SOPAC celebrates Halloween with Spooky Tour and live ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’

SOPAC is going all out on the Saturday before Halloween. A first-of-its-kind haunted walking tour inside and outdoors on the SOPAC campus is scheduled for 2, 3 and 4 p.m. on Oct. 28. Each tour is 60 minutes and will feature live performances from costumed characters right out of Jersey folklore and mythology. This event […]

Alligators and Komodo dragons featured in new Island Giants exhibit at Turtle Back

Alligators and Komodo dragons featured in new Island Giants exhibit at Turtle Back

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,” […]

Something to do: Check out a cheese cave

Something to do: Check out a cheese cave

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 […]

Community meditation event planned

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 […]

Filmmaker receives grant to make video for DCP

Filmmaker receives grant to make video for DCP

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 […]

Bloomfield Center hosts the classics

Bloomfield Center hosts the classics

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 […]

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