SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange author Charles Paikert has co-written a new book on college basketball, “Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals,” which features the 1989 Seton Hall – Michigan championship game. He will be reading from the book at Words Bookstore, 179 Maplewood Ave. in Maplewood, on Saturday, March 17, at […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Congregation B’nai Israel’s Lifelong Learning and Sisterhood, along with Millburn-Short Hills Hadassah, will present “Calling Out: Activism and the American Jewish Woman” with scholar-in-residence Lauren Strauss, on March 17 and 18. On Saturday, March 17, during the Shabbat morning service, explore the “Me Too” movement and the Jewish communal response. America’s “Me […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s CYO basketball teams enjoyed fine playoff action. The 6th Grade girls defeated St. John’s on Sunday, March 4, in the semifinals of the White Division, 20-9. Opening up strong, Talia Baptiste had a fast break to start the game with her signature left-handed layup to start the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — This month, interACT Theatre Productions presents the classic comedy “You Can’t Take It With You,” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, at the Baird Theatre on Three. The show runs for three weekends with eight performances total, opening Friday, March 9, and closing Saturday, March 24. “You Can’t Take It […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “BOOKED 15” will run at the Pierro Gallery at the Baird, 5 Mead St. in South Orange, from March 10 through April 7. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, March 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. This annual members’ exhibition of the Book Arts Roundtable is always one of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Washington Elementary School first-grade teacher Patricia Villarosa died March 9 at University Hospital after being struck by a car on Pleasant Valley Way on Feb. 26. Villarosa had been on her way to the Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Jeff Rutzky released the following statement to faculty and staff: “We are […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Due to the abundance of snow in town, the West Orange St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed one week to Sunday, March 18. Step-off will still be at 12:15 p.m. in front of Town Hall, 66 Main St. Everything remains the same except the date, which is now March 18.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Celebrating National Women’s History Month, the Women and Gender Studies Program in the School of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the annual Seton Hall University Conference on Women and Gender 2018. The public is invited to this event on Friday, March 16, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Hailed by The New York Times as “the greatest tap dancer who has ever lived,” Savion Glover brings his high energy and fancy footwork to the South Orange Performing Arts Center stage on Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m. The OUT’KNiGHTz will be his percussion collaborators as he displays the singular […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Several students from the West Orange High School made their mark at the annual Junior Statesman of America winter congress, held the weekend of Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C. Students Mark Younker and Sophia Wadih presented a mock bill on standardized testing reform, and Bijan Terani and Mike Petros presented a […]