Campus Tours, Faculty Panel. RSVP requested.
Campus Tours, Faculty Panel. RSVP requested.
Campus Tours, Panel of Faculty, Administration, Parents and Students. RSVP requested.
Come and experience art created by the talented artists of the Arts Access Program at Matheny Medical and Educational Center. Full Circle 2012: Unexpected Art will showcase dance, theatrical and written pieces, paintings, and digital art crafted by adults with developmental disabilities. The event will be held Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 3-6pm, at Matheny’s Robert Schonhorn Arts Center.
This year’s show is dedicated to Mr. Schonhorn, who was the past President of Matheny. His tenacity, dedication, and support of the arts enabled the center and the Arts Access Program to flourish as a state-of-the-art facility and program for individuals with disabilities.
Full Circle 2012: Unexpected Art will feature a fine art exhibition curated by artist Dan Fenelon and a stage performance. The gallery reception will include a tasting of gourmet foods courtesy of Café Azzurro, Gladstone Tavern, 3 West, and more. The dessert reception will feature treats from CocoLuxe and Village Office Supply.
Matheny is located at 65 Highland Avenue in Peapack, NJ 07977. To purchase tickets, which are $30, log on to www.milesformatheny.org/FullCircle2012. For additional information, call 908-234-0011 ext. 260 or email Patricia Cats at pcats@matheny.org. To learn more about Full Circle 2012: Unexpected Art or the Arts Access program, visit www.artsaccessprogram.org.
Auditions for kids in Grades K-8 for all roles in Charlotte's Web, presented by interACT Theatre Productions.
Callbacks will be Saturday, October 27 at 1 p.m.
Shona Roebuck will direct the production. "I am so excited to be directing interACT's first children's production! Charlotte's Web is a childhood favorite of mine, and I think this poignant story of friendship speaks to all, young and old,” she said.
Roebuck is looking for children enrolled in grades K-8 for the productions. Appointments are strongly suggested and may be made online @ interACT Auditions.
Walk-ins are welcome and will be seen at first available time slot.
Performance dates are February 1-February 3, 2013.
Auditions will be held at The Baird Theater, 5 Mead St. 3rd Floor, South Orange. Parents will be required to attend a parent informational meeting Saturday, November 3 at 1 p.m.
General rehearsals will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons.
ST. ROSE OF LIMA ACADEMY
52 Short Hills Avenue, Short Hills, NJ
OPEN HOUSE
for Pre-school through Grade 8
Thursday, October 18, 2012
7:00pm-8:30pm
and
Friday, October 19, 2012
9:30am-10:30am
Please R.S.V.P to Academy Office at 973-379-3973
wwwST. ROSE OF LIMA ACADEMY
52 Short Hills Avenue, Short Hills, NJ
OPEN HOUSE
for Pre-school through Grade 8
Thursday, October 18, 2012
7:00pm-8:30pm
and
Friday, October 19, 2012
9:30am-10:30am
Please R.S.V.P to Academy Office at 973-379-3973
Montclair Cooperative School is hosting a free parent education evening open to all parents on Tuesday, October 23rd at 7pm. "Not By the Book: Thoughtful Parenting in the Changing Cyber Age" will include a formal presentation as well as the opportunity for parents to share their stories and hear other perspectives, as well as to gain an understanding about the principles and skills related to sensibly navigating the digital world with their child. Meaningful for parents of children young or old, it will be a highly informative and enlivening evening for all parents in our area. Montclair Cooperative School, 65 Chestnut Street, Montclair, 7-9pm. Please rsvp at www.montclaircoop.org.
Join the new South Orange Village Center Alliance (formerly Main Street South Orange) on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm in the loft at SOPAC. Be among the first to glimpse our new downtown branding campaign and website, and take part in a community forum about the organization’s goals and tactics.
The Alliance’s launch meeting offers stakeholders the opportunity to ask questions, offer suggestions, and see how you can be involved in the future of downtown South Orange. There will be a presentation, discussion, and, of course, snacks and drinks.
“This is an exciting time for South Orange as we embark on new plans to make our downtown core more vibrant and successful for all our stakeholders,” said Board Chair and local business owner Matt Glass. “I’m especially excited about the launch of our new branding campaign and website.” In 2011, Executive Director Carole Anzalone-Newman secured a grant from Main Street New Jersey for branding services which included a comprehensive evaluation and months of research and development to create an identity. The deliverables include distinct identities for the Improvement District organization, in addition to the downtown itself.
“We’ve worked hard over the past few months to prepare for this launch and our ramp up to providing services and consultation to our stakeholders,” says Glass. “I hope that our entire community, including business owners, property owners, residents and shoppers, joins us to learn more about how we can all work together to build a better South Orange.”
The Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Israel will hold its fall Blood Drive on Sunday, October 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Scotch Plains synagogue.
Run by The Blood Center of New Jersey, the drive is open to anyone in the community, 18 years or older, who is medically eligible to donate blood. No pre-registration is required. A continental breakfast will be served to all donors.
The Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Israel hosts an autumn and spring blood drive annually. The synagogue has partnered with The Blood Center of New Jersey for over 20 years.
Congregation Beth Israel is located at 18 Shalom Way (corner of Martine Ave.), Scotch Plains, NJ. For more information, contact the synagogue office at (980) 889-1830 or Walter Chinoy, Blood Drive Chair, at (908) 230-0062.
Ugo Giannini: Drawing D-Day an Artist’s Journey
November 8- December 20
Opening, November 8, 7-9pm
Book Signing, Reading and Curator’s Talk TBA
The Pierro Gallery of South Orange presents an exhibition that features a group of drawings made on the spot during the 1944 Normandy invasion on Omaha Beach by West Orange Artist, Ugo Giannini (1919-1993). His family discovered the series of 27 war drawings for the first time after his death, dates showing they were made beginning on D-Day through the end of the war: June 6, 1944 to May 1945. Some of the locales depicted are Vierville sur Mer, Issigny, St. Lo and Vire. Also Valkenburg, Holland as well as Germany/ ( Julich and Alsdorf). The exhibition also features Giannini’s related works made throughout his life time.
The works are done in pencil or pen in the gritty realist style he had been taught as a high school art student at the National Academy of Design shortly before the war. Later works in the exhibition were influenced by his studies with Fernand Léger in Paris under the GI Bill and his ongoing passion for the contemporary art of his time. Yet the war drawings remain formative of a life view that became integral to the underlying essence of his art.
Giannini was among the first wave of soldiers to land shortly after H-Hour on D-Day. It was a harrowing experience that would crowd his memory all his life, though he would rarely talk about it. Giannini’s widow, Maxine Giannini has complied a book about the war drawings and letters from the artist titled, Drawing D-Day: An Artist's Journey Through War. She will be present, along with the curators, to read from the book and discuss the exhibition, date and time to be announced.
GALLERY HOURS: Wed/Thurs, 2-7pm, Fri/Sat, 2-4pm & by appointment. CLOSED SUNDAYS
Garage sale with lots of great items - household goods, Halloween and Christmas items/decorations, strollers, furniture, roller blades, golf clubs, clothing, toys, electronics, entertainment center, odd things, and lots more!
Adopt-One -Village is a hands-on 501 C non-profit organization working to create sustainability in one village at a time in Ghana, through education and student sponsorship, among other things. We are hands on, directly distributing goods and providing services. You can go to our web site at adoptonevillage.org or catch us on Facebook to learn more!
Wes Montgomery played one of the most unique and exciting sounds in improvisational music.
He continues to be the standard for modern jazz guitarists. It’s only natural that West Orange-based jazz guitarist Stryker would pay tribute to Montgomery, as he was one of Dave’s early influences.
Stryker is now considered a guitarist with his own voice as well. Renowned jazz critic Gary Giddins has called Dave Stryker “one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years.”
Joining him will be organist Jared Gold and drummer McClenty Hunter.
The Cerebral Palsy League will hold its 10th annual USATF 5K Run and Morning Fun event on Saturday October 20th, 2012 at 61 Myrtle Street Cranford with certified race course through Commerce Park! Fun activities for kids! Race registration (fee required) www.OYMP.net
Essex County CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates, will be conducting training classes this fall for volunteers interested in becoming child advocates for children in foster care in Essex County. The 33 hour training course will be offered in November from November 13th through December 10th. Please start signing up now.
Court Appointed Special Advocates are volunteers appointed by the Family Court to gather information about a child’s needs while in foster care and to represent a “child’s voice in court”. For the almost 2,500 foster children in Essex County, their time in out-of-home placement can often be lessened and their chances for trauma recovery greater through the presence of trained CASA Child Advocates.
In order to be considered for the volunteer training, interested applicants need to complete an application, an interview and background check. For information on volunteering with Essex County CASA and the training classes, contact Carol Costello, Volunteer Director at: 973-648-3351, ccostello@casaessex.org or visit the website at: www.casaessex.org.
Essex County CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates, will be conducting training classes this fall for volunteers interested in becoming child advocates for children in foster care in Essex County. The 33 hour training course will be offered in November from November 13th through December 10th. Please start signing up now.
