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Bob Marley New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a delightful musical production, featuring a hit score by Bob Marley (“One Love”) and based on the children’s book by his daughter, Cedella Marley, tells of young Ziggy, who is so terrified of hurricanes, mongooses and other things in his native Jamaica that he’s afraid to leave the house! Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:00 PM at Victoria Theater. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) Based on a story for children by Cedella Marley Music & lyrics by Bob Marley Adapted for the stage by Michael J. Bobbitt Arrangements, orchestrations, additional music and lyrics by John L. Cornelius, II Bob Marley’s songs are known the world over for their powerful messages of love, peace and harmony. Now a new generation can discover the joys of his music in Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, a tale of triumph over anxiety, directed by Nick Olcott. “With a jammin’ sco...

Anthony Crouchelli The star of bergenPAC Performing Arts School’s AIDA is none other than New Milford native Anthony Crouchelli, playing Radames. His first role was Tony Vega in FAME right here at bergenPAC in 2011. This local triple threat performer excelling in voice, acting and dance has since become a professional. He boasts a resume that includes Collegiate, National Touring, Regional, and Off-Broadway productions. This past year he was the musical director at New Milford High School. He is now back to his roots at bergenPAC to give back to the community in which he started. Dancing has captured a special place in his heart and now Anthony is a board member for M.O.V.E. for Autism, a non-profit organization run by dancer and CEO Nicole Johnson. Aside from performing Anthony is also a rising producer in the Broadway community. His recent "Putting the Pieces Together" concert series have sold out at 54 Below and The Triad Theater in NYC. S...

Big Apple Circus Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Big Apple Circus, Sunday, June 11th, 2015 at 1:00PM and 4:00PM. Purchase tickets to see the all new stage show at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. Come one, come all! on a wonderstruck journey to the circus! Big Apple Circus is proud to present an All-New stage show. In this amazing spectacular you will witness jugglers flipping fancies with abandon, clowns dishing out laughter and ear–to–ear smiles. Aerialists and acrobats serve gasps of astonishment with swirling, soaring style, and an awesome hand–balancer, perches and poses with precision and pizazz! Your unrivaled guide, the peerless Ringmaster, presents acts unimaginable even in your wildest dreams… bergenPAC 30 North Van Brunt Street Englewood, NJ 07631 (201) 227-1030 www.bergenpac.org Photo Courtesy Of: Bergen PAC

Art Garfunkel Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Art Garfunkel, Saturday June 27th, 2015 at 8:00PM. Purchase tickets to see Art Garfunkel at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. Singer ART GARFUNKEL has made an indelible mark on the music world as both a solo artist and half of the unrivaled Simon & Garfunkel. He has also enjoyed a successful film career, published a book of poetry and released 12 original solo albums, the most recent being SOME ENCHANTED EVENING in 2007. Since then, he has been busy as a husband and father to his two sons, 23 year-old Arthur Junior and eight-year-old Beau Daniel. He is also an avid walker who has walked across Japan, the US (celebrated in the 1997 concert DVD ACROSS AMERICA) and now Europe. Although it has been 40 years since Bridge Over Troubled Water was recorded, Art Garfunkel's image and signature vocal remain among the most insta...

**** DINING IN ASBURY PARK NEW JERSEY **** Talula's Artisan Eatery Talula’s Restaurant ASBURY PARK -- Steve Mignogna and Shanti Church, owners of Talula’s restaurant, an artisan eatery and bar offering vibrant, flavorful dishes made from fresh, locally sourced ingredients, are getting hitched! And they want their supportive community and customers to join them on their honeymoon! Mignogna and Church, who have been together six years, are marrying next month and have plans to include their passion for Talula’s, their customers and their community in the wedding festivities by holding a limited time pop-up event while they’re away. The restaurant will feature a honeymoon-inspired menu based off of the foods that the newly wed Mignogna’s will be experiencing in Tulum. Tulum is an ancient bohemian city located in the southern area of Riviera Maya known for its indie culture, dense history and booming food scene. From April 9th-12th, Asbury Park frie...

