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  • WALL STREET EXEC INSPIRES TEACHING TEENS LIFE LESSONS

    • By Mabel Pais

    “I believe it is important for all young people to have time, resources and opportunities to think about the life they want to make for themselves and not just how they will make a living,” Ed Hajim

    What is the Ed Hajim Professional Readiness Program?

    Ed Hajim (Credit: NJPAC.org)

    This fall, The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will launch a new initiative for its arts education students, the Ed Hajim Professional Readiness Program, which will offer rising teen artists, 14 and up, a series of free classes and opportunities that will propel them towards a successful career in the performing arts. The program will equip student performers with skills and strategies necessary to succeed professionally in the performing arts.

    Inspired by Hajim’s book, ‘Island of the Four Ps: A Modern Fable About Preparing for Your Future,’ a guide to success in life and business told in the form of a fable, the program is designed to let young artists harness the elements of success that propelled Hajim himself from foster care to Wall Street board rooms.

    Hajim, a leading business executive who held senior management positions with the Capital Group, E.F. Hutton, and Lehman Brothers before becoming chairman and CEO of Furman Selz, is supporting the program with a significant gift to the Arts Center. He will also meet with participants to share with them how he made his way from an orphanage to Harvard Business School and the C-suite of multiple financial firms.

    Watch 2015 Horatio Alger Award Winner Edmund Hajim speak of the troubles of his youth during the Depression, including time spent in foster care while his father was at sea during World War II, and how he discovered his passion for financial management while at Harvard Business School

    – youtu.be/i-9q2bKSCwM

    While career preparedness has always been an element of NJPAC’s extensive arts education programs  – which offer thousands of young people skills instruction in vocal and instrumental jazz music, acting, musical theater and hip-hop arts every year – the PREP initiative will formalize and significantly expand those offerings. 

    “Ed Hajim’s life story is a remarkable one, and the lessons he’s gleaned from his extraordinary career have inspired us to create a series of workshops and programs for our students to ensure they’re fully prepared for their professional lives. Success in the performing arts requires talent, of course, but also practical and interpersonal skills that Ed has uniquely identified,” says John Schreiber, President and CEO of NJPAC. “The career-readiness aspect of our arts education programming will be turbocharged by this gift and by Ed’s personal engagement with our students.”

    “These initiatives will help our students marry their raw talent with the skills they need to become thriving businesspeople as well as great performers. They’ll be able to explore their passions, and develop the skills that will allow them to make informed plans for their futures, all here at the Arts Center,” says Rosa Hyde, Senior Director Arts Ed Performances and Special Events at NJPAC.

    PROGRAM

    NJPAC Arts Ed Students (Credit: NJPAC.org)

    The  program – which is FREE to current NJPAC students who desire to pursue a profession in the arts, and to alumni of the Arts Center’s arts training programs – will guide students through a series of steps that will advance their career readiness. Starting at age 14, and continuing through their university-level education and the early years of their professional work, students will receive both instruction in key skills and access to a ready-made professional network. The programs that will be available to NJPAC students beginning in Fall 2024 include:

    • Business of the Arts Workshops: For students ages 14 to 18

    A year-long series of two-hour Saturday seminars (offered immediately following NJPAC’s Saturday arts training classes)  on the practical skills young artists will need to advance their careers, including resume-writing, social media management, contract and financial literacy and audition etiquette, taught both by working artists and professionals in other fields.

    • The Production Education Assistants program: For students and alumni ages 18-30

    Students and alumni will be offered the opportunity to take a month-long series of bi-weekly classes in technical theater skills, from light and sound design to stage management. Once classes are completed, they will have the opportunity to learn from and shadow professional stagehands. Participants will have the opportunity to sit for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) BACKstage Exam (Basic and Comprehensive Knowledge Exam for High School Technical Theatre Students), a prerequisite for consideration for union membership.

    • NJPAC Alumni Network: For graduates of the Arts Centers arts training programs New alumni will now be able to join and learn from a community of NJPAC-trained artists. Through this network, not only will alumni be able to share insights and information with fellow artists, but the Arts Center will be able to call upon its graduates to provide mentorship to younger artists, perform at events, advise on programming and share their success stories. Through a new online platform, alumni will be able to network with peers who can provide advice, share job leads, and collaborate creatively. These additions to the Arts Center’s arts education curriculum will also include expansions of career-focused initiatives that have been piloted at NJPAC in recent years including:
    • Creative Coaching: For student artists ages 14 through 18. The Creative Coaching program pairs arts training students with teaching artists who serve as their mentors for two years. Working together, student and mentor identify a career-focused goal for the year – from producing a student’s first EP to preparing a repertoire of songs and monologues for auditions – and work together on the steps toward achieving that goal. Mentors and students meet twice a week throughout the school year.
    • The Creator’s Room: For students ages 16 to 18 A quarterly series of conversations at which students can meet with working professional artists to both network and pick up tips and insight on how to handle auditions, how to find representation, where best to seek our job opportunities in today’s market, even how to dress for auditions and rehearsals. These meetings are designed to offer students the nitty-gritty details of pursuing a career in the arts, from artists who are currently working in the field.

    Finally, with this training supporting them, students engaged in the  program will be able to take on paid performance jobs through the Arts Center’s unique placement service for the students it trains:

    • Brick City Booking: For current students aged 14 and up, and NJPAC alumni

    Student artists and recent alumni can access paid performance opportunities, and work with staff and mentors to negotiate contract terms, prepare repertoire, and nurture ongoing relationships with clients, through this service, NJPAC’s student and alumni “booking agency.”

    Watch the video of Arts Ed Students – player.vimeo.com/external/351250473.hd.mp4?s=0659a112ecadb56e1fbe83d3c38de29ca4c3b345&profile_id=175

    For more information about NJPAC’s arts education and career readiness programs, visit njpac.org/arts-education.

    Ed Hajim

    Ed Hajim is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, ‘On The Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom’ and ‘The Island of the Four Ps: A Modern Fable About Preparing for Your Future’.

    The son of a Syrian immigrant, he is a seasoned Wall Street executive with more than 50 years of investment experience. He has held senior management positions with the Capital Group, E.F. Hutton, and Lehman Brothers before becoming chairman and CEO of Furman Selz. Hajim has been the co-chairman of ING Barings, Americas Region; chairman and CEO of ING Aeltus Group and ING Furman Selz Asset Management. He is now non-executive chairman of High Vista, a Boston-based money management company.

    In 2008, after 20 years as a trustee of the University of Rochester, Hajim began an eight-year tenure as chairman of the university’s board. Upon assuming that office he gave the school $30 million—the largest single donation in its history—to support scholarships and endow the Edmund A. Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Through the Hajim Family Foundation, he has made generous donations to organizations that promote education, health care, arts, culture, and conservation.

    In 2015, he received the Horatio Alger Award, given to Americans who exemplify the values of initiative, leadership, and commitment to excellence and who have succeeded despite personal adversities. Married for 59 years, Ed and his wife Barbara have three children and eight grandchildren. Learn more at edhajim.com.

  • August 23 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • WHAT DOES THE FORMER FIRST LADY & US SENATOR SHARE WITH US?

    WHAT DOES THE FORMER FIRST LADY & US SENATOR SHARE WITH US?

    By Mabel Pais

    “Let’s keep fighting and let’s keep the faith. And let’s lift each other as we move forward on this journey.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton
    HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: First Lady, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, presidential candidate, advocate, attorney – has spent five decades in public service. She now makes a stop on her Fall tour of the United States at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

    HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

    As First Lady of the United States, from 1993 to 2001, Hillary Clinton championed health care for all Americans and led successful bipartisan efforts to improve the adoption and foster care systems, reduce teen pregnancy, and create the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

    Hillary Clinton. (Credit: Annie Leibovitz (hillaryclintonlive.com)

    In 2000, Clinton made history as the first First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first woman elected to statewide office in New York.

    In 2007, she began her first historic campaign for president, winning 18 million votes and becoming the first woman to ever win a presidential primary or caucus state. In the 2008 general election, she campaigned for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and in December, she was nominated by President-elect Obama to be Secretary of State.

    In 2016, Clinton made history again by becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. As the Democratic candidate for president, she campaigned on a vision of America that is “stronger together” and an agenda to make our economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. She won the national popular vote, earning the support of nearly 66 million Americans.

    Since leaving civil service and electoral politics, Clinton has remained an active force for progress and human rights. In recent years, she has leant her decades of experience to nurturing the next generation of leaders.

    In 2023, Clinton went back to the classroom when she joined Columbia University as a co-founder of the Institute of Global Politics and Professor of Practice at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). She teaches a course with Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo called Inside the Situation Room, which engages young scholars with insights from diverse academic fields and the direct experience of high level diplomats, journalists, and other experts.

    Her commitment to the stories we tell ourselves about who we are as Americans and what kind of future we want for our children and our grandchildren extends to her work as an author, podcast host, and television and Broadway producer.

    Clinton is the author of ten best-selling books, including her groundbreaking book on children, ‘It Takes A Village’ (1996); ‘Dear Socks, Dear Buddy’ (1998); ‘An Invitation to the White House’ (2000); her memoirs, ‘Living History’ (2003), ‘Hard Choices’ (2014), and ‘What Happened’ (2017); a picture book edition of ‘It Takes a Village’ (2017); ‘The Book of Gutsy Women’ (2019) and ‘Grandma’s Gardens’ (2020), in collaboration with Chelsea Clinton; and her political thriller, ‘State of Terror’ (2021), with Louise Penny. Her podcast, ‘You and Me Both’, features candid, in-depth, and sometimes hilarious conversations with actors, activists, and other people who have unique perspectives on the challenges and joys of modern life. Clinton is the founder of HiddenLight Productions, a global studio dedicated to bringing the stories of inspiring individuals and movements to TV, film, and streaming. The studio’s projects include ‘Gutsy’, a television adaptation of ‘The Book of Gutsy Women’, in which Hillary and Chelsea Clinton interview remarkable women in all walks of life.

    In 2024, Clinton produced her first Broadway show, ‘SUFFS’, a love letter to the complicated women who fought for the right to vote and for a future they would never see but knew was possible. The musical was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and won two Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.

    Learn more about Hillary Clinton at hillaryclinton.com.

    “I’m so excited to add 10 more cities to my Fall tour. I hope you can join me for wide-ranging conversations that go behind the scenes and include never-before told stories,” says Secretary Clinton. “We’ll discuss the state of our politics and creating the future we want for our children and grandchildren and, most of all, have some fun while we’re at it!”

    PROGRAM

    At each event, Secretary Clinton and a moderator will take the audience on a journey of unvarnished exchanges on politics, democracy, the threats we face, as well as friendship, aging, marriage, and how we can all work together to shape a future to be proud of.

    The ‘New York Times’ best-selling author and GRAMMY-award winner’s new book, ‘Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty’ will be released by Simon & Schuster on September 17th, 2024.

    TICKETS & MORE INFORMATION

    To see Hillary Clinton, visit NJPAC.org or the NJPAC Box Office or call 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).

    For more information about presales, tour dates and to purchase VIP packages and tickets, visit hillaryclintonlive.com.

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    SETTLE IN WITH WORLD-RENOWNED RATIONALIST DAWKINS

    Richard Dawkins. (Credit: Courtesy, NJPAC.)
    • By Mabel Pais

    Experience an unforgettable evening by familiarizing yourself with PROFESSOR RICHARD DAWKINS, one of the world’s world-renowned truth-teller, respected evolutionary biologist, best-selling author, and secularist intellectual, as he brings his highly anticipated tour to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Friday, September 13, 2024 at 7 pm.

    He is celebrated globally for his honest critique of religion and tradition and his push for critical thinking, renowned for his unapologetic advocacy of science and reason, and the separation of church and state (religion and science).

    From 1995 to 2008 Richard Dawkins was the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, his around-the-world speaking tour was the focus of the documentary ‘The Unbelievers’ which also features appearances by Woody Allen, Stephen Colbert, Cameron Diaz, Ian McEwan, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Hawking, Eddie Izzard, Bill Pullman, and Sarah Silverman.

    He is an internationally best-selling author. Among his books are ‘The Ancestor’s Tale’, ‘The Selfish Gene’, ‘The Blind Watchmaker, ‘Climbing Mount Improbable’, ‘Unweaving the Rainbow’, ‘A Devil’s Chaplain’, ‘The God Delusion’, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ and ‘The Magic of Reality’.

    Dawkins is celebrated for his groundbreaking work as ‘Unweaving The Rainbow’, ‘The Selfish Gene’ and ‘The God Delusion’, captivating millions with his passion for scientific inquiry. His two-part autobiography: Part 1 ‘An Appetite for Wonder,’ and ‘A Brief Candle in the Dark’ were released in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Learn more at richarddawkins.net.

    Praise for the upcoming ‘The Genetic Book of the Dead’:

    “Overflowing with the beauty of nature, the beauty of language, and the beauty of ideas.” – Steven Pinker, author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now

    “Dazzling in originality and scope, with beautiful illustrations, this is a wonderful celebration of the power of natural selection. Richard Dawkins reveals with brilliant clarity the imprint on organisms of their evolutionary past.”

    – Nick Davies, author of ‘Cuckoo: Cheating By Nature’

    “Once again, Richard Dawkins asks us to look at the living world in a totally novel way: Every organism carries, in its genes, a record of the past environments in which its ancestors survived. This brilliant new way of interpreting nature opens our eyes to both the past and the future.”

    – John R. Krebs, author of ‘Food: A Very Short Introduction’ and coauthor, ‘An Introduction to Behavioral Ecology’

    “Written with typical verve and panache, Richard Dawkins’s ‘The Genetic Book of the Dead’ makes a brilliant contribution to the public understanding of evolution using our most up-to-date understanding of genetics. It will enthrall, surprise, and challenge you. Read it!”

    – Jerry A. Coyne, author of ‘Why Evolution is True’ and ‘Faith Versus Fact’

    “This book is a summation of the ideas of the author who brought us ‘memes’ and ‘selfish genes.’ Richard Dawkins’s lucid prose will change the way you think about your evolutionary past.”

    – David Haig, author of ‘From Darwin to Derrida: Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life’

    “The ingenuity of evolution is infinite, a fact that fascinates Richard Dawkins as much as it fascinated Charles Darwin. Inside each organism he finds rich palimpsests chronicling the history of life itself.”

    – Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything and How Innovation Works

    “The deployment of the conceit of genes looking backward in time is clever and well done. A piece of vivid popular science.”

    – Stephen Stearns, coauthor of ‘Evolution: An Introduction’

    PROGRAM

    Dawkins aims to connect with audiences in unscripted conversations touching on topics from science to religion, life on earth and beyond. With his trademark honesty and wit, Dawkins promises an evening filled with wisdom and insight.

    Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of this enlightening experience and hear firsthand about Dawkins’ upcoming book promoted on tour: ‘The Genetic Book of the Dead’ delves into the transformative potential of DNA in our understanding of evolution to be released on September 17, 2024.

    TICKETS

    Tickets for Richard Dawkins may be purchased by visiting NJPAC.org or the NJPAC Box Office or

    calling 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).

    The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)

    NJPAC located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the most diverse performing arts center in the country, and the anchor cultural institution for both the city of Newark and the state of New Jersey. It is an artistic, cultural, educational and civic center where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. NJPAC brings 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 more than 11 million visitors (including more than two million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit njpac.org or call 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) for more information.

    Follow NJPAC Online:

    Website: njpac.org

    Twitter: @NJPAC

    Instagram: @NJPAC

    Hashtag: #NJPAC

    Facebook: facebook.com/NJPAC

    YouTube: NJPACtv

    Follow NJPAC’s Standing in Solidarity Series Online:

    Website: njpac.org/takeastand

    Hashtag: #NJPACTakeAStand

    Youtube: Standing in Solidarity playlist

    Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education.

  • August 16 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • SPOKEN WORD APEX AS CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

    SPOKEN WORD APEX AS CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

    • By Mabel Pais

    Experience a transformative performance poetry concert encompassing a visual performance artist, dj, live band and many of the world’s top spoken word artists: Taalam Acey, K-Love the Poet, Narubi Selah, Ed Mabrey, Mr. Food4Thought, RADI, Kween Moore, Obbie West, Georgia Me, Positive Gunter, Black Chakra, James C. Ellerbe and DJ Doughboy. This happens on August 24 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s (NJPAC) Victoria Theater at 8 PM.

    TAALAM ACEY, with his 17 albums and 8 books, is considered the “Godfather” of Spoken Word’s digital age. Acey has been featured at the Essence Music Festival and the Black Congressional Caucus. He has won awards in the US, UK and Germany, and his work has been covered on BET, the Documentary Channel, TV One and two Sundance Award winning films.

    K-LOVE is one of the most viral poets of our time. Few other Spoken Word artists have garnered her level of social media celebrity, internet influence and live emotional impact.

    Narubi Selah has written and co-directed plays as well as starred in a number of off-Broadway productions. She was the first NJ Poetry Slam grand champion and her work has been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, New Jersey Network (NJN) and at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.

    Ed Mabrey is an Emmy nominated actor and the most winningest poet in the history of poetry slam, earning several world championships and hundreds of other slam wins. Mabrey has been featured on ABC, FOX, HBO, CNN and TV One.

    Oshea Luja, creatively known as MrFood4Thought, is an acclaimed poet, spoken word artist, and cultural architect, captivating audiences for over two decades with his profound expressions. Honoring the legacy of greats such as the Watts Prophets, The Last Poets, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, and Kamau Daaood, he has bestowed lifetime achievement awards upon each of them at his production he founded in 2007, StillWaters.

    RADI is an artist and award-winning writer specializing in spoken word & slam poetry. Her work covers topics such as Civil rights, body positivity, sex positivity, colorism, sexism and more, all while reflecting her real life experiences as a proud Black Fat Lesbian. She reigns as the 4x Poetry Slam Champion & now Coach of one of the top ranked Poetry Slam Teams in the Nation; New Jeru Slam Team.

    Kween Moore, Curator, Interdisciplinary Artist, Poet and Arts Educator, leads a life dedicated to the arts and its communal impact. As a Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High graduate, with a B.A. in Art Therapy Psychology from Albertus Magnus College, Moore serves Newark and surrounding communities through creative arts programming, poetry, performance art and visual arts with specific content for all creatives.

    Edward Wilson, a.k.a. Obbie West is an international spoken word artist, advocate, and author. Originally from Los Angeles, California. Edward is a retiree from the United States Army. He began writing in 2011 and later published his first acclaimed book of poetry entitled ‘Blossom.’ He travels the world as an educator, trainer, and speaker using poetry to tackle tough topics such as sexual violence, prevention, and awareness.

    Tamika ‘Georgia Me’ Harper is a proud ‘Ghetto Belle’ and decorated verbal powerhouse known for starring in Russell Simmons’ Tony Award winning, ‘Def Poetry Jam on Broadway’ and appearing in the box-office favorite, ‘Madea Goes to Jail.’

    Positive Gunter is a living example; not expert on life. Transforming her life experiences into performance art, poetry, and wisdom as she redefines what it means to grow. It is her daily intention to plant a seed of consciousness within every person that she encounters. Encouraging them to turn their shame into shine and reclaim the authority over their time and mind.

    Black Chakra is a spoken word and hip-hop artist whose talents have been showcased on stages across America. He has been a national poetry slam champion, Texas Grand Slam champion, 4 Time Southern Fried slam champion, Rustbelt Slam Champion, Black Arts Matter Slam Champion, Exit 36 Slam Champion, and a plethora of others too long to list.

    James C. Ellerbe is a New Jersey native and resident along with his wife. The couple own ‘Not Enough Words LLC’ founded in 2014. He has appeared on BET’s ‘Buy The Book’ and Showtime at the Apollo showcase. He has also conducted workshops on writing poetry and self-publishing for students (and future authors). He is also the founder of NJPoetryEvents.com – a central hub for poetry events, festivals, and workshops in NJ.

    DJ Doughboy has toured Africa, Europe and Mexico (with some of the most popular names in the music industry) and been featured on BET, MTV and Showtime. He also holds a B.S. in Television and Radio Broadcasting Communications from Fairleigh Dickinson University and spins for 50 million listeners on Music Choice.

    TICKETS

    For tickets to the event, visit njpac.org/event/spoken-word-apex-2.

    The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

    The Dodge Foundation and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) launched Dodge Poetry – a new collaboration that celebrates poetry as a catalyst for communities to advance social change.

    Through this initiative, Dodge Poetry will expand beyond the biennial festival to include year-long programming in Newark. Dodge Poetry events will have three goals to:

    Mobilize communities and fuel movements for social change;

    Amplify poet activists who challenge and reframe existing narratives and norms; and

    Create spaces for empathy, healing, and repair for individuals who have experienced systemic racism.

    Building on 40 years of poetry programming, the new collaboration between NJPAC and the Dodge Foundation will extend the footprint of Dodge Poetry across the entire city of Newark. The series of events are designed to engage and activate residents, young people, and community partners, and to highlight the intersection of poetry and social justice.

