LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston Community Players invites youngsters with special needs and their chaperones to a performance of the Broadway musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” The show is based on the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles Schultz. It is a series of vignettes, whose main focus is Charlie Brown, a little boy […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section, held a “spotlight gala” to honor two couples who have shown unflagging support of the organization and to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Linda & Rudy Slucker NCJW/Essex Center for Women, according to a recent release from the organization. The gala, […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — In his second season opener as musical director and conductor of the Livingston Symphony Orchestra, maestro Anthony LaGruth has chosen a diverse musical program from the vivacious and stately to the diabolical and dramatic with Kabalevsky’s “Overture to Colas Breugnon,” Mozart’s “Haffner Symphony,” Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” and Franck’s “Symphony in […]
MILLBURN, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills invites local nonprofit organizations to apply for a Community Grant for 2016-2017. JLOSH offers grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. Grant recipients will be announced in spring 2017. The grants will be awarded to qualifying organizations whose programs further JLOSH’s new “Fill the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — NCJW/Essex is sponsoring a “lunch and learn” — “#ENOUGH: A Conversation About Gun Violence” — featuring Mark Barden, managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, and Kim Russell, regional organizing manager for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The program will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20, from noon to 2 […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With no statewide elections in New Jersey in 2016, national issues are taking center stage this election cycle. However, with Gov. Chris Christie’s potential role in a Trump administration, at least one “safe” congressional seat in play, and the state’s economic, transportation, education and environmental sectors heavily influenced — even jeopardized — […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Did you know that preteens and teens use social media in ways that differ from adults? Licensed psychologist Karen Smarz, director of the Family Life Education Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, will present a workshop for women on Thursday, Oct. 20, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. explaining the dangers and […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Come and celebrate Sukkot at Temple B’nai Abraham’s Sukkot Block Party, sponsored by TBA Jewish Learning Program and The Early School, on Sunday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to noon. Join the community for a morning of music, food, Sukkot activities and crafts. Shmooze with friends, new and old, meet members of […]
ROSELAND, NJ — Eight local residents received awards in the annual Essex County Parks Photography Contest. Winners were awarded in adult and youth categories and were recognized on Saturday, Sept. 24, during the annual Fall Family Festival at the Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland. “We congratulate the winners of the Essex County Parks Photography […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — On Sunday, Sept. 25, youth members of Temple B’nai Abraham’s Club TBA kicked off the year with excitement. Sixteen enthusiastic members created decoupaged apple and honey dishes for Rosh Hashanah. The children dined on pizza, salad and created their own ice cream sundaes. Club TBA, for children in grades three through six, […]