Joshua Bell Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp., New Jersey's premier Mercedes-Benz, Audi and smart dealership and longtime supporter of the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), is proud to announce the “Benzel-Busch Concert Series.” As a supporter of arts in the community, Benzel-Busch understands the importance of
 bergenPAC to Englewood and northern New Jersey and kicks off the Series with Joshua Bell’s March 27th concert. “We are committed to bergenPAC’s success,” said J. Agresta and look forward to this Concert Series.” Concert attendees will have the opportunity to view the latest models from Benzel-Busch onsite as well as speak with knowledgeable representatives from the dealership. Since picking up the violin at the age of 4, Bell has wowed the music world with crowd- pleasing performances that beautifully blend his flamboyant playing style with technical genius. From his Carnegie Hall debut in 1985, at age 17, to the Avery Fisher Prize he was awarded a...

Karina Smirnoff Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Dancing Pros Live, Monday April 13th 2015 at 8PM. Purchase tickets to pick the winner yourself at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. Karina Smirnoff from Dancing With The Stars will be the head judge! She’ll be joined by Chelsie Hightower as a competitor, and will feature Edyta Sliwinska as a guest star. These three are all pro dancers and all from “Dancing with The Stars”. The show features Drew Lachey as the host (who is a member of 98 Degrees, the winner of the second season of Dancing with the Stars, and is the younger brother of Nick Lachey.) For the first time pros from Dancing With The Stars, So You Think You Can Dance and dance champions from around the world will dance off against each other and the audience will use remotes at every seat to crown the winner. Unlike reality TV shows, there is no waiting until ...

Chris Botti Chris Botti will play bergenPAC Tuesday, August 7, 2015 at 8PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 6, 2015 at 11AM at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling bergenPAC’s Box Office at 201.227.1030. In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category. He was also nominated in 2008 for his album Italia, and received three nominations in 2010 for the live album Chris Botti In Boston. Four of his albums have reached the No. 1 position on the Billboard jazz albums chart. Coming to prominence with the 2001 recording of his Night Sessions CD, Botti established a reputation as a versatile musician in both jazz and pop music for his ability to fuse both styles together. Performing worldwide, selling more than three million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre. With his album Impressions and the albums that preceded it, Chris Botti has t...

**** New Jersey Performing Arts Center **** L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Newark, New Jersey- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents globally acclaimed L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by two-time Grammy Award winner, Charles Dutoit on Friday, February 20th, 2015 at 8:00pm in Prudential Hall. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722). Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Debussy: Ibéria Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43 Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale Ravel: La valse Founded in 1918 and currently under the musical leadership of Neeme Järvi, the orchestra has always been actively engaged in discovering, promoting and premiering the works of contemporary composers. Throughout its history, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande has amassed an outstanding collection of award-winning recordings and has been heard in major c...

**** VALENTINE'S DAY CONCERT **** Darlene Love Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Darlene Love, Saturday, February 14th 2015 at 8 PM. Purchase tickets to see the sensational popular music star at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. What better way to celebrate VALENTINE’S DAY than with the incomparable Darlene Love! Through the years, Darlene Love continues to captivate audiences worldwide with her warm, gracious stage presence and sensational performances. Since the early sixties, as part of Phil Spector’s ‘wall of sound’ hit factory, this great lady has done it all…from major motion pictures like the highly successful Lethal Weapon series to Broadway hits like Hairspray and Grease. Darlene’s background vocals as a lead member of The Blossoms for Tom Jones, The Righteous Brothers, Dionne Warwick, Marvin Gaye, and Elvis Presley (to name but a few) set the stage for her e...

