Arts & Entertainment

NEWARK, NJ – A new series of installations and public artworks spawned from the minds of Newark-based artists were unveiled Tuesday in the city's downtown, imbuing a new sense of cultural and community pride.

The artworks were showcased by officials from Newark-based audiobook seller and producer, Audible, as part of the company's Newark Artist ...

BELMAR, NJ – With a beautiful weekend forecast, the return of the New Jersey Seafood Festival looks to be the perfect way to kick off the summer season. The festival, which is celebrating its 35th year, has not been held since 2019. It will take place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (May 20-22) in the Payone Plaza and Payone Plaza parking lot (9th Avenue and Main Street). The festival was ...

NEWARK, NJ — A new exhibition combining physical and virtual themes of storytelling through transmedia art is coming to Rutgers University-Newark this week.

The Senior Graphic Design capstone exhibition, "HYBRID," is presented by the university's Department of Arts, Culture & Media. It will open with a public reception April 28. The event will begin at 5 ...

Casting Announced
for 
Sister Act

Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Book by Cheri Steinkellner & Bill ...

As the state of New Jersey continues to map out its marijuana marketplace, Newark's first black owned business that specializes in hemp derived CBD and THC products is educating and preparing the community for what’s to come. 

Beginning Monday, Plantivia Wellness will be hosting an entire week of activities including yoga sessions a cannabis crawl down Halsey Street, panel ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newark residents are invited to tune in to a virtual panel this week co-hosted by Newark Symphony Hall, which will celebrate the premiere of the first film adaptation of “Black Terror” and feature longtime creative collaborators Richard Lawson and Richard Wesley.  

Lawson, an actor and co-artistic director of WACO Theater Center, and Wesley, a dramatist ...

NEWARK, NJ —Bicyclists wearing classic 1920s attire provided a dash of fashion to the streets of Newark, reminding onlookers that it's possible to both look good and make a point about the history and beauty of the city, especially during cherry blossom season.

"We wanted to make sure that we got dressed up together," said Newark resident Atiya Jaha-Rashidi, dressed in ...