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Registration Now Open for the 2024 Creating Change Conference in Red Bank

(RED BANK, NJ) -- The New Jersey arts and culture community is invited to gather for the 2024 Creating Change Conference, an annual in-person event dedicated to fostering learning, inspiration, and actionable change. This year's conference, themed "Disrupt, Engage, Imagine," will take place on October 23, 2024, at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank.



Northern NJ Community Foundation to Open National Arts and Humanities and Jersey Arts Month Celebrating ArtsBergen's 10th Anniversary at Connect the Dots' Works on Water

(TEANECK, NJ) -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation opens National Arts and Humanities and Jersey Arts Month in October with a celebration of ArtsBergen's tenth anniversary supporting the arts, artists, and creative placemaking in Bergen County. The public is invited to a special Connect the Dots networking and workshop event featuring the artist collective, Works on Water on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Club/Alumni Hall located at 990 Library Circle in Teaneck.



Makin Waves with Steve Forbert: Keep on Keepin' on

by Bob Makin
published 2024-09-07

​​​​​​​Now based in Asbury Park, Meridian, MS-raised singer-songwriter Steve Forbert is an American musical treasure whose latest album, "Daylight Savings Time," is another omnivorously observant chronicle of magic and meaning within everyday moments. As he approaches his 70th birthday, Steve explores aging with beautiful, natural metaphors and a few man-made ones, such as the fun-loving "Purple Toyota," the album's second single.



All You Need is Blood has its area premiere at the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival on September 14!

by Morgan Kalmbach
published 2024-09-07

How far would one person go to achieve their dream? Bucky Le Boeuf and Cooper Robert’s All You Need Is Blood screening at the New Jersey Film Festival has your answer.








An Interview with Albert Gabriel Nigrin ahead of his Film Retrospective Night at New Jersey Film Festival

by Gary Wien
published 2024-09-06

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- If you are an independent filmmaker, the odds are good your path may have run into Albert Gabriel Nigrin over the years. For over 40 years he has been teaching Cinema Studies at Rutgers University and running several festivals (New Jersey Film Festival, New Jersey International Film Festival, and the United States Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival). But on Friday, September 27, 2024, the screen will belong to his own work.



Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music presents "Springsteen on Screen: From the Vault with Thom Zimny"

(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University (BSACAM) presents "Springsteen on Screen: From the Vault with Thom Zimny" to celebrate Bruce Springsteen's 75th birthday. The event takes place on Saturday, September 28, 2024 in Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University. Showtime is 7:30pm.



Perkins Center presents "We The People" - artwork by students with special needs

(MOORESTOWN, NJ) -- Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown and Y.A.L.E. School have partnered to mount, We The People, an exhibition of artwork created by local students with special needs. The show is open to the public and proceeds from artwork sales will be donated to Perkins Center's Accessibility Fund. This builds upon a 3+ year partnership between the two organizations, which has given students exciting opportunities to showcase their art and has raised crucial funds to benefit Perkins Center's mission of arts education for all.



Two River Theater to present two Concerts by Bernadette Peters in November

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater will proudly present concerts November 8-9, 2024, starring Broadway icon Bernadette Peters. The performances will take place in the Joan and Robert M. Rechnitz Theater.



Bell Theater presents Lorna Luft and Julie Benko: "From Hollywood to Broadway"

(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Two stars: One night! Bell Theater at Bell Works in Holmdel presents Lorna Luft and Julie Benko: From Hollywood to Broadway on Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 3:00pm. This performance is sponsored by the Axelrod Performing Arts Center.







 

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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 Failing 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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