Court Appointed Special Advocates are volunteers appointed by the Family Court to gather information about a child’s needs while in foster care and to represent a “child’s voice in court”. For the almost 2,500 foster children in Essex County, their time in out-of-home placement can often be lessened and their chances for trauma recovery greater through the presence of trained CASA Child Advocates.
In order to be considered for the volunteer training, interested applicants need to complete an application, an interview and background check. For information on volunteering with Essex County CASA and the training classes, contact Carol Costello, Volunteer Director at: 973-648-3351, ccostello@casaessex.org or visit the website at: www.casaessex.org.
The Masterwork Chorus presents “Tastings,” an evening of food, art, and wine, on Friday, October 26, 2012, 7:00 pm, at the Essex Fells Country Club, 219 Devon Road, Essex Fells, New Jersey. Ticket holders will enjoy a delicious buffet dinner catered by the Country Club and the opportunity to taste a variety of fine wines from the Wine Library in Springfield, NJ as they peruse the art offerings. The evening’s main feature will be a live auction of fine art donated by generous artists and private collectors. Winning bidders will also receive a bottle of wine to take home. At $68 per ticket, this event is an opportunity to enjoy an evening out, purchase original art, stock up on elegant wine selections, and support a fine musical organization. The funds will support The Masterwork Chorus www.masterwork.org, known for its highly acclaimed annual performances of Handel’s Messiah. This year will mark Masterwork’s 250th performance of the stirring classic. For more information and to order “Tastings” tickets, call 973-455-7008 or email us at info@masterwork.org.
Remember the days when relaxing with a spool of thread and creating things by hand was a pleasurable experience? For those who used to enjoy this experience, you will have the opportunity to re-learn this craft or share your expertise with others. Younger people who've expressed an interest in learning how to hand sew will also be able to develop their skills in a supportive, fun environment. Fabric will be provided or you can bring your own. $30
You can make a payment through online, please click on "Pay Online" tab under The Wellness Lounge.
This year the South Orange & Maplewood middle schoolers will bring awareness while fighting hunger in their community using new age media, decreasing the carbon footprint of the traditional food drive, the burden of carrying goods to school and eliminating waste by ensuring that 100% of the goods are what our pantries need most.
Hunger is a growing problem across the country. Approximately 1 in 7 households are “food insecure”. Children need adequate nutrition for their physical and mental health, as well as their emotional development, and participation in community. Local food pantries have severe shortages and subsequently must turn people in need away. They need our help!
Sarah Chalk, SOMa mother moved to the district in 1997, came across You Give Goods and immediately saw the opportunity to not only provide support to those in need but to share a teachable moment. ”Our children are using FaceBook, Instagram and Twitter to communicate with friends. Using social media for social good is a new experience for many of our community’s youngest members,” said Chalk.
A recent post in the Maplewood Patch shared that Maplewood residents donate 4.2% of their annual income to charity and South Orange residents donate 4.5% with the state average being 3.7%, according to How America Gives. It will be interesting to watch how these young motivated children will compare as they bring their enthusiasm and passion to the pages of Facebook and other social media platforms popular with today’s youth.
As both the CEO of YouGiveGoods and the father of three middle schoolers, I’ve had the chance to see so many middle school age kids do incredible things – particularly using technology. It’s going to be terrific to see SOMS and MMS tackle hunger with the Food Fight,” said Pat O’Neill.
All donations collected will directly benefit MEND, an interfaith organization meeting the emergency needs of the disadvantaged of Essex County established in 1979. In 2011, according to MEND’s site, over 69,000 needy individuals in Essex County visited the anti-hunger network. The 18 pantries serve those struck by fire, theft, unemployment, illness and other crisis. While assistance is provided to individual and families, MEND reports the majority of their clients are young children representing upward of 40% of the total population served.
Visit the SOMa contest page at You Give Goods and support our local youth as they fight the war on hunger. If you Tweet, Instagram or use other social platforms, spread the word #SOMaFightsHunger.
The online food drive will run from October 8-October 25, 2012.
Day/Date:
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Time:
9 a.m.–8 p.m.
Locations:
Wilf Jewish Community Campus
1391 Martine Ave., Scotch Plains, NJ
and
Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus,
901 Route 10, Whippany, NJ
Event Description:
Super Sunday is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, which helps members of the Jewish community and others in need in Essex, Morris, Sussex, Union, and parts of Somerset County.. Make calls (easy, on-the-spot training for all volunteers), donate blood, sign up for the bone marrow registry, drop off food, and shop many vendors. Family activities include interactive story time with PJ Library® and Rock and Wrap (holiday gifts for the needy) with a live DJ.
Couvert:
Free. All volunteers are their families receive a free kosher meal and snacks.
Contact:
(973) 929-3010; supersunday@jfedgmw.org
Website:
