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music
Makin Waves with Emily Grove: Music at the Family Dinner Table 
Emily Grove has been a Jersey Shore treasure since before she was a teen playing coffeehouses, such as Coffee Blue in Belmar and Espresso Joe's in Keyport. Raised in Wall by music-loving parents who often shared tasty tunes around the dinner table, Emily musically matured in Asbury Park with the help of scenesters, such as New Jersey Stage editor-publisher Gary Wien and music educator-musician Jody Joseph, cousin to Jon Bon Jovi.
Lucie Arnaz LIVE! at PNC Bank Arts Center 
Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Lucie Arnaz at PNC Bank Arts Center on May 14, 2025.
film
"The Sandy Mack Experience" to Screen at New Jersey International Film Festival 
One of the things that makes Asbury Park so special is its music scene and one of the guys who helps make that scene so special is Sandy Mack. His story and the weekly jams he organizes are the subject of The Sandy Mack Experience, a documentary film created by his daughter Sarah Ann McCuiston and Henry Donohue Frost.
New Release Review - "The Surrender" 
So many horror movies have tackled grief that it's become something of a cliché in the genre. But unlike many horror movies, in which a death has occurred some time in the past and is still being processed by the protagonist at a later point, writer/director Julia Max's debut The Surrender is set in the immediate aftermath of the death of a loved one.
Important and timely documentary Freeing Juanita screens at the 2025 New Jersey International Film Festival on Sunday, June 1! 
I had planned to do an interview with Freeing Juanita Director Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers in early May, but he tragically died while surfing off Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York on Saturday, April 12. So, I reached out to Sebastian’s dad Paul Rogers and he connected me with Tristan Philip Call, who is one of the producers of Freeing Juanita. Here is the interview I did with him:
community
Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage from May 18-24, 2025 
Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from May 18-24, 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 8 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean).
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