SUMMIT, NJ — The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey will open “Olas Caribenas/Caribbean Waves,” an interdisciplinary exhibit that explores the visual art and folklife traditions of the Caribbean diaspora in New Jersey, on Monday, Jan. 23. The displayed work will be on view through Sunday, June 4. In the main gallery, “Jairo Alfonso: Objectscapes” […]
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Front & Center for Performing Arts will stage “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” on Friday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 14, at 2 and 7 p.m. at Saint Elizabeth University’s Dolan Performance Hall, 2 Convent Road in Morristown. Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County’s high school bowlers are getting ready to strike in the upcoming season, and some of them are building on the previous year’s successes. Last year, Westfield High School’s Perry Cuccaro rolled a perfect game to win the boys title, defeating Roi Antonio of Elizabeth High School 300-199. Elizabeth’s Vivian […]
UNION, NJ — Kean University Professor Robin Landa’s 25th book was launched with celebrity cachet in November when her former student, Kean graduate and television star Holly Taylor, hosted an Instagram Live session for her 109,000 followers. Taylor designed the cover and inside illustrations for the book, “The New Art of Ideas: Unlock Your Creative […]
SUMMIT, NJ — The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey recently received certification as a sensory-inclusive venue from the nonprofit organization KultureCity. Being sensory inclusive promotes an accommodating and positive experience for all VACNJ guests with sensory issues and further reinforces one of the art center’s main values: inclusivity. The certification process involved VACNJ staff […]
CLARK, NJ — Every Monday prior to Thanksgiving, contributions of food are solicited at Mother Seton Regional High School for donation to Saint Joseph Social Service Center. Every year during the Christmas season, a “Giving Tree” is placed in the lobby of Mother Seton Regional High School in Clark, where donations are collected for future […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Arts & Culture Renewal Fund is awarding $2.2 million in grants to 96 nonprofit organizations across the state. Since its founding in 2020, the fund has awarded a total of more than $6.7 million in grants to more than 180 nonprofit arts, culture and history organizations statewide. The […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Cranford Girl Scout Troop 40079 created two community tile planters to beautify the space at the entrance to the Riverwalk at South Avenue and Centennial. They had a ribbon cutting with the town on Saturday, Nov. 18, to celebrate the installation of the planters and thank those who supported their efforts. Last […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Two new shows have been added to Kean Stage’s spring 2023 season at Kean University’s Enlow Recital Hall in Hillside. Cherish the Ladies, the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American supergroup, will perform on Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. Formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in […]
CLARK, NJ — Clark students from Frank K. Hehnly Elementary School, Valley Road Elementary School, Carl H. Kumpf Middle School and Arthur L. Johnson High School recently performed at the Clark Winter Festival and Tree Lighting on Saturday, Nov. 25. The groups performed a variety of songs to help the town get into the holiday […]