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(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Join Tom D. Crouch, Smithsonian Curator Emeritus and author of Smithson's Gamble: The Smithsonian Institution in American Life, 1836 - 1906, for a virtual discussion on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 presented by the Ocean County Library. Follow the fascinating growth and development of the Smithsonian, the world's largest museum and research complex during its first 60 years. The event begins at 2:00pm.
(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Riverside Gallery presents two group exhibitions, Painterly Dialectic, featuring paintings of Andrea Geller, Lee Dae Sun Hwa, Jinhee Kim, Joyce Pommer, and Jung Eun Yang, and a Collections Show, featuring the works of Taemo Yang, Marsha Heller, David Hollier, Kookhyun Ga, and Ko Chan Yong. The exhibitions run from January 30 to February 18, 2026.
Al Nigrin, Executive Director and Curator of the New Jersey Film Festival, sits down with Samuel Freeman, director and writer of the Don't Look in the Dark, for a filmmaker interview. Don't Look in the Dark will be screened on January 31, 2026.
Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, featuring trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, at the State Theatre on January 22, 2026. Entitled "Duke in Africa", the concert featured the music of Duke Ellington.
Joe Boris, the guitarist-songwriter of the celebrated Jersey jam band One-Eyed Jack, has released an anthem of global love and community strength.
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!
Sun Ra: Do The Impossible, a feature length documentary by Christine Turner, is a cosmic journey into the life and work of the visionary jazz musician, composer and poet, Sun Ra. Poet, philosopher, Egyptologist, bandleader. Jazz visionary Sun Ra was all of these—and more. With his ever-evolving band the Sun Ra Arkestra, he produced more than 200 albums, stretching the boundaries of free-form jazz while weaving ancient Egypt, interstellar metaphors, and scientific musings into a singular musical and spiritual vision of Afrofuturism that continues to reverberate across generations. Director Christine Turner takes us on an illuminating journey through the life of this multi-faceted artist, gracefully balancing recollections from the Arkestra’s still-devout band members and dancers with insightful interviews from music scholars, and unforgettable film and performance footage of Sun Ra himself. The result is a portrait—informative, inspiring, and mind-bending—of a man whose audacious vision, otherworldly imagination, and uncompromising artistry helped shape not only the sound of jazz, but the cultural landscape of the 20th century and beyond.
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- McCarter Theatre Center presents acclaimed jazz singer José James in a special 50th anniversary tribute to Marvin Gaye's iconic album I Want You on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 7:30pm. This is one of only two exclusive performances nationwide.
So much is made, especially in today's political and human climate of "The haves" and "The have nots," the rich vs poor, beliefs vs beliefs and then there are those among us who believe that kindness in any form should take precedence; Ken Freirich is one of those people.
If you're an avid news viewer, you've probably heard discussions of the U.S. Constitution bandied about as of late. Is it being violated? Are we upholding it? Does anyone really know what's in it?
