WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs has a month-long schedule of free activities to celebrate July as National Parks and Recreation Month. On Monday evenings, July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, there will be yoga for adults at 6:30 p.m. Classes are suitable for beginners and […]
ORANGE, NJ — Armisey Smith noticed some of the students in the art classes she runs stood out. They had confidence, patience and a willingness to help others — markers of a good teacher. But these were retirees, participants in Arts Unbound’s art classes for local senior citizens, not professional artists. “I knew from my […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When Scotland Avenue becomes Valley Street you enter downtown South Orange. Just past the traffic light, on the right side of the road, four new works of art grace the walls of a low-slung building. These works utilize the large covered windows on the back of Pandang Restaurant as surfaces for […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Playin’ Around South Orange is back! South Orange Performing Arts Center, the village of South Orange, Seton Hall University and South Orange Village Center Alliance recently announced that the application process for visual artists is now open for the fifth annual Playin’ Around South Orange, a public art project that features […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — “My America” opened Sunday, June 25 at the ACL Art Gallery, 2110 Town Center Way in Livingston. Meet local artists and see the amazing talents of some of your neighbors. Refreshments will be served. The “My America” show runs until Sept. 11. In keeping with the theme of “My America,” artists will […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — If you’re looking to get out of town, put that trip to the shore on hold and allow yourself to be instead transported via an enchanted flying carpet into the exciting world of Agrabah with the Community Access Unlimited Community Players’ production of “Aladdin Jr.” at the Rahway High School Center for […]
ORANGE, NJ — When National Gun Violence Awareness Day was observed on Friday, June 2, Reggie Miller, the coordinator of the Rutgers University Male Student Support Program at Orange Preparatory Academy, marked the occasion by hosting a student rally on the steps of the school, then organized a human chain across the street at the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — This year’s variety show at Seth Boyden, held May 13, brought together a series of original fifth-grade skits with acts by students in the younger grades. The title of the show, aptly, was “Unity.” The event was the culmination of the 10-week Fifth Grade Performance Project, a labor of love for veteran […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Help Jamaica Medical Mission donated gowns to three young ladies and professional cosmetic makeup services to three others attending their senior prom at the Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts Class of 2017 on Friday, June 2. Help JaMM is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in East Orange that […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Summer will be a busy time at the Chris Gatling Recreation Center on Union Avenue, which will offer a new arts and culture program, including dance, in addition to a host of other programs and activities scheduled to keep young people safe, engaged and active after schools close for summer. “The most […]