Lunar Fest 2024 was Sunday afternoon, Feb. 4, at The Woodland in Maplewood. The free event celebrated the Year of the Dragon, which begins on Saturday, Feb. 10, and is celebrated in many Asian countries, including China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. The event included puppetry, a lion […]
The Gas Lamp Players will be presenting “The Sound of Music,” at the Ridgewood Ave. School auditorium, Friday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, at 1 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 11, at I p.m. A classic musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the story is about a free-spirited postulate named Maria, ordered […]
By Paul Brubaker Special to the News-Record A “tree person” inspired during the pandemic shutdown and a cicada freshly emerged from its shell were the works of art created by two Columbia High School student-artists displayed at the 36th annual Emerging Artists exhibit at Kean University on Sunday. Senior Ciara Navan and Sophomore Z Hunt […]
Tycoon Dog played what was definitely an all ages show Saturday, Jan. 27 at The Woodland in Maplewood. The band, featuring musicians Scott Bailey doing vocals and guitar, Tanya Holt and Kimara Lovelace doing vocals and percussion, Joe Piteo on drums, Nate Stevens on bass and Ken Sidotti on keys. The band plays original tunes […]
“The Sopranos” was ranked the best television series of all time by TV Guide in 2013. The American crime drama television series was filmed all over Essex County, including in East Orange, Irvington, Bloomfield, Nutley, Glen Ridge, and West Orange. Mark Kamine, Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning executive producer of “The White Lotus,” worked on […]
Former Appleton Road resident and artist Theresa DeSalvio, currently living in the Hudson Valley, recently self-published, in June, a picture book which is popular among Adirondack residents and selling well. The book is a series of paintings with a narrative text, both executed by DeSalvio, who attributes its success to the subject matter: loons. The […]
Frequenting the same artistic circles, filmmaker Rico James of Brazen Boy Films and contemporary American artist Scott Patterson struck up a friendship. Their camaraderie deepened when Patterson, who is known as The Me Nobody Knows and TMNK, relocated to a studio closer to the filmmaker’s Miami home in 2014. “We ran in the same circles,” […]
“A Different Man” tells the story of Edward, played by Sebastian Stan, who after undergoing facial reconstructive surgery becomes fixated on an actor in the stage production based on his former life. The movie was written and directed by Aaron Schimberg with scenes filmed in Maplewood and Montclair. Corey R. Taylor, a 35-year-old actor from […]
C’mon, get happy! West Orange will soon be celebrating the life and legacy of former West Orange resident David Cassidy. Mayor Susan McCartney — along with Karen Ranieri and Barb Collentine — are working with the Downtown West Orange Alliance planning a two-day celebration scheduled for the end of July. A historical market will be […]
The Kiwanis Club of Glen Ridge and the Friends of the Glen Ridge Public Library have joined in a unique partnership which they believe will benefit the community they both serve. On March 2, the two nonprofits will host a jazz concert by borough resident Kenny Garrett, the Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and 2023 […]