Tonight as in Friday, February 3. Verona High School. Be there or be square. It’s Cops & Rockers 2012, the teen band competition sponsored by the Verona PBA Local 72. Bands like Angmar, Feux Johnny, Fusion, Leo’s Arrow, The Loop and Where Eagles Dare from Verona, and NaH from Little Falls (they have cousins in...
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Paper Mill Playhouse has released its Winter-Spring season of children’s programming. The season begins with “Charlotte’s Web” on Saturday, February 18, and includes “Ramona Quimby” and “Seussical” in March, and “Henry & Mudge” and “Red Riding Hood & Other Stories” in April. (“Red Riding Hood” will be one of the Paper Mill’s new stagings...
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When we landed our first interview with Kal Parekh, he was filming the early episodes of “Pam Am”, the new drama series on ABC. Parekh, or should we say Sanjeev the co-pilot, has just finished the series’ finale for this season, which will air some time in February. He plays the obstetrician in “New...
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The Studio Players are putting on the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “August: Osage County” starting this weekend, and there’s a big Verona hand in the production. Mark Liebert, who has been affiliated with Studio Players for many years, is the director. The show runs January 13-15, 19-22 and 26-28, as is advised for mature audiences....
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Verona loves to read. We have the Verona Public Library, one of the original Carnegie grant libraries, and six public school libraries, where increasingly computers sit alongside books. But above all, we have a lot of readers: There’s a furious trade in books between the adults at the Verona Pool in summer. The pool...
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Verona artist Ann C. Taylor begins a new series of watercolor classes this month at the Caldwell Community Center. The series of eight classes, starting January 17, will cover basic and advanced watercolor techniques for adult beginner and intermediate artists. The classes will be held on Tuesday afternoons, from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. at...
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The Montclair Art Museum has got a full calendar of events in January, for art toddlers to adults. For parents with young children there is MAM Park Bench, a program that introduces children to the museum and serves as an artistic social outing. It meets on the second Wednesday of the month, from 9:30...
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Verona’s own Eamonn Ryan and his band, Older Than Dirt, will be performing at O’Neil’s Restaurant and Pub this Saturday, January 7, at 9 p.m. Ryan, who might just be a tad biased, says it’s a “must see show”. The band is going to be covering music from the 50s to today, and Ryan...
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The Caldwell College Children’s Choir is holding open auditions for all students with unchanged voices between the ages of 8 and 14 on Thursday January 12, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Caldwell Children’s Choir is comprised of children in grades 3 through 8. Participants will learn to read and appreciate music using excellent...
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If you want to strut your stuff at the 2012 Verona Talent Night, you only have until January 5 to get your application in. Talent night, which is put on by the Spotlight Players Parents Association, is open to both kids and adults, and a wide range of talent, from singing to dancing and...
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