Arts & Entertainment

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Summer Stage Concert Series continues on the Division Street pedestrian mall Saturday, June 26, with a return performance by the hard-driving cover band Mail Order Bride.

MOB, a four-piece cover band from Freehold, opened the 2020 concert series.

Featuring two guitarists, bass and drums, MOB opened last year's set with Don Henley's "Boys of ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — State Theatre New Jersey announces its 2021-22 Reopening Broadway Season, featuring 10 shows in a fully renovated theater including brand-new theater seats.

The 2021-22 Season will feature Tony Award-winning hits, Broadway fan favorites, and some State Theatre debuts. Season tickets for the 2021-22 Broadway Series are now on sale.

State Theatre New ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - After a year’s hiatus due to COVID restrictions, the annual Rotary Fair and Business Expo will once again transform the Hillsborough Promenade fairgrounds at 315 Route 206 into a classic carnival with a colorful midway, over 20 amusement rides, games of chance, fireworks, food vendors and an exposition of local businesses.

The five-day fair opens Aug. 17 and will ...

MILLTOWN, NJ - Nick Grisi is back at the Milltown home he shares with longtime girlfriend Stef Andara and their kitties Po and Mantis after completing the cross-country bike ride of a lifetime. Grisi peddled 5,000 plus miles to ride from the West Coast to Florida to New England. The first part of the trip included riding the ACA Southern Tier Bike Route from San Diego, California to St.

MERCER COUNTY, NJ -- Remember how fun field trips were as a child? Now, you can have family field trips with the entire family or a group of friends to explore the great outdoors in Mercer County. The Family Field Trip programs, now in their second year, were created to keep families safely outdoors during the pandemic. Their popularity is keeping them part of the Mercer ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A new vision for Crossroads Theatre Company titled Crossroads Festival Theatre is opening the 2021-2022 season of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), Crossroads has announced.

Crossroads Festival Theatre consists of two installments: the Fall Festival running from Sept. 22 - Oct.10 and the Spring Festival running June 7 to June 26, ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – One hundred and fifty-five years passed from the day the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, were informed of the Emancipation Proclamation to the day last September when New Jersey declared Juneteenth an official holiday.

In recognition of Juneteenth’s new status as a state holiday, New Brunswick is planning a celebration so steeped in history, art and ...

MILLTOWN, NJ - The borough's annual Fourth of July festivities are a staple for many Middlesex County residents and other New Jersey families.

The coronavirus pandemic moved some events virtual last summer while others like the parade, Firecracker 5K, and fireworks were canceled.

This year Milltown's Fourth of July faithful will be excited to hear the Fourth of July fun will be back ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The next exciting chapter is about to be written in the lives of Kaila Boulware and Raymond Cheley Sykes, two booklovers who fell in love as students at Rutgers.

Now married and raising Truth, their smiling 1-year-old son, the couple is getting ready to open Hidden Gems Literary Emporium on Morris Street on June 6.

Boulware said they are excited to bring a ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - In an amazing sign of expected recovery from the COVID-19, the Middlesex County Fair will return to the County Fairgrounds — 655 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick — from Aug. 2 to  Aug. 8, 2021.

Additional details regarding modified experiences and pandemic compliance will be announced in the coming months.

From food and clothing retailers to ...