The Princeton University Gospel Ensemble is a student-directed musical group, formed in 1983 to spread the Gospel through song.  Its repertoire includes traditional spirituals, church hymns, and contemporary gospel that reflect the variety of music that has developed in the black churches of America.  For additional information please access the choir's website or send email to puge@princeton.edu.

Princeton University Gospel Ensemble
http://www.princeton.edu/~puge/main.html
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Trenton Education Dance Institute

The Trenton Education Dance Institute is an affiliate program of the National Dance Institute (NDI).  NDI is a not-for-profit arts education organization founded in 1976 by Jacques d'Amboise. Through in-school partnerships, workshops, and public performances, NDI uses dance as a catalyst to engage children and motivate them towards excellence.  For additional information please contact:

Trenton Education Dance Institute
Dufftin Garcia, Artistic Director
Contact: Richard Bilotti at The Times
500 Perry Street
Trenton, NJ 08618
(609) 989 5434
Email: dufftingarcia@aol.com
http://www.nationaldance.org

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New Jersey State Museum

The New Jersey State Museum presents a full range of exhibitions in its four collection areas, including Archaeology/Ethnology, Cultural History, Fine Art, and Natural History. Collections are displayed thematically. Changing exhibitions are developed by State Museum staff or loaned to the Museum from outside sources, thus providing the public with new and exciting experiences throughout the year.  In 1998, the New Jersey State Museum published the catalogue, Art by African Americans in the Collection of the New Jersey State Museum with a foreword by noted art historian, collector and artist David C. Driskell. At that time, Professor Driskell noted, "In the late 1960s, the New Jersey State Museum embarked upon the task of adding to its growing American art collection a small selection of works by Americans of African ancestry. Since that time, the Museum has acquired more than 150 works by black artists from around the nation. This cultural effort has resulted in an important gift to the citizens of the state, one unmatched by any other state museum."  Since that time, the State Museum has continued to expand this wonderful collection, which now numbers nearly 170 objects including paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints and photography. Among the works include painting by Frank Bowling, Alma Thomas, Hale Woodruff, Benny Andrews, Rex Goreleigh and Hughie Lee-Smith; prints by Jacob Lawrence and Emma Amos; collages by Romare Bearden; photographs by Gordon Parks, Milton J. Hinton and Chuck Stewart; and sculpture by Mel Edwards and Selma Hortense Burke.  The museum is open Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4:45 pm; Saturday, 9 am to 4 pm; Closed Sunday and State Holidays. (Admission is free)

New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ
(609) 292-6308
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Patriots Theater at the Trenton War Memorial

Seating 1,807 persons in a setting of Italian Renaissance Revival splendor, the grand auditorium of the War Memorial, known as Patriots Theater has been a stage for world-class artists and entertainers, including American Ballet Theater, Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Bill Cosby, Duke Ellington, Patti LaBelle, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Bob Hope, B.B. King, the Kirov Ballet, Wynton Marsalis, Yehudi Menuhin, Paderewski, Sarah Vaughan, and Dave Brubeck. Part of the State of New Jersey's Capitol Complex, the War Memorial is located a short walk from the New Jersey State House (the nation's second oldest capitol building) and many other Trenton attractions.  Its goal is to present a broad range of cultural experiences for the communities it serves and to develop audiences for the future. Access the Patriots Theater full season of concerts and programs via their website at http://www.state.nj.us/state/divisions/memorial.

Trenton War Memorial
1 Memorial Drive
Trenton, NJ 
Box Office: 609-984-8400
Box Office Hours:  M-F 10 - 6;  Sat. 10 - 2 _____________________________________________________________________________

Princeton University Art Museum

The primary mission of the Princeton University Art Museum is to effectively support and enhance the University's goals of teaching, research, and service. The museum does this through the study, preservation, conservation, exhibition, and development of its collections. Through direct and sustained access to original works of art, and by collaborating with faculty, students, and staff from the Department of Art and Archaeology and many other disciplines, the museum contributes to the development of critical thinking and visual literacy at Princeton. As one of the richest cultural resources in the state of New Jersey, the museum also has a clear commitment to serve the local community, the region, and beyond. The museum encourages the public to benefit from its collections and exhibitions and to provide support for its principal activities through specific programs and outreach initiatives. Scholarly exhibitions, publications, symposia, and an active loan program extend the museum's reach to a national and international audience, assuring its continuing vitality and its active participation in the University's primary commitment to advance and impart knowledge. 

For additional information contact the museum at (609) 258-1860 of email lkiefer@princeton.edu
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, NJ 08544
www.princetonartmuseum.org
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Westminster Jubilee Singers

Westminster Jubilee Singers is a multicultural, multiracial and interdenominational choral ensemble composed of students from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J.  Its repertoire, while specialized and select, is very diverse.  Part of the college's sacred music department, the choir performs literature that includes African-American spirituals and folk songs; classical music by African-American composers; African chants and dances; gospel music and secular songs by musical greats such as William Dawson, Duke Ellington, Patti LaBelle, Walter Hawkins, Quincy Jones, Andre Crouch, Richard Smallwood, Kirk Franklin, Dr. Nathan Carter, Donald Dillard and more.  Also explored and performed are works by non-African-American composers, including George Gershwin, Alice Parker, Robert Shaw, Robert Page, Gail Poch, Steve Pilkington and others who have composed and/or arranged music of the African-American experience.

