The “Born to Run at 50” exhibition will run from in Hawthorne Feb. 26 to July 5.
The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University, in conjunction with The Passaic County Board of County Commission, will present an exhibition, “Born to Run at 50,” at The Passaic County Arts Center in Hawthorne, from Feb. 26 to July 5.
The city of Passaic is in Passaic County, and Passaic’s Capitol Theatre — less than 10 miles from Hawthorne — was an important venue for Springsteen and the E Street Band, who played there once in 1974 and three times in 1978. Springsteen and members of The E Street Band also guested at Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes’ New Year’s Eve show there in 1977. (The theater continued as a concert venue in the ’80s, but was demolished in 1991.)
One part of the exhibition will include photographer Eric Meola’s outtakes from the original Born to Run album cover photo sessions. There will also be a section with artifacts from the Born to Run era, including material related to the Capitol shows. The third part of the exhibition will be a video installation including footage from the 1978 Capitol shows, as well as clips for September’s 50th anniversary Born to Run symposium at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, at which Springsteen and E Street Band members talked about the making of the album. Note: I saw the Meola outtakes at Monmouth University, then, and promise that they are well worth seeing.
“Born to Run at 50” at Passaic County Arts Center at The John W. Rea House in Hawthorne from Feb. 26 to July 5. The opening reception will be on Feb. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. Visit seepassaiccountynj.org.
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