstars is sponsored by Bud Light, Chase, Hennessy Black, Verizon Wireless, Newark Downtown District, New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Discover Jersey Arts.

For the most up-to-date performance information on the two series, patrons may visit the NJPAC Web site at www.njpac.org or, beginning June 13, use their iPhone or Droid smartphones to take a picture of the QR code below (high resolution jpeg files of the QR code is available upon request):

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit www.njpac.org for more information.

Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities. For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.

Media Contact: Josh Balber, 973-353-8051 or jbalber@njpac.org

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May 6 & 7 - NJPAC’S Alternate Routes Series Annual GLBT FESTIVAL

Work! A Big Ol’ Gay Dance Party takes place onstage in NJPAC’s

Vogue Evolution from MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew

OUT, LOUD & PROUD V is a provocative evening featuring international spoken word artist/folk poet Alix Olson. Olson twice headlined HBO’s

Alix Olson, spoken word artist/folk poet

Cornelius Jones

Monte Wolfe

Tim'm T. West

Pandora Scooter, the host and guest curator of Out, Loud & Proud V, is a self-identified “QUEERMAMASAPIEN,” whose words and rhymes have inspiring effects on audiences. Her work has included everything from stand-up comedy to hip hop to folk poetry to performance art. Scooter, will premiere a new work about coming out at the performance. Among her numerous credits, including a critically acclaimed and timely anti-bullying work “Outwordly Fabulous,” this frequent NJPAC collaborator has performed multiple solo shows and four sold-out performances of Out, Loud & Proud.

Pandora Scooter, the host and guest curator of Out, Loud & Proud V

Work! A Big Ol’ Gay Dance Party will include performances by Vogue Evolution (from MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew) and house music by DJ Naeem Johnson, who will mix contemporary, urban-flavored tracks with dance classics in an effort to resurrect the height of the club era, including the glory days of The Paradise Garage, The Loft, and Newark’s own Zanzibar.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit www.njpac.org for more information.

Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities. For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.

Media Contact: JOSH BALBER, NJPAC 973-353-8051, or jbalber@njpac.org

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Desirable Affordable Housing That Is Perfect for Artists To Live And Work

15-17 Lincoln Park

18-28 West Kinney Street

LPCCD was awarded a Low Income Housing Tax Credit Award to build affordable housing, comprised of one-, two- and three-bedroom rentals that are USGBC LEED Gold. The collection of four apartment buildings are scattered between four different sites. The first building at 18-28 West Kinney Street is already completed. The second building, located at 65 Lincoln Park, is on schedule to be finished this month. The third and fourth buildings, located at 39-43 Beecher Street and 15-17 Lincoln Park, are scheduled to be completed in June 2011. Download the housing application directly at www.LPCCD.org or call 973-732-4008.

39-43 Beecher Street

Rental prices start at $691 to $945 a month. The income requirement for a one-bedroom ranges from $23,520 to $35,200; for a two-bedroom income ranges from $28,260 to $43,950; and for a three-bedroom the range is $29,640 to $51,000. Presently, units are being rented on a first come, first serve basis and interested applicants should call 973-732-4008 or go to www.LPCCD.org and download the application.

65 Lincoln Park

Source: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District

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The 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival “Afternoon of Jazz” Celebrates Newark’s Influence on the Genre

Newark, N.J., July 30, 2010 — July 30th is officially Newark Jazz Composers and Musicians Day in the City of Newark when the Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra hosted by Amiri Baraka opens the 5th Anniversary Lincoln Park Music Festival on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 12pm – 2pm. The All-Star Newark Arkestra will invoke the “Tickler’s Town” spirit of Newark’s past and perform a historical overview of Newark Composers and a concomitant sampling of Great Ladies of the music. The Afternoon of Jazz at the 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival will go back to early in the century with Willie The Lion’s Smith “Echoes of Spring”, and Besse Smith’s great “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out”, to James P. Johnson’s “Charleston”. The All-Star Newark Arkestra will highlight the great Ethel Waters and the mood of the period with the song that made her famous “Taking a Chance on Love” and “Cabin in the Sky” from the marvelous film. For more information and a complete list of this year’s performances and attractions for seniors, families and children, visit http://www.lpccd.org/mf2010.

