Posts Tagged ‘theater’

‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ at J CITY Theater’s Jersey Shorts

By • Jan 31st, 2012 • Category: Arts, Blog

J City Theater has announced its upcoming event Jersey Shorts, a free night of music and storytelling just in time for Valentine’s Day. The theme of next week’s event is “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” Modeled after National Public Radio’s Selected Shorts at Symphony Space, Jersey Shorts will feature prominent local figures for readings [...]



Friday Morning News Roundup

By • Nov 11th, 2011 • Category: Blog, News

Lavarro Supporters Protest Election Result Delay: Roughly two dozen Filipino supporters of Rolando Lavarro protested in front of Hudson County Plaza yesterday to demand that election officials certify Lavarro’s apparent victory in Tuesday’s Jersey City special election. The election results might not be certified until Monday, or even Tuesday, county officials said. Look for more [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By • Oct 14th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Blog

For full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY The Golden Door International Film festival launched last night with a gala opening and screenings of Rohit Gupta’s Another Day Another Life and Sam Borowski’s [...]



Foreclosed: The Show Must Go On

By • Oct 11th, 2011 • Category: Blog, Foreclosed

Just when I thought I had nothing left to learn in this whole maddening adventure, life stepped in and once again said: “Hey lady, the joke’s on you.” A wonderful friend took all of my blogs and edited them into a play. Woo-hoo, I wrote a play! Well actually I wrote of series of blogs [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By • Oct 7th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Blog

For full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY 58 Gallery hosts an opening reception for its annual group exhibition tonight; the show features work by a few handfuls of talented artists: Beau Stanton, [...]



J CITY Theater Scores Big with Rights to New Jersey Premier of David Mamet’s ‘Race;’ Show Opens This Friday

By • Oct 6th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Blog

It’s not often that a small grassroots theater troupe in Jersey City gets the chance to stage a New Jersey premiere of any play, much less a much-talked-about script written by one of the greats of the modern era. But that’s just what happened to J CITY Theater, which this week will produce the New [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By • Sep 23rd, 2011 • Category: Arts, Blog

For full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY The City Love Project, an interactive public art show, comes to Jersey City today, stopping in McGinley Square (9 am), Journal Square (1 pm) and [...]



The Attic Ensemble Celebrates its 40th Anniversary at Annual Gala This Weekend

By • Sep 23rd, 2011 • Category: Arts, Blog

At the same time the Attic Ensemble is winding down performances of the opening show in its new season — the madcap comedy Fully Committed — this weekend, it is hosting its annual gala and honoring several community members who’ve helped the theater troupe grow. This year’s gala is especially significant, as the Attic Ensemble [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By • Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Blog

For full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY Legendary folkie Tom Paxton gets the Brennan Coffee House’s fall lineup into gear with a performance tonight (7:30 pm), while The Alex Meixner Band plays [...]



Jersey City’s Lauri Bortz & the Abaton Book Company Dive into Radio Theater

By • Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Featured

As the founder of the Abaton Book Company, a 14-year-old publishing house and record label she runs out of her Lincoln Park area home with her husband, Lauri Bortz is always jumping off with new projects. At the moment, she is directing and producing scripted audio dramas, in the manner of classic radio serials from the 1930s, through an imprint dubbed Abaton Radio Theater.

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