Wednesday, May 1, 2019 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Rutgers–New Brunswick, Geology Hall
Learn how scientists use new and exciting technologies to study and solve important environmental issues! Demonstrations, arts and crafts, and educational activities will be set up around the museum for this event and guests are welcome to come and go as they please. Learn more at the Geology Museum’s website here.
Brick City Comedy Revue
Friday, May 3, 2019 8:00 p.m. Rutgers–Newark, Kilkenny Ale House, Off Campus
FREE Monthly Comedy show at Newark’s Kilkenny Ale House! Bringing some of the best comics to the Brick City. First Friday of every month @ 8 p.m. Learn more at the Rutgers–Newark events calendar here.
Spring Concert
Sunday, May 5, 2019 2:00 p.m. Rutgers–Camden, Walter K. Gordon Theater
The annual Rutgers–Camden music program’s spring concert showcases all the student ensembles as well as featured soloists. Admission is free. Learn more at the Rutgers–Camden events calendar here.
The Magic Tree-House: Showtime with Shakespeare
Friday, May 31, 2019 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Rutgers–Newark, NJPAC (Victoria Theater), Off Campus
Treat the entire family to this lively, new hip-hop musical based on the Magic Tree House adventure Stage Fright on a Summer Night by the New York Times best-selling author Mary Pope Osborne.
No matter what, the show must go on! That’s what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic Tree House transports them back to Elizabethan England. There, the daring sibling duo meet William Shakespeare himself—one of the greatest writers of all time! Learn more at the Rutgers–Newark events calendar here.
Sunday, March 3, 2019 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Zimmerli Art Museum
Art Together invites families to get creative, side-by-side, on art projects inspired by works from the Zimmerli Art Museum. Explore the wonderful world of art on select Sundays throughout the year. Children and parents, grandparents, or guardians work side-by-side on arts and crafts projects. Each session includes a brief, instructor-led tour through one of our galleries. The interactive workshops, led by Mason Gross MFA students and teaching artists, allow families quality time to be creative together. This is a FREE, drop in program. (Children must be accompanied by an adult.)
Book and Author Fundraiser featuring Rachel Devlin
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Kathleen W. Ludwig Global Village Learning Center
Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, Rachel Devlin, will be discussing her new book: A Girl Stands at the Door regarding the generation of young Women who Desegregated America’s Schools. The cost is $20 for non-students, $5 for students. Admission proceeds benefit the Women’s League of Rutgers University.
No More Hidden Figures Women’s History Month Celebration
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Paul Robeson Campus Center
Hidden figures are women that work, educate, serve and lead at Rutgers–Newark and/or in the city of Newark. Though their contributions are undeniable, their stories have not yet been told. Join us in this special panel to honor and recognize the sheroes among us.
Red Talk Series: Women and Gender Equality
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 6 p.m. Rutgers–Camden Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room
This RED talk—Raptors Engaging in Discussion—focuses on topics relevant to women and gender equality. This discussion is part of the Rutgers–Camden Women’s History Month celebration.
Letters Home: Writing Workshop for Veterans with Warrior Writers
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 5:30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Writers House, 305 Cooper Street
As part of the Letters Home project, the national nonprofit Warrior Writers is facilitating a series of free writing workshops for veterans in 2018-19. An experienced facilitator will guide participants through a series of generative writing prompts that engage veterans’ experiences. All veterans are invited to sign up, whether or not they are affiliated with Rutgers.
Each January, Rutgers University–Camden answers a national call to service to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Volunteers, families, and community members come together to participate in a day of action, both on the campus and in the community. Activities run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 21 and are open to students, alumni, faculty, and staff of the university; their families; and children and adults from across the city, the state, and the region. As an alternative to participating in a service project, attendees can also register for a marathon reading of “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Visit Rutgers–Camden’s Civic Engagement website for more information.
