Did you know that the beautiful stained-glass windows at Kip’s Castle are believed to have been designed and made at the famous Tiffany Studios in New York City? Now nearly 100 years old, the windows are in need of some TLC, and the Kip’s Castle Park Conservancy is focused on raising the funds to...
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On Saturday, October 1 at 5:30 p.m., Verona’s own Marching Maroon and White hosts 13 bands from across our area at the annual Band Festival and Competition at Verona High School field. It is an evening of great entertainment–and great food–at an affordable rate. Verona students get in free, and other tickets are just...
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In February, Hannah Brandt organized a show for emerging Verona artists. She’s having another one this Sunday, September 18, from noon to 5 p.m. at Epernay, Franco Del Barba’s restaurant in Montclair. There will be wine and snacks, and plenty of artwork to enjoy and purchase, at very reasonable prices. Featured artists include Max...
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Miles Fellenberg, a graduate of Verona High School, 2007, the Manhattan School of Music, Precollege division, 2007 and Oberlin Conservatory, 2011, has been accepted as a candidate for a Master of Music at The Juilliard School, 2013. Fellenberg’s first piano teacher was Denise Bastanza of Verona. He also studied with the late Mrs. May...
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Quilts are considered by many to be one of America’s great indigenous folk-art forms, but patchwork also has a rich and important place in other parts of the world as demonstrated in a pair of exhibitions opening September 14 at the Newark Museum. Since purchasing its first quilt in 1918, the Newark Museum has...
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The Verona-Cedar Grove Chorus is holding an open house for all interested vocalists on Tuesday, September 13, at 7 p.m., at the H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, 600 Bloomfield Avenue, in Verona. The informal gathering will be followed by the first rehearsal of the 2011 – 2012 season. The Chorus is open to those who...
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Four Verona senior citizens won first place ribbons and a fifth won honorable mention last week at the Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show. There were 124 pieces of artwork entered into this year’s competition, which was the largest number of entries in recent history. Catherine Luzzi won first place in the professional...
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The Verona Pool will open as usual at noon today, though the water might be a tad chilly after Hurricane Irene. And you may have to drive in a zigzag to get there: Fairview Avenue was blocked off around the high school this morning to deal with a tree leaning on wires there. Verona...
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With the weather a little iffy for tonight (and even more iffy for the weekend), Verona High School band director Erik Lynch has decided to hold the marching band dress rehearsal at VHS and not Centennial Field. You can see the run-through in the parking lot by the tennis courts, starting just before 9...
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By now, your kids have probably seen all of the blockbusters: Harry Potter, Smurfs, Transformers, Captain America, Planet of the Apes. So It may be a good time to take them to see how those movies were made. The New York City borough of Queens is home to the Museum of the Moving Image....
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