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The Weekender: What's Happening in Montclair and Beyond

Jazz, Painting, and an Emperor

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MONTCLAIR

WHAT:   
WHERE:
  Gallery U, 179 Glenridge Ave, Montclair
WHEN:   Friday  7pm – 9pm 
WHY GO: 
 Author Tad Hershorn discusses the contribution of the influential jazz producer, impresario and civil rights agitator, Norman Granz.  Founder of Verve and Jazz at the Philharmonic.  This program is part of the "I LOVE JAZZ" series brought to the community by Jazz House Kids, in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month

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WHAT:  
WHEN:  Saturday   1:30pm – 4:30pm
WHERE:   Montclair Public Library, 50 S. Fullerton Ave, Montclair  
WHY GO:   Essex Pregnancy and Parenting Connection (EPPC), will be hosting a Birth Professional Forum.  EPPC will gather birth professionals from the state of New Jersey to educate them about the importance of home visiting programs for expecting families in Essex County, as well as their role in child abuse prevention. The event will feature two community-known speakers, Billee Wolff, RN, CD, LCCE and Jill Wodnick, M.A., Community Doula Coordinator, Hudson Perinatal Consortium and Prenatal Yoga Instructor, as well as presentations and a live demonstration of a home visit.

WHAT:   Painting A Song
WHERE:   
Studio Arts, 211 Glenridge Ave, Montclair,
WHEN:   
 Saturday  7pm
WHY GO:  
“Painting a Song” – Painter Jennifer Levine creates an original work of art to the music of Scott Massarsky.   This is an invitation to the public to watch an ongoing collaboration of the creative process.      

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WHAT:   
WHERE:   Studio Players 14 Alvin Pl, Upper Montclair
WHEN:   Performances are at 1:30 and 3:30 PM on Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29.
WHY GO:  Two fast-talking con men help a kind, but misguided, emperor learn that the heart–not the clothes–make the man. Full of physical humor and dynamic, lovable characters, this new telling brings zip and zing to the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale.
COST:  $8

WHAT: 
WHERE: The Café at the Montclair Public Library
WHEN: Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.
WHY GO: All ages and skill levels are welcome to play chess on Saturday afternoons. This is a drop-in group, no registration is required.

WHAT:  
WHERE:
 Tierney's Tavern, 136-138 Valley Rd, MontclairWHEN: Sunday 8pm - 10pm
WHY GO: Enjoy some of the area's best rising stars with Special Guests from Comedy Central, HBO, Network TV, XM/Sirius radio, major comedy clubs, casinos, etc.  
COST: $15

WHAT: 
WHERE:  Cope Center, 104 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair
WHEN:    Saturday  10:30am – 12pm
WHY GO:   COPE Center in Montclair presents a two-part parenting workshop about about improving communication with your child called "Leave Me Alone! :  Improving communication and setting boundaries with your child". 
COST:  $5.00

WHAT:   WHERE:  Bnai Keshet, 99 S. Fullerton Ave, Montclair
WHEN:   Saturday   9am-10am
WHY GO:  Jewish ethical commentaries.  Led by Zach Lipner

 

BLOOMFIELD

WHAT:   WHERE:   Bloomfield Town Green
WHEN:   Friday  6pm
WHY GO:   We invite you to get involved in this once in a lifetime celebration of our heritage - join us for the planting of the Bicentennial Tree

WHAT: 
WHERE: 
Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad Street, Bloomfield
WHEN: 
Friday   11am
WHY GO:   Do you knit, crochet, needlepoint, quilt?  Then come to the Bloomfield Public Library Friday mornings and share your patterns/techniques with other crafters!   Beginners welcome! 

WHAT: 
WHERE:   Bloomfield Civic Center
WHEN:      Offered twice - Friday & Saturday   9am – 11am
WHY GO:  Participants will learn about dog body language, how to assess the risks of a situation and to act appropriately to prevent unsafe interactions with dogs.  For more information about this event or to buy tickets, email adoptatbas@yahoo.com or call the Bloomfield Animal Shelter at 973-748-0194.
COST:   $25

WHAT: 
WHERE:  Westminster Arts Center, 449 Franklin St, Bloomfield
WHEN:   Friday & Saturday   8pm  -  Sunday  2pm  (doors open 30 minutes before show time)
WHY GO:  With music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon (based on Federico Fellini’s film Nights of Cabiria), the show tells the story of dancer-for-hire Charity Hope Valentine’s sweet and hopeful search for love. The Tony award-winning musical comedy featuring lively choreography, snappy dialogue, and show-stopping numbers including such favorites as “Big Spender,” “Rhythm of Life,” and “If They Could See Me Now” opened to rave reviews on Broadway in 1966.
COST:   Tickets for Sweet Charity are $25 for Adults, $22 for Senior Citizens, $15 for Students with a valid ID, and $4 for Bloomfield College Students with a valid ID

WHAT:  
WHERE:   Brookdale Park, Bloomfield
WHEN:  10am
WHY GO:  Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey (CPNJ) is having its second annual “Expand Your Horizons” 5k Run/Walk.  All proceeds from the event will benefit the agency’s Horizon High School, which serves more than 80 students with multiple disabilities from throughout northern New Jersey.
COST:   The registration fee for the run is $25 (and $10 for the one-mile Fun Run).  You can register online atwww.active.com 

WHAT: 
WHERE:  Bloomfield Middle School, 60 Huck Road
WHEN:    Sunday  3pm
WHY GO:  Join the lifetime celebration of our heritage and come to the Bicentennial Concert performed by The Bloomfield Civic Band

WHAT:
WHERE:  Bloomfield Public Library, 90 Broad St., Bloomfield
WHEN:    Saturday, 10 a.m.
WHY GO: Challenge your chess skills and have fun!

