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THE SHOW GOES ON, WHEREVER YOU ARE.

Does your heart need a lift? Do your feet need to groove? Then you’re in the right place. Tune in to our live events—including weekly DJ dance parties, arts workshops and NJPAC Backstage celebrity interviews. Or, dive into a treasure trove of videos from our archive for a creative boost whenever you want it. There’s always something new happening right here.

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Straight No Chaser: Virtual Insanity

May 14 - 16, 2021
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Valerie Simpson: Music, Mentors & Motown

May 18, 2021
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Conversation with Cooperman What’s Next for the American Economy?

May 19, 2021
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Wellness Wednesday contemporary ballet class with Anitra Keegan

May 19, 2021
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Open Mic Series: Jersey Fresh @ Home
featuring Sammie James, Jeff Ertz, Unicorn aka Killa Kherk Kobain, Michelle Galvis

May 20, 2021
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Monday

PSEG True Diversity Film Series: White Fragility – A Conversation of Allyship

Mon, Aug 24 @ 7PM
Join us for a panel on white allyship and ways that white people can become actively anti-racist.

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Tuesday

Backstage Interview with WBGO morning show host Gary Walker

Tue, Aug 25 @ 6PM
Join us for a conversation with Gary Walker, who’s served as both a judge and a host of the Sassy Awards over the years.

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Wednesday

Wellness Wednesday Horton class with Amos Machanic Jr.

Wed, Aug 26 @ 7:30PM
Study Horton technique with Amos Machanic Jr., a veteran of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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Thursday

Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City @ Home with DJ Kiss and DJ M.O.S.

Thu, Aug 27 @ 7PM
This week’s Sounds of the City @ Home features Husband and wife team DJ Kiss and DJ M.O.S..

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Most Watched This Week!

Violence, Empowerment, and Allyship: The Asian Experience in America
The Wizard & I: A Conversation with Stephen Schwartz
The Rhythm of the Stars Bernard Purdie and Chuck Rainey
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Presents Queer, Black, Trans Creating safe spaces for all identities
Christian McBride Virtual Master Class
Savion Glover Dance, Resistance and History An Illustrated Conversation with John Schreiber
Mark Gross Virtual Master Class
Healing the Divide: Race, Medicine, and the COVID-19 Vaccine
Force of Beauty: A Newark Family Memoir With Mikki Taylor, Deborah Riley Draper, and Michelle Miller
John Pizzarelli Remembers Bucky: Stories and Songs
Duets on Social Justice: Music and Poetry
PSEG True Diversity Film Series: She Did That — Black Women in the Workplace
Artist to Artist Discussion: Arturo O’Farrill and Antonio Sanchez
Jazz Couples
Forgotten Newark Riots:1834, 1854 and 1917
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Presents: Educational Justice: American Promise
Regina Carter A Salute to Ella in Stories and Song
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Presents: Boss: The Black Experience in Business
Wellness Wednesday Lyrical Dance Class with Isio Mayo
Wellness Wednesday: Live Lyrical Jazz Dance Class with Evan Matthew Stewart
Theater Alliance and NJPAC: The Strength of Black Theater
Wellness Wednesday: Live Graham Dance Class with Sierra Sanders
Social Justice Through The Lens of The Divine 9
Tribute to the Elders
Chopin: A Classical Discussion with George Marriner Maull
Wellness Wednesday live Afrobeats with Jerome Hunter
PSEG True Diversity Film Series: Policing the Police
10 Newark Creators: Jessica Valladolid
Healing Through the Arts Series: Healing and Resisting With Music
Jersey Fresh @ Home: Sean Battle, The Wag & D’Yon Musiq
10 Newark Creators: Isaiah Little
Monumental Newark: Gutzon Borglum’s “Seated Lincoln” and “The Wars of America”
Jersey Fresh @ Home: Chasing Paragon, Ruth Kiple and Boshia Raejean
If You Build It, Will They Come? Real Estate in a Post-Pandemic New Jersey
City Verses: Jazz And Poetry Performance
It Was A Very Good Year: Frank Sinatra Through the Decades
10 Newark Creators: Sally Helmi
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Presents: Voter
Jersey Fresh @ Home: MADaam Bach, Vernita Bostick, John & Tayler
Alto Madness: Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration
10 Newark Creators: Adam Bergo
Jersey Fresh @ Home: Dre Skuffs, Allison Strong & Steve Lovell
Funk Wizdom and other Afrofunkafuturistic Tales: George Clinton in conversation with Nona Hendryx
10 Newark Creators: Mira Abou Elezz
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Why Should We Vote
Virtual Conversations with Cooperman: Mid-Pandemic, What’s Next for the Economy?
Jersey Fresh @ Home: Francesca DiPisa, Kween Moore and Josue Simon
PSEG True Diversity Film Series John Lewis: Good Trouble Panel Discussion
S’Wonderful Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the Gershwins
PSEG True Diversity Film Series White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City @ Home DJ Beverly Bond and Estelle
NJSO Couch Concerts: Gratias Tibi
NJPAC Backstage Quiana Lynell
Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City @ Home with DJ Spinna
Pioneers of Protest: Celebrating 100 Years of Womens Voting
City Verses Final Summer Camp Performance
A Nation in Crisis
Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City with Danny Krivit
NJPAC Backstage with Laurin Talese
Horizon Sounds of the City with DJ Blazer One
True Diversity Film Series: 13th, directed by Ava DuVernay
NJPAC Backstage with Samara Joy McLendon
Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City with DJ Ran & DJ Wallah
NJPAC Backstage Interview with Shawnna
Democracy, Voting, Census: A Conversation about Power

