April 2024
New Jersey Choreographers’ Fesitival | April 2nd – 4th
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts will showcase Moving Into the Future at the South Orange Performing Arts Center. This performance will celebrate the dynamic and diverse artistic visions of 14 of the 2023 Arts Council Choreography Fellows. Each evening the performances will be followed by a moderated talkback with the choreographers. For more information click here.
Free First Thursdays at MOMA | April 4th, 5:00pm – 9:00pm
Join us for a night out at the Montclair Museum of Art during April’s Free First Thursday, presented by TD Bank. Bring a friend, a partner, or enjoy a solo evening of food, drinks, and 110 years of art.
Montclair Museum of Art
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
8th Annual Gaelen Family Artist Lecture: A Century of Black Art at MAM | April 14th, 1:00 pm
Artists Willie Cole, Adama Delphine Fawundu, and Ambrose Rhapsody Murray will each share their creative processes, following an introduction by Ben Jones, co-founder of the African American Cultural Committee and exhibiting artist. A moderated discussion with the artists facilitated by exhibition co-curators Adrienne L. Childs, Ph.D., and nico w. okoro, MA, will delve into themes that highlight how art has long been a living, generative force in Black life and how these artistic voices have shaped cultural narratives over the past century. Tickets.
Montclair Museum of Art
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
Jazz Jams | April 18th , 7:30pm
Join NJPAC for their monthly Jazz Jam Sessions, featuring musicians from New Jersey directed by pianist and bandleader, James Austin, Jr. Austin shares the spotlight as beginner and seasoned jazz musicians and singers are welcomed to jam and improv with the band throughout the night.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St, Newark, NJ 07102
Jammin’ in the Loft at SOPAC | April 24th, 7:00 pm
Experience your favorite bands up close and personal in SOPAC’s new Jammin’ in the Loft series. Curated by Gregory Burrus Productions, this series brings talented local bands taking the local music scene by force to the next level with an intimate and energetic experience in The Loft at SOPAC!
SOPAC
One SOPAC Way
South Orange, NJ 07079
March 2024
Live, in-person jazz returns to MAM with the 6th installment of Art Meets Jazz featuring Joe Locke! Widely considered to be one of the major voices of his instrument, Joe Locke is a highly sought-after soloist, composer, and bandleader. He is a six-time recipient of the Jazz Journalists Association’s “Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year” Award, the 2023 Hot House NYC Jazz Awards for Best Vibes Player, and he continues to top critic and reader polls.
Montclair Museum of Art
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
A Trojan Woman: In a flash of modern warfare (Ukraine? Afghanistan? Vietnam? Poland? Hiroshima? Israel? Gaza?), a mother loses her child. She becomes a Trojan woman, compelled to embody every iconic character in Euripides’ classic play.
Luna Stage
555 Valley Road
West Orange, NJ 07052
Ed Kashi: Abandoned Moments | Starting March 22, 2024
For Ed Kashi, the abandoned moment is the consequence of a fractional instant of surrender. The photographs in this exhibition, made over a 40-year period across four continents and in both black and white and color, reveal glimpses of transitory events filled with frenetic energy–the chaos of everyday life. Embodying photography’s intrinsic power, they preserve moments that can never occur again in exactly the same time and space. In these photographs, geometry, mood, and possibility unite to create something new and magical, capturing the untamed energy of a moment with abandon.
Montclair Museum of Art
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
AFK’s Vincent Ector will be performing with Enoch Smith Jr.!
June 17, 2023, 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
The Heart of Jazz
Mercer County Park Festival Grounds
1638 Old Trenton RoadWest Windsor Township, NJ, 08550
June 17, 2023, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Juneteenth Event – Exhibit Chat & Walking Tour: Whose American Revolution?
Newark Public Library – Main Branch
5 Washington Street Newark, NJ
June 17, 2023, 12:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Juneteenth Block Party
54 Orange Road Montclair, NJ, 07042
June 24, 2023 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Vince Ector “Organatomy Trio+ CD Release Event
636 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11238
May 2023
May 29, 2023, 10:00 am
BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby!) Movie Matinee
486 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
May 25, 2023, 7:30 pm
Montclair Film StorySLAM
505 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
May 13, 2023 , 3:00 pm
Spring Forward Dance-a-thon
555 Valley Road
West Orange, NJ 07052
April 2023
April 13, 2023, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The Vince Ector Trio
499 Bloomfield Ave Montclair, NJ
April 16, 2023, 7:00 pm
The Vince Ector “Organatomy” Trio+ CD Release Concert
South Orange Performing Arts Center
1 SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ
March 2023
March 9, 2023, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Photographer, Stuart Tyson
South Orange Performing Arts Center
1 SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ
March 17, 2023, 9:00 pm
Philip Roth Unbound: Illuminating a Literary Legacy
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center Street
Newark, NJ
February 2023
February 16, 2023 , 6:00 pm
The Vince Ector “Organatomy” Trio
Black Veterans For Social Change
665 Willoughby Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
February 19, 2023 , 2:00 pm
The West Orange Classic Film Fesitval:
Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory
AMC Dine-In Essex Green
West Orange, NJ
February 27, 2023, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
NJPAC Books on the Move
1409 Liberty Ave.
Hillside, NJ
February 27, 2023, 7:00 pm
PSEG True Diversity Film Series
Enforcing Justice: Mitigating Disparities in Our Criminal Justice System
Virtual via Zoom