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Center for the Arts
The NJCU Center for the Arts brings the University's cultural offerings together under one creative umbrella.
With New York City just across the river, the NJCU Center for the Arts is a cultural hub of North Jersey, hosting guest artists and speakers in the performing, visual, film, and literary arts, alongside student presentations. We look forward to seeing you at events on campus and in the community.
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Featured Events
Barron Ryan: Destined for Greatness
Thursday, May 13th,1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
Tickets: $8
Link will be sent 2 hours prior to the show
Purchase
Acclaimed pianist Barron Ryan will share three lessons from his performance career, through inspirational stories and musical selections that will outline a blueprint audiences can use to create their own destined plan for greatness. He will dispel the notion that leaders were born for their success, as well as equipping the audience with tools they can use, in order to form their own tales of triumph.
(Grades 6-12)
Agua Es Vida/Water is Life: Dancing through Mexico
Written by David Gonzalez with Cecilia Ortega-Cano, Dance & Music by Mexico Beyond Mariachi
Saturday, June 12, Time:TBD
Virtual Event
Tickets: $8
Link will be sent 2 hours prior to the show
To purchase tickets via cash or check please contact: boxoffice@njcu.edu
30 minute filmed show
15 min live Q&A with the artist
Combining music, dance, and storytelling, Mexico Beyond Mariachi immerses the audience in the magical realism that is ever-present in Mexican culture, igniting their imagination and leaving them with an enhanced awareness of our global community.
In TREKKING MEXICO, students take a deep dive into folk traditions, both ancient and contemporary. This colorful educational show takes you on a Mexican expedition of historic and geographic regions through folkloric music and dance. From feeling the rumbling drums of Tenochtitlan to the sweet sounds of the stringed Jaranas of Veracruz, audiences are transported to the jungles of Tabasco and trek the mountains of Guerrero, this multimedia show will whisk you away on a joyful ride through this culturally rich republic.
Grades: K - 5
Guy Davis: Routes of the Blues
Friday, October 15, Time: TBD
Virtual Event
Tickets: $8
Link will be sent 2 hours prior to the show
To purchase tickets via cash or check please contact: boxoffice@njcu.edu
Join us for a truly inspiring and joyous program of music with Guy Davis, in his show Routes of the Blues. Acclaimed artist, Guy Davis, has spent his musical life carrying his message of the blues around the world, from the Equator to the Arctic Circle, earning him the title “An Ambassador of the Blues”. His work as an actor (film, TV and Broadway), author and music teacher earmark him as a renaissance man of the blues. This show introduces the history of the Blues and demonstrates its different styles, rhythms and story themes.
Grades: 5 - 9
Venues
Margaret Williams Theatre
Hepburn Hall
West Side Theatre
285 West Side Avenue
Ingalls Recital Hall
Rossey Hall, Room 101
Gothic Lounge
Hepburn Hall, Room 202
Visual Arts Gallery
Visual Arts Building
100 Culver Avenue, ground level
201-200-2496
Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery
Hepburn Hall, Room 323
201-200-3246
School of Business
200 Hudson Street
Harborside Financial Center, Jersey City
Box Office
Tickets may be purchased in advance online or in person at the box office, which opens one hour prior to performances.
For group sales and reservations, please contact the Box Office directly:
boxoffice@njcu.edu 201-200-2429.
For disability-related accommodations, please contact the Box Office two weeks in advance of the performance.
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