Arts & Entertainment Top Stories
By NATALIE HEARD HACKETT
October 31, 2024
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair Center Business Improvement District (BID) has announced the latest addition to its artCONNECTs Mural Project. A vibrant new mural adorns the exterior of Pilgrim Medical Center located at 393 Bloomfield Avenue. This mural, titled “Radiant Tomorrow,” has transformed the ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County welcomed families from across the region to celebrate the fall season with its first-ever Fall Harvest Festival at East Jersey Old Town Village, 1050 River Road, in Piscataway.Held this past weekend, October 25-27, the festival showcased a variety of seasonal ...
East Orange, NJ - As part of a program for Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts students, they get the opportunity to work closely with well-known members of the music industry.The GRAMMY Museum's GRAMMY In The Schools Program is a regional music Career Day presented in ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ - As Fair Lawn continues its 100th Anniversary celebration, town historian and lifelong resident John Cosgrove recently addressed the Maurice Pine Public Library audience with tidbits from the borough’s history.A slide show accompanied the talk highlighting the first settlers of Fair ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It was a great day for parents, grandparents and retired teachers to line the route for the annual Halloween Parade down Washington Avenue on Thursday.The warm weather made for a pleasant march for the children showing off their Halloween costumes from Washington Avenue, Saint Patrick ...
UNION, NJ - Once again this year, windows at local businesses around town were decked out with Halloween paintings by Union's youth.The winners of the Union Recreation Department's 2024 Halloween Window Painting Contest have been announced.5th Grade:First Place: Dylan Aponte (M.A.D.E. Stars)Second ...
Mount St. Dominic Academy’s students, faculty, and staff got into the Halloween spirit with magical costumes all around! Faculty and staff channeled their inner wizards with a Harry Potter theme, while students brought laughs as "Home Alone" burglars, the Founding Fathers, fairies, and more!MSDA’s ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - It's the weekend! Here are all the fun things happening in and around town. Friday November 1Exhibit- New Sculpture/New Jersey; Morris Museum; 11am - 5pmExhibit- The Language of Textiles: Mid-Centruy Oaxacan Embroidery and Weaving; Morris Museum; 11am - 5pmExhibit- Passport: ...
Nutley Little Theatre is excited to present Dracula, written by Liz Lochhead and directed by Heather Ferreira. A reinvisioning of the classic tale, with a feminist approach. This adaptation by Liz Loch head of the Bram Stoker novel focuses on the struggles of its two most compelling characters, ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - It's the weekend! Here are all the fun things happening in and around town. Friday November 1Exhibit- New Sculpture/New Jersey; Morris Museum; 11am - 5pmExhibit- The Language of Textiles: Mid-Centruy Oaxacan Embroidery and Weaving; Morris Museum; 11am - 5pmExhibit- Passport: ...
NUTLEY, NJ - They did the mash, they did the monster mash, it was a Chestnut St. smash. As the sun began to set on All Hallow's Eve, the Township of Nutley hosted the14th annual Trunk or Treat at the Public Safety Headquarters. With DJ Aaron Tripoldi providing the soundtrack, princesses, ghosts, ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The results are in for Westfield’s annual “Haunt Your House” Halloween home decorating contest, and voters chose winners in two categories — one for daytime and one for nighttime.The contest is part of AddamsFest, the town’s annual month-long festival celebrating the legacy of ...
This year marks a significant milestone for Pack 61 as we proudly celebrate our 75th Anniversary! To commemorate this special occasion and give back to our wonderful community, we are excited to host a “Night at the Movies” at the Hunterdon Central Regional High School Main Auditorium. Join us for ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Halloween seems like a ‘spirited time’ to look at our area’s most haunted locations — and this sprawling county has plenty.Ghostly haunts are supposedly found in Cranbury, East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, Perth Amboy, Old Bridge, and Woodbridge, according to interviews and ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Museum is inviting history enthusiasts to explore one of New Jersey’s most fascinating stories of ambition and allure with its upcoming virtual program, Pearl Mania: The Paterson Gem Rush of 1857. Set to take place on Wednesday, November 20, at 2 p.m. on Zoom, this event ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Halloween seems like a ‘spirited time’ to look at our area’s most haunted locations — and this sprawling county has plenty.Ghostly haunts are supposedly found in Cranbury, East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, Perth Amboy, Old Bridge, and Woodbridge, according to interviews and ...