This will be a concert of swinging memory and funky education that revives Billie Holiday ‘s “Strange Fruit” and Ella Fitzgerald singing Ellington’s “Beginning to See The Light”. The Arkestra will pay tribute to Newark composers and cover James Moody’s “Moody’s Mood for Love”, Babs Gonzalez & Dizzy Gillespie’s “Oo Pappa Da” and bring back the “Divine One” Sarah Vaughan singing her BeBop version of “Lullaby of Birdland”. More music by Newark’s great hipsters include Wayne Shorter’s “One By One” and “Hipnosis” by Grachan Moncur III. The modern age and BeBop zone will converge with a sing out to Abbey Lincoln and Thelonious Monk of “Blue Monk”. The Newark All-Stars will also pay homage to two Newark icons, Woody Shaw with a big band version of ” Rosewood” and Larry Young Jr’s “Mother Ship”. There will also be a fully contemporary introduction of Adegoke Steve Colson’s “The Outcast”.

About the Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra
Produced by Amiri Baraka, the All-Star Newark Arkestra Band Leaders and Musical Directors are Billy Phipps, Adegoke Colson and Musicians Leo Johnson, Grachan Moncur, James Gibbs, Jay Starks, Steve Phillips, Robert Banks, Anthony S. Nelson, Jr., Alfred Patterson and Vocalists Pat Tandy, Yvette Glover, Amina Baraka, Carrie Jackson, Ronnel Bey and Iqua Colson.

About Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District
Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c (3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

Source: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District

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The Retrospective Photography, Film and Multimedia Art Exhibit About The Lincoln Park Music Festival Will Be On View July 29 – October 2

NEWARK, N.J., July 29, 2010 – State Farm Insurance and Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District host the opening reception for “Reflections” an exhibit about the Lincoln Park Music Festival on Thursday, July 29, 6-9pm at the Russell Aldo Murray Gallery. Reflections, curated by Tony Graves & Akintola Hanif, is a retrospective look at the festival over the last four years and features works by Tamara Fleming, Tony Graves, Akintola Hanif, Jaecyne Howell, and Stafford Woods and a priceless collection of photos by Vincent Bryant taken from 1972-1978 at Newark’s legendary Zanzibar nightclub. DJ Max Jerome provides a kaleidoscope of sound for the reception. The exhibition and opening reception are part of the 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival activities. For a complete festival details visit www.lpccd.org/mf2010.

WHAT: Opening reception for Reflections ” an exhibit about the Lincoln Park Music Festival

WHEN: Thursday, July 29, 6:00pm – 9pm

WHERE: Russell Aldo Murray Gallery, 460 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

WHY: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c (3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 300 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

Media Contact: FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705

Source: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District

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NJPAC and GKT Presents Sonic Superstars A New DJ Concert Series on Wednesday Nights During July

NJPAC’S FREE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, SOUNDS OF THE CITY, THURSDAY EVENINGS, JUNE 24 – AUGUST 26

JAZZ HAPPY HOUR TUESDAYS AT CALÇADA JULY 6 – JULY 27

NEWARK, NJ, June 30, 2010 – This summer, NJPAC is the place to be every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night. The Arts Center’s popular series, Sounds of the City, rocks Theater Square with FREE music, dancing, and a hopping social scene. The State’s hottest weekly music series, featuring Newark’s, New Jersey’s and the region’s best jazz, pop/rock, R&B and world music artists, includes over 30 bands, DJs, a vendor marketplace, and a multi-thousand-person party Thursday evenings, June 24 through August 27 (with one Wednesday, June 30), from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. New this year, on Wednesdays in July, NJPAC turns up the heat with Sonic Superstars, a free DJ series headlined by some of the world’s top DJs. And on Tuesdays throughout the summer, NJPAC and WBGO 88.3 FM radio partner for Jazz Happy Hours in Calçada, Theater Square Grill’s outdoor, tented restaurant.

