West Orange High School Presents "Miss Saigon"
The high school drama club present the Boubil and Schonberg musical “Miss Saigon” based on Puccini's opera, "Madame Butterfly," set during the Vietnam war this weekend.
Arts
Monday, April 15, 2013
Friday, April 12, 2013
AMC Essex Green Dine-in Theatres Weekend Showtimes
See what's playing at the West Orange theater, buy tickets or search movie times on Moviefone.com.
The first man to break the color barrier in the major leagues Jackie Robinson is the subject the new bio-pic "42," starring Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Harrison Ford as MLB executive Branch Rickey. In "Scary Movie V," happily-married couple Dan and Jody notice strange activity after they bring home Dan's brother's kids who have been on their own in the wilderness for three years. Stars Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Erica Ash, J.P. Manoux, Molly Shannon, Terry Crews, Heather Locklear, Chris Elliot, Kate Walsh, Jerry O'Connell, Mike Tyson, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Library Hosts Black Maria Film Festival
South Orange Public Library hosts 32nd annual Black Maria Film Festival
South Orange Public Library hosts the 32nd annual Black Maria Film Festival at the South Orange Public Library on Tuesday evening, April 16, at 7 p.m. The program will consist of award-winning works selected from this year’s festival by some of the nation’s most prominent cutting-edge filmmakers, including the wonderful works of local filmmakers, Gerard Amsellem, Phil Weisman, and Emily Hubley. Some films to be shown are: Surf and Turf – This film examines contemporary ambiguities in the lives of Syrian Orthodox Jews (before Hurricane Sandy hit) and how the local culture is changing with a continuing tide of newer immigrants in the New Jersey shore town of Deal. Assimilation is an issue. The look is secular, the lifestyle capitalist and …
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Award-Winning Storyteller to Visit West Orange Library
As a celebration of National Library Week, the West Orange Public Library will host award-winning traditional storyteller and author Aubrey Davis.
Monday, April 1, 2013
The 'Price is Right' in Essex
Popular game show that offers prizes ranging from cash to cars is coming to NJPAC in May.
One of the most popular game shows in the nation is coming to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in a few months. The Price is Right, Live!, which allows contestants to compete for vacations, cash, appliances and cars by playing games of chance like Plinko, Cliffhangers and the Big Wheel, will be broadcast from the center May 26. Tickets, including VIP packages for premium seats, are still available. Contestants must be at least 18 years old. Online registration is required. To register or for more information, click here.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Exhibit A Retrospective on Philip Roth's Life
Photographic chronicle of a Newark literary great now on display at library's main branch
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Whoopi Goldberg To Make Directorial Debut at Tribeca
West Orange resident's “I Got Somethin’ to Tell You" to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
West Orange resident Whoopi Goldberg will premiere her "passion project" April 20 at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, the festival recently released. Goldberg's documentary, “I Got Somethin’ to Tell You," gives a look into Moms Mabley's influence and work in stand-up comedy, according to the Tribeca Film Festival website. She will also join panelists, Adrian Grenier ("Entourage"), Ellen Page and feminist Gloria Steinem in a talk series during the festival, "Tribeca Talks: After the Movie," Playbill.com reports.
Celebrate Women's History Thursday
The Oranges and Maplewood chapter of the NAACP honors Women's History Month at the West Orange Library with a free panel discussion and book signing with five dynamic women.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Exhibit A Retrospective on Philip Roth's Life
Photographic chronicle of a Newark literary great now on display at library's main branch
To mark the 80th birthday of Philip Roth, the famed Newark novelist whose upbringing in Weequahic serves as the backdrop to many of his works, the Newark Public Library has launched an exhibition of photos taken throughout his life. “Philip Roth: An Exhibit of Photos from a Lifetime” will be in view through Aug. 31 on the second-floor gallery of the main branch at 5 Washington St. The exhibit is free and open during regular library hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 9 am to 5:30 pm; and Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. This exhibit is comprised of photographs from Roth’s own collections, most never before seen by the public, along with images from the Library’s Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, curated by…
Monday, March 25, 2013
West Orange Hosts Illusive Magic Show [PHOTOS]
Roosevelt Middle School, 36 Gilbert Pl, hosted the 'Illusive Magic Show' this past weekend on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Richard Kelly
1:35 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
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