In the spotlight! Explore our staff picks.

Wellness Wednesday south Indian cultural dance with Betsy Vargheese
Wellness Wednesday Lyrical Dance Class with Isio Mayo
Wellness Wednesday: Live Graham Dance Class with Sierra Sanders
Wellness Wednesday: Live Salsa Class with Desiree Godsell
Wellness Wednesday: Live Lyrical Jazz Dance Class with Evan Matthew Stewart
Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class with Karen Love
Wellness Wednesday live Afrobeats with Jerome Hunter
NJPAC Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class Live Dance with Judah Marable
Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class: Storytelling Improvisation with Jordan Owens
NJPAC Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class Line Dancing with Danielle Thompson
NJPAC Wellness Wednesday Moving Meditations with Susan Pope
NJPAC Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class Afro Contemporary with Kamille King
Savion Glover’s BRiNG TiME BaCK @ NJPAC
Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class with Robert M Burke
NJPAC Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class Cori Barnes
Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class with Brandon Jones
Wellness Wednesday Live Afro-Beat By Brother Jerome
Judith Jamison: Alternative Routes “Legacies & Legends”
Virtual Latin Dance Party with DJ Checo & Jay-J of New Line Entertainment
Wellness Wednesday: Live West African Dance Class with Karen Love
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Second Home
Virtual Dance Party Live Afrobeat with DJ MD
Bill T. Jones: Alternative Routes “Legacies & Legends”
Nimbus Dance: New Works
Jersey (New) Moves! at NJPAC
2012 Jersey Moves Dance Festival at NJPAC
Wellness Wednesday Live Indian Classical Dance with Akhila V
NJPAC Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class Contemporary Caribbean with Shola Roberts
Wellness Wednesday Live West African with Yahya Kamate
Wellness Wednesday Live West African dance with Karen Thornton
Wellness Wednesday Live Voguing with Jose Lapaz Rodriguez
Wellness Wednesday Live Ballet Class with Gabrielle Sprauve
Wellness Wednesday Live Liturgical Dance with Judah Marable
Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class with Alfred Gallman
Wellness Wednesday Virtual Dance Class with Brianna Paden Williams
Wellness Wednesday Live Ballet Class with Greta Campo

Ailey All Access means you are invited to experience all things Alvin Ailey from your home.

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Keep Dancing with Ailey! Ailey Extension brings live online dance classes daily to the masses!

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City Verses Final Summer Camp Performance
NJSO at Home | Carnival of the Animals | Episode 1
Magic Treehouse – Showtime with Shakespeare
Savion Glover’s BRiNG TiME BaCK @ NJPAC
Books On The Move: Wincey Terry reads Chato’s Kitchen!
Books on the Move: Celia Cruz
Gantalism Masterclass
Books on the Move: Wincey Terry reads Tito Puente
Books on the Move: Wincey Terry reads Alvin Ailey
Hip Hop Students at Sounds of the City
Books on the Move: Wincey Terry reads Timbaland Nighttime Symphony
Books On The Move: Wincey Terry reads Skit Scat
Books On The Move: Firebird by Misty Copeland
Sacla’ Stage a Surprise Opera in a School Lunch Hall

A holiday mash-up for the whole family, watch NJPAC’s very own The Hip Hop Nutcracker  on PBS!

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MommyPoppins Guide for Parents: 100s of Activities and Resources to keep the kids entertained!

