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theatre
Centenary Stage Company's Young Audience Series Enters Final Weekend (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company’s Young Performers Workshop heads into the final weekend of performances for their 2022 Summer Festival of Shows. Performances will run through August 14 in the Little Theatre located at 400 Jefferson St, Hackettstown, NJ. Registration for the Fall 2022 Session of the Young Performers Workshop is also open, and the deadline to register is September 9.
Howell PAL Theater Company presents "Matilda, the Musical" (LAKEWOOD, NJ) -- Howell PAL Theater Company’s sensational, summer musical is all about kids of all ages and sizes becoming extraordinary superheroes who learn they can write their own story, and be empowered to change the world around them. Matilda, the Broadway Musical is a joyous, uplifting story of a courageous girl who, armed with a vivid imagination dares to take a stand to change her own destiny. Inspired by the twisted genius of author Roald Dahl, with book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin, Matilda has won 47 international awards and continues to thrill sold-out audiences of all ages around the world.
East Lynne Theater Company presents "Little Women" "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," says Jo to her sisters Meg, Beth, and Amy in the opening line of "Little Women." The girls soon realize that Christmas won't be Christmas without their father, either. He's serving as a minister to the Union troops fighting in the Civil War.
Vivid Stage Receives Provident Bank Foundation Grant for Bilingual Theatre Program (SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, was the recipient of a $3,200 grant from The Provident Bank Foundation for their ongoing bilingual theatre program, a collaboration with Empowering Kids Organization, also in Summit.
music
Asbury Lanes presents glaive (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Asbury Lanes presents glaive on Friday, September 23 at 8:00pm. glaive is a vocalist, songwriter and producer from the mountains of North Carolina who began making music at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, releasing his first song on Soundcloud in April 2020. His rise since has been meteoric, supported by a steady stream of new music that has quickly earned him acclaim and a devoted following. aldn opens the night.
Two Musicians Both Named Brian Woodbury Get Their Music Profiles Confused on the Internet and Decide to Make a Song Together Brian Woodbury is a Los Angeles songwriter, composer and bandleader, who has just released his 9th solo album Rhapsody & Filigree, the Final Volume of his Anthems & Antithets tetralogy, each volume in a distinct musical mood: comic, personal, political & arty. Brian Woodbury is also the name of a Utah-based jazz trombonist, who last year released his first solo album Dream Feeder.
Nicki Minaj to receive Video Vanguard Award and perform live at 2022 "VMAs" (NEWARK, NJ) -- Global superstar Nicki Minaj will receive MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and perform for the first time since 2018 at the 2022 “VMAs,” airing LIVE from Prudential Center on Sunday, August 28 at 8:00pm. The 17x nominated and 5x “VMAs” winner, who took home her first Moon Person for Best Hip Hop Video in 2011, is nominated this year for “Best Hip Hop.”
"Timeless!" Smokey Robinson LIVE! at the Count Basie Center for the Arts Music lovers inside Red Bank, NJ’s Count Basie Center for the Arts auditorium this Wednesday, July 27, 2022 evening patiently await the start of a performance by the legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer, songwriter, producer, and Motown executive, Smokey Robinson.
BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music: 8/8/22 Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online 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 releases by The Planet You, Jeff DeVito, Amzot, Marco Sepe, Lupe Dragon, By Torchlight, and The Gumbo Gumbas.
poetry
Atlantic Highlands Arts Council presents Poetry Reading by Wendy Jean MacLean (ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ) -- Hey there, poetry lovers and literary friends! Join the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council on Tuesday, August 9th at 7:00pm to kick off a new series of readings in their gallery space. Treat yourselves to an evening of poems as we celebrate the important relationship between visual arts and the written word. The guest is award-winning poet Wendy Jean MacLean who will be reading from her recently published book, On Small Wings.
community
Registration Open for Mayo Performing Arts Center Fall Performing Arts School Classes (MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Registration for Mayo Performing Arts Center’s fall Performing Arts Classes begins on Monday, August 8. Classes begin the week of September 19 and run for 14 weeks. Classes will be offered for children as young as three through adult. Classes include musical theatre, acting, improv, audition technique, private voice lessons, and The Miracle Project, MPAC’s program for children on the autism spectrum and with special needs.
3rd Annual New Brunswick Heart Festival takes place on Saturday (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey, New Brunswick Cultural Center, New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), and Above Art Studios present the New Brunswick HEART Festival on Saturday, August 13 from 3:00pm-6:00pm; hosted by New Jersey Radio Hall of Famer Bert Baron and Founder of TSO Productions, Sharon Gordon. This free family-friendly festival celebrates all the vibrant arts and history of New Brunswick and Middlesex County, featuring live music and dance performances, dance classes for kids and adults, craft vendors more. The festival will take place in downtown New Brunswick on Livingston Ave (Monument Square, 2 Livingston Ave).
Past, Present and Future of Blueberries and Cranberries At the Ocean County Library Tuckerton Branch (TUCKERTON, NJ) -- Two famous natives of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens have rich histories and face potential challenges. Hear about them during “Blueberry and Cranberry Farming in South Jersey” on Monday, August 29 at 6:30pm. It takes place at the Ocean County Library Tuckerton Branch.
books
Adrenalin O.D. to Play Two Shows to Celebrate New Book DiWulf Publishing House has announced the first book from Adrenalin O.D. drummer and co-founder, Dave Scott Schwartzman. If It 's Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History of Adrenalin O.D. tells the story of New Jersey 's fastest and funniest band and their adventures touring throughout the U.S. during the heyday of the American hardcore scene.
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