Jersey Jazz, the magazine of the New Jersey Jazz Society, features the Rutgers Jazz Lab Big Band’s performance of Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown, and Beige on February 28, 2024, at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, as its Editor’s Choice in...
The Zimmerli Art Museum presents two events this week at Rutgers University–New Brunswick celebrating Black History Month: On Thursday, February 1, the Zimmerli hosts SparkNight, a free monthly art party that will include tours of exhibitions featuring works by Alonzo...
TAPinto New Brunswick has named Dean Jason Geary and DMA alumna Jessie Mersinger to its list of People to Watch in 2024, a series focusing on newsmakers across all sectors of the city. Geary was cited for his continuing dedication to championing initiatives such as...
The spring 2024 semester at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) features contemporary dance, as well as jazz, opera, and various film showcases. Tickets are available online through the Mason Gross website, in person during MGPAC daytime ticket office...
Mason Gross School of the Arts, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and the School of Arts and Sciences have partnered to launch a new minor, Creative Expression and the Environment, in fall 2023. The minor is a multidisciplinary program in which...
The Marching Scarlet Knights marched down Fifth Avenue in front of a crowd of 3.5 million—with another 27 million watching from the comfort of their couches—as they performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year. For the 360 members of the band, it was a...
Jessie Mersinger remembers her high school band days as “life changing.” “I had a beautiful experience,” says Mersinger, a 2018 Rutgers graduate who earned a doctoral degree in French horn from Mason Gross School of the Arts. “I had a great band director, who I still...
On November 15, 2023, Rutgers University’s Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes (CACP) honored Julia Baumanis (second from left, above) Torchbearer Award. According to CACP, the Torchbearer Award recognizes those who work to further “diversity,...
The BFA Senior Solo Dance Concert continues through November 4, 2023, with performances featuring new choreographic works by dance majors in collaboration with visual artists, lighting and costume designers, composers, animators, and filmmakers. “Ruminate”...
Rutgers Filmmaking Center has been ranked #7 among public institutions (and #27 overall) by TheWrap.