Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...1/2/25
by Danny Coleman - published 2025-01-02
"This is my first time at The Lizzie Rose, I like places like that. I'll be doing one continuous 90 minute set and I'll be there afterward selling tee shirts and CDs that are out right now. There is no opening act and I prefer it that way," laughed James "Biscuit" Rouse as he discussed his new album, "Biscuit and Buddy" and his upcoming January 10 show at The Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton, NJ. My guitarist said to me, "Why don't you have an opening act?" To me, it doesn't really matter, I'm just ready to start playing this music whether I'm the opening act or the headliner, it doesn't matter."
BlowUpRadio.com to Broadcast Rock Against Hate Webathon With New Compilation Albums
New Jersey based Internet radio station BlowUpRadio.com has scheduled a new Rock Against Hate webathon to take place on January 20, 2025, the same day as Donald Trump's second inauguration. Recording artists, the majority New Jersey based, will give live, online performances throughout the day as the station raises funds and awareness for two organizations: Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) and Planned Parenthood.
New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 1-2-24
Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. It's been a bit light this holiday week, but here are articles from the past three days. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!
A Tribute to Southside Johnny
by Gary Wien - published 2025-01-01
On December 20, 2024, Southside Johnny announced he was retiring from touring effective immediately. His annual show for New Year's Eve was cancelled and fans around the world starting paying tribute to him and wondering what the future would hold for him and the Asbury Jukes. New Jersey Stage wanted to pay tribute to him as well, so we reached out to fans in the "Jukebox: Southside Johnny fanzine" Facebook group, some musicians, and industry professionals for their thoughts.
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Grammy Nominee Donald Vega 'Honored' That His All-Original, As I Travel, Is Up for Best Latin Jazz Album
by Jay Sweet - published 2025-01-01
Donald Vega is one of the most gifted pianists and composers on the jazz scene today, with a personality as effervescent as his playing. From his early roots in Nicaragua to mentorship by some of jazz's greatest stars, Vega continues to uphold the jazz tradition through his performances, recordings, and teaching. I caught up with him during a recent Zoom conversation. He was introspective, attentive, and entertaining. Vega is currently promoting two new recordings: All Is Merry and Bright (Imagery Records), a Christmas album, and the Grammy-nominated As I Travel (Imagery Records) , which features his original compositions.
Events This Week in New Jersey from December 31, 2024 to January 7, 2025
Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from December 31 to January 7, 2025 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.
This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from December 31, 2024 to January 7, 2025
Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from December 31, 2024 to January 7, 2025 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.
This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place December 31, 2024 to January 7, 2025
Here are previews of plays taking place from December 31, 2024 to January 7, 2025 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.
Avenel PAC presents Willie Nile with opener James Mastro
(AVENEL, NJ) -- Woodbridge Township presents Willie Nile at The Avenel Performing Arts Center with support from Woodbridge Arts on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 7:30pm. James Mastro will open the night.
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Pinkalicious The Musical
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 4:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: kids
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Pinkalicious The Musical
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 1:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: kids
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Here There Are Blueberries
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 2:00pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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The Addams Family
Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 2:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: theatre
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Dancing with the Stars: Live!
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: dance
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NYC Musical Marathon & Jack Dallas presents Repertoire 2025
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Divinity Hall @ Centennial AME Zion Church
5 Lewis Place, Closter, NJ 07624
category: music
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An Evening with Neko Case
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: community
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David Gray: Past & Present Tour
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: music
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Here There Are Blueberries
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live!
Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Kean Stage - Wilkins Theatre
1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
category: community
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Blackberry Smoke: Rattle, Ramble and Roll Tour 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: music
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Sun Ra Arkestra
Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: music
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Here There Are Blueberries
Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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New Jersey Symphony presents Holst's The Planets - An HD Odyssey
Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: music
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New Jersey Film Festival: IT’S A to Z: The ART OF ARLEEN SCHLOSS & Demi-Demons
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film
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The Bell Bottom Blues: Clapton Tribute Band
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:30pm
The Vogel
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: music
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Ty Mares
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
category: music
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Dusty Slay: The Night Shift Tour
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: comedy
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Taylor Shines - The Laser Spectacular
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: music
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Blind Boys of Alabama
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: music
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Here There Are Blueberries
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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An Evening with Sutton Foster
Friday, January 31, 2025 @ 8:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: music
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Brett Goldstein: Second Best Night of Your Life – Live Special Taping
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 9:30pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: comedy
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Brett Goldstein: Second Best Night of Your Life – Live Special Taping
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: comedy
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New Jersey Film Festival: The Accidental Spy
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 5:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film
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New Jersey Film Festival: Shorts Program #2 - The Hollowing, Brooklyn, Disoriented, Phantom Limb, Help Yourself, Dinner at Manny’s
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film
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Men are from Mars – Women are from Venus LIVE!
