Friday, March 21, 2014

A couple events around town this weekend you won't want to miss

First off, starting tonight Lowe's Theater has a magnificent weekend of entertainment planned. Beginning tonight STAGEFest will bring over forty acts and performances:

Among tonight’s performances are “Sleep at Your Own Risk” by Ticket 2 Eternity Productions. The 45-minute one-man show, written by Matthew Ethan Davis, kicks off at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. It tells the story of a man’s struggle with sleepwalking while trying to hold onto the love of his life ­-- and not walk out of his apartment naked.

Want more? Good, they have much more entertainment for you:

Tomorrow is a bigger day, with 19 performances lined up. The acts include “Three Bites” by 68 Productions, showing at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The 40-minute show follows the rise and fall of a relationship over the course of three meals: the first coffee date, a pivotal breakfast and a fateful dinner. The couple will be played by Rafael Cruz and Summer Dawn Hortillosa, who also wrote the play. Liliane Wolf plays the waitress.

There will be food, a chance to learn about costuming with some right fine historic costumes and much much more.

Advance tickets can be purchased at loewsstagefest.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, visit loewsjersey.org/stagefest, email stage.fest.loews@gmail.com or call 201-668-0546. Discount parking will be available behind the theater in Square Ramp Garage.

Now, if you're in a more colorful mood tomorrow morning make SURE to head to Owen Grundy Pier down on the waterfront for the Indian celebration of Holi Hai (yes, the colored powder thrown around all so cooly) will take place from 11am to 6pm with a rain date for Sunday. 

We've all seen the cool images of people covered in the colored powder but what is Holi Hai itself? Glad you asked:

Holi Hai– also referred to as the festival of love –is an annual ritualistic celebration, emerging from the Hindu culture in India, which celebrates life, rebirth and love.

For a whole day – generally on the last day of winter -- revelers enjoy delicacies, dance and play as they smear one another with plates of colored powder.

Be there or be square!

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