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  • Agraj Seva Kendra
    Agraj Seva Kendra
    Cultural Resource;  Festival / Market: Special Events;  Film / Video: Talent;  Fine Arts: Arts Council / Alliance;  History / Preservation;  Performing Arts
    The mission of Agraj Seva Kendra is to preserve and promote Asian Indian culture and traditions and to promote diversity among individuals. Since the formation in 2006, through education, art and cultural activities, we promote understanding and appreciation of Indian culture and traditions. We are recipients of Arts Grant from the Middlesex County Office of Culture and Heritage for the past seven years consecutively. We also receive history grant and Gateway to Arts (Theatre) Grant from the County. With grants from the county, matching grants from corporations and generous donations from businesses we conduct various events in the townships of East Brunswick, North Brunswick, Monroe and various other neighboring towns showcasing the talents of youth and developing a sense of volunteerism, community service and leadership. Agraj is a registered Not for Profit organization 501 (c)(3) approved.
  • Holy Family Parish
    Holy Family Parish
    Association / Club / Group / Guild: Advocacy, Education, Kids / Family, Lectures, Multi-Discipline, Nonprofit, Other, Recreation, Senior Services, Workshops;  Cultural Resource;  Festival / Market: Food / Drink, Special Events;  Fine Arts: Folk Arts;  Performing Arts: Dance, Music, Theatre
  • Main Street Highland Park
    Main Street Highland Park
    Association / Club / Group / Guild: Nonprofit;  Cultural Resource;  Festival / Market: Food / Drink, Special Events;  Fine Arts: Arts Council / Alliance;  History / Preservation: Historical Society;  Museum: Arts Resource;  Performing Arts: Dance, Music, Theatre
    Founded in 2001, Main Street Highland Park (MSHP) is a non profit community development and downtown revitalization organization that acts as advocate, supporter, and promoter of Highland Park’s downtown. MSHP’s programs and events improve the image of Highland Park, focusing on its commercial assets, visual appeal, cultural appeal, safety, and prime geographic location — within walking distance of Rutgers University and the New Brunswick train station — as a destination for business, shopping, dining, the arts, living, and fun. As part of that strategy, MSHP organizes many events throughout the year that bring people downtown and add vibrancy and vitality to the downtown. The arts play a crucially important role in our work throughout the year. Arts in the Park is the biggest event we do all year, and it’s completely focused on the arts. This annual arts street festival and juried art show and window art walk showcases downtown Highland Park as a vital center for the arts in our region. Highland Park has a long reputation as an artistic community, with many artists making their homes here. The town has a thriving arts community and is considered by many to be an artistic hub in Middlesex County. The arts scene is one a vitally important piece of the town’s commercial and cultural engine. Main Street Highland Park’s “Arts in the Park” festival and celebration of all things artistic, is a street festival, juried art show, and arts sale. It draws thousands of festival-goers who stroll through town and enjoy artistic offerings from hundreds of artists; live music, dance, spoken word, and drama performances; food from local restaurants; children’s arts activities including a chalk art zone and a Youth Art Show; booths from local nonprofits and government entities; and more.
  • Middlesex County The Folklife Program for New Jersey
    Middlesex County The Folklife Program for New Jersey
    Cultural Resource;  Festival / Market: Special Events;  Fine Arts: Arts Council / Alliance, Decorative Arts, Folk Arts, Visual Arts;  Performing Arts: Dance, Music
    The Folklife Program for New Jersey, a project of the Division of Arts & History, identifies, preserves and broadens the appreciation of folk arts and traditions and offers performances, workshops, storytelling, exhibits and more: Middlesex County’s Folklife Program for New Jersey  is one of five Folklife Centers in the State and the only one in New Jersey to be designated as a Local Legacy by the United States Congress. The Folklife Program of New Jersey identifies, preserves and broadens the appreciation of folk arts and traditions expressed by community, and encourages public involvement through cross-cultural exchange, interactive participation and development of educational materials. Folk arts are shared expressions and ceremonies that form culturally specific traditions and can include crafts, music, dance, and even foodways! They can be defined by occupation, geographic region, language or religious practices and are passed down from generation to generation or through a specific community. The Folklife Program offers public events, interactive workshops, storytelling, exhibits, and residencies in the schools. It uniquely addresses and serves populations and artists from the ever-changing demographics of our region.
