Garrison Keillor will perform at The Vogel at The Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, Aug. 1.
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July 26: “A Conversation With Stephen Colbert and Paul Giamatti” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
July 26: “This Boricua Life: Excerpts From a Memoir in Monologues” by Nancy Méndez-Booth at SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City.
July 27: The Basement Yard Experience at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.
July 28: Whoopi Goldberg at Bookends, Ridgewood. Co-author of “The Change.”
July 28: James Patterson and Mike Lupica at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Co-authors of “Hard to Kill.”
July 28: Lisa Black at Hageman House and Farm, Somerset. Author of “The Deepest Kill: A Locard Institute Thriller.”
July 30: Karen M. McManus at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Author of “Such Charming Liars.”
July 31: “It’s Happening with Snooki & Joey” featuring Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Joey Camasta at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Aug. 1: Garrison Keillor at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Aug. 1: Tyler Henry at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Aug. 1: Kieran Scott at Books & Greetings, Northvale. Author of “People Will Talk.”
Aug. 2: Akbar Haskins presents “Bless da Mic Poetry” at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
Aug. 17: Are You Garbage? Thru the Roof at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Aug. 17: Matt Fraser at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
Aug. 21: The Moth StorySLAM at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
Aug. 22: “Tiny Talk: Kathleen Henderson” at ArtYard, Frenchtown.
Aug. 24: “Spoken Word Apex” featuring Taalam Acey at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
Aug. 24: “Party Like a Housewife,” “The Real Housewives of New Jersey Event” with Danielle Cabral (host), Rachel Fuda, Melissa Gorga, The Beat Drops, benefiting Sunrise Day Camp Staten Island at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
Aug. 24: Ian O’Connor at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers.”
Sept. 10: Danielle Walker, author of “Make It Easy: A Healthy Meal Prep & Menu Planning Guide” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Sept. 10: Ian Frazier at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York’s Greatest Borough.”
Sept. 12: “And That’s Why We Drink: The Pour Decisions Tour” featuring Em Schulz and Christine Schiefer at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
Sept. 13: Richard Dawkins & Friends at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Sept. 23: Mike Greenberg and Paul Hembekides at Bookends, Ridgewood. Co-authors of “Got Your Answers: The 100 Greatest Sports Arguments — Settled!”
Signing their new Book: “Got Your Answers!
Sept. 25: Stephanie Ramos at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Oct. 1: David Sedaris at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
Oct. 3: David Sedaris at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Oct. 6: Fall Book Festival at Bookends, Ridgewood.
Oct. 9: Lee Asher at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Oct. 9: Emiliana Simon-Thomas at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Oct. 10: Lee Asher at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 11: Giggly Squad Live: Club Giggly featuring Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 17-19: Dodge Poetry Festival, Newark.
Oct. 18: John Edward at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.
Oct. 18-19: Morristown Festival of Books.
Oct. 19, 2 p.m.: Nikki Giovanni with Javon Jackson and Christian McBride at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of Dodge Poetry Festival.
Oct. 19, 8 p.m.: Joan Baez, “An Evening of Poetry and Conversation” at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark. Part of Dodge Poetry Festival.
Oct. 19: “Haunted Objects Live: Tales From the Newkirk Museum of the Paranormal” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Oct. 20: Giggly Squad Live: Club Giggly featuring Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 26: Andy Borowitz at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Oct. 27: “An Afternoon With Liz Cheney” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Nov. 6: Viet Thanh Nguyen at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Nov. 9: “Cold Case Live” at Count Basie Center of the Arts, Red Bank.
Nov. 15: “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.
Nov. 23: “The Moth” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Nov. 26: Dan and Phil, “Terrible Influence: The Tour,” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Nov. 30: “In Conversation with The Sopranos” featuring Steve Schirripa, Vincent Pastore and Michael Imperioli, hosted by Joey Kola at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
Dec. 1: Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Science as a Way of Knowing” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
April 9: Dr. Temple Grandin, “The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 26: “An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma,” conversation and music, with Jeffrey Brown moderating at McCarter Theater Center, Princeton.
May 26: Isaac Mizrahi at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
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