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The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Undertow" from "Breaking Through," the 2025 debut album of Jersey Shore singer-songwriter-guitarist Redbird, aka Danielle Marrone.
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(NEWARK, NJ) -- Twenty five years ago, GlassRoots started as a table and two torches at the Boys and Girls Club of Newark. A small number of students joined them once a week for an after school flameworking class. A few years later, they moved into their current space at 10 Bleeker Street: a 5,000 square foot glass art center that serves 5,000 individuals annually. Collectively, they've reached 40,000 people over the past 25 years and currently offer a dozen programs serving participants ages 8 - 80.
(FREEHOLD, NJ) -- The MonmouthNJ 250 Committee is accepting entries for two contests for Monmouth County students as part of the county's commemoration of America's upcoming 250th birthday on July 4, 2026. A Semiquincentennial Poetry Contest for grades three through five invites students to write a poem in response to the prompt "What is America to me?" The Semiquincentennial Essay Contest for grades six through eight invites students to write an essay answering the prompt "What does patriotism mean to me?" This is the third round of student contests – the first round was held in spring of 2025; the second round in fall of 2025.
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater and Music Theater at Princeton University presents Manual for a Desperate Crossing by María Irene Fornés, an epic migratory montage that follows a group of Cuban rafters, or "balseros," fleeing to the United States in the mid-1990s. The production is directed by Princeton junior Didi Vekri with lighting design and dramaturgy by senior Elena Milliken. Performances are February 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28 at 8:00pm in the Wallace Theater at the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton campus.
(NEW YORK, NY) -- In collaboration with legendary rock band FOREIGNER, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and Long Island University's Post Theatre Company have announced the creative team and performance schedule for the first production of Feels Like the First Time – The Foreigner Musical. The show will take place at the Little Theatre on LIU's Brookville campus, where it will play eleven performances beginning Friday, April 17, 2026, through Sunday, April 26, 2026.
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Welcome one, welcome all, and step right up! The Grunin Center for the Arts proudly presents the legendary Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Trio on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 1:00pm.
(TRENTON, NJ) -- Trenton City Museum will present an all-star jazz concert Friday, March 6, 2026 in Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park. Presented in partnership with E.C. Bradley Candlelight Jazz Events with the Omeed Nyman Quartet, the concert will have as its backdrop 80 jazz-inspired works accepted in the juried TRENTON MAKES JAZZ exhibition. The works, by artists largely from the greater Trenton area, were selected by jurors Janis Purcell and Michael Richardson and will be on view from February 13 through March 22, 2026.
(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Symphony presents Ludwig van Beethoven's iconic Fifth Symphony on Thursday, February 26 at 7:00pm at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown; Friday, February 27 at 7:30pm; and Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2:00pm at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark.
(LINCROFT, NJ) -- Musicians On A Mission presents Come to Your Senses on Sunday, February 22, 2026 at The Gallery at Thompson Park. The event promises to tantalize all five senses with art, music, food, drinks, and handmade candles & essential oils from the Radiant Angel Candle Company. Plus, you'll have the chance to win some amazing raffle baskets! The event runs from 3:00pm to 7:00pm.
