Paul Surovell

Essex County

New York City Metropolitan Area

Maplewood

New Jersey

South Orange

Millburn-Short Hills

Union County

Springfield

Eric Kiefer

Newark

West Orange

Livingston

Summit

Cranford

New Providence-Berkeley Heights

Alexis Tarrazi

Westfield

Union High School

Lace up your sneakers for the 2026 Mayor's Day 5K, where runners of all ages can compete for prizes awarded to the top three male and female finishers in various age groups. A portion of this year's proceeds will go to help a local family in need, making your participation a great way to support the community.This year's recipient is Union resident Marcos Rodriguez, who became a quadriplegic after a swimming accident.&nbsp; He and his family now struggle with mounting medical debt for his treatment and care.

Local Event: Greater Union Township Mayor's Day 5K

Greater Union Township Mayor's Day 5K

Lace up your sneakers for the 2026 Mayor's Day 5K, where runners of all ages can compete for prizes awarded to the top three...

Madison Community Arts Center

In February 2023, Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, escaped from the Central Park Zoo and embarked on an extraordinary year-long adventure through Manhattan. Having spent his entire life in captivity, he had to learn to fly, hunt and survive on his own—and, remarkably, he did.
Soon Flaco became a beloved New York icon, captivating birders, tourists, photographers and ordinary New Yorkers who followed his adventures from Central Park to rooftops and fire escapes across the city.&nbsp;WILD INSIDE tells Flaco's remarkable story through breathtaking footage, interviews with the people who followed him, and a fascinating exploration of what his journey means for our ideas about freedom, captivity and our relationship with the wild.
Funny, moving and ultimately bittersweet, WILD INSIDE is both the story of one extraordinary owl and a portrait of a city that fell in love with him.

Local Event: WILD INSIDE Docunentary

Morris County

Madison

WILD INSIDE Docunentary

In February 2023, Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, escaped from the Central Park Zoo and embarked on an extraordinary year-long...

St Paul's Episcopal Church

Innovative Jazz pianist, composer and electronic artist Pascal Le Boeuf will spark the first Steeple Concert of the 2026-27 season at 5 PM on Sunday, September 27 at St. Paul’s Church in Westfield.&nbsp; Tickets, priced at $40/adults and $15/students are available online at <a href="https://steepleconcerts.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">steepleconcerts.org</a> or at the door.&nbsp; &nbsp;St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is located at 414 East Broad Street in Westfield, NJ.&nbsp; At concert finish, attendees are cordially invited to a lavish “Meet and Greet the Artists” reception which, in this case, includes Mr. Le Boeuf and three exceptional ensemble players:&nbsp; Violinist Sara Caswell, cellist Nick Photinos, and drummer Christian Euman.&nbsp; Parking is FREE in the St. Paul’s parking lot off Euclid Avenue or on St. Paul’s Street next to the church. The works of Grammy-winning Pascal Le Boeuf combine hybrid forms of new music and jazz “to blaze a trail of forward-thinking creativity.”&nbsp; The New York Times hails his work as “sleek, new” and “hyper-fluent.”&nbsp; NPR advises that Le Boeuf’s work “communicates tension and release, leaves space for improvisation and explores the limits of a continuous high energy.”
Highlighted on the September 27th varied program is Ritual Being, Mr. Le Boeuf’s critically acclaimed 2023 studio album and hybrid chamber-jazz project.&nbsp; Highlighted by the Caswell-Photinos-Euman ensemble, Ritual Being “combines modern post-bop jazz improvisation with contemporary classical string chamber music.” (AI overview).&nbsp;&nbsp;The title refers to mankind’s repeated actions, which can become habits that serve a goal, i.e., rituals. (Pascal Le Boeuf, Instagram, July 14, 2023).
 On November 15, the Steeple season continues with the Munich-based Arcis Saxophone Quartet, one of the world’s most vibrant and active classical ensembles.&nbsp; On January 31, 2027, Steeple hosts pianist/composer Nicolas Namoradze.&nbsp; Cited as a Musical America New Artist, BBC Music Magazine Rising Star, and Gramophone One to Watch, this artist won the Pianist of the Year Award in 2022 per the UK Critics’ Circle.&nbsp; Steeple’s March 14, 2027, concert features Chatham, NJ-based ensemble, Lyrica Chamber Music, since 1987 one of Morris County’s longest running chamber music series.
 On Sunday, May 23, 2027, Steeple’s annual Masterworks Concert will feature, Carl Orff’s beloved Carmina Burana. With its large chorus, solo vocalists, and impressive use of percussion, this cantata brings the season to an exciting close. In addition to the concert series, Steeple Concerts will hold a Gala Fundraiser on Saturday, November 7, to support its mission of bringing high-quality live music to the Westfield area.&nbsp; Tickets and information are available on <a href="https://steepleconcerts.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">steepleconcerts.org</a>. Tickets to the first four concerts are $40/adults and $15/students. Masterworks Concert tickets are priced at $50/adults and $20/students.&nbsp; In contrast, season ticket subscriptions are priced at $65/students and $165/adults (a $45 savings).

