MONTCLAIR, NJ — Calling all flappers and dapper dans! There’s a secret speakeasy at the Shultz House, 30 North Mountain Ave. in Montclair, on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 4 to 6 p.m. DJ Mac spins the oldest lo-fi peppy tunes on his 100-plus-year-old gramophones, playing 78rpm records from his own collection plus records from a […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Celebrate the holiday season by participating in the annual Essex County Historic Holiday House Tour. This year, the tour includes 15 Essex County historic sites, which will be decorated for the holidays and open to the public for a weekend tour. The tour includes Essex County Kip’s Castle and the Walther […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 10th annual Essex County Holiday Lights Spectacular at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo has begun and free admission is being offered. During each show, approximately 50 animal and holiday-themed figures will light up the winter night in Turtle Back Zoo and the surrounding South Mountain Recreation Complex. More than 100,000 […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The effects of sexism and misogyny are far reaching and their most terrifying manifestation is sex trafficking, according to a recent release from the National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section. How has the internet made it easier for men to exploit girls and women for sex? What compels men to […]
NEW YORK CITY — The Montclair-based Jazz House Kids Music + Education Fund addresses the crisis in arts education today by bridging the gap for underserved schools and families in need. Jazz House Kids does much more than teach musicians: It gives students an artistic edge through tested programs and a world-class curriculum, striving to […]
ORANGE, NJ — For Wayne Smith, a former Irvington mayor, it made perfect sense to be in the audience at a screening of the new Netflix movie, “13th,” at the Orange Public Library on Main Street in Orange on Friday, Nov. 4. “I’m the president and (chief executive officer) of Wayne Smith & Associates and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Midtown Direct Rep continues its 2016-17 staged reading series, Theater at The Woodland, with a presentation of “We Will Not Describe the Conversation,” written by Eugenie Carabatsos and directed by Christina Roussos. This staged reading will be performed for one night only on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. at The Woodland, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 2016 annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon, sponsored by the West Orange Chamber of Commerce, UNICO, the Lions Club and the Rotary Club, will be Wednesday, Nov. 23, at noon at Mayfair Farms, 481 Eagle Rock Ave. in West Orange. Tickets can be purchased at the mayor’s office, 66 Main St., or […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Strollers theater group couldn’t have picked a better way to kick off its 85th season than with its staged production of “Cole,” a musical revue celebrating the life and work of Cole Porter, the renowned composer and lyricist whose songs are still performed on Broadway, more than 50 years after his death. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Oheb Shalom Congregation celebrates the 25-year anniversary of helping more than 40 emigres from the former Soviet Union resettle in this area with a free musical performance by professional cellist and former emigre Andrey Tchekmazov. The free concert will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Oheb Shalom, […]