Photo courtesy of New Brunswick City Center
Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.
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We strive to make sure that all of the information in The Buzz is as accurate as possible,
please check with each venue for changes to times, ticket prices and ticket availability.
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Remembering
Middlesex County Commissioner Deputy Director
Kenneth Armwood
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2023 SCHEDULE
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Saturday, Nov. 4 at SHI Stadium v Ohio (View indoors & watch at your favorite City Center Taverns) Military Appreciation
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Saturday, Nov. 11 @ Iowa (View indoors & watch at your favorite City Center Taverns)
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Saturday, Nov. 18 @ Penn State (View indoors & watch at your favorite City Center Taverns)
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Saturday, Nov. 25 @ SHI Stadium v Maryland (View indoors & watch at your favorite City Center Taverns) Senior Day/Thank You Fans
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The 24th Annual
Rutgers Jewish Film Festival
In Theater: October 26 - November 5, 2023
Virtual : November 6- November 12, 2023
The perfect destination for Jewish films every year!
The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival returns to in-theater screenings with fifteen award-winning films from Israel, Poland, Ukraine, Germany, the United States, and France. Running October 26 through November 12, the festival will present mid-Atlantic and New Jersey premieres, as well as discussions with filmmakers, actors, scholars, and other special guests. Screenings will be held in person at the Regal Cinema, North Brunswick, and the Rutgers Business School in Piscataway. Four films will be available in the virtual cinema.
In-theater and virtual tickets are both $14. Discount passes are also available. The festival is sponsored by Rutgers’ Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life and made possible by a grant from the Karma Foundation. For information or to purchase tickets, visit BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu/film.
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HOLIDAY SPIRITS
Haunting Stories & Music from America's Frosty Past
A wintery holiday show highlighting stories, choral music and poetry by famous authors like Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe.
This free 75-minute show is appropriate for the entire family (adult themes explored) and set amongst the magical landscape of Middlesex County’s East Jersey Old Town Village.
East Jersey Old Town Village, Indian Queen Tavern:
1050 River Rd. Piscataway, NJ
Performances:
- December 6-10, 2023
- Wednesday - Friday at 7 pm
- Saturday and Sunday at 1 pm, 4 pm, and 7 pm
Free Parking, Wheelchair Accessible, Seating Limited to 60 people per show so Reserve your Seats Now!
There will also be a fun holiday market with food, drinks and crafts available for purchase!
HOLIDAY SPIRITS is proudly produced by Thinkery & Verse... learn about this local theatre & film company at thinkeryandverse.org
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Archangel Raphael’s Mission presents Dignity Summit: A New Conversation on Deeper Community Outreach
November 4, 2023 1:00PM
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Visiting Filmmaker Series Screening: Aftersun |
Thursday, November 9
7:00 pm
A screening of Aftersun (2022) and a post-screening Q&A with writer/director Charlotte Wells. At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). But Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Sophie later tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t in this multi-award-winning debut film.
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RUTGERS JAZZ LAB BAND: "JAZZ & THE AFRICAN/LATIN AMERICAN TINGE" |
Wednesday, November 15
7:30 pm
This concert by the Rutgers University Jazz Lab Big Band, directed by Anthony Branker, will spotlight the strength of the African and Latin American influence on the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Chico O’Farrill, Michael Mossman, Anthony Branker, and Duke Ellington with music featured from his “Latin American Suite.”
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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE: “BEATLES BRAZIL” |
Friday, November 17
7:30 pm
The Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, will feature “Beatles Brazil.” The premier twenty-two-piece student jazz orchestra will showcase best-known hits from the legendary Beatles band, featuring custom arrangements from the jazz studies faculty.
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NBPAC Presents
Yacht Rock Gold
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Saturday, November 18
8:00 pm
Yacht Rock Gold brings all your favorite hits from the late 1970's-early 1980s to new generations of music fans. Celebrating the smooth sounds of the Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, Little River Band, Ambrosia, Boz Skaggs and so many more, Yacht Rock Gold engages fans with amazing harmonies and musicianship that brings audiences back to a time when music made you feel good and soothed the soul. Yacht Rock Gold brings hit song after hit, great visuals, and a note-for-note performance.
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A Musical Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
Starring Freda Payne
Written and Directed by
the Audelco Award winner, Lee Summers.
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In December for 4 performances only, Crossroads will pay tribute to a true legend and one of the most iconic jazz singers of all time: Ella Fitzgerald. And we are thrilled to welcome back to Crossroads the phenomenal performer, Freda Payne, in the title role singing some of Ella Fitzgerald’s most beloved songs set against the musical backdrop of a 6-piece jazz band. In his Broadway World review on the production last year, Nicholas Pontolillo summed up Ms. Payne’s performance perfectly:
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Genesis Festival Of New Plays '24
Curated by Sydné Mahone
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Under the watchful, skilled eye of master dramaturg Sydné Mahone, the Genesis Festival this season will celebrate a constellation of exciting, gifted writers in an experience that brings artists and audiences together under one roof and in one most extraordinary event and shared conversation. In her own words- “The experience of attending the Genesis Festival is one that is not to be missed. The energy and excitement of witnessing new works come to life is invigorating. And as an audience member, you have the opportunity to witness the creative process in action and to be a part of shaping the future of theatre.” - Sydné Mahone
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August Wilson's
Fences
Directed by Ricardo Khan
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Crossroads welcomes August Wilson home! This sensational, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama was Mr. Wilson’s third play, and comes to Crossroads for the first time. Directed by Ricardo Khan who just recently directed the play in Johannesburg, South Africa where it played to sold out crowds, the Crossroads production will star performers from both the United States and South Africa, including the legendary Tony Award- winning actor, John Kani, who audiences will recognize most recently from the blockbuster film, “Black Panther”. Now, at Crossroads in the starring role of Troy Maxson, Kani will portray a former star of the Negro baseball leagues who now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded as a Black man from the major leagues during his prime, Troy's bitterness takes its toll on his relationships with his wife and his son, who now wants his own chance to play ball. In August Wilson’s Fences, there is passion and humor, love, jazz and the blues, and ultimately, forgiveness.
