Tina Notaro will teach viewers how to juggle during a live segment 3 p.m. Saturday.
ATLANTIC CITY – The fourth annual “48 Blocks Atlantic City” celebration will
be a virtual event this weekend Aug. 7-9. 48 Blocks Atlantic City, so named because Atlantic City is 48 blocks long, is a 48-hour celebration of the arts and cultural community of Atlantic City. A central goal of the event is to engage the regional community in the celebration of public art in Atlantic City as well as to enjoy and learn from the creative talents of its residents.
“In the spring we made the decision to take 48 Blocks AC to an online format,” Joyce Hagen, executive director of the Atlantic City Arts Foundation,
said. “I knew that many of the members our creative community would rise to the occasion and create program ideas to engage our audience – and indeed,
they have! Being online offers new possibilities for them to share their talents.”
The three-day schedule includes live and recorded events with titles like “The Art
of Cooking,” “Mad Libs for Adults,” and “You Are Here! Postcards from AC.”
Viewers will be able to sit back and enjoy performances by the Bay Atlantic
Symphony and the Atlantic City Ballet as well as learn how to juggle and how to
make a memory doll that will hold one’s memories of COVID-19.
David Harris/Ray Tyler will present a live segment entitled, “Poetry Curated by Raymond Tyler” Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Several poets will read original poetry during this event.
The usual free jitney mural tours cannot run through the city, but there are two virtual mural tours included in the online event, one by bicycle, but people are also
encouraged to take their own socially-distanced mural tours.
The schedule is arranged in thematic blocks – yoga and meditative
events in the mornings; Saturday afternoon is geared toward young and young-at-
heart; Sunday afternoon features blocks of Atlantic City themed segments and
artist segments. Early evenings are geared toward happy hour segments, and
evenings are relaxing events and theatrical productions.
“Stockton University is so happy and proud to continue our partnership in
48 Blocks AC in this meaningful way during these unique times,” said Lisa Honaker, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at Stockton University. “As an anchor
institution in Atlantic City and the region, we delight in sharing our resources to
strengthen the region, and value our relationship with ACAF as a creative
partner.”
More information about the event is available at www.atlanticcityartsfoundation.org and on the AC Arts Foundation social media
channels.
48 Blocks Atlantic City is a program produced by the Atlantic City Arts
Foundation and its major partner Stockton University. It is a co-sponsored
project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Stockton University.
