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Bachman-Turner Overdrive LIVE! at bergenPAC

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Bachman-Turner Overdrive at bergenPAC on October 29, 2025.



2nd Annual NJ Wine Expo to Take Place November 15th

(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Following the incredible success of last year's debut, the NJ Wine Expo is back for its second annual celebration on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at Bell Works in Holmdel — and it's pouring up even more reasons to attend.



People Helping People presents 2025 Festival of Short Plays & Visual Arts

(EDISON, NJ) -- People Helping People presents the 2025 Festival of Short Plays & Visual Arts on Saturday, December 6th at Middlesex College in Edison. The festival includes short plays and a Visual Arts Exhibit in the lobby - both featuring works by New Jersey artists.



Nutley Little Theatre presents "Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas"

(NUTLEY, NJ) -- Nutley Little Theatre presents Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas from December 12-20, 2025. The play, written by Robert Fulgham, takes a funny, heartwarming and often poignant look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress and chaos that crashes down every December.



The Chatham Community Players presents Reading of "In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play" by Sarah Ruhl

(CHATHAM, NJ) -- The Chatham Community Players presents "In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play" by Sarah Ruhl as a part of their successful Play Reading Series. One Night ONLY on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at the Chatham Playhouse. Showtime is 7:00pm.



Irish Trio Socks in the Frying Pan Plays Holiday Concert at Roy’s Hall on December 12

(BLAIRSTOWN, NJ) -- Socks in the Frying Pan, the high-energy Irish traditional trio from Ennis, County Clare known for infusing virtuosic musicianship with humor, charisma, and a palpable passion for their roots, gives a one-night-only holiday concert on Friday, December 12, 2025 at Roy�s Hall. The show is part of the band's US holiday tour celebrating their fifth full-length album, Waiting for Inspiration. Showtime is 8:00pm.



Daily Edition 11-06-25

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!










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National

National Theatre: Broadcast in HD - Hamlet

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764



Magic

Magic Rocks: Illusionist Leon Etienne

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Grunin Center - Main Stage
1 College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754



Crossroads

Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy"

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 7:30pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



Crossroads

Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy"

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 11:00am
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



The

The Disapperance of Miss Scott - Opening Night Film

Thursday, November 06, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Teaneck International Film Festival - Teaneck Cinemas
503 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666







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Jersey Arts Podcast: Theater Meets Mixed Martial Arts for Hamilton's Okieriete Onaodowan in World Premiere Play




George Street Playhouse presents "Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Jersey Christmas Show"

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- George Street Playhouse presents Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Jersey Christmas Show from December 2-21, 2025. Written by Gordon Greenberg (Holiday Inn, Dracula!) and Steve Rosen (The Other Josh Cohen) and directed by Greenberg, it is based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and gives the holiday classic a Jersey twist.




New Release Review - "Bugonia"

Jang Joon-hwan's 2003 Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet! was part of that Millennial wave of East Asian genre movies that developed cult followings among western audiences. Many of those films received inevitable, and inevitably disappointing, Hollywood remakes, and now two decades later Jang's film receives am English language remake from an unlikely source: the Greek absurdist auteur Yorgos Lanthimos.




MPAC presents Theatre of Light: Celestial Winter

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Celebrate the season where every light sings, every voice shines, and every crown glows at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)'s Theatre of Light: Celestial Winter, a dazzling celebration where music, movement, and magic come together under the stars.




Clint Holmes and Chris Ruggiero LIVE! at the Grunin Center

Spotlight Central has photos and a recap of Clint Holmes and Chris Ruggiero at Grunin Center for the Arts on October 26, 2025.




Lewis Center for the Arts presents the 2025 Princeton Dance Festival at McCarter Theatre

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Lewis Center for the Arts presents the 2025 Princeton Dance Festival from November 21-23, 2025 in McCarter Theatre Center's Berlind Theatre. The festival features new and repertory works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, performed by more than 50 Princeton students in an energetic program of dances from a surprising range of dance forms.




OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy presents "A Monster Calls" at Grunin Center for the Arts

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy presents A Monster Calls at Grunin Center for the Arts with three performances from November 14-15, 2025. This is based on the novel by Patrick Ness and inspired by an original idea by Siobhan Dowd, devised by Sally Cookson, Adam Peck and the Company.




44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival to Take Place January 23 to February 22, 2026

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will take place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 23-February 22, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid one as it will be presented online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University.










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(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Bobby Collins comes to Bell Theater for a night of comedy to showcase the talent behind five comedy albums, three recorded specials, and two books. The event takes place Thursday, November 6, 2025 at Bell Theater at Bell Works. Showtime is 7:30pm.

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) and Hudson County Community College (HCCC) announced that developer Paul Silverman will be recognized for his company's dedication to the arts and public art and the inclusion of artists’ work in his projects at the inaugural New Jersey Creative Communities Conference 2025: The Art of Community Well-Being (NJCCC 2025).

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The seminal 1965 album Rubber Soul, often considered the first major turning point in The Beatles' recorded career, will take center stage November 6-8, 2025, at the inaugural Everything Fab Four Fest at the historic Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel.

(HADDON HEIGHTS, NJ) — The Village Playbox presents a new original musical by local playwright Rob Kristie - SHOWPLACE - the story of Steel Pier across three weekends from November 6-22, 2025. This is a story about the iconic and legendary venue in Atlantic City, NJ. It contains both fictional and non-fictional characters and covers the period from 1925 to 1977.

(JERSEY CITY NJ) -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) and Hudson County Community College (HCCC) announced that Tai Cooper, Chief Community Development Officer, New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), will join the inaugural New Jersey Creative Communities Conference: 2025 on Thursday, November 6, 2025 and share insights into strengthening economic development strategies to support the arts in communities, as federal funds decrease.









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BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 11/3/25

Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by Flycatcher, Ciara Zwicker, The Nightly Noodle & Opposite Action, Jonathan Tea, Lily Vakili, Rhonette Smith, and Dr Scientist. Plus a look back at "Dear You" by The Extra's, Inc.



Makin Waves Song of the Week: "I Knew You Well" by Scott McDonald

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "I Knew You Well" from "See It Through," the solo debut album from Hunterdon County-raised rocker Scott McDonald on Bongo Boy Records.



Rock On! This Week's Sound Bite...10/30/25

"I'm doing well on this nippy day, it's a little chilly," laughed songstress Carol Lester whose Sea & Sky Songwriters series renews November 8 for another year at Mutiny Beach BBQ inside Asbury Park's Convention Hall located at 1300 Ocean Avenue. 



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