Stephen Colbert on life in N.J., the pandemic and the pizza he craved every night
Updated May 08, 2021;
Posted May 08, 2021
Stephen Colbert points to the New York skyline when talking with his wife, Evelyn McGee-Colbert, at their home in Montclair for a virtual fundraiser benefitting Montclair Film. McGee-Colbert is president of the film festival s board of trustees.Montclair Film screenshot
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Stephen Colbert pointed to the Manhattan skyline.
“Over there I’m just a stress monster,” he said, sitting comfortably at his New Jersey home.
Though some locals dread the New York commute, the “Late Show” host said he quickly realized the benefit of time in transit.
Nimbus Arts Festival To Take Place May 22nd
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) Nimbus leads Jersey City and statewide audiences back to live performance with the first annual, star-studded, outdoor Nimbus Arts Festival, presented on the Harborside Campus on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 7:00pm. The event features a lineup of nationally-renowned and locally-loved performing artists including Nimbus Dance, Jersey City’s hometown dance company, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, co-presentations with Segunda Quimbamba Puerto Rican Folkloric Center, Riverview Jazz Festival and Hudson West Folk Festival, the Festival offers world-class arts in a laid-back and socially-distanced atmosphere, complete with food trucks, drink refreshments by CoolVines, and artisan vendors.
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Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (May 5, 2021)
Updated May 07, 2021;
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Several live, on-location musical events will feature women artists this Mother’s Day weekend:
♦ South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange is bringing its stage back to life on Friday, May 7, with a concert by singer-songwriter and New Jersey native Dana Fuchs. The show will be limited to 100 audience members in the theater, but also will be streamed live online.
♦ Broadway veteran Kelli Rabke will premiere her new cabaret show, “Tiny Giants Petite Powerhouses from Garland to Gaga,” at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown with performances 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8. As indicated by its title, the show will pay tribute to “small-in-stature” women vocalists, including Edith Piaf, Bette Midler, Stevie Nicks, the singers whose names are incorporated in the show’s title, and others. (Rabke,
ICE Jailer in New Jersey Is Sued By Its Landlord, Claiming Unsafe Conditions
arrow Marie DeLuca
The owners of a windowless former warehouse that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in New Jersey are alleging dangerous conditions at the facility and suing to terminate its lease, representing another potential victory for activists seeking the end of controversial immigration detention in the state.
The lawsuit filed Monday alleges that CoreCivic, the private prison operator that leases the facility and contracts with ICE to hold about 145 asylum seekers and other undocumented immigrants, breached its contract by failing to follow local and federal safety regulations to stop the spread of Covid. The Elizabeth Detention Center has had more Covid cases than other ICE facilities in the region, and both security and medical employees have died. One dozen detainees newly tested positive at the end of April, just as cases statewide were dropping.