By John Tierney, correspondent SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Looking for a family-friendly way to introduce your children to orchestral music? Try the South Orange Symphony’s annual Family Concert on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. at South Orange Middle School, 70 N. Ridgewood Road. Admission is free. The program is studded with familiar favorites and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Sunday, Feb. 12, at noon, Grigory Smirnov, the organist at First Presbyterian and Trinity Church in South Orange, will discuss his musical process in “A Composer’s Vision: How Composers Develop Their Work.” The event will be moderated by pianist Beatrice Long. Smirnov earned a bachelor’s of music degree in composition […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The second NJCPTA Reflections Art Show was held at Liberty Middle School on Jan. 28 to award students placing in the national competition. This year’s theme was “What is Your Story?” and featured several types of art to reflect West Orange students in kindergarten through 12th grade, including pencil, crayon, watercolor, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 12th annual Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network Winter Guard Competition was held at West Orange High School on Jan. 28, kicking off competition season for the Mountaineers and more than 25 competing teams across the region. Hundreds of spectators attended the competition and enjoyed not only the performances but the intermissions, jumping […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — interACT Theatre Productions presents “Rasheeda Speaking,” a Pocket Theatre Production benefiting the South Orange-Maplewood Community Coalition on Race, for three performances this weekend at the Baird, 5 Mead St. in South Orange. Performances on Friday, Feb. 10, and Saturday, Feb. 11, begin at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday matinee on Feb. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A story set in 1830s America within a Shaker community by playwright Arlene Hutton, “As It Is In Heaven,” will be presented free to the public by the Seton Hall University Arts Council as part of the College of Communication and the Arts Theatre Program. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on Thursday […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — This weekend at Gallery 1978 in Maplewood, enjoy discussions with featured artist Lula Mae Blocton and 2016 artist in residence Juan Antonio Picasso, a Cuban artist, to celebrate Black History Month. On Saturday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m., meet and visit with Picasso, who will discuss his art, its influences and symbolism, […]
Levine tackles tough topic in debut novel
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The teenage years can be difficult enough without the added distress that comes when injurious adults prey upon children. Maplewood resident and therapist Laurie Levine explores the trauma that can result from one form of inappropriate relationship between an adult and teenager in her debut novel, “Now I Know It’s Not My […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — On Sunday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m., local architect and historian Mark Wright, of Wright and Robinson Architects, will present “McKim and His Followers: Domestic Architecture in Montclair.” He will speak about the oldest surviving house designed by Charles Follen McKim, founder of the famous 19th-century architectural firm of McKim, Mead & […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Paul Auster did not base his new coming-of-age novel “4 3 2 1” directly on his years growing up in South Orange, though that time of his life certainly can be viewed as an influence. Its impact is seen most clearly in that one of the book’s protagonists lives in nearby Maplewood […]