NJPAC and GKT Present Sonic Superstars Wednesday Nights Featuring Internationally Renowned DJ D-Nice on
July 7

Sounds of the City
Sounds of the City continues an annual summer tradition by bringing the top talent from the New Jersey and the region to its outdoor stage in Theater Square. Sounds of the City kicks-off on June 24 with a blow-out tribute to the King of Pop, Michal Jackson, co-resented with Purpose Music Group, featuring eleven different artists and a DJ, all performing classic Jackson songs including “I Want You Back,” “Human Nature,” Off the Wall,” “Baby be Mine,” “I’ll Be There,” “Man in the Mirror,” “PYT,” and more.

A special Wednesday night event on June 30th includes performances by Gabrielle Stravelli, Frank Vignola and Lorraine Klaasen. The concert features an eclectic mix of classic rock and jazz standards, sounds of Township music from South Africa to the Caribbean, and the beats of DJ Joey Mazza.

Sounds of the City also features a vendor marketplace in NJPAC’s arrival court. Vendors from around the area will set up tents each Thursday evening at which concert-goers can shop.

A full list of artists performing at NJPAC’s Sounds of the City can be found below.

NJPAC Sonic Superstars Wednesday features DJ Naeem Johnson on July 14

Sonic Superstars
Sonic Superstars is a new addition to Newark’s summer nightlife and features some of the hottest DJs working today, including Derrick “D-Nice” Jones, who mentored under Scott La Rock of Boogie Down Productions and who produced the Stop The Violence Movement’s number one single, “Self Destruction,” before going on to a solo career, Questlove of The Roots, currently the house band for “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” a Ladies Night with Beverly Bond and DJ Reborn, and Newark’s own Naeem Johnson.

Check out the Artist Line-Up!
D-Nice: http://www.d-nice.com/
Questlove: http://www.theroots.com/
Beverly Bond: http://www.blackgirlsrockinc.com/
DJ Reborn: http://www.ubiquitanyc.com/uNYC/about/djReborn.php

Naeem Johnson: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Naeem-Johnson/87862856550

DJ Tee Mallory will open the NJPAC Sonic Superstars concert on July 14 for DJ Naeem Johnson

Happy Hours
Every Tuesday this summer, WBGO 88.3 partners with NJPAC to host a Jazz Happy Hour in Calçada, featuring music from WBGO and drink and food specials. Calçada will host general happy hours each night preceding Sounds of the City and Sonic Superstars as well.

For the most up-to-date performance information, call the Sounds of the City Hotline at 973-353-8046; 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722); or visit the NJPAC Web site at www.njpac.org.

This summer’s Sounds of the City and Sonic Superstars series are co-sponsored by Chase, Richmond County Savings Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Berkeley College, BD (Becton, Dickinson & Company), Absolut, Boost Mobile, Bud Light, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

NJPAC Sonic Superstars DJ Genghis-Grizzly is the opener for D-Nice on July 7

NJPAC and GKT present DJ sHaKe to open for Questlove on July 28

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit www.njpac.org for more information.

Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities. For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.

MEDIA CONTACT: Josh Balber, 973-353-8051 or jbalber@njpac.org

Source: New Jersey Performing Arts Center

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Lee Truesdale

Lee Truesdale performs live at the Key Club on May 1, 2010

NEWARK, NJ, April 15, 2010 – Clubhouse Music Enterprises and GLT Arts & Entertainment presents Live in Concert Broadway & Recording Artist, Lee Truesdale on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the Key Club located at 58 Park Place, Newark, NJ. For more information call 973-799-0306.