**** HOLIDAY FAVORITES **** MUMMENSCHANZ Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Mummenschanz, Friday, January 30th 2015 at 8 PM. Purchase tickets to see the pioneering performers at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030.  Since its three year run on Broadway, the Swiss theater troupe Mummenschanz has pioneered a new form of visual theater that has since spawned multiple new genres reclaiming their legacy. Formed by founding members Andres Bossard, Floriana Frassetto and Bernie Schürch, MUMMENSCHANZ has since inspired generations of show-goers across five continents over four decades. The 'stories' told are unique in that they have no sound or music; the language of Mummenschanz is universal. In the wordless universe of MUMMENSCHANZ, the ordinary becomes extraordinary when common materials, everyday objects (like toilet paper) and colorful abstract shapes and forms like ...

**** AUDIOBOOKS **** Bryan Cranston Audible, Inc., the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word content, today announced the release of a free, landmark audio performance by Bryan Cranston of Adam Mansbach’s You Have to F**king Eat. In this much-anticipated follow-up to Mansbach’s best-selling mock bedtime story, Go the F**k to Sleep, Cranston’s rendition brilliantly captures the infuriation in this universal parenting challenge. You Have to F**king Eat is available free at www.audible.com/eat . “This is a very funny book and my hope is that listeners will agree I can swear with just as much panache as Sam Jackson can,” said four-time Emmy winner Cranston. As performed by Samuel L. Jackson, Go the F**k to Sleep became a viral phenomenon and the most downloaded Audible Studios title of all time, listened to millions of times. “At Audible, we believe books can be the greatest scripts ever written,” said...

bergenPAC Toy Drive bergenPAC, located at 30 N Van Brunt Street in Englewood NJ is collecting toys for the Englewood Fire Deparment’s annual toy drive from November 3 until December 15th. Bergen Performing Arts Center in conjunction with Englewood Firefighters Local 3260 and Fire Officers Local 3263, will collect TOYS for local children in need. Drop off toys at bergenPAC if you are in the neighborhood or coming to a show. “When we started the drive 10 years ago, we served only a few families. Now it’s a city-wide effort that helps over 250 families”, said Lieutenant Ray Rodriguez of the Englewood Fire Department. “It’s a really special feeling to put a smile on a child’s face.” As a leader in community support, bergenPAC is proud to participate in this annual event. bergenPAC provides arts programming to 30,000 schoolchildren annually to underserved students that have lost their school arts funding.

Wendy Williams New Jersey Performance Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark announces Wendy Williams live! See television’s syndicated talk show queen, media mogul and bestselling author Wendy Williams in the How You Laughin’ Comedy Series on Saturday, November 15, 2014. Be sure to reserve your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) About Wendy Williams Larger-than-life personality and media mogul Wendy Williams delivers non-stop laughs headlining the How You Laughin’ comedy series. Hear about her encounters with A-list celebrities when she performs live at NJPAC with her trademark “tell it like it is” humor. The syndicated talk show queen, media mogul and bestselling author has been hailed by the New York Post as “daytime TV’s favorite guilty pleasure”. Known for her outrageous interviews, Williams is the host of The Wendy Williams Show, now in its sixth season with rave reviews. Wendy has appeared in many TV shows and films, including 30 R...

Martha Stewart NEW JERSEY -- Martha Stewart is the latest celebrity to stand up for New Jersey’s pigs. In a letter  delivered yesterday to the office of Governor Chris Christie, Stewart urges the governor to sign a bipartisan state animal welfare bill that will ban keeping mother pigs in crates so small they can’t even turn around. Stewart’s letter comes on the heels of fellow New Jersey native Bill Maher’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he accused the governor, who’s mulling a 2016 presidential campaign, of pandering to voters in Iowa, which holds the nation’s first presidential caucus. “There must be more to it,” Maher wrote, referring to Christie’s veto of a similar bill last year. “Could it be that a possible presidential candidate is aware that Iowa is the No. 1 pig state in the country, and that Republican primary voters there are strongly anti-regulation?” In her letter, Stewart writes, “All animals need to turn around; they were de...

