Monday, April 1, 2013
Popular game show that offers prizes ranging from cash to cars is coming to NJPAC in May.
One of the most popular game shows in the nation is coming to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in a few months. The Price is Right, Live!, which allows contestants to compete for vacations, cash, appliances and cars by playing games of chance like Plinko, Cliffhangers and the Big Wheel, will be broadcast from the center May 26. Tickets, including VIP packages for premium seats, are still available. Contestants must be at least 18 years old. Online registration is required. To register or for more information, click here.
Novelist Philip Roth receives key to the city
Novelist Philip Roth, a Weequahic native whose novels were often set or centered in the neighborhood when it was a Jewish enclave decades ago, received the key to the city March 27 during a ceremony at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Nj.com reported. “I have one question. Where is the lock? Where do I put it?” said Roth, who turned 80 March 19. His birthday was celebrated here with a party at the Newark Museum and the debut of a photo exhibit of his life at the main branch of the Newark Public Library on Washington Street. About 280 people, including Mayor Cory Booker and former Gov. Brendan Byrne, attended the event.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Marketplace, 'Spirit' dance performance among holiday attractions
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Monday, December 17, 2012
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark is celebrating Kwanzaa with The Spirit of Kwanzaa, a performance incorporating tap, hip-hop and ballet produced by IllStyle & Peace Productions. There will also be a Kwanzaa Children’s Festival. Both are on Dec. 22. A Kwanzaa Marketplace, where patrons can pick up last-minute gifts, is open in NJPAC’s Prudential Hall lobby Dec. 21 and 22 as well.. Philadelphia’s high-octane Illstyle & Peace Productions celebrate The Spirit of Kwanzaa in NJPAC’s Victoria Theater on Saturday, Dec. 22 and 2pm and 5pm. Their performance is a blend hip hop dance styles with tap, ballet, DJing and beat boxing. Founded in 2002 by Brandon “Peace” Albright, this multicultural troupe has toured to critical …
Friday, October 19, 2012
Tickets still available for featured shows that include George Benson, David Sanborn and The Manhattan Transfer. The jazz festival honors the late great James Moody.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
The James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival continues this weekend at NJPAC. The weeklong festival pays tribute to longtime Newarker and late great jazz artist James Moody. Headliners for Friday night's 7 p.m. show include George Benson, The Manhattan Transfer and David Sanborn as well as special guests Kenny Barron, Jon Faddis, Jimmy Heath, Paquito D’Rivera, Christian McBride, and more. On Saturday, there will be an 8 p.m. show featuring an all-star performance of the original Gil Evans arrangements of three classic Miles Davis recordings. Those performers include trumpeter Terence Blanchard, bassist Christian McBride, drummer Peter Erskine, and many more. In addition, there will be a jazz orchestra under the direction of Vince Mendoza. …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Four-day event features some of the world's most prominent poets and Newark residents, students and seniors get a discount if they attend.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
From slam poetry, to poems that originated in Ireland and Brazil - the Dodge Poetry Festival taking place over the next our days in Newark, has something for everyone. Tickets are still available for this event, which is taking place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. On Thursday evening - today - 25 poets will participate in a "poetry sampler" event for 2 1/2 hours. "We're proud to welcome many of the world's greatest poets and their fans to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center this October," said John Schreiber, president and CEO of NJPAC. "The Dodge Poetry Festival draws a diverse and enthusiastic audience to Newark, and we're excited to greet the thousands of visitors who will share in this extraordinary celebration." This …
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Would you like to win tickets to A Night in Motown this Saturday, featuring Darlene Love and the Four Tops?
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
NJPAC is hosting a night of Motown greats this Saturday. In honor of this year's NJPAC fundraising gala, the concert hall will feature A Night in Motown - including En Vogue, The Four Tops, Valerie Simpson and Darlene Love. The performers will be under the direction of American Idol music director Ray Chew. The show will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at Prudential Hall. And Patch is giving away two pairs of tickets to the concert. To enter to win: sign up for the Patch newsletter and as soon as you're done, email your name and contact information to Regional Editor Elizabeth Moore to enter the contest. Her email address is: elizabeth.moore@patch.com Winners will be chosen at random but entries must be received by Friday at Noon…
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Patch editors score tickets to live taping of 'America's Got Talent' at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark – and they liked what they saw
Even despite my inherent love as a reporter for the occasional happy, heart-wrenching human-interest story, I was skeptical of what I was about to sit through Tuesday night during a live taping of "America's Got Talent." A miniature mariachi singer belting out a love ballad? Muscular men clogging in tight jeans in front of a massive American flag? Tiny dancers cartwheeling in nauseating succession? For two full hours? This was not the Newark I knew. This was some alternate universe. Since early July, NBC's ratings-topping "America's Got Talent" has been filming twice a week at NJPAC, drawing hundreds of out-of-towners to Brick City for the feel-good, all-American show that you can't help but fall in love with. I did. After snagging two VIP…
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Friday, May 11, 2012
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 …
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Frankie Valli, the original Jersey Boy, performs in Atlantic City and Morristown this week.
The Borgata, Atlantic City THIS WEEKEND Friday and Saturday —Frankie Valli, 9 p.m., The Music Box; Saturday and Sunday — Anti-social Comedy Tour, hosted byJim Norton and featuring Dave Attell, Artie Lange and Dough Stanhope, 9 p.m., Borgata Event Center NEXT WEEK The Borgata Comedy Club hostsTim Kroupier, Rob Falcone, Carl LaBove; Monday through Sunday, Jan. 22; 9 p.m., The Music Box BOOK IT NOW Colin Quinn's "Short Story Long" provides a humorous look at history, 9p.m., Friday, Jan. 28; CJersey guy and comedian/actor Jay Mohr, 9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3; legendary Irish rockers The Saw Doctors help you celebrate St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 9 p.m., The Music Box Check out theborgata.com for details about these and other shows. Kean …
Monday, December 19, 2011
Longtime event at NJPAC offers cultural items, sense of community
For as much as this past weekend's event in the New Jersey Performing Arts Center lobby was branded as the Kwanzaa Artisan Festival, Lorna Johnson looked around and saw so much more. "I think there's very spaces in the Newark metropolitan area … that are what I call a village," said Johnson, a festival vendor and Newark resident. "This is definitely an urban village." Several vendors set up shop in this village Friday through Sunday, selling primarily – but not exclusively – African-themed artwork, clothing and jewelry. More than simply providing pre-holiday shopping, though, the weekend provided a cultural exchange including Saturday's free children's festival for several hundred kids. Kwanzaa, the weeklong holiday celebrating African-…
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