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Sept. 12: Montclair Literary Festival.
Sept. 14: Jenna Bush Hager at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. Author of “Everything Is Beautiful in Its Time.”
Sept. 25-26: Maplewood South Orange Book Festival.
Oct. 1: Bret Stephens at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 3: Collingswood Book Festival.
Oct. 8: Platon at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. New Jersey Speakers Series.
Oct. 10: Dennis Elsas, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Never Forgets” presentation at Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College, Paramus.
Oct. 16: “An Evening With William Shatner” at Caesars, Atlantic City.
Oct. 22: Start of Dodge Poetry Festival (online only).
Oct. 29: John Bolton at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. New Jersey Speakers Series.
Nov. 5: Jason Alexander at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. New Jersey Speakers Series.
Nov. 6: The Moth Mainstage at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Nov. 14-15: Theresa Caputo at Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park.
Nov. 7: Brian and Dan Altano, “Just a Jersey Guy and Son” at Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College, Paramus.
Nov. 20: “An Evening with Kevin Smith” at Pollak Theater at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
Dec. 1-2: Theresa Caputo at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Dec. 3: Tarana Burke at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. New Jersey Speakers Series.
Jan. 14: Walter Isaacson at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. New Jersey Speakers Series.
Jan. 16: “The Bachelor Live on Stage,” hosted by Becca Kufrin and Ben Higgins at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Feb. 19-20: Tyler Henry at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
Feb. 25: Jamie Metzl at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. New Jersey Speakers Series.
March 18: Theresa May at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. New Jersey Speakers Series.
April 6: David Sedaris at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
April 8: The Moth Mainstage at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
April 9: Bill Nye at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. New Jersey Speakers Series.
April 11: “Welcome to Night Vale” Podcast with musical guest Erin McKeown, at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
April 24: Rob Lowe, “Stories I Only Tell My Friends: Live!” at Caesars, Atlantic City.
July 10: “Schitt’s Creek”: The Farewell Tour at Event Center at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
Oct. 8, 2021: David Sedaris at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 9, 2021: David Sedaris at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 15, 2021: Josh Gates at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
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