    In 2024, Dodge Poetry will culminate with the 20th celebration of the Dodge Poetry Festival, an event that has to-date engaged more than 150,000 people including 45,000 high school students, on Oct 17-19, 2024. Learn more at grdodge.org.

    The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)

    Learn more at njpac.org.

     

    (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

     

  • August 9 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • FILMS OF NOTE

    • By Mabel Pais

    SUGARCANE

    Directors (left) Emily Kassie & Julian Brave NoiseCat (Photo / Courtesy filmforum.org)

    Directors: Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie; 2024; Documentary; English & Secwepemctsín; 107m

    Winner: U.S. Directing Award, Sundance Film Festival 2024

    “[A] stunning and brutal look at the lasting trauma of the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School, a government-funded institution run by the Catholic Church where indigenous children were sent with the aim of stripping them of the connection to their culture… It’s a portrait of what remains when injustice occurs.” – Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire

    ‘SUGARCANE’ is a stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.  It is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Set amidst a ground-breaking investigation of abuse and death at an Indigenous residential school, the film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths and the love that endures within their families despite the revelation of genocide.

    In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves near an indigenous residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada sparked a national outcry about the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at this network of segregated boarding schools designed to slowly destroy the culture and social fabric of Indigenous communities.

    When Kassie – a journalist and filmmaker – asked her old friend and colleague, NoiseCat, to direct a film documenting the Williams Lake first investigation of St. Joseph’s mission, she never imagined just how close this story was to his own family. As the investigation continued, Emily and Julian traveled to the rivers, forests and mountains of his homeland to hear the myriad stories of survivors. During production, Julian’s own story became an integral part of this beautiful multi-stranded portrait of a community. By offering space, time and profound empathy, the directors unearthed what was hidden.

    Kassie and NoiseCat encountered both the extraordinary pain these individuals had to suppress as a tool for survival  and a unique beauty of a group of people finding the strength to persevere.

     

    Release: Opens at Film Forum, New York City on August 9.

    GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS

    Preeti Panigrahi speaks as School Prefect (Photo / Courtesy filmforum.org)

    Director: Shuchi Talati; 2024; English & Hindi; 117m

    2024 Sundance Film Festival Prize-Winner:

                                      World Cinema Drama Audience Award,

                                     Special Jury Award for Acting (Preeti Panigrahi)

    “With her first feature, Talati expertly captures the quiet wonder and aching intensity of adolescence, first love, and caring about someone whose dueling duties and desires sometimes stop them from behaving as they know they should.”  indieWire – January 24, 2024 – Proma Khosla

    A model student, 16-year-old Mira (Preeti Panigrahi in a radiant debut performance) is the first-ever female prefect in charge of enforcing rules at a straitlaced Indian boarding school in the Himalayas. Despite her ambition and primness, she can’t help but fall for new student Sri (Kesav Binoy Kiron), and steals away with him to flirt and stargaze. With frankness and sensitivity, writer-director Shuchi Talati uncovers the contradictory layers of Mira’s sexual awakening, the school’s lax penalties for boys’ transgressive behavior, and the complicated feelings triggered in her protective, unfulfilled mother (Kani Kusruti, star of 2024 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix-winner ‘All We Imagine as Light’).

    Release: Opens on September 13 at Film Forum, New York City.

    (Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

     

  • August 2 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • BROOKLYN FILM FEST PRESENTS OSCAR-QUALIFYING FILMS

    • By Mabel Pais

    Featuring

    Co-Director A. PATTANASHETTY’s Narrative Short: ‘SKIN TO SKIN’ – US Premiere

    Director ANDREW NADKARNI’s Documentary Short: ‘BETWEEN EARTH & SKY’

    And Many More

    Skin to Skin (Credit: greenpointfilmfestival.org)
    DOC-NYC-2023_BETWEEN-EARTH-AND-SKY_2. Nalini Nadkarni revisiting the tree she fell from (Credit : Derek Knowles)

    Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Film Festival (GFF) annual 13th edition takes place August 7-11. The film festival has more than doubled the number of films screened from last year, now totaling 118 films (20 feature-length, 95 shorts, and 3 XR exhibits). GFF’s footprint has also become larger with additional screens added to The Boiler / ELM Foundation location (191 N. 14th Street), and Film Noir (122 Meserole Avenue) also added to the mix.

    The screenings at Film Noir will be a special Polish Cinema Heritage Program offered free-to-the-public. Once again, the Greenpoint Film Festival will be dedicated to its mission to create a platform for local filmmakers to showcase films that carry riveting and thought-provoking stories, which strive to help others find meaning for a more insightful journey in their lives. GFF will also offer additional panels, workshops, and events focused on expanding the local film network in North Brooklyn with the goal of helping local filmmakers make connections and gain support for their projects. That will include GFF’s signature Green Carpet, and the Filmmaker Awards including the presentation of their special festival awards dedicated to films that champion environmental and social justice.

    Greenpoint Film Festival Creative Director Ricardo Vilar, said, “Our film festival has grown with leaps and bounds both with the number of films offered and the expansion of our footprint here in Brooklyn. But it all still starts with our mission on behalf of the filmmakers and giving them a platform to tell their stories and connect with audiences and each other. As we continue to build our reputation as a place and event to celebrate cinema here in North Brooklyn, we are thrilled with each step we take to bring recognition to their work and talent.” 

    TICKETS

    To purchase passes and tickets and to find more information on the Greenpoint Film Festival, visit greenpointfilmfestival.org.

    2024 Greenpoint Film Festival Lineup

     OPENING NIGHT SELECTION

    Lucha: A Wrestling Tale

    Director: Marco Ricci; USA; 96m

    ‘Lucha’ tells the story of the Taft High School Women’s wrestling team, one of the first girls wrestling programs in NYC. In particular, it tells the story of four young women who view wrestling as their ticket to acceptance and progress. Shirley wants a college scholarship, Nyasia wants to get in shape, Mariam is juggling studies and sports, and Alba is a recent immigrant looking for a home.

    CENTERPIECE SELECTION

    Unicorns

    Director: Alex Lora; Spain; 94m

    Isa is a Feminist and polyamorous posh girl; she passionately defends her life. When Guillem proposes to be a monogamous couple, Isa is not sure if he wants to change her life and, given her lack of decision, Guillem decides to break the relationship. Living in a world of appearances and comforts, her contradictions come to light and her universe is crumbling at the blow of likes and moral judgments in this web that social networks have become.

    Preceded by

    The Masterpiece

    Director: Alex Lora; Spain; 20m

    Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have an expensive painting. 

    CLOSING NIGHT SELECTIONS

    Drum Song: The Rhythm of Life – US Premiere

    Director: Kelly Moneymaker; USA; 49m

    ‘Drum Song: The Rhythm of Life’ explores the climate crisis through the eyes of Alaska’s Indigenous peoples as they utilize their ancestral knowledge and modern science to adapt to the changing rhythms of seasons, cycles, and movements across eroding lands and melting Arctic ice. The global impact of the story feeds into the current and worldwide surge of politically conscious indigenous peoples demanding human rights, food sovereignty, and self-governance.

    Miwene

    Directors: Keith Heyward, Jennifer Berglund, Gange Anita Yeti Enomenga, Obe Beatriz Nenquimo Nihua; Ecuador; 105m

    Steeped in the long oral tradition of Waorani storytelling, Gange Yeti shares her own coming-of-age story as a young Waorani woman living deep within the Amazon rainforest. Following Gange and her community for over 11 years, the film captures her transition from a quiet teenager into a confident young mother at a critical turning point for her culture and rainforest.

    NARRATIVE FEATURES

    In addition, there are 12 narrative features.

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

    There are 4 documentary features.

    NARRATIVE SHORTS

    There are 74 narrative shorts.

    DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

    There are 15 documentary shorts.

    ANIMATION SHORTS

    There are 5 animation shorts.

    XR EXHIBIT

    Three fit into this category.

    For a complete list of films and events, visit greenpointfilmfestival.org

    Greenpoint Film Festival (GFF)

    Learn more at greenpointfilmfestival.org

    About ELM Foundation/The Boiler

    Learn more at  elmfoundation.art

    (Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

  • OSCAR-QUALIFYING HOLLYSHORTS FEST RETURNS

    By Mabel Pais

    Screening

    Director ADAM J GRAVES’s ‘ANUJA’

     Co-Producer MURUGAN THIRUCHELVAM’s 

    ‘AN ANGEL ON OXFORD STREET’ 

    And many, many more

    Anuja (Credit: hollyshorts.com)

    The Oscar® Qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL returns for its much-anticipated annual 20th edition. HollyShorts screenings will take place from August 8-18th. This year’s hybrid celebration of short films takes place in person, with screenings at the world-renowned TCL Chinese Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., 3rd Level, Hollywood, CA, 90028 and virtually through the official festival streaming platform, BITPIX. The annual awards gala takes place on August 18.

    From over 6000 entries, over 400 films form this year’s anniversary program. On Friday, July 12, HollyShorts shared the entire 2024 selection on YouTube. For the complete list of films and more information, visit hollyshorts.com.

    Last year, the Academy® granted the festival their 4th OSCAR®-qualifying award for Documentary Short Film, this accolade joined their other three top awards, Best Short Film Grand Prize, Best Short Animation and Best Short Live Action. The winners of these awards will be eligible for consideration for a 2025 Academy® Award.

    Some of the HollyShorts Festival categories are

    DOCUMENTARY, LIVE ACTION, ANIMATION, SCI-FI, MUSIC VIDEO, WEB SERIES, MIDNIGHT MADNESS, PODCAST, TELEVISION.

    Learn more at hollyshorts.com.

    INAUGURAL SPORTS CATEGORY

    HollyShorts has also launched an inaugural Sports category with NBA Champion, Metta World Peace as the head judge.

    TICKETS

    For tickets and passes, visit hollyshorts2024.eventive.org/passes/buy.

    HollyShorts Films

    HollyShorts is devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panels and forums. The festival showcases the top short films produced in 40 minutes or less. Learn more at hollyshorts.com.

    (Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

  • July 26 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • COMEDY SUPER STAR STEPHEN COLBERT SITS DOWN WITH VERSATILE ACTOR PAUL GIAMATTI

    COMEDY SUPER STAR STEPHEN COLBERT SITS DOWN WITH VERSATILE ACTOR PAUL GIAMATTI

    • By Mabel Pais

    Comedy superstar Stephen Colbert, once again, brings his incisive intellect and whip-smart humor to observations and conversations about current events. He sits down with Paul Giamatti celebrating his award-winning career as one of our most beloved on-screen performers. This unforgettable evening of conversation takes place on stage at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in downtown Newark, NJ on Friday, July 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM.

