EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Oranges & Maplewood Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host a presentation by acclaimed author and speaker Khalil Gibran Muhammad of Harvard University on Sunday, Jan. 7, at 3 p.m., at Elmwood United Presbyterian Church, 135 Elmwood Ave. in East Orange. Muhammad will be […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, the Reform synagogue in South Orange, invites the wider community to the following free events in January: On Thursday, Jan. 4, Michael Levi, the community shaliach from the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest will present “Israel as a Melting Pot” at 7 p.m. Levi will discuss how Israeli […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Baird Theater in South Orange was home to 15 singing voices the weekend of Dec. 15 to 17, when interACT Theater Productions teamed up with the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race to stage “Black Nativity,” a holiday musical that takes the shape of its cast and crew. A retelling […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Civic Organization presents it 48th annual Martin Luther King Jr. program on Sunday, Jan. 7, at 3 p.m. at South Orange Middle School, 70 N. Ridgewood Road in South Orange. Barbara Heisler, CEO of GlassRoots-Newark, will serve as the keynote speaker. Community awards will be presented to performer, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The achievements of four Seton Hall University educational leaders were recognized with their induction into the “Irish Education 100” honor roll at a ceremony in New York City on Dec. 13, hosted by Irish Consul General to New York Ciaran Madden. Honorees included Deirdre Donohue Yates, founding dean and professor of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Samikkannu Thangavel, the new associate director of the Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology at Seton Hall University, has received a five-year $2.2 million research award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Drug Abuse. The grant was awarded to Thangavel to conduct neuro-AIDS research in the context of drugs of […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills celebrated the Christmas holiday with Isaiah House, a critical safety net for local families and an organization founded in part by JLOSH. Located in East Orange, Isaiah House provides temporary and permanent housing, food, social and financial services to the most vulnerable […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Health Department will hold a free rabies vaccination clinic for dogs and cats on Saturday, Jan. 13, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the South Orange Rescue Squad building, 62 Sloan St. in South Orange. Your dog or cat must have their rabies vaccination updated if it expires […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Mountain YMCA is making it easy and fun for children and adults to stay active and engaged throughout the winter, offering dozens of programs in sports, the arts and enrichment classes. Registration is under way for the Winter 1 session, which starts Jan. 6 and runs through March 2. Here […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The seventh-grade students at the Linda and Rudy Slucker Religious School at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange got into the holiday spirit recently. In celebration of Hanukkah, they learned how to make potato latkes from scratch for themselves to enjoy; to honor the wider community during the holiday season, they […]