WESTFIELD — As the audience awaited the downbeat of Maestro David Wroe’s baton on September 27, many wondered what the acoustics would be like in St. Helen’s Catholic Church in Westfield. They certainly weren’t disappointed. A new season, a new location for the orchestra’s 42nd season and their 255t...

WESTFIELD — Westfield Memorial Library patrons are invited to enjoy theatre and music, as well as a Sustainable Home Fair. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.On Tuesday, October 1, at 7 p.m., Raconteur will present The Devil and Daisy Dirt: a Garden State Gothic Event. This is an alt-ro...

CRANFORD – The 106th season at CDC Theatre in Cranford will open with the seminal rock musical, Jesus Christ Superstar which will run from October 11 through October 27.The legendary score, which includes ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’, ‘Gethsemane’ and ‘Superstar’, began life as a groundbreaking ro...

UNION – Liberty Hall Museum in Union introduced its first music event presented in the home of William Livingston, the first elected governor of New Jersey who donated the land on which the museum sits to what is now Kean University. The museum, with a grant from the Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundatio...

This wonderful colorful Salad of Root vegetable can be made ahead.IngredientsVegetable Salad 1 lb. Parsnips peeled cut lengthwise 1/ 2 lb. small golden beets peeled coarsely chopped 1 lb. carrots peeled cut lengthwise 1 lb. butternut Squashed peeled and cubed 1 cup frozen pearl onions thawed 1 lb. b...

AREA — New Jersey innovators — who have introduced everything from life-changing inventions like the telegraph machine, electric lights and submarines to more entertaining creations like Play-Doh, bubble wrap and drive-in movie theaters to the world — have more than left their marks on history.“Ther...

WESTFIELD – Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s opens its 2024-2025 season at 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 22 with Albert Cano-Smit and Zhu Wang performing a program of solo piano music and music for piano four-hands. The concert will be at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 414 East Broad Street, Westfield. Th...

CRANFORD – The Theater Project and the Cranford Library will launch the autumn 2024 New Play Readings series at 2 p.m. on September 21, at CranfordCommunityCenter’s110-seat theater. Admission is free, with no registration required. “It’s like watching a rehearsal,” says Theater Project artistic dire...

WESTFIELD – The Hollywood blockbuster Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon meets the dreamworld ofAnton Bruckner in the NJ Festival Orchestra (NJFO) season opener “Faith meets Fantasy” on Friday, September 27 in Westfield. Under the baton of Maestro David Wroe, acclaimed guest cellist Mo Mo joins the orch...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramWhile one might become tired of the never-ending sequels in recent years, Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is one for the millennium.Maintaining the strange and unusual nature of the first film was top priority from the beginning...