Who: Lee Truesdale, Broadway and Recording Artist
What : Live in Concert
Where: The Key Club, 58 Park Pl. / Newark, NJ (Downtown Arts District)
When: May 1, 2010 (Saturday) / 8:00pm / $20.00

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Media Contact: 973-799-0306

Source: Clubhouse Music Enterprises and G.L.T Arts & Entertainment

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NJPAC Alternate Routes

NJPAC Alternate Routes Presents Toshi Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon and BIGLovely

NEWARK, N.J., March 17, 2010 – The New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Alternate Routes series teams up genre-bending singer-songwriter, Toshi Reagon, and her band, BIGLovely, with her mother, the composer/scholar/teacher and founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bernice Johnson Reagon, for one night only, Saturday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Victoria Theater. Tickets are $39 and are available by telephone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark, or by visiting the NJPAC website at www.njpac.org. All tickets can be purchased by telephone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark, or by visiting the NJPAC website at www.njpac.org. Alternate Routes is made possible, in part, by American Express, the Ford Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. For more information: www.njpac.org.

Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon have collaborated on previous projects together, including the musical score for the award winning films “Africans In America” on PBS and “BEAH: A Black Woman Speaks” for HBO. Their performances together are rare but always a welcomed opportunity. This concert will feature Toshi’s powerhouse band BIGLovely with Fred Cash on bass, Judith Casselberry on vocals and guitar, Robert Burke on drums, and Adam Widoff on electric guitar.

Known for energetic performances and a gift for writing engaging songs that provoke listeners to think and have fun at the same time, Toshi Reagon jumped into the spotlight when she dropped out of college after Lenny Kravitz tapped her to open for him on his first world tour. She has been touring and recording ever since, having shared the stage with the likes of Ani Difranco, Pete Seeger, Dar Williams, Elvis Costello and her own band, BIGLovely. www.toshireagon.com

For more than 40 years, Bernice Johnson Reagon has been a major cultural voice for freedom and justice; singing, teaching—speaking out against racism and organized inequities of all kinds. A singer of extraordinary emotional depth and vocal power, Reagon became active in the Civil Rights Movement while a college student at Albany State College in Albany, Georgia. She was a member of the original SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) Freedom Singers formed in 1962 by SNCC field secretary Cordell H. Reagon, and in 1966, a founding member of the Atlanta-based Harambee Singers. Early in 2004, Reagon retired after thirty years from the acclaimed African American women’s a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock, which she founded in 1973. www.BJReagon.com

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit www.njpac.org for more information.

Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities. For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.

Media Contact: Josh Balber, Public Affairs, 973-353-8051, jbalber@njpac.org

Source: New Jersey Performing Arts Center

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NJPAC Alternate Routes Series presents Hip Hop: Out, Loud & Proud and Newark Is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk

HIP HOP: OUT, LOUD & PROUD IV, April 9, 2010
and
NEWARK IS BURNING: CAKEWALK TO CATWALK, April 10, 2010

Newark, NJ, March 17, 2010 – The New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s (NJPAC) Alternate Routes series brings to Newark a two-day GLBT festival, opening with the return of the annual audience-pleaser, Hip Hop: Out, Loud & Proud IV, a night of spoken word and hip hop focusing on sexuality and performed by artists of all sexual orientations, and Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk, an homage to the gender-bending high energy performances and haute couture fashions from the gay “House Ballroom Scene.”

Purchase Tickets
Hip Hop: Out, Loud & Proud IV, April 9, 2010
Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk, April 10, 2010

Artist Video and Photos:
April 9 – Hip Hop: Out, Loud & Proud IV
Pandora Scooter at NJPAC -“The Alphabet”
DaLyrical – “Let me know”
Simply Rob – “Blind”
JenRO – “Try It”

April 10 – Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk
House Ballroom Scene – Photos by Frank Leon Roberts aka Father Frank Garcon

Hip Hop: Out, Loud & Proud IV takes place in NJPAC’s Chase Room on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $16. Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk takes place in NJPAC’s Victoria Theater on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $28. All tickets can be purchased by telephone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark, or by visiting the NJPAC website at www.njpac.org. Alternate Routes is made possible, in part, by American Express, the Ford Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. For more information: www.njpac.org.

HIP-HOP: OUT, LOUD & PROUD IV is a provocative evening featuring six performing artists of different races, ethnicities and sexual orientations. The lineup of artists revisiting their sexcapades includes Atlanta’s eclectic old school hip hop/R&B/rock singer DaLyrical; Los Angeles hip hop artist JenRO, who has appeared on VH1 and MTV’s LOGO; one of the first openly gay hip hop artists, Tori Fixx; the theatrically-trained lyrical virtuosos Mayhem Poets, who blend elements of hip hop, theatre, improv and stand-up comedy to tell gut-wrenching truths; and activist and poet, Simply Rob.

