Native Development is honored to host the Williams Center’s Centennial Celebration, starting at noon and concluding at midnight on Saturday, April 23rd. It will be a day and night full of life and reverence, celebrating the grand opening of Rutherford’s Rivoli Theatre.

The day will begin with food provided by two Rutherford locals known for their quality food, the excellent Italian food of Vapoforno (a new establishment being opened by the owners of Song E’Napule), and the fresh honey-roasted nuts of Alejandro Rad’s NUTS 4 NUTS. Alejandro will be roasting the nuts on-site, and Vapeforno will be oven-firing their fantastic pizzas just a couple of blocks away. The night will be filled with local music as well, with DJ Slow Cites splicing together disco and dance music from across space and time, in the newly-renovated Atrium, and Mokotow, a bluesy indie-folk act, performing live in the Black Box. The pizza will be ready at 1 pm, the nuts will be roasting by 4 pm, and the music will begin at 8 pm sharp.

We will also be introducing our tiered membership structure of the Rutherford Wheelmen, an exclusive program named after the bicycling club that started in the late 1800s. Along with new merchandise made specifically for the Centennial, the support generated from this program will keep our repairs and renovations on track during the year or two before the more extensive and final redevelopment begins.