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Through a grant from Humanities New York, JCAL Reads will return next month, via Zoom, to Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL). JCAL...

The second annual 10 Minute Film Festival is coming soon and for the first time, the exciting cinematic event will happen in person! In...

Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) is thrilled to announce the return of one of it’s landmark programs; “Thursday Night Jazz”....

2nd Thursday Night Jazz Premiere Featuring Wayne Tucker October 14th, 7pm @ JCAL 2nd Thursday Night Jazz is back! The season premiere of...

This Saturday's Spoken Word and Jazz Concert will mark the start of our 50th Anniversary season! "Homecoming", will take place at JPAC,...

Check out the performances and events coming to our stages soon! This Saturday, you can enjoy outdoor performances by diverse composers...

JCAL Announces Year-Long Residency of Legendary Artist / Performer Danny Simmons JCAL proudly commemorates the start of its 50th...

Flamenco Latino 2021 Online Más Allá series JCAL YouTube This Thursday! Check out our presentation of Flamenco Latino's Dance performance...

This Friday! Jamaica Mic Drop July 30th 5:00pm @ Parsons Public Space On July 30th at 5pm, Jamaica Avenue will once again be home to free...

For 12 years, Making Moves Dance Festival, presented by the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), has served as a platform to...

Making Moves Dance Festival September 17th & 18th 7pm Jamaica Performing Arts Center Outdoor Stage For 12 years, Making Moves Dance...

Our new Theatre series continues this month! Meet the Playwright explores new work by emerging and established writers for the stage....

Time to give a shout-out to something JCAL has never done before—presented our own film festival! Conceived by Interim Artistic Director...

Artist Talk: Process->Project: What Comes Out of Our Sketchbooks. March 18th, 2021 6pm Not all artists work or think alike. Join this...

Open Call: Making Moves Dance Festival 2021 ~ To Life! Deadline: April 17th, 2021 JCAL invites NYC-based dance companies and...

Tonight! Riddim Section Featuring Lea Anderson February 24th, 2021 7 PM Tonight at 7pm, JCAL's new music series Riddim Section will...

Meet the Playwright February 22nd, 7pm JCAL Youtube Meet the Playwright explores new work by emerging and established writers for the...

The first installment of our new speaker series JCAL Talks is on February 16th at 7pm! The featured guest will be Melva M. Miller, the...

This Thursday! 2nd Thursday Night Jazz Featuring Samora Pinderhughes February 11th, 2020 Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning is thrilled...

JCAL ART FAIR Now Available to View & Purchase! Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning's affordable Art Fair is now open to view and to...