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theatre
The Growing Stage presents "Diary Of A Wimpy Kid The Musical" 
(NETCONG, NJ) -- The Growing Stage: The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey is thrilled to kick-off their 44th Main Stage Season with Diary of a Wimpy Kid weekends from October 10-26, 2025. Based on the book series by Jeff Kinney, the musical has a book by Kevin Del Aguila, music and lyrics by Michale Mahler & Alan Schmuckler. It is directed and choreographed by Jeorgi Smith (TGS Performer/Teaching Artist) with musical direction by Ethan Smith (TGS Teaching Artist).
Thinkery & Verse reimagine "The Tragedy of Macbeth" in Colonial Middlesex County 
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Thinkery & Verse returns to the Church of St. John the Evangelist in New Brunswick with the World Premiere of The Tragedy of Macbeth, adapted by Dr. J.M. Meyer and Karen Eliza Alvarado and directed by Dr. J.M. Meyer. The production has a three-week limited engagement at the Assembly Hall at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist from October 8-25, 2025.
music
McCarter Theatre presents Pink Martini All-Stars with special guest Storm Large 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- McCarter Theatre presents Pink Martini All-Stars with special guest Storm Large on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 7:30pm. This all-new show brings an extra dose of excitement, featuring Thomas Lauderdale's globe-trotting "little orchestra" performing a mix of fan favorites and new delights.
Princeton Symphony Orchestra to open season with Violinist Aubree Oliverson 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Audience favorite Aubree Oliverson returns to open the Princeton Symphony Orchestra's 2025-26 Season at concerts the weekend of October 25-26. She will perform Antonín Dvořák's Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53. Also on the program are Dobrinka Tabakova's Orpheus' Comet and Arnold Schoenberg's 1937 orchestration of Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25.
Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Liar" by Hollow Heroes 
The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Liar," the first of four singles from and the title track of Asbury Park-based Hollow Heroes' forthcoming sophomore EP.
film
First Look Review - "Another End" 
Hitchcock's Vertigo has inspired dozens of imitations over the decades, but most of them focus on the thriller element of that canonised classic. With Another End, director Piero Messina strips away the thriller plot and focusses on the more intriguing aspects of Hitchcock's film, i.e. grief and obsession. He does so with the sort of sci-fi conceit that might have fared better as an hour long episode of an anthology like Black Mirror rather than a two-hour feature. The longer Another End runs the more time we have to pick it apart, but if you can watch this film through an uncynical lens it has its emotional rewards.
Best of NJIFF Program #1 at the Fall 2025 New Jersey Film Festival on Saturday, September 27. 
Here is the line up Best of the Summer 2025 New Jersey International Film Festival Program #1:
art
BarronFest 2025 to Take Place October 11th 
(WOODBRIDGE, NJ) -- Parker Press Park in Woodbridge Township will be transformed into a fine arts and crafts gallery on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Now celebrating its 18th year in Woodbridge Township, BarronFest is a free-to-the-public arts and crafts festival sponsored by the Woodbridge Township Cultural Arts Commission and the Barron Arts Center and will feature over 40 talented local artisans. The festival runs from 12:00pm to 4:00pm.
Curate NJ Gallery presents "Glow Up" 
(RARITAN, NJ) -- After a small hiatus, Curate NJ Gallery presents Glow Up from October 4 through December 2025. The gallery had taken a 4-month pause to welcome the birth of a daughter. This is a group show. The featured artists include: Ana Cuadra, Brian W. Fraser, Lisa Rayman Goldfarb, Beth Jarvie, Milton Peabody, Walter Orellana, Peter Rooss, and Rupesh Varghese.
Princeton University Art Museum Announces Inaugural Exhibitions in New Building 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton Collects and Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay, the inaugural exhibitions in the Princeton University Art Museum's new building, will premiere to the public on October 31, 2025, during the Museum's 24-Hour opening celebration. As befits a moment of such monumental reshaping, the building will open with a focus on the Museum's collections, including recent gifts and promised gifts of art as well as the story of how the collections have been shaped since their origins in the 1750s.
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