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theatre
McCarter Opens 2022-23 Season With "The Wolves" by Sarah DeLappe (PRINCETON, NJ) -- McCarter is excited to welcome back audiences and announces its first production of the 2022-23 season, The Wolves, a fierce and funny play by Sarah DeLappe about a young women’s competitive high school soccer team. Featuring an all-female cast and creative team, the production is directed by Sarah Rasmussen, Artistic Director. Performances begin September 17th through October 16th.
Dover Little Theatre to Hold Open Auditions of "Dear Edwina JR" (DOVER, NJ) -- Have a child interested in performing? Join us for our open auditions for Dear Edwina JR. at Dover Little Theatre (DLT). Auditions will be held on Friday, September 23rd from 5:00pm to 7:00pm and on Saturday, September 24th from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Auditions are for ages 8 to 14.
The 1/52 Project Announces $100,000 in Grants Distributed Among Seven Early Career Designers (NEW YORK, NY) -- The 1/52 Project, the new financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected the first seven early-career designer recipients to benefit from $100,000 in grants. Applicants were chosen based on talent, creativity, innovation, and potential for future excellence in the professional theatrical field, and each of the inaugural recipients will receive grants up to $15,000.
Premiere Stages presents "Scab" by Gino Diiorio (UNION, NJ) -- Premiere Stages’ production of Gino Diiorio’s powerful new play Scab will begin performances this week on Thursday, September 8 in Kean University’s Bauer Boucher Theatre Center (Vaughn Eames Hall, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, N.J.). Selected as a finalist from the 2020/21 Premiere Play Festival, Scab features actors John Anthony Torres and Monica Wyche. John J. Wooten, producing artistic director of Premiere Stages, directs.
East Lynne Theater Company presents NJ premiere of "Possessing Harriet" (CAPE MAY, NJ) -- The Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company presents the New Jersey premiere of "Possessing Harriet," a new play by Kyle Bass, based on the true story about Harriet Powell. "Possessing Harriet" runs from September 21 to October 15, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm at The Cape May Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes Street where ELTC is in residence in Cape May.
PHOTOS from "5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche" at The Theater Project (MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- The Theater Project is presenting 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche from September 8-18, 2022 at the Burgdorff Cultural Center. The play by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood takes place in 1956 when some "bachelor gals" refer themselves as widows to avoid embarrassing questions. Photographer John Posada was at a dress rehearsal to take photos.
music
2022 Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival a Stellar Mix The sounds of jazz and blues will float across the Morristown Green once again when the Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival takes place Saturday, Sept. 17. The festival is free to attend and this year’s lineup includes a stellar mix of swing, big band, and group jazz with a pair of blues artists — one an up-and-coming star and the other a Jersey legend.
Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...9/8/22 “It is a lot of songs that I’ve wanted to sing for a long time," says Irish folk artist Karan Casey as she arrived for her U.S. tour and prepares for an upcoming September 16 show at The Hopewell Theatre. "I have a Janis Ian song on there called, “I'm Still Standing Here” and a great Eliza Gilkyson song called “Man of God,” Patti Griffin; a Bob Dylan song which I've never done before so yeah, it's all good. I wrote a couple of songs on it and one is called “You are the Flower” which I wrote with Sean Og Graham who is actually on tour with me. I'll be on tour with Sean and Niamh Dunne who I've played with for all the best parts of eight or ten years but we've never done gigs over here in the States. So, I'm really excited about bringing them over here and coming to The Hopewell Theatre; it’ll be great.”
Spotlight on NJPAC's 11th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival (NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents the 11th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival from November 10-20. The festival presents dozens of free and ticketed events! This year’s program offers events combining jazz luminaries in collaboration with artists known for R&B, poetry, hip hop, and much more.
SoulShine LIVE! in Seaside Heights, NJ Colors paint the blue sky this Thursday, August 25, 20222 evening in Seaside Heights, NJ as music lovers await a free concert on the beach by SoulShine. SoulShine is a New York-based ensemble that provides listeners with the experience of attending a live concert by the classic Southern rock group, The Allman Brothers Band.
Free Outdoor Concert by The Chivalrous Crickets brings end of summer revelry to Herrontown Woods (PRINCETON, NJ) -- Enjoy a free, outdoor concert of Celtic and American folk music in Herrontown Woods on Thursday, September 22, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. The Friends of Herrontown Woods (FOHW), the all volunteer group managing more than 200 acres in the Herrontown Woods Preserve and in the Autumn Hill Reservation, will host the Chivalrous Crickets in the garden next to the historic Veblen House.
dance
Reflection, Collaboration Take Center Stage in American Repertory Ballet’s “Kaleidoscope” American Repertory Ballet is launching its 2022-23 season with “Kaleidoscope,” a program featuring four unique dance performances, at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. One performance joins ballet with an original music composition, blending contemporary dance with an eclectic score for piano and cello.
art
The Wallpaper Speaks in "To Whom It May Concern" “This is very different,” said Rowan Art Gallery Director/Curator Mary Salvante, referring to “Genevieve Gaignard: To Whom It May Concern,” the exhibition on view now through Oct. 29. A reception Thursday, Sept. 15, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. will include an artist talk at 5:30 p.m.
ArtYard presents "Landscape and Hierarchies" by Alexandre Arrechea (FRENCHTOWN, NJ) -- ArtYard presents Landscape and Hierarchies, a solo exhibition featuring new works by Alexandre Arrechea on view from September 17, 2022 to January 22, 2023. Arrechea is internationally renowned as one of the founding members of the Cuban collective, Los Carpinteros, and has earned acclaim as an artist whose work interrogates such issues as history, memory, politics, and the power relations of the urban space. This exhibition marks 20 years of Arrechea’s solo career.
community
Dey Mansion hosts Living History Day: 2nd New Jersey (WAYNE, NJ) -- The illustrious 2nd New Jersey returns to Dey Mansion Washington’s Headquarters on Saturday, September 10th. Come see how the Continental Army went about setting up camp and witness the different tasks performed by soldiers and camp followers. A variety of demonstrations will take place all day including musket drills and camp life activities.
New COVID-19 Booster Shots Available for Union County Residents (UNION COUNTY, NJ) -- The Union County Board of County Commissioners announces that Union County residents age 12 years and older can now obtain the new bivalent COVID-19 booster shots authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at any vaccination clinic run by Union County.
Online Lecture: The 1913 Paterson Silk Strike Join us on Saturday, September 10th for an FREE informative virtual event on the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike. The Silk Strike began in February 1913 and was a part of a larger industrial conflict that raged in the eastern United States. Evelyn Hershey, the Education Director at the American Labor Museum / Botto House National Landmark, joins us to tell the story of the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike and the Botto House’s key role in the struggle for worker’s rights.
Branch Brook Park Alliance to Host Festival on Saturday (NEWARK, NJ) -- Branch Brook Park Alliance (BBPA) will host the fourth Branch Brook Park Fest on Saturday, September 10 from 9:00am to 4:00pm in the Prudential Concert Grove at Branch Brook Park (rain date: Sunday September 11). Now in its second season, this program series brings together community members, local business owners, artists and visitors for an afternoon of family-friendly activities. The event features vendors, live music, interactive art, and more.
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