Calendar
Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Click on individual event listings for the Mason Gross Galleries schedule.
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
Art(s), Brunch & Champagne at The Rutgers Club
Celebrate Women's History Month through photography created by and original compositions performed by Mason Gross students. Tickets: $45 for guests, $28 for students. The Rutgers Club 85 Avenue E , 2nd Floor Piscataway, NJ 08854
Design Lecture: Ryan Kuo
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesRyan Kuo is an artist and writer based in New York City. His work uses digital systems and sequences to invoke a person or people arguing. This is not to state an argument about a thing, but to be caught in a state of argument.
Film Screening and Q&A with Cathy Yan
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesFilm screening followed by a Q&A with writer/director Cathy Yan, writer/director of Birds of Prey and Dead Pigs, hosted by Professor Shawn Snyder.