Sunday, February 24, 2013
Sign up for the Patch newsletter and email your name to win two pairs of free tickets to Memphis-native Booker T. Jones' show on Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m.
Memphis-native Booker T. Jones will bring his unique musical style – a mixture of Mississippi Delta blues mixed with a touch of classic instrumental soul and funk to South Orange on Friday, March 1. Want to see the performance courtesy of Patch? We're teaming up with the South Orange Performing Arts Center, located at 1 SOPAC Way, and giving away two pairs of tickets to see Jones’ 8 p.m. performance. To enter to win one of Patch's pairs of free tickets, first sign up for the Patch newsletter, then email Essex County Associate Regional Editor Jack Durschlag at jack.durschlag@patch.com with your contact information — including your name and email address and hometown, as well as a daytime and night time phone number. All entries must be …
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Sign up for the Patch newsletter and email your name to win two pairs of free tickets to one-man show on Saturday, Feb. 2.
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Thursday, January 31
John Waters has done it all in Hollywood. He’s directed, produced, written, acted in and edited such as “Pink Flamingos,” “Polyester,” “Serial Mom” and “A Dirty Shame” and has had several of his commercial films adapted for the stage. During that time, Waters has met and gotten to know many of today’s biggest Hollywood stars. Patch is teaming up with the South Orange Performing Arts Center, located at 1 Trenchard Place in South Orange, and giving away two pairs of tickets to the 8 p.m. performance of “John Waters: This Filthy World” at SOPAC on Saturday, Feb. 2. “John Waters: This Filthy World” focuses on Waters’ early negative artistic influences, his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, the extremes of the art…
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Sign up for the Patch newsletter and email your name to win two pairs of free tickets to see a live staging of a 1940s-style radio performance of "It's a Wonderful Life" and two pairs of free tickets to "The Juilliard Jazz Ensemble Featuring Carla Cook."
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Thanksgiving 2012 is history, as are Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Now, the holiday season is here. Everybody has his or her favorite holiday song, favorite holiday movie or favorite holiday show. To help you get in the holiday spirit, Patch and the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) are offering Patch readers a chance to enjoy two holiday classics for free. We’re teaming up with SOPAC, located at 1 Trenchard Place in South Orange, and giving away two pairs of tickets to the winner’s choice of the 2 p.m. matinee or the 8 p.m. evening performance of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” at SOPAC on Saturday, Dec. 8. Winners must specify which show is their preference in their entry. Presented by …
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Sign up for the Patch newsletter and enter your name to win two free tickets to see local comedian Jessica Kirson and Friends at South Orange Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
The last several weeks here in North Jersey have been tough – a devastating storm followed by power outages, long gas lines, closed schools and damaged buildings. But local residents have persevered. Most towns have power restored, gas lines are winnowing and life is returning to normal. After what we’ve been through, we could all use a good laugh and the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) and Patch have just elixir for what ails you. We’re teaming up with SOPAC, located at 1 Trenchard Place in South Orange, and giving away four pairs of tickets to a night of comedy at SOPAC featuring New York City’s top comedians on Saturday, Nov. 17, including South Orange comedian Jessica Kirson. Kirson will take the SOPAC stage with fellow …
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Essex County date night ideas are sure to leave your special person smiling.
Wellmont Theatre, Montclair THIS WEEK NO SHOWS BOOK IT Longtime power-balladeers (and husband and wife) singer Pat Benatar & guitarist Neil Giraldo remind us that "Love is a Battlefield", 8 p.m., Thursday, March 1; Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, Friday, March 2; Levon Helm Band, led by the iconic member of The Band, performs on a bill that also includes former J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf, Friday, April 6 (Show postponed from Feb. 10). Check out wellmonttheatre.com for more shows. New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark THIS WEEKEND: If you're looking for a little magic, Masters of Illusion Live, based on the television show, comes to the stage at 8 p.m. tonight; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra performs at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday …
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Sounds Of Sarah Vaughan will revisit the legendary singer's music in a very special performance by local pros at SOPAC.
A South Orange couple, comprised of a Broadway actress/singer and a Grammy-winning trombonist, are putting on a concert tribute to one of jazz’s greatest voices on Friday at the South Orange Performing Arts Center. Jason Jackson and Rosena M. Hill have too many career highlights to mention, save to say they are a talented duo who have assembled their best seven-piece ensemble for the program that will celebrate the life and career of the legendary Sarah Vaughan, a Newark native and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award recipient. “She had one of the greatest voices of our time,” Hill said. “She was a part of the beginning of the Bebop era. She was fearless… They called her ‘The Divine One’; it was true. I feel like she …
Friday, January 20, 2012
Grammy winner Chucho Valdés joins Hiromi for sizzling jazz performance at NJPAC Sunday.
The Borgata The Borgata Comedy Club hosts Tim Kroupier, Rob Falcone, Carl LaBove; through Sunday, Jan. 22; 9 p.m., The Music Box BOOK IT NOW Colin Quinn's "Short Story Long" provides a humorous look at history,9p.m., Friday, Jan. 28; Jersey guy and comedian/actor Jay Mohr, 9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3; The Deadmeat Tour: Steve Aoki and Datsik, at the Event Center, Saturday, Feb. 18, 10 p.m.; legendary Irish rockers The Saw Doctors help you celebrate St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 9 p.m., The Music Box Check out theborgata.com for details about these and other shows. Wellmont Theatre, Montclair BOOK IT Longtime power-balladeers (and husband and wife) singer Pat Benatar & guitarist Neil Giraldo remind us that "Love is a Battlefield", 8 p.m., …
Friday, November 25, 2011
From holiday tunes to power pop, get out and shake off the turkey hangover.
Add your photos The Borgata, Atlantic City THIS WEEKEND Friday Singer/actress Jill Scottperforms at the Event Center, 8 p.m.; SingerChris Cornell takes to the Music Box stage, 9 p.m.; DJ Sebastian Ingrosso keeps the dance floor jumping at Mixx, 10 p.m.; SaturdayNewsman Bill O'Reilly and comedian Dennis Miller provide their perspective on the world with the "Bolder and Fresher Tour", 8 p.m., Chris Cornell performs a second show in The Music Box, 9 p.m. NEXT WEEK DJ Steve Aoki starts off the week with a hot show at mur.mur; 10 p.m., Monday BOOK IT NOW Comedian Bill Burr delivers his stand-up act at The Music Box, 8 and 11 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2, Pop singer James Blunt at The Music Box, Saturday, Dec. 3; Daryl Hall & John Oates pull from …
Kevin F Ciscool
11:53 am on Monday, January 28, 2013
John Waters is a classic. I saw him in East Orange with "Divine" at an opening of a club back in 1980. They were trying to revive an old club from the 20s and it was an over the top night for all. He passed me in the hallway and I smiled at him. I have been a fan ever since! more ›