
(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Stockton University will commemorate the annual Juneteenth holiday with a series of events in Atlantic City and on its Galloway campus.

(HAWTHORNE, N) -- The Passaic County Board of County Commissioners invites residents and visitors to celebrate creativity and culture at Art in the Park, a free festival taking place Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 2026 from 11:00am to 5:00pm at Goffle Brook Park in Hawthorne.

(NEW YORK, NY) -- NewYorkRep has announced Emily Dzioba as the recipient of its 2026 Curtain Rising grant, a play development initiative committed to fostering bold new voices in playwriting. The grant recognizes Dzioba's play, make one left purlwise, which will receive an AEA 29-hour staged reading, with a carefully-curated creative team to bring the work to life in a presentation before an audience of industry leaders on Monday, June 15 at 7:00pm at Houghton Community Arts Center (22 E 30th St, NYC). An award reception will follow the presentation, at which Dzioba will be presented with a $1500 stipend for future development of her work.

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Under the Carousel," the latest video from North Jersey singer-songwriter Josh Herman.
