WHAT’S HAPPENING
Black History Month Celebration
THE MEETING
by Jeff Stetson
Saturday, February 1, 2020, 2: 00 PM
Tickets: $5 for all
Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC)
153-10 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY
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The Meeting by Jeff Stetson is an engaging and intelligent play that depicts a fictional account of a secret meeting between Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Following the bombing of Malcolm X’s home Malcolm and Martin meet in a room inside the historic Theresa Hotel. This riveting play deals with issues that are still relevant today: war, poverty, racism, and the need for Black self-empowerment. They were two men with different ideologies, but a common understanding of the plight of Black Americans.
Black History Month Celebration
Classical Crossover
Saturday, February 15, 2020, 7:00 PM
Tickets: $20/General Admission; $15/Seniors & Students wID
Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Avenue
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Celebrating African Americans in classical music with a special tribute to the late operatic superstar, Jessye Norman
Featuring piano virtuoso the Altino Brothers, with special guests - the soprano twins, Cherisse & Cherissia Williams and violinists, Jessica McJunkins
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THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ
October 2019 - June 2020, 8:00 PM (one set) $10/General Admission
Jamaica Arts Center. 161-04 Jamaica Avenue
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The 2019-2020 season series features some of today’s finest international emerging jazz musicians. Opening gig in October is the three-time Grammy Award winner Tivon Pennicott, with season include the best vocalist from Cuba Melvis Santa; the new Avant-garde voice Anna Webber; rising start drummer Jeremy Dutton; amazing improviser and pianist Luis Perdomo; Latvian singer Arta Jekabsone; Jamaican trumpet Giveton Gelin; vibraphonists Chris Dingman; and Thana Alexa, a Croatian jazz singer.
2019-2020
DANCE SEASON
Dance artists are constantly incorporating new disciplines, blurring and discarding old boundaries to build new works inspired by their creative spirit and often driven by contemporary social movements and politics. JCALสผs 2019-2020 dance season celebrates this ever-evolving process while remaining rooted in the technically complex activity of creating dance itself. From taking risks with a new vocabulary to refining an imagined vision, JCAL supports the commitment of every artist to realize a brilliant performance.
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
WINTER SEMESTER
January 11 - February 15, 2020
Saturdays at JCAL are days for exploring one’s creative side. JCAL’s School of the Arts offers weekly hour-long classes on everything from ceramics to Hip Hop dance to comic book creation to acting, singing, and so much more. Kids, teens, adults, and seniors all have options to hone their skills and have fun with dance, music, theater, digital arts, and visual arts.
SATURDAY FAMILY MATINEES
October 2019 - June 2020
Saturday 2:00 PM
$5 for all
The Saturday Family Matinee Series provides the family with much-needed quality theatrical and musical experiences. The series aims to introduce young kids to the magic of live performance with shows suitable for the whole family.
EXHIBITIONS
OPENING RECEPTION: October 10, 7:00 PM
ARTIST CO-OP 2018
ON VIEW: October 10, 2018 - January 10, 2019
ARTIST CO-OP
2019
November 21, 2019 - January 25, 2020
Once a membership based program, JCAL's Artist Co-Op has been reborn as the center's annual exhibition featuring emerging and mid-career artists from around the borough of Queens and NYC. The goal of the exhibition is to reflect the diversity, talent, and quality of work in the Visual Arts of Queens.
THE TRANSIT SERIES
February 1-29, 2020
Artist Reception: Feb 14, 6-9PM
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The Transit Series is an exhibition of paintings by John Smith exploring the artist's daily experiences of subway and bus subculture: "It’s a microcosm of society: expressions of hardships, family unity, loneliness, education, entertainment, violence, and criminal activity, and marketing. Even when we don’t want to, we are forced to interact with one another."
2020 SOUTHEAST QUEENS BIENNIAL
February 14 - April 17, 2020
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The second Southeast Queens Biennial will be a nine-week group exhibition at the York College Fine Arts Gallery and the Miller Gallery at the Jamaica Arts Center. Ten Queens-based artists address literacy, identity, and environment with work that investigates how their creative practice contributes to the life of the borough.
EMMETT WIGGLESWORTH
Resident of Jamaica Queens for more than 20 years, Emmett Wigglesworth is a muralist, painter, sculptor, fabric designer and poet who has been creating for over six decades.
WHERE-IN:
ARTWorks Two Fellow Artist Show
Oct 10 - Nov 9, 2019
Artist Reception:
Thursday, Oct 24, 2019, 6 - 9 PM
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Where-in: 2019 ARTWorks, Inc Two Fellow Artist Show presents the work of Ifeatuanya (Ify) Chiejina and Julian Louis Phillips. The exhibition culminates their creative endeavors and celebrates the work that they have created during their artist-in-residence at JCAL.
ARTWORKS
Group Show 2019
September 12 - October 5, 2019
Opening Reception:
Thursday, Sept 12, 2019, 6 - 9:00 PM
The inaugural exhibition culminating the first year of the ARTWorks, Inc., a professional development program of an artist residency & training seminar series.
VOLUMES:
Milford Graves
July 12 - August 24, 2019
This exhibit documented Graves'
research into the rhythms of the human heart that so inform his music. The exhibition is organized by the Queens Museum, curated by Sophia Maria Lucas. The installation was originally produced in conjunction with the Queens International 2018, is part of the Jamaica Downtown Jazz Festival at the Jamaica Arts Center.
EXPERIENCE JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNING (JCAL)
A Multidisciplinary Performing Arts & Visual Arts Center
JCAL is a non-profit organization that dedicatedย to offer quality visual, performing and literary arts, arts education and artistic programs to encourage participation in the arts
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