(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company’s National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Jennifer Fawcett’s “Apples in Winter” heads into its final weekend of performances. Performances run Wednesday, November 14 at 2:00pm; Thursday, November 15 at 7:30pm; Friday, November 16 at 8:00pm; Saturday, November 17 at 8:00pm and Sunday, November 18 at 2:00pm. Guest speakers will join the cast and creative team to participate in a post-show talkback with the audience on Thursday, November 15 after the 7:30pm performance.... READ ON

(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- The Biggest Party Night of the Year is happening in Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, November 21 at 8:30pm featuring a FREE Concert with John Eddie.... READ ON

It’s a breezy day for a new installment of the Jazz On a Sunday Afternoon concert series at Toms River, NJ’s Grunin Center of the Arts this Sunday Oct. 27, 2018 afternoon. Today’s special 3pm performance is entitled Earth, Wind and Wonder and is presented by jazz saxophonist Don Braden.... READ ON

(NEWTON, NJ) -- For over four decades, Blue Öyster Cult has been thrilling fans of intelligent hard rock worldwide with powerful albums loaded with classic songs. Indeed, the Long Island, NY-based band is revered within the hard rock and heavy metal scene for its pioneering work. Blue Öyster Cult occupies a unique place in rock history because it's one of very few hard rock/heavy metal bands to earn both genuine mainstream critical acclaim as well as commercial success. The band is often cited as a major influence by other acts such as Metallica, and BÖC was listed in VH1's countdown of the greatest hard rock bands of all time. See for yourself when they perform at The Newton Theatre on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 8:00pm.... READ ON

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Westminster Opera Theatre will present Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1 at 7:30pm in the Robert L. Annis Playhouse on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J. The opera will be sung in German with English supertitles and dialogue.  Mozart's magical tale brings us Prince Tamino and Pamina, young lovers caught in a battle between darkness and light.  With the help of Papageno the bird catcher and three spirits guiding the way, love and truth triumph over all.  ... READ ON

(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies from Thursday, March 21, 2019 - Saturday, March 23, 2019. The high-style music of “The Duke” is the heart and soul of this 1981 Tony-winning Broadway hit, directed with dazzle by André De Shields (The Wiz). Mercedes Ellington, granddaughter of Duke Ellington, re-creates the original show’s elegant dancing and tapping as choreographer.... READ ON

(GLASSBORO, NJ -- The Rowan Percussion Ensemble features an original dance piece as part of its fall semester concert on Monday, November 19 at 8:00pm in Pfleeger Concert Hall. Under the direction of Dr. Matthew Witten, the ensemble will present a collaboration with choreographer and performer Melanie Stewart, associate dean of the College of Performing Arts at Rowan, on a dance piece set to John Cage’s “Credo in Us.” The work, developed in collaboration with California-based performer, choreographer, and educator Lorelei Bayne, will feature 18 Rowan students.... READ ON

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Memorial Day weekend was somber this year for the Jersey Shore music community who lost one of its biggest supporters in Bob Colyard.  An avid music fan who often went to live shows in Asbury Park, Colyard, 68, passed away on May 20th after a bike ride through the Manasquan Bike Trail.  The music community will gather to remember Bob on Sunday, November 18th at The Saint in Asbury Park.  An afternoon of music featuring several of Bob's favorites will run from 11:00am to around 4:30pm. Admission is $10 and proceeds will be donated to Musicians On A Mission.  ... READ ON

(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- The foremost and best-loved Klezmer band, The Klezmatics, offer a program from their Grammy Award-winning collaboration with Woody Guthrie’s lyrics for Hanukkah. The Klezmatics bring their hip, East Village sensibility to the South Orange Performing Arts Center on Thursday, November 29 at 7:30pm.... READ ON

(SUMMIT, NJ) -- The second annual edition of Getting Graphic: Novels, Memoirs & Comics, will take place at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey on December 1, from 12:00pm–7:00pm. Incredibly popular last year, this free event for all ages will feature graphic novelists, graphic memoirists, and comic book artists showcasing and discussing their work, signing books, and selling merchandise at tables set up throughout the Art Center. ... READ ON