    This is part of the second annual ‘North To Shore’ Festival that took place in June and is presented by ‘Montclair Film’, New Jersey’s leading film non-profit.

    PAUL GIAMATTI

    Paul Giamatti is fresh off his last Golden Globe win and Oscar nomination for ‘The Holdovers’. One of the most versatile and beloved actors of his generation, Paul Giamatti currently stars in Focus Features’ heartwarming period drama, ‘The Holdovers’, which released in theaters on October 27th, 2023. His moving performance has been met with praise from critics and audiences alike, receiving the Golden Globe® Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, the Critics Choice Award and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, The Palm Springs International Film Festival ‘Icon Award’. Giamatti was recently nominated for the SAG, BAFTA and Academy Award ® for Best Actor.

    Giamatti currently stars in the second season of HBO Europe’s hit Spanish-horror series, ‘30 Coins’, as well as in the final season of the Showtime hit, ‘Billions’, for which he has been nominated for a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award and a Critics Choice Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series over the course of the series.

    Outside of acting, Giamatti co-hosts the podcast ‘Chinwag’ with author and philosopher Stephen Asma from Treefort Media & Touchy Feely Films. Featuring prominent guests from diverse fields, ‘Chinwag’ is a series of conversations that delve deep into the wilderness of the mind, covering topics spanning from science and philosophy to the occult and literature.

    Previous television credits include HBO’s ‘Too Big to Fail’, which earned Giamatti his third SAG Award as well as an Emmy® and a Golden Globe® nomination in 2011. In 2008, Giamatti won Emmy®, SAG, and Golden Globe® awards for Best Actor in a Miniseries for his portrayal of the title character in HBO’s seven-part, Emmy Award ®-winning miniseries, ‘John Adams’.

    Giamatti’s selected film credits include the five-time Oscar®-winner ‘Saving Private Ryan’, Alexander Payne’s Academy Award®-winning dramedy ‘Sideways’, which earned Giamatti Golden Globe® and SAG Award nominations, and the Academy Award®-nominated ‘Barney’s Version’ in 2011, which earned him the Golden Globe® for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. In 2006, his performance in Ron Howard’s ‘Cinderella Man’ earned him his first SAG Award and a Broadcast Film Critics’ Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominations in the same category.

    STEPHEN COLBERT

    Stephen Colbert, from Emmy-winning shows to sold-out tours and NY Times bestsellers, it seems like he’s done it all and done it well.

    Colbert hosts the Emmy and Peabody Award winning, #1 show in late night

    ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’ He is also the Executive Producer and Writer of the show. From 2005 to 2014, he hosted ‘The Colbert Report’ on Comedy Central, following his seven years as a correspondent on ‘The Daily Show.’

    In 2021, Colbert’s Spartina Industries banner set a three-year first-look deal to develop television and streaming content for CBS Studios. Spartina’s most recent project is CBS’s newest late-night show, ‘After Midnight,’ starring Taylor Tomlinson, which premiered in January of 2024. Spartina’s first project was the sports-comedy special ‘Pickled,’ a celebrity pickleball tournament benefiting Comic Relief for CBS Primetime.

    Colbert previously served as Executive Producer on the Comedy Central series, ‘Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News,’ ‘Hell of a Week with Charlamagne tha God,’ and SHOWTIME’s ‘Our Cartoon President.’ He is also an Executive Producer of ‘Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself,’ streaming on Hulu.

    Colbert has also authored five books, the most recent of which, ‘Whose Boat Is This Boat?’, reached #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List. All proceeds from the book benefited the victims of Hurricane Florence and Michael, and most recently, COVID-19 relief.

    Raised in South Carolina, he currently resides in New Jersey with his wife, Evie. His birthday is May 13. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @StephenAtHome.

    TICKETS

    Tickets for Paul Giamatti with Stephen Colbert are available at njpac.org and ticketmaster.com or at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark or by calling 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722). 

    More information is available at montclairfilm.org.

    If you have purchased tickets to the June 29th conversation, those tickets are still valid for the new date on July 26, 2024. For questions, call 1-888-MY-NJPAC.

    North to Shore Festival

    This special evening is presented as part of the 2024 ‘North To Shore’ Festival held in June 2024, featuring all the talent, diversity and creativity that New Jersey has to offer, packed into three extraordinary weekends of performances, screenings, parties and conversations in three of the state’s most iconic cities. Hosted by Asbury Park, Atlantic City and Newark, the ‘North to Shore’ Festival brings together events at more than 100 venues for an over-the- top showcase of Jersey excellence, aligned with Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy’s vision of a celebration worthy of the Garden State’s long legacy of innovation in the arts, film and technology.

    Montclair Film

    For more information about Montclair Film, visit MontclairFilm.org. 

    Join Montclair Film Online:

    Websites: montclairfilm.org and theclairidge.org

    Twitter: @MontclairFilm @TheClairidge

    Facebook: facebook.com/MontclairFilm and /TheClairidge

    Instagram: instagram.com /MontclairFilm and /TheClairidge

    YouTube: youtube.com/montclairfilmfest 

    The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)

    NJPAC, located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is among the largest performing arts centers in the United States. It is the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey — where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. 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 more than 10.5 million visitors since opening its doors in 1997, reached almost two million children and families through its education and community programs, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit njpac.org for more information.

    (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

     

  • NJPAC & DODGE FOUNDATION CELEBRATE POETRY AS CATALYST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

    NJPAC & DODGE FOUNDATION CELEBRATE POETRY AS CATALYST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

    • By Mabel Pais

    The 20th DODGE POETRY FESTIVAL, which has been headquartered at NJPAC since 2010, will fill downtown Newark with poetry, October 17 to 19. Over the course of 40 years, this event, the country’s largest poetry festival, has welcomed more than 150,000 people to readings, performances and more.

    This year’s reimagined Dodge Poetry Festival will mix spoken word poetry with jazz, hip hop and R&B at readings, performances, outdoor events and more. All are designed to inspire a community mobilizing for racial and social justice, repair, and healing.

    A full lineup and event details for the Festival will be announced at the end of July.

    NUYORICAN POETS CAFE

    For the Summer Dodge Poetry, on July 20 at 7PM, the historic institution Nuyorican Poets Café (njpac.org/event/nuyorican-poets-cafe-dodge-poetry) brings an all-star lineup of poets —Edwin Torres, Emanuel Xavier and co-founder Lois Griffith — to NJPAC, with Nuyorican Poets Café Executive Director Caridad De La Luz “La Bruja” hosting.

    The second part of the event is a slam showcase with the 2024 Nuyorican Slam Team that opens into an open mic led by Newark arts organization EvoluCulture (evoluculture.com).

    TICKETS

    For Tickets, visit njpac.org/event/nuyorican-poets-cafe-dodge-poetry.

    The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

    Established in 1974, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation envisions a just and equitable New Jersey where people of all races and communities have equitable access to opportunities to thrive. Over its 50-year history, the Dodge Foundation has distributed more than $500 million in grants and technical support to New Jersey nonprofits. Today, building on decades of learning, the organization focuses its support on those who are directly addressing the root causes and repair of structural racism and inequity to transform lives in New Jersey.

    New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)

    Phone: 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)

    Follow NJPAC Online:

    Website:    njpac.org

    Twitter:     @NJPAC

    Instagram:   @NJPAC

    Hashtag:    #NJPAC

    Facebook:    facebook.com/NJPAC

    YouTube:     NJPACtv

    Follow NJPAC’s Standing in Solidarity Series Online:

    Website:     njpac.org/takeastand

    Hashtag:       #NJPACTakeAStand

    Youtube:       Standing in Solidarity playlist

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    ENJOY A VARIETY OF EVENTS AT THE ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF DALLAS

    • By Mabel Pais

    Featuring

    Director KARAN TEJPAL’s Feature STOLEN

    Director AMIT KAUR’s Short CUPPA CHAI

    And many more

    The ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL of DALLAS, Texas (AFFD) for its annual 23rd edition takes place July 25-28. All screenings will take place at the Angelika Film Center Dallas (5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, #230).

    AFFD Executive Director Thomas Schubert, said, “The programming for this year’s edition of the film festival goes back to the basics of what AFFD has been delivering to Dallas audiences for more than two decades now: striking dramas, high comedies, action, thrillers, horror, and insightful documentaries for and about Asians and Asian Americans. The Angelika will once again play host to appearances and conversations with our filmmakers and talent, and we will celebrate their work both as we screen their films and through our other special events and parties that truly make the Asian Film Festival of Dallas a can’t miss event for DFW film lovers.”

    2024 Asian Film Festival of Dallas Lineup

    OPENING NIGHT

    The Movie Emperor

    Director: Ning Hao; China; 126m

    CENTERPIECE

    Tokyo Cowboy

    Director: Marc Marriott; Japan; 118m

    CLOSING NIGHT

    Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

    Director: Soi Cheang; Hong Kong; 125m

    SATURDAY SHOWCASE

    The Guest

    Director: Yeon Je-gwang; South Korea; 76m

    ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE FEATURES

    A Childless Village

    Director: Reza Jamali; Iran; 81m

    A Long Shot 

    Director: Gao Peng; China; 117m 

    Moscow Mission      

    Director: Herman Yau; China; 128m

    Ms. Apocalypse      

    Director: Lim Seon-ae; South Korea; 116m

    Namesake     

    Director: Yung-Chi Chen; Taiwan; 79m

    Old Fox

    Director: Hsiao Ya-Chuan; Taiwan; 111m

    One-Percent Warrior

    Director: Yamaguchi Yudai; Japan; 96m

    Post Truth     

    Director: Chengpeng Dong; China; 112m

    Rose & Samurai 2: Return of the Pirate Queen   

    Director: Hidenori Inoue; Japan; 174m

    Stolen (Credit: asianfilmdallas.com)

    Stolen

    Director: Karan Tejpal; India; 94m

    The Tenants 

    Director: Yoon Eun-Kyoung; South Korea; 88m

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

    Art is Love: Nepal   

    Directors: Daniel Driensky, Sarah Reyes; United States/Nepal; 71m

    Ashima          

    Director: Kenji Tsukamoto; United States; 86m

    SHORT FILMS

    Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town        

    Directors: Akira Boch, Tadashi Nakamura; United States; 15m

    Captured                                           

    Director: Tomoaki Kaneko; Japan; 12m

    Champion                                         

    Director: Kim J.Y. Han; United States; 13m

    Cuppa Chai (Credit: asianfilmdallas.com)

    Cuppa Chai

    Director: Amit Kaur; United Kingdom; 10m

    Floor                                      

    Director: Caitlin Boston; United States; 11m

    Happy Doomsday                                        

    Director: Sol O; Republic of Korea; 13m

    Midori                                    

    Director: Dohyun KIM; Republic of Korea; 13m

    Newspapers                                      

    Director: Vu Hoang; United States; 14m

    Viral                                       

    Director: Al Chang; United States; 11m

    VoiceClub     

    Director: Taeyoung Kim; Republic of Korea; 25m

    TICKETS

    To purchase badges, tickets and for more information, go to asianfilmdallas.com

    AFFD

    The Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) is dedicated to celebrating and supporting emerging and established Asian and Asian-American filmmakers and sharing the rich diversity of Asian culture through the medium of cinema. Over the last 20+ years, the festival has provided opportunities for over 400 Asian and Asian-American filmmakers to share their vision, often providing the only venue for their films to be shown in Dallas. The films have also allowed festival goers a chance to experience other lives and cultures without leaving their seats.

