The Local Colors Festival, somewhat scaled down but with food vendors present, resume in-person festivities on May 15.
The Local Colors Festival, a prized Roanoke tradition that celebrates the valleyâs cultural diversity, will take place in person May 15 at Riverâs Edge Park North.
The free event will celebrate 30 years of showcasing Roanokeâs immigrant heritage. The very first festival, called Local Color, took place in 1991 and featured four countries. In the years that followed, under the leadership of Pearl Fu, Local Colors grew to an immense annual gathering that represents more than 50 nationalities and regularly attracts more than 20,000 people.
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“We realized we we’re going to need to put the sound system into use,” Buck said. “And so we were talking about mics, and having to look at rentals, because we didn’t have enough. Then we realized because they have to put masks on backstage to be safe when they’re not on stage, we were going to have a lot of noise interference if their mics were on their cheeks because the masks were going to be going on and off.”
And so we decided we have to put them in their hairline, which, of course, means – you can’t touch your face, you can’t touch your face, you can’t gesture near your head, because we get that excess noise.”
Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (May 5, 2021)
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Several live, on-location musical events will feature women artists this Mother’s Day weekend:
♦ South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange is bringing its stage back to life on Friday, May 7, with a concert by singer-songwriter and New Jersey native Dana Fuchs. The show will be limited to 100 audience members in the theater, but also will be streamed live online.
♦ Broadway veteran Kelli Rabke will premiere her new cabaret show, “Tiny Giants Petite Powerhouses from Garland to Gaga,” at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown with performances 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8. As indicated by its title, the show will pay tribute to “small-in-stature” women vocalists, including Edith Piaf, Bette Midler, Stevie Nicks, the singers whose names are incorporated in the show’s title, and others. (Rabke,
Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (April 28, 2021)
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♦ The Summit-based New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble will mount its 52nd anniversary performance of “¡Ballie di Primavera! The Dances of Spring” online 7 p.m. Sunday, May 2.
The program will feature NJDTE pre-professional dancers ages 10-18 and include works by; Christopher Bloom of Ballet Hispánico, excerpts of “Don Quixote” and “Paquita” staged by the ensemble’s rehearsal director Alexandra Gonzalez, “Parallel” staged by artistic director Nancy Turano, and Paul Taylor’s “Cloven Kingdom”, staged by 20-year Paul Taylor veteran Michelle Fleet.
Tickets are $40 per viewing device. For information email info@njdte.org, phone 908-273-5500 or visit njdte.org.
What’s happening in the Central Jersey area this weekend and beyond (April 23-29)
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Here is a small sample of area happenings some in-person, others online you may want to check out in the coming days.
The Street Beat Brass Band will perform a free outdoor concert in partnership with McCarter Theatre, 6 p.m. April 25, on the Palmer Square Green, Palmer Square off Nassau Street in Princeton.palmersquare.com
Art/Museums
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TRENTON “Greyscale Economics,” in-person and virtual exhibit reception for show of imagery and data about the nontraditional economy with artist Brass Rabbit and the Greyscale Economics Project,, 4-8 p.m., The Gallery at the James Kerney Campus, Mercer County Community College, Trenton Hall Annex, 137 N. Broad St. Registration required for in-person attendance. jkcgallery.online, 609-610-3425.