JEWELRY SALE: The Friends of the South Orange Public Library held a jewelry sale last weekend in the Baird Community Center on Mead Street. The sale featured thousands of pieces of fine jewelry, designer jewelry, a large collection of distinctive artisanal jewelry, sterling silver pieces, brand names, precious stones, vintage pieces, pierced earrings and clip earrings, necklaces, […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The Meadowland Park Conservancy held an anniversary get together on Saturday next to the skate house in the park. The event included a short presentation covering priorities for the future and details about what was learned through a survey of park users. “We did a survey and the number one thing people […]
MAPLEWOOD — The first ever Columbia High School Ultimate “Founder’s Day” will be held on Saturday, Nov. 30 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Underhill Field. The event celebrates the birth of Ultimate Frisbee at CHS in 1968, and is the evolution of the annual alumni vs current CHS team that has been played […]
Kristy Graves, stalwart director of the Gas Lamp Players, will perform in the community theater’s upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies.” A veteran actress, Graves began her professional career at 10, touring nationally as Annie in the eponymous hit musical. Leaving the role at 13, she has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in films, TV, sang […]
Elusive Sounds presented the Maplewood Record Fair at the Woodland recently. There were more than 40 tables filled with new and used vinyl records, cassettes, CDs, 8-tracks, toys, comics, vintage clothes, stereo equipment, musical instruments, rare books and magazines, classic video games and more. There was also vegan and vegetarian food available. The venue was […]
EAST ORANGE — The Grammys came to East Orange last week. The Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts hosted a day full of seminars on how to break into show business featuring Grammy Award winning singer and actress CoCo Jones and other music industry professionals who are part of the Record […]
Bloomfield observed Veterans Day on Monday with a parade from Town Hall to the war monument on Franklin Street. Only perhaps two dozen chairs were arranged for the ceremony, but there was a fair number of veterans on hand, all standing. The weather was fine, sunny with occasional gusts of wind. The emcee of the […]
The Gas Lamp Junior Mainstage Players will present “Singin’ in the Rain” on Friday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov 17, at 1 p.m. The stage musical is based on the 1952 movie musical starring Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood, Debbie Reynolds as Kathy […]
NUTLEY — A Trunk or Treat event was held Sunday, Oct. 27 at Vincent United Methodist Church. For a $5 donation, kids got a chance to get treats at more than a dozen trunks parked in the church parking lot and the opportunity to try different crafts and games. Proceeds from the event went to […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore The 42nd annual Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade was held on Sunday, Oct. 13. The grand marshal was Marialena Marzullo. The parade began at Belleville High School and traveled along Joralemon Street to Franklin Avenue before ending at the Nutley Park Oval. At bottom right, even The Caped Crusader and The Boy […]