ART EXHIBITS
Virtual portfolio and presentation exhibit, County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Road Randolph. The exhibit includes the work of both fine arts and design students at the college. To view, visit www.ccm.edu/fall-art/.
Threads of Consciousness: The Tapestries of Jon Eric Riis, through May 2, 2021, Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown. Riis is celebrated for his intricately handwoven, representational textiles that strike a balance between social commentary and virtuoso craftsmanship. Dating from 2000-2020, the 58 works on view will include large mythological tapestry panels, Riis’s signature coat and robe archetypal forms, and experimental anatomical tapestry strips, making this the largest presentation of the artist’s work in the U.S. and his first solo museum exhibition in the Northeast. For more information, visit https://morrismuseum.org/events/threads-of-consciousness-the-tapestries-of-jon-eric-riis/
Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Dec. 30, 2020)
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
First Night Morris County, for one, was planning to celebrate its 29th year of offering an alternate “alcohol-free and substance-free celebration of arts and culture” with live events throughout downtown Morristown on New Year’s Eve.
Instead, it will aim its efforts toward the internet with “First Night Reimagined,” a virtual celebration beginning 5:40 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 31, with more than 40 streamed and on-demand programs by 21 acts.
Passes start at $15 and will provide access to all the events as they’re posted and on-demand through Jan. 3. The lineup even will include “virtual fireworks” at 9 and 11:50 p.m. tomorrow.
Meteors
The Coma Berenicids, running now through Saturday, Jan. 23, are the first shower of the year but they are guaranteed to be superseded by what will probably be the best shower of January, if not the year: the Quantarids, a.k.a. as the Bootids, from Friday, Jan. 1 to Tuesday, Jan. 5, peaking on Sunday, Jan. 3 at 120 per hour. The catch is that this is under a nearly full or full moon.
Two other showers also start on Friday, Jan. 1, the Gamma Velids, lasting until Friday, Jan. 15, with a peak of 2 per hour on Tuesday, Jan. 5. and the Delta Cancrids lasting until Sunday, Jan. 31, peaking Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 per hour.
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The Arts Council of Princeton Welcomes Sarah Rasmussen for In Conversation with Timothy M. Andrews
(PRINCETON, NJ) The Arts Council of Princeton welcomes Sarah Rasmussen,
McCarter Theatre s Artistic Director, for a virtual conversation with Timothy M. Andrews, art collector and major supporter of the Arts Council of Princeton’s Artist-in-Residence program on Tuesday, January 5 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm.
Tune in to learn about Sarah Rasmussen’s background, writing, art practice, and vision for McCarter during this pivotal time for the arts in Princeton. Free registration at artscouncilofprinceton.com
Sarah Rasmussen started her first theater company at 14 in her hometown of Sisseton, South Dakota, after seeing a production of Shakespeare’s