(NEWARK, NJ) -- As the hip-hop community mourns the loss of rapperProdigy, a member of the New York duo Mobb Deep, The ART of RAP concert scheduled at NJPAC in Newark, NJ on Friday, June 30th at 8:00pm will now pay homage toMobb Deep’s Prodigy due to his untimely death. Hip-hop’s biggest veterans DMX, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Mobb Deep will take to the stage for a special tribute.... READ ON

(HAMMONTON, NJ) -- Eagle Theatre Conservatory’s 2017 Summer Theatre Intensive is ready to shine the spotlight on your star with an exciting brand new curriculum for a summer camp guaranteed to provide training and performance, while offering opportunities for aspiring actors to build skills that will be applied in front of a live audience.... READ ON

(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association will present the Solisti Ensemble in concert on Thursday, July 13 at 7:30pm in the Great Auditorium. This acclaimed string ensemble has garnered a following in Ocean Grove, where it will be back by popular demand after performances over the past several summers. Tickets are $16.00 (plus applicable fees).... READ ON

(TEANECK, NJ) -- Richard Barone's latest album, "Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village in the 1960s" took at look at some of the greatest songwriters of the legendary Greenville Village music scene.  He shares those songs and stories at Mexicali Live in Teaneck on Thursday, July 13 at 8:00pm (Doors at 6:00pm). Richard will perform music from “Sorrows & Promises” along with songs from his solo and Bongos catalogs, and will be joined by Colin Gilmore who will open the show, long-time accompanist Nick Celeste, and more.  Tickets are $15.... READ ON

ZELTSMAN MARIMBA FESTIVAL RETURNS TO RUTGERS UNIVERSITY... READ ON

(JAMESTOWN, NY) -- The National Comedy Center is presenting a week of comedy performances and dialogues during its annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, and partnering with world-renowned Chautauqua Institution on a week titled “Comedy and the Human Condition,” July 31st – August 6th.... READ ON

It’s June 13, 2017 and it’s HOT, but that doesn’t stop several thousand New Jersey residents from flocking to the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel for a free concert featuring the well-known family music group, The Osmonds!... READ ON

Legendary blues guitarist and singer SaRon Crenshaw will release is first studio album, a two disc set featuring ten extended tracks, on OneTrickDog* Records on July 18th .  The album, Drivin', contains all original material by Crenshaw composed over the last few years.  ... READ ON

(PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ) -- Generations of Artists: Roosevelt, NJ, a short documentary about a central New Jersey arts community that has continued through three generations, will be screened on July 15 at 7:30pm in the West Windsor Arts Center in Princeton Junction. Special guest appearances by filmmaker Ilene Dube, and artists Mel Leipzig and Jonathan Shahn, who will share a conversation about their artistic relationship, as well as musical performances by the Woe Nellies and The Big Rascals will round out the evening along with an ice cream social. Admission: $13 - $15.... READ ON

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Monmouth Arts invites the community to participate in the temporary public art installation, "Salt of the Earth", by local artist Gerda Liebmann at Convention Hall (1300 Ocean Ave.) on the boardwalk in Asbury Park on July 3 and 4. Gerda will create a beautiful and intricate pattern on the floor of Convention Hall over two days using simply a line of salt. ... READ ON