EDISON, NJ—The township has announced the winners of its annual Halloween House Decoration Contest. According to the township, the winners received gift cards to various businesses in the area. The winners are as follows:First Place - 20 Dayton RoadSecond Place - 137 Morris AvenueThird Place - 66 ...
PARAMUS, NJ - The 7th annual Big Santa event at the Garden State Plaza will feature Real Housewives of NJ star Melissa Gorga and multiple platinum-selling singer-songwriter David Archuleta on Nov. 9.Located at the Nordstrom entrance, the Big Santa lighting kicks-off the holiday season from 5 to 7 ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Calling all mystery lovers! The Rahway High School Drama Department invites you to a thrilling performance of Clue! Join them on either November 22 or 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the RHS Performing Arts Center (high school auditorium), at 1012 Madison Ave., and watch six blackmail victims ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Musican Glen Burtnik, speaking from his Asbury Park backyard, uses humbling words to describe his emotions about being included in a mural honoring recording legends who have graced the State Theatre New Jersey stage.He ticks off the names of other musicians who are also part of ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Halloween seems like a ‘spirited time’ to look at our area’s most haunted locations — and this sprawling county has plenty.Ghostly haunts are supposedly found in Cranbury, East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, Perth Amboy, Old Bridge, and Woodbridge, according to interviews and ...
CLOSTER, NJ - The Belskie Museum of Art & Science proudly presents a one-person art exhibit of Bedminster resident Lynn Vergano, longtime award-winning artist in the world of Chinese Brush Painting. The painting exposition, entitled “LynnScapes”, opens with an artist's reception and book ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Triology Reparatory Theater Company is proud to announce their upcoming production of The Trip to Bountiful this November at the Sieminski Theater. The Trip to Bountiful follows an aging woman, Carrie Watts, who is determined to return to her hometown of Bountiful, Texas before ...
NEW JERSEY - Happy Halloween! Here are some Halloween fun facts to pass around while trick or treating later today.National Black Cat Day was last week, but cats have been a part of Halloween traditions dating back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.Black cats are considered to be good luck ...
NEW JERSEY - Happy Halloween! Here are some Halloween fun facts to pass around while trick or treating later today.National Black Cat Day was last week, but cats have been a part of Halloween traditions dating back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.Black cats are considered to be good luck ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ- Jersey City Hamilton Park was once again the scene for this year's annual The Zombie Opera.The fifth year of the “amazing spectacle” included an orchestra, dancers and talented costumed opera singers.The production, this year themed “From Outer Space,” starred Molly Dunn, Yohji ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – "School of Rock - The Musical", a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Julian Fellowes comes to Playhouse 22 this November. Based on the Paramount movie of the same name, by Mike White starring Jack Black, the musical follows Dewey Finn, a ...
CALDWELL/ESSEX FELLS, NJ — In the 2024 Strut Your Mutt Costume Parade and Contest at Essex County Grover Cleveland Park in Caldwell/Essex Fells, where dog owners were encouraged to display their creativity by dressing up their furry family members for the free annual event, Livingston dogs Milo, ...
WAYNE, NJ – For the past 61years, the Gloria Frances School of Performing Arts (established in 1963) has been a staple on the Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, New Jersey. Given the multitude of awards that Gloria Frances, as an instructor; and her students, as dancers, have won since that time, Miss ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The bowls of candy are getting filled. The costumes are ready. The children, as well as many adults, are excited about the annual ritual of dressing up in costume to head for those yummy treats. However, to avoid some Halloween mishaps that will definitely put a damper on the ...