Our Newark Futures: Black and Asian Cross Convergences, Music in New Jersey

Live music, dinner, and oral history with Pheeroan akLaff, Peter Lin, and Caylen Bryant at the Newark Public Library. RSVP required.
About this Event

Join us for a special holiday edition of Our Newark Futures, a series of community gatherings.

An evening of music, conversation, and dinner exploring the connections between Black and Asian communities in New Jersey and beyond.

What to expect

• Live performance by New Jersey musicians, composers, and ensemble leaders Pheeroan akLaff and Peter Lin, joined by bassist Caylen Bryant
• A talk on the New Jersey Oral History project from Rutgers historian Nicole Burrowes, part of her collaboration with the University of Nottingham in England, which brings out voices of cross-community relations in New Jersey and the UK
• Dinner is served

Who’s featured

• Pheeroan akLaff is a major voice in New Jersey jazz and founder of the non-profit Seed Artists. He has built music series in New Jersey and New York and collaborated extensively with musicians in Asia.
• Peter Lin organizes the Asian American Jazz Festival in Newark and leads the Catbus Collective and the Asian American Jazz Collective. He also works abroad in Taiwan.
• Nicole Burrowes is a Rutgers University historian who will share her oral history project and invite others working across communities to join.

Calling all cross-community collaborators: If you work across Black and Asian communities, come meet Dr. Burrowes and learn how to get involved.

Please RSVP to reserve your seat and dinner.