(Leonia, New Jersey) – Leonia Arts, a nonprofit cultural arts alliance in the borough of Leonia, New Jersey, invites artists of all levels to apply for The Suzanne Pancrazi Memorial Grant. The grant is open to established or aspiring artists working in any medium -- visual, literary, performance, multi-media, or another art form. The grant honors the memory of Leonia resident, Suzanne Pancrazi, an audio-visual artist and a member of the Leonia Arts board of trustees.  The Suzanne Pancrazi Memorial Grant will provide a $500 award to the recipient.

(Fort Lee, New Jersey; April 10, 2017) – The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, a nonprofit organization based in Bergen County, New Jersey, announces tenor Giovanni Simone of Fort Lee, New Jersey will perform the Messenger in the company's grand production of Giuseppe Verdi's classic work, AIDA, on April 23, 2017. The opera will be performed at 3:00 p.m. at the Bergen Performing Arts Center, located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey.

(Bergen County, New Jersey; April 3, 2017) – BALAM Dance Theatre (BALAM), a non-profit professional dance theatre company, returns to New Jersey to premiere its new Out & About series program, Poetry Moves, created in honor of National Poetry Month to spotlight various modalities of poetic communication. This entertaining, family friendly program will be presented in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the Fort Lee Public Library, located at 320 Main Street, on Sunday, April 30 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. The event is FREE and open to the public.

(Bergen County, New Jersey) -- The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, will perform the final concert of their three concert series on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, located at 150 Park Avenue in Leonia.  The program will feature the frequently requested Franz Schubert Trout Quintet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass. 

(Englewood, New Jersey)--The Community Chest, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization serving Englewood, Englewood Cliffs and Tenafly, will hold the 2017 Annual Spring Gathering on Wednesday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. The annual event will take place at the Knickerbocker Country Club, located at 188 Knickerbocker Road, in Tenafly, New Jersey.

(Bergen County, New Jersey; March 20, 2017) – New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera), presents Giuseppe Verdi’s grand opera, Aida, on April 23, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) in Englewood, New Jersey. Last performed by the company in 2011 at bergenPAC, Verismo Opera announces tenor Raúl Melo, a guest artist at the Metropolitan Opera for nine seasons, will premiere with the company and perform the role of Radames.

(Englewood, New Jersey; March 27, 2017) -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's (NNJCF) ArtsBergen, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization based in Englewood, New Jersey, has issued a call for artists for Creative Hackensack's "The Utility ARTBox Project" in Hackensack, New Jersey.

(Bergen County, New Jersey; January 11, 2017) -- The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, Inc. will perform the second of a three concert series on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, located at 150 Park Avenue in Leonia, New Jersey. The riveting concert, 'Spanish Flavor', will showcase music by Spanish composer Joaquín Turina, as well as Italian composers Luigi Boccherini and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

(January 11, 2017; Leonia, New Jersey) -- Marsha Heller of Leonia, New Jersey will present “New Paintings by Marsha Heller” from February 6 to February 18, 2017 at The Riverside Gallery, Suite 201, located at The Shops at Riverside, Hackensack Avenue at Route 4 in Hackensack, New Jersey. The public is invited to attend an opening reception on Saturday, February 11 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The gallery is open Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-9:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

(Bergen County, New Jersey; January 5, 2017) – The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, the house opera company of the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), invites singers to audition for the Verismo Opera Chorus. Artistic Director Lucine Amara announces professional, amateur, and retired male and female singers may audition for the Verismo Opera Chorus on Wednesdays, January 25 and February 1, 8, 15, and 22 at 6:30 p.m.