Bergen Performing Arts Center Announces On Sale Date for 2017 Shows

New shows on sale at bergenPAC: Grupo Niche-Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8PM. An Evening with Deepak Chopra sponsored by The Graf Center for Integrative Medicine at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center-Friday, March 24, 2017-8PM. Norm Lewis sponsored by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation-Sunday, April 2, 2017-7PM. Idan Raichel: Piano-Songs-Tuesday, April 25, 2017-8PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 9, 2016 at 11AM at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling bergenPAC's Box Office at 201.227.1030.

Grupo Niche is a salsa band founded in 1981 in Cali, Colombia by Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. Varela was the group's director until his death in 2012 and the producer, composer and vocalist. Grupo Niche is considered one of the most important groupings of Latin salsa.

Grupo Niche is known for its music's fast and vigorous dance as well as romantic themes of a much slower pace. Among its best known hits are "Cali Ají," "Del Puente p'allá," "Sin sentimiento," "Una Aventura," "Etnia," "Gotas de Lluvia," "Han Cogido la Cosa," "Mi Pueblo Natal," "Hagamos lo que diga el corazón," "Duele más," "Nuestro Sueño" and "Canoa Rancha." Its most famous song is "Cali Pachanguero."

An Evening with Deepak Chopra sponsored by The Graf Center for Integrative Medicine at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

What happens when modern science reaches a crucial turning point that challenges everything we know about reality? Join New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra as he shares new insights from his latest work You Are the Universe and explores some of the most important and baffling questions about our place in the world.

The greatest spiritual urge in our time is the urge to change, to walk the path of transformation. Millions of people feel this urge, yet they run into the same problem. Where is transformation supposed to occur? Should we focus on our bodies or alter our beliefs, address our old conditioning or pursue a special spiritual discipline? None of this has been made clear, which is why transformation remains a muddled topic for many people. Chopra will address these questions as well as practical ways to experience higher consciousness, transformation and healing.

Deepak Chopra MD, FACP, founder of The Chopra Foundation and co-founder of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Clinical Professor at UCSD Medical School, Researcher, Neurology and Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. The World Post and The Huffington Post global internet survey ranked Chopra #17 influential thinker in the world and #1 in Medicine. Chopra is the author of more than 85 books translated into over 43 languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. For more information visit: www.deepakchopra.com

Norm Lewis sponsored by The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation

In May of 2014, Norm Lewis made history as The Phantom of the Opera's first African American Phantom on Broadway. He has been seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Showboat with Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis: Who Am I?, and New Year's Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, as well as American Voices with Renée Fleming and the PBS Special First You Dream - The Music of Kander & Ebb. He can be seen recurring in the upcoming VH1 series, Daytime Divas, also alongside Vanessa Williams.

His additional television credits include Chicago Med, Gotham, The Blacklist, and Blue Bloods, as well as in his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal.

Mr. Lewis received Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess. Other Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, LES MISERABLES, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon and The Who's Tommy.

Off-Broadway, Mr. Lewis can be seen in the upcoming Barrow Street Theatre production of Sweeney Todd.

On film Mr. Lewis has appeared in Winter's Tale, Sex and the City 2, Confidences, Preaching to the Choir, and the upcoming film, Magnum Opus.

Idan Raichel: Piano-Songs

International musician Idan Raichel, well known and loved as the band leader of the Idan Raichel Project over the last 12 years, is making a bold new move by returning to the live concert scene with his solo performance. Raichel says he is excited to share this new experience with the world's stages live in 2017.

Solo on stage Raichel will play acoustic piano, electric piano, percussion, drum pad & looper and even some chosen toys of his 2 young daughters, which he uses to create sound in honor & celebration of his fairly new status as a father.

In these concerts, Idan will share in an organic and intimate way his journey of the last 12 years and how his melodies and songs were written before being produced for the numerous collaborations & concerts around the globe. In the solo concerts Raichel will present songs from his entire career, including his latest album At The Edge Of The Beginning. His solo concerts will be an exciting and enticing sound & song experience.

Idan Raichel has recently been honored by the Martin Luther King Institute for bringing the voices of the minorities and new migrants to the mainstream and for his effortless work in uniting people from different backgrounds, beliefs and cultures through music.

Tickets available at: www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office (201) 227-1030