JEREMY LOCK Arturo Sandoval will perform at the Exit Zero Jazz Festival, May 15 at 5:50 p.m. Here is a roundup of arts events taking place around the state, through May 19. MUSIC • The spring 2022 edition of the biannual Exit Zero Jazz Festival takes p…
Remember Jones’ ‘Summer Slay!’ fest at Stone Pony will celebrate release of new album, ‘Haha, Bitch!’
The Stone Pony will host Remember Jones’ “Summer Slay!,” July 9. Remember Jones’ “Summer Slay!” mini-festival, taking place at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park on July 9, will celebrate both his birthday and the release of his new album, Haha, Bitch! The …
Theda Sandiford’s ’emotional baggage carts’ are highlights of her ‘Joyful Resistance’ show
Theda Sandiford “Joyful Resistance” exhibition in Bedminster features shopping cart sculptures such as these. Zip ties have many uses. They’re handy in construction, or gardening, or for tethering together cardboard displays in the grocery store. They …
‘The Giant Void in My Soul,’ at Luna Stage, makes for a fulfilling theater experience
ARI LAURA KREITH Darin F. Earl II and Valerie Terranova co-star in “The Giant Void in My Soul,” at Luna Stage in West Orange. Despite its somewhat daunting title, “The Giant Void in My Soul” — which is being presented, in its regional premiere, by Luna…
‘All Vows’: honoring a grandfather with stories, music, dance … and puppets
PHOTOS BY JACK GRASSA The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum in Morris Township presents Sam Jay Gold’s “All Vows” through May 8. Sam Jay Gold begins “All Vows” — which he is presenting at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum in Morris Township…
Cousin Brucie to present Tommy James and others in free PNC Bank Arts Center concert
Cousin Brucie will present Tommy James, Little Anthony and more at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. Veteran disc jockey Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow will host Tommy James & the Shondells, Little Anthony and The 1910 Fruitgum Company in a free conce…
Choral Art Society of New Jersey adds dancers for vibrant performance of ‘Carmina Burana’
The Choral Art Society of New Jersey performed at the Presbyterian Church in Westfield, April 29. The Choral Art Society of New Jersey, under the direction of Martin Sedek, offered a compelling multimedia rendition of Carl Orff’s secular masterpiece Ca…
Maplewoodstock to return in July with Galactic, Friends of the Brothers, Funk Yeah!
MARC PAGANI PHOTOGRAPHY Galactic will co-headline the July 9-10 Maplewoodstock festival. Maplewoodstock will return for the first time since the start of the pandemic, July 9-10, with the same co-headliners (Galactic, Funk Yeah! and Friends of the Brot…
The late Sylvia Robinson of Englewood’s Sugar Hill Records will join Rock Hall as Non-Performer
SYLVIA ROBINSON The late Sylvia Robinson, whose Englewood-based Sugar Hill Records released landmark rap singles by the Sugarhill Gang (“Rapper’s Delight”) and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (“The Message”) as well as many other his, will be indu…
Remember Jones embraces wild spirit of Meat Loaf’s ‘Bat Out of Hell’ in tribute concert
CONNI FREESTONE Remember Jones kicked off three nights of singing the “Bat Out of Hell” album and other Meat Loaf songs at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal, April 29. To do Meat Loaf’s 1977 Bat Out of Hell album right, you have to reproduce n…