Join us on Sunday, October 18, from 11am-6pm, for Art City, when we transform New Brunswick into a bold festival of art, culture, and community.
Join an insider tour of the Esperanza Neighborhood, one of New Jersey’s most dynamic food, art, and cultural corridors. Guided by residents who know the neighborhood best, this 90 minute guided walking tour engages participants in 11 pieces of public art paired with samples of some of the best local food. All for just $25 .All proceeds go directly to our local owner operated food vendors.
Este taller explorará la conexión del arte, la danza y la música con nuestra identidad cultural, e investigará nuestras propias maneras de reivindicarla y celebrarla a través del movimiento. This workshop will explore and investigate our personal ways of claiming and celebrating our cultural identity through movement inspired by the framework of Pláticas.
Drag Duel Season 4 Viewing Party is every Monday starting at 7pm with doors at 6:30 pm. New GUESTS every week and hosted by Lexie Legato! Tickets are $10.
coLAB Arts is hosting a Halloween Distribution Party / coLAB Arts está organizando una Fiesta de Distribución de Halloween
stART Goes to Rutgers Gardens: A perfect way to spend an autumn afternoon. Join us for a special lunch and stroll through the Rutgers Gardens and a journaling activity. Meet at coLAB Arts for lunch and bus right to the garden.
Drag Duel Season 4 Viewing Party is every Monday starting at 7pm with doors at 6:30 pm. New GUESTS every week and hosted by Lexie Legato! Tickets are $10.
WRSU presents STATIC: Sharp Pins, Good Flying Birds, and more! The WRSU music department is incredibly excited to present our first Halloween concert. Join us at coLAB Arts in New Brunswick for a FREE night of indie rock, power pop, and lo-fi jangle madness. Given that it’s WRSU's first major concert in over a decade, we wanted to do this right. So, we called up a few artists that are synonymous with the 88.7 fm sound.
Join us for the opening of Kate Eggleston’s gallery in our Open Studio event from at 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Multidisciplinary artist and educator Kate Eggleston was born in Massachusetts in 1982. Her studio practice serves as a dialogue between her personal experiences and a broader exploration of themes such as motherhood, Jewish culture, and folk tales, working across paper, sculpture, and fiber. RSVPs are highly encourage but walk-ins are welcome at this event.
Drag Duel Season 4 Viewing Party is every Monday starting at 7pm with doors at 6:30 pm. New GUESTS every week and hosted by Lexie Legato! Tickets are $10.
No Punk Time is mixing it up this time for a night of comedy. Hosted by Russel Dolan, this night of comedy will include a great line up including No Punk Times very own Bezan Madon.
Drag Duel Season 4 Viewing Party is every Monday starting at 7pm with doors at 6:30 pm. New GUESTS every week and hosted by Lexie Legato! Tickets are $10.
Join us for the opening of Misha Tyutyunik’s gallery in our Open Studio event from at 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. He is a Ukrainian-born painter, muralist, street artist, illustrator, and virtual reality artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of Pratt Institute, he collaborates with communities around the world to create public art and is regularly commissioned by organizations, brands, publications, and collectors.
The Mongoloids, Bulldoze, Never Again, Neg Force will now be at coLAB Arts due to weather. Sun, Sep 27, 3:00 PM doors, with the show starting at 4:00 PM.
NJAAF Presents: Abortion, Spice, & Everything Nice is POSTPONED due to the state of emergency. We are excited to update the website when we have our new date!
Join us for an evening of heavy, groovy music featuring New Jersey's finest: Speakeasy, Denpa Dollhouse, and ER. Joining them on tour from North Carolina is the anti-capitalist satire clown punk band Sludge Incorporated. Prepare to have your socks blown all the way off!!! Get your tickets now for $10 as tickets will be $15 day of.
This month's storytellers will share short true stories about the ghosts that have shaped them. Maybe it's a supernatural encounter that still can't be explained or a time you swore there was somebody sitting in the chair of your victorian AirBnB! This month, we are embracing all things that go bump in the night.
Enjoy light refreshments, drinks, and speed networking —this time at coLAB Arts Studios at 6 Kirkpatrick Street in New Brunswick. New faces are encouraged so please feel free to bring your friends and colleagues.
Kouskous Heaven is prepared to share a spectacle unlike any other. Joined by NJ legends Lying Season, Lone Till Payday, and Solitude, the Kous is ready to share some new music and make some new friends. $10 tickets, $15 tickets at the door.
