Newark Symphony Hall Friday is hosting a spicy evening of tango. “Tango Lovers” features an all-star cast of some of the best dancers from the heartland of the art, Argentina and Uruguay. Tango Lovers blends the different sensations of tango, taking them to high levels through a display of dance, lighting and stunning dresses, walking the audience through different stages and nuances of tango.
The show begins at 8 pm at Newark Symphony Hall, 1020 Broad Street. Call the box office at 973-643-8014 for more information.
On Saturday, “Jan Sawka and the Artist’s Role in the Changing World,” a symposium, will be held at the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University, 350 Martin Luther King Blvd., from noon to 5 pm.
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The symposium will use the work of the late Polish-American artistv Jan Sawka as a jointing-off point to explore the intersection of art and activism. Speakers Frank Boyer, Jeffrey Goldfarb and Cynthia Nadelman will present on The subversive
power of writing, letters, and coded language as manifested in Sawka's
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visual art,(Nadelman), Living in Truth through Art: The Power of the
not so Powerless (Goldfarb), and Art in the political and public space,
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