MAPLEWOOD, NJ — 1978 Maplewood Arts Center celebrates Black History Month with a tribute exhibit and estate sale featuring the artistic creation of the late Eleta J. Caldwell, which opens Saturday, Jan. 19. An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9, from 2 to 6 p.m. This exhibit is curated by Nettie Thomas and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Walsh Gallery presents “Strange Attractors,” a group exhibition conceived as an extension of a symposium hosted at New York City’s CUE Art Foundation in November 2017. The exhibition is on view from Jan. 14 to March 8, with an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A recent art project at Tuscan School was featured in the the ARTS ED NJ newsletter this January. ARTS ED NJ is a statewide arts education advocacy organization and serves as a resource for arts education information, policy and advocacy in New Jersey. The newsletter read, in part: “Tuscan School received a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Gaelen Center for the Arts at JCC MetroWest will have a multi-faceted selection of arts and cultural programing for 2019. Building upon their already successful New Jersey Jewish Film Festival, popular youth theater programs and art gallery exhibitions, the coming season will include a Conservatory Chamber Music Concert Series, authors […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Auditions for the Seton Hall University choir and orchestra are open to the public through Friday, Jan. 25. Anyone who is interested in exhibiting his or her musical talents can audition for the ensembles. The choirs and orchestra are both led by Jason Tramm, assistant professor and director of choral activities […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The year just started, but Luna Stage is in the middle of its theater season, and on Monday started rehearsals for “Roan @ the Gates,” a play about internet privacy and the risks of whistleblowing. The show, which features a two-person cast, will make its world premiere at Luna on Feb. […]
NEW YORK CITY — Vanguard Theater Company, based in Maplewood, will present “Runaways,” by Elizabeth Swados, for four performances only on January 18 through 20 at the American Theater for Actors, 314 W 54th St., New York City. “Runaways” is a musical collage about the hopes, dreams, fears, frustrations, loneliness, humor and anger of young […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage will launch 2019 with the world premiere of Christina Gorman’s cyber-security romance “Roan @ The Gates,” directed by Michelle Tattenbaum. An exploration of internet privacy and the risks of whistleblowing, this suspenseful new play examines the cost of doing the right thing. Previews begin Thursday, Jan. 31, and the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council presents an “Afro Cuban Folklore Art” exhibit, featuring the original paintings of local artist Alberto Hernandez. The exhibit runs through Jan. 27 at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road. There will be an artist’s reception on Sunday, Jan. 13, from 3 to 6 p.m., […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Classic Film Festival is back, screening movies through February at AMC Dine-in Theatres in Essex Green on Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at www.amctheatres.com; West Orange Arts Council members may receive discounted tickets. The festival kicked off Jan. 6 by screening 1950’s “All About Eve.” The […]