SPRINGFIELD — Stephen Urban, faculty member at The Calderone School of Music, recently completed his first full band studio track, which is now creating a buzz online. Urban is the head guitar instructor at CSM’s Springfield location and also teaches in East Hanover. His compositional prowess and technical skills on banjo and harmonica, along with […]
UNION COUNTY – Hayrides and history are just part of the program this weekend at the Deserted Village for Four Centuries In A Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 19, and Sunday, Oct 20. For the younger set, there will be hayrides, games, cider pressing, archeology digs, and a visit from the ghost of David Felt. For […]
WESTFIELD — On Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m., Majestic Winds, the professional wind band of the New Jersey Workshop for the Arts, will perform a fall concert at Redeemer Lutheran Church, located at 229 Cowperthwaite Place in Westfield. This event is open to the public and while there is no charge for admission, a […]
NEWARK – Nineteen of the most talented teenage jazz players in the Greater Newark area will receive the extraordinary opportunity to heighten their skills as musicians and bandmates this Fall with the creation of The Brick City Jazz Orchestra, a collaboration between NJPAC and the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz. As NJPAC’s newest arts education […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – On the weekends of Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, Berkeley Light Opera Company will present Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Nora and Delia Ephron (based on the book by Ilene Beckerman). This witty and touching play about “matters of the heart and matters of the closet”, uses clothing, accessories, and […]
HILLSIDE — The Woodruff House/Eaton Store Museum located at 111 Conant Street, Hillside, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 19 and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20. Operated by the Hillside Historical Society, the museum consists of a 1735 farmhouse, a 1900 general store, a barn, […]
ELIZABETH – There will be an October celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month with “Art in the Gardens,” which will take place Columbus Day Weekend, Oct. 12, 13 and 14 at The Outlet Collection-Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth. “Art in the Gardens” features instrumental, vocal and dance performances in the Center Court of the Mall. This […]
UNION — Arco Ensemble will perform the American premier of Cecilia McDowall’s “Crossing the Bridge” for string orchestra at its first “Concert & Café” on Oct. 27 at Gene & Shelley Enlow Hall. The celebrated British Composer is flying in from London to attend the event. According to Gramophone magazine, “Cecilia McDowall is another of […]
UNION – From now through December 31, the Human Rights Institute Gallery at Kean University will have on display BESA: A Code of Honor – Muslim Albanians Who Rescued Jews in World War II, an exhibition of photographs by renowned New Jersey-native photographer Norman Gershman. BESA features images of Albanian and Kosovar Muslim families who […]
UNION COUNTY – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has announced a new class called “Preserve the Harvest,” conducted by experts from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County. “With New Jersey’s rich tradition of home gardening, Preserve the Harvest is a great opportunity for Union County residents to learn the basics of safely […]