MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Friday, May 20, was a special day at Columbia High School as more than 300 students performed in the school’s highly anticipated 14th annual Shakespeare Festival. Participants from grades 10 through 12 took to the stage all day to perform an impressive nine shows, one per class period. Close to 2,000 students, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Floods Hill in South Orange is the place to be each Wednesday evening all summer long. Beginning in June, enjoy arts and crafts in a scenic park setting. As the evenings get longer, “Taste the Music” takes center stage, complete with free concerts, food trucks, arts activities and games for the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — MayFest, Maplewood’s largest street fair, returns Memorial Day weekend on Sunday, May 29, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the fair runs along Springfield Avenue from Indiana Street to Rutgers Street. This family-friendly event includes lots of activities for children — pony rides, a petting zoo, face painting and crafts, just to […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The award-winning professional company The Theater Project has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to produce the musical “Crowns” at its home base in Maplewood’s Burgdorff Center for the Arts. Performances will run Sept. 29 through Oct. 23 on Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at […]
WHIPPANY, NJ — The winners of the 17th annual Gaelen Juried Art Show & Sale, sponsored by Audrey and Norbert Gaelen of West Orange, were announced at the opening reception on Sunday, May 15. The show will run through Sunday, June 26, at the Gaelen Gallery West, Aidekman Family Campus, 901 Route 10 East, Whippany. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Musicals and mentorship take on a whole new twist as the Vanguard Theater Company presents its Broadway Buddy Mentorship cabaret on Sunday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m. at South Orange Middle School, with proceeds benefiting the Vanguard Kids Summer Camp Scholarship Fund. The cabaret will feature duet and solo selections from […]
NEWARK, NJ – Singer Faith Evans kicked off the Newark Celebration 350 Founders Weekend Festival in a concert at Newark Symphony Hall on Friday, May 13. The weekend festival of music, culture and entertainment celebrated the 350th anniversary of Newark’s founding.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Five months of hard work paid off as the Roosevelt Middle School production of “The Lion King Jr.” brought audiences to its feet at its May 12 debut. With lush sets, costumes and lighting, the production was visually stunning. Complex harmonies on iconic songs like “Circle of Life” impressed, and a […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School student Isaiah Thomas, this year’s Maplewood Glee Club Scholarship winner, brought down the house with standing ovations April 30 at the club’s spring concert at Prospect Presbyterian Church in Maplewood. This young artist, though only a senior at Columbia, is outstandingly talented as a singer, pianist and organist, according […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange and Maplewood students will perform in Vanguard Theater Company’s Broadway Buddy Mentorship Cabaret on Sunday, May 22, at South Orange Middle School at 7:30 p.m. The cabaret will also showcase Broadway professionals from shows including “Hamilton,” “Aladdin,” “School of Rock” and “The Color Purple,” among others, who, through Vanguard’s […]