SOPAC Nominated in 2020 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards: Vote Now

January 17, 2020

From the South Orange Performing Arts Center: SOPAC At Night SOPAC Among Nominees for Favorite Small Performing Arts Center in 12th Annual Contest South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) is pleased to announce its nomination for Favorite Small Performing Arts Center in the 2020 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Awards. Now in its 12th year, the annual awards program run by Discover Jersey

MAPSO Storytelling Show Returns: Humans Telling the Truth

January 16, 2020

From MEND: Mapso Storytelling Show: Humans Telling the Truth Proceeds Benefit Local Hunger Relief Efforts The MAPSO Storytelling Show returns to the Burgdorff Cultural Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. The show revolves around real stuff that happens to real people: funny stuff, sad stuff, everyday stuff that’s random, puzzling, but TRUE. Ordinary local people share their life experiences on

8 Columbia High Students Featured in ‘Spring Awakening’ Vanguard Theater Production in NYC Jan 17-19

January 15, 2020

Front row left to right: Silas Silverman-Stoloff, Raquel (Rocky) Anicette, Anna Higer-Paris, William NashBack row: Sylvie Schuetz, Jordan Muhammad, David Harper, Madison McGehee Buy your tickets now to see eight Columbia High School thespians hit the boards this weekend in New York City for Vanguard Theater Company's presentation of Spring Awakening at the American Theater for Actors

Oh! Canary Children’s Art Studio To Move to 3rd & Valley in South Orange

January 15, 2020

As Oh! Canary owner Lacey Buccellato says, “new year, new digs!” Oh! Canary is a local business offering art classes to children established in 2017 at 513 A Valley Street in Maplewood “to offer the youngest children in our community an opportunity to engage in meaningful and developmentally appropriate visual art experiences,” Buccellato told Village Green. Oh Canary

SOPAC and BCB Bank Announce 3-Year Sponsorship to Support Programming

January 14, 2020

From South Orange Performing Arts Center: South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), now celebrating its 14th season of premier live entertainment, today announced a generous sponsorship from community champion BCB Bank to support SOPAC programming for the current and upcoming seasons. This commitment, which reflects BCB's mission to invest in the communities it serves, provides for each of SOPAC’s 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. [caption id="attachment_68748" align="aligncenter"

The Strollers Celebrate Black History Month with Family Favorite ‘How the World Got Wisdom’

January 14, 2020

From The Strollers In celebration of Black History Month, the Maplewood Strollers community theater continues its 88th season with a show for children of all ages, How the World Got Wisdom. The production will be performed for two weekends in late January/early February at The Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts in Maplewood, NJ. A multi-ethnic, multi-generational celebration, How the World Got

American Theater Group Presents New Musical ‘Till’

January 10, 2020

From American Theater Group American Theater Group—which most recently brought acclaimed productions of The Bridges of Madison County and Tell Them I’m Still Young, starring Andre Braugher and Michelle Pawk, to New Jersey—is thrilled to present the moving new musical Till. This stirring and powerful show tells the story of 14-year-old Emmett Till, whose murder in Mississippi helped to ignite the