Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from June 2-8, 2024. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 10 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Camden, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Union).
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1) An Interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night of Blackmore's Night - Long before Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night created the renaissance folk rock band Blackmore’s Night, Ritchie told Guitar World that he longed to play medieval music.
2) Two amazing docs Fencing for the Edge and Found: The King of Matsutake Ridge premiere at the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival on Saturday, June 8! - Fencing for the Edge is an iced soda on a hot summer night. Much as we know sports are revelries of adrenaline, I was taken aback by the resonance I felt from watching this documentary about fencing. This piece, woven with real tears and joy, clenched and scratched my heart as I started fidgeting in my seat, wishing time would pass sooner to know what would come next. Despite Hollywood's successful portrayals of athletic prowess, the glitzy studio shots didn't strike me as much as this team of teenage girls, whose most sincere emotions through struggles and triumphs outshine even the most praised performance.
3) NJPAC Announces Lineup for 2024 Sounds of the City FREE Concerts - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Experience an amazing lineup of diverse artists under the stars this summer at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) for exciting, FREE concerts during the Horizon Sounds of the City series every Thursday from 5:00pm to 9:00pm. The series unites Newark's cultural diversity by bringing together residents, workers, and visitors for unforgettable evenings of great music, food, and fun. This year's  lineup includes Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista, Afrobeat singer and artist Kofi Kinaata, New Orleans funk band Galactic f. Jelly Joseph, rap icon KRS-One, and New Orleans bounce singer Big Freedia. Some performances will also showcase a guest poet from Dodge Poetry, as well as local opening talent and NJPAC's student performers.
4)Â Events This Week in New Jersey: June 4-11, 2024Â -Â Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from June 4-11, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.
5) Elli Choi of Tenafly Named One of the World's Top Young Violinists at Queen Elisabeth Competition - (BRUSSELS, BELGIUM) -- Elli Choi of Tenafly, NJ earned Third Prize in Brussels, Belgium on May 29, 2024 at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, considered the most formidable violin competition in the world, not only for its endurance factor but for its challenging route to the judges’ final decisions.
6) New Book Captures The Oral History Of The Stone Pony - Nick Corasaniti captures the oral history of the Stone Pony and the rise, fall, and rebirth of Asbury Park in his new book, I Don't Want to Go Home - The Oral History Of The Stone Pony.  The book includes interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, Southside Johnny, members of the E Street Band and Asbury Jukes, the Ramones, the Jonas Brothers, Jack Antonoff, and other legendary musicians. Plus never-before seen photos from Danny Clinch.
7) Hoboken High School Drama Students Present Staged Reading of "Fortune" - (HOBOKEN, NJ) -- The drama students of Hoboken High School and their director, Danielle Miller, along with celebrated actress Joy Kelly and the Hoboken High School Chorus, present a staged reading of George Cameron Grant’s empowering play Fortune on April 28, 2017 at 7:00pm at Hoboken High School as a fundraiser for its theater program. George’s powerful and noble work is about the most unforgettable women you have never known,  Rose Fortune, who was born a slave, and through a 90-year life span, became a symbol of truth, social equality, and human spirit.
8) Cirque du Soliel's Sandy Cameron to join NJ Festival Orchestra for Outdoor Season Finale in Westfield on June 15th - (WESTFIELD, NJ) -- The New Jersey Festival Orchestra is back outdoors in Westfield on Saturday, June 15, 2024 for a season finale starring virtuoso violinist Sandy Cameron performing Prokofievs's renowned Violin Concerto No. 2. The concert will also feature music by Beethoven and Stravinsky, a performance made possible in part through sponsorship by Ray Catena of Mercedes-Benz, Union.
9) An Interview with Nick Corasaniti, author of 'I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony' - Nick Corasaniti's I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony was just published by Harper Books. It is a fascinating look at both the history of the Stone Pony and the rise, fall, and rebirth of Asbury Park itself. The book includes interviews with a staggering number of people including musicians, DJs, reporters, Stone Pony employees, music industry professionals, people involved with Asbury Park, and even a few governors. It also features some exclusive, never-before-seen photos from Danny Clinch.
10) A New Twist on Shakespeare Classic 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at Kelsey Theatre June 14-23 - (WEST WINDSOR, NJ) -- It's a modern twist on an all-time classic comedy when Shakespeare 70 presents William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream June 14-23, 2024 at the Kelsey Theatre on Mercer County Community College's (MCCC) West Windsor Campus. The generation gap, unrequited love, and marital misunderstandings have abounded throughout history, and so it is with this updated version of the Shakespeare classic.
11) "Liar...Liar - Pants on Fire!" comes to Alkemy Coffee in Flemington - (FLEMINGTON, NJ) -- Call it a cross between a game show and a story slam: Four storytellers. One complete liar. The audience gets to grill, interrogate and query the storytellers to figure out using their best Sherlock Holmes insight to figure out who the fabulous fabricator is. "Liar...Liar - Pants on Fire!" comes to Alkemy Coffee in Flemington on Friday, June 14, 2024. Showtime is 7:00pm.
12) Holly Buechel’s thrilling documentary film Fencing for the Edge premieres at the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival on Saturday, June 8! - Here is my interview with Fencing for the Edge Director Holly Buechel.
13) 4th annual Haddon Township Pride Parade and a PRIDE + Progress Community Night will take place June 6-7 - (HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The 4th annual Haddon Township Pride Parade and a PRIDE + Progress Community Night will take place June 6-7, 2024 in collaboration with and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community.
14)Â This Week in Music:Â Previews for Concerts Taking Place June 4-11, 2024Â -Â Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from June 4-11, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.
15) Ocean County Library Toms River Branch presents Exhibit of Nick DiGiacomo Photography - (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Take a unique look at places in and around Ocean County as depicted in the photographs of Nick DiGiacomo on display at the Ocean County Library Toms River Branch throughout the months of June and July.
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