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Welcome to Mondays with Michelle Obama! Join her as she reads one of her favorite children’s books.

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EMERGE: An NJSO Concert Film (Bach feat. Simone Dinnerstein; Ngwenyama; Schumann)
The Rhythm of the Stars Bernard Purdie and Chuck Rainey
Duets on Social Justice: Music and Poetry
2021 NJSO Lunar New Year Celebration Concert
Jazz Couples
Chopin: A Classical Discussion with George Marriner Maull
NJSO Everywhere :: Newark | Jessie Montgomery – Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin
City Verses: Jazz and Poetry Virtual Performance
Daniel Bernard Roumain & Mozart: An NJSO Concert Film (dir. Yuri Alves)
City Verses: Jazz And Poetry Performance
Alto Madness: Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration
Jersey Fresh @ Home: Dre Skuffs, Allison Strong & Steve Lovell
Funk Wizdom and other Afrofunkafuturistic Tales: George Clinton in conversation with Nona Hendryx
Jersey Fresh @ Home: Francesca DiPisa, Kween Moore and Josue Simon
Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City @ Home with DJ Spinna
“Concierto de Aranjuez” from “Sketches of Spain” The Gil Evans Project
Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City @ Home DJ Beverly Bond and Estelle
NJSO Couch Concerts: Gratias Tibi
Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City with DJ Ran & DJ Wallah
An Evening with Jeremy Denk
NJSO Couch Concerts: Virtual #OrchestraYou
Tunes on Tuesday: Jazz Masters In Conversation Live – June 8
Jazz Vespers Service feat. Steve Turre and the Eulipion All Stars
Virtual House Dance Party with DJ Muhammad
Fall in Love with Music Episode 1 – Our Musical Focus
Virtual R&B Dance Party with DJ Storm Norm Da General
Fall in Love with Music Episode 2 – Why Aren’t We Listening?
Bach to the Future
Fall in Love with Music Episode 3 – Is This Music?
Virtual Latin Dance Party with DJ Checo & Jay-J of New Line Entertainment
Fall in Love with Music Episode 4 – The Elements Of Music
Virtual Gospel House Dance Party with DJ D-Real
Fall in Love with Music Episode 5 – How Listening Affects Us
Discover Beethoven’s 5th
Fall in Love with Music Episode 6 – Paragraphs Without Words
Virtual Dance Party Live Afrobeat with DJ MD
NJSO Couch Concerts: George Walker: Molto adagio from String Quartet No. 1
Fall in Love with Music Episode 7 – Leave It to Beethoven!
Virtual Latin Dance Party with DJ Checo & Jay-J of New Line Entertainment
Fall in Love with Music Episode 8 – Putting It All Together

Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell hosts this virtual Gala celebrating the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

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Tiny Desk Concerts is a series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.

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NJSO Virtual 20–21, a specially designed virtual season featuring orchestral concerts and a number of other exciting programs!

Watch & Listen

Listen to NJSO @ Home, bringing you the best New Jersey Symphony Orchestra content to enjoy in your living room.

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Audiotree brings Live concerts from rooms around the country, including Lincoln Hall, Thalia Hall, and more.

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Hot House Jazz Daily Livesteams
Fred Hersch Tune of the Day, Ted Rosenthal Solo, and more

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The Livestream Hub from WBGO connects solo musicians, bands, and clubs to audiences online.

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Broadway World partners with some incredble performers in their new series Living Room Concerts

