WEST ORANGE, NJ — At the beginning of the school year, Redwood Elementary School lost longtime vocal music teacher Joel Perry. Perry, who had been with Redwood for more than a decade, led the fifth-grade and chamber choruses, and taught the guitar club. He was also the 2017 recipient of the NJ Association of Jazz […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The lineup for the 13th annual West Orange Classic Film Festival has been released. The festival is held at AMC Theatres in Essex Green on Sundays at 2 p.m. More information and tickets will be available soon. The festival will screen “Rosemary’s Baby” on Jan. 7, “The Great Dictator” on Jan. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Truly embracing the idea that laughter is the best medicine, a local woman is hosting the “Laugh for a Cause” fundraiser on Friday, Nov. 17, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Inkosi’s Cafe on Irvington Avenue in South Orange, with proceeds benefiting victims of the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMA Film Festival, in partnership with Maplewood Arts Council, will screen the award-winning documentary “Art & Craft” on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. All proceeds to be donated to each of the local elementary schools’ art programs. “Art & Craft” is a film […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council will hold a holiday boutique from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, and Sunday, Dec. 3, at the West Orange Arts Center, 561 Valley Road. This event will feature original, hand-crafted jewelry, cards, clothing and home items by local artists. For more information, send […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mindy Scheier will serve as keynote speaker at the annual Thanksgiving Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at noon. The annual Thanksgiving Luncheon, jointly sponsored by the West Orange Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Rotary Club and UNICO, will be held at Mayfair Farms in West Orange. Scheier is the founder and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Montclair State University’s African Drumming Ensemble had Seth Boyden School’s staff, students and community members on their feet dancing and drumming their way into the start of something new. Led by John J. Cali School of Music adjunct faculty member Robert Levin, graduate music education coordinator Lisa De Lorenzo and undergraduate music […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The first “Poetry in the Round” event of fall 2017 at Seton Hall University will present critically acclaimed author Kaitlyn Greenidge on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge, University Center. This reading is free and open to the public. Greenidge’s debut novel is “We Love You, Charlie […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In 1877, the first movie with sound had not yet been introduced to theaters, air conditioning did not yet exist and Thomas Edison was still two years away from inventing the lightbulb. But the JCC MetroWest’s doors were open, and this year it is celebrating its 140th anniversary, with the past […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Middle School choral director Jacob Ezzo won first place in the 2017 Arts Ed Now “What Does an Arts Ed Now Ambassador Look Like” contest in the middle school category. As part of the Arts Ed Now campaign, arts educators in New Jersey were asked to create a three-photo […]