Arts & Entertainment
By DEBORAH ANN TRIPOLDI
December 20, 2025
NUTLEY, NJ - The Van Riper Trust hosted a Yuletide event with Varitage Brew Works on Saturday, Dec. 6.Activities included live holiday jazz music by Intuitive Trio, food trucks, craft vendors, photos with Santa, and a beer garden. Additionally, the historic house was open for guests to tour.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Throughout December, student members of the Tap Company, part of the Dance program at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School have toured the county bringing holiday cheer.Each year, students prepare a number of dances that they rehearse and then perform at senior ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Throughout December, student members of the Tap Company, part of the Dance program at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School have toured the county bringing holiday cheer.Each year, students prepare a number of dances that they rehearse and then perform at senior ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - City Council Chambers could have been mistaken for Santa's Workshop on Thursday. The spirit of the season was unmistakable as families walked through City Hall, greeted by blow-up characters, holiday lights, and Santa himself.The annual celebration, organized by the Mayor’s ...
UNION, NJ - The Township of Union, in collaboration with the American Theater Group (ATG), announce “The Legacy Continues: Celebrating the Words and Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” The community-focused event will be held Monday, January 19, at 1 p.m. in the DMK Black Box Theater in the ...
TEWKSBURY TOWNSHIP, NJ - Isabella Sangaline will be the guest speaker at the Tewksbury Historical Society Annual Meeting on Sunday, January 18, at 1 PM at the Zion Lutheran Church Christian Education Building, 18 Miller Avenue, Oldwick. Election of officers and the 2025 Year End Financial Report ...
NUTLEY, NJ - There are just two more chances to see UH OH, HERE COMES CHRISTMAS at Nutley Little Theatre - Saturday matinée at 2 p.m. and the final performance at 8 p.m. on Saturday evening. It is a warm, lovely, nostalgic look at the Holiday Season and features a fabulous cast.This charming show ...
SOMERSET, NJ- Residents looking to get out and enjoy the final weekend before the holidays will find plenty of seasonal events happening across Franklin Township and nearby Somerset County, from outdoor nature experiences to festive markets, live entertainment, and family-friendly holiday fun.Santa ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Gather the family, load up the station wagon, and head on over to Bloomsbury Road in Bloomsbury, NJ for a drive-by experience that would make Sparky himself proud. For the 11th year in a row, Light Master James Boyer is "plugging in" for the neighborhood, and this year is the ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta VFW hosted a community Christmas tree lighting event on evening of Saturday, December 13. The large evergreen in their front yard was illuminated with about 30 onlookers.After reciting the pledge of allegiance, Reverend Brown student Payton McCarrick sang the National ...
PARAMUS, NJ —For the second year in a row, the Paramus Public Library has been nominated for (201) Magazine’s 2026 Best of Bergen Community’s Choice Awards—Best Library.Best of Bergen Best Library in Bergen County.“With your support, we hope to bring home the title for the second year in a row,” ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - As the countdown to the holidays continues, our area is packed with ways to get into the spirit all weekend long-whether you’re looking for family-friendly traditions, live performances, seasonal shopping, or local sports. From the Christmas Festival on the Morristown Green and ...
OLEAN, NY — A room of people sang in harmony as Indie folk singer-songwriter Matthew Black played his guitar and sang his song “Back Home” at the First Presbyterian Church during a free admission concert Dec. 10.Black, who is from Louisville, Kentucky, and the son of a preacher, left his job in ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ-- It's been quite the last two months for Bloomfield lottery players as the fourth winner emerged since early November.The latest winning ticket, sold at the Krauszer's at 300 Broad Street in Bloomfield paid out a $50,000 prize. The winner matched four of the winning numbers plus ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — It was a homecoming decades in the making when Sayreville War Memorial High School alum and 2024 SWMHS Hall of Fame inductee Dave “The Snake” Sabo returned to his alma mater last week to share his passion for music and mentor the next generation of guitarists.A world-renowned ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ - The Ridgewood Public Library (RPL) is hosting Melissa Gonzalez, author of The Purpose Pivot, and contributor Atoya Burleson, CEO of Ladies Playbook, at an author event on Wednesday, Jan. 7. The event will feature a conversation about Gonzalez’s compelling journey from crisis to ...
