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First Look Review - "Atropia"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2026-02-07

As movie settings go, the backdrop of Atropia is one of the more arresting you'll find. Actress Hailey Benton Gates' feature debut as writer/director is set in Fort Irwin, a sprawling US military training compound in the California desert where young men and women are acclimatised to whichever corner of the world they're set to be deployed. Within Fort Irwin is a 600,000 acre area known as "The Box," which is used to recreate foreign lands, filled with actors performing as natives and insurgents.



New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 02-07-26

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!





The Melancholy Kings release "UV"

New Jersey rockers The Melancholy Kings kicked off 2026 with the single 'UV', a quasi-psychedelic musical journey drawing from Thomas Pynchon's novel "V", a post-modern homage that follows the enigmatic heroine V and the Whole Sick Crew, brought to life through crunchy guitar riffs, psychedelic keyboards, string interludes, a quasi-rap and a bacchanalian finale.



The Newton Theatre presents Lotus Land - American RUSH Tribute

(NEWTON, NJ) -- With an unparalleled performance, The American RUSH Tribute Lotus Land brings the force of live Rush to life on stage. See for yourself when the band performs at The Newton Theatre on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 8:00pm.








NJPAC presents Tango After Dark

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Tango After Dark is hot, hot, hot! International tango superstars and World Champions Germán Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, along with a cast of eight dancers, bring the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) debut of Tango After Dark on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 7:30pm.



Bergen County Revolutionary War Roundtable Series To Dive Into Naval Warfare Focused On The Hudson River

(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Bergen250, the Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs, and the County of Bergen along with invite the public and media to attend the second of the Spring 2026 American Revolutionary War Roundtable Series on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 7:00pm at the Bergen County Administration Building's Learning Center (4th Floor, 1 Bergen County Plaza) in Hackensack.



Can Creativity Be Automated? Gallery 14C Says No.

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Gallery 14C presents Art (Official) Intelligence: The Human Hand in an Algorithmic World from February 19 – April 2, 2026. This is the culminating exhibition of the Project 14C 2025–2026 Artists-in-Residence program. Featuring work by the program's inaugural cohort, the exhibition brings together artists working across painting, sculpture, textiles, digital media, and performance to consider what it means to create at a moment when automation and machine-generated imagery increasingly shape visual culture.



Trenton City Museum presents "Trenton Makes Jazz" Exhibition

(TRENTON, NJ) -- Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie presents Trenton Makes Jazz, a juried exhibition celebrating Trenton's jazz scene, past and present. The varied array of 80 works by 48 area artists is inspired by jazz music, musicians, venues, and audiences. Janis Purcell and Michael Richardson juried the show. Opening Friday, February 13th, the exhibition will remain on view through March 22, 2026 with several related events planned.



Centenary Stage Company's Young Audience Series presents "Miss Nelson Is Missing"

Performances will take place in the Little Theatre of the Centenary University campus located at 400 Jefferson St. Hackettstown, NJ, with one performance on Sunday, February 15 at 5:00 pm taking place in the Sitnik Theatre.