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Lifestyle
Major Music, Comedy Stars Performing Across NJ At 2024 North To Shore Festival
Major musicians and comedians will perform across New Jersey in an arts festival unique to the Garden State, officials said. The North to Shore Festival will return in 2024 for its second year in Asbury Park, Atlantic City, and Newark, the state announced in a news release on Thursday, Mar. 7. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the three-city, three-week event in June 2023. Despite many events being free, the first edition of North to Shore generated $7.6 million in ticket sales. "Our inaugural North to Shore Festival was the beginning of a proud, new annual tradition that bring…
Police & Fire
Jumper Takes Fatal Leap From High-Rise Across From
Njpac
A man leapt to his death from the balcony of a building in Newark Tuesday, Sept. 5, officials said. Police responding to the intersection of Center Street and Park Place on a call of a sick or injured person found the unresponsive man around 5:25 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. He had jumped from a building’s balcony across from New Jersey Performing Arts Center and pronounced dead at 5:48 p.m. The incident remains under investigation. No further information is available.
Schools
Crowd Boos Graduation Speakers In NJ College's Epic Commencement Ceremony Fail (
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No one can say the Stevens Institute of Technology's 2023 Commencement Ceremony wasn't a memorable one. A major mishap at the Wednesday, May 24 event has prompted an apology from school officials. Footage of the Stevens Institute of Technology Commencement Ceremony 2023.Comixs The ceremony began at the Prudential Center, where Gov. Phil Murphy spoke. The ceremony moved to NJPAC and Newark Symphony Hall, apparently due to uncertainty caused by the NHL playoffs. It was in the smaller venues where things apparently took a turn. My attempt to impart a few words of wisdom must have go…
Lifestyle
MTV 90s Legend Makes Grand Return To NJ For Book Launch
Bill Bellamy's career has come full circle. The Newark native, who was a top VJ on MTV in the 90s, will be appearing at Newark Symphony Hall on Tuesday, April 25, to celebrate his new memoir "Top Billin': Stories of Laughter, Lessons and Triumph," which chronicles how a kid from New Jersey ended up partying with Snoop Dogg and Tupac and even starring in his own movie. Newark Symphony Hall is where Bellamy first performed standup comedy. "My story is a true American story," Bellamy said. "It's about a guy coming up from humble beginnings pursuing his dream and refusing to g…
Events
Viral TikTokers To Join Riverdance For NJ Performances
Right on time for St. Paddy's Day, Riverdance is coming to New Jersey — and it's bringing TikTok sensations along for the ride. The Irish dance production that boasts a Grammy Award-winning score will run perform five times at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) from Friday, March 10 through Sunday, March 12. The shows are sponsored by M&T Bank. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Riverdance (@riverdance) Joining the cast will be TikTok sensations Matthew and Michael Gardiner and Morgan Bullock, whose performance of …
News
Lionsgate Production Studio Expected To Bring 600 Jobs To NJ's Largest City
The largest city in New Jersey is about to get some major movie attention and it's going to need a big crew to keep it afloat. Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Governor Phil Murphy recently announced that Lionsgate will be opening a brand new 12-acre TV and film complex in Newark, worth more than $125 million. The facility will be the first "purpose-built studio" in New Jersey to cater specifically for TV and film production, according to a release from Mayor Baraka. The studio is also expected to create more than 600 new jobs with priority going to Newark residents. “Bringing a project o…
Schools
St. Peter’s University Seniors Fight Commencement Move From PNC To 'Gym'
This spring’s St. Peter’s University graduates learned Friday that they won’t be getting their degrees at the massive PNC Bank Center – but, instead, at the school’s on-campus recreational facility. And they're steamed. Brenda Coates, 21, of Linden said she’d knuckled down for four years at the Jesuit university in Jersey City “just for me to find out that I have to graduate in the gym.” The Victor R. Yanitelli, S.J. Recreational Life Center, to be exact, the Montgomery Street home of the Peacocks and Peahens of basketball, swimming and volleyball. SPU commencements for years had been held…
Schools
Actor Jeff Daniels Will Be Featured Speaker At Kean Commencement
Two prominent entertainers will give the key speeches at Kean University's undergraduate and graduate school commencements later this month. Actor and musician Jeff Daniels will speak during the undergraduate commencement ceremony, which will be held May 23 at the Prudential Center in Newark. About 2,800 students will be awarded their diplomas. Daniels, winner of three Tony Awards and an Emmy, is currently starring in To Kill A Mockingbird on Broadway. He has also starred in films including Terms of Endearment, Dumb and Dumber and Good Night and Good Luck, as well as HBO's "The …
Events
Jason Alexander, John Kerry Part Of Lineup For
Njpac
Speakers Series
NJPAC's speakers series kicks off in October with a talk by John Kerry, former U.S. Senator, former Secretary of State and the 2004 Democratic nominee for president. Other speakers include Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor of The Economist magazine who was named one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes. Livingston native and Seinfeld star Jason Alexander is also part of the speaker series and is scheduled to appear April 30, 2020. Rounding out the roster for 2019-2020 are former national security adviser Susan Rice; entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, founder of the XPri…
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