Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stewart Copeland (of The Police) will bring his spoken word tour to The South Orange Performing Arts Center, July 16.
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June 24: David Beard at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Conversations With The Beach Boys From Surfin to Smile.”
June 24: Amy Edelman at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “The Emergency Playbook: A Bunker-Free Guide to Disaster Preparation.”
June 25: Rick Atkinson at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
June 25: Barry Lyga at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Every Hunter Is Hunted.”
June 25: “Tales at the Dormer House,” Classic American Tales series at Dormer House, Cape May. Carolyn Nelson presents “Stories from the Old West” featuring works by Stewart Edward White, Isabella L. Bird and Owen Wister.
June 25: Chantel Acevedo at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Cages.”
June 26: “Bless the Mic Poetry” featuring Akbar & Tyhas, Flow Mentalz (host), DJ Ice, others.
June 28: David Beard at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Conversations With The Beach Boys From Surfin to Smile.”
June 30: Dave Portnoy at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Cancel Me If You Can.”
July 1: Alice Liu at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book: Machine Learning and the Rise of Intelligent Technology.”
July 2: “Margaret’s Diary During a Revolution,” Classic American Tales series at Cape May Public Library.
July 4: Long Branch Poetry Festival at Pier Village Boardwalk Gazebo.
July 8: Declaration of Independence reading at Cape May Stage.
July 8: Laura Sims at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “The Man.”
July 9: Daniel Mason at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Country People.”
July 10: Spoken Word Salsa featuring Caridad de la Luz (La Bruja), Elisabet Velasquez, Isabel Cruz, Frankie Negrón at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
July 12: James Patterson and Mike Lupica at Books and Greetings, Northvale. Co-authors of “Country Road Murders.”
July 14: Laura Clery at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Hotter.”
July 14: Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino at Books and Greetings, Northvale. Author of “The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind.”
July 15: Allan Pepper and Billy Altman at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Positively Fourth and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club The Bottom Line.”
July 16: Stewart Copeland, “Have I Said Too Much?” spoken word tour at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
July 16: “Tales at the Dormer House,” Classic American Tales series at Dormer House, Cape May. James Rana reads from Vladimir Nabokov’s “Pnin.”
July 18: “Creative Freedom: A Salon Experience featuring Marshall Allen, Salvador Jiménez-Flores and Jamaaladeen Tacuma” at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton.
July 22: “Hallmark Stars Live” with Nikki DeLoach (host), Andrew Walker, Ashley Williams, Jonathan Bennett, Tamera Mowry-Housley at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
July 23: Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios president and chief creative officer, “Unlocking Creative Superpowers” program at Rialto Center for Creativity, Westfield.
July 23: “Tales at the Dormer House,” Classic American Tales series at Dormer House, Cape May. Patricia Durante reads Susan Glaspell’s “His Smile.”
July 26: “Hallmark Stars Live” with Nikki DeLoach (host), Andrew Walker, Ashley Williams, Jonathan Bennett, Tamera Mowry-Housley at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
July 30: Tyler Henry at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Aug. 1: Tyler Henry at Caesars, Atlantic City.
Aug. 6: “Stephanie Garrett: The Harlem Renaissance,” Classic American Tales series at Cape May Public Library.
Aug. 13: Abbie Emmons at Books and Greetings, Northvale. Author of “Make Your Story Matter: An Interactive Guide to Unlocking Your Brain’s Storytelling Power and Writing a Book Readers Love.”
Aug. 15: Girls Gone Bible at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Aug. 18: Darryl Strawberry at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Another Life: Discovering the Healing Power of Purpose on My Long Journey from Player to Preacher.”
Sept. 5: “Margaret’s Diary During a Revolution,” performed by Gayle Stahlhuth at The Grange at Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May
Sept. 8: Jaclyn Smith at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie.”
Sept. 9: David Duchovny at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “About Time: Poems.”
June 13: Dave Winfield at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Touching All the Bases: A Story of Power, Purpose, and Surviving the Bronx.”
Sept. 15: Dr. Shefali, author of “Raising Conscious Daughters” and “Raising Conscious Sons,” in conversation with Pink, at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Sept. 18: Alec Baldwin, “In Conversation on Music,” Music & Healing series at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.
Sept. 19: Daniel Habif at Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth.
Sept. 23: Dolph Lundgren at Books and Greetings, Northvale. Author of “Fights Worth Fighting: Finding Strength in Stuggle.”
Sept. 25-27: Davide De Pierro at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Sept. 28: Kate McKinnon at Books and Greetings, Northvale. Author of “The Jungle of Carabanana (The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science, #3).”
Oct. 2: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
Oct. 8: The Moth Mainstage at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Oct. 11: John Edward at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
Oct. 15-17: Dodge Poetry Festival with Patti Smith, Arthur Sze, Tyehimba Jess, Elizabeth Acevedo, others, at NJPAC and other Newark venues.
Oct. 16: Patti Smith, “Songs and Stories” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Part of Dodge Poetry Festival.
Oct. 17: “Is Brooklyn in the House?,” featuring Nelson George, author of “Brooklyn Bohemians: How the Funky, Fly, Soon-to-Be-Famous Black Artists of Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Changed American Culture,” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Part of Dodge Poetry Festival.
Oct. 17: “Def Poetry Reunion” featuring Antoinette Ellis-Williams, D.Cross, Kraal “Kayo” Charles, Bonafide Rojas and Chris “Flowmentalz” Cook at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of Dodge Poetry Festival.
Oct. 24: Alton Brown at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Oct. 30: “Poe by Candlelight,” Classic American Tales series at Rea’s Farm, West Cape May.
Nov. 1: “Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen: In Conversation & Performance,” Music & Healing Series at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.
Nov. 4: Theresa Caputo at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Nov. 5: Dante Gebel at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Nov. 6: “The Bald and the Beautiful” featuring Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Nov. 15: “Margaret’s Diary During a Revolution,” performed by Gayle Stahlhuth at The Morristown and Morris Township Library, Morristown.
Nov. 21: Ira Glass, “Stories for a Saturday Night” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Nov. 21: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Dec. 4: Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Hope for Civilization” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 4: “Christmas Tales in the Barn,” Classic American Tales series at Rea’s Farm, West Cape May.
Jan. 29: Terry Gross at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
March 11: Brian Cox, “Emergence” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
April 19: “Pianist Brad Mehldau: In Conversation and Performance, Music & Healing Series at Princeton University Art Museum.
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