NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Division of Senior Services hosted the 10th annual Essex County Older Americans Heritage Month Celebration on Wednesday, May 11, in The Priory restaurant in Newark. During the ceremony, Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. presented Essex County Legends Awards to East Orange resident Inez Rosalie Alick Elliott and South […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Oheb Shalom Congregation will host a celebratory LGBTQ Pride Shabbat on Friday, June 3, with a community Shabbat dinner at 6:30 p.m. LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer. At 7:30 p.m., a special musical Shabbat service will feature “Sharing Our Trans & Gay Stories,” in which several members […]
MILLBURN, NJ — As one of the nation’s leading regional theaters and producing partners for Broadway, Paper Mill Playhouse has a well-earned reputation for launching both performers and shows for the Great White Way. The theater will be the recipient of this year’s Regional Theatre Tony Award. Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The uproarious Steve Solomon is performing his hit comedy “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy!” at the South Orange Performing Arts Center through May 22 and he is leaving the audience in tears — tears of laughter. The wildly successful one-man show has been enjoyed by almost […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — If you were a die-hard fan of independent music during the mid-1980s and you are the kind of person who scours local clubs in search of the next cool band to tell your friends about, then there is a good chance you’re familiar with the Cucumbers. The Hoboken-based power pop group was […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Pop Ups — a pop duo that delights young children with their hand-painted sets, cardboard props and puppets — are bringing their unique show to Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel on Sunday, May 15, with a concert at 11 a.m. Brooklyn musicians Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein, who have been nominated twice […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Among Seton Hall’s Class of 2016 is Andriana Fragola, who will graduate with a degree in environmental studies and minors in psychology and anthropology. Her time as a Pirate has been marked by the discovery of her passion for protecting the environment and opportunities to put her environmentalism into practice. “I […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Congregation Beth El has announced that Danielle Hartwig will join the congregation in July as the next director of the Thelma K. Reisman Preschool. Hartwig joins Beth El from Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, where she most recently served as the curriculum and program coordinator in the synagogue’s Early Childhood Center, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race has partnered with local visual and performing artist Ahmondylla Best to launch the 2016 Shekere Maker Project. The inaugural series will enable residents to learn the unique process of making a West African shekere instrument from start to finish, as well as how to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On their way from Florida to the Playstation Theater in New York City earlier this week, Trivium, a heavy metal band, drove its tour bus onto the campus of Seton Hall University for a takeover and interview on WSOU 89. FM. The band discussed its latest album, social media trends, the […]