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Jewish Sephardic Songs in Ladino - An Evening at Alfa Art Gallery

By Editor • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Arts, May, News & Events

Saturday, May 31, 2008 @ 7-10pm - “An Evening at Alfa Art Gallery” - Exhibition Opening and Classical Music Concert: Eva Volitzer and Kiril Tarpov - Jewish Sephardic Songs in Ladino
Jewish Sephardic Songs in Ladino
Leaving Spain in the 15th century the Jews brought to the Balkans a part of Spanish culture and specific poetry and [...]



Gallagher Comes to The Stress Factory - 5/22 - 5/24

By Editor • May 16th, 2008 • Category: May, News & Events

The Stress Factory Comedy Club (90 Church street New Brunswick, NJ) welcomes Gallagher on May 22-24. Show times are 8pm with an additional 10:30 show on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $37 and his website is http://www.gallaghersmash.com/faqs.shtml. For more information, please visit www.stressfactory.com or call 732-545-4242.



The Hub City Hellrazors say Goodbye to Dirty Jersey, Hello to the Garden State with Free Local Roller Derby Bout

By Editor • May 12th, 2008 • Category: May, News & Events, Sports

New Brunswick, NJ May 2008 — Effective June 1, 2008, the NJ Dirty Dames (NJDD) roller derby league is proud to announce a merge with the Garden State Rollergirls of Newark, NJ. On Sunday, May 25, the Dirty Dames will pay homage to its long-time fans, friends, and family as the league hosts its final [...]



Japan and New Brunswick - Friends of the New Brunswick Free Public Library

By Editor • May 5th, 2008 • Category: May, News & Events

On Wednesday, May 7, from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m, Rutgers Curator Emerita Ruth
Simmons will be discussing the Japanese grave memorials in the city’s
Willow Grove Cemetery (right behind the library) and the historic
relationship of New Brunswick and Rutgers to Japanese scholars in the
early Meiji Restoration period of the 19th century, beginning when a
student from Japan died [...]



Celebrating Mexican Heritage, Celebrando la Herencia Mexicana: Cinco de Mayo at the New Brunswick Free Public Library

By Editor • May 2nd, 2008 • Category: May, News & Events

The New Brunswick Free Public Library’s fifth annual Cinco de Mayo
Fiesta will be on Saturday, May 3, 2008 between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. at
the library.
The highlight of the fiesta will be the performance of Xochipilli, the
local Mexican Folkloric Dance Group. The event will also include family
oriented entertainments that also promote Mexican culture, face
painting, a piñata, [...]



Comedian Dean Edwards - 05-15-2008 to 05-17-2008 @ 8:00pm

By Editor • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Comedy, May, News & Events

Dean Edwards
at The Stress Factory
05-15-2008 to 05-17-2008 @ 8:00pm
Recent Highlights

Saturday Night Live(Regular)
Premium Blend (Comedy Central)
HBO’s All-Star Def Comedy Jam
Celebrity Deathmatch (MTV)
Biography
A seasoned veteran of stand-up comedy, and now “Saturday Night Live” alum Dean Edwards has just acquired a holding/development deal with ABC. As a cast member of “Saturday Night Live” for two years, Edwards has [...]



05-11-2008 @ 6:30pm - Musiq Soulchild

By Editor • May 1st, 2008 • Category: May, Music, News & Events

MUSIQ SOULCHILD
MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT
Sunday, May 11 @ 6:30
State Theatre
New Brunswick, NJ
732.246.7469
www.statetheatrenj.org



05-24-2008 @ 7-10pm - Exhibition Opening Reception and & DUO “IVANOV”

By Editor • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Arts, May, News & Events

At Alfa Art Gallery
Krasi Ivanov, Violin and Kalin Ivanov, Cello - Recital/Concert in Honor of May 24th - Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day
Event Program (incomplete, please check our website soon for more information)

Time: TBD
Bulgarian Artists Exhibition
Diana Vasileva Harizanova–Djibirova
Galina Todorova
Nikolaj Djibirov
Christo Kasabov
Vesselin Kourtev

Time: TBD
DUO “IVANOV”: Krasi Ivanov, Violin and Kalin Ivanov, Cello - [...]



05-09-2008 @ 6:30-10pm - The AIDS Babies Organization Presents “Guardians of Ancient Knowledge” Movie Preview

By Editor • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Arts, May, News & Events

At Alfa Art Gallery
Who Am I?
Where Do I Come From?
What Did I Come Here To Do?
Where Do I Go When My Body Sleeps?
What Will Happen To Me When My Body Dies?

Guardians of Ancient Knowledge Part I, a 90 minute DVD documentary film, answers many questions about life’s mysteries throughout the course of humanity’s history. Vast [...]



05-03-2008 @ 7-10pm - Charice Silverman - Artist Portrait Presentation and Exhibition Opening Reception

By Editor • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Arts, May, News & Events

A recent MFA recipient of School of Visual Arts’ Illustration as Visual Essay department in Manhattan, Charice Silverman has exhibited in Manhattan, San Francisco, and now in New Jersey. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
At first an everyday scene: “A woman reaching for a diet coke amid burgers and fries”.
When enlarged and reconstructed [...]