WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School choir members traveled to several West Orange senior citizen locales for the annual “Assisted Living” Holiday Tour on Dec. 20, 2016. Seniors from Green Hill Retirement Community, Woodland Valley Senior Apartments and the Jewish Community Center were treated to a holiday-themed performance from the choir members. Two […]
WHIPPANY, NJ — The 18th annual Gaelen Juried Art Show & Sale, sponsored by the Audrey & Norbert Gaelen Endowment, announces a call for entries for this year’s show. Categories for entry are: oil, acrylic or watercolor painting; mixed media; sculpture; drawing or pastels; and photography. The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Jewish Family Service of MetroWest in conjunction with Greater MetroWest ABLE is presenting “What About Me?” — a parenting workshop to support siblings of children with special needs — on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. This workshop will […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — JCC MetroWest presents an exciting and unusual exhibit of felting and other fiber arts by the Northeast Feltmakers Guild. The exhibit takes place in the Gaelen Gallery East at the Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, Ross Family Campus, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. The exhibit will be on view Nov. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A dancer’s destiny is decided before she is born.… The nature of polygamy is brought to the screen.… A passion for baking propels a woman’s career.… The cultural disconnections about intimacy and a marriage proposal takes on a life of its own.… These captivating stories and several others will be presented […]
MONTCLAIR / WEST ORANGE, NJ — ReelAbilities is the largest disability film festival in the country and will be hosted from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 at Montclair State University and at JCC MetroWest in West Orange. The festival is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of and […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The opportunity to experience a handpicked series of foreign films about Israeli culture, all directed by Israeli filmmakers, is now available to cinema enthusiasts and history buffs at the South Orange Performing Arts Center and the JCC MetroWest in West Orange as part of “La Cinematheque Film Club,” hosted by South […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The RSVP Center of Essex and Hudson Counties is planning a disaster kit packing and distribution event where volunteers ages 55 and older will assemble disaster kits to assist seniors in the MetroWest communities in case of an emergency. RSVP is currently recruiting volunteers to participate in the event. The event […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — JCC MetroWest presents an exhibit of paintings and mixed media by Gaelen Juried Art Show award winners Lorraine DeProspo and Ellen Hark. The exhibit, which takes place in the Gaelen Gallery East at the Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, Ross Family Campus, 760 Northfield Ave. in West Orange, will be on […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — JCC MetroWest recently announced that Jon Rudnitsky, a cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” will be hosting its L’Dor V’Dor Gala, taking place at Crystal Plaza in Livingston at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23. Rudnitsky is the grandson of Marilyn and Lester Bornstein, two of the distinguished gala honorees. “We […]