**** This Is The Funniest Independent Film Of The Year! --James Edstrom **** Tom Murro With David Chokachi And Keith Collins The Jersey Devil, a new comedy film directed by Joseph Pepitone, had its World Premiere at the Landmark Loews Theater in Jersey City Wednesday night and there were moments when I thought the legendary old theater wouldn’t be able to withstand the thunderous applause and riotous laughter. I literally thought the house was going to be brought down! This is the funniest independent film of the year! Written by Pepitone, along with his brother Billy, the script is brilliantly paced, building all the way to an uproarious ending that had the crowd, with included Jersey City political powerhouses, praising the film afterwards. Lucifer, played excellently by Jack Mulcahy (who seems to be having a devilish good time in the role) is forced to leave the throne of evil due to his term ending. Enter James Burnett, (Keith Collins) who not...

Jessie Armstead Jessie Armstead Former New York Giants Player, 5x Pro Bowler and co-owner Englewood Cliffs Cadillac and Hamilton Honda is being honored Saturday October 4th by the NAACP of Bergen County at their 77th Annual Freedom Gala. Jessie Armstead will be recognized for his Excellence in Business and for outstanding community service. Additional honorees include, Senator Cory Booker and Englewood Hospital. When: Saturday, October 4, 2014 Cocktail Hour 6pm – 10pm Tickets: $100.00 http://bergennaacp.org Where: The Elan 111 Route 46 West Lodi, New Jersey 07644 (973) 777-0503 About NAACP: Founded February 12, 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots–based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobili...

Miss America Nina Davuluri Jay Mccarroll Internationally known fashion and textile designer Jay McCarroll, the original winner of the groundbreaking, Emmy-nominated reality show Project Runway, is bringing the South Jersey Shore’s ultimate Runway event to a whole new level this summer when he returns to square off against none other than MISS AMERICA 2014, Nina Davuluri as his co-host of BATTLE ON THE RUNWAY, a spectacular three-hour “Back to School” fashion event, Saturday, Aug. 9 at Hamilton Mall, the area’s “super regional” shopping mall. McCarroll, Fashion Ambassador for Hamilton Mall, will co-host the event with Miss America from 5-8 p.m. The show will feature the hottest “Back to School” looks from your favorite Hamilton Mall stores: Sears, JC Penney, Macy’s, Aeropostale, Buckle, Delia’s, G by Guess, Gymboree, PacSun, Wet Seal with accessories by Littman Jewelers, Charlotte Russe, Nail Pro,Norman’s Hallmark-Vera Bradley accessories., and others The Barbizon Mode...

Scotty McCreery Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey is proud to present American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery Friday, July 11th 2014 8PM. Be sure to reserve tickets for this show at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. In two short years, Scotty McCreery became one of country’s hottest new stars, with album sales topping 1.6 million, including a platinum-selling debut album that made Billboard history and helped him win several new artist awards. During this whirlwind career explosion, he sang for President Barack Obama, performed the national anthem at the World Series, appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “TODAY Show,” and toured the country from coast to coast.

Live Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey presents American Rock Band, LIVE, with special guest Walking Heroes on Thursday, June 19th 2014 at 8pm. Be sure to reserve tickets for this spectacular show at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. Composed of lead guitarist, Chad Taylor, bassist, Patrick Dahlheimer, drummist, Chad Gracey and vocalist, Chris Shinn, Live is an American Rock Band from York, Pennsylvania. The band came together in 1988 at a middle-school talent show in their hometown. They spent their high school years together playing new wave covers and playing concerts. In 1991, the band signed their first contract to Radioactive Records. Under their new band name, Live, the band worked with producer Jerry Harrison. Their single, “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)” went to number nine on the Modern Rock Chart. The single was then followed by their debut album Mental Jewelr...