SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The College of Communication and the Arts’ Arts Council at Seton Hall University will present the following final events for the spring 2022 season: “Jane Eyre, the Musical” from Thursday, May 5, through Saturday, May 7, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 8, at 2 p.m. at the South Orange Performing […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — The APEX Ensemble is hosting auditions for the inaugural year of its Youth Program, led by Diego Garcia. The youth symphony is geared toward music students in grades seven through 12. Spring auditions will take place in-person on May 21 and 22 in Montclair; there will also be a virtual option. The […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Studio Montclair’s 25th annual open juried exhibition, “Viewpoints 2022,” will run from now through May 27 at Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Ave. in Montclair. The show — featuring 50 works selected from the more than 700 that were submitted — comprises a broad variety of media, including painting, sculpture, mixed media, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Historical Society of Bloomfield has added a section to its website containing photographs taken in Europe by the painter Charles Warren Eaton. Generally considered a tonalist for his use of muted colors in depicting intimate landscapes, Eaton, 1857-1937, lived for many years in Bloomfield, at 63 Monroe Place, and is buried […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — A flock of children, from pre-K through third grade, swarmed the playground and hockey areas of Carteret Park on Saturday, April 16, for the annual Easter egg hunt. The reward was at least a few of the 500 colorful, plastic eggs hidden in plain sight and containing a small prize. Glen […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. toured the Arts for Kids Music Mentorship and Preparation Program at the Cicely Tyson School of the Performing Arts in East Orange on Wednesday morning, April 13, to see firsthand the results of a $50,000 American Rescue Plan grant. Payne met with program and school […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Resuming a tradition that began in 2014, South Orange Public Library, located at 65 Scotland Road, is once again hosting a full day of crafty activities for all ages on Saturday, April 23. The library has scheduled activities for “Makers Mayhem: Reuse, Repurpose, Reimagine” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. that […]
NEWARK, NJ — The New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund has awarded more than $500,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations that will use the funds to help artists, teaching artists and history professionals recover from the financial devastation of the pandemic, according to an April 14 press release. In Newark, Newark Arts and Project […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Carolyn Dorfman Dance returns to the South Orange Performing Arts Center for a spectacular evening of dance on Saturday, April 23, at 8 p.m. Comprising 11 dancers, the company is known nationally and internationally for emotional resonance, artistic excellence and thrilling entertainment. The evening, which features two new works and one […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage will reopen its mainstage with Bernardo Cubría’s comedy “The Giant Void In My Soul,” directed by Rajesh Bose and starring Jesse Castellanos, Darin F. Earl II, John P. Keller and Valerie Terranova. The production will run from April 28 through May 22, with an official opening night of May […]