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theatre
Bordentown Regional High School Theater Club presents their 2025 One Act Play Festival 
(BORDENTOWN, NJ) -- The award-winning Bordentown Regional High School Theater Club is proud to present their 2025 One Act Play Festival: Last Day of School on Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:30pm in the Bordentown Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door. All proceeds benefit BRHS senior scholarships.
The Growing Stage Announces 2025-26 Main Stage Season 
(NETCONG, NJ) -- The Growing Stage: The Children's Theatre of New Jersey, located in the Historic Palace Theatre on Route 183 in Netcong, proudly launches its 44th season this fall. Along with a full lineup of productions, the season includes educational programs for students from Pre-K through high school and special events throughout the year.
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" 
(MADISON, NJ) -- The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) presents Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, written by David Catlin, from October 22 through November 16, 2025 at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. On a stormy night in 1816, Mary Shelley gave birth to one of literature's most haunting and enduring legends...
Paper Mill Playhouse Adds Four To Board of Trustees 
(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the election of four individuals to its Board of Trustees. These new members will add their expertise and knowledge to the theatre's now 31-member Board. "I look forward to working with each of these individuals as Paper Mill prepares for its next phase of growth", said Michael Stotts, Executive Director. "They have already dived in with active participation, collaboration and sharing of their ideas and experience."
music
Tony Tedesco & Friends at Belmar Arts Center 
(BELMAR, NJ) -- "Are you going to write about the show?" I was asked at the Belmar Arts Center. To be honest, I hadn’t gone to the show planning to write about it. The show was billed as "Tony Tedesco & Friends" and featured Tony with Keith Monacchio and Lou Montesano - three guys you might have been able to see each week at The Saint 20 years ago.
Banquets to Release First Album in Nearly A Decade 
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- The last we heard from Banquets, they announced their third and final LP, "Spit at the Sun." The Jersey City quartet had decided to hang it up after years of shows and several releases with Black Numbers. They played their final show in February of 2016 and the members went their separate ways, parting on good terms but with the understanding that the realities of life made it difficult to carry the banner any further.
"They Blew It Out of the Water!" 10cc LIVE! at Carteret PAC 
Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of 10cc at Carteret PAC on September 13, 2025.
Vocalist Anais Reno to Perform at October Jersey Jazz LIVE! Concert in Madison 
(MADISON, NJ) -- Vocalist Anaïs Reno recently released her second studio recording, Lady of the Lavender Mist (Club44 Records), and Jersey Jazz Magazine's Joe Lang wrote: "She is a pure pleasure to hear." AllAboutJazz's Pierre Giroux added that Reno, "continues to strengthen her reputation among the top young interpreters of the Great American Songbook.
RECAP: Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country at Ardmore Music Hall 
Chris Paul has photos and a recap of Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country at Ardmore Music Hall on September 18, 2025.
film
3 Great Short Films at the Fall 2025 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 26! 
3 Great Short Films screen online at the Fall 2025 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 26.
dance
Step Into the Shadows at Roxey Ballet's Dracula's Lair Haunted House 
(NEW HOPE, PA) -- This October, dare to enter the darkness of Dracula's Lair Haunted House, presented by Roxey Ballet and sponsored by the VAMPA Museum. Audiences are invited to wander through chilling vignettes, eerie dances, and spine-tingling encounters that bring Dracula's world to life like never before.
art
Novado Gallery presents, "Omens: Narratives Between Mythology & Reality," Paintings by Daniel Morowitz 
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Novado Gallery presents "Omens: Narratives Between Mythology & Reality," a solo exhibition of new paintings by Daniel Morowitz from October 4 through November 1, 2025. It opens at Novado Gallery on Saturday, October 4, 2025, with a reception from 6:00pm–9:00pm.
"All of Our Friends and Them" 
"You'll never have friends like you did when you were young," sang Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley* on "Greetings in Braille." A nostalgic sentiment for sure, but chances are, you know what he's getting at. Friendships among young people conflate identification and desire in a manner that reasonable grownups cannot manage. They are irresponsible, and flammable, and wonderful, even if they don't always last long.
community
Bergen Fiber Network Goes Live In Little Ferry 
(LITTLE FERRY, NJ) -- Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, Commissioner Chairwoman Mary Amoroso, and Commissioner Tracy Zur joined Mayor Mauro Raguseo and community leaders to mark a milestone for the Bergen Fiber Initiative: the activation of high-speed, county-owned broadband service in the Borough of Little Ferry.
books
Nearly $300,000 Grant to Preserve Letters of American Author Catharine Maria Sedgwick 
(GALLOWAY, NJ) -- Catharine Maria Sedgwick may be "the most famous and innovative American writer you've never heard of."
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EVENT PREVIEWS
The Chatham Community Players presents Reading of "In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play" by Sarah Ruhl
November 16, 2025
The Glorious Sounds of Brass to Take Place in Trenton
November 16, 2025
Vivid Stage Brings Pop-Up Theatre: Fiona's Café to Serra Doce in Summit
November 18, 2025
The Newton Theatre presents Colt Ford
November 20, 2025
Jersey City Theater Center to Open 20th Anniversary Season with Brent Birckhead Jazz at White Eagle Hall
November 20, 2025
StocktonPAC presents Swift Nation - Taylor Swift Tribute
November 20, 2025
Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts Hosting Open House on November 20th
November 20, 2025
NJPAC presents Carlos Varela with special guest Diana Fuentes
November 21, 2025
Jonas Brothers, David Bryan, and The Isley Brothers among New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2025
November 21, 2025
The Newton Theatre presents Yesterday, A Tribute to The Beatles
November 21, 2025