    (Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

  • July 19 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • July 12 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • WORLD CULTURE FILM FEST AIMS TO ELEVATE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS

    • By Mabel Pais

    The inaugural World Culture Film Festival (WCFF) is set to captivate audiences in Los Angeles from July 25-28, 2024. This vibrant event promises entertainment that uplifts, bringing stories from every part of the world that elevate human consciousness through the art of cinema.

    The much-anticipated festival is inspired by globally renowned humanitarian and emissary of peace, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who has inspired millions around the world with a vision of a stress-free, violence-free world through his life and work.

    Over 60 participating countries including Australia, Belgium, Mexico, Tibet, Japan, Germany, and Brazil and 60+ films are in competition as part of the official selections. The films will be showcased in person at USC’s Ray Stark Theater and the newly-reopened former-Downtown Independent Theater, and on the online streaming platform, EOFlix (available after). 

    FILMS

    Opening Night: The Monk and the Gun (Credit : WCFF)

    Commencing the 4-day program is the Opening Night feature film presentation of ‘The Monk and The Gun’ by Bhutan-born writer and director Pawo Choyning Dorji, who rose to prominence with his 2019 Oscar-nominated feature film (best international feature), ‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom.’

    Closing Night: Perfect Days (Credit : WCFF)

    Some of the prominent films that will screen are Justin Grant and Laurens Goud’s ‘Our Voice, Our Heart’ (2024 Golden Doc Winner, Asia & Australia), Radha Mehta’s ‘Dosh’ (2024 Slamdance George Starks Spirit Award Winner), Julio Palacio’s ‘Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World’ (2024 Tribeca Best Short Documentary), Dash Kolos’ ‘Crown,’ Harry Holland’s ‘Last Call’ starring Tom Holland, and Oscar Nominee Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days,’ the Closing Night film of the festival.

    OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

    Some of the big event highlights outside of the screenings include – a live table read of the script, ‘Logic of Love’ with renowned director and producer Barnet Bain (‘What Dreams May Come,’ ‘The Celestine Prophecy’), industry panels such as the Film Festival Director’s Panel, an Environmental Panel, and a Storytelling Panel with Vernon Foster, Gil Junger (‘10 Things I Hate About You’), and Sebastien Siegel (‘Grace and Grit’). Capping the events schedule is a binaural beats music experience with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and music composer and recording producer, Stephen Hilton (‘Kung Fu Panda’, ‘Quantum of Solace’).

    EXECUTIVE TEAM

    Leading the film festival team are executive directors, Anabelle D. Munro and Sej Saraiya. This dynamic duo brings years of experience in film production and film festival leadership. Munro is the CEO and Founder of the ETHOS Film Awards and Institute, currently in its 6th season. She is an award-winning director, writer and producer at Blue Boots Entertainment. Saraiya is an award- winning, transdisciplinary visual artist with a focus on indigenous narratives. Her films boast over thirty international awards and her photographs grace galleries, universities, and museums. She serves on the board of the Garifuna Indigenous Film Festival, contributes to the Topanga Film Festival, and holds a Master of Fine Arts from USC.

    In a joint statement, Saraiya and Munro, who also programmed the films, said, “We are thrilled to be launching the inaugural World Culture Film Festival, hosted by the Art of Living Foundation and in partnership with USC. The overwhelming response we have received from filmmakers across the globe has been nothing short of inspiring.” The co-executive directors further added, “We are particularly grateful to be entrusted with the vision of a remarkable and kind spirit who stands as one of the most influential humanitarians of our time. WCFF warmly welcomes everyone from around the world to join us in this celebration of film as a powerful medium for envisioning a better tomorrow.”

    Jatin Chaurasia, the driving force behind WCFF, is an accomplished executive producer with a rich 20-year background in entrepreneurship. As CEO of Sumeru Inc. and Sumeru Studios, his expertise in leading international teams and pioneering technological innovation has significantly benefited legacy organizations worldwide.

    PARTNERS

    In its maiden year itself, WCFF has attracted partners such as USC School of Cinematic Arts, screening a total of 11 USC student films, Filmmakers Alliance, EOFlix, Sumeru Studios, and Ethos Film Awards.

    TICKETS

    Online tickets and passes are available after July 1, and online screenings are available on July 25, 2024. Visit worldculturefilmfestival.org.

    World Culture Film Festival (WCFF)

    The World Culture Film Festival is a premier event that showcases diverse cultures through the lens of cinema. With a mission to provide uplifting entertainment and foster unity, the festival brings together filmmakers, artists, and audiences from around the globe. WCFF showcases and awards works that are culturally diverse and unifying, elevate human consciousness through cinema, build bridges between cultures and communities, and foster the growth of conscious media that uplifts and positively influences society. Learn more at worldculturefilmfestival.org

    Connect with the Film Fest on Social Media:

    Instagram: @worldculturefilmfestival

    Facebook: @worldculturefilmfestival

    Program Schedule: https://www.worldculturefilmfestival.org/attend

    Events Schedule: https://www.worldculturefilmfestival.org/events

    Passes and Tickets: https://www.worldculturefilmfestival.org/passes

    Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

    Learn more at worldculturefilmfestival.org/our-inspiration

    All Events are subject to change.

    (Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

     

  • July 5 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ENCOURAGES CAREERS IN MUSIC

    SCHOLARSHIP AWARD ENCOURAGES CAREERS IN MUSIC

    • By Mabel Pais

    Wharton Arts, New Jersey’s largest non-profit community performing arts education center, awards the George Marriner Maull Careers in Music Scholarship Award to Karri Li. Karri Li, a flutist in the New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS) and a student of faculty member Laura George at the Wharton Performing Arts School (PAS) will attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the fall pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance.

    The $1,000 scholarship is dedicated to recognizing exceptional graduating seniors from the New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS), a program of Wharton Arts, who are enrolling in a conservatory or school of music at the university level as they embark on their music career journey. Learn more at WhartonArts.org.

    “The New Jersey Youth Symphony has already been a huge influence in my artistic journey over the past few years, so I can’t express how grateful I am to receive this scholarship and continue to be supported as I take this next step in my career,” said Li. “While making music is my passion, sharing it is my life’s true work. Without NJYS’ outreach opportunities, I may not have recognized this fundamental motivation behind my work. They are among my most cherished musical memories, as they allowed me to pay the joy of music forward and use art to improve the world. Never have I met an audience so deeply touched by a performance as that of local retirement communities; nor have I seen one so intellectually, physically, and emotionally engaged as that of Carnegie Hall on Juneteenth. Inspired by our educational concert this season, I began working with flutists at my elementary school with the goal of improving retention within our district’s music program. Influenced by Helen (Cha-Pyo) to explore how our industry can adapt to the modern landscape, I performed a study of orchestra audience development efforts on social media for my junior year AP Research project.”

    Li’s flute instructor Laura George said, “Karri Li’s profound love of the flute has inspired her to practice four hours daily to thoroughly prepare for her many concerts, recitals, and master classes. Her unwavering devotion, dedication, and drive to excel are inspiring to my other students. Her lustrous, nuanced tone and inspired interpretations invite the listeners to join her on her musical journey. It has been my great joy and privilege to teach and mentor such a deserving, stellar student as she pursues her studies in her chosen profession of music.”

    George Marriner Maull, an Emmy-nominated conductor and advocate for music education, served as the inaugural Music Director and Conductor of the New Jersey Youth Symphony from 1979 to 1997. Additionally, he held the position of Music Director and Conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey from 1987 to 2006 and has been the Artistic Director and Educator of The Discovery Orchestra for the past 18 years.

    “Karri is an exceptional young musician and individual, displaying remarkable discipline, intelligence, and passion for the art of flute playing. She exemplifies the spirit of the George Marriner Maull Careers in Music Scholarship Award, and I look forward to seeing how Karri will use music to improve the lives of others along her musical journey,” said Artistic Director Helen H. Cha-Pyo. 

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    NJPAC OFFERS FREE WEEKLY OUTDOOR CONCERT EXPERIENCES

    • By Mabel Pais

    Experience an Evening of a Fusion of Cultural Rhythms, featuring special guests at NJPAC’s ‘Horizon Sounds of the City’.

    World Renowned Brazilian Percussionist CYRO BAPTISTA leads the CHAMA Ensemble at NJPAC’s Horizon Sounds of the City on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 5=9 pm taking place at Chambers Plaza 1 Center Street in Newark, NJ.

    As  part of the ‘Horizon Sounds of the City’ series, renowned percussionist Cyro Baptista from Montclair, N.J. will dazzle audiences in a free outdoor concert at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. Known for his innovative sounds and captivating rhythms, Baptista’s performance promises to be an unforgettable evening of world music and jazz fusion.

    CYRO BAPTISTA

    Cyro Baptista (Credit: njpac.org)

    Brazilian percussionist and composer Cyro Baptista has carved a niche for himself in contemporary jazz, experimental, and world music, spanning a wide range of styles. His collaborations with artists such as Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Yo-Yo Ma, John Zorn, Wynton Marsalis, and Brazilian legends Milton Nascimento and Caetano Veloso have cemented his reputation as one of the foremost percussionists globally. In his latest project, CHAMA, released on the Ropeadope label,  Baptista displays his visionary approach to music. Listeners are taken on a vibrant journey through mythical towns filled with engaging tales and colorful characters. Experience the magic of CHAMA life and immerse yourself in a night of rhythmic excitement, cultural diversity, and joyous music.

