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theatre
Premiere Stages at Kean University Announces 2023 Bauer Boucher Playwriting Award Winners (UNION, NJ) -- Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, has named Kean University student Chad Colacurcio (Class of ’23) and alumnus Steven Patrick (Class of ‘78 ) as the winners of the 2023 Bauer Boucher Playwriting Awards, named for longtime donors W. John Bauer and Nancy Boucher. Both winners will receive a cash prize and a one-day developmental reading of their plays with a professional cast and director.
The Players Guild of Leonia presents "Bedroom Farce" (LEONIA, NJ) -- Players Guild of Leonia, founded in 1919, presents the hilarious comedy, Bedroom Farce, at the Civil War Drill Hall Theatre over three weekends, starting Friday, January 20, and closing on Sunday, February 5th. Bedroom Farce, written by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, takes place in the bedrooms of three married couples during one very long night.
music
Newton Theatre presents The Last Waltz Celebration (NEWTON, NJ) -- The Newton Theatre presents The Last Waltz Celebration featuring The THE BAND Band with the TTBB Horns & special guests on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Doors are at 7:00pm, the concert begins at 8:00pm.
Madonna: The Celebration Tour Madonna is heading back on tour! Produced by Live Nation, the 35-city global tour named Madonna: The Celebration Tour will kick off in North America on Saturday, July 15th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC with stops in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and more before making its way to Europe where she will hit 11 cities throughout the fall, including London, Barcelona, Paris, and Stockholm, among others. The Celebration Tour will wrap in Amsterdam, NL on Friday, December 1st at Ziggo Dome.
Upcoming Shows at White Eagle Hall (JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- In the New Year, White Eagle Hall continues an exciting schedule of events for everyone for everyone. Originally constructed in 1910 and reopened in 2017 after a multi-year, multi-million-dollar renovation, the 800-person capacity music venue in Jersey City currently has nine shows scheduled this month.
Screaming Females release "Brass Bell" from Upcoming Album Don Giovanni Records has announced the brand new album from DIY scene icons Screaming Females. Titled Desire Pathway, the album will be released on February 17, 2023 and is the band's eighth LP released over their eighteen year career.
"Just Epic!" Daniil Trifonov and the NJSO LIVE! at MPAC It’s a brisk Sunday, January 8, 2023 afternoon as music lovers make their way inside Morristown, NJ’s MPAC for a concert by classical piano virtuoso Daniil Trifonov and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Xian Zhang.
comedy
Count Basie Center for the Arts presents Leslie Jones: Live (RED BANK, NJ) -- Count Basie Center for the Arts presents Leslie Jones: Live on Friday, June 16th at 7:00pm. Leslie Jones, the three-time Emmy nominee and SNL alum can currently be seen starring in Taika Waititi’s pirate comedy series Our Flag Means Death for HBO Max. Jones will soon produce an Untitled Christmas Comedy for Lionsgate along with Ruben Fleischer and David Bernad along with Jackie Clarke set to write and Lenny Marcus producing. Jones is developing the holiday feature as a potential starring role.
Digital Comedy Series "You're Up" Offers Unrestrained and Humorously Intimate Backstage/Onstage Glimpse Into the Lives & Careers of Stand-Up's Most Promising Rising Stars (NEW YORK, NY) -- “YOU’RE UP,” an engaging and hilarious new short-form digital web series from Unhinged Entertainment, captures comedy’s most promising rising stars onstage in midst of their acts, and backstage as they openly discuss the challenges, chaos and complexity of their personal lives and the VERY unusual experiences that fuel their often way-too-revealing standup material.
film
Giorgio Litt's Powerful Documentary Vagrant screens at the Spring 2023 New Jersey Film Festival Vagante (Vagrant), an Italian short film directed by Giorgio Litt, opens the eyes of viewers to the harsh realities of the state of stray dogs in Italy. Following the story of one man named Stefano as he attempts to save as many dogs as possible, this short film dives into the true horrors of abandonment and abuse that these animals experience in rural Sicily.
art
Art in the Atrium presents "Soul of African American Art" visual art exhibit at MPAC (MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Art in the Atrium, Inc. (ATA), a non-profit volunteer arts organization founded in Morris County that champions Black art excellence, returns with its second major exhibition at Mayo Performing Arts Center's Art Upstairs and Starlight Galleries. In its continued partnership with MPAC, ATA presents "Soul of African American Art." The exhibit runs now through March 5.
Acc gallery presents "INVISIBLE ROOM" (TENAFLY, NJ) -- ACC gallery presents "INVISIBLE ROOM", group show, from January 17 to February 11, 2023. This show examines our interpretations of daily life as it fulfills or rejects social norms. How do our connections create a sense of play and intimacy? How is connections also a limiting experience? The artists represented here are concerned with the process of gaining perspective on these experience. The show is curated by Sunhee Yoon.
community
New Jersey Community Capital Donates $10K to City of Trenton (TRENTON, NJ) -- New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC), the state of New Jersey’s largest community development financial institution (CDFI), announced they donated $10,000 to the city of Trenton. Funding will be distributed to the city’s Department of Recreation and Youth Programs, as well as Howard’s Healthy Choices. The donation is part of NJCC’s commitment to this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday celebration theme – “It starts with me: cultivating a beloved community mindset to transform unjust systems.”
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