MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Strollers present “Cole,” a musical revue celebrating the life and work of Cole Porter. The show, with music and lyrics by Porter and book by Benny Green and Alan Strachan, will run at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Durand Road in Maplewood, on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — You know you have made it as a performer when your fan base has its own name. The Grateful Dead have their Deadheads and Justin Bieber has his Beliebers. Taylor Hicks had the Soul Patrol when he won the most-watched season of “American Idol” in 2006. And though a decade has […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The congregation of Christian Love Baptist Church will host a special memorial service on Sunday, Oct. 30, to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of its former pastor, the Rev. Ronald B. Christian, at the church on Lyons Avenue in Irvington. It is expected to be a well-attended event. His father, […]
ORANGE, EAST ORANGE, NJ — The city of Orange Township is celebrating Halloween early this year by having a Trunk or Treat event in the City Hall Parking Lot, 29 North Day St., on Monday, Oct. 31, from 3 to 6 p.m., instead of Thursday, Oct. 27, delayed because of weather; the Nassan’s Place nonprofit […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “Pol!t!co: (Do) You Know Your Place?” — an artistic take on the presidential election — will run from Wednesday, Nov. 2, through Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Pierro Gallery in the Baird Center, 5 Mead St. in South Orange. The will be an opening reception on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 7 […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — In celebration of the 51st anniversary of Vatican Council II, Seton Hall University’s Institute of Judaeo-Christian Studies will host the 23rd Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Beck Rooms on the first floor of the Walsh Library at Seton Hall […]
ORANGE, NJ — When the new documentary film “13th,” by filmmaker Ava DuVernay, was screened at the Orange Public Library on Friday, Oct. 14, those in attendance included Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren, library director Timur Davis, Orange City Council President Donna K. Williams, at large Councilwoman Adrienne Wooten, People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A dancer’s destiny is decided before she is born.… The nature of polygamy is brought to the screen.… A passion for baking propels a woman’s career.… The cultural disconnections about intimacy and a marriage proposal takes on a life of its own.… These captivating stories and several others will be presented […]
MONTCLAIR / WEST ORANGE, NJ — ReelAbilities is the largest disability film festival in the country and will be hosted from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 at Montclair State University and at JCC MetroWest in West Orange. The festival is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of and […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston Community Players invites youngsters with special needs and their chaperones to a performance of the Broadway musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” The show is based on the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles Schultz. It is a series of vignettes, whose main focus is Charlie Brown, a little boy […]