Local Event: Steeple Concerts sparks 7th season on Sun., Sept. 27, with creative pianist and friends.

Steeple Concerts sparks 7th season on Sun.,...

Innovative Jazz pianist, composer and electronic artist Pascal Le Boeuf will spark the first Steeple Concert of the 2026-27...

Steeple Concerts sparks 7th season on Sun., Sept. 27, with creative pianist and friends.

Union Congregational Church

Join the 18+ community choir that ONLY sings rock music! No auditions! Fall season starts Monday, September 28, 7pm, at Union Congregational Church. Director Larissa Jaye will have you making music in no time, whether you can read music or not. This fall our theme is “Horn Bands from the 60’s, 70’s &amp; 80’s”, including Earth Wind &amp; Fire, Chicago, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Tower of Power, Gloria Estefan, Paul Simon, Gladys Knight, Toto, Steely Dan, and even a tribute to the late Dolly Parton.&nbsp;Come try it out risk-free! Find your voice. Feed your spirit. Make new friends. For more information, visit our website RockVoices.com

Local Event: Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music!

Montclair

Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY...

Join the 18+ community choir that ONLY sings rock music! No auditions! Fall season starts Monday, September 28, 7pm, at Union...

Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music!

Essex County (Veterans) Courthouse

Stand With the Formosa 2!Oppose Plastic Pollution &amp; Support 2 Activists Arrested at Formosa Plastics Headquarters in NJ!
September 29, 2026Veterans Courthouse50 West Market Street, Newark, NJ(Parking lot entrance off South Orange Ave., Route 510) RSVP here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cr6G1Tkbh/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cr6G1Tkbh/</a>9:30 am:&nbsp;Press Conference/rally&nbsp;at the Rosa Parks Statue, next to the Market Street entrance of the Veterans Courthouse, then head up to the courtroom. Hear Speakers. Sing along with the Solidarity Singers. 10:30 am:&nbsp;Courtroom 1114on the 11th Floor. Appellate Division argument for the case.State v Edwards &amp; Wilson Appellate ArgumentDiane Wilson and Camryn Edwards were arrested on December 5, 2024, after a march and rally, when they attempted to enter Formosa Plastics Corp’s USA headquarters in Livingston, NJ, to hand-deliver a letter to top executives who work there. Those of you who were present saw that on the day of the rally, police cones had been placed on the lawn between the rally and the Formosa Plastics building. The Livingston police threatened to arrest anyone who went past the cones. Argument of their appeal from their convictions for Defiant Trespass in the lower courts will be heard by a three-judge panel of the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court on September 29th at 10:30 a.m. The Court will not render its decision on the 29th but will do so in writing sometime thereafter. Their appeal argues the convictions must be reversed because the prosecution failed to prove the required criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt. They argue they lacked intent due to their correct belief that everybody has a Constitutional Right to peacefully approach a corporation’s public visitor’s entrance to ask executives whose offices are there to read and consider a letter. The appeal also argues the Police acted improperly by unilaterally setting limits on the property’s use beyond any that had previously been established by Formosa Plastics. Some background about Formosa Plastics and the earlier arrests: Formosa Plastics Group has a long history of violating environmental laws and destroying communities. In Point Comfort, Texas, the Formosa Plastics plant was subject to the largest citizen-brought Clean Water Act settlement in U.S. history and continues to disregard a court-ordered zero discharge of plastic mandate, racking up over 600 violations and counting. In St. James Parish, Louisiana, activists are opposing Formosa’s $12 billion petrochemical complex slated to be built in Cancer Alley. In Ha Tinh, Vietnam, a steel plant owned by Formosa Plastics Group was responsible for a chemical spill that’s considered the country’s worst environmental disaster. After fishing grounds were destroyed, the victims whose livelihoods were ruined have yet to see compensation. Additionally, over twenty activists remain in prison for speaking out on the disaster. The Formosa Four were arrested while blocking entrances to protest against Formosa Plastics, a serial corporate polluter, for more planned plastic expansion and more than 700 new violations of a Clean Water Act settlement that requires zero plastic discharge from its Texas plant into Lavaca Bay. Those new violations added $30 million in penalty payments to the original penalties of $50 million. In August 2024, more than 70 protestors – including clergy, parents, and environmental justice leaders – gathered at Formosa’s U.S. headquarters in Livingston, NJ. Six were arrested and charged with criminal trespass. Four of those six, including Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Diane Wilson (<a href="https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/diane-wilson/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/diane-wilson/</a>), chose to head to trial. They were convicted in Livingston Municipal Court but appealed their conviction. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Arthur Batista issued an important ruling reversing the Livingston Municipal Court’s refusal to allow the necessity and justification defenses. Judge Batista ruled: “It is clear to this court, that these appellants have presented compelling grounds to allow the affirmative defense of necessity - justification to be raised at trial.” Trespassing charges against the Formosa Four were dismissed by a prosecutor after the group had prepared to use the necessity/justification defense to argue that environmental and public health concerns justified their actions. “This dismissal is just another win in the long fight against Formosa Plastics and the damage they continue to do to Texas’s environment and fishing communities,” said Diane Wilson, Environmental Activist and Member of the Formosa Four. “While this decision is a victory, I will not stop taking on this serial polluter that thinks it is above the law, and I will continue to do all that I have to do to protect my community.”

