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State Theatre New Jersey presents Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 1:00pm & 5:00pm. Jim Henson's musical, fun-loving Fraggles are dancing their cares away across North America and coming to STNJ for the first-ever live touring show based on The Jim Henson Company's beloved franchise.



New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 04-08-25

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!





Jason Alexander Announced as Keynote Speaker for 2025 Lighthouse International Film Festival

(LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) -- Lighthouse International Film Festival (LIFF) announced Jason Alexander as the keynote speaker for the festival's 17th year running from June 4-8, 2025 on Long Beach Island. The festival will screen a special 25th anniversary screening of Jason Alexander's film Just Looking with a Q&A to follow on Friday, June 6th and will have an intimate conversation with the actor discussing filmmaking and his storied career on Saturday, June 7th.



Pushcart Players to present Autism-Friendly Performance of "Velveteen Rabbit" at Paper Mill Playhouse

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Pushcart Players, New Jersey's premier touring educational theater company, is proud to present a special Autism-Friendly performance of "Velveteen Rabbit" at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn on April 23, 2025 at 11:00am. This performance is designed to provide an inclusive and welcoming experience for everyone, but especially for families with young people on the Autism spectrum, as well as those with other developmental disabilities.








Learn How to Use Anxiety to Thrive in David Rosmarin's Virtual Author Talk

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Let's face it: everyone has anxiety. What if, instead of trying to fight our anxiety, we could turn it into a strength? Join in on a free, virtual author talk with David H. Rosmarin, PhD as he talks about his book Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. The event begins at 2:00pm.



Carteret Mayor Daniel J. Reiman celebrates opening of Ou La with official ribbon cutting

(CARTERET, NJ) -- Renowned Chef Duke Estime and real estate investor-turned-restaurateur Nagela Duperval share a passion for global fusion cuisine, as well as Haitian heritage.



Bergen Professor Makes a Musical Call to Urgency on Climate Change for Earth Day

(PARAMUS, NJ) -- Bergen Community College music professor and songwriter/performer Dan Sheehan brings a special presentation of his project The Seas Are Rising: Stories of a Climate in Crisis to Bergen's Paramus campus on Monday, April 21, 2025 as part of the college’s Earth Week celebrations.



Monmouth County Park System to Host an Explore Philadelphia Bus Trip

(LINCROFT, NJ) -- On Saturday, May 3, 2025, the Monmouth County Park System is hosting an Explore Philadelphia bus trip. The day starts with a 75-minute, 1.25-mile walking tour of historic sites, followed by time on your own to explore the arts, food, and culture that Philadelphia has to offer.



New Jersey Punk Rock Flea Market Kicks Off "New Jersey 2025 World Tour" This Weekend In Trenton

(TRENTON, NJ) -- The East Coast's most electric underground shopping event is back and bigger than ever. Formerly known as the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, the newly rebranded New Jersey Punk Rock Flea Market (NJPRFM) launches into its 13th year of punk-fueled chaos with the Spring Fling Edition on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, 2025, at the Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton.







 

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MPAC

MPAC Announces Free Summer Concert Lineup for 2026

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Mayo Performing Arts Center's Arts in the Community free summer concert schedule for 2026 has been announced. MPAC will present six free concerts between June and August. The lineup includes the return of three of their most popular events – Bollywood Dance Party, Country Line Dancing and Salsa at Sunset, as well as singer-songwriters, and more.



Classic

Classic American Tales' presents Tales at the Dormer House every Thursday

(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- From June 4 through October 15, 2026 (except for July 2), Classic American Tales (CAT) once more presents Tales at the Dormer House in which guests are treated to lemonade and tasty treats while listening to stories written by noteworthy authors, read by a variety of performers. The schedule is 4:00pm every Thursday at the historic Dormer House Bed and Breakfast (800 Columbia Avenue) in Cape May, NJ. Performances are on the front porch, weather permitting.



Princeton

Princeton Summer Theater presents "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton Summer Theater's 2026 Children's Show is You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which runs weekends from June 20 to August 1, 2026. A beloved musical since its premiere in 1967, Clark Gesner brings Charles M. Schulz's "PEANUTS" characters to the stage. The musical ventures through the highs and lows of young life, from baseball and homework to young love and friendship. With an empathetic and whimsical eye, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown reminds us of the importance of connection and joy.



2026-27

2026-27 Season Preview: Split Level Concerts at Jersey Shore Arts Center

(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- Split Level Concerts at the Jersey Shore Arts Center (JSAC) in Ocean Grove has announced the full concert lineup for its third season. All shows will take place beginning at 8:00pm in JSAC's Palaia Theater. The season lineup includes Willie Nile, John Gorka, Dan Bern, Catie Curtis and Band, Stephen Kellogg, Abbie Gardner, Heather Maloney and Band, and Kim Richey. As they have done in prior years, artists from the Asbury Park music scene will open many of the shows.



MPAC's

MPAC's Summer 2026 Preview

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- From the versatility of Tony winner Darren Criss, the comedy of Abbott Elementary's Janelle James and the nostalgic hits of the Grateful Dead, ABBA and more, Mayo Performing Arts Center's summer lineup features a diverse set of performances and events.












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Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Spiral Will" by Solace

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Spiral Will," a single and video from "Fading Falling Ruin," the latest album from doomy Jersey Shore dirt metal greats Solace.




Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites... 07/23/2026

"Correct! I actually performed on The Totally Tubular Festival two years ago. I was playing solo that night and they asked me to come back, so I thought I'd do something a bit different and so I decided to reform my backing band from 1988, The Lost Toy People. The last show we played together was with Depeche Mode and OMD at the Rose Bowl for the legendary 101 Concert and the other night in Phoenix was our first show in 38 years; how about that?"




Wesley Pierre: "Catharsis"

Even those who don't know very much about visual art are familiar with the Cubist approach to the human body. Pablo Picasso liked to present a person from many angles at once, and compress three-dimensional form into a two-dimensional frame. No matter what step she's on, that nude descending a staircase comes at us all at once. We know we're looking at an individual person, even if it's never clear which of those fields of color represent the present moment and which are afterimages, projections, and vapor trails. Representing human beings like this guarantees that there’ll be distortions: facial features in strange places, unexpected angles, duplicates and odd subtractions, clashes between heads, necks, and torsos, the shuffling of expressions, and the surprise and disquiet that comes when an obviously human figure doesn't look much like a human at all.








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