 

BELLEVILLE

WHAT: 
WHERE
:  Senior Citizens Building, Belleville
WHEN:    Friday  12:30 p.m.
WHY GO: Belleville Seniors meet every Friday, with coffee, buns and bingo following.  New members are always welcome.

WHAT:  
WHERE: Wesley United Methodist Church, 225 Washington Ave., Belleville
WHEN:   Saturday, 3-4:30 p.m.
WHY GO: Our Kids Club is a little bit of Vacation Bible School each week. We play games, do crafts, learn about the Bible.   All elementary-aged kids are invited to join.

WHAT: 
WHERE:  Belleville Public Library, 221 Washington Ave, Belleville
WHEN:     Saturday  2pm
WHY GO:    Watch with your friends as Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord.

 

CALDWELLS

WHAT: 
WHERE:   7 Lane Ave, West Caldwell
WHEN:    Friday  10am – 3pm
WHY GO:  Closet Sale:  Clothing, Shoes, Accessories, Handbags, furniture, and much more.  Something for Everyone.  All for a good cause - "KIERSTEN'S KAUSE"!  Every single dollar made on this sale goes directly to Kiersten's Kause Donations!  So Please come on down and bring a friend and shop shop shop! 

WHAT:  WHERE:  West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Rd, West Caldwell
WHEN:    Saturday   9am – 12pm
WHY GO:  The County Clerk comes to your town.  During these Outreach times, we process only NEW Passports, Notary Public Oaths, and Veterans Peddler Licenses. No other services are available.

WHAT:  WHERE:  First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, 326 Bloomfield Ave, Caldwell
WHEN:   Sunday   4pm
WHY GO:    The Dapper Dans will present their 2012 Spring Concert   DAPPER DANS & FRIENDS on SundayThis year's show will fearture the James Caldwell High School String Consort, Mt. St. Dominick Chorus, First Presbyterian Chancel Choir, Piano Soloist John Franek, Vocal Solists Rebecca Monk and Danny Spadaro, 2012 Rahway Valley Quartet Champions Gimme Four and starring The Dapper Dans of Harmony
COST:   $15.00

 

CEDAR GROVE

WHAT: 
WHERE: 
The Grove, 691 Pompton Ave, Cedar Grove
WHEN:  Friday  7:30pm
WHY GO:  Grab a group of friends and try your luck at Trinity Academy's Casino Night.  There will be casino type gambling, thoroughbred horseracing, and an elegant cocktail reception.  Over $100,000 in prizes won last year!  
COST:  $95.00

WHAT:   
WHERE:  Cedar Grove Library, 1 Municipal Plz, Cedar Grove
WHEN:    Saturday  8am  (before library opens)
WHY GO:  All are welcome to attend and participate in this relaxing routine that combines breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation.

WHAT:  St. Catherine of Siena Parish 60th Anniversary Mass and Family Breakfast
WHERE:  St. Catherine of Siena, Cedar Grove
WHEN:    Sunday  10:45am
WHY GO:  In celebration of the feast of St. Catherine of Siena and our 60th Anniversary year, there is a special 10:45 AM Mass on Sunday, April 29, with Monsignor Charles Gusmer as our homilist.  A full buffet breakfast will be served in Siena Hall immediately following.  Advanced tickets must be purchased for the breakfast:  Please contact MaryEllen O’Haire at 201-738-3800 or the rectory office at 973-239-7960 to purchase breakfast tickets. 
COST:   $10.00/adult, $6.00/child 12 and under, and children under two are free.

 

NEWARK

WHAT
WHERE:  Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark
WHEN:    Saturday  12:30pm
WHY GO:  The Claire Daly Quartet demonstrates what a melody is, why it's important and why it stands out. Melody is where harmony and rhythm come together. While enjoying music, the listener loves and learns the melody - it's what makes a song memorable.  Free Admission - Tickets are handed out in the lobby of each venue on the day of performance only and on a first-come, first-served basis. 