Local Event: Stand With the Formosa 2! Oppose Plastic Pollution & Support 2 Activists Arrested at Formosa Plastic

Stand With the Formosa 2! Oppose Plastic...

Stand With the Formosa 2!Oppose Plastic Pollution & Support 2 Activists Arrested at Formosa Plastics Headquarters in...

Stand With the Formosa 2! Oppose Plastic Pollution & Support 2 Activists Arrested at Formosa Plastic

St Patrick School

CHATHAM, N.J. — St. Patrick School will celebrate the Feast of St. Michael, patron saint of protectors and first responders, with a special Mass and reception on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
All active and retired members of local police, fire, and emergency service departments — along with other first responders, protectors, and everyday heroes in the community — are warmly invited to attend.

Feast of St. Michael Mass &amp; Reception 
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 
11:00 a.m. 
St. Patrick Church and Parish Center 
45 Chatham Street, Chatham, NJ
The Mass and reception will offer a chance to pray together for the continued protection, health, and well-being of all who serve, as well as to remember those who have gone before.
Departments and individuals are encouraged to RSVP for the reception at: <a href="https://forms.gle/J6YkgzPLDNaXK7Sj9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/J6YkgzPLDNaXK7Sj9</a>
St. Patrick School extends its gratitude to all first responders and protectors for their service to the community and looks forward to welcoming them on September 29.

Local Event: Feast Of St. Michael Mass and Reception

Chatham

Feast Of St. Michael Mass and Reception

CHATHAM, N.J. — St. Patrick School will celebrate the Feast of St. Michael, patron saint of protectors and first responders,...

Sunny Scrambled

<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/back-to-school-with-the-mom-coms-tickets-1995599932117?sg=ed0f99181f4a2fba36cd7944f72f3fc632b6633af9388a84508229b122033fd121deee2dae4fad426b18c8819f6dd1e5deebd150ecdde1ce1819e62052beac5e63a39355ffcef11d6eda6e2490&amp;aff=ebdsshios" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">But tix at this Eventbrite link</a>Kick off the school year off with a hilarious night of comedy without the kids!Back to School with The Mom Coms
Now for the real back to school night—celebrate the end of September with comedy, wine, and laughs!
On Wednesday, September 30th, grab your bestie, your mom, or even your significant other (yeah, hubbies are totally welcome too). Enjoy a night of laugh-out-loud comedy, light bites, and a glass (or two) of wine supplied by The Mom Coms.
Live comedy featuring:
<ul><li>GL Douglas creator of Class Dismissed the all teacher comedy tour. She has performed at the legendary Apollo Theater, The Improv, New York Comedy Club, Stand Up New York, and The Stress Factory.</li><li>Becky Veduccio as seen on Netflix's Survival of the Thickest. Recipient of the Press Award for humor.</li></ul>

Local Event: A Night of The Mom Coms Standup Comedy in Millburn

A Night of The Mom Coms Standup Comedy in Millburn

But tix at this Eventbrite linkKick off the school year off with a hilarious night of comedy without the kids!Back to School...

The Wine Barrel

Join us Springfield Avenue Maplewood's Art on Tap Fundraiser, supporting public art and the beautification. Guests will enjoy sampling dozens of local craft beers, canned cocktails, and sangria at this exclusive 21+ event. Enjoy the night out with low-cost childcare available nearby at St. Joseph's Church through a partnership with the South Mountain Y.<a href="https://www.springfieldavenue.com/craft-beer-tasting" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">&nbsp;More info and tickets</a>

Local Event: Springfield Avenue's Art On Tap Fundraiser

Springfield Avenue's Art On Tap Fundraiser

Join us Springfield Avenue Maplewood's Art on Tap Fundraiser, supporting public art and the beautification. Guests will enjoy...

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