MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Five years ago, cousins Dustin and Andrew Dumas, of South Orange and Maplewood, respectively, wanted to participate in a Thanksgiving Day race, but they couldn’t find one being held in the area. Not wanting to drive more than a half an hour to run, they gathered their family and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, located at 432 Scotland Road in South Orange, invites area residents to several programs in February, as follows: TSTI’s series on hot topics in Israel today continues on Thursday, Feb. 1, with “The Big Questions.” Michael Levi from the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest will lead a discussion […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Temple B’nai Abraham Men’s Club is hosting its annual sports speaker breakfast series on Sunday, Jan. 28, at the temple, 300 E. Northfield Road, Livingston. This year’s event will feature Victor Cruz, former New York Giant and Super Bowl XVLI champion, as guest speaker. Breakfast and check-in begin at 9 a.m., […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 13th annual Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network Winter Guard Competition will be held in the Tarnoff Gymnasium at West Orange High School, 51 Conforti Ave., on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 4 to 9 p.m. West Orange High School will host the event and the varsity and JV color guards will perform in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Chabad of West Orange will hold a “Paint Night” on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m. at 401 Pleasant Valley Way. Join old friends and make new ones while creating your own masterpiece. This event is BYOB. Admission is charged. Payments can be made at www.chabadwestorange.com/donate or at the door. All […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Friends of Maplewood Library are three upcoming bag-of-books sales on Saturday, Jan. 27, Feb. 3 and Feb. 10. The Jan. 27 sale will run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker St., and will feature books from all genres and items such as DVDs and CDs. The […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day in more than one location on Jan. 15, packing the seats of the Columbia High School Auditorium and later the Cafeteria for the volunteer fair, and then in front the Maplewood Town Hall and in South Orange’s Spiotta Park, […]
ORANGE, NJ — Every year the poetry of Robert Burns is celebrated, bringing together lovers of the craft to commemorate the life and influential work of the poetic legend. This year, on Friday, Jan. 26, ValleyArts, in partnership with Atticus Review and Garden State Kitchen, is hosting, “‘Roberto’ Burns Night,” an evening filled with poetry, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The last week of January will see the South Orange Performing Arts Center stage “A Good Farmer,” a play that explores the contributions of undocumented immigrants to the communities in which they live. From Jan. 24 until Feb. 4, the play will tell the story of a farm in upstate New […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Living well means different things to different people but all would agree that loving what you do adds to the magic. “Carved, Painted, Stitched: The Folk Art Collection of Barbara Cate” on view at the Pierro Gallery, 5 Mead St. in South Orange, from Jan. 25 through March 3 features one […]