From music to comedy, there are plenty of ways to find a weekend diversion.
Wellmont Theatre, Montclair THIS WEEKEND Tonight — Rusko and Sigma perform at 8 p.m. NEXT WEEK: Willie Nelson & Family, 8 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday BOOK IT NOW: Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang, 8 p.m., Saturday, June 9; Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples, 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 19. Check out wellmonttheatre.com for more shows. New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark THIS WEEKEND: Tonight, Saturday — Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, NJPAC's principal resident dance company, performs its yearly NJPAC show, 8 p.m., Prudential Hall; Saturday — Will Downing, the reigning romanticst R&B crooner, makes women swoon at 8 p.m., Victoria Theater. NEXT WEEK: Chita Rivera, who performed for decades in a variety of Broadway's classic hits, performs her …
Singer-songwriter Brett Dennen opens for Guster at The Wellmont Theatre.
Brett Dennen is forlorn. Maybe it's because he's alone on the road. Or because it's a gray November day in Londonderry, New Hampshire, which sounds like it might be as bleak as a Bergman movie. He's also all too aware that the economy is affecting rock and roll ticket sales. Perhaps he's pining for the 70s, a period of music he calls his "favorite." Still, there's no doubt this promising, red-headed singer/songwriter is blue. "I'm doing some solo shows in the Northeast right now," he said, with a hesitant, Northern-California drawl. A slow, Western sound, that was made for uttering words like, 'Rad.' "But my band is going to hook up with me this weekend. That's when we're opening some shows for Guster." If you like smart, catchy songs, you…
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Meg Beattie Patrick
4:36 pm on Friday, November 25, 2011
He is a brilliant musician and I wish him all the success in the world after his contract expires. Wish I could see him at The Wellmont! Hope everyone who goes has a blast! more ›