ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On April 14, the Essex County Board of County Commissioners virtually held its 2021 Essex County Celebrates Youth program via Zoom. The ceremony aims to acknowledge and encourage outstanding young people throughout Essex County. Commissioner President Wayne L. Richardson discussed the contributions of the county’s younger generation during the challenges of […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Studio Montclair — still going strong despite the obstacles of COVID-19 — has announced one of its largest and most distinguished exhibits, the 24th annual open juried exhibition “ViewPoints 2021.” It will run from April 23 through May 28 at Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Ave. in Montclair. There will be a […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — SOMA Two Towns for All Ages, along with New Providence’s Our Community For All and Lifelong Montclair, are sponsoring a webinar for older adults on cohousing on Wednesday, April 21, at 10 a.m., and again Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m. Architect and cohousing professional Lynn Gaffney will present […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The township of Bloomfield will host a virtual presentation on the Essex-Hudson Greenway project on Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. Mayor Michael Venezia and members of the Town Council will be joined by Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill for the presentation. The New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition and the Open […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Montclair Art Museum has announced that Ira Wagner has been appointed the museum’s executive director. Wagner serves as the 10th director since the museum’s founding in 1914. Upon longtime Director Lora Urbanelli’s retirement last spring, Wagner stepped in as interim director, pending the arrival of a successor. When the pandemic forced the museum […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair will present the Rev. Barbara Meyers, who will lead the workshop “Showing Up for Each Other’s Mental Health.” This online Zoom presentation and discussion will be held Saturday, April 17, from 1 to 3 p.m., with a 10-minute break in the middle. Meyers is a Unitarian Universalist […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — On Tuesday, March 23, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. called upon members of Essex County’s federal delegation to urge President Biden to allocate more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Essex County. The letter was sent to U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez; U.S. Reps. Donald Payne Jr., Mikie Sherrill, Albio […]
NEW JERSEY — New Jersey Blood Services recently announced a blood shortage in the region, one year after the region was the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic. Before COVID-19, donors could stop by community blood drives at convenient locations like high schools, colleges and offices. It has been one year since these groups had to […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Vanguard Theater Company has been awarded an $18,900 grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts to support supplies and equipment expenses associated with resuming in-person programming at 180 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, and sleepaway camp. The COVID Critical Needs program was created by the council to support COVID-19–specific updates for […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Brown University religious studies professor Andre Willis will discuss the Biblical concept of freedom in the modern black and Jewish imaginations on Saturday, March 27, at 11 a.m. at Bnai Keshet in Montclair via Zoom. The talk, “Exodus: Freedom in the Modern Black and Jewish Religious Imaginations,” is free of charge and […]