Calendar
Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Click on individual event listings for the Mason Gross Galleries schedule.
Rutgers Wind Ensemble: “New Morning for the World”
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe Rutgers Wind Ensemble presents "New Morning for the World" in celebration of Black History Month, conducted by Kraig Alan Williams. The concert will feature a new composition by composer Viet Cuong titled "Deciduous," Joseph […]
Guest Artist Voice Masterclass: Benjamin Taylor
Schare Recital Hall 81 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesBaritone Benjamin Taylor received his Master of Music from Boston University and his Performer’s Certificate with Boston University’s Opera Institute. Notable roles include Silvio in "I pagliacci," Fiorello in "The Barber of Seville," Cowardly Giant in "Shalimar the Clown," and Marcello in "La bohème."
Design Lecture: Kelly Walters
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesKelly Walters is an artist, designer, and founder of the multidisciplinary design studio Bright Polka Dot. Her ongoing design research interrogates identity formation and systems of value embedded in Black visual and material culture.
BFA Visual Arts Thesis I: Sweetness of The Small Cosmic Excess
Mason Gross Galleries 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesA showcase of intricate and ambitious thesis work reflecting the artists’ exploration of their identities and relationship to the world.
CANCELLED – Visiting Artist Lecture: Jeremy Dennis
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesJeremy Dennis (b. 1990) is a contemporary fine art photographer, an enrolled Tribal Member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY, and lead artist and founder of the non-profit Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Inc. on the Shinnecock Reservation. In his work, he explores Indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation.
Rutgers University Jazz Lab Big Band: Duke Ellington’s “Black, Brown, and Beige”
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesA performance of one of Ellington’s seminal works and his first major attempt at a long-form composition, which represents several major innovations in the world of jazz.
Rutgers Theater Company: “The Giant Void In My Soul” by Bernardo Cubría
Mastrobuono Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesTwo friends set out on a quest to discover the meaning of life in this existential comedy inspired by "Don Quixote" and "Waiting for Godot."
A Conversation with Pioneering Female Cantor Susan Mandell
Ludwig Center 9 Suydam Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesDouglass College alumna Susan Mandell served as the cantor of Congregation Emanu-El in Edison, New Jersey, for 14 years (1964 to 1978), in a time before women were formally ordained. Mandell will be in conversation […]
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble: “Tribute to Jaco Pastorius”
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesFeaturing arrangements by the late jazz bassist and composer, including “Continuum” and “Liberty City.” With guest Alex Foster on sax, part of the Saturday Night Live house band for nearly three decades. Also featuring jazz faculty Kenny Davis on bass, and Robby Ameen on drums.
CANCELLED – Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesPublic $15 // Rutgers Alumni, Employees, and Seniors $10 // Students $5 View the livestream