From time to time, a wise thinker comes along, helping us contend with existential mysteries.
Liu Shiming, celebrated as a sculptor in his native China, thinks and speaks like a philosopher. "You should look at life like a child does," he wrote in his diary in 1982. "When you take the perspective of an innocent child, all love and everything in life feels fresh and lovely."
A tradition of more than 50 years returns to the Salem County Fairgrounds, located at 735 Harding Highway in Woodstown, this Labor Day Weekend. The Delaware County Bluegrass Festival has been held since 1972, and in South Jersey since the 1990s. This year s 51st annual festival will take place Sept. 1-3 and is sure to bring a jamming good time to all in attendance.
(UNION, NJ) Premiere Stages at Kean University will present the New Jersey Premiere of Sylvia Khoury s Selling Kabul September 7-24 in Kean University s Bauer Boucher Theatre Center (Vaughn Eames Hall, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ). Directed by Taylor Reynolds, Selling Kabul will feature actors Atra Asdou, Anat Cogan, Afsheen Misaghi, and Zaven Ovian.
Here s a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from August 6-12, 2023. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week s top 15 includes articles from 7 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Gloucester, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, and Ocean).
It s a sold-out house at New Brunswick s State Theatre New Jersey this Saturday, July 8, 2023 evening as fans ready themselves for a 50th Anniversary Tour concert by The Doobie Brothers. With nearly 50 million records sold, the band s 14 studio albums, 16 Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits, and four Grammy awards helped to catapult The Doobie Brothers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.