SOPAC audience gets two hours of ‘Satisfaction’

The International Rolling Stones Show delivers a blast of classic rock to Essex County

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — They say you can’t always get what you want, but a packed house of classic-rock aficionados may have gotten what they needed on Friday evening, Jan. 13, at the South Orange Performing Arts Center. Celebrating their 16th year of paying, or playing, tribute to the music, look and brash attitude of the Rolling Stones, Satisfaction […]

County to host annual Legacies Writing Contest

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Essex County Division of Senior Services invites Essex seniors ages 60 and older to submit an original story focusing on a special person, life-changing experience or significant period of their life to the 2017 Essex County Legacies Writing Contest. The deadline is Monday, March 27. “Our senior citizens have led […]

CHS musician wins professional cello

CHS musician wins professional cello

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Matthew Henegan, a Columbia High School student, has been studying cello since elementary school. And his music journey advanced Jan. 8 at a concert at Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan when Father Alphonse Stephenson, conductor of the Orchestra of St. Peter By the Sea and founder of the Cecelia Foundation, surprised Henegan […]

N.J. DHS seeks entries for annual teen media contest

TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Human Services’ Division of Family Development has issued a call for entries to the 22nd annual New Jersey Teen Media Contest, which reinforces the department’s mission to celebrate family and instill an understanding of parental responsibility in teens. The statewide contest is open to all New Jersey […]

Meet-and-greet introduces Orange’s new business administrator

Meet-and-greet introduces Orange’s new business administrator

ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Dwayne Warren has selected Chris Hartwyk as Orange’s new business administrator. City Council President Donna K. Williams and other council members were so pleased to have a full-time, certified and experienced business administrator that they organized a meet-and-greet session at the Sandwiches Unlimited restaurant on Center Street on Wednesday, Dec. 14, […]

‘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, […]