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Winter Newsletter 2020 Culture&Heritage Volume 6 | Number 1 | Winter 2020 News Update Brothers on Broadway featuring Baritone Keith Spencer at Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey 7:30 p.m., pays homage to the concert works and musi- cal theatre performances of CALENDAR OF EVENTS artists such as Paul Robeson, Ben Vereen, Sammy Davis, Check out the many things Jr., Gregory Hines, Brian to see and do in Mercer Stokes Mitchell, and many County. other notable artists. This Pages 4-6 concert experience com- memorating Black History COUNTY EXECUTIVE Month includes well-known selections from shows such A letter from Mercer as Porgy and Bess, Ragtime, County Executive Brian Pippin, The Phantom of M. Hughes. the Opera, Hamilton, and Page 3 more. Since its inception, Brothers on Broadway has MERCER'S HISTORY Nationally-recognized bari- clamoring for more. With continued to rise to critical tone vocalist Keith Spencer a showman's fl air, Keith acclaim. Now, for the fi rst Learn about local people presents his tour de force leads us on a show-stop- time, Brothers on Broadway and places. will be presented as a full or- musical showcase, Brothers ping musical journey from Page 7 on Broadway, in partnership humble refl ections of black chestral experience courtesy of the Capital Philharmonic with the Capital Philhar- minstrelsy through the un- OPPORTUNITIES monic of New Jersey. This deniable progress aff orded of New Jersey and Maestro Daniel Spalding. one-man celebratory tribute African Americans through For artists, historians, and to Broadway’s African Amer- musical theatre. Brothers For more information or to related organizations. ican leading men has kept on Broadway, which will be get tickets, visit capitalphil- Page 6 audiences and critics alike performed February 22, at harmonic.org. Martin Koenig: Sound Portraits from Bulgaria On January 25, at 2:00 pm, pects of Bulgaria’s tradition- od 1966 – 1979, followed by the Lawrence Headquarters al village culture due to mod- a Q & A session. Branch of the Mercer Coun- ernization, globalization This program is co-spon- ty Library System will host a and emigration. In 1968, he sored by the Friends of the meeting with ethnographer co-founded and was a direc- Lawrence Library and the and cultural documentari- tor of the Balkan Arts Center Bulgarian Cultural Center an Martin Koenig. Between in New York City. of Pennsylvania, New Jer- 1966 and 1979, Mr. Koenig This meeting with him will sey and Delaware. Registra- made half a dozen trips to tell the story of this record- tion is suggested. For more Bulgaria and fi lmed, record- ing and will feature a fi lm information about the li- Photo by Martin Koenig Lazarki, ed, and photographed the on traditional Bulgarian brary’s programs, call 609- village of Bistritsa, Bulgaria, lively, yet endangered as- folk dancing from the peri- 883-8294. 1967. Reclaiming If These Quilts Could Talk, Workshop & Our Voice: Lectures at the Trenton City Museum New Jersey’s torical and community bonds. The members of both Central Role groups are experienced quil- ters and have quilted individ- in the Fight ually and together for many for Women’s years, bringing a wide range of styles to this exhibition. Suff rage In addition to the exhibition, If These Quilts Could Talk, Join popular historical inter- Ellarslie will off er work- preter and re-enactor Carol shops and lectures on quilt- Simon Levin in presenting ing and lectures on the histo- Women’s History Month ry and traditions of quilts in and the centennial of the the African American com- 19th Amendment to the munity. United States Constitution Carol, Mada, Linda and Diane with Midnight Star. • February 2: Under- (1920) giving men and wom- ground Railroad Quilts en the equal right to vote. The Trenton City Museum to April 19, 2020. There will lecture by Cassandra Stan- This program is scheduled at Ellarslie Mansion an- be an opening reception on cil Gunkel for March 26, 7 p.m. at the nounces a juried exhibition Sunday, January 19, from 2 • February 8: Improvisa- Mercer County Library, Law- of quilts by The Friendly to 4 p.m. as well as a closing tional Quilting workshop rence Headquarter Branch, Quilters of Bucks County reception and Quilters Walk led by Rose Miller (work- 2751 Brunswick Pike, Law- and the Sankofa Stitchers. and Talk: Sunday, April 19, shop will accommodate renceville. The program is Featuring nearly 30 quilts from 2 to 4 p.m. up to 15 participants; rain/ snow date Feb. 9) sponsored by the New Jersey across a range of sizes, styles, The Friendly Quilters and Council for the Humanities. and color schemes, the ex- Sankofa Stitchers work • February 16: Quilt Arts Registration is suggested. To hibition’s display of artistry, to keep the traditions of and Culture lecture by register or for more informa- creativity, and story-telling quilt-making alive