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theatre
MEOW! Cats is Back! Years and years and years ago, when the musical Cats opened on Broadway, my late wife and I went to see it. We both fell in love with the oddball cat named Rum Tum Tugger. Several months later, we got our first cat and immediately, right away, named her Rum Tum Tugger. She was a handful - food strikes, carousing with the neighborhood Tom Cat, knocking over garbage cans, hiding in the attic over the garage once for three days complaining about everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lauren Kurinskas Named Producing Director of Two River Theater (RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater has announced Lauren Kurinskas as Producing Director. She will take the lead on overseeing the multiple integrated departments that collaborate to execute each production.
music
PHOTOS from "Zydeland" Release Party by The Gumbo Gumbas (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Indie band The Gumbo Gumbas released their second album "Zydeland" on Mardi Gras, February 21st at Tim McLoone's Supper Club Asbury Park. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos
State Theatre Studio Series presents Cold Weather Company (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Introducing The State Theatre! Join the State Theatre for an intimate performance in their new Studio space. This is a general admission ticket in a cabaret style setting, seating is first come first served. On Wednesday, April 26 at 7:30pm, the series presents Cold Weather Company.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Celebrates Women's History Month with Events and Exhibits Featuring Patti Scialfa, Chaka Khan, Sheryl Crow & more (CLEVELAND, OH) -- Honoring #WomenWhoRock, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is hosting a series of Women’s History Month events and programs celebrating the achievements of some of music’s most notable female artists. Among them is a new artifact from Inductee Patti Scialfa of The E Street Band.
bergenPAC presents Chris Botti (ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) welcomes jazz star Chris Botti on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 8:00pm. Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist.
State Theatre Presents Daniel Hope with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The fully renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents Daniel Hope with Zurich Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30pm. Tickets range from $17.50-$70.
comedy
The Newton Theatre presents Big Apple Comedy Club (NEWTON, NJ) -- The Newton Theatre presents Big Apple Comedy Club with performances by Buddy Fitzpatrick, Julia Scotti, Leighann Lord, and Greg Stone. The event takes place on Friday, April 7th. Doors are at 7:00pm, showtime is 8:00pm. The night is recommended for those 18 and older.
film
Inaugural Library of Congress Film and Sound Festival Set to Gather Film Fans, Archivists and Authors in Celebration of Rare Silent and Sound Cinema (SILVER SPRING, MD) -- The Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center announced the inaugural Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound, a new four-day film event celebrating the Library's rich moving image and recorded sound collections. The festival will be held in association with AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center and will take place June 15 to 18 at the American Film Institute's historic theater in Silver Spring, Maryland.
art
Final Weeks to Visit Night Forms: Infinite Wave, the Interactive Light and Sound Experience at Grounds For Sculpture (HAMILTON, NJ) -- Night Forms: Infinite Wave, a site-specific multi-sensory experience, is closing soon at Grounds for Sculpture. This second installment of GFS’s partnership with Klip Collective activates the sculpture park with an expanded presentation of 12 sound and light installations to create an interactive, immersive environment during evening hours that is designed to engage visitors with Grounds For Sculpture’s art and horticulture collection. It on view through April 2, 2023.
Leica Camera Announces Winners of the Newly Expanded 4th Annual Leica Women Foto Project Award (TEANECK, NJ) PRNewswire/ -- On International Women's Day, Leica Camera USA announced the four recipients of its 4th annual Leica Women Foto Project Award in partnership with Photoville and Women Photograph. For the first time, Leica Camera accepted entries from the U.K., Mexico, and Canada and the U.S., aiming to elevate marginalized voices while empowering the female point of view through photography.
community
Emma Grunin Joins the Grunin Foundation Board of Trustees The Grunin Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Emma Grunin to the Grunin Foundation Board of Trustees. Emma is currently a freshman at New York University in the Liberal Studies Core program. In addition to her studies, Emma is a member of the NYU track and field team and the Student-Athlete Leadership Academy.
Lewis Center for the Arts presents The Atelier@Large: Conversations on Art-making in a Vexed Era with Bill Bowers, E.S Glenn, and Claudia Rankine. (PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts presents the next event in The AtelieratLarge conversation series that brings guest artists to campus to discuss the challenges they face in making art in the modern world. For this concluding event in the 2022-23 series, Broadway actor and mime Bill Bowers, graphic novelist and The New Yorker cartoonist E.S. Glenn, and bestselling poet and playwright Claudia Rankine join in discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, Princeton's Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Princeton Atelier.
URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center announces 2023 schedule of more than 40 events (CARTERET, NJ) -- URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center has announced a full calendar year of events that will feature something for everyone, Mayor Daniel J. Reiman said. Whether you like classical, standards, oldies, pop, rock or R&B, more than 30 world-class concerts will be presented at the state-of-the-art venue, he added.
The Sieminski Theater Presents America's Hottest Illusionist, Jason Bishop (BASKING RIDGE, NJ) -- International award-winning illusionist, Jason Bishop, will be performing his show at the Sieminski Theater on Saturday, April 1 at 7:30pm. The Jason Bishop Show combines magic and audience interaction in a way that no other magician can.
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