Arts & Entertainment
By TAPINTO CRANFORD STAFF
March 18, 2023
CRANFORD, NJ - This week, Bernie Wagenblast interviews BreakTime, a band made of four NJ natives, including their drummer, Cranford High graduate Peter Roefaro. Douglas Lupo, Thommy Delaney, Sean Manuel, all of Bayonne, NJ and Roefaro are the quartet of musicians that play "modern pop with ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Cranford Pools registration opens for the summer season on Monday, March 13 at 9 a.m. The proposed partnership with the YMCA, which will close the indoor pool and fitness center as of April 1, 2023 for a $1.5 million facility renovation, will not affect the outdoor pools during ...
NEW JERSEY -- Here is the St. Patrick's Day Parade Guide for New Jersey. There are parades up and down the state. Here are some we found: Saturday, March 4 Nutley St. Patrick's Day Parade at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 5 Belmar Lake Como St. Patrick's Day Parade at 12:30 ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Cranford Dramatic Club's production of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" sent the Bard's tale to New York City during the disco era for a night of campy laughs and sparkly bell-bottoms. "Twelfth Night" or "What You Will" tells the story of twins, Viola and Sebastian, ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Local filmmakers have a chance to see their work on the big screen this spring. The Cranford Film Festival is returning for the third year in a row and submissions for the festival are now open. A fundraiser for Cranford Schools Friends of the Performing Arts, the local festival ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Cranford Dramatic Club tackles the Bard. CDC Theatre's William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" is set in a New York City nightclub in the 1970s, but otherwise follows Shakespeare's prose. According to Zach Mazouat, the costumer for the production, audiences should expect to see a ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Moviegoers experienced a meta moment at the Cranford Theater during an invite-only special screening on Thursday evening. As the lights dimmed and the movie began to roll, actors William H. Macy and Diane Keaton appeared on screen—seated in the Cranford Theater. It was the opening ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Cranford residents Gordon Wells and Mike Glackin will be sharing their musical talents with fellow residents at the Cranford Library in February. Wells, who last performed at the library in 2012, will be playing a variety of musical genres on his pedal steel guitar. He will also ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Take a look at what Cranford Public Library is offering for children and families in February and March. Caldecott Family Storytime: Every year, the Caldecott Medal is given to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Library patrons have been ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The New Jersey Festival Orchestra is bringing Broadway back to town for its annual New Year’s Eve celebration. “Hats Off to Broadway,” which begins at 7 p.m. on Dec. 31, will feature Broadway stars Josh Young (tenor), Jessica Ann Best (mezzo soprano) and Emily Padgett (soprano), ...
CRANFORD, NJ - This week, Bernie chats with the Celebration singers about their concert at St. Michael's Church. To hear more about the group and their concert this holiday season, listen to this week's Cranford Radio.
CRANFORD, NJ - Singing loud for all to hear is one way to spread holiday cheer. Another is to see "Elf the Musical" at the Cranford Dramatic Club. Based on the hit 2003 holiday movie, "Elf the Musical" premiered on Broadway in 2010. Narrated by the big red man from the north himself, it tells ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The New Jersey Festival Orchestra’s holiday show, “The Three Holiday Tenors,” returns Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Presbyterian Church in Westfield. From traditional to pops, choral favorites, renowned tenor fare and Broadway classics, the NJFO’s annual concert is popular with ...
CRANFORD, NJ - In this week's Cranford Radio podcast, Bernie Wagneblast chats with Cranford resident and opera singer Harry Dworchak. Dworchak has sung in some of the grandest opera houses in the world, including Carnegie Hall, and made his formal debut in Barcelona in 1971. He won the Richard ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Celebrate the holiday season when the Shining Stars take the stage for their 2022 "Christmas Spectacular” on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. The show will take place on the main stage at the historic Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway as this talented cast sings ...
CRANFORD, NJ - The Cranford Theater has become a destination for hosting short film festivals and another one is coming this week. "An Evening of the World's Best Short Films" will be at the theater on November 3rd at 7 p.m. The event is part of the newly formed partnership between the Garden ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Wah, wah, wah …. Even if you’ve never seen Clint Eastwood in “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” (1966) you know the music. One of the most iconic and recognizable movie themes of all time, it will be part of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra’s live concert in Westfield on ...
CRANFORD, NJ - The Cranford Dramatic Club takes audiences on a journey to the islands through imagination, dance and song with their season-opening production of "Once on this Island," a musical based on the book "My Love, My Love" by Rosa Guy, and it is worth the trip. Directed by Howard ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Central New Jersey began its annual Jewish Film Festival on Wednesday, Oct. 12, with the film Farewell Mr. Haffmann at the Cranford Theater. This is the festival's first time at this theater. This event features international films that ...
CRANFORD, NJ — Harry Harvey is inspired by his students, his Aunt Marion and weeds in his garden. The author combines figures from his teaching career, in addition to his family, and not to mention his challenges in the garden, in his latest middle-grade chapter book “The Summer My Grandmother’s ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Town residents Margaret Hodges and Jane Gross have been cooking together for the past 16 years. Now they’re sharing their love of food with the world. “Maggie Cooks in Provence” is the first episode of what the duo are aiming to make into a series. It premiers at the Cranford ...
CRANFORD, NJ - The Cranford High School performing arts department embodies the old adage "the show must go on." Despite the Cranford High School auditorium's ceiling troubles, CHS performing arts ensembles will give their audience the ol' razzle dazzle at their Opening Gala on Thursday, October ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Cranford Dramatic Club opens its 104th season with Once on this Island and Bernie chats with director Howard Whitmore and some of the cast. The musical is based on the book My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy which is a Caribbean/Haitian retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's The Little ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Just before starting their 104th season, the Cranford Dramatic Club got to celebrate their 103rd season with a bit of razzle dazzle. CDC Theatre earned12 Perry Award nominations earlier this year, ultimately winning three at the September 18th ceremony. The Perry Awards are ...
METUCHEN, NJ – Local weather forecasts are predicting a sunny, crisp, fall day this Saturday, October 8. Autumn lovers would consider it the perfect conditions to take a stroll in a pumpkin patch, jump on a hayride, take some scenic photos just in time for annual Christmas cards and much ...
CRANFORD, NJ - It's a busy weekend in Cranford! Some planned activities are rain or shine. Friday, September 30 St. Michael's Feast 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday, October 1 Project Home's Town Wide Garage Sale (rain or shine) - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. St. Michael's Feast - 3 p.m. - 10 ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Andrew Downey has had his challenges, but on September 12 he got to live out a dream as a part of New York Fashion Week. The 17-year-old Cranford High School cheerleader is described as a "ball full of sunshine," mom Amy Downey told TAPinto Cranford. "People say they are all the ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Stars were shining last Tuesday night, but this isn't about the ones in the sky. The stars on stage shone the brightest at the Shining Stars Network 10th Anniversary Cabaret. Shining Stars Network is a special needs performance troupe that gives opportunities to for ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Centennial Avenue will be rocking this month with the return of the Centennial Village Group’s Music Fest. Having taken a hiatus since 2019, the homegrown music festival is coming back to Cranford on Saturday, September 24 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Centennial Village Group is a ...
CRANFORD, NJ - This week, Bernie sits down to chat with Robert D'Ambola, a former Cranford Township Commissioner and Summit Police Officer, who taught police ethics for about 25 years. D'Ambola's fifth book, The True Test Is When No One Sees, gives numerous real-life examples of ethical ...