WBGO Kids’s Concert Series Catherine Russell: Who is Louis Armstrong?
Saturday, November 14, 2026 · 1:00 PM · New Jersey Performing Arts Center, New Jersey
The Read
Russell's father was Louis Armstrong's musical director, so the repertoire is inherited rather than researched. She sings it straight and the band swings behind her.
The Venue
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St
NJPAC pairs major touring performers with a substantial local program, bringing music, dance and comedy to Downtown Newark.
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Shape The Day
Before
Express NewarkRutgers-Newark runs this on the second floor of the old Hahne and Company department store, reached through an atrium that opens onto both Broad and Halsey. Inside are the Paul Robeson Galleries, the SHINE Portrait Studio and a video production studio, and everything is free. The current exhibition cycle is built around Blues People, after the Newark-born LeRoi Jones.
1:00 PM · WBGO Kids’s Concert Series Catherine Russell: Who is Louis Armstrong?
After
McGovern's TavernFrank McGovern opened this on New Street in 1936 and it has not moved or changed its name since. It is a narrow old bar with a kitchen, a long wooden counter and a sign reading in God we trust, all others pay. On a night when downtown Newark empties out after an event, this is the place that is still serving.