Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from September 1-7, 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 8 counties in New Jersey (Atlantic, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean).
Make sure your events are part of our weekly columns by sending press releases to us at [email protected]. Event previews are always one of the most popular areas of the website. Event previews get noticed when we first publish them and then get noticed again when they are brought back to the main area of the site the week the event takes place - sometimes even several months later.  We also run weekly columns promoting events, music, and theatre shows taking place for the week. These columns include our featured event previews and event listings along with all of our event previews of the week. Your events can stand out for as low as $10! Many times, they are among the most read stories of the week. There is no cost for us to run your press releases!
1)Â Events This Week in New Jersey: September 3-10, 2024Â -Â Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from September 3-10, 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.
2) 3 Amazing short documentaries screen at the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival! - Legacy, and who gets to tell what stories, is a question that has long been asked by historians, anthropologists, and most importantly, artists. Three artists address this question head-on through their various films screening at the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival: Rough Blazing Star (by Christopher Wiersema), Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP (by Judy Drosd & Joey Skaggs), and WHAT IS HAPPENING? ART IN THE LIFE OF GERTIE FROELICH (by Marieli Frohlich).
3) 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.
4) Inaugural Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival coming to JC Waterfront on September 14th - (JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Jersey City is getting its own Latin Jazz Festival! Riverview Jazz, the JC-based non-profit that produces the Jersey City Jazz Festival and countless other community programs, has partnered with Exchange Place Alliance to present a one-day celebration at Exchange Place Plaza where Montgomery Street meets the Hudson River. The Festival will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024 from 1:00pm to 8:00pm with an opening party on Friday night, September 13th. The Festival will feature two stages, food trucks, Salsa dance lessons, children’s programming, and much more.
5) Rod Wave - Last Lap Tour comes to Prudential Center in December - (NEWARK, NJ) -- This Fall, AG Touring and Mammoth, Inc. proudly present the Rod Wave - Last Lap Tour. This large-scale multi-city outing will feature Rod Wave headlining 36 of North America's top arenas coast-to-coast. The tour will kick off on October 19 at Desert Diamond Arena in Phoenix, AZ visiting major markets across the country, including Newark’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 with special guests Moneybagg Yo, Toosii, Lil Poppa, Dess Dior and Eelmatic.
6) PHOTOS from "Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust Road" at Surflight Theatre - (BEACH HAVEN, NJ) -- Surflight Theatre is presenting the recent Off Broadway hit, Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust Road, through September 15, 2024. This is a new musical journey filled with great music and dance, that tells the story of six friends and the one man who brought them all together. The musical is told completely through the sophisticated music of Hoagy Carmichael.  Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.
7) 2024 We Can Survive Concert features Justin Timberlake, New Kids on the Block, and More - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Audacy announced the 2024 lineup for We Can Survive, the annual event supporting the Company's mental health initiative, I'm Listening. Superstar Justin Timberlake will be joined by mega boy band New Kids On The Block, singer-songwriter Tate McRae, multi-instrumentalist Benson Boone, R&B crooner Khalid and emerging artist Isabel LaRosa at Prudential Center in Newark on Saturday, September 28. Hosted by NEW 102.7 FM (WNEW-FM), the event exemplifies music's power to connect communities and promotes having more mental health conversations.
8) Gary Van Miert to Release 3rd LP of Psychedelic Gems as The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! - (JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Veteran songwriter Gary Van Miert has announced the arrival of If I Stop Moving, I'll Fall From the Sky on October 25, 2024. This is his third collection of "Psychedelic Americana" as The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!
9) Graham Nash LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier - Our house this Monday, August 27, 2024 evening is the Ocean City Music Pier on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ where a sold-out crowd awaits an appearance by singer/songwriter Graham Nash.
10) Fanatics Sportsbook Partners with Ocean Casino Resort for New Retail Sportsbook Location - (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) /PRNewswire/ -- On September 5, 2024, Fanatics Sportsbook announced the opening of a retail sportsbook location in partnership with Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.
11) NJPAC presents Home Alone: A Nostalgic Night with Macaulay Culkin - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Standing Ovations Live and New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) present a special screening of the timeless classic Home Alone on Friday, December 13, 2024 at 7:30pm. The star who brought Kevin McCallister to life, Macaulay Culkin, will be in Newark for a unique event that features an exclusive moderated interview and audience Q&A with Macaulay Culkin following the screening.
12) Class of 1965 Honors Zimmerli Art Museum With Gift of Outdoor Sculpture - (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Outdoor sculptures across all three campuses of Rutgers University have become landmarks for the campus community and visitors: a spot to meet friends or colleagues; inspiration for reflections and conversation; the backdrop for selfies and graduation photos. On College Avenue in New Brunswick, the new sculpture Past is Prologue, by artist Patrick Strzelec, creates an inviting atmosphere on the front terrace of the Zimmerli Art Museum on Hamilton Street, making art accessible to visitors and passersby, even if the museum is closed.
13) Broadway Theatre of Pitman presents FEARLESS: The Taylor Swift Experience - (PITMAN, NJ) -- The Broadway Theatre of Pitman presents FEARLESS: The Taylor Swift Experience on Thursday, October 3 at 7:00pm and Friday, October 4, 2024 at 8:00pm. Experience the electrifying sensation of Taylor Swift’s music like never before with the award-winning tribute act, Rikki Lee Wilson. Renowned as the pinnacle of Taylor Swift tributes not only in the US but globally, this show is an impeccable homage to the pop sensation.
14) Renowned Native American Pole Carver to Complete a Totem Pole for Princeton - The story of Raven and Fog Woman is a Tlingit legend that begins with two men fishing from a canoe. They encounter fog, from which a beautiful woman emerges to guide them to safety. Raven, one of the fishermen, falls in love with Fog Woman. She weaves a basket to carry fish.
15) PNC Bank Arts Center presents Goose - (HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Connecticut rock band Goose comes to the PNC Banks Arts Center in Holmdel on Sunday, September 1, 2024 as part of a US tour spanning the country with dates throughout the fall. All this comes after an extensive spring tour, Goose's first with their new drummer, Cotter Ellis; Ellis made his debut with the band in four stunning, sold out nights in April at the legendary Capitol Theatre in Portchester, NY. Showtime is 7:30pm.
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