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Lizzie Rose Music Room presents The Rachel Z Trio featuring Omar Hakim on February 8th

(TUCKERTON, NJ) -- Lizzie Rose Music Room presents The Rachel Z Trio featuring Omar Hakim on Saturday, February 8, 2025. Rachel Z is a keyboardist with a long history of award-winning performances in the worlds of jazz and rock. Omar Hakim is widely known as a rock and pop, jazz and jazz fusion drummer / producer / composer and arranger. Doors are at 7:00pm, showtime is 7:30pm.



Princeton University's High Meadows Environmental Institute and Lewis Center for the Arts and The Civilians theater company announce second-year Next Forever artist commissions

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton University's High Meadows Environmental Institute and Lewis Center for the Arts and The Civilians, a New York City-based theater company, announce the 2024-25 artists of their collaborative initiative, The Next Forever, Kate Douglas and Kate Tarker.



Atlantic Highlands Art Council Issues Open Call for "Mixed Emotions" photography exhibition

(ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ) -- The Atlantic Highlands Arts Council has issued an Open Call for "Mixed Emotions" - a juried photography exhibition that will run from March 8 through April 12, 2025. The exhibit juror is Bruce Cohn. Submissions are due January 25, 2025.



Braille Institute Library to Host Livestream Event with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Andrew Leland on January 16th

(LOS ANGELES, CA) / GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- The Braille Institute Library is excited to announce a special event featuring Andrew Leland, acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize finalist. This free event will take place on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 2:00pm (EST) and will be livestreamed, as well as held in person at the Los Angeles Braille Institute Library in Los Angeles.








Keith Roth Releases Single from First Solo Album

Keith Roth's career has included being the lead singer and guitarist with The Dictators and Frankenstein 3000. A veteran musician and songwriter for more than 30 years, he has recorded on over 50 records as well as producing, performing, touring and writing with many music icons.



State Theatre New Jersey presents Step Afrika

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Step Afrika! on Friday, January 17, 2025 at 7:30pm. Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles, traditional African dances, stepping, and contemporary dance and art forms into a powerful artistic experience. Much more than a dance show, Step Afrika! also integrates songs, storytelling, humor, and audience participation.



Celebrate the Holidays this Weekend with "The Kelsey Holiday Extravaganza"

(WEST WINDSOR, NJ) -- It's the ultimate holiday celebration in song when Off-Centre Stages presents "The Kelsey Holiday Extravaganza (Remixed)," with four performances from December 20-22, 2025 at the Kelsey Theatre on Mercer County Community College's (MCCC) West Windsor Campus.



Paper Mill Playhouse presents "Mystic Pizza" - A New Musical based on the classic film

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse presents Mystic Pizza - a new musical based on the 1988 movie which starred Julia Roberts - from January 29 through February 23, 2025. Mystic Pizza is about three working-class girls who navigate the complexities of life, love and family in a small-town pizza joint.



Makin Waves Song of the Year: "My God" by James Mastro

by Bob Makin
published 2024-12-18

The poignant, engaging "My God" not only sets the tone of Hoboken legend James Mastro's long-awaited solo debut LP, "Dawn of a New Error," it also is the Makin Waves Song of the Year.







 

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The Barn Theatre presents Monty Python's "Spamalot"

(MONTVILLE, NJ) -- The Barn Theatre presents Monty Python's Spamalot weekends from May 15 through June 6, 2026. King Arthur's legendary quest for the Holy Grail gets a hilarious twist in this uproarious musical, lovingly ripped from the 1975 classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail.



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Music Mountain Theatre presents "Disaster!"

(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Music Mountain Theatre presents Disaster! weekends from May 15 through June 7, 2026. Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and the unforgettable songs of the '70s take center stage in Broadway’s side-splitting homage to classic disaster films.



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Princeton Summer Theater Announces 2026 Season

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton Summer Theater has unveiled its 2026 subscription season which will run from June 11th to August 1st, featuring an exciting lineup of three mainstage pieces and a family-friendly musical. Productions include Barefoot in the Park, The 39 Steps, True West, and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown.



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Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Private Lives"

(MADISON, NJ) -- The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents Private Lives by Noël Coward from May 16 to June 7, 2026 in the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. A razor-sharp comedy of manners, Private Lives crackles with Coward's signature wit and elegance.



Crossroads

Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead"

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Crossroads Theatre Company presents Sizwe Bansi Is Dead from May 19 - June 14, 2026 at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. This is a powerful, funny, and deeply moving story about identity, survival, and the extraordinary ingenuity of ordinary people navigating an unjust system.












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Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Junky Eyes" by Greg Amici

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Junky Eyes," the latest video from Central Jersey-based singer-songwriter Greg Amici's 2025 solo debut LP, "Tragicomic."




Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites... 06/04/2026

"I am absolutely wonderful," laughed the always gracious and warm Bill Medley. "How are you doing? We're out here doing our thing, enjoying it, having a ball. I can't figure it out; well I know why people are showing up, they want to hear those songs." 




BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 6/1/26

Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by Songbird, Allison Strong, Hexagon Cat, Sleep Station, and Lily Vakili. Plus a look back at "Everything Explodes" by Joshua Van Ness.








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