September 2016
36th Annual Raritan River Festival   
Rubber duck drop at the Raritan River Festival, September 25.

The Raritan River Festival returns to Boyd Park on Sunday, September 25, with musical performances, dance and fitness demonstrations, crafts, food vendors, a beer and sangria garden, environmental displays, the popular cardboard canoe building contest, and rubber duck race, sponsored by the Beez Foundation.
  Admission is FREE and open to all, and f ree parking is available.

New to the festival this year is the New Brunswick Business Cardboard Canoe Race where local businesses/organizations will go head-to-head competing for the winning trophy. Register your business today!
 
Jazz Festival grooves
in New Brunswick 

Experience the sounds of today's best live jazz when the Central Jersey Jazz Festival visits New Brunswick on September 17. Performers include the Jeremy Pelt Quartet, Steven Kroon Latin Sextet, John O'Neal Quartet, and the New Brunswick Brass Band. This FREE event is rain or shine at Monument Square.

Access Rutgers 
Dates to Know

Rutgers Football home games
September 10, 17, 24
October 8, 15
November 5, 19

September 23-25
New in Town

Gourmet Grilled Cheese at the Old Queens Tavern

Share your thoughts about downtown New Brunswick

Do you have five minutes to share your insights about New Brunswick?

New Brunswick City Market needs your help! Complete a survey by September 15 about downtown New Brunswick and be entered to win a $600 prize package.
 
Contributions Welcome!

Want to have your event or news item posted in an upcoming issue of Campus & Community?
Email us for more information.
 
Get Social!
Like us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterView our videos on YouTube

Join Our Mailing List
Performances
        
Mason Gross Performing Arts Center fall season of events
begins September 6 with a full slate of music, dance, and theater performances, as well as visual arts exhibitions.   

See actor/comedian Brad Zimmerman in My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy at George Street Playhouse September 8 - October 2.

On September 11, Rock New Brunswick at Boyd Park features punk, Latin Rock and Afro Punk performances, curated by coLAB Arts as part of the Hub City Sounds series.

Enjoy the Corazon Latino Festival on September 18 at Joyce Kilmer Park, featuring traditional cultural dances and more!

Five Minutes of Fun by Matthew Riddle, at the
New Jersey Film Festival
The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center presents the 35th bi-annual New Jersey Film Festival showcasing international, American independent, short subject films, documentaries, and more, through October.
LecturesLectures and Exhibitions 
 
View rare books during the  PEEP SHOW: Books from the Art Library X Room  exhibit at Rutgers' Alexander Library through September 30.
 
The Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries at Douglass Library presents the Estelle Lebowitz Visiting Artists in Residence Exhibition featuring Laura Anderson Barbata's  Collaborations Beyond Borders through December 16.
 
The Allen and Joan Bildner Center will host Lawrence Douglas on September 14 at the Douglass Student Center. Professor Douglas will discuss "John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Holocaust Trial."

"Thinking Pictures"
at the Zimmerli Art Museum 
Join the artists' roundtable and reception for
Thinking Pictures: Moscow Conceptual Art, including the work of 40 artists, on September 21 at the Zimmerli Art Museum And  Art After Hours: First Tuesdays begins on October 4. Both events are free.
 
Orville Schell discusses "Can the U.S. and China Expect to Form a More Collaborative Relationship?" as part of the 
Distinguished Lecture Series
on September 22 at the Alexander Library.
For Kids   

Registration is open for the Zimmerli Art Museum   Drawing Club for Young People  and the Drawing Society for Adults . Classes begin in September.

New Brunswick Free Public Library presents Maker Night: Sewing 101 on September 25 for children 8 and up.

Kids 12 and under can join the free Rutgers Junior Knights Kids Club to earn prizes and get free access to select Athletics events. 
 
 
Rutgers Athletics Outstanding Students Program  is available to teachers and administrators to   provide opportunities for exceptional students to attend a Rutgers foot ball game for free .  
ScienceNatureScience & Nature
 
Visit the Robert A. Schommer Astronomical Observatory to view the night sky through a 20-inch optical telescope (weather permitting). Public viewing dates this month are September 8, 15, and 22.

Learn techniques to propagate garden and houseplants on September 10, or the wonderful world of daylilies on September 18, offered by the Rutgers Gardens. 
 
The Rutgers Discover Informatics Institute presents "Data Driven Discoveries in Science: The Fourth Paradigm." Dr Alex Szalay will describe how science is changing as a result of the vast amounts of data being collected on September 19.
ScienceNatureSports & Recreation

New Brunswick Ciclovia returns on October 2.  Bike, jog, roll, or stroll, and take part in activities along the route at this FREE, open-streets program.

Register for the   
on Friday, October 14, at Tamarack Golf Course.

Scarlet Knight soccer is off to a great start! Come out to support 
Rutgers men's and women's soccer for the fall 2016 season. 
 
The Rutgers football home opener is on Saturday, September 10, against Howard University, under the new leadership of Coach Chris Ash.
Rutgers 250

Experience Rutgers through the Centuries: 250 Years of Treasures from the Archives 
at the Alexander Library through November 12.
 
Rutgers 250: Coming Home,  on September 25, honors Rutgers Heroes in business, community, military service, and the arts and featuring the Rutgers Glee Club, presented by Rutgers Business School.  
 
In commemoration of Rutgers 250, the Allen and Joan Bildner Center will host three l eading scholars of American Jewish history on September 25 at the Douglass Student Center.
AroundTownAround Town
 
Learn about the New Brunswick Theological Seminary during an information session on September 13.  
 
Photographers and artists can submit New Brunswick images
for consideration for inclusion in New Brunswick City Market's 2017 calendar. Deadline is September 15.

The 5th Annual Parklet Day is coming! Stop by the parklet in front of New Brunswick City Hall on September 16.

Rutgers' Center for Global Services' International Friendship Program is seeking hosts to share Thanksgiving dinner with international students and scholars who are away from home. Register by October 21. 
 
The  hosted by the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce on September 26 at the New Brunswick Hyatt, offers an exciting networking opportunity for businesses in Central New Jersey. 

Connect with colleagues and discuss the faculty's role in Jewish life at the Kick-off Coffee  on September 28,  sponsored by the Rutgers Jewish Faculty Forum. 
 
Area employers seeking part-time or seasonal employees can sign up to participate in the Hot Jobs of the Season pop-up events hosted by 
Rutgers University Student Employment Office.


Over 1,000 Rutgers students will participate in Scarlet Day of Service on October 1, tackling community service projects throughout central New Jersey. If you see them at work, say hello! 
Join Our Mailing List   

Do you enjoy receiving Campus & Community? Join our mailing list.