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Paper Mill Playhouse hits construction milestone in $49M Next Act
The master plan topped out an expansion to the F.M. Kirby Carriage House Restaurant with collaborator KSS Architects, community members and others on hand.
NJ’s largest jazz fest returns to Newark in November
The TD James Moody Jazz Festival will hit NJPAC and other venues across the city from Nov. 8-23, drawing thousands of attendees.
$12M tax credit to transform Trenton church
The historic preservation award from the NJEDA will help rehabilitate the circa 1839 building into a new arts and events space downtown.
Something familiar, something peculiar
New Jersey boasts a rich landscape of live theater venues – from prominent regional houses to small community theaters. All were shut down during the worst of the pandemic, with sometimes devastating effects. But the community is coming back to life as more residents get vaccinated and COVID-19 outbreaks seem to be waning. Are audiences willing to return to the seats?
NJ approves $2.9M in COVID-relief for 20 live venues, arts & culture orgs
The Community Stage Relief Grant Program, which provides grants of up to $300,000 for businesses that have some kind of involvement in the promotion and production of live events and were affected by COVID closures, will award funds to smaller venues that suffered losses during the pandemic.
Prudential Center to operate historic White Eagle Hall
The entertainment, management and booking team of the Newark arena will oversee live performance, private event booking and day-to-day facility operations for the 8,000-square-foot Jersey City venue.
PNC Bank Arts Center, BB&T Pavilion latest NJ venues with vaccine mandates
“Vaccines are going to be your ticket back to shows, and as of Oct. 4 we will be following the model we developed for Lollapalooza and requiring this for artists, fans and employees at Live Nation venues and festivals everywhere possible in the U.S.,” President and CEO Michael Rapino said in a weekend interview with NBC.
Starland Ballroom to require vaccines for staff, patrons
Events up and down the Garden State are beginning to require the inoculation for admission, as lagging rates fuel a surge in the highly contagious delta variant.
SBA will open supplemental grants for Shuttered Venue Operators Grant
New applications seeking economic aid for live entertainment small businesses, nonprofits, and venues will be accepted until until 2:59 a.m. EST on Aug. 21. Thus far, the SVOG program has awarded $8.4 billion in grants to more than 10,800 cultural institutions.
COVID-hit theaters, live venues can soon apply for $17.5M in state relief
Eligibility is limited to those with a maximum of 2,500 seats that hold at least two live performances a week, get at least half of their revenue from performances, and suffered a 25% loss between the second quarters - April to June - of 2019 and 2020.
Nearly 200 NJ theaters, live venues received $116M in COVID-aid (updated)
The Biden administration set up the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant program to assist such establishments that had to close their doors during the pandemic, and then endure months of capacity restrictions after reopening.
Raising the curtain: How NJ theaters, live venues fared with SVOG relief
$3.2 billion was awarded to more than 4,000 venues nationwide by the U.S. Small Business Administration under its Shuttered Venue Operator Grant program, set up to assist theaters, museums, concert halls, performing arts centers and the like that had to close their doors during the pandemic. In New Jersey, 91 entities benefited from the program.
