Tuesday, May 14, 2013
May 15 is last day for reduced rate.
It might be a bit chilly to be thinking about swimming, but pool season is almost here. The South Orange Community Pool will open Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27 and weekends thereafter through Sunday, June 23rd. Beginning Monday, June 24th, regular season hours will begin. Recreation ID badges are available now for 2013 at the Baird Center. Wednesday, May 15 is the last day for Early Bird registration at a discounted rate. Here's how to register: South Orange Recreation & Cultural Affairs I.D. Badges for 2013 are available for purchase and renewal at the Baird. Residents in possession of a 2012 I.D. can renew in person or by mail (see details below). All purchasing or renewing are encouraged to act now to take advantage of lower fees …
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Kate Dodd's new site-specific art lines Mead Street, circles the South Orange Duck Pond
Nearly 100 plastic bottles hang from street signs and lamp posts, lining Mead Street and circling the Duck Pond in South Orange. The project is Kate Dodd's "birthday gift" to artist and South Orange native Tony Smith. Dodd, an artist, South Orange resident, and Columbia High School art teacher, exhibited 100 "vitrines," or bottles, each containing information or images that tell the story of how Smith's Tau sculpture came to be in South Orange. Tau and Tony Smith are celebrated this fall in South Orange; the artist would have turned 100 in September. The Village of South Orange and the Lennie Pierro Memorial Arts Foundation mark the occasion with a day-long event, a Pierro gallery show until the end of October, and Closing Celebration/…
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Act quickly to fill those long summer days
The South Orange Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs is sponsoring a variety of camps for children this summer! For complete detail and registration information, click on the associated program links. Cool Rocket/Science Camp In this fun-filled one-week camp, children explore the science of flight, construct unique paper airplanes and learn to build their own model rocket for launch! This program, for children ages 6 to 11, will be held at the Baird in South Orange. Four sessions are offered: Fee: $180/week. Cougar Baseball Camp Cougar Baseball Camp, for children ages 7 to 14, will not only focus on the basic fundamentals of baseball, but instill the methods to improve and hone a player's skills. Each camper will be exposed to …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Sybil Archibald participates in the SOMA Artists Tour on Sunday
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Over the past eight years, the phrase “the first Sunday in June” has become synonymous with the visual arts in South Orange and Maplewood. This is the day reserved for the popular South Orange Maplewood Artists Studio Tour. Newly improved and sporting a new logo, the 2012 tour boasts an expanded website with interactive maps and artist information, and one additional and particularly welcome new feature: this years’ South Orange Maplewood Artists Studio Tour will be free for visitors. Visit the site to plan your tour. In anticipation of the event, a number of artists were willing to answer questions about their work and what they will be showing on the studio tour this year. How would you describe the artwork that you create? My work …
Friday, March 23, 2012
Saturday will see Chuck Miley recalling Maplewood's wild winter.
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Join Chuck Miley at the Pierro Gallery on Saturday, March 24 at 1p.m. for a close up and personal talk about his new children's book, Zombie Christmas Trees. Miley explains the story behind the story: "The blizzards of January last, came upon us so quickly and expansively, that the town crews had no time to pick up discarded Christmas trees. Come the February thaw, I saw these same buried Christmas trees poking out of the drifted snow. I said to SK, 'Oh! look! Zombie Christmas Trees!' and something clicked." Find out what happens to four sixth graders in a Maplewood neighborhood who pursue the mystery of who or what is stealing Christmas tree decorations from garages and storage sheds all over Maplewood. When they discover discarded …
Judy Wukitsch
10:41 am on Monday, October 1, 2012
The LPMAF (Pierro Foundation) thanks Kate Dodd, and all the other artists, who made the Art Party celebration such a great…and fun…success. Kate is recognized as an accomplished NJ artist and brings her unique vision to this 'pathway', originally installed to connect the Newcomers Day event held at the SOPL to Meadowland Park where Tau is installed. This outdoor exhibit, “History of Tau In(side) … more ›