New Jersey Film Festival
The New Jersey Film Festival’s Spring 2019 screening schedule kicks off on Friday, January 25 with showings of Geometry, a short animation inspired by the work of experimental filmmakers Oskar Fischinger and John Whitney, and Diary of Rooftop Water Towers, a poetic homage to New York City’s water towers as they evolve through the seasons. The season continues through March 1. Visit njfilmfest.com for more information.
MLK Commemorative Lecture
The Newark Public Library will host a lecture commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday, January 29 featuring antiracism educator and author Tim Wise and president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Ryan Haygood. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. Visit npl.org/mlklecture for more information or to register.
The SAA workshops provided free training on archival basics to non-professionals who work or volunteer at institutions that cannot afford to employ professional archivists.
In November and December 2018, Dana Library and the Institute of Jazz Studies hosted a series of five workshops presented by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) via SAA’s “Lone Arranger” Section. The workshops provided free training on archival basics to non-professionals who work or volunteer at institutions that cannot afford to employ professional archivists. The overall goal was to help preserve and provide access to archival collections in New Jersey, hidden due to limited access to information on professional archival practice. Similar workshops were held across the state in Atlantic City, Trenton, and Chester, including one led by the Libraries’ Tara Maharjan. Special thanks to Adriana Cuervo for arranging for refreshments and to Mark Papianni for setting up the workshop space.
On September 1, the exhibition Self-Confessed! The Inappropriately Intimate Comics of Alison Bechdel, which encompasses the decades-long career of the illustrious cartoonist and graphic memoirist, opens at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers. It explores Bechdel’s work as a writer, an artist, and an archivist of the self, someone who constantly mines and shares her own experiences as a way to communicate something vitally human: the quest for love, acceptance, community, and social justice. Bechdel will speak at Rutgers on October 10.
In conjunction with U. S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s first memoir for young people, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers is pleased to announce the opening of The Art of Turning Pages: Illustrations by Lulu Delacre for Sonia Sotomayor’s Life Story on September 15. Justice Sotomayor shares her inspiring story about growing up and her deep love of reading inTurning Pages: My Life Story, which will be published by Philomel Books on September 4, along with a Spanish version, Pasando páginas: La historia de mi vida. The exhibition features nearly 30 objects on loan from award-winning children’s author and illustrator Lulu Delacre, including her oil and collage art, preparatory drawings, and research material, on public view for the first time. Bilingual labels, in English and Spanish, accompany the works. Ms. Delacre will speak at Art After Hours: First Tuesdays on October 2.
We’re shutting down Halsey from Central to New Streets with tons of activities, arts, games, food, drinks, mascots and more! Come one, come all, bring a friend, and enjoy a night and get a taste of why everyone is buzzing about Newark! This is going to be epic! Rain date: September 13. For more information, click here.
Panel Discussion: Child Separations at the Border Thursday, September 13, 12:45 to 1:45 p.m.
401 Penn Classroom, Rutgers–Camden
This free, public panel discussion will address the topic of children being separated from their parents at the United States-Mexico border. Panelists are: Ann Adalist-Estrin, director of the National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated at Rutgers–Camden; Joanne Gottesman,clinical professor and director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at Rutgers Law School; Lorrin Thomas, professor of history and chair of the Department of History; and John Wall, professor of religion and childhood studies and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. For more information, click here.
Fall Fest
Saturday, September 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Woodward Lawn, Rutgers–Newark
Come out and enjoy food, games, and activities on the Woodward Lawn with the rest of your fellow Rutgers University-Newark students. For more information, click here.
Finding and Facing Facts in Campaigns and Government w/ Eugene Kiely Monday, September 24, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Eagleton Institute, Rutgers–New Brunswick
Eagleton Institute of Politics presents its 2018 Arthur J. Holland Program on Ethics in Government lecture, “Finding and Facing Facts in Campaigns and Government” with Eugene Kiely, director of FactCheck.org and Rutgers alumnus. Monday, September 24 at 7:00 PM. Free, but registration is required. Click here to RSVP. For more information, click here.
An Evening with Colson Whitehead Wednesday, September 26, 7 p.m.
