Watchung Arts Center: Culture & Entertainment Around the Corner

In the midst of wintry weather when you are longing to do something fun or interesting but would rather not take the hike into the city, you may want to check out the Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Road, Watchung, NJ, which is offering a variety of activities and events to suit everyone's taste.

Need a night of comedy? Who doesn't? 

Join the Improvables for an energetic night of comedy on Sat., Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. 

The Improvables have been the longest running comedy troupe at the Center and continually produce a unique evening filled with comedy games that will keep them on their toes and the audience doubled over from hysterical laughter.

Tickets can be purchased online for $8. 

Need more relaxation?  

WAC is offering yoga classes beginning Mon., Jan. 9 through Sat., April 14.  

Range of classes for all levels taught by: Renata Cardinal is Iyengar Yoga certified. In the mid-nineties she started training with Certified Iyengar Teacher Theresa Rowland and became a certified Studio Yoga Teacher in 1998. She was certified as an Iyengar Yoga Instructor in 2004, and is also registered at the 500 Level with Yoga Alliance. She continues to study with Ms Rowland and takes many workshops and classes with renowned Yoga Teachers.

Classes are also taught by Susan Ahlstrom, RYT, Studio Yoga Certified, Teacher of Embodied Anatomy and Yoga, has been teaching yoga since 1996. Susan is registered with Yoga Alliance. Ongoing studies include Developmental Patterns & Yoga and Infant Developmental Movement Education. She also took advanced studies in Yoga with a number of teachers, including BKS and Geeta Iyengar.

For registration and information, contact Renata at 908-754-8433 or yoreca@aol.com. Please make checks payable to the Watchung Arts Center. Download the flyer.

Imaginative Entertainment for Children... 

The WAC's Children’s Art Enrichment Program for ages 6 through 12 is continuing to accept registrations for painting and drawing classes to be held this winter on Tuesdays, 4:30 - 6 p.m., Jan. 10 through March 20.

Winter fees are $140.00 + $15.00 supply fee (WAC members $135.00 +15.00 supply fee).

WAC offers a sibling discount of $10 after first sibling paid in full. Please bring a small snack and drink to class.

Enjoy an Enchanting Evening of Cello & Piano...

On Sunday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m., cellist Samuel Magill and pianist Beth Levin will perform a fascinating program of unusual and rarely-heard music along with the masterful Cello Sonata of Debussy, with its journey to a mysterious musical world of Impressionism mixed with Asian musical styles.

They will perform a rarely played Adagio on Celtic Melodies by Bruch, a sentimental and touching tribute to Scotland. Andrew Rudin’s Sonata, written last year for Mr. Magill and Ms. Levin, is a brilliant contemporary work which promises to keep listeners at the edge of their seats with driving rhythms and constantly changing colors.

The performers will resurrect the American past with an extremely rare reading of a Sonata by Frederick Shepherd Converse, who was a part of the “Boston” group of composers in the late 19th and early 20th century.

These musical pioneers established the first native born school of American composition and together produced a distinguished body of work. 

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online. $16 advance sale, $20 ($18 for WAC members, $10 for students) at the door.

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Watchung Arts Center, a multi-disciplinary arts facility serving Watchung and the surrounding communities and the Tri-State Area.  

For more information visit our website at www.watchungarts.org or to place a reservation call 908-753-0190 or email at wacenter@optonline.net.