Join us for the opening of Dennis Redmoon Darkeem’s gallery in our Open Studio event from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Dennis RedMoon Darkeem is an Afro-Indigenous interdisciplinary artist born in New York City and currently living and practicing in the Bronx. He is the founder of RedMoon Arts Movement Inc., a community-centered arts initiative dedicated to environmental education, public art, and cultural healing. His work spans sculpture, installation, photography, film, collage, public murals, and socially engaged practice. RSVPs are highly encourage but walk-ins are welcome at this event.
The ERGS! + Hunchback. Did someone way ‘what a cool homecoming?’ Can’t hear you over the noise of this night. Doors at 6 pm, tickets are $20 dollars. A night to not miss!
Saturday: 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Friday: 1:00pm to 4:00pm.The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Saturday: 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Friday: 1:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Saturday: 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
Join us for Hamee Han’s artist talk from 4-5pm followed by the Open Studio where we share Haemee Han’s gallery. She is a public artist, landscape architect, and educator born in South Korea, with her practice based in New Jersey. She works at the intersection of sculpture and landscape, investigating how objects can operate as landscapes and how landscapes can be distilled into discrete, human-occupiable forms. RSVPs are highly encourage but walk-ins are welcome at this event.
coLAB Arts Summer Institute uses the arts as a lens to learn how to fully respond to and influence culture and community. Participants will learn a wide range of skills and techniques to become civic change-makers. Students will work on storytelling, design, music, and movement. Ages 8-18.
ASÉ ASÉ ASÉ - A new play by Jasmine Carmichael in partnership with Lost Souls Memorial Project: It’s Vanessa’s 18th birthday. She’s searching for purpose in loss, an outlet for joy, and the embrace of community. Along the way she discovers the power of ceremony. This new one-woman show explores the history of slavery in New Jersey and the importance of remembrance. Free, please RSVP.
This event, taking place on Friday, July 24 from 4:00-5:30pm, is a Q&A about Traci Johnson's textile making process, history, and inspirations. Inspired by Afrofuturism, queer philosophy, and bodily restoration, Johnson's work explores our relationship with the past, the present, ourselves, and the world around us.
Gallery is open Friday and Saturdays until July 30th.
Friday: 1:00pm to 4:00pm, Saturday: 12:00pm to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at coLAB Arts Studios —6 Kirkpatrick Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. No RSVP is needed, the gallery is open for walk-ins during this time. Gallery is also open by appointment.
4USBYUS: a benefit show series is a clothing swap, market AND live show all dedicated to creating a celebrated space for queer people, people of color and queer people of color! The clothing swap & market will take place at 2pm, and the live show kicks off at 4pm with performances by Cyan Xavier, Niche Kink, and Teddy Grump! 50% of ticket proceeds will go to the Coalition for Black Trans Economic Liberation based in Philadelphia, PA. Clothing swap sign ups are available online as well as the day of.
The Imagining Together Creative Healing Collective invites you to join them for an evening of experiencing what is possible when we choose to imagine - together. Join us on July 18th at 7pm and share in the worlds they have shared and created together. Collective Members -- Donniee Barnes, Doriane Swain, Kenya Bullock, Nayette Windley and healing arts facilitator Sandrine Dupiton look forward to sharing an intimate evening of creative healing arts. More details to come ️.
No Punk Time Promotions, in association with coLAB Arts, presents Depressionista playing with New Jersey hardcore upstarts Quiz, Buffalo's Slam Dunk, Pennsylvania bruisers Streets of Rage, and Quadri-Tier Aggression.
The next Art City Open Studio features Traci Johnson from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Open to walk through during that to see her new gallery and to see the other artists’ studios.
Traci Johnson (b. 1998, New York City) is a Brooklyn-based textile artist creating immersive installations that transform sanctuary into spaces of queer healing, community, and self-discovery through vibrant, narrative-rich textiles.
Tickets for Sunday, the 21st. Performances include: The Whispers of the Banyan Tree (English & Hindi), Crossing to Talikota (English), Theater in Life 4, Medea’s Sisters (Multilingual).
Tickets for Saturday, June 20th performances. Ticket options include tickets for each performance or all day ticket passes. Performances include: Eidur Kol (Bengali), Medea’s Sisters (Multilingual),Theater in Life 3, Crossing to Talikota (English).
Tickets for Sunday, June 14th. Performances include The Whispers of the Banyan Tree (English & Hindi), Omanush (Bengali),Theater in Life 2, and Omanush (Bengali).
Tickets for Saturday, June 13th including all day passes and tickets to select performances. Performance schedule includes Inauguration, Heart Burst (Dil Ka Phootna) (English), Attojon (Bengali), Theater in Life 1, and Attojon (Bengali).