WHAT:  
WHERE:   Rutgers – Multi Campus Event
WHEN   Saturday  10am – 4pm
WHY GO:  Rutgers Day, Rutgers University’s annual welcome to the people of New Jersey, is coming, rain or shine Rutgers Day will include nearly 500 events, exhibits and activities on the flagship campus in New Brunswick and Piscataway. There will be plenty to stimulate the minds and senses of New Jerseyans of all ages, and all programs are free. Visitors will be able to flex their creative muscles; sample music and culture from around the world; and mingle with Rutgers students, scientists, poets, philosophers and other scholars.  Parking is free and buses will be available to shuttle among the College Avenue, Douglass, George H. Cook and Busch campuses.  Each campus will offer visitors a rich menu of sights and sounds including:
College Avenue Campus -   Visitors can stage a “getaway” to the ocean, outer space or an exotic locale by having their photos taken against a “green screen;” and student organizations will help kids make bracelets and other crafts.
Busch Campus -  Visitors can explore the largest university-based cell and DNA repository in the world, courtesy of the Department of Genetics. Engineering students will send a robot through an obstacle course. Visitors can take in the Scarlet & White football game – a one-hour scrimmage that caps off the Scarlet Knights’ spring practice.
Douglass Campus - visitors can search the Big Dig – the Department of Anthropology’s mock archaeological dig – to learn how an excavation works and make stone tools and arrowheads.  
George H. Cook Campus - visitors can meet Seeing Eye puppies, create rain barrels and learn about their role in water conservation; visit baby farm animal and watch as a sculptor creates art out of ice with a chainsaw.  

WHAT: 
WHERE:   United Way, 303 Washington Ave, Newark
WHEN:    Saturday  10am
WHY GO:  United Way of Essex and West Hudson is hosting a FREE community health and wellness fair.  Participants will have an opportunity to connect with community agencies who will provide resources, educational workshops and health screenings. Bring the family. There will be: Fun activities, Giveaways, Raffles.

WHAT:   
WHERE:  Rutgers, 175 University Ave, Newark
WHEN:   Friday  10am – 3pm;  Saturday   10am – 6pm
WHY GO:  The Harlem Book Fair (HBF)-Newark launches as a dynamic multi-cultural community based literary festival that has as its theme “Let us Read.” The book fair will engage families, avid readers, aspiring writers and visitors to the city.   Friday’s event schedule, titled “Family Fun,” will run from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., and target students, parents and educators in the following fun-filled activities.   Saturday’s event schedule will run from 10 – 6 p.m. and will feature authors, poets, illustrators and entertainers in the following activities.

WHAT:  
WHERE:  Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark
WHEN:    Sunday  10am – 4:30pm
WHY GO:  Meet and interact with ‘Mighty T-Rex’ (provided by Field Station: Dinosaurs), a 15-foot-long, animatronic.  Families will also have the opportunity to make fossil rubbings, dig for fossils, join in live animal presentations, and sluice for gemstones.
COST:   Children, Seniors & Students with Valid I.D.: $6; Adults: $10; Members: Free  

 

NUTLEY

WHAT:  
WHERE: 
Nutley Little Theater, 47 Erie Pl, Nutley
WHEN:  
Evening performances are at 8pm on April 26, 27 and 28. Matinees are 2pm on April 28.
WHY GO:  In the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, unfolds this darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties. Mag, her manipulative, aging mother, interferes in Maureen's first and possibly final chance for a loving relationship, setting in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play's terrifying dénouement.

WHAT:  
WHERE:   Nutley Public Library, 93 Booth Drive, Nutley
WHEN:    Friday & Saturday  10am – 4pm
WHY GO:  Books, DVDs, CDs and more will be available. Any purchase supports the Friends of the Library and the many library programs they sponsor.)

WHAT:  WHERE:  Parks & Recreation Building, 44 Park Ave, Nutley
WHEN:    Saturday  7pm  (7:45 Bell Time)
WHY GO:  Headlining the extravaganza are main event bouts with WWE Hall of Famer Tito Santana and WWE Legend The Rocker Marty Jannetty.  Santana and Jannetty are former Intercontinental and Tag Team Champions.  WWE Legend Young Stallion Jim Powers, a former Survivor Series winner, hosts a meet and greet session.  Nutley High School graduate Kevin Knight will defend the IWF Heavyweight Title.
COST:    Tickets are $22 VIP Ringside, $18 Ringside Floor, and $12 General Admission.  Groups of 6 or more save $2 per ticket.   973-284-4966     

 

VERONA

WHAT:
WHERE
: Verona Community Center Annex, 880 Bloomfield Ave, Verona
WHEN: Friday 1pm
WHY GO: Drop in on FRIDAYS from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to play or to socialize at the Community Center Annex. No registration required.

WHAT:  
WHERE
:  1st Presbyterian Church of Verona, 10 Fairview Ave, Verona
WHEN:  Saturday  9am – 10:30am
WHY GO: 
Our mission starts and ends with helping you achive your weight loss or fitness goals in a fun, supportive, community rich with people who will encourage you towards your goals. Our free workouts are on Thursdays @ 7pm and Saturdays @ 9am 

WHAT: 
WHERE:   Dekko & Co, 470 Bloomfield Ave, Verona
WHEN:    Sunday  10am – 6pm
WHY GO:   Come show your support to Kiersten Parks who was badly burned last month when a fire started in her home.  Hair Cuts or Blow Outs: $20, Red Hair Extensions: $10 each. Manicures: $10. Lip or Eye Brow Wax: $10, Bake Sale and Tricky Tray.  

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