The South Mountain Blues Festival was canceled for the first time due to rain. Last month, a storm wiped out the Montclair Jazz Fest.
Luna Stage will launch its 2018-19 season with J. Stephen Brantley’s award-winning play “Pirira.”
The West Orange Public School District was named as one of 2018’s “Best Communities in the Nation for Music Education.”
“Music is my life,” the 11-year-old West Orange resident said. “And I’ll never stop playing, no matter what.”
“Were it not for literature, I suspect we would hunger even more for honest characterizations of life,” the Essex County poet/teacher said.
The one-man play is set on April 3, 1968, a rainy evening in Memphis… the last night in the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
United Presbyterian Church will present the “The Big Bad Wolf” on Feb. 24 and 25.
Drummer Greg Bufford of West Orange will be part of a jazz trio that leads an “old fashioned jam session/open mic” on Feb. 18.
A pair of notorious female crime bosses lead their rival empires to war. That’s the plot of “Razorhurst,” a musical at Luna Stage.
Seven different choirs and Glee Club came together to perform holiday favorites highlighting a wide array of musical diversity.
Essex County actor Ami Brabson is bringing her signature show, “Phenomenal Woman,” to Luna Stage on Dec. 8 and 10.
Don’t believe everything you see on the internet.
4 of 8 winners in the 2017 Essex County Parks Photography Contest were from West Orange.
Marcella Victoria Quarles owned a home in East Orange, worked forty years for the IRS and loved the theater.
Are you a local parent in Essex County looking for some companions to see a movie with?
Got the blues because the summer is ending? Turn pain into pleasure at the free 2017 South Mountain International Blues Fest.
Craft and food vendors, a live Oompah band and dozens of seasonal brews from around the world will be at the Turtle Back Zoo on Oct. 14.
International Food Festival offers a taste of West Orange.
The Vanguard Theater Company will hold a one-weekend-only production of “Memphis the Musical.”
The New Jersey arts community will get a fresh influx of funding at a time when it needs it most, a pair of U.S. Senators say.
“The topics of slut-shaming, peer pressure and rape culture aren’t addressed nearly enough,” a NCJW/Essex advocate says.
The street fair will feature more than 100 vendors, including a classic car show, beer and wine garden, food court, and more.
West Orange 8th grader Sebastian Chaviano took to the same stage that’s hosted stars such as Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman and Bette Midler.
West Orange-based Luna Stage and Valley Arts will host the BARDBEATZ 1st Annual Poetry Fest on Sunday, May 7.
Iconic rocker and songsmith Paul McCartney is coming to New Jersey to play his first-ever show at the Prudential Center.
The Essex County Turtle Back Zoo’s 5th annual “Brew at the Zoo” event will include more than 100 craft beers this year, organizers say.
NJ-based community organization Arts Unbound has announced the lineup for its 5th annual "Friends of Arts Unbound" art exhibit and benefit.
Dana Hawkins will play the "Lady in Green" in the 4th Wall Theatre's Black History Month salute on Feb. 16 and 17.
'Chained: The Musical,' an original production by West Orange resident Gina Keys, will be presented on February 8.
A great poem can change the world. And these West Orange students know it.
Find theater locations, watch the “Bohemian Rhapsody” scene and see some current photos of Wayne, Garth and Cassandra here.
WOHS will host a beer and wine fundraiser to raise funds to participate in the All National Concert in Indianapolis, Indiana in March.
"More weights more dates." That’s what West Orange High School phys ed teacher and wrestling coach Dave Joisil told Steve Harvey.
The live magic show includes “death-defying escapes, grand illusions, levitating women and dazzling dancers.”
Zoo visitors will be able to sample over 50 craft beers during a fundraising evening to benefit the Essex County Parks Foundation.
Eight teen musicians from School of Rock participated in a concert commemorating the 25th anniversary of Lollapalooza.
This year's event will feature craft beers, food and live entertainment. And animals. Lots of animals.
Simba is coming to West Orange. Find out how to get tickets here.
Emmy-Award winning actress Kim Zimmer of Guiding Light fame will star in the world premiere of a new play at Luna State in West Orange.
Multiple West Orange artists were among the 102 students from Essex County to participate in the annual art exhibit.