Linden, NJ - The Linden Public Library is pleased to announce our lineup of programs for January.Programs marked with a * require registration.Children: Every Saturday at 10:30 am, One in Math*Teens: 1/26 at 4 pm, Blueberry Cobbler Baking*Adults: 1/13 at 6:30 pm, Historic Winter Storms of New ...
NEW JERSEY – New research conducted by music platform Chordify shows a nostalgic shake-up in America’s festive favorites.Chordify conducted a vast Google search that discovered while Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree held the top spot across ten states, José Feliciano’s bilingual ...
VERONA, NJ - Santa’s boots won’t be crunching through snow on Sunday this year — instead, the jingle is coming a day early.On Saturday, Dec. 20, the familiar sound of sirens will signal the return of a beloved Verona holiday tradition as Santa Claus takes to the streets aboard a fire truck, ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Registration is now open for residents and non-residents of Livingston interested in participating in an array of adaptive sports and activities being offered this winter through Livingston Shining Stars, a program available to individuals with special needs through Livingston’s ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A weekend snowfall followed by a deep chill, did nothing to discourage the crowd of officials from the symbolic groundbreaking on 1888 Studios in Bayonne, a state-of-the-art film and television production campus set to become the largest in New Jersey. Paramount has signed a minimum ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A weekend snowfall followed by a deep chill, did nothing to discourage the crowd of officials from the symbolic groundbreaking on 1888 Studios in Bayonne, a state-of-the-art film and television production campus set to become the largest in New Jersey. Paramount has signed a minimum ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A weekend snowfall followed by a deep chill, did nothing to discourage the crowd of officials from the symbolic groundbreaking on 1888 Studios in Bayonne, a state-of-the-art film and television production campus set to become the largest in New Jersey. Paramount has signed a minimum ...
SOMERSET, NJ - The Franklin Township Board of Education opened its latest public meeting with a standing ovation-worthy celebration, recognizing the Franklin High School choir, known as the Madrigals, for a year that brought national attention to the district.Following the Pledge of Allegiance and ...
Princeton, NJ – You will have to look long and hard to find even a speck of a coal in the praise-filled stockings hung by care in the drama critics’ reviews of McCarter Theatre’s 45th annual production of “A Christmas Carol.”Neal Zoren, the sometimes edgy reviewer for U.S. 1 newspaper, was effusive ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Throughout history music and culture have intertwined with one another to create the backdrop for our understanding of the world. For the past 31 years, Bloomfield resident Hans Schuman has tried to teach that phenomenon to the country’s youth through his nonprofit organization, ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - As the countdown to the holidays continues, our area is packed with ways to get into the spirit all weekend long—whether you’re looking for family-friendly traditions, live performances, seasonal shopping, or local sports. From the Christmas Festival on the Morristown Green and ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - As the countdown to the holidays continues, our area is packed with ways to get into the spirit all weekend long—whether you’re looking for family-friendly traditions, live performances, seasonal shopping, or local sports. From the Christmas Festival on the Morristown Green and ...
HACKENSACK, NJ — The Hackensack City Council set aside routine business days before Christmas to honor two longtime collaborators whose work helped shape the city’s cultural life for more than four decades.Mayor Caseen Gaines and council members on Dec. 16 recognized Nicholas “Mr. Pic” Picciallo ...
Princeton, NJ — Where do you go when you’re itching to leave the house but don’t need to go to work or school? Maybe it’s a café, bar, dog park, library, gym, or bookstore. These spaces are “third places” – a term coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg to describe places outside the home (the “first ...