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music
Albert Music Hall presents a Bluegrass Show on Saturday 
(WARETOWN, NJ) -- On Saturday, February 1, 2025, Albert Music Hall will hold the first of three Bluegrass Shows this year, featuring an exciting lineup of live bands - Crab Grass, followed by The Festers, Fish & Whistle, Mark Miklos, and Josh Werner. The Pickin' Shed will be open for jamming throughout the event, where guests are encouraged to bring their instruments and join in the music or simply listen in.
PSO Soundtracks Talk: Amadeus and the Myth of Mozart 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) continues its series of Soundtracks Talks at the Princeton Public Library with "Amadeus and the Myth of Mozart" on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 7:00pm in the library's Community Room. Chris Collier, Executive Director of the Princeton Garden Theatre, and Michael Pratt, Conductor of the Princeton University Orchestra, unravel the enduring legacy and myth of Mozart by watching and discussing excerpts of the 1984 Academy Award-winning movie Amadeus. Their conversation anticipates the Garden Theatre's showing of the restored theatrical cut of the film the following evening, Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:00pm.
Meshell Ndegeocello presents "No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin" at McCarter Theatre 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- McCarter Theatre Center, in partnership with Princeton University's Humanities Council and co-produced by Jill Newman Productions, presents two-time GRAMMY Award winner Meshell Ndegeocello in No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, a theatrical live rendition of her 2024 album, on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 7:30pm.
Split Level Concert Series presents Maia Sharp and Antje Duvekot 
(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) — Critically acclaimed singer/songwriters Maia Sharp and Antje Duvekot will co-headline a performance at the Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove on Saturday, February 22, 2025. The show is part of the on-going Split Level Concert Series which highlights renowned Americana and contemporary folk musicians in a uniquely intimate setting. Showtime is 8:00pm.
Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Man of Manzanita" by Nefesh Mountain 
The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Man of Manzanita" from Nefesh Mountain's forthcoming double LP, "Beacons."
film
Two riveting shorts The Hollowing and Brooklyn screen at the New Jersey Film Festival on February 1! 
How a filmmaker utilizes certain filmmaking techniques holds the power to change the film in immeasurable ways. Achieving the best look and flow of the film requires evaluating things such as lighting, color, and composition and determining how they can be applied. The outcome of these evaluations is a carefully articulated and well-done film that crafts an interesting narrative told not just through storytelling but through every part of the film. Two examples of this are The Hollowing, by Steve Weinzierl, and Brooklyn, by Timur Guseynov, both films that tell their stories well through various cinematography and filmmaking language techniques such as color, lighting, and frame composition.
It’s A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss New Jersey Film Festival Filmmaker Video Interview 
Al Nigrin, Executive Director and Curator of the New Jersey Film Festival, sits down with Stuart Ginsberg, Director of It's A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss, for a filmmaker video interview at EBTV.
Timely Documentary We Are Not Machines screens at the New Jersey Film Festival on February 2! 
Although the necessity for the film is troubling, the people followed throughout We Are Not Machines (No Somos Máquinas) turn a horrible situation into fuel for reconstruction, choosing to fight with passion and determination against the system that affects them rather than passively falling victim to it.
2025 New Jersey Film Festival begins today! 
The Spring 2025 New Jersey Film Festival begins today!
https://newjerseyfilmfestivalspring2025.eventive.org/welcome
Here is the Festival line-up for this weekend. Almost all the directors will be present for the in-person screening on Friday and they will be doing a Q+A with the audience.
art
The Gallery at Paper Mill presents "The Space Between Notes: Dualities and Emotions Beneath Monk's Brim" 
(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse presents The Space Between Notes: Dualities and Emotions Beneath Monk's Brim as the newest visual arts exhibition at The Gallery at Paper Mill in the Renee Foosaner Art Gallery on display from February 3–28, 2025.
community
Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage January 19-25, 2025 
Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from January 19-25, 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 9 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, and Sussex).
Stockton Partners with A.C. Casinos to Light Up Yellow for Holocaust Awareness Day 
(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University is proud to partner with the Casino Association of New Jersey (CANJ) to light up Atlantic City yellow on Monday, January 27, 2025, to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
books
Find Our Power over Pandemics in Sabrina Sholts's Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk 
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The common factor in pandemics that have plagued humanity since the beginning of time is... humanity. Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts contends that recognizing our habits and traits is the key to reducing our risks. She'll bring clarity to this critical issue in her Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. The event begins at 2:00pm.
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