Walter K. Gordon Theater, Rutgers–Camden
Colson Whitehead, author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Underground Railroad, will give a free, public lecture. His novel is the 2018 selection for the Rutgers Reads program, which introduces incoming first-year students to academic life at Rutgers–Camden by reading and discussing one designated book. Register for this free event to reserve your seat. Email Rutgers Reads to be placed on a mailing list for more information, or click here.
The New Brunswick Music Scene Archive has been awarded MARAC NJ’s Innovative Archives Award for 2018. Photo credit: NBMSA on Facebook.
The New Brunswick Music Scene Archive has been awarded the 2018 Innovative Archives Award from the MARAC NJ Caucus.
The award is given to an organization that has provided exemplary leadership or service to the archival community and residents of the state. It may also honor a local, county, or regional organization, either for long-term leadership or service, or for outstanding effort demonstrated in a given year. Nominees may have developed innovative educational or outreach models utilizing archival sources, provided leadership during a time of emergency or crisis, demonstrated new thinking in finding a solution to an issue or problem, or exhibited creativity in increasing awareness of local history resources among New Jersey residents and visitors.
The official presentation of the award will take place at Monmouth County Archives and History Day on October 13. Congratulations to Christie Lutz and Tara Maharjan in Special Collections and University Archives for this recognition of their tremendous work!
BTAA Cooperative Cataloging Partnership Receives ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Award
Rutgers was among the institutions recognized by the ALCTS’s 2018 Outstanding Collaboration Citation.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Cooperative Cataloging Partnership was awarded the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services’ (ALCTS) Outstanding Collaboration Citation for 2018.
This award recognizes and encourages collaborative problem-solving efforts in the areas of acquisition, access, management, preservation, or archiving of library materials. It recognizes a demonstrated benefit from actions, services or products that improve and benefit providing and managing library collections. It was presented at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony at the ALA conference in June.
Congratulations are in order for our colleagues from Central Technical Services who comprised the Rutgers team: Colin Bitter, Roman Frackowski, Kati Ritter, Catherine Sauceda, and Mary Beth Weber. Rutgers both provided cataloging (Roman and Kati for foreign languages and Catherine for musical scores) and took advantage of the program to eliminate a backlog of titles in Arabic and other foreign languages.
NJEDL Spotlights Outdoorsy Summer Getaways
Whitesbog Village. Photo credit: Peter Miller on flickr.
Looking for the perfect summer day trip? Look no farther than the New Jersey Environmental Digital Library’s spotlights column. This area highlights activities around the state mostly having to do with the outdoors or the environment. Forthcoming events include:
100th Annual Mercer County 4-H Fair, July 28–29
Bio Blitz at Whitesbog Village, July 28–29
Making Bark Collection Containers and Berry Harvesting, August 8
Star Gazing with Morris Museum Astronomical Society, August 18
Join Connect the Lots for free fitness classes in Camden all summer long.
As part of their #HealthyCamden series of weekly fitness classes, Connect the Lots offers free outdoor yoga classes at Johnson Park on Tuesdays from June through August. Classes begin at 6 p.m. For cancellations due to inclement weather, visit Connect the Lots on Facebook or Twitter after noon on the day of the class. Other weekly offerings include Zumba, House Party Fitness, Bootcamp, and Aqua Aerobics classes.
Connect the Lots is a community-driven initiative to activate Camden, New Jersey’s vacant and underutilized spaces through the identification and implementation of artistic, cultural, and recreational projects and activities. The goals of the initiative are to engage Camden residents in neighborhood transformation, create safe nodes of activity, and to bring vibrancy to Camden’s corridors and public spaces. Learn more at the Connect the Lots website.
kite+key Summer Tech Promotion
kite+key’s summer tech promotion offers special deals for faculty and staff.
