For more NJ ARTS PROGRAMS • 800.THE.ARTS, www.JerseyArts.com/Festivals, NJJazzList.com, www.njthatrealliance.org, njArtsTix.org (discount tickets)
Through January 7, 2014 • Legendary Locations, art exhibit at The Gallery, South Brunswick Municipal Building, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction.
November 1 • 8pm, Shikantaza at the Jazz Café; no performance in December; Herb Eckert Auditorium in the South Brunswick Senior Center in the Municipal Complex, $6 at the door, www.sbarts.org/jazz-cafe.
November 6 • 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 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.
November 1—9 • Working; Nov. 9, 2pm & 4pm, Heidi; Nov. 9– Nov. 15—30, Monty Python’s Spamalot; Dec. 6—8, ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas…; Dec. 13, ANNIE The Movie, Sing-A-Long; Dec. 15, 2&7pm, El Sueno—A Cultural Holiday Celebration; Dec. 20-22, The Nutcracker; The Kelsey Theatre at MCCC, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, www.kelseytheatre.net
Through Nov. 3, The White Snake; Nov. 5 • 7:30pm, Forever Tango; Nov. 7, 7:30pm, Ukelele Orchestra; Nov. 8, 8pm, Joshua Bell, violin; Nov. 8—16, Much Ado About Nothing (Princeton Dept. of Theater and Dance); Nov. 15—17, Triangle Show; Nov. 18, 7:30pm, Kevin Kline; Nov. 23, 8pm, Savion Glover; Nov. 27—30, The Nutcracker, American Repertory Ballet; Dec 6.—29, A Christmas Carol; Dec. 16, 7:30pm, Bach Brandenburgs, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. http://www.mccarter.org, 609.258.2787.
November14 • 7pm, Yosvany Terry Quintet, free; Nov. 15, 16, 8pm The Side Order, staged reading of original romantic comedy, $5 suggested donation; Nov. 19, 8pm, Princeton Sound Kitchen, free; Nov. 24, 2:30pm, The Klez Dispensers: A Chanukah Concert, $12/$10 members, seniors & students; 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.
Through November 5, The Art of Darkness; Nov. 9, Art All Day; art, music, and dance studio tours, program demos, special exhibits, public art tour, free, Reception: Nov. 9, 5-8pm, show continues through Nov. 30; also Nov. 9, 12 noon to 5 p.m., Special Artworks gallery show 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Just For Kicks: Sneaker Art Show and Artworks Resident Studio Artists Exhibit; Dec. 4, 2013 – Jan. 8, 2014, 10×10 Red Dot Fundraiser, Reception: December 7, 5—8pm; Dec. 4—Jan. 9, Orphan Art Sale; Artworks, 19 Everett Alley, Stockton Street, Trenton. www.artworkstrenton.org
November 8—24, Monty Python’s Spamalot, $22/$20 seniors, students; Nov. 30, 8pm, An Evening with Patsy Palma and Friends, $15; East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, www.playhouse22.org
Through Nov. 15, Under Pressure: Juried Printmaking Exhibition; Nov. 9, 7:30pm, film, Searching for Sugar Man, $8/$7 members; Dec. 7, 10am – 4 pm, Off the Wall One-Day Artisan Market & Reception, art sale Nov. 18 – Jan. 4; West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. www.westwindsorarts.org, 609.716.1931.
November 17 • 2pm, Poetry Series, poets Vasiliki Katsarou and Lynn Levin; Dec. 15, 2pm, Charles Johnson and Laine Sutton; programs are followed by open readings, free admission, food pantry donation appreciated; Nov. 19, 7pm, special poetry event, performance poet Glenis Redmond, more info at www.glenisredmond.com; South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction,
November 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.
November 24 • 5pm, The Official Blues Brothers Revue, Marasco Performing Arts Center, 1629 Perrineville Road, general admission tickets $25/patrons $22/students free, www.MonroeTownshipCulturalArts.com.
December 5—15 • Holiday Jubilee, Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org, 732.545.8100.
Through December 6 • Bringing Our Community Together Through the Arts Exhibit, Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Gallery, 20 Grove St., Somerville. The gallery is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Those interested in learning more about the FTCAC can visit www.franklincac.org.
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.