Center for the Arts

Writing through COVID: Talking with Writer and Long-Hauler Dr. Ann E. Wallace (NJCU English Department) 

Interviewed by Jayne Freeman 
Thursday, November 5 at 8pm 

Free with RSVP

In March, when Ann E. Wallace and her daughter were among the first Jersey City residents to become sick with COVID-19, Wallace immediately began chronicling their experience. Nearly eight months later, Wallace, a long-hauler, has amassed a large body of work, ranging from poetry to op-ed pieces, and has gained national attention. Join us for a conversation between Jayne Freeman and Wallace about writing through COVID. 

Ann E. Wallace, PhD, Associate Professor of English at NJCU, is writing poetry and essays as she recovers from long-haul COVID at home in Jersey City. Her poetry collection, Counting by Sevens, is available from Main Street Rag (2019), and she has recently published work in USA Today, Huffington Post, Crack the Spine, Stirring,Clementine Unbound and many other journals. 

Debashish Bhattacharya

Saturday, November 7, 8:00 P.M.
Virtual event and live Q&A

Please join us for a virtual event featuring DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA, a born Guitar Wizard and today's legend of slide guitar. He is a global inspiration in the contemporary musical scenario of India and world. Registration will be available soon.

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Addams Family performances will be rescheduled to a date in the near future. We will post further information as we receive it. All tickets that have been purchased to date will be valid for the rescheduled performance dates. 

The Addams Family

The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story that is every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family—a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before—keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.

Gina Chavez - Songwriting workshop and Concert

Saturday, November 14, 8:00 p.m.
Virtual event

Please join us for a songwriting workshop and concert featuring Gina Chavez. Chavez’s passionate collection of bilingual songs takes audiences on a journey to discover her Latin roots through music as she shares her story of life in Texas as a married, queer Catholic. Registration information will be available soon.