Actor Giancarlo Esposito will give a talk at Kean University in Union, Feb. 4.
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Jan. 26: “It’s Happening With Snooki and Joey” at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
Jan. 26: Will Friedwald, “An Afternoon With Ella and Duke,” discussion and film clips about Ella Fitzgerald’s time with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, at Metuchen Borough Public Library.
Jan. 28: Emily Austin at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “We Could Be Rats.”
Jan. 29: Neko Case at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theater Center, Princeton. Author of “The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir.”
Feb. 1: “Let the Drums Speak: A Conversation with Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie” featuring Jerome Jennings and Skeme Richards at Newark Public Library.
Feb. 1: “The Fanny Parnell Poetry Project” featuring “Poetry, Politics, and Ms. Parnell,” a voice theater presentation featuring Carol Kehoe at Old City Hall, Bordentown.
Feb. 1: “The Fanny Parnell Poetry Project” featuring a “Poet and Pints” reading by D. Ryan Lafferty, Todd Evans and Derrick Owings at Bordentown Square Tap + Grill.
Feb. 1: “The Newest Olympian” podcast at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
Feb. 1: The Macaroons at Words, Maplewood. Authors of “Oh My Nosh! What Shape Is Your Bagel? A First Book of Jewish Food.”
Feb. 3: Al Franken, presented by The Drew Forum at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Feb. 3: Akhil Sharma at Great Hall at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
Feb. 3: Marty Friedman at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Dreaming Japanese.”
Feb. 4: Giancarlo Esposito, President’s Distinguished Lecture Series at North Avenue Academic Building at Kean University, Union.
Feb. 4: Ethan Kross at Loopwell, Montclair. Author of “Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You.”
Feb. 5: “Amadeus and the Myth of Mozart,” presented by Princeton Symphony Orchestra and featuring Princeton Garden Theatre’s Chris Collier and Princeton University Orchestra’s Michael Pratt, at Princeton Public Library.
Feb. 5: Poets Yusef Komunyakaa and Terrance Hayes at Labyrinth Books, Princeton. Readings and conversation in celebration of the anthology, “Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters, and Poems, for and About One Mr. Komunyakaa.”
Feb. 5: Paola Ramos at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America.”
Feb. 6: Alan Sepinwall at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill: The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call.”
Feb. 6: Sunita Sah at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes.”
Feb. 6-8: “Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy (The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Macabre Cocktails)” at Woman’s Club of Ridgewood.
Feb. 7: “Big-Hearted Stories” presented by Adam Wade and featuring Tracy Rowland, Will Clegg and Carla Katz at 503 Social Club, Hoboken.
Feb. 8: Sonja Morgan at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
Feb. 8: Ari Shapiro, “Thank You for Listening: An Evening of Songs & Stories” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Feb. 8: Daniel Habif at Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth.
Feb. 9: Joyce Wan at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Be My Yummy.”
Feb. 12: Avan Jogia at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Autopsy (of an Ex Teen Heartthrob): Poems of Rage, Love, Sex and Sadness.”
Feb. 13: Justin Grant at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Company Men: A Wellness Guide For Black Men in Corporate America.”
Feb. 14: Theresa Caputo at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Feb. 15: “Sinatra Meets the Sopranos” with singer Michael Martocci and his Old Blue Eyes Orchestra plus conversation with “Sopranos” actors Vince Curatola, Federico Castelluccio and Jason Cerbone, moderated by Mike Marino, at Harrah’s, Atlantic City.
Feb. 16: “Jersey Grown” poetry reading at Hoboken Historical Museum featuring reg e gaines, Shakira Joi, Talena Lachelle Queen, Rashad Wright.
Feb. 18: Jennifer Jones at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience From the First African American Rockette.”
Feb. 19: Joe Piscopo at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Average Joe: The Memoirs of a Blue-Collar Entertainer.”
Feb. 20: Theresa Caputo at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Feb. 20: Aja Evans at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Feel-Good Finance: Untangle Your Relationship With Money for Better Mental, Emotional, and Financial Well-Being.”
Feb. 21: Theresa Caputo at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Feb. 23: Liana Finck at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Mixed Feelings.”
Feb. 25: Savannah Guthrie at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Mostly What God Does Is Love You.”
Feb. 25: Curtis Sittenfeld, Open Book/Open Mind series presented by Montclair Public Library at First Congregational Church, Montclair. Author of “Show Don’t Tell (Stories).”
Feb. 27: Sloane Crosley at Words, Maplewood. Author of “Grief is For People.”
March 9: Patrick Dunning, “The Backstories of The Signature Project ” at Citizens Bank Theater, Succasunna.
March 13: Peter Wolf at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses.”
March 13: Terry Gross at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
March 13: “The Makeshift Project” live show at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
March 15: Alton Brown at Caesars, Atlantic City.
March 19: Benjamin Wallace at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto.”
March 20: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Jen Smedley and Kristin Hensley at BergenPAC, Englewood.
March 20: Marcy Dermansky at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “Hot Air.”
March 21: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Jen Smedley and Kristin Hensley at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 27: David Hogg at Gateway Lecture Hall at Ocean County College, Toms River.
March 27: Concetta Bertoldi at Williams Center, Rutherford.
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 23: Matt Fraser at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
April 26: “An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma,” conversation and music, with Jeffrey Brown moderating at McCarter Theater Center, Princeton.
April 26: John Edward at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
April 28: Andy Borowitz, presented by The Drew Forum at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 28: Kara Swisher, President’s Distinguished Lecture Series at North Avenue Academic Building at Kean University, Union.
May 6: “The Psychology of a Murderer,” hosted by Rachel Toles at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 16: “Doughboys” podcast at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
May 26: Isaac Mizrahi at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 31: “Sinatra Meets the Sopranos” featuring and actors Vincent Curatola, Federico Castelluccio and Jason Cerbone, plus singer Michael Martocci with his Blue Eyes Orchestra, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 5: Theresa Caputo at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 5: Tiki Barber at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
June 7: Trish Paytas at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
June 28: “How Not to Be Famous: A Conversation With Richard Kind” at BergenPAC, Englewood.
July 12: Nurse John at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
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