WESTFIELD – The month of August opens at the Westfield Memorial Library, with travel and Tai Chi. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.On Tuesday, August 12 from 7 to 8 p.m., professional traveler Chris McCormack returns to the library to lead the audience on a captivating journey through...

WESTFIELD – The Westfield Memorial Library is happy to present two presentations on writing and film by local students in August. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.Claire Yang, a two-time Scholastic Art and Writing Awards gold medalist, will teach a weeklong writing class for youngster...

UNION -- American Theater Group (ATG) will present the Pulitzer Prizewinning Our Town byThorntonWilder as its 2025-26 Season Opener, followed by the holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play written by Joe Landry. Additional main stage productions for the upcoming season will be announced at ...

Released on July 25, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” is a breath of fresh air for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), offering a unique visual style and a strong blend of humor and sincerity. Each member of the Fantastic Four has individual emotional arcs throughout the film as Pedro Pascal, Vane...

UNION – Objects and things we tend to decorate our homes with can hold different meanings to those around them. It could be a symbol of a specific moment in the past or simply something occupying space. These various points of view can become a sort of conflict, and that's where we begin in The Mall...

SCOTCH PLAINS – A Concert of songs from Wicked, Frozen, Hamilton, Rent, Cabaret, Jersey Boys, and more, performed by the Florian Schantz Jazz Combo, will be free on Friday, Aug. 1, at 7 PM. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. If it rains, the concert will move from the front lawn to inside the church. Li...

SUMMIT – Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is offering a new creative class especially for adults over the last weekend in July. Creativity Deep Dive, taught by professor and playwright Phoebe Farber, is an opportunity for grown-ups to have the fun of explorin...

WESTFIELD– The August Symphony Orchestra(TASO)willpresentits annualfreeconcertonSunday,July20at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Westfield. Under the baton of conductor, Michael Avagliano, the orchestra will perform works by Respighi and Ravel and famous opera arias featuring world-ren...

SUMMIT – Six playwrights. Fourteen actors. Three singers. A band.Welcome to the 2025 presentation of Kaleidoscope Kabaret, The Theater Project’s annual festival of short plays and songs, which will entertain audiences August 1 to 3 at Oakes Center Theater, 120 Morris Avenue, Summit.This year’s Kabar...

FANWOOD – The Fanwood Performance Series has announced the schedule of concerts for its fall season, featuring singer-songwriters and groups with a variety of musical styles.The shows take place on Saturday evenings in the cozy listening room at the Kuran Cultural Arts Center (a.k.a. the Carriage Ho...