Take advantage of our promotion and spread your interest free payments using Employee Payroll Deduction! Purchase a Mac and receive $100 off + $100 kite+key Gift Card! Purchase an iPad Pro receive $50 off and $50 kite+key gift card! Purchase a Dell computer $499 and above, receive $100 eGift card + $50 kite+key gift card! Purchase Safeware Protection Plan and we double your theft coverage free! Visit our website here. Located in the Plaza at Livingston Campus 55 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway and the Hahne & Co. Building at 625 Broad Street, Newark. Prices and promotions are subject to change, some restrictions may apply.
Rutgers Cinema
See first run movies at discounted prices at Rutgers Cinema.
See first run movies at Rutgers Cinema while enjoying a special from our concession! Open to the public with free parking available in lot 112A. Ticket prices with ANY valid school ID are $5 before 6pm and $7 after, no ID still a bargain at $7 before 6pm and $9.50 after. Rutgers Cinema is located in the Plaza at Livingston Campus, 105 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ. Get tickets here, showtimes here.
The Plaza at Livingston Campus
The Plaza at Livingston is home to nine retailers.
The Plaza at Livingston Campus is home to nine retailers: Henry’s Diner; Hoja Asian Fusion; Kilmer’s Market; kite+key, Rutgers Tech Store & TeKCheK, Rutgers Computer Repair; The Wright Cut; Qdoba; Starbucks; 16 Handles; Rutgers Cinema. The Plaza at Livingston Campus offers free visitor parking in Lot 112A. Click here for retail hours of operation.
AfroBeat Fest comes to Newark’s Military Park on July 14.
AfroBeat Fest
African Soul Festival will be the largest celebration of culture and heritage of Africans on the continent and in the diaspora in the state of New Jersey. This free family friendly celebration on Saturday, July 14 at Military Park will bring out over 200 vendors featuring food, music, clothing, artifacts as well as entertainment from the diaspora.
Experience the African cultural scene in Newark with a day full of entertainment, dancers, drummers, children’s village and the best vendors in NJ. Visit the Newark Happening website for more information or mark your calendar on Facebook.
The 13th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival expands to a second weekend for the first time this year.
Lincoln Park Music Festival
The 13th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival will take place from July 27 to August 4 at Lincoln Park, 450 Washington Street in Newark. For the first time ever, the Lincoln Park Music Festival expands to two weekends of music, arts, culture, and humanities.
“Doin’ it in the Park” opening weekend features Family Day blues and jazz, a youth talent showcase, Gospel in the Park, Hip Hop Day, Health and Wellness/Sustainability Village, Senior Village, Kids Zone Village, and more.
Weekend two focuses on the humanities, with “Unplugged” style conversations with creatives, free outdoor film screenings, a music-and-dance-party meets maker faire, and closing concert performances.
The NJ International Film Festival’s summer run is June 1–10.
New Jersey International Film Festival
Friday, June 1–Sunday, June 10 Rutgers–New Brunswick
The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center and the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies present the New Jersey International Film Festival Summer 2018. All films screened as part of the festival are New Jersey or area premieres! For the full schedule and more information, visit the NJ Film Festival website.
The Schommer Astronomical Observatory hosts open nights on three Thursdays in June.
Robert A. Schommer Astronomical Observatory Public Open Nights
Thursdays, June 14, 21, and 28, 9:30–11:30 p.m. Rutgers–New Brunswick
Get lost in the wonders of the night sky with the 20-inch optical telescope at the Robert A. Schommer Astronomical Observatory. Celestial bodies able to be viewed include:
June 14: Arcturus, M5, Antares, M13, Vega, Deneb, Albireo, M57, M11, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn
June 21: Arcturus, M5, Antares, M13, Vega, Deneb, Albireo, M57, M11, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon (first quarter)
June 28: Arcturus, M5, Antares, M13, Vega, Deneb, Albireo, M57, M11, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn (near opposition), and the Moon (full)
For more information and updates on potential closures due to weather, low visibility, etc., visit the observatory’s website.
A car show promoting Alzheimer’s research and prevention rolls through Rutgers–Newark on June 23.
