Actor Giancarlo Esposito will give a talk at Kean University in Union, Feb. 4.
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Jan. 6: Mel Robbins at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About.”
Jan. 7: “PSO Soundtracks Talk: A Symphony Celebration,” featuring Princeton Symphony Orchestra music director Rossen Milanov and former executive director Melanie Clarke at Princeton Public Library.
Jan. 8: Lily Braun-Arnold at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair. Author of “The Last Bookstore on Earth.”
Jan. 11: Steve Wynn, “I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True: A Night of Songs and Stories” at 503 Social Club, Hoboken.
Jan. 12: “The Mina Mendoza Show” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
Jan. 12: Alafair Burke at Books & Greetings, Northvale.
Jan. 25: “How Not to Be Famous: A Conversation With Richard Kind” at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Jan. 25: Rumaan Alam at Montclair Public Library. Author of “Entitlement.”
Jan. 26: “It’s Happening With Snooki and Joey” at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
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: “The Newest Olympian” podcast at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
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. 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. 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. 20: Theresa Caputo at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Feb. 21: Theresa Caputo at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Feb. 22: The Original Fab Five, “20 Years Later” (with “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” co-stars Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley and Jai Rodriguez) at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Feb. 25: Savannah Guthrie at Bookends, Ridgewood. Author of “Mostly What God Does Is Love You.”
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 20: #IMOMSOHARD featuring Jen Smedley and Kristin Hensley at BergenPAC, Englewood.
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.
July 12: Nurse John at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
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