MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, join the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School and author CC Minton, a West Orange resident, to hear the story of “Daddy’s Greek Potato Pie” on Saturday, March 3, from 9 to 10:30 a.m at Columbia High School, 17 Parker Ave. in Maplewood. Students in kindergarten through fourth […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School boys’ step team took the regional crown at the Youth Step USA Regional Competition held at the high school on Feb. 10. The team will advance to the National Competition to be held at Newark Symphony Hall on May 25 and 26. The girls’ step team […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Through a partnership between the Visual and Performing Arts Program at West Orange High School and the West Orange Arts Center, a new show show will feature rising stars of the arts community from Saturday, Feb. 24, through Saturday, March 31. A reception will take place on Saturday, March 3, from […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Equipped with thread, fabric and an abundance of love for the craft, the members of the Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild held “Once Upon a Time,” a quilt show and demonstration, at the West Orange Public Library on Mt. Pleasant Avenue on Feb. 17. Various aspects of the quilt-making process were on […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Nadia Starbinski graduated from West Orange High School in 2014 and in the nearly four years since then, a lot has happened to her. She moved to New York City and started college, but soon after classes began she started to feel symptoms of her temporal lobe epilepsy reappear. Diagnosed with […]
Photo Courtesy Denzel Turner East Orange 3rd Ward Councilman Bergson Leneus, fifth from left, sits with the group of 60 school children that he and 3rd Ward Councilwoman Quilla Talmadge took to see the popular new movie ‘Black Panther’ on Sunday, Feb. 18. Leneus is the city’s first-ever Haitian American elected official.EAST ORANGE, NJ — […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The New Jersey State Council on the Arts recognized 18 New Jersey artists with Individual Artists Fellowships, among them local playwright Rachel Diken. The Maplewood resident won a $10,000 grant for her one-act play “Possible,” which will allow her to spend more time writing for theater and to grow as an artist. […]
MILLBURN, NJ — Celebrate Purim with Congregation B’nai Israel, located at 160 Millburn Ave. in Millburn, on Thursday, March 1, with a family Purim megillah story telling, carnival and dinner. Admission is charged to the carnival. The megillah story telling will begin at 4:45 p.m. There will be a costume parade from 5:15 to 5:30 […]
NEWARK, NJ — Hail to the king! In yet another wonderfully strange case of life imitating art, “Black Panther” is not only ruler of the fictional African nation of Wakanda; he is also the currently reigning box office champion. The latest superhero sensation from Marvel Studios stormed theaters everywhere this past weekend, easily conquering the competition and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Some people go out to dinner on Valentine’s Day. Others prefer a quiet evening at home. The Maplewood Recreation Department chose a mid-day date with an alpaca for the Maplewood Senior Center guests. You read that correctly — Maplewood Recreation hosted the first of their “creature comfort” series on Feb. 14 at […]