by cre- Gail Mitchell tion please call 609-883-8294 will fi ll Ellarslie’s fi rst fl oor ating works of art that tell • March 7: Adinkra Stamp- or e-mail [email protected]. galleries from January 19 stories and strengthen his- ing workshop by Cassan- dra Stancil Gunkel • March 29: Improvisation- The Princeton Public Library to Host al Quilting workshop led by Mada Coles-Galloway Chinese New Year Celebration and Juandamaire Gikandi (workshop will accommodate Celebrate Chinese New martial arts performances up to 15 participants; rain/ snow date March 30) Year, the Year of the Rat, throughout the day. on February 8, at 1:30 p.m, The museum located in Presented in partnership Cadwalader Park, Trenton, at the Princeton Public with the Princeton High Library, 65 Witherspoon is open Wednesday - Satur- School’s Mandarin classes day from 12 to 4 p.m. and Street, Princeton. This and Chinese Club. event is geared toward Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Parking is available in the participants of all ages, This event is open to the park. There is no admission the celebration features a public and is FREE to charge, but donations are ap- traditional Chinese lion attend. preciated. dance, Chinese painting, For more information, calligraphy, music and please call the library For more information, visit paper cutting. There will at 609-924-9529 or visit ellarslie.org or call 609-989- also be origami stations and princetonlibrary.org 3632. - 2 - Trenton Dear Friends, Winter is upon us, and here in Mercer County we have an exciting array Artists of cultural experiences to carry us through the season. Workshop In this edition of our Culture & Heritage newsletter, you’ll fi nd a rich assortment of cultural events, displays, tours and crafts happening across the County this winter. Among them are the musical showcase “Brothers Presents on Broadway,” featuring baritone vocalist Keith Spencer and the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, at the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial; "Mummers a program celebrating Women’s History Month and the centennial of the 19th Amendment at the Lawrence Library; and a juried exhibition of quilts at the X 2" at Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie. Also featured is a story about the historic Ely-Norton Farm in East Windsor, best known for its most famous visitor, Trenton Clara Barton. Free Public Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and for a winter fi lled with new experiences. Library Sincerely, The Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA) will present the exhibition “Mummers X 2” at the Trenton Free Public parade, choosing instead to Taken during diff erent Library from January 11 focus on the staging areas eras, the photographs show through February 28. deep in South Philly, where changes in both the parade I felt like I was seeing the and in American society. A reception with the primal gut of the Beast." photographers is set for Grigsby’s 1980s black and Saturday, January 18, from 3 Aubrey, of Hamilton is white images capture a to 4:30 p.m. the arts editor of U.S. 1 time when the Mummers Newspaper and editor were only men of European “Mummers X 2” features of the monthly Trenton ancestry – many of whom 29 photographs of one of Downtowner. dressed and paraded as the oldest folk-art events “wenches.” in the United States, the A former arts and theater annual Mummers Parade in columnist for the Trenton Aubrey’s digital color pho- Philadelphia. Dan Aubrey, "Plummed Mummer" Times, Aubrey has also tographs shows the parade worked with nonprofi tchanging to include women, Held on New Year’s Day, spent the last 30 years of his professional theaters and men and women of Latino the Mummers Parade is career as a photo editor at coordinated art exhibitions and African backgrounds, rooted in ancient European the Philadelphia Inquirer. in New Jersey and New York and a gay brigade. customs and traditions that A graduate of the University City. The Trenton Free Public included exaggerated mime of Florida, he got his start in presentations. “I realized that at its heart Library is located at 120 photography while covering the Philadelphia Mummers Academy Street in Trenton. The two in the title are the war in South Vietnam as were following an ancient Hours are Mondays through two central New Jersey an Army Photographer. human impulse to resist Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., journalists united by Grigsby discovered the the darkness of winter and Friday and Saturdays, their interest in observing Mummers Parade in the and bring in new life with 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more in- and photographing the early to mid-1980s and says, bright colors, joyful sounds, formation on the library, call Mummers: Bryan Grigsby “It was love at fi rst sight.
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