    CHAMA ENSEMBLE

    A powerful ensemble of talented musicians leads Baptista’s CHAMA Band, including Zé Luis Oliveira on saxophone and flute, Felipe Hostins on accordion, Tim Keiper on drums, and Jason Fraticelli on bass and cuatro. Through their rhythmic complexity and dynamic performances, they create a dynamic and culturally rich musical experience.

    The NJPAC concert will showcase special guests, enhancing unity, cultural exchange, and local artist empowerment. FORRÓ CHAMA features David Vieira and Mauro Refosco, members of Forró in the Dark and & American Utopia; by David Byrne. PAGODE CHAMA with Helder Celso, Kauê Alves, Junior Karegato, and Renatinhu from Newark’s vibrant music scene, adding a unique flair to the performance. The event will also feature a lively dance party featuring Sabrina Evangelista & Gustavo Nunes, Sabina Ciari, and Dora Flor from BLOCO FROM THE BLOCK.

    Horizon Sounds of the City

    From June 27 to August 8, everyone’s invited to NJPAC’s famous FREE outdoor concert series. The whole neighborhood comes together for a weekly dance party with a festival atmosphere, located in Chambers Plaza on the NJPAC grounds. Grab a bite or a drink from the local vendors … dance along to NJPAC’s main stage headliners … and party the night away.

    (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

  • WHARTON ARTS’ PROGRAMS OFFER NOVEL SUMMER CAMPS

    WHARTON ARTS’ PROGRAMS OFFER NOVEL SUMMER CAMPS

    • By Mabel Pais

    NJYC CHOIR CAMP FOR YOUNG SINGERS

    The New Jersey Youth Chorus (NJYC) holds a Choir Camp for young singers entering grades 3-4, July 15-19, 2024, on the NJYC campus located at 570 Central Avenue in New Providence. No audition is required to attend the camp. For more information about the New Jersey Youth Chorus, visit NJYC.org.

    NJYC Founder and Director Trish Joyce said, “Our Choir Camp offers budding young singers an exciting introduction to the choral experience through music, games, and fun activities. With an engaging new theme each day, our campers will learn and explore this summer through song!”

    Choir Camp meets daily from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Students have the option to add lunch and after care to their camp day. For more information or registration assistance, call (973) 998-5670 or email info@njyc.org.

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    SUMMER CAMP OFFERS MIXING VOICE AND VISUAL ART

    Students mix Voice with Visual Art (Credit : whartonarts.org)

    The Wharton Performing Arts School (PAS) offers a new summer program, ‘Explorations in Voice and Art,’ on the Wharton Arts campus located at 60 Locust Avenue in Berkeley Heights, July 22-26, 2024. For more information about the Performing Arts School summer camps, visit WhartonArts.org.

    Explorations in Voice and Art Camp Director Tharanga Goonetilleke said, “The practice of making art based on music has been around for years but not fully scientifically explained. It is not specific to singing, but my personal experience has been primarily related to painting and vocal music. When nurtured from a young age, certain neurological connections between the parts of the brain that control a particular sense, such as hearing, can form a bridge with another part of the brain, such as sound. These connections are present in newborn babies but slowly disappear when not stimulated by the environment. The practice of painting music can help young artists reach their full potential and bring their individuality, creativity, and unique interpretation to a piece.”

    Soprano Goonetilleke, a member of the voice faculty at the Performing Arts School (PAS), has been painting and drawing throughout her life, although her formal education and career has primarily been in music. She has painted and designed album covers, such as ‘Home,’ and illustrated the new ‘Jungle Book’ for the Glimmerglass Festival. She often has solo exhibitions of her artwork and paints on commission for collectors. She credits her visual art with bringing a more holistic approach to her vocal technique, musical interpretations, and stage performance.

    When asked what a typical camp day will look like, Gonnetilleke said, “The day will begin with awakening our senses to listening, hearing, feeling textures, and vocal warmups. Thereafter, campers will explore the daily musical concept, such as major tonality. We will then work on a piece of music as a group, or on some days, campers may also get the opportunity to share a solo song with the class. Based on the materials covered that day, we will use the second half of the camp period to make a piece of art based on music, using different mediums and art techniques.”

    All artwork for the summer camp will be composed on paper or canvas board, with the option for campers to explore watercolors, acrylic paint, markers, and color pencils. There is also scope for mixed media depending on the campers’ interests and creative expression.

    Explorations in Voice and Art Camp for ages 11-16 meets daily from 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Students have the option to add early drop off, lunch bunch, and after care to their camp day. For more information or registration assistance, call (908) 790-0700 or email info@whartonarts.org. 

    Wharton Arts

    Wharton Arts’ mission is to offer accessible, high quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities.

    Wharton Arts’ vision is for a transformative performing arts education in an inclusive community to be accessible for everyone.

    Wharton Arts is New Jersey’s largest independent non-profit community performing arts education center serving nearly 2,000 students through a range of classes and ensembles. The 5 ensembles of the New Jersey Youth Chorus, an auditioned choral ensemble program for students in grades 3–12, encourage a love and appreciation of choral music while nurturing personal growth and creative development. The 15 ensembles of the New Jersey Youth Symphony, which serve nearly 600 students in grades 3–12 by audition, inspire young people to achieve musical excellence through high-level ensemble training and performance opportunities. Based in Paterson, the Paterson Music Project is an El Sistema-inspired program of Wharton Arts that uses music education as a vehicle for social action by empowering and inspiring young people to achieve their full potential through the community experience of ensemble learning and playing. From Pathways classes for young children to Lifelong Learning programs for adults, the Wharton Performing Arts School has a robust musical theater and drama program and offers both private and group classes for instruments and voice for all ages and all abilities. With the belief in the positive and unifying influence of music and that performing arts education should be accessible to all people regardless of their ability to pay, Wharton Arts offers need-based scholarships.

    Wharton Arts is located in Berkeley Heights, New Providence, and Paterson, NJ and reaches students from 12 counties. All of Wharton Arts’ extraordinary teaching artists, faculty members, and conductors hold degrees in their teaching specialty and have been vetted and trained to enable our students to achieve their personal best.

    (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

  • June 28 New York & Dallas E – Edition

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  • CENTENNIAL OF FIRST BLACK SENATOR LIPMAN WHO INFLUENCED PASSAGE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT OF 1981 AND MORE

    CENTENNIAL OF FIRST BLACK SENATOR LIPMAN WHO INFLUENCED PASSAGE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT OF 1981 AND MORE

    • By Mabel Pais

    The Centennial Celebration of the ground-breaking Senator Wynona Lipman, the first African-American female State Senator, continues. In her 27 years representing the 29th Legislative, she championed the well-being of underserved populations and achieved passage of the Domestic Violence Act of 1981 and the Fair Housing Act of 1985, among many other Bills.

    The program includes a film screening followed by a panel conversation. Preceding the screening is a reception at 4:30PM hosted by the New Jersey Historical Society, 52 Park Place (across the street from NJPAC) where there’s an exhibit about Lipman’s life and achievements.

    The documentary ‘Stronger Than Steel: The Senator Wynona Lipman Story’ (A Blue Butterfly Arts & Media Production examines her life and how she achieved her goals while battling gender and racial discrimination.

    There is limited seating for this event.

    (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Cuisine, Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

  • N2S MAKES FINAL STOP AT NEWARK WITH VARIETY OF EVENTS

    • By Mabel Pais

    Get ready to experience the talent of singer-songwriters, DJs, comedians, hip hop artists, spoken word poets, dancers, a jazz violinist and more to be featured at several venues for Newark’s home-grown stars.

    The North to Shore Festival makes its final stop in June in Newark, city of many talents. Below is a listing of events spread over several locations:

    JUNE 23

    7 p.m.: Samara Joy at Prudential Hall at NJPAC

    JUNE 24

    9 a.m.: Black Creative Economy Summit at Symphony Hall

    JUNE 24-30

    Newark International Film Festival at various venues

    JUNE 25

    9 a.m.: Black Creative Economy Summit at Symphony Hall

    7 p.m.: “Prescribing Creativity: Promoting Health Equity through Arts-on-Prescription” panel discussion, online

    JUNE 26

    9 a.m.: Black Creative Economy Summit at Symphony Hall

    5 p.m: Well Together & BLAKTHEBRAND, “The Paradox of Being Art Show” at Equal Space

    6 p.m.: “In Our Words … Stories from the Battlefield of Love — The Good, Bad, and Revolutionary” at 44 William Street

    6:30 p.m.: The Lincoln Park Jazzy Soul Series at Terrace Ballroom at Symphony Hall

    7 p.m.: “Jazz, Jamming, and Living Life” at Clement’s Place

    JUNE 27

    9 a.m.: Black Creative Economy Summit at Symphony Hall

    6 p.m.: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Revue Dance Party at Chambers Plaza at NJPAC

    6 p.m.: “Rah Digga’s Lyrics Matter: The Salon Series” at Clement’s Place

    7 p.m.: Blues People at Clement’s Place

    8 p.m.: Matchbox Twenty, Andy Grammer at Prudential Center

    JUNE 28

    7 p.m.: Lynette Sheard Experience at Clement’s Place

    7 p.m.: The Amethyst & Amber Griot Gala: A Celebration of Newark Poetry at Kruger Scott Mansion

    7:30 p.m.: New Jersey Symphony at Branch Brook Park

    8 p.m.: Gabriel Iglesias at Prudential Center

    8 p.m.: Brothers Osborne at Prudential Hall at NJPAC

    8 p.m.: Zarna Garg at Victoria Theater at NJPAC

    8 p.m.: Jeezy, Scarface at Symphony Hall

    8 p.m.: Brick City Jam at All Points West Distillery

    JUNE 29

    10 a.m.: Art-making activities at Newark Museum of Art

    11 a.m.: Lincoln Park Music Festival Power Up Yogi Fest at Lincoln Park

    Noon: Showcase Stage, presented by Audible at Harriet Tubman Square. With Choy, Aja Moyé, J Read, Nicole Soul, Rasha Jay, Evelyn Tejeda, Charisa the Violin Diva & Strings Nation, Company of Collaborative Artists

    Noon: Family Fun Day: An Interactive STEAM Fair at Newark Public Library

    1 p.m.: CURRENTS: Collaborative Art & Ecology on the Passaic River at Riverfront Park Boat Dock

    1 p.m.: “Newark Arts: Murals and Martinis” at Harriet Tubman Square

    6 p.m.: “Newark Alliance: Night Market” at Halsey Street between New and Bleeker streets

    6:30 p.m.: “Newark Levels: The Muses of Brick City” at Equal Space

    7 and 9:30 p.m.: Sommore at Victoria Theater at NJPAC

    7:30 p.m.: “Hey! I Heard You’re Black” (staged reading) at NJPAC Center for Arts Education

    8: p.m.: Kevin Hart at Prudential Center

    JUNE 30

    10 a.m.: Art-making activities at Newark Museum of Art

    Noon: Showcase Stage, presented by Audible at Harriet Tubman Square. With Choy, Aja Moyé, J Read, Nicole Soul, Rasha Jay, Evelyn Tejeda, Charisa the Violin Diva & Strings Nation, Company of Collaborative Artists

    1 p.m.: Down in the Ro’ Open Mic Experience at Tinjune Restaurant

    2 p.m.: “Broadway in the Bricks” at Military Park

    2 p.m.: “Glory in the Garden” (gospel tribute) at Newark Lab School

    3 p.m.: “Coming Home” (staged reading), presented by Aurway Repertory Theatre at West End Avenue Park

    6 p.m.: The Vibes in the City Experience & Awards Ceremony at Newark Art Hub

    6 p.m.: Roc & the Collective RnB Night at The Yard

    8 p.m.: Kevin Hart at Prudential Center

    THE AUDIBLE SHOWCASE STAGE

    Rising Newark artists will step into the spotlight over three days at the Audible Showcase Stage, a new feature of the ‘Prudential presents North to Shore Festival, which comes to Newark June 23-30.

