South Orange
By Candace Wells -
September 13, 2011
Former Melrose Place resident Andrew Shue co-founded CafeMom, a networking and community website for moms and moms-to-be.
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By Robin Damstra and James Salant -
July 25, 2011
This New American restaurant in South Orange has an interesting faux ancient Rome vibe to it.
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By Drew Anne Scarantino -
April 11, 2011
Maplewood resident Sandy Rustin presents her sketch-comedy musical about parenting at the South Orange Performing Arts Center.
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By Brian Yarvin -
December 13, 2010
Authentic African restaurants are popping up all over New Jersey. Find out where the closest ones to you are located.
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By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman -
December 13, 2010
Marie Claudinette Pierre-Jean, wife of Grammy-winning artist Wyclef Jean, works to provide continuing aid to the people of Haiti.
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By Mallory Gelert -
August 16, 2010
A classical pianist who was raised in South Orange prepares to release a new album—Russian Music for Cello and Piano.
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Local star power is coming back home to New Jersey with Lauren Hill, Zach Braff, Christine Ebersole, Max Weinberg, and more South Orange/Maplewood natives joining forces for the South Orange Performing Arts Center’s “Small Town, Big Talent” benefit this Saturday.
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By Emily Faherty -
February 10, 2010
Mar 5, 6, and 7: Husband and wife team Kevin and Cindy Spencer present the dramatic magic show Theatre of Illusion.
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By Emily Faherty -
February 10, 2010
Mar 18: Musician Duncan Sheik returns to New Jersey to promote his latest album Whisper House at the South Orange Performing Arts Center.
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By Deborah P. Carter -
December 7, 2009
By Tammy La Gorce -
October 13, 2009
How one small suburban town became a big testing ground for online news reporting. (Photos by Sandra Nissen)
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March 17, 2009
Super shopping and better bargains await at these top NJ retails establishments.
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By Jessica Kitchin -
February 17, 2009
It is the hometown of Zach Braff, Lauryn Hill, and Kevin Spacey, ultimate Frisbee was created at its high school, and native Elisabeth Shue returned here to film Gracie.
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Maybe it's because of the economy, which has elicited daily comparisons to—and discussions of—the Great Depression/WWII era. Or maybe it was just the retro red bodice dresses that the Puppini Sisters were wearing. Either way, it was easy for me to be swept into the feeling that I was in a 1940s cabaret hall last night.
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The view from inside a storage closet at the Pierro Gallery in South Orange. What was I doing in a storage closet at the Pierro Gallery in South Orange? You'll have to click to find out.
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In Meadowland Park in South Orange, a lone spot of green keeps the hardy happy.
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There may have been empty seats in South Orange Performing Arts Center on Wednesday night. But the ticketholders who belonged in them weren't far away—they were likely dancing in the aisles or up on stage with Grammy award-winning singer Angelique Kidjo, whose performance electrified the room and got everybody on their feet.
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By Jessica Kitchin -
February 19, 2008
A young couple find frustration trying to go from here to home equity.
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By Eric Levin -
February 11, 2008
By Dirk Olin -
February 8, 2008
By Christopher Hann and Bruce Springsteen -
February 8, 2008
By Brett Avery -
February 7, 2008
By Nancy Brannigan Painter -
February 6, 2008
By Michael Callahan, David Chmiel, Antoinette DeNise, Jeff Pillets, and Rema Rahman -
February 6, 2008
By Jessica Kitchin -
January 25, 2008
By Michael Callahan, Jennifer Weiss, Bruce Springsteen, and Yogi Berra -
December 20, 2007
We in the Garden State need to start demanding more. Here are a bunch who deliver.
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By Michael J. Bandler -
December 20, 2007
Elisabeth Shue and her brother Andrew had a dream to honor their brother’s memory with a film about family and soccer. They didn’t trust Hollywood to get it right, so they financed and filmed it here at home.
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