MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The 1978 Maplewood Arts Center will feature two Black History Month events on Sunday, Feb. 18, from 2 to 5 p.m. along with the center’s current exhibit of Dolores Stewart’s artwork, “Memorialized Moments: Capturing the Soulful Spirit of Human Nature,” which runs until March 18. At 2 p.m., Stewart will tell the […]
Photo by Chris Sykes Historical Society of East Orange members, including President Goldie Burbage, right, and East Orange Chamber of Commerce President Patrick Reid, second from right, stand in front of the traveling local history exhibit on Monday, Feb. 5, during the city’s official Black History Month observance kickoff ceremony inside City Hall. The exhibit […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Hilton Neighborhood Association will celebrate Black History Month on Thursday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at DeHart Community Center, 120 Burnett Ave., Maplewood. The association will be sharing poetry by black poets. Background about the poets will be given, then attendees will take turns reading some of the poets’ writing. Bring […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Celebrate Black History Month with 4th Wall Theatre at the Burgdorff Performing Arts Center in Maplewood with a showing of Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking play, “for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf.” The piece is billed as a “choreopoem” and weaves together 20 separate poems with music, movement […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Join the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center this Black History Month to celebrate the work of Dolores Stewart, a prodigious artist whose sculptures and paintings are inspired by moments from childhood, family and everyday life situations. Her sculptures in particular evoke the stories from her past as well as drawing inspiration from the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In honor of Black History Month, the township of Maplewood has launched a coordinated initiative to highlight and promote related events and activities taking place throughout the community. Working in conjunction with local organizations such as Maplewood Memorial Library, the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race, SOMA Film Festival, 1978 Maplewood Arts […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students in Kimya Jackson’s second-grade class at Redwood Elementary School hosted a unique “comic con” on Feb. 28 featuring famous black inventors and scientists as part of their Black History Month project. Students spent the month not only researching their chosen scientist or inventor, but also creating actual comic books chronicling […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of the West Orange High School Jubilee Choir, boys’ step team and girls’ step team visited Edison Middle School on Feb. 28 to celebrate Black History Month, much to the delight of students and staff. The annual event brings together the Edison choir and Jubilee Choir, who together sang the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Middle School student government and Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Horizons Club co-sponsored a Black History Month program that featured local Maplewood resident Walter Fields. Students in all grades attended the two assemblies. A journalist and longtime political consultant, Fields was one of the original political commentators on […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Columbia High School welcomed Willie Cole, renowned sculptor and artist, to speak to various classes in the arts department on Jan. 9. Recognized primarily for his iron print work, Cole has had his pieces exhibited all over the country in many galleries, such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan […]