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theatre
Premiere Stages at Kean University Announces 2023 Season (UNION, NJ) -- Premiere Stages at Kean University has announced its 2023 season, featuring multiple new plays that explore the need for human connection. The season will kick off in July with Erin Breznitsky’s Satellites, the winner of the 2022 Premiere Play Festival, the theatre’s annual competition for unproduced scripts written by playwrights affiliated with the greater metropolitan area. The season will also feature the New Jersey Premiere of 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury in September, as well as developmental workshops of the 2023 Premiere Play Festival runner-up and the 2023/24 Liberty Live Commission in November 2023.
"Songs for a New World" Highlights Life's Decisive Moments Jason Robert Brown, well-known for writing the Tony Award-winning stage adaptation of "The Bridges of Madison County," wrote the music and lyrics for "Songs for a New World"—an impressive score that traverses multiple genres, including pop, gospel, and contemporary musical theater. Pioneer Productions will present a slightly reimagined production of this contemporary show, the weekends of June 9 and June 16. The performances will take place in the heart of Morristown in Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church.
The Theater Project presents "Sunset Park" (MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- "No matter how old you get, love, longing, jealousy, and hope remain constant" -- Sunset Park by award-winning writer Joseph Vitale kicks off the Summer Season at The Theater Project, a leading incubator for rising talent and a showcase for New Jersey artists. The company is returning to Maplewood's Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Road, with a packed schedule of new and lesser-known work. Sunset Park, performing July 6- 16, consists of four intertwining stories about growing older and coming to terms with the changes in our lives.
Nutley Little Theatre presents "Hand to God" (NUTLEY, NJ) -- Nutley Little Theatre presents the hysterically irreverent twisted comedy, Hand to God, opening Friday, June 9th, and continuing through June 24th. Written by Robert Askins, the play tells the story of a devilish, scandalous, and foul-mouthed hand puppet who manages to tear apart the balance in a Christian Puppet Ministry youth group – exposing the startling fragile nature of faith, morality, love, and how easily blood can flow.
music
Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...6/8/23 Over the next week, The Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton, NJ is hosting three of the hottest Blues music shows in the area. June 9 sees the great Joe Louis Walker, June 10 is a rare Jersey appearance from Laurie Morvan and June 15 sees the talented Alastair Greene gracing the intimate stage.
Blues Traveler to Perform at Grunin Center (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Following Grammy-Award Winning Blues Traveler's Summer tour with Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the six-time Platinum-selling rockers have their own Fall 2023 U.S. run. The seminal band will embark on a cross-country routing that kicks off in Cherry Point, NC on October 19 before culminating in the South in Nashville, TN on November 21. Locally, the band will perform at the Grunin Center for the Arts in Toms River on Friday, October 27, 2023.
James Allen Anderson to Make Debut as Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey's Music Director (WESTAMPTON, NJ) -- The Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey will perform a free outdoor concert at the Burlington County Amphitheater on Saturday, July 1st. As part of Burlington County's summer concert series, this event promises an unforgettable evening of patriotic music, featuring the debut performance of the orchestra's new Music Director, James Allen Anderson. The PSNJ will take the stage at 7:00pm, preceded by a captivating opening act featuring singer-songwriter Sahara Moon, starting at 6:00pm.
film
August at twenty-two plays at the 2023 New Jersey International Film Festival on Friday, June 9! Director Sophia Castuera’s film August at twenty-two is showing at the 2023 New Jersey International Film Festival on Friday, June 9th at 7 p.m. and online for 24 hours. Written and starring Ali Edwards, the narrative feature film details the post-graduate life of Cal, a floundering New York City actress who accidentally falls in love with her best friend’s girlfriend.
Vision Films to Release "Called to Duty" - Film Shot in South Jersey Vision Films has announced the Transactional VOD release of Called to Duty from production company Cinemaddict Films on July 1, 2023 across the US and Canada. Showcasing the role of female pilots, the action feature is directed by Ashley Gibson and produced by Henry Penzi and Sonny Goldfin. The film centers around a squadron of female Navy air show pilots sent into battle because of their exceptional aerial skills and is loosely based on true world events involving North Korea and their frequent ballistic missile tests used as threats against the United States.
"The Forgotten Story of New Jersey’s Enslaved People" (NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and PSEG'S True Diversity Film Series present: The Forgotten Story of New Jersey's Enslaved People with a panel discussion. This is a FREE event that will take place in NJPAC’s Chase Room on Monday, June 19, 2023 at 6:00pm.
Wonderful feature Stargazer screens at the 2023 New Jersey International Film Festival on Sunday, June 11 Stargazer, a film by Alan McIntyre, truly delves into the idea about what stories get to be told, how they are told, and most importantly for the films case, who gets to tell them? The story follows Grace, an undergraduate student desperate to tell the story of a forgotten astronomer named Cecilia, whose accomplishments were stolen by men and never brought to light as her own. Grace’s journey to share this story is complicated by Spike, a journalist looking to make the story his own, and Diana, a dancer who brings context about Ancient Greece, power, and the role of women to men. These two complicate Grace’s point of view, and makes her choose which she thinks is right, as Diana says in the film, she has to choose whether to “Fuck the man or say fuck you to the man”. Throughout the film, Grace’s journey is a search for clarity, self-discovery, and to find what role people play in telling other stories, and these decisions and answers are all complicated by Diana and Spike’s opposing forces.
art
West Windsor Arts presents Faculty and Student Show (PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ) -- The Faculty Student Show at West Windsor Arts will celebrate the work of teaching artists and their students created in a class or workshop at WWA during 2022 summer camps, and the Fall, Winter, or Spring sessions of the 2022-2023 class year. The exhibition will run from June 6th to July 15th, with a free opening reception and recognition of Certificate of Fine Arts (CiFA) students on Friday, June 9th from 7:00pm-8:30pm at West Windsor Arts.
Earthsongs Ceramics Unveils New Peace Mural in Metuchen as a Benefit for Ukraine Though taking up less than 3 square miles in the heart of central New Jersey, the borough of Metuchen boasts a robust public art program. Among painted storefronts, sculptures both historic and contemporary, hanging banners, and artfully painted pianos and Adirondack chairs, a new mural is about to be unveiled.
Riverside Gallery Presents "Impasta" 2023 Group Exhibition (HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Riverside Gallery presents a group exhibition, titled "Impasta," concerning the use of impasto, or thick paint, in painting. The exhibition runs from June 15-30, 2023, with an opening reception on Saturday, June 17th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The participating artists are Susan Carr, Jan Dickey, and MInseok Kang.
Call for Artists Announced for 'Art Takes the Bench' in New Milford (NEW MILFORD, NJ) -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's ArtsBergen and the Borough of New Milford have announced a call for three visual artists or artist teams to design and paint murals on three public benches in three public parks for the 'Art Takes the Bench!' project. The project plans to introduce residents of New Milford and the borough's visitors to local artists' talents, while also providing visual attractions that create more interesting, inviting open spaces.
poetry
SOUP CAN Magazine presents Candemonium: A Hip-Hop & Spoken Word Party in Atlantic City (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- As part of New Jersey's inaugural North to Shore Festival, Soup Can Magazine presents Candemonium: A Hip-Hop & Spoken Word Party featuring award winning musicians, poets, and visual artists from the great Garden State. The event takes place on Sunday, June 11th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at C.R.O.P.S. in Atlantic City.
community
Virtual grant writing workshops begin June 27 ahead of Middlesex County's 2024 Arts, History, and Historic Preservation and Capital grant application cycle The 2024 Middlesex County grant cycle is back this summer to offer funding opportunities to municipalities and local nonprofit organizations in support of arts, history, and folklife programming and facilities in Middlesex County. These grants are offered by the Arts Institute of Middlesex County and the Board of County Commissioners to be used for Arts, History, Historic Preservation and Capital projects. Projects must serve the public and take place in Middlesex County.
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