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APPLICANTS ARE STILL WELCOME FOR THE SASSY AWARDS COMPETITION
By Mabel Pais The search is on for the next great jazz singer! The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) continues to accept applications for the 14th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Solo […]
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IAAC ASSURES UNFORGETTABLE ERASING BORDERS DANCE FESTIVAL NYC
By Mabel Pais The Indo-American Arts Council (iaac.us) hosts and presents the Erasing Borders Dance Festival (EBDF) on Saturday, September 20, 2025 and Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 6pm at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 […]
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THIS GRAMMY AWARD WINNER’S PASSION IS TO ELEVATE HUMAN HAPPINESS THROUGH MUSIC AND EDUCATION
By Mabel Pais CHANDRIKA TANDON, 2025 Grammy Award-winner for her album ‘Triveni’ and two-time Grammy Award-nominee, gives us ‘Divine Ecstasy,’ with an ensemble of instrumental and vocal musicians. She will unveil her August 2025 release, […]
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SPEND AN UPLIFTING SUNDAY WITH GOSPEL SENSATION CARLA HARRIS
By Mabel Pais Spend an uplifting Sunday afternoon with the nationally acclaimed Gospel sensation CARLA HARRIS (from Montclair) at the Victoria Theater – Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Stage, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on […]
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‘PRUDENTIAL NORTH TO SHORE FESTIVAL’ BRACES FOR JUNE CELEBRATION
THEME: LAUGHS AND JAMS ‘PRUDENTIAL NORTH TO SHORE’ June 2025 By Mabel Pais The ‘Prudential North to Shore Festival,’ produced by NJPAC with Prudential Financial as title sponsor, is primed to return this June featuring […]
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FULBRIGHT INDIA AWARD GOES TO SETON HALL UNIVERSITY’S ASSISTANT PROVOST
By Mabel Pais MARY KATE NAATUS, Ph.D., (shu.edu/profiles/naatusma), assistant provost and dean of Continuing Education and Professional Studies (shu.edu/continuing-education) at Seton Hall University was chosen as one of ten senior United States university administrators to […]
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FESTIVAL SEFARAD DEBUTS IN NYC
By Mabel Pais FESTIVAL SEFARAD (festivalsefarad.com) debuts in New York City. It will be a citywide, month-long celebration of the Greater Sefarad world in the month of June 2025. New York City is home to […]
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XIAN ZHANG CONDUCTS IN SEASON FINALE OF NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY
By Mabel Pais The New Jersey Symphony will present its Season Finale concerts with Music Director Xian Zhang conducting Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Pianist Conrad Tao performs Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, an audience favorite. Schedule of […]
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POET. MOTHER. PROFESSOR. DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF 70+ YEARS!
By Mabel Pais “Let me wear the day Well so when it reaches you You will enjoy it.” Sonia Sanchez “This is not a small voice you hear / this is a large voice coming […]
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SPRING INTO MUSIC TO CELEBRATE GOV KEAN’S MILESTONE BIRTHDAY AND MORE
By Mabel Pais The curtain rises on an unforgettable evening when cultural, social and business leaders will join the NJ Symphony for a timeless allure celebrating the extraordinary legacy of Governor Thomas H. Kean on […]
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MAESTRO AMJAD ALI KHAN WITH SONS PERFORMS SAROD TRILOGY
By Mabel Pais Sarod Maestro AMJAD ALI KHAN accompanied by his two sons, AMAAN ALI BANGASH and AYAAN ALI BANGASH will perform the ‘Sarod Trilogy’ on Friday May 30, 2025 at New York University’s Skirball […]
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NJYC PRESENTS ‘SING INTO SPRING’ ANNUAL CONCERT
The New Jersey Youth Chorus (NJYC), a program of Wharton Arts, will present ‘Sing into Spring’ on May 18 at 4:00 p.m. at Ridge Performing Arts Center located at 68 South Finley Avenue in Basking […]
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MELISSA ERRICO PERFORMS SONDHEIM’S NEW YORK SIGNATURE SONGS
By Mabel Pais MELISSA ERRICO is a Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress, singer, and author. Melissa will perform Stephen Sondheim’s greatest New York songs in ‘Sondheim in the City’ for two sensational performances on Saturday May […]
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NJ SYMPHONY’S XIAN ZHANG CONDUCTS MOZART BACH AND ABELS
By Mabel Pais New Jersey Symphony presents Music Director Xian Zhang conducting Mozart, Bach and Abels, with the Symphony’s principal violins, Eric Wyrick and Francine Storck, stepping up to perform Bach’s Double Concerto with the […]
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NJ CREATIVES WILL DAZZLE AT THE 2025 ‘PRUDENTIAL NORTH TO SHORE FESTIVAL’
By Mabel Pais At the 2025 ‘Prudential North to Shore Festival’ performances and programs will be held June 14-29 in Asbury Park and Newark, while performances in Atlantic City will extend throughout the coming year. […]
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NJYC SHARES STAGE WITH WOMEN A CAPELLA LYYRA IN MUSICAL COLLABORATION
By Mabel Pais The New Jersey Youth Chorus (NJYC), a program of Wharton Arts, will present ‘Lyyra in Concert: An Extraordinary Musical Collaboration’ on April 25 at 8:00 p.m. at The Presbyterian Church in Morristown […]
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‘PRUDENTIAL NORTH TO SHORE FESTIVAL’ RETURNS IN JUNE WITH FULL LINEUP
By Mabel Pais THEME: LAUGHS AND JAMS ‘PRUDENTIAL NORTH TO SHORE’ June 2025 The ‘Prudential North to Shore Festival,’ produced by NJPAC with Prudential Financial as title sponsor, returns this June featuring ‘Laughs and Jams’: […]
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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN NJ AND ACROSS THE US
By Mabel Pais On April 16, a day of programming dedicated to examining the state of democracy in New Jersey and across the United States will be hosted by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center […]
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NJPAC CELEBRATES GOV TOM KEAN’S MILESTONE BIRTHDAY WITH DINNER AND BROADWAY SALUTE
By Mabel Pais The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will celebrate the birthday of New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean with a dinner and evening of musical theater at 5:30 PM on his 90th […]
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SETON HALL’S BUSINESS LEADERSHIP MAG PROVIDES THOUGHT-PROVOKING ADVICE FROM TODAY’S TOP GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADERS
By Mabel Pais Seton Hall University has released its Spring 2025 edition of their Business Leadership Magazine, ‘IN THE LEAD.’ The magazine explores the theme of ‘INNOVATION in LEADERSHIP’ to achieve success, with thought-provoking advice […]
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LEND AN EAR TO BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY WHILE XIAN ZHANG CONDUCTS
By Mabel Pais Lend an ear to New Jersey Symphony’s performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Music Director Xian Zhang conducting. There are four performances in New Jersey locations, April 3-6, 2025 (see program below). […]
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CELEBRATE THE EXHIBIT OF ELDER STORIES AT THE NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY
On April 9th, join the Newark Public Library for a special celebration recognizing Black Elders of the ‘Pearls of Wisdom: Elders’ Stories ‘Portraits of Resistance, Resiliency and Respect’ exhibit, on display at the Newark Public […]
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NEWARK’S GREAT MIGRATION STORY TOLD AT THE NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY
By Mabel Pais Hear how the Great Migration – the mid-twentieth-century movement of hundreds of thousands of Black families from the rural South to the urban North – transformed Newark, in the words of those […]