Cultural Sites - Newark 

 

Aljira

http://www.aljira.org 

A center for contemporary art where several exhibits are shown each year.

 

City Without Walls

http://www.cwow.org 

An urban gallery for emerging art. Located near Symphony Hall, this gallery has several shows a year.

 

Greater Newark Conservancy

http://www.newark1.com/conserve 

Organization devoted to preserving and improving the environmental landscape of Newark.  They offer many programs including the creation of block gardens, training of teachers, and the city garden contest.

 

Montclair Art Museum

http://montclair-art.com 

Illustrations from the collections of American and Native American art as well as news of exhibitions and educational programs.

 

New Jersey Capoeira Arts Center

http://www.capoeiranj.com 

"Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines self-defense, dance, aerobics, music, ritual, and game." With class schedules, events, performances, a songbook, links, and more.

 

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

http://www.njpac.org 

Jazz, classical, and world music; dance; and theater for the general public and for young people. Teacher resources relevant to programs for school groups can be downloaded.

 

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

http://www.njsymphony.org 

Musicians, concert schedule and venues, ticket information, educational programs, auditions, competitions, etc.

 

Newark Arts Council

http://www.newarkarts.org/

Artist directory, event calendar, and grant information.  The agency created to develop and enrich Newark's artistic life.

 

Newark Churches

http://www.virtualnewarknj.com/churches/years/1998.htm 

Current listing of houses of worship, their addresses and phone numbers, arranged by denomination.

 

Newark Museum

http://www.newarkmuseum.org 

"The Museum's 80 galleries, including the Ballantine House, contain art and science collections including noted holdings of eighteenth to twentieth century American painting and sculpture, decorative arts, Native American, African, Pacific and Asian art, including a world-renowned Tibetan collection...." View details and maps.

 

Newark Museum Dreyfuss Planetarium

http://tinyurl.com/2g3v97 

Schedule, tickets and general information, group programs, exhibits and events, directions, and history, as well as an excellent Sky Watch calendar of what to see this month in the heavens and advice about buying a telescope.

 

Newark Restaurants

http://www.gonewark.com/atPlay/Dining/Dining.asp

Online guide to Newark's restaurants.

 

Newark Symphony Hall

https://www.newarksymphonyhall.org/index.php

Schedule and venues, ticket information, etc.

 

Paul Robeson Galleries

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/artgallery 

Located on the Rutgers University campus in Newark, the gallery displays several exhibitions annually.

 

PipelineNJ

http://www.pipelinenj.com 

Descended from the Newark club, Pipeline, this site is an online source for local punk, rap, and rock music information and discussion.

 

Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies 

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/jazz/jazz.shtml 

Information about the collections of over 100,000 recordings, articles, manuscripts, and artifacts as well as a list of publications and the play list of the Institute's radio programs on radio station WBGO.

 

Spirit of Newark

http://www.spiritofnewark.org/index.html 

Organized in 1991 the Spirit of Newark is a drum and bugle corps.  Their programs involves instruction in music, marching, and the color guard. 

 

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