For more NJ ARTS PROGRAMS • 800.THE.ARTS, www.JerseyArts.com/Festivals, NJJazzList.com, www.njthatrealliance.org, njArtsTix.org (discount tickets)
Through October 2 • Teachers as Artists IV, art exhibit at The Gallery, South Brunswick Municipal Building, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction.
October 2 • 6—8pm, Insights: Gallery Talks, in-depth tour of selected artworks on the First Wednesday (6pm) and Second Sunday (2pm) of each month, $6/Rutgers students free; through Oct. 13, 8:00am – 4:30pm, Leningrad’s Perestroika; through Dec. 31, , Leonid Sokov: Ironic Objects; through Feb. 2, 2014, Staging Symbolism: Programs for the Theatre de L’Oeuve in Paris; through July 31, 2014, Diane Burko: Glacial Perspectives; museum hours 8:00am – 4:30 pm Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu.
October 4—13, Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Oct. 6, 7pm, The Laramie Project, A Staged Reading; Oct. 19, 2pm & 4pm, The Velveteen Rabbit; Oct. 18—27, CARRIE! , Chilling musical based on a novel by The King of Horror, Stephen King; Oct. 24, 7pm, Rosmersholm – A Staged Reading; Nov. 1—30, Monty Python’s Spamalot; Nov. 9, 2pm & 4pm, Heidi; The Kelsey Theatre at MCCC, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, www.kelseytheatre.net
October 5 • 10am—4pm, BarronFest, Fine arts and fine crafts festival, Parker Press Park, Woodbridge; Oct. 15, 7—9pm, Reception, Sasson Kosian—Works of Art, exhibit runs Oct. 4 through 20; The Barron Arts Center, 582 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge, www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/Departments/BarronArtsCenter, 732.634.0413.
October 6 • 1pm, East Jersey Olde Towne Founder’s Day 2013, Ulysses S. Grant, portrayed by Larry Clowers at 1:30 and 3pm; free, registration: 732.745.4489, 732.745.3888 (TTY users only); Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, East Jersey Olde Towne Village, 1050 River Road, Piscataway.
Through October 6 • The World Goes Round, the songs of Kander & Ebb, $22/$20 seniors, students; Nov. 8—24, Monty Python’s Spamalot; East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, www.playhouse22.org
Through October 6 • Proof; Oct. 4, 8pm, Richard Thompson; Oct. 5, 8pm, Chris Botti; October 8, 7:30pm, Mariinsky Orchestra; Oct. 15—Nov. 3, The White Snake; Oct. 18, 8pm, Vieux Farka Toure; Oct. 19, 8pm, Cecile McLorin Salvant; Oct. 24, 7:30, Chris Thie; Oct. 29, 7:30pm, Yuja Wang; Nov. 5, 7:30pm, Forever Tango; Nov. 7, 7:30pm, Ukelele Orchestra; Nov. 8—16, Much Ado About Nothing; Nov. 18, 7:30pm, Kevin Kline; McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. http://www.mccarter.org, 609.258.2787
October 10 • 5—7pm, Opening Reception, Thread Bare: Textiles that Preserve and Protect, exhibit runs through Nov. 23; Oct. 18, 8pm, Jesse Fischer & Soul Cycle; Oct. 20, 8:30am, Storm King Art Center VIP Tour; through Oct. 2, Put Your Best Foot Forward, annual members; exhibition; through Dec. 21, Just Jazz: A Tribute, photographs by Peter C. Cook; Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, www.artscouncilofprinceton.org, 609.924.8777.
October 10—27, Kansas City Swing, Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org, 732.545.8100.
Through October 10, Community Gallery, Biomimesis//Sculptures on Paper; Oct. 26, 8pm reception for The Art of Darkness (exhibit Oct. 8—Nov. 5), The Monster’s Ball, buy tickets online; Nov. 9, Art All Day; art, music, and dance studio tours, program demos, special exhibits, public art tour; Artworks, 19 Everett Alley, Stockton Street, Trenton. www.artworkstrenton.org
October 11 • 8pm, Paul Plumeri; Nov. 1, 8pm, Shikantaza; Herb Eckert Auditorium in the South Brunswick Senior Center in the Municipal Complex, $6 at the door, www.sbarts.org/jazz-café.
October 12, Film Series: Monsieur Lazhar (2011); Oct. 19, Autumn Arts Afternoon Art Visual Arts Festival; through Nov. 15, Under Pressure: Juried Printmaking Exhibition; West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. www.westwindsorarts.org, 609.716.1931.
October 20 • 2pm, Sunday Poetry Series, poets David Messineo and Davidson Garrett; Nov. 17, 2pm, Vasiliki Katsarou and Lynn Levin; programs are followed by open readings; South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, free admission, food pantry donation appreciated.
October 25 • 8pm, Lacombe & Gluzman, Berlioz, Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton; Nov. 2, 8pm, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, Kodaly, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, State Theatre, New Brunswick; Nov. 17, 3pm, Sitkovetsky: Conductor & Violinist, Prokofiev, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, State Theatre, New Brunswick; Nov. 29, 8pm, Lacombe Leads Concerto For Orchestra, Liebermann, Ravel, Bartok, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, also Dec. 1, 3pm, State Theatre, New Brunswick; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, www.njsymphony.org, 800.255.3476.
Through June 30, 2014 • Got Work? New Deal/WPA in New Jersey, Cornelius Low House, Middlesex County Museum, 1225 River Road, Piscataway, 732.745.4177. Public, group and school tours welcome. www.co.middlesex.nj.us. Sponsored by Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission.
Teachers with students will receive a “Workshop in a Box” with all components to take back to the classroom for use year after year. To schedule a class visit and reserve your box, call 732.545.4489.