WHAT’S HAPPENING 

To help you and your families stay active and creative, we are offering #jcalPOPUPclasses online throughout the month of April. These programs are geared towards school-aged audiences but are made with all age groups in mind. Visit our Youtube page every week to participate.

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Weekly Schedule (Starting April 4th)

 

Saturdays @11am - STEM with special guests from The Mentor Project

Saturdays @ 1pm - MUSIC with Karina Parker

Tuesdays @4pm - DANCE with Janora Blackman

Wednesdays @4pm - ART with Anthony Carter

Thursdays @4pm - STEM with special guests from The Mentor Project

Fridays @4pm - DRAMA with Caroline Gombe

While the regularly scheduled Dance Season has been postponed, JCAL Resident Artist Monstah Black is gracing the public with virtual performances in Back in the Closet w/ Monstah Black, a series co-presented by JCAL. Streamed from inside his closet-turned-studio, the series gives the viewer insight into how Monstah pieces together work from throughout his career. He will experiment with materials in preparation for his upcoming gallery exhibit, “The Lewk,” and “Extravaganza” performances at JCAL. Join us via Facebook Live Stream, Thursdays @7PM.

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April 9: Cotton

April 16th: Hyperbolic (The Last Spectacle) 

April 23rd: Submerged In Blue 

April 30th: This 

May 7th: Gatekeeper

October 2019 - June 2020, 8PM [TUNE IN ON YOUTUBE!]
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.

Friday Nights @JAC is an incubator series for creative individuals and emerging artists who need a stage to perform to new audiences. Artists of all disciplines are welcome to submit proposals of works-in-progress to be refined at Jamaica Arts Center (JAC) and performed in front of a live audience.
 

The next performance, featuring saxophonist Ashley Keiko, will be live streamed on our Youtube page on Friday, April 24th at 8PM. Join us!

All programs take place at 8PM and are FREE to the public
This series is supported by Councilman I. Daneek Miller, Dist. 27.

SPRING SEMESTER

March 7 - June 6, 2020

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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.  

 

April 23 & 24, 7:30PM @JAC

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JCAL and Flamenco Latino co-present the Flamenco Latino 2020 Más Allá Series, an innovative project that combines flamenco and tap dance with music from Black America and the Caribbean. The culminating performances at the Jamaica Arts Center will featuring the premiere of Aurora Reyes' choreography, "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane." Click "Learn More" to see the full schedule of events.

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This program is part of JCAL's Building Equity Project, funded by the New York Community Trust. This program is also made possible in part by the Queens Library and Queens Council on the Arts.

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.