Maplewood resident and New York Times best-selling author, Alan Paul, is gearing up for the celebration of the release of his new book, “Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Album that Defined the ’70s.” The event will be held Thursday, July 20, at Words Bookstore in Maplewood at 7:30 p.m. The book […]
MILLBURN — Paper Mill has just announced the fourth season of its Brookside Cabaret. The cabaret will run for 8 weeks beginning Wednesday, July 19 and will include a lineup of cabaret and Broadway greats. In addition to enjoying top-notch entertainment, patrons can enjoy fine dining on the intimate brookside patio at the F.M. Kirby […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School student Mac Silverstein has won a 2023 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award as Outstanding Performer in a Featured Role for his performance as “Brother Jeremiah” in the school’s production of “Something Rotten!” Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in […]
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — The shuttered movie theater on Maplewood Avenue is still waiting for a new occupant. Closed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the theater never reopened to the public and is available for lease. The building is owned by Vinnie Loffredo, who is also the owner of next-door neighbor pizza restaurant Roman […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The work of art students at Bloomfield High School is on display in two third-floor galleries and the library under the banner of “BHS Related Arts Festival.” Two- and three-dimensional work is shown and much of it, according to sculpture teacher Michelle Piano, is college level. In one gallery, three-dimensional work is […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — When the publisher Quirk Books was looking to launch a series about supernatural phenomena for kids in the middle grades, writer Insha Fitzpatrick immediately knew she wanted in. A lifelong horror fan, Fitzpatrick penned the first book in the “Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural” series, released on March 28. […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — NO LAUGHING MATTER — Less than five years after actor Joaquin Phoenix roamed the streets of downtown Newark as the maniacal Clown Prince of Crime, Hollywood returned to the Garden State to film pivotal scenes for ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ in Belleville. The upcoming sequel to the original, critically acclaimed 2019 blockbuster […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — From creating his first film, a parody of Jurassic Park on VHS for an English project when he was in seventh grade at Roosevelt Middle School, to winning at the Sundance Film Festival recently, West Orange native Matt Stryker has come a long way. The 13-minute coming-of-age film, “When You Left […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The life and work of Newark native and titan of late-20th century American literature, Philip Roth, will be discussed, performed, read, and his influences examined, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center next weekend. Commemorating the March 19 anniversary of his 90th birthday with “Philip Roth Unbound,” NJPAC will present, March […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Mayor Ted Green hosted a “Generational Wealth” art show at city hall on Feb. 14, displaying the work of the Onque Family for Black History Month. The Onques played an instrumental role in the creation of the Black Lives Matter mural at Manufacture’s Village. The family goes by the […]