Host and guest curator of Hip Hop: Out, Loud & Proud IV, is Pandora Scooter, a self-identified “QUEERMAMASAPIEN,” whose words and rhymes have inspiring effects on audiences. Her work has included everything from stand-up comedy to hip hop to folk poetry to performance art. Scooter, like her work, defies traditional social labels. Her “pro-people” stance makes her an advocate on behalf of the misfits and ‘fits’ of the world. Among her numerous credits, this frequent NJPAC collaborator has performed two solo shows, along with sold-out performances of Hip Hop: Out, Loud & Proud. www.pandorascooter.com

NJPAC’s Alternate Routes brings to the stage a behind-the-scenes look at the culture of the “Ballroom scene” in Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk. The “Harlem Drag Balls,” brought to mainstream audiences in the award-winning controversial 1991 documentary “Paris is Burning,” were full of stylish competition, fabulous haute couture fashion, gender-bending runway theatrics and one- of-a -kind dance performances. Through Newark is Burning, NJPAC creates a catwalk of its own in this production that tells the story of the creative Ball competitions and honors the long history and love that reside in a community that has transfixed and evolved a social scene for nearly a century. There will be a post-performance discussion immediately following the event and a late-night after party at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, at 591 Broad Street (across the street from NJPAC). Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk is curated by James Credle in collaboration with The Federation of Houses.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit www.njpac.org for more information.

Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities. For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.

Media Contact: Josh Balber, Public Affairs, 973-353-8051, jbalber@njpac.org

Source: New Jersey Performing Arts Center

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Newark, NJ February 24, 2010 – The premier of “Man Up: The Exploration of a Fatherless Nation” that was scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 25, at 6:00pm at the Newark Museum has been rescheduled due to impending severe inclement weather. The rescheduled date and time is Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at the Newark Museum auditorium at 6:00pm. Fathers Now produced this FREE community program in an effort to encourage conversations that rebuild the bonds and responsibility of fatherhood in Newark.

Man-Up Trailer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvTmTlkgVi8&feature=related
Fathers Now Electronic Press Kit – http://nw1.enr-corp.com/oneKITDir/1005744/index.html

Man-Up Newark, NJ Premier Events Details
Location: The Newark Museum auditorium, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Date: Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm VIP Reception
6:00pm Doors Open for general public
7:00pm – 8:00pm Film Screening
8:00pm – 9:00pm Panel Discussion

Panelists:
Tonia Grady
Bill Stephney
LaVar Young

More Information:
To purchase VIP tickets or sponsorship inquiries, please contact Erica Knowles at
eknowles@newarknow.org.

About Man-Up Documentary
Directed and executive produced by Tonia Grady of Gradygirl Productions, Inc., Man-Up is an uncompromising look at the young lives that hang in the balance of “fatherlessness”. To illustrate the magnitude of this social epidemic you will hear personal testimonies of triumph and devastation as Man-Up navigates through the experiences of growing up without a father and the effects thereof. The documentary gives a face to the voiceless children who suffer and ask themselves the unanswerable “why me?” Man-Up featured in the 2009 Atlanta Gay Pride film festival and the 4th Annual WIFTI (Women In Film and Television International) Short Film Showcase. For additional information on the documentary on Man-Up, please visit www.manupthedocumentary.com.

About the Newark Comprehensive Center for Fathers
The Newark Comprehensive Center for Fathers (NCCF) serves fathers in transition – men who have lost their jobs and homes, or who are re-entering the workforce following incarceration and who seek to assume greater responsibility for and contribute to the lives of their children. NCCF has a strong commitment to helping fathers develop a stronger commitment to fatherhood, stronger parenting skills, and stronger employment skills. For additional information on NCCF, please visit www.newarknow.org/fatherhood.html.

Media Contact: Kimberlee Williams, FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705

Source: Newark Now

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