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Spring Arts Preview

August 23, 2018, 12:48 pm Edit
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The new season in theater, film, music, the visual arts and books.

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Father and son — Bob (Elliott Gould) and Nate (Jemaine Clement) — power walk through Cranberry Bog, an “adult lifestyle community” in New Jersey.
Film: What’s funny about retirement in the Garden State?
Turns out a lot, as depicted in Sam Hoffman’s ‘Humor Me’
Abby Meth Kanter
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
A scene from “Shelter,” the festival’s featured film for opening night, Thursday, March 15.
Film: Film fest celebrates ‘chai’ years of cinematic culture
Special to NJJN
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Judy Targan with a work in progress at her South Orange studio.
Visual Arts: ‘Art is my life,’ says octogenarian painter
Robert Wiener
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Carolyn Dorfman said that dance “has an extraordinary power to speak about the human story.” Photo by Whitney Brown
Dance: A dancer’s legacy
Carolyn Dorfman Dance celebrates 35 years of sharing stories on stage
Shira Vickar-Fox
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Sharim v’Sharot, here at the Songs of Peace: Shalom-Salaam Concert in Ewing last May; the group’s director and conductor Dr. Elayne Robinson Grossman, holding flowers, said the plethora of Jewish choral group’s is “a positive sign for Jewish culture and community.”. Photo Photo courtesy Elayne Robinson Grossman
Music: A ‘Jewish choral heaven’ in the Garden State
Diverse singers raise voices in sonorous range of musical genres
Debra Rubin
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Pianist Bill Charlap, flanked by drummer Kenny Washington, left, and bassist Peter Washington — a performing trio with a “special rapport”. Photo courtesy Bill Charlap
Music: Bill Charlap, scion of musical family, centers jazz trio
‘Black music, Jewish music at center of American culture’
Robert Wiener
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Amy Marcs
Spring Arts: The Theater List
NJJN Staff
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
The Maccabeats
Spring Arts: The Music List
NJJN Staff
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Dancers in “M Stabat Mater” Photo by Eyal Landesman
Spring Arts: The Dance List
NJJN Staff
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
“Trailer” by Debra Kapnick
Visual Arts: Gaelen Gallery East
Special to NJJN
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Kol Dodi will perform a Lag b’Omer concert May 3 at Morristown Jewish Center-Beit Yisrael. Photo courtesy Marcia Solkoff Eskin
Music: A season of Jewish choirs in concert
The following is a partial list of Jewish choral performances in New Jersey this spring:
NJJN Staff
February 28, 2018, 12:00 am