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Jamaican

Jamaican Jazz Legend Monty Alexander

Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 3:00pm
Kean Stage - Enlow Recital Hall Hillside, NJ

At the intersection of Jazz and Jamaican music in the 50s and 60s stood two luminary figures… guitarist Ernest Ranglin and pianist Monty Alexander. Their historic recordings over many decades literally introduced the world to what we now know as the Jamaican Ska movement… which traveled throughout the Caribbean and the rest of the world. The ingenious interweaving of jazz’s complexities with the ancestral music of the Caribbean immediately influenced legends such as Bob Marley, Toots & the Maytals, and many other artists of the time.

   
Festival

Festival of Trees: A UCPAC Fundraising Event

Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 2:00pm
Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) - Main Stage Rahway, NJ

Join us for our Festival of Trees – a UCPAC fundraising event to kick off the holiday season!

   
OCVTS

OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy presents "Present Laughter"

Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 2:00pm
Grunin Center - Main Stage Toms River, NJ

Step into the dazzling, chaotic world of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter—a sparkling, laugh-out-loud comedy about fame, love, and the art of always being on display.

   
The

The Man Beneath the Mask

Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 5:00pm
Avenel Performing Arts Center Avenel, NJ

The Man Beneath the Mask is a powerful, relatable stage play about the hidden pressures men carry and the battles they fight in silence.

   
2026

2026 Princeton Dance Festival

Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 2:00pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre) Princeton, NJ

The 2026 Princeton Dance Festival features new and repertory works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, performed by more than 60 Princeton students in an energetic program of dances from a surprising range of dance forms. The Festival program includes: