• By Mabel Pais

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of their landmark book, ‘All The President’s Men,’ the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes journalism icons Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, The Washington Post journalists for a conversation moderated by Jonathan Alter. ‘All The President’s Men,’ uncovered the real story behind the Watergate break-in and spurred Nixon’s resignation. Join these Pulitzer Prize winners for an evening of conversation in honor of the 50th anniversary of their landmark book on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m.

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein lead remarkable careers with decades of reporting experience in political news; they will share their stories and conversation about their newest books published just last year (Woodward’s ‘The Trump Tapes’ and Bernstein’s ‘Chasing History’). This will be more than a look back—a look ahead. What lessons did America learn (and forget) from Watergate, and what parallels do we see in the headlines today?

In the early 1970s, Woodward and Bernstein broke the Watergate story for The Washington Post, leading to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The story set the standard for modern investigative reporting, for which they and The Washington Post were awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, Woodward has written 18 books, with 12 of them becoming No. 1 best-sellers, and serves as an associate editor for The Washington Post. Woodward was the primary reporter for the Post’s articles on the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that won the National Affairs Pulitzer Prize in 2002. He won the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency in 2003.

Bernstein, the author of five best-selling books, including biographies of Hillary Clinton and Pope John Paul II, also is an on-air contributor for CNN and a contributing editor of Vanity Fair magazine. In the late 1970s, Bernstein spent a year investigating the CIA’s secret relationship with the American press during the Cold War for a groundbreaking Rolling Stone article.

TICKETS

Reserve tickets to see Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. by visiting NJPAC.org or the NJPAC Box Office at 1 Center Street, Newark, New Jersey or calling 888. GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722).

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MONTCLAIR FILM PRESENTS FILMMAKER TRIBUTE TO SCORSESE

• By Mabel Pais

The Montclair Film Festival presents its 2023 Filmmaker Tribute to Martin Scorsese with Stephen Colbert hosting Mr. Scorsese on the Prudential Hall stage at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in downtown Newark, NJ on Friday, October 27, 2023 at 8:00 PM. They will sit down for an unforgettable evening of conversation celebrating Mr. Scorsese’s legendary career as one of the cinema’s greatest filmmakers.

“Over the course of his career as a filmmaker, preservation advocate, and film historian, Martin Scorsese has made an unparalleled impact on the art of cinema” said Tom Hall, Co-Head and Artistic Director of Montclair Film. “To honor him with our festival’s 2023 Filmmaker Tribute is an absolute thrill, and we look forward to a delightful, celebratory evening of stories and conversation hosted by Stephen Colbert.”

“All of us at NJPAC are delighted to partner with our friends at Montclair Film to host this extraordinary evening,” said John Schreiber, President and CEO of NJPAC. “Stephen Colbert’s insightful conversations with the artists who inspire us all have become an annual highlight of the Arts Center’s fall season, and this celebratory event with the inimitable Martin Scorsese promises to be especially exciting.”

MARTIN SCORSESE

Martin Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning Director and one of the most influential filmmakers working today. In 2007, his film ‘THE DEPARTED’ won an Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture. Scorsese also directed ‘THE WOLF OF WALL STREET’ and ‘THE IRISHMAN,’ which both received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. His latest feature, ‘KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON’ made its World Premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and will be released exclusively in theaters worldwide October 20, 2023 before streaming globally on Apple TV+.

Scorsese has directed numerous documentaries including the Peabody Award winning ‘NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN,’ the Emmy Award winning ‘GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD,’ the Emmy nominated docuseries ‘PRETEND IT’S A CITY’ and the critically acclaimed feature docs ‘THE LAST WALTZ’ and ‘PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY.’

STEPHEN COLBERT

(Host, Executive Producer and Writer, ‘THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT’) Stephen Colbert hosts the Emmy and Peabody Award winning, #1 show in late night ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’ From 2005 to 2014, he hosted ‘The Colbert Report’ on Comedy Central, following his seven years as a correspondent on ‘The Daily Show.’

In addition to ‘The Late Show,’ Colbert previously served as Executive Producer on several television shows. In 2021, Colbert’s Spartina Industries banner set a three-year first-look deal to develop television and streaming content for CBS Studios.

Colbert has also authored five books, the most recent of which, ‘Whose Boat Is This Boat?,’ reached #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @StephenAtHome.

TICKETS

Tickets for the event are available online at njpac.org and ticketmaster.com, by telephone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), and at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark.

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(Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Spirituality, Education, Cuisine, Health & Wellness, and Business)