AREA — The Paper Mill Playhouse released their 2024 Rising Star Award nominations on Monday, with several area high-school productions and performers among the nominees.Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School’s (SPFHS) production of The Addams Family and the Academy for Performing Arts (APA) at Union Coun...

WESTFIELD – The popular Tour of Notable Homes produced each year by the Friends of NJ Festival Orchestra will be held on Saturday, May 11 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Mother’s Day weekend, to benefit NJ Festival Orchestra. “This year we present a stylish medley of five Westfield residences -- each wi...

SCOTCH PLAINS -- Community members are invited to come to Willow Grove Presbyterian Church, 1961 Raritan Road in Scotch Plains, for its annual International Dinner and Concert on Saturday, May 4, from 4 to 7 p.m. This special event begins with a free concert of popular American songs, music from Chi...

CRANFORD—TheAmericanclassic rock-musical Hair, the final production of the 105th season at CDC Theatre, celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bellbottomed, beaded and fringed glory.To an infectiously energetic rock beat, the show wows audiences with songs like “Aqua...

FANWOOD – The Carriage House Poetry Series is pleased to invite the public to a free poetry reading on Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate the conclusion of National Poetry Month. The featured reader will be Edwin Romond of Wind Gap, PA and it will take place in the Kuran Arts Center, (“The ...

AREA – He’s Dr. Martin Sedek but don’t call him Doc. He’s known by all in the Choral Art Society of New Jersey (CAS) as Marty. No undo formality with this approachable gentleman who has been described as a kind, gentle person. For over a decade, he has been the conductor of the musical family of sin...

GARWOOD – Garwood Partnership for Arts and Culture is holding a Poetry Festival in celebration of April’s Poetry month next weekend, April 20 and 21.The Garwood Library (411 3rd Avenue) is hosting Saturday’s event at 11:30. This event is for all audiences. Six local poets submitted their poetry to G...

WESTFIELD – It has taken two years forThe Musical Club ofWestfield to create the theme, write the script and to enlist the actors and performers. On Sunday, April 21 at 3 p.m., welcome to the Presbyterian Church in Westfield, 140 Mountain Avenue at East Broad Street. Enter a television studio for a ...

WESTFIELD – The Friends of New Jersey Festival Orchestra, the auxiliary and fund raising arm of the orchestra, has announced that the renowned Tour of Notable Homes will resume this year. Five magnificent Westfield residences will generously open their doors to benefit the NJ Festival Orchestra’s ou...

COUNTY – In honor ofArbor Day, the Union County Board of County Commissioners, in collaboration with the Union County Shade Tree Advisory Board, unveils the distinguished winners of the annual Union County Arbor Day Poetry Contest. Each year, the contest aims to inspire students in grades 4-8 to emb...