These are just a few of the upcoming events on Rutgers' campuses. For more events, view the universitywide calendar. To add an event, click here. You will need a Rutgers NetID and password to add an event.
Lumzy Sisters to perform at gospel concert
The Voorhees Fund of Douglass College, under the leadership of Dean Carmen Twillie Ambar, sponsors this annual, free, public concert. Free parking will be available at the deck on Lipman Drive, with frequent shuttle service to Voorhees Chapel.The program is produced by Brother Arthur Thigpen of Friendship Christian Church in New Brunswick with Professor Angus Kress Gillespie of the Department of American Studies at Douglass College.
For more information, call 732-932-1630.
Documentary, discussion on Agent Orange and Vietnam at Zimmerli Art Museum
A free screening and reception for "The Last Ghost of War," a new television documentary about the ongoing legal battle by the alleged victims of Agent Orange, will take place at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 24, at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, College Avenue Campus. A discussion on issues surrounding the deadly herbicide used during the Vietnam War will follow the screening. The discussion will include Rutgers biochemistry Professor Peter Kahn and human ecology Professor George Morren, who both participated in the project. Newark English Professor H. Bruce Franklin also served as a consultant.
For more information about the event, contact Professor Morren at morren@aesop.rutgers.edu.
Camden celebrates Black History Month with free discussions on civil rights and hip hop
Rutgers–Camden will host events during Black History Month discussing issues of race and gender. Imani Perry, an associate professor at the School of Law–Camden, will discuss “Women of the Civil Rights Movement” at 12:15 p.m. Monday, February 26. Perry is the author of the book Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop and wrote the introduction and notes to the book “Narrative of the Life of Sojourner Truth.” Perry’s talk will take place in the faculty lounge on the third floor of Armitage Hall, on the Camden Campus.
Filmmaker Byron Hurt will discuss his documentary Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, February 28. Shown at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and broadcast on PBS this year, Beyond Beats and Rhymes features interviews with famous rappers such as Mos Def and Busta Rhymes on representations of gender roles in rap. A former quarterback for Northwestern University, Hurt has worked with college athletes to combat violence against women in the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program. He is also the creator and producer of “I AM A MAN: Black Masculinity in America,” an award-winning documentary on racism and sexism in America. Hurt’s lecture will take place in the Multipurpose Room in the Campus Center.
Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 856-225-6161.
SAY IT LOUD …
Rutgers analyzes the civil rights, black power movements with protestors from the 1960s
A civil rights symposium, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times/The Black Freedom Movement, 1960s to the Present, will take place Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. in Trayes Hall at the Douglass College Center, 100 George St., New Brunswick. Activists who were engaged in public protests and political
movements of the 1960s and experts on the black civil rights movement will speak, as well as former members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee.
Panelists include: Courtland Cox, a former SNCC member and champion for economic
development and equality for minority business; Zenzele Isoke, professor of women and gender studies at Rutgers and organizer of the 2004 Hip-Hop Convention; and Judy Richardson, a former SNCC member and a producer for Eyes on the
Prize, a documentary that chronicles the civil rights
and black power movements with original video footage
The event, hosted by the
Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes, is free and open to
the public.
Rutgers Theater Company presents Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play poses complex questions about faith, morality, and what it is to be human. When he was a child, Angel Cruz believed that Jesus hopped the 'A' train to save his life. Now, he is in 23-hour lockdown on Rikers Island, awaiting trial for shooting and accidentally killing a religious cult leader who got a grip on his best friend. His fellow inmate is a serial killer on death row who has found Christianity. “It’s a world we’re not normally privy to,” said Eric Ruffin, director of the Rutgers Theater Company production. “To walk with a serial killer and his logic, to hear from the often voiceless corrections officers, to know the inner mechanics of a judicial system … these are titillating experiences for the rest of us.”
The Rutgers Theater Company is the resident company of student actors, designers, directors, playwrights, stage managers, and technicians whose work is guided by master teachers and accomplished professionals. Tickets are $25 for the general public; $20 for Rutgers alumni, employees, and seniors; and $15 for students with valid ID. For more information, click here or call the ticket office at 732-932-7511.
These are just a few of the upcoming events on Rutgers' campuses. For more events, view the universitywide calendar. To add an event, click here. You will need a Rutgers NetID and password to add an event.