SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — This year, the Achieve Foundation’s popular, family-friendly Maker Madness event moves from the Columbia High School cafeteria to each participant’s kitchen table and beyond, with free hands-on activities for children of all ages, on Saturday, April 24, beginning at 10 a.m. The event will include: Take-home maker kits. Pick […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center will hold its new spring fundraiser, a scavenger hunt, during the first weekend of May, from Saturday, May 1, at 10 a.m. to Sunday, May 2, at 5 p.m. Players ages 5 to 105 are welcome from near and far to enjoy a weekend of […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — While many people may be thinking ahead to the primary elections on June 8, South Orange residents have a vital election coming up much sooner. On May 11, villagers will have to choose three of four candidates to fill the three open seats on the South Orange Board of Trustees. Trustees […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School Scholarship Fund has extended its application deadline to Monday, May 17. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the CHSSF will not be distributing scholarship applications in person at the high school this year. Those interested in applying for a scholarship are urged to visit www.chssf.org, where applications […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — To provide updates regarding the South Orange–Maplewood School District’s Intentional Integration Initiative, which will begin in September with the incoming kindergarten class, Superintendent of Schools Ronald Taylor sent an informational letter to the community on April 14. “For background, in the 2018-2019 school year, the Board of Education voted […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall University’s WSOU 89.5 FM celebrated its 73rd birthday by inducting three alumni into its Hall of Fame on April 14. Dave Packer ’88 and Cristina Lang ’88 will be Hall of Fame honorees in this long-awaited virtual celebration. In addition, Victoria Haffner will also be presented with the WSOU […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Performing Arts Center will present singer-songwriter Dana Fuchs on Friday, May 7, at 8 p.m. live in the theater, with the performance also being livestreamed. Tickets are limited to 100 for the in-person concert due to social-distancing restrictions. Fuchs is known for her burnt-honey vocals and a musical […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange–Maplewood School District Superintendent Ronald Taylor announced the plan for the next two phases of the district’s reopening plan, as the district gets ready to continue with the third phase of hybrid instruction. Students in kindergarten through second grade, and in sixth and ninth grades have returned to […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — As part of the South Orange Performing Arts Center’s “A Virtual Independent Voices” series, on Tuesday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m., the arts center will livestream a one-night-only live event featuring a conversation with Chris Wallace, moderated by Budd Mishkin, with an audience question-and-answer session. Wallace is a seasoned journalist, presidential […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Good Crowd Events is currently showing “Orange Reclaimed,” a new virtual exhibit that uses the color orange to evoke hope, optimism, and determination. This exhibit was conceived of and curated by the gallery’s visiting curator, Grace Modla. The show will be online through May 8. Participating artists are Sybil Archibald, Paola […]