Come and Hear A Joyful Noise as the Elmwood West Presbyterian Church in collaboration with the Howard University Alumni Club of NJ, Oranges and Maplewood NAACP and the West Orange African Heritage Society present in concert.
We are a group of empathetic women supporting other women who are contemplating divorce, are going through separation, divorce or are facing post-divorce issues. Our parent group is in Montclair. Our objective is to provide support, information, resources and motivation to help them move forward in life.
Ours is a zone of unconditional support and no-judgment of others. Please come with your problems and leave with answers, information, resources, new avenues and a smile on your face.
For further information, please send us an email with your contact information. Rest assured, your privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
We can do it!!
Have a Spring Getaway at Essex County Environmental Center!
For children in grades 2 through 5
Tuesday, April 3 through Thursday, April 5, 2012
OR
Tuesday, April 10 through Thursday, April 12, 2012
12:30pm to 4:30pm
(Sign up for select days or for all three days)
Day 1—Tuesday: Springtime Safari
Explore the forest, pond and river with binoculars, magnifiers and microscopes to discover what makes up the food web.
Day 2—Wednesday: Native American Life
Discover how the Lenape lived and survived in our wooded wetland forests. Participate in a simulated artifact excavation, build shelters, play games, learn to make fire by friction and enjoy a campfire.
Day 3—Thursday: Wild Art
After we search for natural materials found in our habitat, we’ll weave mosaics, create nature journals, pressed flower bookmarks and more!
Campers are introduced to nature concepts using stories, hikes, crafts, exploration, and hands-on discovery.
Snacks will be provided.
SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS FOR SUMMER THEATRE PROGRAM
Musical Theatre Conservatory is offering partial scholarships for it’s 3-week summer intensive. Singing, Dancing, Acting, TV, Stage Combat, Comedy Improv, and more culminating in performances in NJ & NYC!
Open to ages 7 – 17. Scholarships auditions are offered by appointment.
Call today to schedule: 973.868.6259
Musicaltheatreconservatory.com musicaltheatreconservatory@gmail.com
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie — “The Original Book for Dogs” — is a unique bedtime story for dog lovers, their families, and their pets. This event is scheduled at 2pm so dog lovers who are also football fans can enjoy both events!
Set in the years leading up to the Rwanda genocide, Benaron’s debut novel follows Jean Patrick Nkuba, “the jewel in Rwanda’s crown,” a Tutsi boy with a gift for running. Running the Rift is the 2010 Bellwether Prize winner in Fiction and has received three star reviews. Benaron writes a rare, compelling author bio worth reading. We hope you’ll come to meet her and her book.
“Truly fearless writing … culturally rich and completely engrossing.” — Barbara Kingsolver
The MATTHEW J. MORAHAN, III HEALTH ASSESSMENT CENTER is offering free cardiac screening for young athletes, ages 6 through 18, and concussion screening for ages 12 and older.
The event is free, but advance registration is required. Please call 1.888.724.7123 press prompt #4 to register and schedule an appointment time.
Celebrate Black History Month at 1978 Arts Center with the art of Tesfaye Tessema, a contemporary Ethiopian artist blending the sounds and visions of his African roots with his African American branches.
The gallery is open weekends from 2 to 5 p.m. and the opening reception is Sunday, January 29th from 2 to 6 p.m.
In celebration of Black History Month, the focus of the exhibit "Cultural Connections" is to highlight the influences of African immigrants on African American culture. This workshop will extend that idea and encourage people to consider their own cultural identity and its influence on the American culture at large.
Surrounded by the colorful work of Tesfaye Tessema, Dr Ismaili will start by reading her poem evoked by the paintings. The audience will be able to consider Tessema's use of the Afro hair pick as a symbol of his culture and reflect upon their own cultural icons. Dr Ismaili will then lead a workshop for both children and adults, starting with a reflection on the work of Tesfaye Tessema. People will be encouraged to create their own response, either writing their own experiences or illustrating them with symbols, exploring their own culture through its symbols, icons and traditions.
Dr Ismaili arrived from Africa as a young woman and has lived in New York ever since. She has been a writer in residence in many colleges and art centers and organized university events focusing on poets and musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds. Dr Ismaili is a noted writer, poet and playwright as well as running a small gallery - Galleria Africa -bringing new voices and visions to the New York art scene The Springfield Ave Partnership has partnered with 1978 for this event.
Private Cathay’s Secret depicts the determination and perseverance of a young slave girl, Cathay Williams, as her life is altered forever by involvement in the American Civil War. A great book event for both teens and adults — especially teachers!
Meet Horace Bates, a law student at Harvard, as he begins a journey into the worlds of science and politics. Soon, he is at the center of a program designed to enable the impossible — time travel. This is a must-attend event for science fiction fans!
Author Ken Sibanda is a lawyer, science fiction writer and filmmaker.
The story of the vibrant, young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel — current director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic — and his country’s music program, El Sistema, that led him to success. Part history, part reportage, this book reveals that arts education can indeed effect positive social change.
“…should be read by all those interested in music education, community building, and advocacy for the disadvantaged. An essential purchase.”
–Library Journal, Starred Review
On Sunday, Jan. 29, the Seton Hall Chamber Choir will be participating in the launch of the New Jersey State Opera's 47th season with a special reception and concert featuring Ronald Naldi, Metropolitan Opera tenor, as well as rising opera stars.
The performance will ring in the 2012 Opera Season at 2 p.m. with a reception and concert at the 500-seat Aprea Theatre located at 199 Scoles Avenue, Clifton, NJ. The concert features opera arias and duets by Verdi, Puccini and Bizet as well as beloved selections from the Broadway stage.
In addition to performances by Ronald Naldi and the Seton Hall Chamber Choir, the concert will feature Jennifer Forni - Soprano, Mark Watson - Baritone, Jessica Renfro - Mezzo Soprano, Cassandra Lambros - Soprano and Margareth De Jesus - Soprano with Craig Ketter at the piano. Five-year-old piano prodigy Tyler Fengya will perform as well.
Tickets are available by calling Patrycja at the Opera Office at (973) 928-5650. For more information about the New Jersey State Opera »
WHAT: Group for girls (grades 3 - 5 )to explore who they are & celebrate their strengths... having FUN, they:
✤role-play and learn the difference between aggressive, passive and assertive behaviors; examine their own behaviors & choices
✤discuss healthy friendships, conflict resolution, girl bullying
WHEN: 4 MONDAYS in FEBRUARY (2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27) 4:00 - 5:30p.m
WHERE: 181 Village Road in S Orange
LED BY: Sydney Davis MS, Certified School Counselor, Certified Life Coach, E.D, Girls on the Run NJ)
COST: $175 * Space is limited to 8 participants...
TO REGISTER: Email sydney@letsrise.org (862) 223 9054
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE Photography Exhibition
Presented by Steven J. King & GAS Gallery And Studio
Artist Reception: Thursday February 9, 2012 / 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Exhibition: February 1 - March 3, 2012
Featured Photography by:
Skip Dye | Susan Evans Grove | Rick Hauser | Peter Kolonia | Greg Leshé | Jeremy Moss | Lauren Rutten
Please join us this February as we celebrate seven talented photographers. As auction prices continue to rise, consider their images as worthy additions to your art collection. Last year a contemporary landscape photograph sold for over four million dollars. Whether one collects to invest or collects for the sheer enjoyment, here is presented stunning imagery from seven distinct personalities. Camera-made art swings from the real to the impossible like "retinal candy on steroids." Thank Greg Leshé for that bon mot. And that's what it's all about. Their work is meant to pump you up. Come see the following seven local art photographers. Let them transfer you to so many sublime destinations, and fortify you.
The South Orange Symphony, under the direction of Robert Helmacy, will perform Tchaikovsky’s thrilling “Violin Concerto in D Major,” featuring 2010-2011 Artist Competition winner Ethan Siegel. Also on the program is Saint-Saens' Danse Bacchanal, Gould’s “American Salute,” and selections from Chadwick’s “Symphonic Sketches: Suite for Orchestra.” A silent auction to benefit the orchestra will be held during intermission. Admission is FREE!
Celebrity Readings is an evening of short stories and The Adult School’s annual fundraiser. This year’s event, featuring CHS alumna Fred Applegate and Isaiah Sheffer, host of NPR’s Selected Shorts program, will be held at Maplewood’s Columbia High School Auditorium on Monday, March 26th at 7:30 pm.
Tickets are $40 in advance; $45 at the door. They can currently be purchased by phone (973-378-7620) or online at www.somadultschool.org. Purchase your tickets now and help support the educational classes and lectures offered by The Adult School while enjoying an evening of great actors, great writers and great stories!
The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company (www.cddc.info) returns for its 4th captivating season with Inspired, an evening featuring world and company premieres by Dorfman and guest choreographer Doug Elkins. With works inspired by life and a gala theme celebrating lives inspired by dance, this performance brings dance that is fresh, passionate, and deliciously physical. With Dorfman’s sensuous and visceral duet, Keystone, intensely satisfying Hourglass and Elkins’ signature electric and, often hilarious, Narcoleptic Lovers, this program promises that you, too, shall be inspired.
Keystone
Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman
Performance by Jacqueline Dumas Albert and Louie Marin
Music: “Hallelujah” performed by Rufus Wainwright; “What a Wonderful World” performed by Louis Armstrong’ and “White Christmas” performed by Jamie Randolph
Piece description: Keystone is a duet that explores the endurance of relationships and the concept of staying power in a world that continues to embrace fast digital communication that is not aligned with the human pulse or true intimacy.
World Premiere
Hourglass
Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman
Performance by Mica Bernas
Music - Original composition and performed by Cellist Jessie Reagen Mann
Piece Description: Hourglass is a solo that charts a woman's journey through time and space, struggling with life processes, but ultimately being healed.
World Premiere
Narcoleptic Lovers
Choreography by Doug Elkins
Performance by Jacqueline Dumas Albert, Mica Bernas, Alex Biegelson, Brittanie Brown, Tyner Dumortier, Brandon Jones, Ae-Soon Kim, Louie Marin, Katlyn Waldo, and Anna Woolf.
Music: Mio Morales, Mozart, and Urban Species
Piece Description: Set on the company by the talented and witty Doug Elkins, Narcoleptic Lovers uses his signature eclectic movement vocabulary. The work draws on modern, hip-hop, ballet and martial arts, and is a series of “love letters” to former lovers.
Company Premiere
