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theatre
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey to Hold Costume and Prop Sale 
(MADISON, NJ) -- Back by popular demand, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is once again opening its doors to the public for a special sale of costumes and props from its storied productions. The Costume and Prop Sale will take place on Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 10:00am – 4:00pm at the Thomas H. Kean Theatre Factory in Florham Park.
Luna Stage's Off-Broadway Hit "Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library" Comes Home to West Orange 
(WEST ORANGE, NJ) -- Launching Luna Stage's 2025-2026 season with a five-week run, the two-time Off-Broadway hit Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library returns to Luna from October 3rd to November 2, 2025. Jenny Lyn Bader's play, praised by John McWhorter in the New York Times as "a lesson on perceiving humanity and even dignity in all people under even the toughest of conditions," was called of the Best Dramas of the Year by This Week in New York, selected as one of Cititour's Hot 5 Off-Broadway Shows, and named to Theaterscene's 2024 10 Best List.
music
Great Music on the Morristown Green presents Parallel Brass Quintet 
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Great Music on the Morristown Green is honored to present the acclaimed Parallel Brass Quintet in concert on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at Morristown United Methodist Church. Parallel Brass is a group of diverse musicians and music educators who possess a wide range of musical skills and expertise, including classical, jazz, Latin, and many other genres. Showtime is 7:30pm.
NJPAC presents 14th Annual TD James Moody Festival 
(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents the 14th annual TD James Moody Festival from November 8-23, 2025. Co-curated by NJPAC's Jazz Advisor Christian McBride, this year's festival, which draws thousands of fans to the city of Newark, aims to showcase jazz as a powerful cultural force for social justice.
Makin Waves with Arlan Feiles: 'Peace Now!' 
A winner of several Makin Waves and other awards, including Best Music Video at the recent Mesa International Film Festival, Jersey Shore singer-songwriter-producer and multi-instrumentalist Arlan Feiles has more than lived up to the potential Rock and Roll Hall of Fame producer Tom Dowd saw in him as he helmed what was intended to be his major label debut for Island Records. Instead, Arlan has produced and released six critically acclaimed albums on his own notpop records, including his latest and most challenging LP, "Diaspora," a chronicle of the hardships the Jewish community has had to endure. Like many of its predecessors, "Diaspora" landed on the Euro Americana Charts, reaching No. 5. That industry-oriented chart has been a boon to Arlan's career overseas, as has Netherlands-based booking agent Lucky Dice Music, which annually lands him shows also in Belgium and Germany, where the Holocaust-reflective "Diaspora" has been an inspiration.
film
The ShowRoom & Asbury Park Movie Club present "HITCHCOCK'TOBER" - A Month-Long Celebration of Alfred Hitchcock 
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- This October, The ShowRoom partners with The Asbury Park Movie Club to honor the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, with HITCHCOCK'TOBER, a month-long series of thrillers that continue to keep audiences on edge decades after their release.
Six Flags Premieres Original Horror Short Film "Come Out and Play" 
(JACKSON, NJ) -- Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the world's largest regional theme park company and North America’s Halloween leader, is raising the stakes this spooky season. On October 1, 2025, Six Flags introduced Come Out and Play, an original, nearly 8-minute horror short created by acclaimed genre filmmakers. The film expands the fear factor of Halloween by offering fans a chilling taste of the nightmares waiting at participating Six Flags parks — including Dorney Park's HAUNT and Six Flags Great Adventure's Fright Fest presented by SNICKERS®, both already underway.
Illuminating doc Chœurs Atlantiques screens at the Fall 2025 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, October 3! 
There is an idea within the current political sphere, mostly among the right-wing, that we shouldn’t talk about slavery. This idea is supported by such talking points as “we don’t want white kids to feel bad for being white” or “this only matters to black people". For example, the French government had, a few decades ago, created the slogan, “We were all born in 1848”, the year they abolished slavery. To people like Emmanuel Gordien, it implied that slavery never existed. However, the horrors of the past will not stay silent. Safoi Babana-Hampton’s Chœurs Atlantiques | Tales from the Atlantic Beyond is a tribute to the victims of slavery that, in the words of Gordien, “Find all our ancestors, understand all their history… and finally, to honor them”.
art
503 Social Club hosts James Mastro Photography Exhibition 
(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Rock/Americana singer-songwriter-guitarist James Mastro (Bongos, Ian Hunter) will exhibit many of his photos he took over the past three years while on tour throughout the United States, the UK and Greece opening for artists including Alejandro Escovedo and Marshall Crenshaw as he supported his acclaimed debut solo album, Dawn of a New Error. The exhibit, entitled "The Passenger", will run from October 12-November 23, 2025 at the 503 Social Club in Hoboken.
Work by RVCC Visual Art & Design Faculty to be Featured in October Exhibition 
(BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- Raritan Valley Community College's Arts & Design department will present the 2025 Arts & Design Faculty Exhibition, October 10-31, in the Art Gallery at the College's Branchburg campus.
"ICU/USA" 
You're on edge. Why wouldn't you be? Masked police are rounding up people on the streets of American cities. Those detained are shipped to private detention centers that exist in a blank zone beyond judicial oversight or regional supervision. This weekend, The Guardian described a CoreCivic prison in the California desert as hell on earth: crowded, unsanitary conditions, dirty water, torture, unconscious inmates denied medication. Shirsho Dashgupta of the Miami Herald reported that more than two-thirds of the men incarcerated in Alligator Alcatraz cannot presently be accounted for. Shortly after delivering a speech that echoed Joseph Goebbels's rhetoric, Stephen Miller celebrated NSPM-7, a White House directive that criminalizes dissent and empowers federal investigators to lay a dragnet and start the engine. In this febrile environment the President has announced his intention to send the army — the United States armed forces — to Portland, Oregon, treating it as a rebellious province that needs to be subdued.
community
2025 Stafford Fall Harvest & Wine Festival 
(MANAHAWKIN, NJ) -- The annual Stafford Fall Harvest & Wine Festival will take place October 11-12, 2025 in Heritage Park. The festival runs from noon to 5:00pm each day and features many New Jersey wineries, live music, food trucks, and artisan crafts.
The Raging Bull Brings New Cheesesteak, Burger and Milkshake Hot Spot to South Jersey 
(PENNSAUKEN, NJ) -- A new flavor is charging into South Jersey. The Raging Bull, located at 6007 Mansion Boulevard in Pennsauken, is officially opening its doors on Friday, October 3, 2025, bringing an elevated and uncompromising take on cheesesteaks, smash burgers and hand-spun milkshakes just minutes from Philadelphia.
The Arc of New Jersey Appoints Céline R. Fortin, MSW, LSW as Its New Executive Director 
(NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The Arc of New Jersey, the state's leading organization advocating for and serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, announced that Céline R. Fortin, MSW, LSW and Associate Executive Director, has been elevated to the role of Executive Director. Fortin has been with The Arc of New Jersey for more than 30 years and takes the reins of the organization from previous Executive Director, Tom Baffuto, who retired earlier this year.
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