‘Children of Eden’ on stage at The Woodland

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Front and Center for Performing Arts will present the musical “Children of Eden,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird, at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood, this weekend. Showtimes are Friday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 21, at 1 and 7 p.m.; […]

SOPAC nominated for JerseyArts award

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Performing Arts Center had been nominated for Favorite Small Performing Arts Center in the 2017 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards. SOMA Film Festival, co-produced by SOPAC, is nominated for Favorite Film Festival. Now in its ninth year, the annual awards program run by Discover Jersey Arts pays tribute to the […]

Protest march and rally scheduled by P.O.P. for MLK Day

Protest march and rally scheduled by P.O.P. for MLK Day

NEWARK, NJ — The new year began just as last year ended, with the People’s Organization for Progress hosting its 48th consecutive “Justice Monday” protest outside the federal building on Broad Street in downtown Newark on Monday, Jan. 2. P.O.P. Chairman Larry Hamm and protesters braved 10-degree weather outside the federal building Monday, Jan. 9, […]

JCC MetroWest presents winter art exhibits

WEST ORANGE, NJ — JCC MetroWest presents the Des-Arad exhibit, the results of the 2016 Des-Arad Artist Exchange between the United States and Israel, Mud & Soul Clayworks in Fairfield and painter Orna Greenberg, in the Gaelen Gallery East at the Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, Ross Family Campus, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange, […]

Luna Stage to hold classes for adults

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage, 555 Valley Road in West Orange, will be holding several courses for adults this winter and spring. To register for any or all classes, visit https://lunastage.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0NF000001dKFRWMA4. • The civic playwriting class for new and novice writers will meet Tuesdays, Feb. 14 through April 24, with no class April 11, […]

West Orange Classic Film Festival announces 2017 schedule

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Held over eight Sundays throughout January, February and March in the town where Thomas Edison invented movies, the West Orange Classic Film Festival returns for its 12th season, once again giving lovers of cinema a chance to experience their favorite films as they were meant to be seen: on the big […]

West Orange High School chorus brightens holidays for senior citizens

WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School choir members traveled to several West Orange senior citizen locales for the annual “Assisted Living” Holiday Tour on Dec. 20, 2016. Seniors from Green Hill Retirement Community, Woodland Valley Senior Apartments and the Jewish Community Center were treated to a holiday-themed performance from the choir members. Two […]