For additional information please call
(609) 921-7100, ext. 8111
Westminster College of the Arts
Rider University - Bristol Chapel
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540
JDDumpson@aol.com
http://www.rider.edu/888_7396.htm _____________________________________________________________________________

Princeton Capoeira


Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art form and ritual that encompasses (among many other things) elements of dance, ritual, self-defense, acrobatics  and self-expression. Developed over 400 years ago by African slaves who were brought to Brazil, it is quickly becoming one of the most fastest growing art forms around the world.

For additional information contact:
Princeton Capoeira
Princeton University - Dillon Gym
3 Dillon Gym
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
capoeira@princeton.edu, zumbi@zumbisenzala.org
http://www.princeton.edu/~capoeira/

Capoeira Video Techniques

http://www.ninjutsu.co.il/wiki/index.php/Category:Capoeira_techniques

Other Capoeira centers/academies within New Jersey include:

New Jersey Capoeira Arts Center
51 Bruen Street
Newark, NJ
(Ironbound District, 2 blocks from Newark Penn Station near Lafayette Street)
(973) 589-5726
admin@capoeiranj.com
http://www.capoeiranj.com

Rutgers Capoeira
411 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
capoeira@eden.rutgers.edu
http://capoeira.rutgers.edu

Oficina da Capoeira
814 Kossuth Street
Riverside, NJ 08075
(609) 577-9351
(856) 297-5051
claudionewjersey@hotmail.com
www.ofdacapoeira.com  

The Afro Brazilian Cultural Center of New Jersey
356 Bloomfield Ave
Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 744-4934
gaivota@abccnj.com
http://www.abccnj.com/index6(new).html 

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Passage Theatre 
 Passage Theatre is a showcase for many of today's most provocative playwrights, both emerging and established. As a key participant in the revitalization of urban Trenton, Passage Theatre presents outstanding plays that celebrate experiences common to all and transcend culture and race. The theatre supports education that enhance the lives and aspirations of Trenton's youth and families, and helps develop playwrights and other theatre artists through an extensive program of readings, workshops, and support groups. Passage's performances take place in the historic Mill Hill Playhouse, an intimate 120-seat theatre in the heart of downtown Trenton adjacent to the beautiful Mill Hill district.

For additional information, contact:
Passage Theatre
205 East Front Street

Trenton, NJ 08611
(609) 392-0766 - Box Office Phone

(609) 392-0318 Fax
http://www.passagetheatre.org
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McCarter Theatre

McCarter Theatre Center is recognized as one of this country's leading regional theaters, and is the only organization in the country that is both a professional producing theater and a major presenter of the performing arts.  With this identity comes a unique commitment to creating, developing and producing new work for the stage, reinvestigating classical theatrical repertoire, and bringing the best of the world's performing artists to Central New Jersey.  McCarter demonstrates an unwavering commitment to engaging, educating and cultivating a broad range of audiences, making the arts accessible to all people, and presenting an unparalleled variety of bold, stimulating, diverse and provocative programs across disciplines.  Access the theatre's website for a full listing of upcoming events and performances.

McCarter Theatre
91 University Place
Princeton NJ 08540
(Tickets) 609.258.2787 or 1.888.ARTSWEB
www.mccarter.org
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Mercer County Community College

Established in 1966, Mercer County Community College (MCCC) is a publicly supported comprehensive educational institution that provides opportunities for higher education through an open-door admission policy. Mercer also responds to a broad array of community needs, sponsoring programs and services for employers, continuing education and training for the workforce, academic enrichment for youth, and cultural opportunities for people in the region. It is in this spirit of community and cultural enrichment in which  MCCC's Gospel Ensemble was created. 

For additional information about the choir and upcoming performances, please contact:
West Windsor Campus
1200 Old Trenton Road
West Windsor, NJ 08550
(609) 586-4800
http://www.mccc.edu

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Mercer County Teen Arts

Teens of Mercer County are eligible to participate in a statewide multidisciplinary program in the fine and performing arts. Serving students and teachers in both public and private schools since 1969, the program encompasses activities in dance, theater, vocal music, instrumental music, film and video, photography, creative writing and the visual arts. For additional information regarding program events and participant applications please call (856) 858-0040 or the state Teen Arts office at (609) 397-0505.
http://teenarts.org
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County Arts Resource and Support Organization(s)

Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission
640 South Broad Street
P.O. Box 8068
Trenton, NJ 08650
(609) 278-2712
imargicin@mercercounty.org