    For three days at Harriet Tubman Square, the ‘Audible Showcase Stage’ will present festival-goers with giveaways plus FREE performances by a lineup of up-and-coming Newark artists.

    From 6 to 9 PM on Friday, June 28, and  from 12 noon to 6 PM on both Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30, the Audible Showcase Stage will offer a continuous series of FREE performances by hip hop and R&B artists, comedians, spoken word poets, instrumentalists, dancers and more, with DJ sets in-between, on an outdoor stage in the city’s Harriet Tubman Square, adjacent to the recently installed monument to Tubman, Shadow of a Face.

    Performances are just the start of what’s on offer. The ‘Audible Showcase Stage’ will effectively be a festival-within-a-festival with games, live music and activities for children throughout the park and food trucks on the park periphery offering a range of cuisines and beverages for kids and adults alike.

    This presentation, featuring a cohort of local artists all on one stage within easy walking distance of festival venues — such as NJPAC, The Newark Museum of Art and the Newark Public Library along with the shops and restaurants on Halsey Street — is a new feature of ‘Prudential presents North to Shore Festival’, the three-week, three-city summer celebration of arts and ideas produced by NJPAC, now in its second season.

    “The ‘Audible Showcase Stage’ is a way for us to shine a brighter light on a number of our city’s up-and-coming performers and, at the same time, it creates a hub where festival visitors can go to extend their stay here, take in performances that give them a real understanding of Newark’s incredibly varied cultural landscape, and maybe explore The Newark Museum of Arts or Halsey Street. It can be a destination or a stepping stone for further exploration,” says John Schreiber, President and CEO of NJPAC.

    The majority of the local artists and groups appearing on the ‘Audible Showcase Stage’ are ‘Prudential presents North to Shore Official Selections’ — performers chosen from among hundreds of applicants to take part in the event by the festival’s committee of Newark arts professionals and community leaders. Each was given a grant to enable them to appear at the festival.

    Audible has long been a champion of Newark, where it has been headquartered since 2007, and the company works to elevate emerging creators through a range of programs that amplify underrepresented voices around the world.

    “As the leading storytelling company and one of the largest employers of creative talent in the NYC Metro area, Audible has always been committed to celebrating the creative community,” says Aisha Glover, Global Head of Urban Innovation at Audible. “The Audible Showcase Stage will highlight the vast creative talent right here in Newark, and we’re thrilled to share their dynamic performances with festival goers.”

    “Newark is an international city of the arts and we wanted to curate a snapshot of all the different cultures that make up our city,” says Marcy DePina, Executive Director of the Newark City Parks Foundation, which was chosen to produce the Audible Showcase Stage in the park. “There are so many unique cultural expressions in Newark. Our goal was to highlight that diversity and make it really welcoming for everyone to come and take part.”

    ‘Official Selection’ artists to be featured at the ‘Audible Showcase Stage’ include:

    Trinidadian singer, storyteller and activist Choy

    Vocalist and songwriter Aja Moyé

    Newark-native violinist J Read

    Nevisian-American comedian, writer and activist nicole soul

    New Jersey resident and alternative rock vocalist Rasha Jay

    Dominican dancer and choreographer Evelyn Tejeda

    Charisa the ViolinDiva, the Newark-based soul jazz violinist

    New Jersey-based choreographer Camille Moten Rennie and her troupe Company of Collaborative Artists

    These ‘Official Selection’ performers will be joined by other notable Greater Newark area performers including the world-renowned DJ, producer, label head, promoter, curator and influencer DJ Spinna on Friday; Eli Fola, the Nigerian-American, multi-disciplinary sound artist, saxophonist, DJ and producer behind “Yoruba Tech Soul” headlining on Saturday, and  trailblazing NJ hip-hop artist P.Genz kicking things off on Sunday. Performances will be interspersed with sets by local turntablists including Newark’s DJ Wallah, DJ Shell Spin, DJ Sienna Chanel as well as hosts Alexandra Hill, Unicorn151 and Kitab Rollins.

    In the event of inclement weather, performances will be held in the Newark Public Library’s Centennial Hall across the street from the park.

    Through a first-ever collective and collaborative effort, a coalition of Newark organizations including NJPAC, Newark Parks Foundations, the Newark Arts and Education District, Newark Alliance, Newark Arts, The Newark Museum of Art, the Newark Public Library, FORSA Media, SO FRESH Fest, Lauren LeBeaux Lifestyles and Audible worked to offer a range of additional complementary festival events held near or adjacent to the ‘Audible Showcase Stage’ so festival-goers can spend an entire day (or weekend) at events within easy walking distance to Harriet Tubman Square.

    Explore the lineup at the ‘Audible Showcase Stage’ and surrounding events:

    FRIDAY, JUNE 28

    From 6 to 9 PM, the ‘Audible Showcase Stage’ in Harriet Tubman Square kicks off the weekend with DJ Spinna, hosted by Alexandra Hill.

    SATURDAY, JUNE 29

    From 12 noon to 6 PM, the Audible Showcase Stage will feature performances from dynamic Newark artists including host Unicorn 151, DJ Shell Spin, Choy Band (12 noon), Aja Moyé (1 PM), Evelyn Tejeda (2 PM), J Read (3 PM) and Eli Fola (4:30 PM).

    From 10 AM to 5 PM, The Newark Museum of Art, which faces the park at 49 Washington Street, will offer free admission and drop-in art-making activities on its plaza for families.

    From 12 noon to 4 PM, the Newark Public Library, which faces one end of the park at 5 Washington Street, will host a free Family Fun Day and Interactive STEAM Fair, with art-focused activities for kids including paint-making and graffiti print making.

    At 1 PM, Newark Arts will launch a Prudential presents North to Shore edition of its Martinis & Murals bus tour of Newark’s public art works — including lunch and cocktails — that leaves from just down the street at Vermella Broad Street (355 Broad Street). (Tickets available through Eventbrite.com.)

    The Newark Alliance will host a family-friendly, free Night Market along Halsey Street, between New and Bleeker Streets, from 3 to 9 PM featuring DJs from bunkr.

    FORSA Media and DEYIOR present Luv + Grind – International Music Series with DJs spinning the romantic sounds of Africa and the diaspora, 9 PM at Tinjune Downtown (494 Broad Street).

    SUNDAY, JUNE 30

    From 12 noon to 6 PM, the Audible Showcase Stage in Harriet Tubman Square will offer performances from host Kitab Rollins, DJ Sienna Chanel, DJ Wallah, P.Genz (12 PM), nicole soul (1 PM), Company of Collaborative Artists (1:45 PM), Rasha Jay (3 PM), Charisa the Violin Diva (4 PM) and DJ Wallah (5 PM).

    From 10 AM to 5 PM, The Newark Museum of Art will offer free admission and drop-in art-making activities on its plaza for families.

    SO FRESH Fest will host Rest Fest from 11 AM to 4 PM, with a series of restorative wellness activities including guided meditation, restorative yoga, breathwork, stress-reduction strategies, aromatherapy, sound baths and holistic health practices at The Newark Museum of Art. (Tickets available at Eventbrite.com.)

    From 10 AM to 2:30 PM the Newark Historical Renaissance Ride presents The Black Ivy Ride: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan and 100 Years of Newark Arts leaving from Harriet Tubman Square. (Tickets available through Eventbrite.com.)

    And at 1 PM, Kween Moore presents Down In The Ro’ Open Mic Experience, one of Newark’s leading poetry and performance arts platforms at Tinjune Downtown (494 Broad Street).

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    ZARNA GARG

    Zarna Garg, named ‘Variety’ Magazine’s ‘10 Comics to Watch for 2023’, is “One in a Billion.” This Indian immigrant mom is breaking down barriers with her hilarious stand-up routines that tackle everything from family life to cultural stereotypes.

    Her performance at the Victoria Theater at NJPAC takes place on Friday, June 28 at 7 pm.

    Thanks to her captivating performances and relatable content, Zarna has gained immense popularity on TikTok, where she has over 100 million views. She’s also racked up performances at iconic venues like ‘Comedy Cellar’, ‘Carolines on Broadway’ and the famed ‘Kennedy Center’.

    Awards include Kevin Hart’s ‘Lyft Comics’ comedy competition on Peacock and the 2021 ‘Ladies of Laughter’ Newcomer Award. Additionally, she won the Top Comedy Feature Screenplay Award at the 2019 Austin Film Festival and was a Nicholl Fellowships Semi-Finalist.

    Deftly defying expectations and stereotypes, Zarna is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with on the comedy scene. Don’t miss out on the chance to see her live at North To Shore.

    UPDATES, TICKETS 

    To get a full listing of Newark’s ‘North to Shore’ events and tickets, visit northtoshore.com/newark.

    Get Festival updates most quickly on social media.  Follow ‘North to Shore’ on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.

    Events are subject to change.

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    ONLINE WELLNESS EVENTS

    As part of the ‘Prudential presents North to Shore Festival,’ two online wellness programs are worthy of note: 

    NJ FIRST LADY MURPHY MODERATES PANEL ON POWER OF ARTS ON MATERNAL HEALTH

    • By Mabel Pais

    First Lady Tammy Murphy moderates the panel on the transformative power of the arts on maternal well-being. The event takes place on June 18, 2024 via zoom at 12 Noon.

