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MONDAY, July 13

Jersey Skies 
Check out the latest stargazing and space news with our astronomy column on the Museum's Facebook page. This week we will take a closer look at Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system.

TUESDAY, July 13

Museum Trivia
Test your cultural knowledge in quarantine in this playful trivia game based on the Museum’s history and collection; available on Facebook and Instagram. 

SATURDAY, July 18

Community Day: Celebrating Pride

Dive into Pride with a whole day of virtual programs! We're partnering with various local organizations to present something that the whole family can enjoy. 

Community Days presented by

Additional support by The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

Host: Darryl Dwayne

Timeline of Events

• Drag Queen Story Hour with Harmonica Sunbeam, 10 am
  All kids and families are invited to get comfortable and join in as drag queen Harmonica Sunbeam does a theatrical reading of a children's classic. This session will be accessible on Zoom and Facebook Live. 
  
  Click here to register for the Zoom session
  
  
  
  Harmonica Sunbeam, The Comedy Queen has been delighting audiences at nightclubs, cabarets, fundraising events throughout the United States and abroad for over 29 years.  Miss Sunbeam has been featured in the NY Times and also interviewed for a now viral video on Buzzfeed.
   

• Panel: Let’s Talk About Sex - A Family-Friendly Discussion about Sex, Sexuality, and Gender, 11:30 am

  Moderator: Amanda Simpson, Administrative and Training Coordinator at Hetrick-Martin Institute: New Jersey

  Pull up a seat to this diverse panel discussion which will cover topics like gender identity, gender roles, gender expression, sexuality, sexual orientation, and consent. This open and welcoming forum is aimed at bringing all ages together to discuss and learn in a non-judgemental space. This session will be accessible on Zoom and Facebook Live. 
  
  Click here to register for the Zoom  session
  
     
  
  HMI is the largest and oldest youth facing organization for LGBTQ+ youth in the nation. In New Jersey their services include group and individual sessions for counseling and case management, the provision of basic needs, advocacy and training. 

• Video Drop: The Grammy Museum Experience™ Prudential Center - Behind the Songs, 1 pm
  Join us for the exclusive video drop of a conversation and performance with LGBTQ+ musical artists Wafia and Calvin Arsenia presented by the Grammy Museum Experience™ Prudential Center. The artists will discuss their creative process and the activism initiatives they are engaged in and how it connects with the LGBTQ+ community.
  
  The video will be posted on the Museum’s Facebook page  We’ll be hosting a live virtual watch party on Facebook to launch the video
  
           

• LGBTQ+ Rights Panel: Where Are We Going?, 2:30 pm
  =SPACE and The Newark Museum of Art present an all-star panel of leaders, changemakers, activists, and icons within this wonderfully diverse community to discuss our future. We will be delving into the hot-button topics that will have major effects on the trajectory of the safety and protection of the LGBTQ+ movement in America.
  
  Moderator:
  Citi Medina, Founder of =SPACE
  Panelists:
  Julio Ceasar Roman III, Director of Community & LGBTQ Programming, Project WOW LGBTQ Center & PRIDE Center of NWK, Speaker, Writer, Advocate & Human Connector
  Alonzo S. Blalock (Prince Derek Doll), Executive Board Member, Newark Pride, Inc.
  Tyra Gardner Ebony, Recruitment Specialist, Project Lo
  Czezre Adams, LGBTQ+ Rights Activist & Law Enforcement Officer 
  
  This session will be accessible on Zoom and Facebook Live.  Click here to register for the Zoom session.
  
      
   

• Video Drop: New Jersey Devils, 4 pm
  Learn more about the incredible journey of Eli, a transgender goaltender and big New Jersey Devils fan who believes Hockey is For Everyone. The feature is followed by a Q&A with Eli, his parents and Devils reporter Catherine Bogart.

  The video will be posted on the Museum’s Facebook page.  We’ll be hosting a live virtual watch party on Facebook to launch the video.
  
     
   

• Virtual Fashion Show with Marco Hall, 5 pm
  Feast your eyes on a showcase of stunning new looks and designs created by Newark’s own celebrity fashion designer Marco Hall, hear insights about his working process and get to know his story. This session will be accessible on Zoom and Facebook Live. 
  
  Click here to register for the Zoom session
  
  
   

• Happy Hour: Pride Edition + Afterparty with DJ Kenneth Kyrell, 6:30 pm
  Our favorite interactive drinking spot is here for a special Pride Edition! Pick up your ingredients from our partners at Cool Vines (discount code: NMOA2020) to create a bright and flavorful cocktail in celebration of Pride. Our mixologist Anna will show you how to put together the drink, and our host Darryl Dwayne will be joined by celebrity DJ Kenneth Kyrell for a sip and chat about Kyrell’s role in the music world. This session will be accessible on Zoom and Facebook Live. 

  Stay on for Pride Afterparty, with DJ Kenneth Kyrell.
  Let loose and close out the day with music curated and spun by the excellent DJ Kenneth Kyrell. This portion of the event will be available on Zoom only.
  
  Click here to register for the Zoom session
  
       
  
  Official Cocktail of Newark Pride: Newark Under the Rainbow

  Pick up the ingredients in a special bundle at CoolVines! Discount code: NMOA2020

  Ingredients
  Ice
  3/4 oz of fresh lemon juice
  1.5 oz of gin
  Rose cider
  3/4 oz of simple syrup
  Fruit garnish 

  
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MONDAY, July 20

Jersey Skies 
Check out the latest stargazing and space news with our astronomy column on the Museum's Facebook page. Saturn is at opposition this week, so it is in the sky all night and closest to Earth. We will show you how to view this planet and its amazing rings. 
 

TUESDAY, July 20

Ask an Astronomer: Galileo, Noon
Join us for “Ask an Astronomer” on Tuesday, July 21, at Noon. Our guest speaker this week is the famous Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei.  Galileo will be arriving from the 17th century to do a presentation on his most recent discoveries made using his newly devised telescope.  This session will be available on Zoom and Facebook Live.  
 
Click here to register for the Zoom session.
 

 

Museum Trivia
Test your cultural knowledge in quarantine in this playful trivia game based on the Museum’s history and collection; available on Facebook and Instagram. 

SATURDAY, July 25

Roundtable: Foraging, Farming, and Feeling: Multispecies Urban Care in the Post-COVID-19 Era, 3 pm
The global pandemic has raised the question of how we can fundamentally change the ways in which we look at plants. Join a conversation that brings together urban farmers, foragers, activists, and artists as we explore how this moment has the potential to influence our relationship to plants and how we consider them. This session will be available on Zoom and Facebook Live.  

Moderated by Alexandra Chang, Associate Professor of Practice, Arts, Culture, and Media, Rutgers University-Newark. Hosted by Catherine Evans, Deputy Director, Collections and Curatorial Strategie, Newark Museum of Art.

Panelists:
Jamie Bruno
Gaye Chan
Andrea Haenggi

Click here to register for the zoom session.
 

These programs have been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.