MAPLEWOOD — A new interim principal has been named for Columbia High School. Ricardo Pedro sent a letter to parents on Tuesday announcing that he had taken the position for the remainder of the school year and introducing himself as a veteran administrator with 32 years of education experience. Pedro said that he taught math […]
MAPLEWOOD — Arab Heritage Month will be celebrated at HabibiFest on Saturday, April 20, at The Woodland. The event, which is a free, family-friendly community celebration, will feature live performances, including dabke dancing, belly dancing, tanoura and live music; food, desserts, a souq featuring local artists and vendors, and interactive children’s workshops and activities, according […]
MAPLEWOOD — The Durand-Hedden House & Garden will host guest lecturer Gregory Pope for an afternoon talk on April 14 about what New Jersey looked like 20,000 years ago in the era of the Late Pleistocene glaciers. Attendees will get a chance to imagine First Mountain covered with hundreds of feet of ice, with debris […]
A Food Stroll and Pub Crawl will be held in South Orange on Sunday, April 21 from 1 to 5 p.m. The family-friendly event, organized by South Orange Downtown, showcases the district’s diverse culinary landscape and unique retail offerings, according to a press release from SOD. For one day only, strollers can enjoy bites from […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The Friends of the South Orange Public Library will hold a Spring Jewelry Sale to benefit the library over the first weekend in May at the newly-renovated Baird Community Center, 5 Mead St. The Friends Spring Jewelry Sale will feature a large selection of jewelry – thousands of pieces of fine jewelry, […]
A South Orange doctor will be honored for his work helping deaf and hard of hearing children. The Sound Start Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting children born deaf or hard of hearing in New Jersey, will be honoring Dr. Jed A. Kwartler at their upcoming annual gala. “Sound Start chose Dr. Kwartler as its […]
SOUTH ORANGE — The South Orange Performing Arts Center will celebrate its arts education programs during the month of April with music, art and dance from Columbia High School students. “Throughout the years, SOPAC has been diligently working behind the scenes to support the arts education programs offered to the students in our community,” explains […]
SOUTH ORANGE — Orange High School students will walk the Red Carpet on March 26 and then watch films they created on the big screen at The Village at SOPAC Theatres in South Orange. The general public is invited to this free event, which is the culmination of “DocFilmBoot,” a filmmaking bootcamp that is […]
The Achieve Foundation’s annual Maker Madness event is set for April 27 with highlights including LEGO Master Corey Samuels doing activities with the kids. “He was a contestant on season one of the FOX show ‘LEGO Masters,’” said Brad Schenker, who is the committee chair of the event. The Achieve Foundation created Maker Madness as […]
MAPLEWOOD — Coinciding with Piano Day on March 28, township resident Virginia “Ginny” Johnston is releasing a composition, “Excursions” comprised of five distinct movements for solo piano, recorded with pianist Enriqueta Somarriba. “With Excursions, I aimed to use both tonal and atonal harmonic palettes, fused with a lot of rhythmic energy, to evoke a range […]