FANWOOD -- The Fanwood Performance Series presents an evening of jazz featuring homegrown musicians on June 13.Saxophonist Pat Gannon – an alumnus of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (class of 2018) and its premier jazz band, the Moonglowers – will bring his organ quartet to Fanwood’s Carriage Hous...

WESTFIELD -- Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Westfield is honored and delighted to invite the general, music-loving public to a long-awaited, live performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s masterful Great Mass in C-minor. On Sunday, May 17, at 5 p.m., performed with full chorus and...

UNION – Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to announce the 2026 Premiere Play Festival Semi-Finalists.The Play Festival panel and literary staff reviewed 894 submissions, an increase of 89 submissions from the previous year, before choosing ...

WESTFIELD -- Area residents look forward each year to immersing themselves in the vibrant culture of Greece at NJ Greek Fest, hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Westfield. And this year, the event — known for delectable Greek cuisine, a Mega 50/50 raffle and many other family-friendly act...

HOLMDEL -- The New Jersey Theatre Alliance welcomed more than 200 leaders from the arts, business, labor, and government sectors to its annual Curtain Call celebration on Monday, April 20, 2026 at Bell Works. The annual gala celebrated the strength, creativity, and collaborative spirit of New Jersey...

UNION – Registration for Actors Reading with Kids (ARK), a summer program sponsored by The Theater Project and Union Public Library, is now open.Twelve students in grades two through six will be paired with working actors for weekly sessions over Zoom in July and August. They will work on reading al...

In the world of broadcast news, 31 years isn’t just longevity—it’s almost unheard of.Les Trent has done exactly that. He has become a familiar and trusted staple of our television screens at Inside Edition for over three decades, navigating the chaos of the industry with a legendary personality that...

WESTFIELD- Closing out their 2025-2026 season with a bang, the Westfield Community Players (WCP) presented Larry Shue’s The Nerd. Directed by Christopher Peterson, The Nerd opened to a packed theatre on opening night.Set in the early 1980s, The Nerd is a slapstick comedy about architect Willum Cubbe...

WESTFIELD--OnSundayevening, The Chorale Arts Society of New Jersey returned to The Presbyterian Church in Westfield to present The Mestre—a celebration of classical music from 19th-century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.In the program notes, Director Sean Velez wrote that most musicians will turn to compose...

CRANFORD — For their final show of the 2025-2026 season, the Cranford Dramatic Club (CDC) premiered Fiddler on the Roof last weekend, directed by Emma Taylor Schwartz.Set in 1905, Anatevka, Russia, Tevye (Larry Brutofski) is a poor milkman with five daughters, three he hopes the matchmaker Yente (Gl...