Anthropology professor featured on PBS

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University anthropology professor Rhonda Quinn is featured in a PBS documentary that used a team of historians and forensic scientists to recreate the life of an African American woman who died in the first half of the 19th century — before the Civil War and the federal abolition of […]

Improving communication, boundaries with your children

MONTCLAIR / WEST ORANGE, NJ — COPE Center will hold free parenting workshops on communication and boundaries. The first workshop will be Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave. in Montclair; this session is co-sponsored by Union Congregational Church and Montclair Community Intervention Alliance. The second workshop […]

Spa Day at Daughters

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Spa Day at Daughters of Israel on Oct. 12 was a fun and pampering treat for the facility’s female residents. The event, which was organized with the help of resident Sandye Garrison, included facials, massages and spa-themed refreshments. Photos Courtesy of Renee Glick

GOA students participate in pilot theater program

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Last spring, the Educational Theatre Association selected 12, two-member teams for its Model Curriculum Framework Project. Jordan Herskowitz, Golda Och Academy’s Upper School dean of students and arts department chair, was chosen out of the more than 100 applicants for this prestigious program, which is supported by a grant from the […]

Maplewood Garden Club presents ‘Chanticleer Gravel Garden’

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Join the Maplewood Garden Club on Monday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., when Lisa Roper presents “The Chanticleer Gravel Garden.” Roper is the Gravel Garden and Ruin horticulturist at Chanticleer, a contemporary garden within a historic setting in Wayne, Pa. She has worked and photographed […]

County residents win costume contests at annual ‘Strut Your Mutt’

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. welcomed dog owners and their pets to the annual Essex County Strut Your Mutt Canine Costume Parades and Contests at Brookdale Dog Park Bloomfield/Montclair and at South Mountain Dog Park in Maplewood/Millburn on Saturday, Oct. 20, and Hilltop Dog Park in North Caldwell on Sunday, […]

UPCWO presents ‘Love Letters’ this November

WEST ORANGE, NJ — United Presbyterian Church of West Orange, located at 20 Old Indian Road in West Orange, will present A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” starring Robert Pape and Cynthia Ross, on Friday, Nov. 2, and Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. each day. “Love Letters,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, centers […]