Posts Tagged ‘theater’

This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Jon Whiten • Aug 20th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

For full calendar listings, be sure to check out the Cultural Calendar.
Having an event? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions.
TODAY
On the music tip, contemporary gospel songwriter Carl Brister plays a free outdoor show at the MLK HUB (5 pm), and the Bryan Beninghove Trio brings the [...]



Several Jersey City Organizations Get State Arts Council Funds

By Jon Whiten • Aug 17th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

The New Jersey Council on the Arts today awarded more than $15 million in grants to nearly 800 organizations, artists and projects, including the troubled Jersey City Museum and four other institutions based in Jersey City.
The council awarded the following grants to local institutions for Fiscal Year 2011:

Jersey City Museum: $77,211 for general operating [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Jon Whiten • Jul 30th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

For full calendar listings, be sure to check out the Cultural Calendar.
Having an event? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions!
TODAY
It’s a great day to be outdoors, and there are a couple of great events to help you soak up the sun (and the milder temps). The [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Jon Whiten • Jul 23rd, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

For full calendar listings, be sure to check out the Cultural Calendar.
Having an event? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions!
TODAY
A trifecta of Make My City week events are going on this evening: the Jersey City Art School hosts a “Cocktails and Art” reception (6 pm); an [...]



J CITY Theater Kicks Off 5th Season with ‘Gun-Shy’

By Jon Whiten • Jul 21st, 2010 • Category: Arts, Featured

Tonight in the basement of St. Michael’s Church on 9th Street, J CITY Theater will put on yet another stripped-down and intimate performance as it begins its 5th season with Richard Dresser’s Gun-Shy, a fast-paced chaotic comedy.



Attic Ensemble Holding Audtitions for ‘True West’ Next Week

By Jon Whiten • Jul 13th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

The Attic Ensemble has announced audition dates for the first production of its 40th season, a non-union production of Sam Shepard’s dark comedy True West (for a synopsis of the play, click here). The production, to be directed by Christine Dalzell, will come to the Barrow Mansion for performances in late September and early October. [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Jon Whiten • Jul 9th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Jersey City comes back strong this weekend after the sleepy holiday, with cultural events out the ears. For full listings, you can click here — but here are the Best Bets.
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You have the chance to help fund 1 of 8 grassroots arts projects right here in Jersey City at Pro Arts‘ second Art Eat-Up [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Jon Whiten • Jul 2nd, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

It’s a pretty light load on the cultural front this holiday weekend, but there are still a few gems.
FRIDAY
The first of the summer’s three free outdoor performances by the Hudson Shakespeare Company to take place in Van Vorst Park is tonight, as the players tackle King Lear (7 pm). At the Lamp Post, Sic & [...]



_gaia Studio Looking for Female Theater Directors

By Jon Whiten • Jun 8th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

_gaia Studio, Jersey City’ arts collective of and for women, is seeking female theater directors interested in its Director’s Residency.
The program is for female directors interested in directing one-act plays as staged readings in Jersey City and Hoboken. At end of the residency, which comes with no pay, one director will be selected to [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Shane Smith • May 21st, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

We are in full-on late-spring events season here, folks, so we’re here to help you choose your outings wisely. For full listings, check out our Cultural Calendar; meanwhile, here are some of your Best Bets.
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The Iron Monkey’s second big beer event of the week is also a source of excitement for the entire state: North [...]

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