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Sat, Oct 19 @ 11AM – 4PM
Military Park
51 Park Place
Newark, NJ
Express yourself at Dodge Poetry Festival’s free
Family Fun Day! Bring the kids to Military Park for free, family-friendly
poetry performances. Experiment with writing your own poems and explore the
joyful, liberating power of language. Sing and dance along with our DJ.
Enjoy drag storytelling, face painting and all-ages activities. (If you
work up an appetite, grab a bite at the nearby food trucks.) All are
welcome at this festive community celebration of self-expression.
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Kids Day
Celebration
Sat, Oct 12 @ 11AM
Mantena Global Care
Treat your loved
ones to monthly programs that educate and nurture the creativity of
participants of all ages. Imaginations will go wild when recycled
materials are turned into new toys.
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Hispanic
Heritage Celebration
Sun, Oct 13 @ 4PM
NJPAC Center for Arts Education
Celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month with colorful folk dancing performances and
festive drinks and snacks! This is a great opportunity to network with
organizations and representatives from several countries.
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Books On the Move: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Oct 15 @ 4PM
Shipyard Park, Hoboken
Get your rhythm
going when NJPAC Teaching Artist Wincey Terry-Bryant leads an
interactive reading of Tito
Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo by Monica
Brown.
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Jazz Jams
Oct 17 @ 7:30PM
Clement’s Place
Co-presented by
NJPAC and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University-Newark,
these Jazz Jam
sessions attract ace musicians from New Jersey and beyond!
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Undoing Latino
Stereotypes in the Media
PSEG True Diversity
Series
Mon, Oct 21 @ 7PM
Join our virtual
panel on reversing negative depictions of Latin Americans across media,
and how increased visibility can create opportunities for performers
and creators.
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dodge poetry
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Dodge Poetry Festival
Oct 17 – 19
Feel the
change-making power of poetry at the Dodge
Poetry Festival, North America’s largest poetry festival.
Downtown Newark will be buzzing with music and spoken word performances
in this joyful, community-driven celebration.
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Represent! with Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, MC Lyte & more
Sat, Oct 19 @ 8PM
MCs and poets
perform their hits for this celebratory concert during the Dodge Poetry
Festival. Performances by Rakim,
Big Daddy Kane,
MC Lyte,
DJ Spinna,
Caridad De La Luz
(La Bruja), Mayor
Ras J. Baraka, Mahogany
L. Browne and Tyehimba Jess.
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tickets
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newark arts
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Newark Arts
Festival
Oct 9 – 13
The annual event
is back! This year’s theme of Radical Reimagining dives into a world
where creativity is at the center of everything we hold dear, informing
and impacting all that we do and all that we are. Check out the full
lineup and create your schedule today!
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more
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Made in
Newark: A Brick City Bop
Thu, Oct 10 @ 6PM
Congregation Ahavas Sholom
Join us for an
evening of performances, remarks from exhibiting artists and light
refreshments at the opening of “Made in Newark: A Brick City Bop.”
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Building
Character
Sat, Oct 12 @ 1PM
NJPAC Center for Arts Education
Dive into the
magic of theatrical performance, dabble in clown and theatrical makeup
and groove to the rhythm of hip hop dance.
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Between the
Lines
Sat, Oct 12 @ 6PM
Akwaaba Gallery
Experience the
opening of “Between the Lines,” a cross-cultural exhibit featuring
artists from across the diaspora, poetry performances, a DJ and dance
party.
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Family Fun Day and Represent! are part of
the Dodge Poetry Festival
Hispanic Heritage
Celebration is a Community Engagement program co-produced with NJPAC’s
Latin Advisory Committee and Las Jardineras, the Latin Employee Resource
Group; it is curated in collaboration with the Newark Arts Festival
Books on the Move, a
program of NJPAC Community Engagement, is affiliated with the Hoboken
Public Library and BookBike
Jazz Jams at
Clement’s Place is part of the TD Jazz Series
Generous support
provided by ADP, official Community Engagement Partner of NJPAC, and PSEG
Foundation
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