MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Don’t miss the Achieve Foundation’s annual holiday concert with Broadway’s “Charlie Pollock & Friends” on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the Columbia High School Auditorium, 17 Parker Ave. in Maplewood. Sponsored by the Pollock Properties Group, this concert features an incredible rock band that brings down the house with magical […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — interACT Theatre Productions will present “Frozen Jr.,” the local company’s eighth annual children’s production, from Dec. 6 through Dec. 15 at South Orange Middle School, 70 North Ridgewood Road in South Orange. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, 7, 13, and 14, with 2 p.m. matinees on Dec. 8 […]
MILLBURN, NJ — When West Orange resident Mark Meyerowitz found a collection of poetry in his mother’s belongings after she died, he decided to pair them with his own photos and publish them. He didn’t know where they had come from, who wrote them or why his mother had them. All he knew was that […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Adrianna Donat was afraid of beards when she was a child. Her own children, on the other hand, were mesmerized by them. “They were fascinated with facial hair,” the Maplewood resident said in a Nov. 15 phone interview with the News-Record of her sons, who are now 14 and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Jazz students from Columbia High School and Maplewood and South Orange middle schools gathered in CHS’ auditorium on Wednesday, Nov. 20, for a free jazz masterclass event hosted by New Jersey Performing Arts Center and made possible by support from TD Bank. Six-time Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride interacted with student […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage is thrilled to announce a special limited engagement of Ami Brabson’s newest cabaret, “A Change is Gonna Come,” for two weeks only from December 6 to 15. Tickets for this powerful blending of story and song, featuring a live band on Luna’s MainStage, are available now at LunaStage.org. In […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Gallery at TSTI — the art space at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange — held a festive opening on Nov. 10 for its “Open Essex” exhibit, which has 77 pieces from 30 Essex County artists on display, comprising two-dimensional paintings in various media, photographs and sculptures. The event drew […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 12, the South Orange Performing Arts Center hosted a “Meet & Greet” event to engage and inform middle school parents about the AileyDance Kids Residency Program occurring at both South Orange and Maplewood middle schools. AileyDance Kids is an education extension division of Alvin Ailey […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood author Lisa Sturm’s debut novel, “Echoed in My Bones,” will echo through your mind long after you finish reading it. Drawing from her years of experience as a psychotherapist in Irvington, Elizabeth and Plainfield, and now with a practice in Springfield, Sturm deftly captures the lives and emotions of her three […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. invites the public to spend part of their holiday season at the annual Essex County Holiday Lights Spectacular at Turtle Back Zoo. Admission to the spectacular is free and will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. on Fridays, Nov. 22 and 29; Saturdays, Nov. […]