NJ Events Calendar

Event Series Sally Michel, Brilliant Legacy

Sally Michel, Brilliant Legacy

Morris Museum 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ, United States

Emerging from New York’s art scene of the Great Depression was the distinctive style developed by a remarkable couple: Sally Michel (1902-2003) and Milton Avery (1885-1965). Variously called Realist-Abstraction or Color Field Realism, their idiosyncratic look combined a fidelity to the observed world with geometric simplicity as they painted quotidian vignettes of people and nature […]

$12
Event Series James Prosek: At Work

James Prosek: At Work

Morris Museum 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ, United States

James Prosek explores the natural world with energy and insight as a visual artist and writer. His first three decades as a professional have given a body of work that […]

$12

Spring Creative Writing Workshops

The Co-Co 426 Springfield Ave, Summit, NJ, United States

Weekly classes for kids, teens and adults start April 21 at The Writers Circle. Fiction, memoir, poetry, novel-writing, mystery, romance and kid-lit workshops are for writers of all experience levels. Workshops take place in Summit, South Orange, Morristown, Verona, and online.

$145 – $445

Newsies

Mayo Performing Arts Center 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ, United States

Based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, Newsies tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow newsies take action as all of New York […]

$35 – $57

Summer Creative Writing Workshops at The Writers Circle

The Co-Co 426 Springfield Ave, Summit, NJ, United States

WordSMASH mini-camps Grades 3–7 Spark a love of writing and reading with fun prompts, games, and plenty of independent reading time. Weekly options starting June 30 Summit, Morristown, South Orange, Verona, and online Summer Creative Writing Intensives for Teens who LOVE to Write Grades 8–12 Teens develop their voices and writing ideas in a generous, […]

$145 – $675

How to Train Your Dragon in Concert

Mayo Performing Arts Center 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ, United States

DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon combines humor, fire-breathing action and epic adventure. Hiccup is a young Viking who defies tradition when he befriends one of his deadliest foes – a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, these unlikely heroes must fight against all odds to save both their worlds. The concert features the film […]

$35 – $125

New Jersey Symphony: Disney’s Fantasia in Concert

Mayo Performing Arts Center 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ, United States

Experience Disney’s groundbreaking marriage of symphonic music and animation, Fantasia. Beloved repertoire from the original 1940 version and Fantasia 2000, including The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and The Nutcracker Suite, will be performed by the New Jersey Symphony while Disney’s stunning footage is shown on the big screen.  

$29 – $99