The Glen Ridge Middle School will present the junior edition of the franchise hit, “High School Musical,” on Friday, March 14, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 15, at 1 p.m, at the Ridgewood Avenue School auditorium. The show will be directed by Heather Ballantyne. She has 50 students into two separate casts with the […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Middle School students celebrated National Pi Day on Monday, March 14, in the usual fashion: by giving teachers and Principal Alla Vayda-Manzo, above, whipped cream pies in the face. Students paid 50 cents for the chance, with proceeds funding a spring field trip. As every BMS student knows, pi is a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Hundreds of people spread out across Bloomfield on April 24 armed with rakes and garbage bags to participate in the townwide cleanup, picking up trash and other debris in every park in town, plus a few other locations. The 500 volunteers in 70 different places included Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Brookdale ShopRite employees were treated to a special lunch of thin crust Town Pub pizzas and penne vodka on April 18, courtesy of the Bloomfield Educational Foundation and the Town Pub. Last Oct. 18 at Bloomfield Middle School, more than 1,500 students took part in the Bengalthon walk-a-thon event. Brookdale ShopRite was […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra will perform the second concert of its 88th season, its annual family and children’s concert, Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. at Bloomfield Middle School, 60 Huck Road. Maestro Israel Herman and the orchestra will perform music from “Star Wars”; James Bond movies; various “Star Trek” television series; […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — During the past month, township children joined by local kids, enjoyed the 42nd year of the Bloomfield Summer Arts Workshop currently winding down in Bloomfield Middle School classrooms. The curriculum is under the direction of Jennifer Khoury, the fine and performing arts supervisor for the school district. More than 140 children attended […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Music director Israel “Buzz” Herman will conduct the Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra in its second concert of the 2018-2019 season on Sunday, March 17, at 3 p.m. with a program that will include the Symphony No. 1 in D minor of Charles Gounod, “Somerset Rhapsody” of Gustav Holst and the Viola Concerto in […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Music director Israel Herman will open the Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra’s 86th season on Sunday, November 18, at 3 p.m. with a program including Carl Maria von Weber’s “Overture to Oberon”; “Violin Concerto No. 1,” by Max Bruch; and “Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (Pastoral).” The concert will be […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Music director Israel Herman will conduct the Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra in its second concert of the 2017-2018 season on Sunday, March 11, at 3 p.m. with an exciting program that will include Rossini’s Overture to “Il barbiere de Siviglia,” the Felix Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64, and Franz […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, led by maestro Enrico Granafei, will present its annual spring concert Sunday, May 7, at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Bloomfield Middle School, 60 Huck Road in Bloomfield. The program, “Mandolin Romance,” will explore popular show tunes, classical pieces and Italian favorites. Admission is charged. For additional […]