  • New Brunswick Jazz Project
    New Brunswick Jazz Project
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    New Brunswick Jazz Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting world class jazz performances in downtown New Brunswick & other Central Jersey venues. Since its inception in 2010 NBJP has gone from presenting two jazz performances a month, to offering FREE year around shows, four nights every week. The Jazz Project has successfully fostered a supportive environment for regular live jazz performance in New Brunswick and has presented more than 700 events featuring over 1000 acclaimed national and international jazz leaders, sidemen and special guests, including among many others: Arturo O’Farrill, John Lee, Ed Cherry, Dave Stryker, Akiko Tsuruga, Roseanna Vitro, Mimi Jones, Jerry Weldon, Rudy Royston, Virginia Mayhew, Luis Perdomo, Dezron Douglas, Joe Magnarelli, Ralph Peterson, Steve Williams, Kenny Davis, Tia Fuller, Orrin Evans, Jared Gold, Tim Ries, Victor Lewis, Conrad Herwig, and Ravi Coltrane. NBJP has also developed supportive, wide-reaching relationships with musicians who understand that the Project’s mission is to keep the only original American art form, jazz a vital part of the places where it began—in local communities. “Jazz shouldn’t only be found in New York, New Orleans and Kansas City or at annual festivals. The music should be everywhere–all the time.” New Brunswick is ranked #6 on a list from Movoto.com of the 10 Most Exciting Small Cities in America with live music being cited as one of the deciding factors. In 2013, The New Brunswick Jazz Project collaborated with the five year old Somerville Jazz Festival to form two day The Central Jersey Jazz Festival. In 2014, the Festival, which takes place the second weekend in September added the township of Flemington and now the three day, three city, FREE musical event draws approximately 12,000 jazz lovers to the region. NBJP also regularly partners with the New Brunswick Public Schools and the Hub Teen Center to provide after-school enrichment programming in the form of jazz performances with student participation and talk backs. Mike, Virginia, Jimmy New Brunswick Jazz Project founders Jimmy Lenihan, Virginia DeBerry and Michael Tublin are longtime friends who wanted to add to the cultural offerings in their already arts rich community. NBJP has created a real jazz scene and now brings guests from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania to the New Brunswick area multiple nights each week to enjoy this quintessential, uniquely American music. The New Brunswick Jazz Project is a recognized tax exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  • South Amboy Arts/Media and Performance Collective
    South Amboy Arts/Media and Performance Collective
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    South Amboy Arts/Media and Performance Collective
  • South Amboy Saint Patrick's Day Parade Committee
    South Amboy Saint Patrick's Day Parade Committee
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    South Amboy Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Committee
  • Teh Feeling Messengers by Miguel Valdes
    Teh Feeling Messengers by Miguel Valdes
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                             The Feeling Messengers                                                  Miguel ( Miguelo) Valdes                                                    Band Leader                                  61 Linden St Apt A6  Hackensack, NJ, 07601            Cell phone number: (201)658-0986/ (201)552-0391 miguelovaldes.mva@gmail.com/ marianglop69@hotmail.com Overview THE FEELING MESSENGERS DESCRIPTION  Miguel (Miguelo) Valdes the Afro-Cuban musician and band leader has assembled a talented group of professional Latin artists dedicated to preserving authentic Cuban music. Their performances are jam-packed with rhythms that reflect the Boleros, Rumbas, Guarachas and Cuban music from the 1940s. The Feeling Messengers is noted throughout New York City and New Jersey for combining contemporary traditional jazz and bossanova with the traditional Cuban Son that takes the audience into a feeling of nostalgia, love, longing and happiness all through their music. The Feeling Messengers bridges generations and understanding of the important history music has played in breaking down barriers of misunderstanding. Through music we can touch the hearts, minds, bodies and soul through the heartbeat of good Cuban music. Previously our name was The Feeling Collective Band but know we changed it to The Feeling Messengers because that’s what we are: Messengers of Feeling. Goals Recording a CDs. Participate in different presentations and festivals, theaters and clubs around the world. Get awards that can make our career. Reach the hearts and minds of people who likes this musical genre feeling. Specifications  8 Microphones 2 Bass and guitar amplifiers 5 Monitors 2 Congas 1 Bongo with stand 1 Cajon 2 Stand of cymbals Milestones  Harlem-Havana Festival, Harlem Hospital, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Gracie Mansion, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Inter-church Center, Saint Peter’s Church, Zinc Bar, Jazz Standard, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Jazz Mobile Jammin on The Hudson, Harlem Jazz & Music Festival, The Harlem Summer Stage, New York, NYC. NJ PAC, Newark, Perth Amboy Waterfrom Art Festival, William Musto Cultural Center, Union City, NJ The NCPA International Jazz Festival in Mumbai, The Piano Man Jazz Club in Delhi, Kolkata Jazz Festival, Kolkata, India Different clubs and restaurants, NJ, NYC, India      
  • The Barron Arts Center
    The Barron Arts Center
    Association / Club / Group / Guild: Education, Kids / Family, Lectures, Recreation;  Cultural Resource;  Festival / Market: Special Events;  Fine Arts: Arts Council / Alliance, Fine Crafts, Folk Arts, Visual Arts;  History / Preservation: Historical Society;  Museum: Art Gallery, Arts Resource, Exhibitions;  Performing Arts: Dance, Music, Theatre;  Publishing / Printing: Literature / Poetry
    The Barron Arts Center has been housed in the former Barron Library since 1977, when the library operation moved to a new building. The handsome brownstone was constructed in 1877 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and its construction was funded by a bequest from township native Thomas Barron. In addition to its decorative exterior, the interior exhibits decorative tiles, and exposed vaulted ceilings and ornamental stained glass windows. The center hosts exhibits, concerts, and classes for 3,000 participants annually.
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