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Arts & Entertainment
By EVA REID
October 16, 2022
HOBOKEN, NJ - Halloween is right around the corner, and one of the best ways to prepare for the beloved holiday is to head to the pumpkin patch, have apple cider and apple cider donuts, go through the corn maze and enjoy the fall weather. Here are a few spots to check out before the season ...
PATERSON, NJ – With Hispanic Heritage Month continuing through the month of October, the City of Paterson hosted a reception celebrating the artwork contributed by Paterson employees on Thursday. The artwork has been on display all month and originates from several Latin American countries ...
PATERSON, NJ - Public School No. 21’s Soaring Eagles Dance Troupe has been selected to perform at the upcoming N.J. School Boards Association NJBSA annual conference in Atlantic City. The dozen student dancers in grades four through eight will perform on Wednesday, October 26th in a prized ...
PATERSON, NJ - Nine Paterson Public Schools students have been named winners of the 2022 Youth Poetry Contest and will be awarded their honors Sunday at the 5th Annual Paterson Poetry Festival. “Congratulations to all of our Paterson Public Schools students who participated in the 2022 Youth ...
PATERSON, NJ – The Fifth Annual Paterson Poetry Festival will be held this weekend at International High School from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. There will also be a virtual event on October 3 that will feature writers and publishers from around the ...
PATERSON, NJ - On Monday, the Paterson Performing Arts Development Council opened “Silk City Select,” a Walk-Bye Public Art Exhibit held at City Hall in downtown Paterson. This Walk-Bye community showcase is the first of its kind in Paterson, celebrating artistic diversity and featuring digital art ...
PATERSON, NJ – Bernard “Mista B” Hill was born in Greenville, South Carolina and relocated to Paterson as an infant where he attended the Paterson Public School system. Hill served in the U.S. Army in his early 20s and in the community over the course of his adult years. Since the age of five, ...
PATERSON, NJ – On Thursday, Mayor Andre Sayegh and documentarian Vince Parrillo announced that the film Paterson: a Delicious Destination has been selected to be shown at the Northeast Film Festival on September 10. The documentary highlights restaurants from many first-generation Americans eager ...
PATERSON, NJ – After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the InnerFaith Performing Arts Center will kick off its season with its 10th Annual Community Breakfast on October 1 at 10:00 a.m. at the Mountainside Inn located at 509 Hazel Street in Clifton. The Center was founded by Rahsona Patterson in ...
PATERSON, NJ – Each year Paterson celebrates Labor Day weekend with a festival highlighting Paterson’s national treasure, the Great Falls National Historic Park. The festival will take place this year September 3 to September 5 from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and will feature performances, food trucks ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Performing Arts Development Council (PPADC) is proud to present Walk_Bye Paterson, a community Exhibit at City Hall in downtown Paterson, under the theme: Silk City Select! Open to artists residing in Passaic County ages 14 and over, Walk Bye community showcase is ...
PATERSON, NJ – Over 1,400 Paterson youth and close to 370 staff filled Eastside Park on Thursday to close out the Summer Day Camp season of the Paterson Division of Recreation. The celebration has been hosted annually for 20 years and provided carnival games, rides, food, refreshments, and music ...
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ – Garret Mountain Reservation was flowing with families and children as the Passaic County Fair kicked off on Thursday. Attendees could be seen playing carnival games; riding rides such as the Ferris Wheel and Seven Seas, a fan favorite event; visiting food vendors of all ...
PATERSON, NJ- Eastside Park was a sea of black, gold and green as thousands descended on the lower field for the annual two-day Jamaica Day Festival on Saturday. Former Paterson Councilman Bill McKoy once again reprised his role as the titular head of the Caribbean nation’s vibrant Diaspora, ...
PATERSON, NJ – The City of Paterson is sponsoring a series of community events to celebrate National Night Out on Tuesday. The events will take place throughout all six wards from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Initiated in 1984 by the National Association of Town Watch in the United States, the ...
PATERSON, NJ – Mayor Andre Sayegh and the Paterson Art Exchange (PAX) announced Paterson’s 2022 Art Week celebration on Friday. This year’s events will be held between the Fabian Theater and Lou Costello Park. This program is supported with funds from the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage ...
NEW JERSEY - July 27th is National New Jersey Day. New Jersey was the third state to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America, the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. New Jersey's central location amidst the thirteen colonies during the colonial era made it home to several ...
PATERSON, NJ - Six Senator Frank Lautenberg School (SFLS) student-musicians who had never played a musical instrument until six months ago made their public concert debut at Montclair’s Wellmont Arts Plaza on Thursday. The student musicians had all participated in the JAZZ HOUSE Music Scholars ...
PATERSON, NJ – Members of the Paterson Police Department will be back in living rooms across the country on Friday as REELZ, an independent television network focused on celebrity culture with poignant stories about real people in revealing documentaries and character profiles, debuts On ...
UNITED STATES -- Many Americans will celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with backyard BBQs, picnics or a trip to the beach. But did you know that Independence Day was not a paid federal holiday until 1938? (source: ACEI-Global). 1. Thomas Jefferson was not the only author of The Declaration ...
Ray Liotta, the New Jersey native who starred as Henry Hill in "Goodfellas," has died. Liotta, who was born in Newark and grew up inUnion Township, graduating from Union High School, was 67 years old. Deadline reports he died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the ...
PATERSON, NJ – Students at the Senator Frank Lautenberg School/Public School No. 6 in grades five through eight debuted as JAZZ HOUSE KiDS music scholars at the JAZZ HOUSE Music Scholarship Showcase Ceremony on Friday. The Showcase also featured special guests, eight-time GRAMMY-winning jazz ...
