Arts & Entertainment

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Green Planet Band - three teen siblings who got their start at a school talent show - will perform Saturday, July 2 from 6-9 p.m. on the Somerville Summer Stage, hosted by the Downtown Somerville Alliance.

Kylee Rapp, Tyler Rapp and Anna Rapp formed The Green Planet band when their Bridgewater elementary school was holding a talent show six years ago.

They ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Legendary New Jersey cover band "The Fabulous Greaseband" is featured at the Somerset County Park Commission Independence Day celebration Monday, July 4th, playing before and after a giant fireworks display at North Branch Park on Milltown Road.

Gates to the park will open at 6 p.m. The rain date is Tuesday, July 5. Admission is free.

Historical ...

BOUND BROOK, NJ - Registration for the Brook Arts Center Summer Theater Camp is open, offering two full-day three-week sessions, July 11-29, and Aug. 1-19 weekdays from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Camp Brook is designed to provide a fun creative experience for students entering grades third - 10th in the Fall of 2022 interested in exploring the wonders of theater. 

Their ...

SOMERVILLE -  New Jersey collage artist Jeff Hersch is July's featured artist at Gallery on Main from July 1-31

Meet the artist at a free opening reception at the gallery, 30 W. Main St., on Saturday, July 2, from 5-7 p.m. All works are available for purchase.

Hersch provides what he calls “analog collages for the modern being.” Like his thoughts, ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The township will get an early start on the July 4th Independence Day holiday with a fireworks display and a Southern Rock tribute band on Saturday, June 25th beginning at 5 p.m. at the Auten Road School.

Parking will be at Hillsborough High School, with shuttle buses providing transportation beginning at 5 p.m. to the field alongside Auten Road School.

Rain date is ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Downtown Somerville Alliance has postponed its second annual LGBTQ Pride Month celebration on the Division Street pedestrian mall scheduled for Thursday, June 23 because of expected inclement weather.

The event will be rescheduled, according to Natalie Pineiro, executive director of the DSA.

The free event was to have featured live music and a ...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - George Durnay had a discerning eye, deep pockets and a fondness for Tiffany, the high-end specialty retailer whose high-quality merchandise, from fine jewelry to exquisite lamps has been synonymous with the very best for almost 200 years.

A portion of his collection - lamps, lampshades, clocks, and objets d'art from the House of Tiffany will be ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The township will get an early start on the July 4th Independence Day holiday with a fireworks display and a Southern Rock tribute band on Saturday, June 25th beginning at 5 p.m. at the Auten Road School.

Parking will be at Hillsborough High School, with shuttle buses providing transportation beginning at 5 p.m. to the field alongside Auten Road School.

Rain date is ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - Their Facebook page tells you that the members of the E-Boro Bandits live in the South Belmar, NJ area, but to hear them play from their well-rehearsed repertoire of county music favorites, you'd swear they're from further south of the Mason-Dixon Line - maybe Nashville, Branson Mo. or West Texas.

The popular 7-piece band, with fiddle and pedal steel guitar ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ  The Somerville Elks will host the 9th annual Flag Day event in downtown Somerville at the historic Somerset County Courthouse on Friday, June 17, including a naturalization ceremony for new Somerset County U.S. residents, flag ceremonies, fire and rescue truck displays, historical reenactment demonstrations, a scavenger hunt, cornhole tournament and bean ...