BELLEVILLE, NJ — On Aug. 11, Belleville residents came out for a night of music, dancing and funk at the town’s dance party with the Alternate Groove Party band held outside Belleville High School. Attendees brought lawn chairs and blankets, settling in for an evening of good vibes and community. Photos by David VanDeventer
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Alto saxophonist and composer Kenny Garrett, a Glen Ridge resident, has been named a 2023 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. The recognition comes with a $25,000 stipend for Garrett, 61, a Grammy Award winner and eight-time nominee. Two other musicians were also named 2023 Jazz Masters by […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — “5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche,” a comedy about five women in 1956 is the third and final show in The Theater Project’s “Three Plays in Three Months” summer season at the Maplewood Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Road. The play, by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood, is set for Sept. 8 through […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley poet Ariella C. is back at it, having recently published her second collection of poems, “Gwen Dust or Something Else.” Similar to her last collection of poetry — titled “It Whispers…” and released in 2020 — this new collection explores femininity within the landscape of our world, love and Sufism. This […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ –– The Montclair State University Galleries has announced “Case Studies,” a new series of exhibitions in the Alexander Kasser Theater Cases. This exhibit, ‘Case Studies 1,’ which runs Sept. 1 through Dec. 9, brings together never before seen and recent works by Damien Davis on loan from Uprise Art that explore blackness through […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage, a professional theater in West Orange, has announced that fall classes for youths and adults — including scene study, improv, musical theater, Shakespeare, creative drama for grades K-2, creative response team for teens and a new stage combat program — will begin Sept. 20. All Luna programs are pay-what-you-choose […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Arthouse Film Festival is moving! After 25 years at AMC Mountainside, the festival will unspool for 10 weeks, beginning Sept. 19, at The Village at SOPAC, located in the South Orange Performing Arts Center, 1 SOPAC Way. Festival founder and director Chuck Rose, who grew up in Maplewood, is excited to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council will present “Festivals, Fiestas and Feasts” in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month and all world celebrations. The call for artists is open to WOAC members — current and soon-to-be — who are inspired to celebrate Hispanic culture and West Orange’s multicultural community. All WOAC artists who […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Critique Group Collective recently held an artists reception for the exhibit “Inspired Landscape,” which runs through Aug. 27 at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road in West Orange. Artists Dan Epstein, Leslie Goldman, Marlene Hendrian, Ann Kraus, Fernando Mariscal, Denis Orloff and Katy Repka have met […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss and the Irvington Municipal Council presented the 20th annual Irvington Unity Day Celebration on Saturday, Aug. 13, at Orange Park. The fun-filled event featured Dupré “DoItAll” Kelly from the Lords of the Underground, Treach from Naughty by Nature, Rah Digga, Lovokal-Re7, and Red Man. Photos Courtesy of Tony Vauss