Car Show Promoting Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Prevention
Saturday, June 23, noon to 2:30 p.m. Rutgers–Newark
Come for the cars and free food tastings from local Newark restaurants and food stores. Join a raffle drawing for free gifts from community businesses. You will also learn to strengthen your brain and reduce your risk for Alzheimer’s disease, and how to sign up to participate in important community-based studies of aging, brain health, and Alzheimer’s disease at Rutgers University–Newark. Learn more.
The Major Events Committee is pleased to announce that this year’s Faculty/Staff Appreciation Picnic is slated for Wednesday, August 1 at the Rutgers Gardens Log Cabin/Pavilion (140 Log Cabin Road, North Brunswick, NJ 08902). The party starts at noon and runs till 4 p.m. Join us for an afternoon of music, food, games, and prizes inspired by summer at the Jersey shore!
Opening Day at the Rutgers Gardens Farm Market is May 4.
Rutgers Gardens Farm Market
Friday, May 4, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Rutgers–New Brunswick
Opening day of the farmers market. Stop by for the fun including the Lettuce Festival and cooking demonstration. See which of your favorite vendors are back and who is new. Click here for more information.
The Black Organization of Students Celebrates their 50th anniversary on May 5.
Kick Off Celebration: Reflections on the Founding of BOS
Saturday, May 5, 5 – 9 p.m.
Paul Robeson Campus Center – Essex Room
Rutgers–Newark
The Black Organization of Students Alumni Association (BOSAA) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Organization of Students (BOS) with a dinner and awards ceremony. Alumni, students, and friends are invited to join in an evening of acknowledging the sisterly and brotherly love, respect, and struggles that the pioneers of diversity demonstrated during the late 1967-1968 historic event. Click here for more information.
Learn about battlefield preservation with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities on May 5.
History Preservation Workshop: Battlefield Preservation
Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Historical Society of Princeton and Princeton Battlefield State Park
“Landscapes of Conflict: Battlefield Preservation” will examine national, state, county, and municipal efforts at recognizing and preserving America’s fields of conflict. The day will include a morning of presentations from historians, archaeologists, and county planners and an afternoon battlefield tour. Part of the Continuing Education Program of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at Rutgers University–Camden.
Practice mindfulness meditation at free noontime workshops across Rutgers–New Brunswick
Mindfulness Meditation
Tuesday, May 8, noon – 1 p.m. Busch Student Center
Wednesday, May 9, noon – 1 p.m. Student Activities Center
Thursday, May 10, noon – 1 p.m. Douglass Student Center
Rutgers–New Brunswick
Mindfulness is the art of being a compassionate observer of your own experience. Meditation practice helps us to achieve mindfulness and reduce stress. All are welcome – faculty, staff, and students. No previous experience required. Click here for more information.
The Shadows of Houses is on display at the Paul Robeson Galleries through May 26.
The Shadows of Houses
Through Saturday, May 26 Paul Robeson Galleries Rutgers–Newark
The Shadows of Houses is a three-person show featuring black and white photographs from Terry Boddie, Shakia Lewis, and Cesar Melgar. The title of exhibition is taken from Newark native Amiri Baraka’s poem “Legacy,” a mediation on history and home. Melgar’s street photography cast a sharp eye on the inhabitants and city of Newark. Click here for more information.
Dougls Lowy, MD, deputy director of the National Cancer Institute.
2018 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey
Thursday, May 24, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. College Ave Student Center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research host a forum for clinicians, researchers, faculty and students to learn about the latest in cancer research and treatment. Click here for more information.
Environmental Technology Late Night
Brick City Comedy Revue
Spring Concert
The Magic Tree-House: Showtime with Shakespeare
Art Together
Book and Author Fundraiser featuring Rachel Devlin
No More Hidden Figures Women’s History Month Celebration
Red Talk Series: Women and Gender Equality
Letters Home: Writing Workshop for Veterans with Warrior Writers
Martin Luther King Day of Service
New Jersey Film Festival
MLK Commemorative Lecture
