When last we heard from Arlene Gibbs, she was walking the red carpet as the co-writer of the Sony Pictures movie “Jumping the Broom” and living in Italy. The climate in Rome must be good for creative thinking, because the one-time Verona resident has just published her first novel, “The Rebirth of Mrs. Tracey...
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A holiday season brings with it lots of holiday music and given the number of musicians in Verona, there are plenty of opportunities to hear good music close to home at a very reasonable price. Here’s who’s performing where, day by day. Sunday, December 11: Four Verona youths–Patrick Citrano, Maura Cuddihy, Michael Hardenberg and...
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On Saturday, December 10 and Sunday, December 11, Essex County will once again be holding its Historic Holiday House Tour. Twelve Essex County historic sites will be decorated for the holidays and open to the public for a self-guided tour, including Verona’s own Kip’s Castle. Admission is free at many of the houses, and...
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This afternoon, November 27, at 3 p.m. the Uptown Flutes, a group that features Verona resident Becky Vega, will be giving a free concert at the First Presbyterian Church. The concert will include a flute play-along: Anyone who plays the flute is encouraged to bring their flute and music stand for a grand finale...
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Verona-based flutist Laurel Brolly plays with the Montclair Community Band, and she would like you to know that the band is holding a free holiday concert on Sunday, December 4. The concert is at 3 p.m. at the Montclair High School auditorium. The Montclair Community Band will also be performing for the holiday tree...
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The Montclair Art Museum will be hosting a juried show for digital artists next year and if you want to participate, the submission forms will be available soon. The show is called the New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts and it is co-sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State,...
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The internationally acclaimed Rutgers University Chorus will kick off its holiday choral concert series in Verona at 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, in a return visit to the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit on Gould Street. “Holy Spirit is delighted to host this talented group of singers with their brilliant conductors and...
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After an amazing season defined by hard work, camaraderie and overcoming obstacles, Verona High School’s Marching Maroon and White wrapped up its 2011 marching band season by receiving its second consecutive Cadets Award for Excellence on Saturday, November 12, at the US Scholastic Band Association’s (USSBA) nationals competition in Allentown, Penn. With a score...
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The Montclair Art Museum has opened a show dedicated to 19th-century American landscape painter George Inness in a new gallery specifically dedicated to the artist. George Inness: Private Treasures, on view through April 1, 2012, consist of 10 works, nine from private collections as well as one from the Montclair Historical Society. The local...
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If you like drums, you’re going to want to be at Congregation Beth Ahm this Sunday evening. The synagogue is bringing in the Soh Daiko Drummers from New York City for a concert that begins at 7 p.m. Beth Ahm says the concert, which is co-sponsored by the Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled’s...
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