NEWARK—TheNewJerseyYouth Symphony (NJYS), a program of Wharton Arts, will present its 45th Anniversary Celebration Concert on Sunday, May 5 at 3 p.m. at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. Experience a grand celebration of the Garden State’s premier youth orchestra program as it...

WESTFIELD – Comedic confusion takes the stage as the Westfield Community Players conclude their season with the British farce See How They Run By Philip King.Seventy-five years almost to the day when this play had its American premiere in Plainfield, the frenetic activities that roil a quiet English...

WESTFIELD – As Mother’s Day weekend approaches, The Friends of NJ Festival Orchestra, the fundraising group dedicated to the support of the orchestra’s mission, suggests taking Mom on their Tour of Notable Homes on Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 2024 tour includes the landmark Dutch Colonia...

AREA — The Paper Mill Playhouse released their 2024 Rising Star Award nominations on Monday, with several area high-school productions and performers among the nominees.Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School’s (SPFHS) production of The Addams Family and the Academy for Performing Arts (APA) at Union Coun...

WESTFIELD – The popular Tour of Notable Homes produced each year by the Friends of NJ Festival Orchestra will be held on Saturday, May 11 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Mother’s Day weekend, to benefit NJ Festival Orchestra. “This year we present a stylish medley of five Westfield residences -- each wi...

SCOTCH PLAINS -- Community members are invited to come to Willow Grove Presbyterian Church, 1961 Raritan Road in Scotch Plains, for its annual International Dinner and Concert on Saturday, May 4, from 4 to 7 p.m. This special event begins with a free concert of popular American songs, music from Chi...

CRANFORD—TheAmericanclassic rock-musical Hair, the final production of the 105th season at CDC Theatre, celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bellbottomed, beaded and fringed glory.To an infectiously energetic rock beat, the show wows audiences with songs like “Aqua...

FANWOOD – The Carriage House Poetry Series is pleased to invite the public to a free poetry reading on Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate the conclusion of National Poetry Month. The featured reader will be Edwin Romond of Wind Gap, PA and it will take place in the Kuran Arts Center, (“The ...

AREA – He’s Dr. Martin Sedek but don’t call him Doc. He’s known by all in the Choral Art Society of New Jersey (CAS) as Marty. No undo formality with this approachable gentleman who has been described as a kind, gentle person. For over a decade, he has been the conductor of the musical family of sin...

GARWOOD – Garwood Partnership for Arts and Culture is holding a Poetry Festival in celebration of April’s Poetry month next weekend, April 20 and 21.The Garwood Library (411 3rd Avenue) is hosting Saturday’s event at 11:30. This event is for all audiences. Six local poets submitted their poetry to G...