BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 1/20/25
by Lazlo - published 2025-01-20
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 The Extensions, Psychic Wars, Synaptic Ooze, James William Eccles, and Southpaw. Plus a look back at "Are We Truly Great Again?" by Laree Cisco.
New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 01-20-25
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!
New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2025 Short Film Video Q+A #2
by Vic Fern - published 2025-01-20
Here is the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2025 Short Film Video Q+A #2 with Sylvia Director Hannah Zipperman, Help Yourself Director Hedvig Andersson, Embryo Directors Joy and Caleb Waldinger, and Crowboy Producer/Writer William Doan and Festival Director Al Nigrin.
New Release Review - "Here"
by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com - published 2025-01-19
It's a Forrest Gump reunion as director Robert Zemeckis, writer Eric Roth, stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, composer Alan Silvestri and cinematographer Don Burgess all reteam for Here, a shambolic adaptation of a ground-breaking 2014 graphic novel by Richard McGuire, itself an expansion of a six-panel story published in 1989. Forrest Gump saw Hanks play a man-child who unwittingly stumbles in and out of some of the key events of the second half of the twentieth century. In Here, such events simply play out on a TV or radio in the corner of the living room of a house in New Jersey. The movie instead focuses on the relatively mundane events in the lives of the residents of said house.
Advertise with New Jersey Stage for $50-$100 per month,
click here for info
Makin Waves Roundtable Discussion: LGBTQ and POC Concerns about Returning Trump Administration
by Bob Makin - published 2025-01-19
Eight days before Donald Trump's inauguration, East Rutherford-raised singer-songwriter-guitarist Carolyn Marosy, Asbury Park-based singer-songwriter Blaise and Asbury Park musicians and scenesters Sean Navat Balanon and Matt Daniels, who's also an activist, gathered at Georgie's Bar in Asbury Park. They participated in a roundtable discussion regarding concerns they have about Trump's return to the White House and the impact that may have on the LGBTQ community, as well as people of color.
Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage January 12-18, 2025
Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from January 12-18, 2025. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 7 counties in New Jersey (Burlington, Cumberland, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, and Ocean).
Passionate short Mad Clean screens on opening day of the New Jersey Film Festival
by Anran Li - published 2025-01-19
It is not every day that you get to watch a movie starting with only close-ups of everything. I suppose that is quite a clever gesture to introduce a manic character without saying the exact words – we get to see through her eyes, enter her mind; we feel her fear. The short film Mad Clean opens strong: a forcefully worded argument in which we only see the seemingly stubborn, and struggling sister unwilling to step out of her excluded apartment cell. We are immediately trapped in this claustrophobic space with the protagonist, Leanne, who so fiercely closed the door against the rest of the world as what seems to be a self-protecting attempt. The movie seems to be tinted with an unwavering gray hue until accompanying the upbeat music. Ebony, the cleaning lady, interrupts the melancholic scene wearing a bright cloud of baby-blue.
New Jersey Film Festival Short Film Video Q+A #1
by Vic Fern - published 2025-01-18
Here is the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2025 Short Film Video Q+A #1 with The Hollowing Director Steve Weinzierl, Phantom Limb Director Alice Jokela, and Festival Director Al Nigrin.
Upcoming Shows at Kean Stage in Winter 2025
(UNION, NJ) -- Cure the winter blues with an upcoming show at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Upcoming events at Kean Stage include The Chapin Family in concert, Erth's Dinosaur Zoo, and Jazz at Lincoln Center with New Orleans Songbook.
For more features Click here
FEATURED EVENTS
Narrow results by date, categories, or region of New Jersey.
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ 08736
category: theatre
View event page for full information
Snowman Painting Night with Miss Fish
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 4:00pm
Middletown Arts Center
36 Church Street, Middletown, NJ 07748
category: art
View event page for full information
Light Of Day WinterFest 25
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Outpost In The Burbs
40 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042
category: music
View event page for full information
New Jersey Film Festival: Dead Community Guild & Supercritical
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film
View event page for full information
How Not To Be Famous - A Conversation with Richard Kind
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: community
View event page for full information
Dana Fuchs
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
category: music
View event page for full information
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD - Aida
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 12:30pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: theatre
View event page for full information
Natalie Cuomo & Dan LaMorte
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Avenel Performing Arts Center
150 Avenel Street, Avenel, NJ 07001
category: comedy
View event page for full information
Mike Super – Magic & Illusion
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: community
View event page for full information
Mike Super – Magic & Illusion
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 3:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: community
View event page for full information
Here There Are Blueberries
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
View event page for full information
Here There Are Blueberries
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 2:00pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
View event page for full information
The Addams Family
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 8:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: theatre
View event page for full information
The Addams Family
Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 2:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: theatre
View event page for full information
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 3:00pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ 08736
category: theatre
View event page for full information
Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers Film
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Middletown Arts Center
36 Church Street, Middletown, NJ 07748
category: film
View event page for full information
Pinkalicious The Musical
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 4:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: kids
View event page for full information
Pinkalicious The Musical
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 1:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: kids
View event page for full information
Here There Are Blueberries
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 2:00pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
View event page for full information
The Addams Family
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 2:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: theatre
View event page for full information
Dancing with the Stars: Live!
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: dance
View event page for full information
More events
Event Listings are available for $10 and included with our banner ad packages
EVENT PREVIEWS
NJPAC Hosts Winter of Dance Featuring Swan Lake, Nai-Ni Chen and More
(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has some dance performances to keep an eye out for in the next few weeks. In late January, the State Ballet of Ukraine and MOMIX come to Newark, and Nai-Ni Chen Dance returns at the beginning of February.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Montclair Art Museum presents "Family, Community, Belonging: Works from the Collection"
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- The Montclair Art Museum is thrilled to present its latest exhibition, Family, Community, Belonging: Works from the Collection. This unique collection-based exhibition delves into the ever-evolving notions of family and community, and explores themes of belonging, diversity, and inclusion through a diverse array of artworks. The exhibition opens on February 9, 2024, and will be on display at the museum until January 2026.
