WESTFIELD — Writers, from novelists, cartoonists, children’s book authors and poets to journalists, playwrights and illustrators, have always, it seems, found a home in Westfield.Thanks to the efforts of the staff at the Center for Creativity at the Rialto, book lovers of all ages will have the chan...

SUMMIT — Overlook Auxiliary is pleased to announce its latest art show featuring paintings by Elizabeth Gillin, a recipient of consecutive state and county awards for her works. More than 75 paintings, including people, seascapes, landscapes, and animal portraits are on display. The show, which is o...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners and the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs are pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 Local Arts Program (LAP) Grant application period. The LAP Grant provides vital funding for local arts organizations and non-arts organiz...

UNION — Kean Stage is proud to announce its 2024-2025 season lineup featuring a diverse mix of Broadway, pop and folk music, jazz, dance and family programming. Additional artists will be announced later this season.Opening the season at Enlow Recital Hall on Sunday, September 29 at 7 p.m. is Lucie ...

AREA — Students from The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison executed all phases of a professional production to provide “A Night of Broadway” on July 11 in the Berry Performing Arts Center. The show marked the culmination of the school’s Performing Arts and Audio-Visual Summer Program, which emphasi...

WESTFIELD -- Whenever an administrator, director or conductor leaves a group, there’s a void, a period of adjustment, and a getting used to someone who is the replacement. The Choral Art Society (CAS) of New Jersey has welcomed Dr. John Wilson as its new conductor. Dr. Wilson, in an interview with T...

UNION – History repeats itself if we aren’t careful. But what if a person doesn’t know his own history? In the fascinating new two-act play Still by Benjamin V. Marshall now playing weekends at Kean University’s PremiereStages, threads of history and real-life anecdotes are woven together to give a ...

WESTFIELD — A new art installation that celebrates life’s quiet moments has been turning heads in Westfield where residents and visitors alike are invited to check out five different sculptures by the late artist Seward Johnson.Mr. Johnson, who founded Hamilton’s Grounds For Sculpture in 1992, is kn...

AREA — The Tri-County Writers Group, a community of writers from Somerset, Union, and Middlesex counties in New Jersey, is proud to announce the release of their first anthology, Lost Souls: An Anthology for the Living.The collection showcases a diverse range of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, pen...

WESTFIELD — The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route New Jersey (W3R-NJ) announces the 5th Annual March to Yorktown Day Commemoration & Encampment Festival in Westfield, on Sunday, August 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Mindowaskin Park. The event is dedicated to the 1st Squadron, 102nd Cavalr...