Jersey City’s classical theatre, The Curtain, has announced that they will bring an all-new production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet to Nimbus Arts Center. Performances begin Thursday, September 28th and run through Sunday, October 22nd. Tickets are priced at $25 and are available for purchase at TheCurtain.org. Set at the dawn of the Jazz […]
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Rogue Waves September: The Live Music Scene in Jersey City
For live music fans, August is a time of scarcity. September, on the other hand, is all about options. All month long, you’ll have your pick of interesting shows. I’ve put our star next to seven of them, but I could have discussed many others, too: veteran bachata singer Felix D’Oleo at The Factory on Saturday […]
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Film “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” Returns to Van Vorst Park Wednesday
In the space of one year, Jersey City has provided a setting for all three productions, representing the city’s emergence as a convenient — and apparently affordable — urban movie backdrop.
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Art House Productions Opens Applications for Playwriting Program
Art House Productions has opened the application process for its INKubator program, an eight-month generative playwriting process for a select group of playwrights-in-residence. Culminating in the annual INKubator New Play Festival tentatively scheduled for May 6-15, 2024, the 2023-2024 INK Cohort will meet as a group and in-person monthly from October to May alongside program […]
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Rogue Waves August: Jersey City’s Live Music Scene
Nobody likes to tour in August. It’s hot in the bus, school’s out, and families are on vacation. Fourth of July is long over, and the novelty of outdoor festivals has wilted in the heatwaves. Big shows can wait until the calendar turns. August is often a programming dead zone for large venues and performing arts centers attached to […]
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Amidst Fanfare and a Parade, Art House Productions Cuts the Ribbon
It was not spontaneous, but it was sincere. Grown men and women in shiny, conical party hats paraded south on Marin Boulevard to the train station in the midday July sun. They followed a brass band, clapped, and shook noisemakers as they walked. The party favors (and pink-frosted slices of celebratory cake) were supplied by […]
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New Resident Symbolizes Jersey City’s Growing Ties With Orchestra
Erin Lunsford Norton’s recent arrival in McGinley Square coincides with growing ties between Jersey City and her employer, the New Jersey Symphony. Lunsford Norton is vice president of artistic planning for the NJS, which celebrated its centennial year with a concert in Jersey City during Independence Day weekend. The event had been scheduled to take […]
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Rogue Waves July: Live Music Picks in Jersey City
July means music in the open, out in public places: by the fountain in Lincoln Park, near the flags at the south end of Liberty State Park on Tuesdays, in the shadow of the great cylinders at Berry Lane on Thursday nights. Bookings at these shows can be hit or miss, but it’s tough to […]
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Review: Horseshoe Empire and the Irrepressible Ghost of Frank Hague
Every East Coast city has had a legendary mayor — a superhero, or supervillain, who embodies the town’s aspirations, creative energies, its strengths, and its flaws. Boston has Curley. New York has LaGuardia. We’ve got Frank Hague. If you’re from Jersey City, you might think, not unreasonably, that our guy could lick their guy. That’s part of […]
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NJ Symphony Orchestra to Play Liberty State Park on July 4th Weekend
What figures to be the one of the biggest summer arts events in Jersey City will be happening in just a few weeks, yet the city seems in no rush to get the word out. The event host has also been officially silent. So here’s the skinny. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will be coming […]