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 7:30pm
The Vogel
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: theatre
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Men are from Mars – Women are from Venus LIVE!
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 2:00pm
The Vogel
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: theatre
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John Hathaway & The Grey Riders
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
category: music
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Kathleen Madigan: The Day Drinking Tour
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: comedy
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Magical Mystery Doors – Beatles, Zeppelin, Doors Tribute
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: music
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Czech National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moravia
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 8:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: music
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Here There Are Blueberries
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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Here There Are Blueberries
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 2:00pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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Chris Pinnella - The Tony Bennett Songbook
Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ 08736
category: music
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New Jersey Film Festival: No Somos Maquinas: We Are Not Machines
Sunday, February 02, 2025 @ 5:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film
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New Jersey Symphony: Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey
Sunday, February 02, 2025 @ 3:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: music
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Gangsta Grass
Sunday, February 02, 2025 @ 7:00pm
The Vogel
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: music
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Here There Are Blueberries
Sunday, February 02, 2025 @ 2:00pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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Stories of a Lifetime Workshop for Union County Seniors – UCPAC Legacy Arts Club
Monday, February 03, 2025 @ 12:00pm
Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC)
360 Hamilton Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065
category: community
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Visiting Writers: Akhil Sharma – Visiting Writer
Monday, February 03, 2025 @ 6:00pm
Monmouth University - The Great Hall
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: community
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Great Art on Screen - Florence and the Uffizi Gallery
Monday, February 03, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: art
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The Drew Forum presents: Al Franken
Monday, February 03, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: community
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Giancarlo Esposito
Tuesday, February 04, 2025 @ 4:30pm
Kean Stage - North Avenue Academic Building
1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
category: community
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Tuesday Night Record Club - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Tuesday, February 04, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Monmouth University - The Great Hall
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: music
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The Crossing
Tuesday, February 04, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Richardson Auditorium
68 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: music
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Toronzo Cannon
Wednesday, February 05, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
category: music
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NYC Musical Marathon & Jack Dallas presents Repertoire 2025
Wednesday, February 05, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Divinity Hall @ Centennial AME Zion Church
5 Lewis Place, Closter, NJ 07624
category: music
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Here There Are Blueberries
Wednesday, February 05, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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Opening Reception for "Ocean Bodies, A Solo Exhibit by Kimberly Callas"
Thursday, February 06, 2025 @ 5:30pm
Monmouth University - Ice House Gallery
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: art
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W. Kamau Bell: Who’s With Me?
Thursday, February 06, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: comedy
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Celia Vive! A Celia Cruz Tribute
Thursday, February 06, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: music
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The Outlaws
Thursday, February 06, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: music
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Here There Are Blueberries
Thursday, February 06, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: theatre
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Opening Reception for "Michael Malpass: Renaissance Man"
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 5:30pm
Monmouth University - DiMattio Gallery
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: art
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Billy Walton Band
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
217 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
category: music
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New Jersey Film Festival: God Teeth & The Traumatist
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film
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Lez Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti 50th Anniversary
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 8:00pm
The Vogel
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: music
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The Simon & Garfunkel Story
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 8:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: music
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Let’s Sing Taylor – A Live Band Experience Celebrating Taylor Swift
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: music
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Gary Owen
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: comedy
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The Cher Show
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: theatre
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Noli Timere
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
category: dance
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Here There Are Blueberries
Friday, February 07, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
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Family Worth Fighting For: TJ Klune's Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Discover the magic in family life with New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist TJ Klune. He'll take you inside the new installment of his "Cerulean Chronicles," Somewhere Beyond the Sea, during his Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The event begins at 7:00pm.
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.
