UNION – Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, is accepting submissions for the 20th annual Premiere Play Festival beginning Sunday, September 1. This yearly competition for unproduced scripts offers developmental and production opportunities to up to four...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners is excited to announce that the Union County 2024 Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, September 14, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Oak Ridge Park, located at 136 Oak Ridge Road in Clark. Admission is free for all.“The Commissioner Board and I ho...

KENILWORTH – The Gallery-onthe Boulevard, located in the Kenilworth Public Library, presents “Seasons” an exhibit of photographs by photographer Barbara Wirkus of Kenilworth.Although she has attended classes and work shops, Wirkus considers herself self taught and had a darkroom to process prints th...

AREA — Three endangered sea turtles were returned to the wild on August 13 after being rehabilitated under the careful ministrations of the Sea Turtle Recovery center, a nonprofit organization located at the Turtle Back Zoo.The turtles were released back into the sea just after sunrise in front of J...

WESTFIELD — Over the course of the past 90 years, the Town Book Store of Westfield has weathered more than its fair share of challenges. But despite major recessions, the switch to digital media and even the pandemic shutdown, the shop has always persevered.And while the bookstore has had multiple o...

AREA – While the world has been watching competitions from the 2024 Paris Olympics, local theaters right here in New Jersey are basking in their own limelight of being recognized for their efforts by the New Jersey Association of Community Theaters (NJACT). No, they are not gold medals, but the awar...

Have you ever wondered what became of a favorite teacher? Theater folks in Cranford specifically, and Union County and Middlesex County generally, might wonder about David Christopher, the former owner of The Acting Studio on North Avenue in Cranford that he originated and ran from 1977-1997. His la...

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COUNTY–TheUnionCountyBoard of County Commissioners is excited to announce the final show of this year’s Summer Arts Concert Series: Taylor Nation, coming to Oak Ridge Park in Clark on Saturday, August 17, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. This energetic Taylor Swift tribute band will bring the excitement of a ...

WESTFIELD — Writers, from novelists, cartoonists, children’s book authors and poets to journalists, playwrights and illustrators, have always, it seems, found a home in Westfield.Thanks to the efforts of the staff at the Center for Creativity at the Rialto, book lovers of all ages will have the chan...