The Arts This Weekend: Jewel at the State Theatre

Looking to be entertained this weekend? New Brunswick is the place to be.

Grammy Award-winning songstress Jewel is among the top artists appearing in New Brunswick venues this weekend. She'll be in concert at the State Theatre.

You may also want to take in wind and jazz concerts, being held at Mason Gross Performing Arts Center.

Here's what's up this weekend:

Friday, March 8
Jewel Greatest Hits Tour
State Theatre
8 pm
Tickets: $35 - $75
732-246-7469 

See acclaimed American singer-songwriter-poet, Jewel on her GREATEST HITS Tour! Performing solo-acoustic on this tour, Jewel’s hits include “Who Will Save Your Soul,” “You Were Meant For Me,” “Foolish Games,” “Hands,” “Standing Still,” “Break Me,” “Intuition,” “Stronger Woman,” and “Satisfied.” 

Since achieving international stardom 18 years ago, the Alaskan beauty has emerged as a charismatic live performer and a respected songwriter with 10 studio albums to her credit, including her 1995 debutPieces of You, which dominated the charts with “Who Will Save Your Soul,” “You Were Meant For Me,” and “Foolish Games.” 

Her next two albums—1998’s Spirit and 2001’s This Way—both went platinum while introducing fans to hits like “Jupiter,” “Hands,” “Standing Still,” and “Break Me.” Jewel switched directions in 2003 with 0304, an album that fused elements of electronic and folk to create a delightfully quirky mix epitomized by the contrast of dance beats and accordion on the single “Intuition.” 

Jewel topped the Billboard country album chart in 2008 with her first country album, Perfectly Clear, which is represented on this collection by the Top 15 single “Stronger Woman.” Her second country album, 2010’s Sweet and Wild, included the Grammy® nominated-single “Satisfied.”  

Friday, March 8
Rutgers Wind Ensemble
Nicholas Music Center (Kraig Alan Williams, conductor)
7:30 pm
Tickets: General Public, $15; students, $5; alumni & seniors, $10
732-932-7511 
 

Saturday, March 9
Carmen in HD, Royal Opera
State Theatre
1 pm
Tickets: $12
732-246-7469 

Anna Caterina Antonacci is “mesmerizing” and Jonas Kaufmann is “the finest José to be heard for ages” in Carmen (The Guardian). This Royal Opera production by director Francesca Zambello is a darkly passionate and sumptuously exotic reading of one of the world’s favorite operas. Under the baton of Music Director Antonio Pappano, Bizet’s irresistible score drives the tragedy forward in this powerful landmark staging of a musical masterpiece.

Saturday, March 9
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble Too
Nicholas Music Center (David Miller, conductor)
7:30 pm
Tickets: General Public, $15; students, $5; alumni & seniors, $10
732-932-7511 

Saturday, March 9
Artie Lange
State Theatre
8 pm
Tickets: $35 - $125
732-246-7469

See comedian and New Jersey native Artie Lange live at the State Theatre this March! A Howard Stern Show veteran, this hysterical actor and radio personality made a name for himself when he became an original series regular on Fox’s comedy sketch series MADtv. He received further recognition for his work with Norm Macdonald on The Norm Show. His book Too Fat to Fish was co-written with Anthony Bozza, and became a New York Times best seller in 2008. In 2011, Lange returned to radio with Nick DiPaolo to co-host Fox News Radio show’s The Nick and Artie Show.

Artie’s success on MADtv led to being cast opposite Norm MacDonald in Lange’s first starring role in the feature film Dirty Work. Lange's other feature films include The Bachelor, starring opposite Chris O’Donnell and Renee Zellweger; Lost and Found with David Spade; Kinka Usher’s Mystery Men; and the independent drama The Fourth Floor, opposite Juliette Lewis and William Hurt. Lange also had supporting roles in the feature films Old School and Elf.

Sunday, March 10
Beethoven Orchestra Bonn
State Theatre
3 pm
Tickets: $28 - $62
732-246-7469

Founded in 1897, this renowned orchestra is one of the world’s leading German orchestras and makes an important contribution to the city of Bonn’s cultural life with its concerts in the Beethoven Hall and the Opera of Bonn. Under the direction of Conductor Stefan Blunier, the orchestra has had the pleasure of regularly working with internationally renowned soloists, conductors, and choirs. The orchestra has completed several successful tour dates and guest performances in some of the world’s greatest concert halls including Carnegie Hall and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.