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31st Annual Spring Fashion Showcase: Style Highlights (Part 2)

23. May 2013

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The 2013 season, address consumers’ desire UNLEASH self-expression, balance and the need to re-energize. The color direction for spring builds upon these compelling needs with a palette that mixes dynamic bright with novel neutrals to create a harmonious balance. This allows for unique combinations that offer practicality and versatility, but at the same time, demand [...]

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31st Annual Spring Fashion Showcase: One of Newark’s Hidden Gems (Part 1)

20. May 2013

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Newark is seldom thought of as synonymous with a strong fashion lineage, but for those Newarker’s in the Know, there has been a fashion tradition of success and pride emanating out of Essex County College.  Saturday marked the 31st Annual Fashion Showcase held at Essex County College. This is an upscale fashion show, that has [...]

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Newark Bears Baseball Is Back!

14. May 2013

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Newark Bears Baseball Is Back!

Newark's baseball club is prepared to impress this season.

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Starting Point: Senior Fine Art Exhibition

13. May 2013

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Starting Point: Senior Fine Art Exhibition

On Thursday, May 2nd, was the opening reception and annual exhibition celebrating the final thesis work of graduating fine arts students. The theme “Starting Point”, “Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another”.This event is always exciting as it gives the public the chance to see the work of emerging artists. The artist [...]

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Did Shaquille O’Neal Just Box Out Mumia?

6. May 2013

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Did Shaquille O’Neal Just Box Out Mumia? (via www.laprogressive.com) Why did Newark’s only movie theater, co-owned by Shaquille O’Neal, just pull a scheduled showing of a documentary about Mumia Abu-Jamal? No one is talking, but this is a story that stinks worse than the Jersey swamps. For the unfamiliar, Mumia Abu-Jamal is perhaps the most [...]

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One Night Only! Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth

24. April 2013

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One Night Only! Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth

On Thursday, April 25, former heavyweight champion of theworld, Mike Tyson, will bring his riveting one-man show to NJPAC. Directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and written by Tyson’s wife, Kiki Tyson, “Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth” is an autobiographical production during which Tyson gets to tell his story in his own words. [...]

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So You’re Saying There’s a Chance…

17. April 2013

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So You’re Saying There’s a Chance…

Jersey's Team will fight till the end of the season for a shot at the playoffs.

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Newark Students Turn Would-Be Trash Into a Masterpiece

16. April 2013

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Students at South Street Elementary have officially turned collecting trash into an art form! After collecting over 5,000 bottle caps in our area with the help of parents, local store owners and individuals, the students successfully arranged the caps into a conservationist’s dream: an 8 by 12-foot rendition of Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece, Starry Night. The work, which [...]

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International Artist Willie Cole Debuts “From Water to Light”

15. April 2013

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International Artist Willie Cole Debuts “From Water to Light”

On Saturday April 13th, world-renowned Contemporary Artist Willie Cole returned home to Newark at the new Prospect Street Firestation Gallery in the Ironbound section of Newark. Presented by Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center, the Firestation is becoming the Ironbound premier destination for art. The new installation by Willie Cole, entitled “FROM WATER TO LIGHT”, redefines recycling [...]

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Cherry Blossom, at Branch Brook Park 37 Annual Festival

10. April 2013

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Cherry Blossom, at Branch Brook Park 37 Annual Festival

The 37 Annual Branch Brook Park Cherry Blossom festival, a three week spring opener, which began Saturday, April 6th, with it Annual Bike Race.   This event has been getting larger over the years with several hundred competitors participating in this years racing event.  There were in the several hundreds.    The first pace placement with to [...]

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