Glocally Newark

Skippers: Insanely Unpretentious.

After recent complaints from Glocally readers about snooty, upscale things in Newark - here's a place that's not.

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Go Newark Restaurant Week – VIP Reception

Yesterday was the official VIP preview of the Go Newark Restaurant Week.  Here is a teaser of what’s to come. An assortment of foods were located all over the hall at the Prudential Center and included some trademark dishes from Hobbies, MiSavi, Sushi House of Newark, Vivo Tapas Lounge, Soul Food Factory and many more. Selections [...]

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Jazz in the Garden. Doesn’t That Sound Good?

June 17 was the kickoff for the well-known “Jazz in the Garden” Series held at Newark Museum’s Dreyfus Garden. The lunchtime concerts have been thrown for over 40 years. But don’t let that fact fool you into thinking it’s some ho-hum stale affair. To the contrary, the Museum offers an insanely diverse range of Artists [...]

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Chic in the City

The convergence of art and high fashion was vividly on display last night at the Newark Arts Council’s Art & the City event, which featured an array of high fashion and contemporary Art. With backstage access, my blogger-in-crime and I entered the architecturally splendid Neo Classical –Art Deco accented mezzanine of the National Newark Building at [...]

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Riverbank Park: Music and Art Festival This Weekend!

If you’re looking for something fun to do with the kids this weekend, and your ideal ticket price is FREE, head on over to Riverbank Park for the annual Music and Art in the Park Festival on Saturday, May 30th. Riverbank Park is located in the Ironbound, and if you haven’t been there, it’s great for [...]

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