Newark

Conan O'Brien Can't Fly Out of Newark Airport

Cheryl Phillips — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:04:05 -0500

Mayor Cory Booker responds to a joke made on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien with one of his own. Looks like Mayor Booker is getting in on a great public relations attempt with The Tonight Show jokester.

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Conan O'Brien Banned from Newark Airport

Cheryl Phillips — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:57:25 -0500

Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show host who was just in the news a few weeks ago, has been barred from using Newark Airport after he insulted the city in a joke on his show. "The Tonight Show" host made a crack about New Jersey's largest city last week and the mayor was not pleased and he's broadcasting his opposition to O'Brien's comment on YouTube.

Join Beaded Prayers At Newark Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:35:34 -0500

Members of greater Newark’s cultural, philanthropic and civic communities have been invited to a workshop-luncheon at The Newark Museum during which they will create individual “beaded prayers” — sealed packets containing personal wishes, hopes, dreams and prayers — to be added to the international collaborative artwork Beaded Blessings.

Newark Museum Presents Bug-Mania 3

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:09:05 -0500

Bug-Mania 3, an "insect-acular" day of family fun and science education is on tap at The Newark Museum, Saturday, June 14, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Newark Museum Presents Master Classes

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:46:03 -0500

The Newark Museum and WBGO-Jazz 88 will offer free master classes for aspiring jazz musicians, age 13 and older, on June 19 with saxophonist David Murray and July 17 with percussionist Bobby Sanabria, following their performances at The Museum’s Jazz in the Garden Summer Concert Series performances. The free classes are supported, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

Women’s Tales: Four Leading Israeli Jewelers

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:43:27 -0500

The Newark Museum celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Israel statehood with the acclaimed international exhibition WOMEN’S TALES: Four Leading Israeli Jewelers. Running through June 25, the Museum provides the final opportunity to view the exhibition in the United States. Following Newark, the exhibition moves to Europe before completing its tour at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, during 2009-2010.

Now Is Then: Snapshots From Maresca Collection

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:04:31 -0600

With the press of a button, a picture is taken. In an instant, now becomes then. In the decades preceding the advent of Polaroids and digital photography, picture-taking was a thrilling and nerve-racking event.

Glass Beads Of Ghana Presented At Newark Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:59:19 -0600

Southern Ghana is home to sub-Saharan Africa's most dynamic and enduring glass bead-making tradition. For over 400 years, Ghanaian bead artists have been producing powder-glass beads Woman Dressed for Dipo Ceremonyfrom recycled glass to meet local demands of fashion and customary practice.

Snapshots From Maresca Collection At Newark Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:25:55 -0600

Nearly 200 photographic images from the 1920s through the 1960s – the golden age of snapshot photography – are featured in an imaginative exhibition entitled Now is Then: Snapshots from the Maresca Collection to be open at The Newark Museum through May 11, 2008.

Newark Museum Exhibits Digital Snapshots

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:15:54 -0600

The Newark Museum is mounting a unique exhibition exploring the phenomenon of the snapshot and wants to include your favorite snapshots in it.

Glass Beads Of Ghana Opens At Newark Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:59:26 -0600

On January 30, 2008, The Newark Museum will open the first museum exhibition to focus on glass beads from Ghana, the most dynamic and enduring bead-making tradition in sub-Saharan Africa. For over four hundred years, Ghanaian artists have been producing beads from imported recycled glass to meet local demands of fashion and customary practice.

Celebrate Christmas At Newark Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:13:20 -0600

The trappings and trimmings of a traditional Victorian holiday are re-created in the 1885 Ballantine House, a restored National Historic Landmark. The historically accurate installation, complete with period menus, annually offers the opportunity to step back in time to learn about nineteenth-century life and traditions, it will run through January 6, 2008.