WEEKEND ARTS GUIDE: WHAT’S HAPPENING OCTOBER 20-22?
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EDITOR'S PICK
Open Studios
Manufacturers Village
East Orange, NJ
October 21-22
The annual Open Studios weekend is a free event designed to fuse art, architecture, community and inspiration. It will be a chance to meet the artists, view their work and purchase original pieces. It also hopes to inspire visitors to start a new artistic pursuit, meet other people in the local community and to give lovers of history and architecture, the rare opportunity to explore these well-preserved historic buildings with a self-guided tour.
Visitors will also be able to view the East Orange Community Black Lives Matter Mural, one of the state’s largest murals. Painted in the spring of 2021, this 9,000 square foot mural was created by sixteen artists from the greater East Orange Community.
EDITOR'S PICK
Montclair Film Festival
Montclair, NJ
October 20-29
Montclair Film connects global filmmakers with audiences in a diverse, culturally vibrant community by presenting films and year-round programs that engage, entertain and educate through the power of visual storytelling.
mOVIES
THE EQUALIZER
Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed.
AMC THEATER: ESSEX GREEN
OCTOBER 20, 21, 22
Exorcist: Believer
When Victor's daughter Angela and her friend disappear in the woods, only to return with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil.
SOPAC
OCTOBER 20, 21, 22
AMC: ESSEX GREEN
OCTOBER 20, 21, 22
TAYLOR SWIFT: ERAS TOUR
Immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film experience with a breathtaking, cinematic view of the history-making tour. Taylor Swift Eras attire and friendship bracelets are strongly encouraged.
SOPAC
OCTOBER 20, 21, 22
AMC THEATER: ESSEX GREEN
OCTOBER 20, 21, 22
SAW X
A sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer -- only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable.
AMC THEATER: ESSEX GREEN
OCTOBER 20, 21, 22
MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL
The twelfth annual Montclair Film Festival (October 20-29, 2023) will entertain film lovers with ten days of compelling independent films, comedies, documentaries, panels, family events, and work by emerging artists.
VARIOUS THEATERS
OCTOBER 20-27
MUST SEE
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
NJPAC
October 20
Join the NJPAC Community Engagement Latin Advisory Committee and NJPAC Hispanic ERG in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. We will have traditional dances from the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. This will be an awesome opportunity to network with organizations and key people from various nations.
EVENTS + PERFORMANCES
David Keyes & Blues People
The first evening in this brand new series features the “King of the Keys” and three-time Blues Music Award nominee David Keyes, and North Jersey’s 2023 International Blues Challenge winner Blues People.
SOPAC
OCTOBER 22
The Great Gatsby
This world premiere musical adaptation of the acclaimed novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE
OCTOBER 20, 21, 22
New Jersey Symphony: Schumann's Cello Concerto
Heart-on-sleeve music, one gorgeous melody after another soaring from Sterling Elliott’s cello. The New Jersey Symphony backs him up with Schumann’s richest Romantic harmonies.
NJPAC
OCTOBER 22
Westphalia
In a wild new robotic economy, AI determines people’s right to buy or sell their own citizenship. A family descended from the Pilgrims has fallen on hard times. Will they be allowed to cash out and go somewhere new?
LUNA STAGE
OCTOBER 20, 21, 22
Revered, Restored, Reviled: Newark's Passaic River
Curated by Beth Zak-Cohen and Keegan Fletcher, this exhibit traces the history of the Passaic River in Newark and teaches about the ecology and biology of the river.
NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY
CLOSES: DECEMBER 1
Village Hall Oktoberfest
VILLAGE HALL OKTOBER FEST Enjoy seasonal brews and specialty cocktails, Bavarian bites, games including corn hole, giant Jenga, beer pong, and live music. This event will be free to attend. Register via the form on the website.
PUMPHOUSE BEER GARDEN
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ
OCTOBER 21
Art SHOWS
Layered Lenses
Ban This: An Exhibition Benefiting the ACLU Drag Defense Fund
1978 Arts Center
Maplewood, NJ
Closes: 10/28
(2PM-4PM)
Layered Lenses
Allan Gorman:
Searching for Drama
The Brassworks Gallery
Montclair, NJ
Closes: December 15, 2023
electronic product prototyping
Ben Niles: Full Circle
The Iris Gallery
SOPAC
Closes: November 19, 2023
Healthcare 3D illustrations
Cross Cultural Perspectives
The Newark Arts Festival Exhibition
NEWARK ARTS MUSEUM
Closes: October 29, 2023
Colliding Cubes
Bleriot Thompson:
Public Enemy
GALLERY AFERRO
Newark, NJ
Closes: December 21, 2023
Orbiting Block
Amy Becker: Dead Ringers
GALLERY AFERRO
Newark, NJ
Closes: December 21, 2023
Orbiting Block
Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM
Closes: January 7, 2024
