Jesse North News Today

The Mooney family — Christi, Michael and their children, Trinity, 16, and Avery, 14, traveled from their new home in Carlisle to attend this year’s Lititz Pride festival.

What happens when life imitates art too literally? Lots of drama. Two River Theater is presenting the world debut of “Living & Breathing,” a world premiere play by Mando Alvarado. This new play examines the world of high art, racial identity, and a friend group that’s ready to buckle. Jersey Arts goes to rehearsal in Red Bank to learn more from the team behind this new show.

George Street Playhouse is debuting the new musical “Joy” about the life of inventor and entrepreneur Joy Mangano.

When: Manheim Township school board voting meeting, Oct. 20.

A story about a mother and her daughters, split by cultures. In “Her Portmanteau,” a George Street Playhouse production on stage at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center Oct. 11 — 30, we follow a Nigerian-American family trying to reunite amid the stark differences of lifestyles and values when relatives are spread across continents.

We decided to share with you the plans we are hatching right now of places to go in 2022.

First lady Jill Biden wore a sophisticated Markarian blue tweed coat while Vice President Harris wore purple in honor of Shirley Chisholm.