WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School concert bands continued their winning ways with several highly rated performances at the 20th annual North Jersey School Music Association Region I Concert Band Festival, held March 20 at Verona High School. The Wind Ensemble took a gold rating; the Symphonic Winds and Ninth-Grade Band tool […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Tanya Manning-Yarde published her first book of poetry last fall, a project that was almost 20 years in the making. The writer had been stockpiling her work from her undergrad and graduate school days, in addition to more recent work and her book, “Every Watering Word,” published by Wasteland Press, is […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Center has been home to the work of 14 West Orange High School students for the last month, as the Advanced Placement art students put together an exhibit that will be open to the public through the end of the month. The exhibit, in its second year, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — As the final play in it’s 25th season, Luna Stage will present a revival of “The Man in Room 306,” Luna’s signature piece, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. The play was written by Craig Alan Edwards and will star Jamil A.C. Mangan as […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway smash, “In the Heights,” will be performed at West Orange High School from April 12 through 15. The show won the 2008 Tony for Best Musical. Miranda’s book and lyrics tell the stories of residents “In the Heights,” an affectionate term for the Washington Heights area of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning author Kwame Alexander will appear at Words Bookstore, 179 Maplewood Ave. in Maplewood, on Tuesday, April 3, at 5 p.m. to introduce his new novel, “Rebound.” The children’s author took the literary world by storm in 2015 when he published the predecessor to “Rebound,” his […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange resident and author Charles Paikert read excerpts from his new book “Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals” at Words Bookstore in Maplewood on March 17 — just before Seton Hall University, which is featured in the book, faced Kansas in this year’s tournament. As the book features the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council is calling for artists to participate in pop-up shows in June and August at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road. Various exhibit opportunities and options are available throughout the summer for local artists to showcase their work in a professional gallery setting in the […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Art Educators of New Jersey welcomed 109 students from throughout Essex County to the Hall of Records for the Art Educators of New Jersey student art exhibit on Friday, March 23. This is the 14th consecutive year the county has partnered with the Art Educators of New Jersey to present the […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Seven Columbia High School and two South Orange Middle School students recently won regional Scholastic Art & Writing awards for excellence in visual arts and writing, specifically in photography, flash, short story and poetry. Presented by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the 95-year-old Scholastic Art & […]