VERONA, NJ — Our Lady of the Lake School recently staged its first musical performance, “Once On This Island Jr.,” to a standing room only audience. With 21 student actors, 11 crew members, two teachers, two high school alums and several dedicated parent volunteers, the project was brought to fruition in just a few months. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Summer pop-up exhibits are coming to the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road, and local artists are invited to apply to participate. The first pop-up will be installed Saturday, June 2, and taken down Sunday, June 24; the second pop-up will be installed Saturday, July 7, and taken down Sunday, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The 20th annual Memorial Day Duck Race will be held Monday, May 28, from 11:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Memorial Park. Join hundreds of locals to cheer your ducks to victory! There are six heats and more than 600 rubber ducks competing for terrific prizes and bragging rights. The first 13 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Don’t miss the upcoming “Cypher and Sound” event at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road, on Wednesday, May 30, at 7 p.m. “Cypher and Sound” is a forum for local singers, songwriters, poets, rappers, DJs, comics and storytellers. Artists collaborate with, listen to and support their fellow creators. For […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Space. The final frontier. These are the seemingly endless voyages of pop culture icon William Shatner, who made a brief but memorable May 19 rendezvous at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in downtown Newark. It felt just like 1982 all over again as a nearly packed house inside Prudential Hall re-experienced […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center will host American Theater Group’s latest world premiere, “Small Town Story,” a lively musical exploring the theater’s power to open minds, from May 31 through June 10. Featuring a book and lyrics from Sammy Buck and music and lyrics from Brandon James Gwinn, “Small Town […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Six-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Christian McBride will headline a concert to benefit Luna Stage of West Orange on Friday, June 1, at the Montclair Women’s Club. This jazz luminary will be joined onstage by special guests. The program will include cocktails, dessert, a silent auction and dancing after the concert. Proceeds will […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Chorale presents “A Tapestry of Song” on Sunday, June 3, at 3 p.m. at the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green, 147 Broad St. This eclectic program ranges from the classical works of Brahms and Mendelssohn to the contemporary works of Jacob Narverud, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. “The Weaver,” […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — As Cheryl Katz prepares to leave her post as artistic director at Luna Stage, Ari Laura Kreith has been working in West Orange to step into the role. Arriving from Theater 167 in New York City, where she was the founding artistic director, Kreith has been working on the 2018-2019 theater […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Pop culture titan and inexhaustible force of nature William Shatner has played a wide variety of roles during his long and illustrious life: Shakespearean stage actor, television series hero, matinee idol, recording artist, author, director, husband, father, philanthropist, equestrian, globetrotting goodwill ambassador and product pitchman. For his upcoming May 19 appearance at the […]