MILLBURN – Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Executive Director), recipient of the Regional Theatre TonyAward, kicked off rehearsals this week for Bull Durham, the first production of its 2025-2026 season. The new musical begins performances Thursday,...

UNION – Set in the not-so-distant future, Walden opens to find Stella (Allison Altman), a failed NASA astronaut, lives in a remote cabin with her fiancé Bryan (Anthony Vaught Merchant), an Earth Activist or EA for short, a person who uses no technology and believes the government should stop funding...

SCOTCH PLAINS — For rising high school senior Vince Larbi, author of “The Time Runner Adventures: Origins”, the road to publication was a long and challenging one.“I started working on this when I was in the fifth grade,” Vince said, speaking with The Leader last week, “There were times when I wante...

UNION — Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, is accepting submissions for their annual Premiere Play Festival beginning Monday, September 1. This yearly competition for un-produced scripts offers developmental and production opportunities to up to four p...

WESTFIELD – Choral Art Society of New Jersey, one of the area’s leading choral organizations, announces two open rehearsals as preparations begin for its 2025/2026 season. Singers of all ability levels who have choral singing experience are invited to attend open rehearsals on September 9 and Septem...

AREA — The Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers are proud to honor the legacy of lifelong Board Member, author, historian, and film enthusiast I. Joseph “Irv” Hyatt with the renaming of its beloved classic film series. The 35mm and 16mm film series will...

CRANFORD — The curtain rises once more at CDC Theatre, the heart of Cranford’s vibrant arts scene and New Jersey’s oldest continuously producing community theater! The theatre is pleased to announce its spectacular 107th season: The Shark Is Broken, October 10 to 19, Frosted, December 5-14, It Shoul...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Newark Bait Fly Casting Club, invites residents with disabilities and special needs, family and friends, to participate in the 2025 Fall Fishing Derby. The inclusive fishing event will take place on Saturday, September ...

UNION – Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, presents the New Jersey Premiere of Walden by Amy Berryman, September 4 to 21 in Kean University’s Bauer Boucher Theatre Center (Vaughn Eames Hall, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, N.J.). Directed by Charlotte Cohn, ...

COUNTY – The Union County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce the first annual Plein Air Painting Event at the historic Deserted Village of Feltville in Berkeley Heights, on Saturday, September 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists of all levels are invited to bring their easels and ca...