New Release Review - "Only The River Flows"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com - published 2024-07-25
1990s media was obsessed with serial killers. Movies, TV shows and novels of the era were filled with dogged investigators tracking elusive murderers, an obsession likely sparked by the emergence of DNA tracing at the bginning of the decade, which revealed that many hitherto unsolved murders might actually be the work of lone killers. Filmmakers, TV showrunners and novelists used the premise of the hunt for a serial killer to tap into the angst that was in the air as an uncertain new millennium loomed on the horizon. Arriving within weeks of one another in the summer of 2024 are two '90s set thrillers that channel this angst, the American horror hit Longlegs and director Wei Shujun's thriller Only the River Flows.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 07-25-24

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!

Smooth Jazz New Jersey presents Spyro Gyra at UCPAC's Hamilton Stage

(RAHWAY, NJ) -- Smooth Jazz New Jersey presents jazz fusion legends Spyro Gyra on their 50th anniversary tour Saturday, September 14, 2024 at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center with shows at 5:30pm & 8:00pm. Spyro Gyra has long been known to its peers in the contemporary jazz world as a "well oiled road machine" due to its relentless schedule of performing over 5 decades.

The Moody Blues' John Lodge LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier

by Spotlight Central - published 2024-07-24
Moody Blues fans are streaming in to the historic Ocean City Music Pier on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ this Monday, July 14, 2024 for a live performance of the classic 1967 Moody Blues album, Days of Future Past, by the band's founding member John Lodge.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 07-24-24

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!

Spring-Nuts presents a Solo Performance by Adam Weiner (aka LowCut Connie) at Monmouth University

(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- Spring-Nuts presents a special, solo performance by Adam Weiner (aka LowCut Connie) on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 8:00pm. The concert will take place at Monmouth University's Pollak Theatre. All proceeds from this event will benefit Stevie Van Zandt's TeachRock, FulFill of Monmouth County and the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music.

Thomas Kelly, exhibiting a new series, WeWork with Walter Wickiser Gallery at Seattle Art Fair 2024

(SEATTLE, WA) -- Thomas Kelly is a widely collected, award-winning, New Jersey based painter with a signature style, work primarily has its roots in Expressionism. He is exhibiting a new series, WeWork, with Walter Wickiser Gallery at Seattle Art Fair 2024, which takes place July 25-28, 2024.

State Theatre New Jersey presents OUR HOUSE: The Music of The Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents OUR HOUSE: The Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on Friday, August 16, 2024 at 8:00pm. OUR HOUSE has assembled an extraordinary ensemble of FAMILY & FRIENDS to perform the CSNY repertoire. Tickets range from $29-$59.

The Book of Will – Preserving the Bard's Work

by Karen Nowosad - published 2024-07-23
Playing through July 28 at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is The Book of Will. Lauren Gunderson wrote this play around 2017 in order to honor Shakespeare for "igniting her ambitions as a playwright."