The Williams Center originally opened in 1922 as the Rivoli Theater and for many residents has served as the heart of Rutherford. When it opened, the theater hosted vaudeville acts and screened ...

RUTHERFORD — The future of the William Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts is hanging in the balance. Deemed by some to be a white elephant, the center, home to the century-old Newman ...

It opened in the 1920s as the Rivoli Theatre, hosting vaudeville acts and screening silent films. The Rivoli was plagued by several fires until 1977, when a conflagration leveled the building.

RUTHERFORD — The Borough Council approved the theater district redevelopment plan for the area surrounding the Williams Center on Monday. Its passage is a key step in Bergen County's plan to ...