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Wynona’s House Hosts Fundraiser

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:30pm | COMMENTS (0)

Wynona’s House, an child advocacy center in Newark, will host its 4th Annual Steel Magnolia Awards Benefit on June 7 from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m, at McLoone’s Boat House.

Wynona’s House promotes justice and healing for child victims of abuse and violence by coordinating investigation, prosecution, treatment, and prevention service for Essex County children and families. This year, they will honor Hedge Funds Care and Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey.

Hedge Funds Care is an international charity, supported largely by the hedge fund industry, whose sole mission is preventing and treating child abuse. It has two goals: to raise as much money as possible to fund the programs that do the preventing and treating and to showcase the philanthropy of the hedge fund industry. Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey is a nonprofit organization working to end child abuse. Their mission is to prevent child abuse in all of its forms, for all of New Jersey’s children.

Tickets are $100 per person, and can be purchased by calling (973) 753‐1110 or emailing receptionist@wynonashouse.org. Business attire requested. For more information or to donate, visit the website.

Hat City Open Mic Tonight

BY Katherine Milsop | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:57pm | COMMENTS (0)

Local artist and musician, Michael Reitman, is hosting “The All Acoustic Open Mic” tonight at 7 p.m. at Hat City Kitchen in Orange. From Hat City’s page: Continue Reading

Montclair Music Jam to Showcase Homespun Jersey Bands

BY Erika Bleiberg | Monday, May 21, 2012 2:30pm | COMMENTS (5)

On the heels of Bamboozle 2012, comes another authentic Jersey music festival — but you don’t have to navigate the 200,000 or so people who descended upon Asbury Park last weekend to catch this show. The inaugural Montclair Music Jam will be at the First Congregational Church (40 South Fullerton Avenue) on Friday, May 25, starting at 8 p.m.

The brainchild of Montclair native Dylan Richardson (24), the non-profit community venture is tagged as an “independent music showcase,” and promises to feature some of the Garden State’s best (though perhaps unrecognized) bands. The line up includes Montclair-based headliner Bern & the Brights, as well as I.O.U., Melissa & Paul, Neur, and Pinegrove.

“The bands vary considerably,” explained Richardson. “I’m wary of using genre descriptions, but represented we have post rock, math rock, post punk, hip-hop, garage, blues punk, and indie rock.” The venue, he explained, is big, and they plan to “cram a whole lot of loud fun” into it. While the event’s primary target audience is the twenty-something crowd, Richardson and his co-producers Victoria Gonzalez, Ed Carine and Shaun Henklein encourage anyone who enjoys hearing new music to check it out. Continue Reading

Dionne Warwick to be Honored

BY Christina Gillham | Friday, May 18, 2012 1:27pm | COMMENTS (2)

Five-time Grammy Award winner and South Orange resident Dionne Warwick will be inducted next month into the Choose Life Awards Hall of Hope and Remembrance by the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc.

Warwick will be honored at a black tie event on June 7 in New York City for her decades-long AIDS activism and efforts to raise public awareness about the disease’s impact on the black community.

It’s Peak Iris Season at Presby

BY Debbie Galant | Friday, May 18, 2012 10:25am | COMMENTS (8)

The weather is perfect, and the irises are at their peak. If you don’t get to the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens this weekend, it’s not our fault. We’re telling you now: go. Continue Reading

Gardens Galore in Baristaville

BY Carolyn Maynard-Parisi | Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:14pm | COMMENTS (0)

There are a slew of garden events around our towns this weekend and in the coming weeks.

On Saturday, May 19, the Cornucopia Network of New Jersey presents a tour of Seven Open Organic Vegetable Gardens in Montclair, Nutley and West Orange. The tour, which runs from 2 p.m.-5 p.m., is free and open to the public, and it features Pat Kenschaft’s garden (which is only open until 4 p.m.) For more details, visit the website. Continue Reading

The Weekend

BY Georgette Gillmore | Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:30am | COMMENTS (1)

Reitman photo by Andy Cohen

Local Renaissance man, Michael Reitman and Friends will be the featured special guest at Tapastry tapas restaurant tonight, Thursday, May 17. Reitman, an accomplished blues guitarist and also an amazing photographer, performed at First Night Montclair this year with his band, the TNT Ramblers. The Temple Ner Tamid Ramblers is an outreach band from Temple Ner Tamid, Bloomfield which plays for the guests of Toni’s Kitchen at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Montclair, on the last Saturday of the month for the last six years, and continues to do so. Reitman is also well-known for his fundraising efforts playing music as a solo artist at events such as The Taste of Montclair and with various line-ups for causes affiliated with Parents Who Rock. Michael hosts the well attended Acoustic Open Mic at Hat City Kitchen every alternate Tuesday where he also performs. A member of The Advisory Board Of Toni’s Kitchen @ St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Montclair, Reitman is proud to call Montclair home. Don’t miss this outstanding evening of music!

Michael Reitman and Friends at Tapastry
Thursday, May 17 from 7 pm – 10 pm
Updated: The TNT Ramblers will play again at Tapestry tonight, Sat. May 19, from 7 pm
Tapestry, 12 Church Street, Montclair, NJ, 07042
BYOB, no cover

An Evening of Art with the NJ Bears

BY Katherine Milsop | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:00pm | COMMENTS (1)

Black bears tend to get a bad rep around these parts. Whether they’re rummaging through improperly sealed garbage cans in the neighborhood, or arriving uninvited to a camp site, locals want the cuddly-looking Ursus americanus out of their back yards.

Rangers and Devils Face-off Tonight

BY Katherine Milsop | Monday, May 14, 2012 3:15pm | COMMENTS (6)

Screenshot from nhl.com

The Rangers and Devils will clash tonight at Madison Square Garden in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Pascrell and Rothman Debate Tonight at MSU

BY Katherine Milsop | Monday, May 14, 2012 11:10am | COMMENTS (3)

Tonight’s debate between U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell will be held from 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. in the Leshowitz Recital Hall in the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University.