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Echoes' Of Freedom
Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masekela's
Jazz Heritage
Directed by Ricardo Khan
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Last June, Crossroads launched an exciting and inspiring new series in music and theatre, “Our Heritage in Jazz”. It featured the works and life stories of musical icons, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. This season, we celebrate the anniversary of the New South Africa, the birth of a new free nation as Nelson Mandela became its first Black president exactly 30 years ago. And to do this, “Our Heritage in Jazz” will feature the music and stories of global megastars, Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela.
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Crossroads Theatre Company
PO BOX 238
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-545-8100
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Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. |
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Having Our Say
The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
By Emily Mann
Adapted from the book by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany, with Amy Hill Hearth
Directed by Laiona Michelle
November 28, 2023 - December 17, 2023
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Ibsen's Ghost
Written by Charles Busch
Directed by Carl Andress
January 16, 2024 - February 4, 2024
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The Club
by Chris Bohjalian
Directed by David Saint
February 27, 2024 - March 17, 2024
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BOOK, MUSIC, & LYRICS
April 23, 2024-May 19, 2024
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George Street Playhouse
at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
11 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Box Office: 732-246-7717
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Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. |
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THE HEAD AND THE HEART
Special Guest: Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2023 - 8:00PM |
See The Head And The Heart live in concert at State Theatre New Jersey! The acclaimed Seattle band's hit songs include "Rivers and Roads," "Virginia," "Honeybee," "Lost in My My Mind," and "Down in the Valley." Opening the show is Tennessee band, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023 - 10:00AM & 2:00PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2023 - 10:00AM & 2:00PM
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When Dad feels like a little bit of Sunday afternoon time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all of the games and cleverness at their disposal to get Dad off that bean bag.
Bluey’s Big Play is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® Award-winning children’s television series, with an original story by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and new music by Bluey composer, Joff Bush.
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BROADWAY SERIES
CHICAGO THE MUSICAL
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2023 - 2:00PM & 8:00PM
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2023 - 1:00PM & 6:30PM
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After 25 years, Chicago is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one show stopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. No wonder Chicago has been honored with six Tony® Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy®, and thousands of standing ovations. As we celebrate its 25th anniversary—you’ve got to come see why the name on everyone’s lips is still…Chicago.
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Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. |
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November 3: Starts at 4:30 pm!
Join Master Printer Eileen Foti in the exhibition The Brodsky Center at Rutgers University: Three Decades, 1986–2017 as she highlights selected prints, handmade paper works, and artist books that embody powerful imagery and diverse narratives. Free and open to the public.
November 5
Imagine ghosts dancing to ragtime, witches doing the minuet, or skeletons waltzing. Between short performances, chat with musicians, New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra staff, and fellow audience members over complimentary light snacks and wine. Free, but please register with NBCO.
November 12
As part of the exhibition Our Place in the World: Children’s Illustrations by Juana Martinez-Neal, join us for an unforgettable afternoon. The renowned children’s illustrator and author reads from her books in both English and Spanish. Children also have the opportunity to unleash their creativity with a hands-on art activity. The afternoon wraps up with a book signing. Please Note: Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free an open to the public.
November 16
The final speaker in this series, Alan Michelson is an internationally recognized New York-based artist, curator, writer, lecturer, and Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River. For over 30 years, he has been a leading practitioner of a socially engaged, critically aware, site-specific art grounded in local context and informed by the retrieval of suppressed histories. Free and open to the public.
The Zimmerli has a new job opening! To view the description and application guidelines, please visit the Rutgers University Human Resources employment page and search using the keywords "Zimmerli Art Museum." Salary ranges are posted.
- Development Specialist II; Full-Time; Posting Number 23ST2821; Application Closes November 27, 2023
HOURS: Wednesday & Friday, 11am-6pm; Thursday, 11am-8pm; Saturday & Sunday, noon-5pm. (Closed Monday & Tuesday.) Museum admission is FREE for all visitors. For details & updates, visit zimmerli.rutgers.edu. We also post a variety of content on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
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Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
71 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1248
Ph: 848.932.7237
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Princeton Ballet School
Fall Classes
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American Repertory Ballet
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
60 Bayard Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. |
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New Brunswick Jazz Project
Please confirm performance dates and times with the venues listed.
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Emerging Artists & Open Jam Session!!
Frankie Midnight
Quartet
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Tuesday, November 7
@ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Jam Session at 8:30!
Tavern on George
361 George St. New Brunswick, NJ
732.545.6205
No Cover Charge
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Thursday, November 9
@ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tavern on George
361 George St. New Brunswick, NJ
732.545.6205
$10 Cover Charge
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DONATE to NBJP at
TO HELP KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE!
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New Brunswick Jazz Project
(732) 640-0001
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Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. |
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