ORANGE/EAST ORANGE, NJ — Last week’s Comedy for a Cause fundraiser in support of Nassan’s Place was an unqualified success, thanks to comedian Talent & Friends, the members of Orange Elks Lodge 135 and all who came out to support the organization, founder Nadine Wright-Arbubakrr said on Thursday, March 31. “We had an awesome night […]
ORANGE, NJ — Nadine Wright-Arbubakrr and the Nassan’s Place autism nonprofit organization she founded will host the Comedy for a Cause fundraiser, featuring comedian Talent and Friends, at the Elks Lodge on Main Street in Orange on Thursday, March 31, at 6:30 p.m. “Autism awareness is every day,” said Wright-Arbubakrr on Tuesday, March 29. “However, […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Sons of the American Legion Squadron 105 of Belleville hosted “A Night of Comedy,” a comedy show run by the SAL state-level Detachment of New Jersey to benefit the Child Welfare Foundation. The comedy show, featuring four professional comedians, had more than 50 attendees. Following the show, Squadron 105 also made a […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Paula Poundstone has a treadmill desk in her office, but she never turns it on to use it. “Here’s the thing,” she said in a phone interview with the News-Record on Aug. 29. “It makes everything on there shimmy and shake!” The comedian was talking about how she writes jokes, in […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood residents no longer have to travel to the comedy clubs of New York City for a good laugh, thanks to three funny Maplewood women. Molly Reisner, Elizabeth Trundle and Abby Sher have been producing the Roll Call Comedy Lab every month for the past year […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Nassan’s Place, a local autism awareness and family support nonprofit organization, is teaming up with Parents of Autistic Children to host “Hidden Dangers: Keeping Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Safe in the Community, School and Home.” The workshop will be held at Mount Carmel Guild Academy in West Orange […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When Che Tafari, age 12, didn’t get a callback following his audition for Netflix’s new hit “Me Time,” he was understandably feeling a bit dejected. But it turned out to be a good thing — a very good thing. Che had so impressed “Me Time” lead actor Kevin Hart and director […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley resident Jess Appel has just finished starring in the off-Broadway play “Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares” at the historic Gene Frankel Theatre in Manhattan. Appel played the roles of Owl, Cactus and Jaguar in the story, which centers on a young Salvadoran American girl named Maya coming of age in Phoenix, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — In recognition of Mother’s Day, the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge presented a 90-minute standup comedy show on Saturday night, May 7. “HaHa Mama” attracted a sold-out crowd of 100 mostly young and middle-aged women to the stately venue. The stage was set with a small table covered by a pink […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Pleasant Valley Productions Artistic Director Camille DiLorenzo gave an update and 2021 year-end review on the nonprofit community theater group’s residency at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center at the West Orange Township Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1, walking council members through the group’s third year of running the outdoor […]