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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!
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theatre
Paterson Performing Arts Development Council Welcomes Choreopoem Scholar And Author Monica Prince As Its Newest Playwright-In-Residence 
(PATERSON, NJ) -- The Paterson Performing Arts Development Council (PPADC) announced that Monica Prince will be the organization’s 2023 Playwright In-Residence. Prince’s choreopoem Roadmap will be the centerstage featured play of PPADC’s Annual Hamilton Arts Festival (HAF). Now in its third season, the festival runs June 15–24, 2023 and features a series of events including theatrical productions and film screenings.
music
The Vogel presents Big Head Todd and the Monsters 
(RED BANK, NJ) -- The Vogel presents Big Head Todd and the Monsters on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 7:30pm. The band has quietly become an American institution following three and a half decades of writing, recording and touring.
Centenary Stage Company presents Pianist Chuchito Valdés 
(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Previously featured in Centenary Stage Company’s Sitnik Stage, pianist Chuchito Valdés returns for the 2023 January Thaw Music Festival. Chuchito Valdés will perform on January 28 at 8:00pm. This performance will take place in The Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ.
Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...12/29/22 
“Other than Postell, for the rest of us it's been 50 plus years of playing together and finally coming together as a band again was pretty cool; it's still pretty cool," laughed bassist Leland Sklar of The Immediate Family as he discussed their formation, longevity, writing style and upcoming show at the Count Basie Center/Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre in Red Bank, NJ on January 12, 2023.
Makin Waves Top 10 2022 Jersey Indie Albums 
Here’s a look at what I thought was the 10 best albums released in 2022 by independent New Jersey artists.
comedy
bergenPAC presents The Latin Princes of Comedy 
(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) presents The Latin Princes of Comedy on January 21, 2023 at 8:00pm. The show features Cipha Sounds, Julio Diaz, James Camacho, and Alex Carabaño. Tickets range from $29-$49.
art
Princeton Makes Artist Exhibition at Small World Coffee 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The artists of Princeton Makes, the Princeton-based artist cooperative, will host an exhibition of their work at Small World Coffee from January 4 through February 7. The exhibition has been curated by Adriana Groza, a member of Princeton Makes and a fluid acrylic artist.
