Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from February 9-15, 2025. 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 9 counties in New Jersey (Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Ocean).
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1) Events This Week in New Jersey from February 11-17, 2025 - Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from February 11-17, 2025 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) Gloria Gaynor to be Honored at bergenPAC's Annual Women's Spring Luncheon - (ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) has announced that two-time Grammy Award-winning artist Gloria Gaynor will be honored and serve as a guest speaker at its annual Spring Luncheon on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 11:30am.
3) New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grants $2 Million to NJ Artists - (TRENTON, NJ) -- The New Jersey State Council on the Arts held its first public meeting of 2025 on February 11th, where $2 million was awarded to 216 New Jersey artists through the Council's Individual Artist Fellowship program - the highest number of artists awarded in one year in the program's history.
4) Presidents' Day Weekend in Cape May features dozens of tours, activities, events - (CAPE MAY, NJ) -- Presidents' Day Weekend, February 14-17, 2025, includes Valentine's Day this year, and there's a surprising array of things to enjoy in Cape May with tours, activities and events presented by Cape May MAC (Museums+Arts+Culture). The organization's main mission is promoting the preservation, interpretation, and cultural enrichment of the Cape May region for its residents and visitors. Cape May County residents: this holiday weekend is a good time to explore your hometown.
5) "A Stirring Performance!" The Simon and Garfunkel Story LIVE! at STNJ - Simon and Garfunkel fans at New Brunswick’s State Theatre New Jersey are feelin’ groovy this Friday, February 7, 2025 evening as they anticipate a live performance of The Simon and Garfunkel Story.
6) Spring 2025 New Jersey Film Festival Winners Announced! - The Competition component of the Spring 2025 New Jersey Film Festival has just concluded and here below are the winners!
7) Bally's Atlantic City Introduces Their New Winter Warm Up Menu - (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- In response to the groundhog's recent prediction of six more weeks of winter, Bally's Atlantic City has introduced its new Winter Warm Up Menu at Phil's Carousel Bar, offering guests a special seasonal experience designed to keep the cold at bay.
8) Gateway Playhouse to Showcase All of The Bard's Plays in "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare..." - (SOMERS POINT, NJ) -- Gateway Playhouse will showcase all of William Shakespeare's 37 plays – in just 95 minutes – in the hilarious "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged/Revised/Again)" by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, who originally created the show for the Edinburgh Theater Fest in 1987. Since then, it has toured the world over, delighting audiences, whether connoisseurs of The Bard or perhaps barely remember one play from high school. This delightful show comes to the Gateway for one weekend only, March 7-9, 2025.
9) NJ Creative Communities Conference to Assemble Leaders, Doers and Thinkers Throughout the State at Hudson County Community College - (HACKENSACK, NJ) -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) and Hudson County Community College (HCCC) present the New Jersey Creative Communities Conference 2025: The Art of Community Well-Being (NJCCC 2025) on Thursday, March 20. The conference takes place from 9:00am to 5:00pm at the Hudson County Community College Culinary Center (161 Newkirk Street) in Jersey City.
10) The Anthropologists present World Premiere of "axes, herbs and satchels" at Art House - (JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- The Anthropologists, a NYC-based, female-led, investigative theater company launches the world premiere of their devised play "axes, herbs and satchels." The tour begins in Jersey City at Art House on February 19-20, 2025, followed by stops in Delray Beach at Arts Garage on February 23, and Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana on March 5. The show will return to New York City in Spring 2025 with performances in the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn.
11) Friends' Big Book Sale at the Ocean County Library Long Beach Island Branch to Take Place March 7-8 - (SURF CITY, NJ) -- Looking for your next absorbing book? Starting to think about summer beach reads? Find hundreds upon hundreds of tempting hardcover, softbound and audiobook titles at the Friends of the Island Library’s two-day Big Book Sale in the Ocean County Library Long Beach Island Branch, March 7 and Saturday, March 8, 2025, from 9:00am to 3:00pm each day.
12) Bay Atlantic Symphony and Greater South Jersey Chorus Join Together for Powerful Voices Concerts in Vineland and Galloway - (VINELAND, NJ) -- Bay Atlantic Symphony and Greater South Jersey Chorus Join Together for Powerful Voices Concert featuring performances of The Lord Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 4. Performances take place Saturday, March 15, 2025 in Vineland and Sunday, March 16, 2025 in Galloway.
13) Grunin Foundation Announces Two New Board Members - (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The Grunin Foundation recently announced the addition of two new community board members, Elizabeth Golla and Adriana Medina-Gomez. Each of these new appointees brings extensive knowledge, experience, and diverse perspectives to help govern and give strategic direction to the organization as it continues to provide holistic support through funding, capacity building, and coalition building to organizations who have a shared vision of an equitable, just, and vibrant Central Jersey Shore.
14) 2025 United States Super 8 Film + DV Festival Celebrates its 37th Anniversary! - Now in its 37th year, the United States Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival is the largest and longest running juried festival of its kind in North America. The festival encourages any genre (including animation, documentary, personal, narrative, and experimental) made on Super 8mm/8mm film, Hi 8mm/8mm, or digital video. The Festival will be held Online and In-Person at Rutgers University on February 15+16, 2025.
15) NJPAC presents comedian Maria Bamford - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Maria Bamford is a favorite among comedians, with Stephen Colbert calling her his "favorite comedian on earth" and Judd Apatow deeming her "the funniest woman in the world." Known for tackling topics like mental health, family, and relationships with humor, she showcases her talent at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 8:00pm.
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