About 1,000 people turned out on Saturday, Sept. 30, for the fourth edition of SOMA Brewing Co. Oktoberfest. “It’s a very family friendly event,” said Bianca Froelich, one of the owners of SOMA Brewing. “People bring their children. We had a kids club upstairs, with arts and crafts. There was face painting.” The event raises […]
WEST ORANGE — An Island Giants Exhibit at Turtle Back Zoo featuring alligators and Komodo dragons in natural habitat-themed spaces has officially opened. “The new exhibit enables us to provide more indoor and outdoor spaces for our alligators and Komodo dragons and create a more dynamic year-round experience for our visitors to see the animals,” […]
Broadway veteran Michael McGrath, a Bloomfield resident and Tony award winner, died suddenly at his Laurel Avenue home Thursday, Sept. 14. No cause was given. He was 65 and is survived by his wife, Toni Di Buono, and daughter, Katie Claire McGrath. Born in Worcester, Mass., Sept. 25, 1957, McGrath, pronounced McGraw, made his Broadway […]
The Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley offers tours of the sheep, goat and cow farm that include a visit to their aging cave. The tour can take more than an hour and includes the following itinerary: Inside the gallery: Watch a 15 minute introductory video before a question and answer period, which is followed […]
MAPLEWOOD — A community meditation is planned for Saturday, Sept. 23 in Maplewood Memorial Park. This community meditation is an opportunity to come see what this calming practice is all about, according to organizers, who quoted Deepak Chopra saying; “Even though meditation is an individual practice at heart, the resonance effect of doing it in […]
South Orange filmmaker April Merl recently received $5,000 from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH), for a project within its Visualizing Democracy: Contemporary Conversations initiative. The commissions follow a request for proposals for digital projects that will explore, curate, and visualize a recently created conversation archive on the state of democracy within New […]
Summertime celebrations in Bloomfield Center are not over yet, but one crowd-pleaser is. The Bloomfield Center Alliance, a non-profit community development organization, hosted its final 2023 Classic Car Shows at Broad Street and Bloomfield Avenue. The curbside exhibit is a popular opportunity for vintage car owners, from Bloomfield and beyond, to have their four-wheeled pride […]
Gas Lamp Teens will present “Heathers, the Musical: Teen Edition,” a black-comedy portraying high school students in a cauldron of bullying, shaming, sexuality and murder, stirred by three really bad girls at fictitious Westerberg High School in Ohio. The show, based on a 1989 movie, had its Off-Broadway premiere in 2018 and has been a […]
MAPLEWOOD — The 18th edition of Maplewoodstock went off mostly as planned and organizers will take a little time off before they begin preparing for next year’s show. “As good as can be expected considering the weather,” said Thomas Kerns, chair of the Maplewoodstock Committee. “We got through all of day one. Sunday we went […]
What started out as a videotape comedy competition in New York to honor a comedian who helped many other women break into the stand-up world, has grown into a career builder for women in comedy. “The Ladies of Laughter,” which visits comedy clubs and venues including Madison Square Garden and Atlantic City, will be at […]