MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Durand-Hedden House & Garden Association and the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race will once again co-host “Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom” at Durand-Hedden House and the surrounding Grasmere Park, 523 Ridgewood Road in Maplewood, on Sunday, June 19, from 1 to 5 p.m. Activities will take place primarily outdoors and […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — The most recent short film that Damon “Abwon” Clindinin’s production company released wasn’t actually supposed to be a short film. It was going to be a music video, until at the last possible second the artists fell through. “We had the Airbnb booked and we had cast members coming,” Clindinin said in […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The 2022 Essex County Free SummerMusic Concert Series brings a diverse group of musicians and entertainers to perform at locations throughout the historic Essex County Park System and provides residents with an evening leisure activity. This year’s series features three concert and fireworks spectaculars, five concerts in Brookdale Park, 12 concerts […]
By Debbie L. Hochberg / Staff Writer MILLBURN, NJ — There is something really fun — and funny — about watching 15 nuns dance around on a stage, with their habits swishing to and fro and their arms waving around in the air. It is just so un-nunlike — at least so different from the concept […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Traditional jazz, ragtime and blues comes to Bloomfield on Saturday, June 11, when Miss Maybell & Her Ragged Jazz Band will play a fundraiser at the Brookdale Reformed Church, 16 Bellevue Ave. Generally a trio, the group has added a reed player for the show, with regular player and Bloomfield resident Brian […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The “Stories of Newark” art exhibit recently attracted more than 100 attendees to its opening at Bloomfield College. With input from a new advisory group to the college’s grant-funded Stories of Newark oral history project that had been underway since fall 2021, the goal of capturing oral histories to document past and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students at the Golda Och Academy Lower School in West Orange delighted audience members on June 1 with their production of “The Lion King Jr.” Photos Courtesy of Golda Och Academy
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Symphony Hall, the largest black-led arts and entertainment venue in the state, announced its summer 2022 lineup of events and performances, including monthly soul line dancing with WBLS 107.5’s Superhero DJ Jon Quick and legendary instructor Kenny J, which begins on Friday, June 10, and is free for the first month. […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — For the first time, Studio Montclair presents an exhibit of work by 34 artists who have participated in Studio Montclair’s popular critique group initiative. It will be on exhibit from June 11 through July 15 at Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair. An opening reception will take place on Saturday, June […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — A week before the South Orange Performing Arts Center was set to reopen after a year-and-a-half–long COVID-19 closure, the weather had other plans. The remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the Northeast in September 2021, flooding Essex County and leaving parts of buildings underwater. South Orange Avenue was under 7 feet […]