Community Calendar

The Murphy Writing Center and the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University present a free community program each month, World Above: Poetry Open Mic to Stockton University’s Noyes Arts Garage (2200 Fairmount Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401). This monthly program is hosted by multidisciplinary artist, content creator, and educator, Dimitri Reyes.

February’s featured poet is Lennox Warner.

For those attending virtually, there will be a synchronous livestream of the reading so that people can tune-in if they are not able or comfortable attending in-person events. Join online via Zoom (https://stockton.zoom.us/j/95192100891?pwd=c0had1pIVkFjMVJwZ2VHYmwwaVdSUT09).

Questions about this series can be forwarded to worldabovereading@gmail.com.

Please invite your friends to this event, join and share it on Facebook and social media! Follow @worldabovepoetry for updates.

Mosaic Youth Chorus (MYC) announces the launch of Troubadours, a new non-auditioned 12 week program serving children in grades 4, 5, and 6. Troubadours will provide instruction in vocal technique, musicianship, ensemble skills, and leadership. MYC provides a nurturing environment where every young person can thrive and express their authentic artistic selves. We focus on giving youth voice and addressing topics of importance to young people. Troubadours provides foundational instruction to start young singers on this journey.
Mosaic Youth Chorus website, http://mosaicyouthchorus.org.

Experiential Orchestra (EXO) presents Silence and Sound: Arvo Pärt’s Music for Strings at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in St. James Chapel, joining the worldwide celebration of the iconic Estonian composer’s 90th birthday season. This season, EXO invites listeners to explore the unique acoustics of the largest chapel of the Cathedral, where each note will reflect and reverberate – a meditation in stone, wood, and silence, as well as sound and space.

Music Director James Blachly has carefully curated this program of music for strings and percussion, which includes some of Pärt’s most beloved works – Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Vater Unser – as well as the US premieres of Arvo Pärt’s Sequentia and Orient & Occident. Pärt composed Sequentia in 2014 for the production Adam’s Passion and dedicated the work to Robert Wilson. Orient & Occident was composed in 2000, and is based on the text of Credo, the Nicene Creed in the Church Slavonic language – one of the few religious texts that are the same in the Western and Eastern Church. The program will also include Pärt’s Für Lennart in memoriam, Psalom, Silouan’s Song, and Da pacem Domine.

The GRAMMY®-winning Experiential Orchestra (EXO) brings audiences close to the music by engaging listeners through imaginative, immersive, and interactive concert experiences. Founded by Music Director James Blachly in 2009, EXO’s performances and recordings have been described as “strikingly persuasive” by the San Francisco Chronicle and “immaculate” by Musical America, and have been praised for having “luscious tone and poise” by Classics Today.

Live Jazz Concert, Award Program and International Food Crawl

Experiential Orchestra (EXO) presents Silence and Sound: Arvo Pärt’s Music for Strings at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in St. James Chapel, joining the worldwide celebration of the iconic Estonian composer’s 90th birthday season. This season, EXO invites listeners to explore the unique acoustics of the largest chapel of the Cathedral, where each note will reflect and reverberate – a meditation in stone, wood, and silence, as well as sound and space.

Music Director James Blachly has carefully curated this program of music for strings and percussion, which includes some of Pärt’s most beloved works – Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Vater Unser – as well as the US premieres of Arvo Pärt’s Sequentia and Orient & Occident. Pärt composed Sequentia in 2014 for the production Adam’s Passion and dedicated the work to Robert Wilson. Orient & Occident was composed in 2000, and is based on the text of Credo, the Nicene Creed in the Church Slavonic language – one of the few religious texts that are the same in the Western and Eastern Church. The program will also include Pärt’s Für Lennart in memoriam, Psalom, Silouan’s Song, and Da pacem Domine.

The GRAMMY®-winning Experiential Orchestra (EXO) brings audiences close to the music by engaging listeners through imaginative, immersive, and interactive concert experiences. Founded by Music Director James Blachly in 2009, EXO’s performances and recordings have been described as “strikingly persuasive” by the San Francisco Chronicle and “immaculate” by Musical America, and have been praised for having “luscious tone and poise” by Classics Today.

Join Dr. Ruth Ochs and the Princeton University Sinfonia on Friday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium for A Night at the Opera, an evening of excerpts from operas by Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Sullivan, and Mascagni featuring the Princeton Opera Company.

The concert will also include Verdi’s Overture to Nabucco and Charlie Ku ’26, performing Beethoven’s mighty “Emperor” Piano Concerto, #5. The University Clarinet Ensemble (Jo-Ann Sternberg, director) will also perform. The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $16 general admission/$6 students and are available online at tickets.princeton.edu and at the door. For more information call 609-258-4241 or visit https://music.princeton.edu/events/2026/princeton-university-sinfonia-presents-night-opera.

Four hilarious, self-absorbed and fading Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. $26/$24 PG13

"The PROM is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036 www.theatricalrights.com."

Fri. Feb. 13 & 20 at 8pm                             
Sat. Feb. 14 at 8pm
Sat. Feb. 21 at 2pm                                                                                                            
Sun. Feb. 15 & 22 at 2pm

TOMS RIVER – Enjoy musical entertainment and great food during “Black History Month Celebration with NAACP and Dave Revels” from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, February 21 at the Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library.

Dave Revels is a veteran singer, producer, and songwriter known for his work with legendary groups like the Drifters and as lead singer/producer for the Persuasions. He also created the popular Motown tribute show Shadows of the 60s, blending decades of soul, R&B, and classic hits with his own compositions. Revels has worked across genres and toured globally.

There will also be food tasting featuring food provided by NAACP members. Food may contain potential allergens.

This annual program is generously sponsored by the Toms River Area NAACP and the Friends of the Ocean County Library – Toms River.

Registration is required for this free program. To register, visit tinyurl.com/TomsRiverBHM, call 732-349-6200, or visit the branch at 101 Washington Street.

Experiential Orchestra (EXO) presents Silence and Sound: Arvo Pärt’s Music for Strings at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in St. James Chapel, joining the worldwide celebration of the iconic Estonian composer’s 90th birthday season. This season, EXO invites listeners to explore the unique acoustics of the largest chapel of the Cathedral, where each note will reflect and reverberate – a meditation in stone, wood, and silence, as well as sound and space.

Music Director James Blachly has carefully curated this program of music for strings and percussion, which includes some of Pärt’s most beloved works – Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten and Vater Unser – as well as the US premieres of Arvo Pärt’s Sequentia and Orient & Occident. Pärt composed Sequentia in 2014 for the production Adam’s Passion and dedicated the work to Robert Wilson. Orient & Occident was composed in 2000, and is based on the text of Credo, the Nicene Creed in the Church Slavonic language – one of the few religious texts that are the same in the Western and Eastern Church. The program will also include Pärt’s Für Lennart in memoriam, Psalom, Silouan’s Song, and Da pacem Domine.

The GRAMMY®-winning Experiential Orchestra (EXO) brings audiences close to the music by engaging listeners through imaginative, immersive, and interactive concert experiences. Founded by Music Director James Blachly in 2009, EXO’s performances and recordings have been described as “strikingly persuasive” by the San Francisco Chronicle and “immaculate” by Musical America, and have been praised for having “luscious tone and poise” by Classics Today.