AREA - When the Light Opera of New Jersey’s (LONJ) audiences were bursting at the seams in their last venue, conductor Jason Tramm started scouting around for a bigger auditorium. He found the perfect spot at Rahway’s historic theater Union County Performing Arts (UCPAC) where, on Saturday, February...

WESTFIELD – Julian Burgoon of Westfield, age 10, received First Prize in the October 2023 Cricket League art competition. For this contest, each entrant was asked to submit original artwork of a monster. Julian’s drawing “Monster Pumpkin” appears in the Cricket League section of the February 2024 is...

WESTFIELD – Westfield Community Players will hold auditions for the comedy See How They Run on Sunday, March 3, Monday March 4 and Wednesday March 6, each night at 7 p.m.See How They Run is a highspirited madcap story in the tradition of British comedy and farce. Mistaken identities, past loves and ...

SUMMIT — Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is the recipient of several grants for a variety of programs and productions in the 20232024 season.A Union County Community Arts Grant, created by the Union County Board of County Commissioners, was received for the ...

WESTFIELD – As part of the Choral Arts of New Jersey’s 62nd season and under the baton of conductor of Martin Sedek, The New Jersey Youth Chorus with conductor Joanna Scarangello was a guest feature of a unique and memorable concert. On Sunday, January 28, 2024, Dr. Sedek assembled a concert that no...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The musical collective Amani will perform a free concert in the downstairs meeting room of the Scotch Plains Public Library on Saturday, February 17, at 2 p.m. The concert will recreate Harry Belafonte’s legendary 1969 live recording from Carnegie Hall — an iconic performance of belo...

SPRINGFIELD – Brigadoon meets Macbeth in NJ Festival Orchestra’s February 17th production of Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti’s spellbinding tale of marriage, madness and murder.A cast of internationally acclaimed guest vocalists and renowned Lincoln Center stage director Beth Greenberg join Maestro D...

WESTFIELD – Polyphony. Unless you were a music major in college, you might not recognize the term right away. An audience at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church got to see it at its finest at the Steeple Concert at St. Paul’s 5th Season series on Sunday, January 21. Geoffrey D. Williams, Countertenor, a...

This authentic Portuguese feijoada (pronounced fay jow aa duh) is a stew of beans with beef and pork. The name feijoada is derived from feijão, ‘bean’ in Portuguese. It is widely prepared in the Portuguese-speaking world, with slight variations. Feijoada is a common name given to dishes from Portugu...

WESTFIELD – If you let a domesticated hamster out of its cage onto the streets of a city, or even into a forest, will it survive? Likewise, if we civilized beings on this planet are left to our own devices without the constraints of structured society, will we survive? Don’t you just love comedy/ fa...