    “As we celebrate the second annual North to Shore Festival, I am thrilled to participate in a panel that demonstrates the incredibly unique nature of this festival,” said First Lady Tammy Murphy. “Not only does North to Shore bring together top performers from around the world and across our state, but it also allows us to come together to partake in meaningful conversations about the challenges our state faces. Improving maternal and infant health is an urgent priority for our administration, and I am thrilled to take the stage with experts in the field to discuss innovative approaches to making New Jersey the gold standard for maternal and infant care.”

    Join an illuminating conversation on how creative engagement fosters resilience, self-expression and emotional healing during the journey of motherhood. Learn how artistic interventions can address maternal mental health challenges, promote bonding and empower women to navigate the complexities of pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.

    A special feature of this session includes witnessing art and maternal health in action with a performance by Kelline Bonny, a parent in the Lullaby Project at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), who will perform an original lullaby created in collaboration with a teaching artist.

    PANEL

    Moderator

    Tammy Murphy, First Lady of New Jersey

    Panelists

    Yvelisse Gonzalez, MSW, LSW, PMH-C, Senior Manager, Public Health Programs, Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey

    Andrea Harris, Vice President and Chief Quality & Health Equity Officer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

    Tiffany Ortiz, Director, Early Childhood Programs at Carnegie Hall

    Lisa Tremayne, RN, PMH-C, CBC, Program Director, RWJBarnabas Health Center for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (rwjbh.org)

    Tonya S. Wright, MD, FACOG, Chief, Division of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State Health

    For those who cannot watch online, the recording can be seen at northtoshore.com.

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    ART-ON-PRESCRIPTION PILOT PROGRAM IN NJ USES ARTS TO BUILD HEALTH EQUITY

    • By Mabel Pais

    WHEN:  Wednesday, June 26, 2024 @ 4 PM

    WHERE: Via Zoom (see below for registration link)

    Creativity empowers individuals to take charge of their health and enhance their quality of life — from reducing stress and anxiety to fostering emotional resilience and strengthening social connections. Join us for an informative conversation on how the first Arts-on-Prescription pilot program in New Jersey uses the arts to build health equity.

    Launched by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in collaboration with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ and Rutgers University–Newark, this program enhances health and well-being by increasing access to arts and culture. Our panel of experts from healthcare, arts and community sectors will explore the profound impact on individuals and the community when creativity intersects with health.

    This session includes a spoken word performance by Alana Jackson, Director of Arts & Wellness at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Fla.

    REGISTRATION

    Registration is required @ njpac-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7rdFif-oT029yJZWIcIXuA#/registration 

    PANEL

    Moderator

    Julia Hotz, Author of The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging (Simon & Schuster, 2024).

    Panelists

    Ketlen Alsbrook, Director for the City of Newark’s Department of Health & Community Wellness and CEO for the Mary Eliza Mahoney Health Center

    Aly Maier Lokuta, Senior Director, Arts & Well-Being at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)

    Theresa Tantay-Wilson, Director, Health Promotion Division at Rutgers University–Newark

    Maureen Zimmer, LCSW, Clinical Supervisor, Behavioral Health at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

    The Prudential presents North to Shore Festival

    Learn more at www.NorthtoShore.com.

    The Prudential

    Learn more at news.prudential.com.

    Audible

    Learn more at audible.com.

    Newark City Parks Foundation

    Learn more at newarkcityparks.org

    The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)

    Learn more at NJPAC.org.

    (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Cuisine, Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education) 

     

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  • ‘EVENING OF ROSES’ HONORS PIONEER OF INTERFAITH BRIDGE-BUILDING

    Sr. Rose Thering (Credit: Courtesy shu.edu)
    • By Mabel Pais

    “I know the power of teachers. It is my deepest wish that teachers in our public and parochial schools, with scholarship assistance, will be able to enroll in Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University to stem the tide of ignorance in our schools and in society.” — Sister Rose Thering, O.P., Ph.D.

    In honor of Sr. Rose Thering, Catholic nun-pioneer of promoting understanding and tolerance of Jewish-Christian faiths, Seton Hall University celebrates the 30th anniversary of the fundraising event in memory of her. The Annual Gala ‘Evening of Roses’ takes place on June 18, 2024 at 6 pm at the Seton Hall University’s Bethany Hall, 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey 07079.

    HONOREES

    This year, Seton Hall University honors

    Daniel Mendelsohn, author of the international bestseller ‘The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million,’ with the Sister Rose Thering Fund Award in the Humanities and Holocaust Literature;

    Cantor Perry Fine of Temple Beth Shalom in Livingston, NJ for his work in interfaith outreach with the inaugural Sister Rose Thering Fund Clergy Award, and

    Twenty Sister Rose Thering Fund Founding Supporters, women and men who worked closely and personally with Sister Rose to establish Seton Hall’s Fund. Get the complete list  at events.shu.edu/event/33510-evening-of-roses-gala-30th-anniversary.

    Sr. Rose with Theodore Bikel (past honoree). (Credit: Courtesy shu.edu)

    ‘The Evening of Roses’ is the major fundraising vehicle for the Sister Rose Thering Fund for Jewish-Christian Studies. Its aim is to promote the Fund’s work by honoring outstanding scholars in the field of Jewish-Christian relations and conferring honorary Doctor of Humane Letters as well as Humanitarian of the Year awards upon individuals who have demonstrated outstanding compassion, altruism, and courage in various endeavors. In past years, honorary degrees have been bestowed upon Professor Elie Wiesel, Cynthia Ozick, Sister Rose Thering, Judith H. Banki and Sir Martin Gilbert, Nechama Tec, Theodore Bikel and Dr. Eugene Fisher. 

    Each ’Evening of Roses’ event has attracted between 300-500 attendees whose participation and financial support have been rewarded by an outstanding program followed by a reception. Honored guests offer to sign copies of their most recent publications or serenade all with a song, such as Seton Hall’s friend Theodore Bikel has done.

    Sister Rose Thering

    “Children, our young people, are our future. A major challenge of our times is to face resolutely the responsibility to future generations.” 

    Sister Rose Thering (1920-2006), a nun of the Dominican Order, was a lifelong activist who fought anti-Semitism within the Catholic Church.

    Sister Rose Thering, in her doctoral research (1957-1961), did the pioneer investigation/examination of the most widely used Catholic religion teaching materials to see how we taught about other faith, ethnic, and racial groups.  It was a self-study that dealt primarily with our teachings about Jews and Judaism.

    A basic summary was taken to Vatican II (the Second Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church) during the deliberations before the issuance of the Vatican document Nostra Aetate: Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions in 1965.  The document caused considerable debate at Vatican II but was finally passed on the last day of deliberations.  The 15 Latin lines of text have had a deep and lasting effect on how Jews are viewed by the Catholic Church and remain strongly fixed in church teachings to this day.

    Sister Rose was very active in building bridges between Jews and Christians.  When asked why she did this, her immediate response was: “Because an understanding and an appreciation of Jews and Judaism and the State of Israel helps me personally.  I hope and pray to become a better person, a better Christian.”

    ‘Sister Rose’s Passion,’ a 39-minute documentary film on her life, won an award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2004 and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005.

    Sr. Rose spent more than 40 years at Seton Hall University – teaching, speaking, developing programs, shepherding groups of religious and lay people to the Holy Land where she traveled more than 54 times.

    Sister Rose Thering passed away at her convent, The Siena Center of the Racine Dominicans in Wisconsin, on May 6, 2006.

    The Sister Rose Endowment for Holocaust and Jewish-Christian Studies honors her for her belief in the power of teachers to impart knowledge and understanding to young people.

    Learn more at shu.edu/sister-rose and shu.edu/sister-rose/evening-of-roses

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    NJPAC COMMEMORATES JUNETEENTH

    HBCU graduates (Credit: njpac.org)
    • By Mabel Pais

    The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC – njpac.org) hosts an in-person Standing in Solidarity event on Monday, June 17, 2024, at 6PM in honor of the Juneteenth holiday. This program marks the conclusion of the ‘Standing in Solidarity’ season, a series of Social Justice conversations often paired with a ‘PSEG True Diversity Film Series’ screening.

    Juneteenth, or Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the official ending of slavery in the United States.

    “NJPAC is committed to bringing our community together to talk about the issues that are genuinely important to all of us,” says NJPAC President and CEO John Schreiber. “Both as virtual gatherings and, now, as really meaningful in-person events, the Arts Center’s ‘Standing in Solidarity’ conversations have been a unique opportunity for so many of us to learn, listen deeply and find common ground.”

    The documentary ‘Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities’ (Firelight Films, 2018) is the ‘PSEG True Diversity Film’ and will be screened in NJPAC’s Chase Room at 6PM. Following the screening, a panel of prominent leaders — all graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) — will discuss the cultural, economic and social impact of HBCUs.

    PANELISTS

    The panel will be moderated by Calvin Ledford Jr., president of the PSEG Foundation and director of PSEG Corporate Social Responsibility.

    “In the heart of our nation’s story lies the profound legacy of historically Black colleges and universities. HBCUs exemplify hope, progress and opportunity,” says Ledford.  “As a proud alum of Hampton University, I am honored to moderate a panel discussion alongside fellow HBCU graduates. I look forward to exploring the impactful legacy of these institutions on American history, culture and identity. Together, let us celebrate Juneteenth and embrace the pivotal role HBCUs play in shaping generations and our nation.”

    Members of the panel include Brielle Lewis, director of Sponsorship Strategy & Activation at Prudential Financial, Dr. Karma Brown Warren, medical leader and phlebologist at Metro Vein Centers, Inc., and Mayor of the City of Newark, The Honorable Ras J. Baraka.

    “It is in relationships with both people and ideas that we define ourselves, and from there hone our dreams, and shape our world. That is why the educational, social and cultural dynamics of higher education institutions, and in particular, HBCUs, are so critical to America’s sound and solid foundation in peace and prosperity,” says Mayor Baraka. “Just as Juneteenth broke the last chain in the bond of slavery, HBCUs release the free expression of African American students as they claim their identities and forge their path forward.”

    Following the panel conversation, the Juneteenth festivities will move to the Hahne Building (54 Halsey St.) for an afterparty, starting at 8:45PM, hosted by Heritage Hall. Heritage Hall is the site of the pop-up photography exhibit “HBCU Experience” produced by students from MENTOR Newark. The interactive exhibit is designed to share the culture of the schools and show off HBCU pride.

    RSVP

    To RSVP and for more information visit njpac.org/event/celebrating-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-pseg-true-diversity-film-series.

     (Mabel Pais writes on Social Issues, The Arts and Entertainment, Spirituality, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)

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