Universal Temple of the Arts Presents

DETAILS

Saturday, June 28, 2025
7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00pm) Admission is free for all ages

Featuring
“Jazz Woman to the Rescue” Antoinette Montague

Brighton Heights Reformed Church
320 Saint Marks Place, Staten Island, NY 10301

Come and share the joy of Love in Bloom, an original musical extravaganza presented by Universal Temple of the Arts (UTA) on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.) at the Brighton Heights Reformed Church located on320 Saint Marks Place, Staten Island, NY 10301.

Event Tickets

Love in Bloom is a performance featuring dance, music, visual art and poetry. It explores the breadth, depth and power of love using artistic expressions to convey love as the supreme emotion, a healing power and the most valuable gift.

In a world filled with global conflicts and stress, Love in Bloom resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and timeless performances by headliner “Jazz Woman to the Rescue” Antoinette Montague (awarded a 2024 Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists Association), Nubia Braithwaite, Dorian Lake, Joy Martinez, Gregory Thomas, Professor Charles Thomas, Brocton Pierce, Maya Da Poet, Dyverse, and many more talented performers. Under the musical direction of Dr. Darrell Smith Love in Bloom is a community theater production that enriches mind, body and soul and attracts an annual loyal audience.

Meet Some of the Performers

Featured Performers

Nubia Braithwaite

Cortney Taylor Key

Dorian Lake

Antoinette Montague

Brocton Pierce

Maya Da Poet

Gregory Taylor

Professor Charles Taylor

Vernon “Dyverse”  Wooten

And more!

Vocalists

Joy Martinez

Laurent Meyers

Dylan Pramuk

Angelina Resoso

Irene Staton

Genevieve Steinmetz

Dancers

Ghislaine van den Heuvel

Rebecca Pelleri

Ryan Rankine

Fosca Redolfi Tezzat

Janée Murray-Wegman

Musicians

Brad Crossland

Terrence Dove

Eddie Jackson

Gardy Lewis

John Lynch

Shawn Rhoades

Sylvester Scott

Kristen Sparacio

  • Monet Goode

    FOUNDER

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    SALES MANAGER

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    MARKETING DIRECTOR

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    CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER

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Love in Bloom invites us to embrace the all-encompassing spirit of love and serves as a reminder to slow down, care for ourselves, and extend kindness to one another. So go ahead, RSVP to celebrate love – you’ll be glad you did!

– Virginia Allen, Love in Bloom enthusiast