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Violence, Empowerment, and Allyship: The Asian Experience in America
The Wizard & I: A Conversation with Stephen Schwartz
The Rhythm of the Stars Bernard Purdie and Chuck Rainey
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Presents Queer, Black, Trans Creating safe spaces for all identities
Cleared for take-off: united airlines CEO Scott Kirby on air travel’s new normal
Savion Glover Dance, Resistance and History An Illustrated Conversation with John Schreiber
Healing the Divide: Race, Medicine, and the COVID-19 Vaccine
John Pizzarelli Remembers Bucky: Stories and Songs
PSEG True Diversity Film Series: She Did That — Black Women in the Workplace
Artist to Artist Discussion: Arturo O’Farrill and Antonio Sanchez
Forgotten Newark Riots:1834, 1854 and 1917
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Presents: Educational Justice: American Promise
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Presents: Boss: The Black Experience in Business
PSEG True Diversity Film Series: Policing the Police
10 Newark Creators: Jessica Valladolid
Healing Through the Arts Series: Healing and Resisting With Music
10 Newark Creators: Isaiah Little
Monumental Newark: Gutzon Borglum’s “Seated Lincoln” and “The Wars of America”
It Was A Very Good Year: Frank Sinatra Through the Decades
10 Newark Creators: Sally Helmi
If You Build It, Will They Come? Real Estate in a Post-Pandemic New Jersey
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Presents: Voter
Alto Madness: Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration
10 Newark Creators: Adam Bergo
Funk Wizdom and other Afrofunkafuturistic Tales: George Clinton in conversation with Nona Hendryx
10 Newark Creators: Mira Abou Elezz
PSEG True Diversity Film Series Why Should We Vote
Virtual Conversations with Cooperman: Mid-Pandemic, What’s Next for the Economy?
10 Newark Creators Layqa Nuna Yawar
PSEG True Diversity Film Series John Lewis: Good Trouble Panel Discussion
10 Newark Creators Chrystofer Davis
S’Wonderful Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the Gershwins
10 Newark Creators Lisa Conrad
PSEG True Diversity Film Series White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
NJPAC Backstage Quiana Lynell
10 Newark Creators Diana Candelejo
Pioneers of Protest: Celebrating 100 Years of Womens Voting
A Nation in Crisis
NJPAC Backstage with Laurin Talese
True Diversity Film Series: 13th, directed by Ava DuVernay
The New Best Practices: Leadership in a Time of Crisis
NJPAC Backstage Interview with Shawnna
Democracy, Voting, Census: A Conversation about Power
A Breath of Fresh Air: Healing Through The Arts Series with Danielle Scott
NJPAC Backstage with Capone & Lak, The Hip Hop Educator
NJPAC Backstage with Kurtis Blow
Protest to Power: Lessons From Newark; The Making of Newark’s First Black Mayor, Ken Gibson
How banking is driving economic recovery during the pandemic
NJPAC Backstage with The New Power Generation
The New Home Front: Newark Manufacturers Innovate to Fight Covid-19
Nikole Hannah-Jones on the 1619 Project and a Panel on the Role of Slavery in America and New Jersey
A Breath of Fresh Air: Healing Through The Arts Series with Linda Epps and Jasmine Mans
NJPAC Backstage with Frankie Negron
Trilogy with Chick Corea
Judith Jamison: Alternative Routes “Legacies & Legends”
TD James Moody Jazz Festival at NJPAC
NJPAC Backstage with Dupré “DoItAll” Kelly
On the front lines: Understanding the present and the future of the Coronavirus
Xian Zhang’s Romeo and Juliet
Bill T. Jones: Alternative Routes “Legacies & Legends”
Poetry State
NJPAC Backstage with R&B superstar Angela Johnson
The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund: Saving Lives, Advancing Solutions
Philip Glass: : Alternative Routes “Legacies & Legends”
From home offices to headquarters: How the pandemic will change the way we work
Jazz in the Key of Ellison at NJPAC
Jersey (New) Moves! at NJPAC
Xian Zhang’s Romeo and Juliet
Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
A Breath of Fresh Air: Healing Through The Arts Series with Danielle Scott
A Breath of Fresh Air: Healing Through The Arts Series with Linda Epps and Jasmine Mans
A Breath of Fresh Air: Healing Through The Arts Series with Kween Moore and Bimpe Fageyinbo
Poetry State
Trilogy’s New Opera: FIVE
Fall in Love with Music Episode 1 – Our Musical Focus
Fall in Love with Music Episode 2 – Why Aren’t We Listening?
Fall in Love with Music Episode 3 – Is This Music?
Bach to the Future
Fall in Love with Music Episode 4 – The Elements Of Music
Fall in Love with Music Episode 5 – How Listening Affects Us
Fall in Love with Music Episode 6 – Paragraphs Without Words
Discover Beethoven’s 5th
Fall in Love with Music Episode 7 – Leave It to Beethoven!
Fall in Love with Music Episode 8 – Putting It All Together

Take a deep breath! Newark Yoga Movement is going online with free pre-recorded classes on YouTube.

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Michael Feinstein reveals how popular music shaped the style of America for more than a century.

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Keep Dancing with Ailey! Ailey Extension brings live online dance classes daily to the masses!

Keep Dancing
Poetry State
More from “Newark is Burning!”
Tunes on Tuesday: Jazz Masters In Conversation Live – June 8
Trilogy with Chick Corea
Savion Glover’s BRiNG TiME BaCK @ NJPAC
TD James Moody Jazz Festival at NJPAC
Xian Zhang’s Romeo and Juliet
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Second Home
Jazz in the Key of Ellison at NJPAC

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