By Editor on ARTS / EVENTS, MONTCLAIR, WEST ORANGE
WEST ORANGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — The award-winning West Orange High School Jazz Band I will be performing at Trumpets Jazz Club, 6 Depot Square in Montclair, on Monday, April 4, beginning at 7 p.m. There will be one performance only. The fundraiser helps to support the jazz band and covers costs of competitive performances. […]
By Editor on ARTS / EVENTS, MAPLEWOOD, SOUTH ORANGE
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — interACT Theatre Productions presents the hilarious spoof “The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare (Abridged)” this April at the Baird Center in South Orange. The cast and crew, led by director Christine Gaden of Millburn, are excited to perform the comedic, fast-paced romp for two weekends starting Friday, April 1, and closing […]
By David VanDeventer on ARTS / EVENTS
NEWARK, NJ — Long live rock! Things are about to get a little noisier in northern New Jersey as The Who return to the Garden State. The highly anticipated stop at The Prudential Center in Newark on Saturday evening, March 19th is part of their robust 2016 North American “The Who Hits 50! Tour.” The legendary British […]
By Editor on ARTS / EVENTS, MAPLEWOOD
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Two young drifters hanging out behind a Vermont coffee shop discussing art and the nature of the universe decide to teach a lonely high school student everything they know. “The Aliens,” a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker, is being presented by The Theater Project, March 31 through April 3, at […]
By Editor on ARTS / EVENTS, ESSEX COUNTY NEWS, NEWARK, WEST ORANGE
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Three Essex County musicians has been named a finalists in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s New Jersey Shout Down Drugs competition. Kalib K. Adams of Elizabeth, Jamari Hall of West Orange and Rahmele K.S. Mincey of Newark, students at Essex Campus Academy, are three of 30 students who were […]
By Editor on ARTS / EVENTS, ESSEX COUNTY NEWS, ORANGE
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Families can discover all that the West Essex YMCA summer camps have to offer at an information fair on Sunday, March 6. From Camp Peanut Shell for preschoolers and Pioneer Trails and Super Summer day camps for children in elementary and middle school, to Teen Adventure Camp and the Counselor-in-Training program, […]
By Editor on ARTS / EVENTS, ESSEX COUNTY NEWS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, Feb. 25, U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. announced that New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, which includes portions of Essex, Hudson and Union counties, is participating in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition. “I am pleased to announce that high school students from New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will once again […]
By Editor on ARTS / EVENTS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — The exhibit “Location, Location” began with an opening reception on Thursday, Feb. 18, and will feature artwork in a wide range of mediums, including photography, acrylic, oils, soft sculpture, and more. All of the works in the show are places, real or imagined, that hold personal significance for the artist. They are […]
By Editor on ARTS / EVENTS, HEADLINE NEWS, ORANGE
ORANGE, NJ — Arts Unbound and the Matheny Medical and Educational Center’s Arts Access Program, two New Jersey-based non-profits that support the professional development of artists with developmental or physical disabilities, have launched Art Garden CSA, a community-supported arts program, to connect emerging artists with disabilities and local art collectors. Based on popular community-supported agriculture […]
By David VanDeventer on ARTS / EVENTS
Latest project from Mr. Ray confronts the issue of bullying
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Rare is the artist in any medium whose creative output can easily appeal to both adults and children, connecting to the disparate audiences at their own level. And yet Mr. Ray has been doing just that with great success since 1994. Ray Andersen is a popular rock ‘n’ roll musician who has been a […]