SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Performing Arts Center received a major grant in the amount of $10,000 from the Provident Bank Foundation to support its education programs, including dance residencies at the South Orange and Maplewood middle schools; music residencies in the Orange School District; school performances for thousands of young students in the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — This fall, the Strollers are ready to put the “fun” back in fundraising with a wild weekend of bingo and line dancing. This year’s fundraiser for the Maplewood-based troupe will once again consist of back-to-back events: a classic bingo night on Friday, Sept. 20, and a back-to-the-honky-tonk evening of line dancing set […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Progressive Theater will hold the Black & Blue Fundraising Gala on Friday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. The night will include raffles, live music, dancing, performances, a silent auction and more. Progressive Theater works to tell culturally enriched stories that empower the misrepresented, people […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — SOMA on the Move, a new initiative of SOMA Two Towns for All Ages, will have its debut walk on Friday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m. The walk, featuring the South Orange Village Art Trail, will start and finish in the Baird parking lot, 5 Mead St. in South Orange. Ken […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council will present “A Collage Exhibition” from Sept. 14 through Oct. 27 at the West Orange Arts Center, 551 Valley Road. An opening reception will be Saturday, Sept. 14, from 4 to 8 p.m. Local artists exhibiting include Carol Black-Lemon, Marina Carreira, Virginia Carroll, Saleena Chapple, Nancy […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Paula Poundstone has a treadmill desk in her office, but she never turns it on to use it. “Here’s the thing,” she said in a phone interview with the News-Record on Aug. 29. “It makes everything on there shimmy and shake!” The comedian was talking about how she writes jokes, in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Luna Stage kicks off its new American Voices Series — and the 2019-2020 season — with” Soo Jin Pretty Nail (and more!),” written and performed by South Orange resident Susan Hyon and directed by David Skeist. This darkly comic work is inspired by Hyon’s childhood as the youngest of four unhappy […]
‘Hope’s Daughter’ delivers solid writing, engaging story
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — It is easy for period novels to become so entrenched in being historical that they become bulky and difficult to read. Luckily, South Orange author Joani Ascher deftly maneuvered her newest novel, “Hope’s Daughter,” through this thin margin, making a readable and enjoyable novel that immerses the reader in 1940s New […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The award-winning West Orange High School Marching Mountaineers will debut their new fall program, “Which Witch,” on Friday, Sept. 13, during halftime at the WOHS v. JFK home game beginning at 7 p.m. The Marching Mountaineers are fresh off their annual week at Band Camp and ready to take on another […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood novelist Lisa A. Sturm will celebrate the publication of her debut novel, “Echoed In My Bones,” just released by Twisted Road Publications, at an author event on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road, Maplewood. “Echoed In My Bones” is the story of twin biracial sisters […]