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Stories about cultural events, the spirit of our community, and the Newark arts scene

Ring in the New Year at The Coffee Cave

Wednesday, 31 December 2008 – 2:15 pm

This in from a Newarker!  Still looking for something to do tonight?  Snow got you rethinking your plans to travel into the wild NJ countryside or take the hectic Path train into Manhattan?  The Coffee Cave, a new cafe and club, is hosting an event just a short walk/car ride/light rail trip downtown.
Have a great New [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Biz & Development | Comments (0)

Book Review: Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America

Thursday, 11 December 2008 – 7:47 pm

Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots
Kevin Mumford
NYU Press, 2007
In 1961 an integrated group of Newark CORE supporters gathered in Military Park to send off a continent of Freedom Riders who were sacrificing their time, money, and physical safety for civil rights. The destination was . . . . Chattanooga . . . [...]

By JSB | Also posted in History | Comments (0)

Newark Lotto Mystery Solved

Tuesday, 9 December 2008 – 11:23 am

If you had a nagging feeling about the $126 million unclaimed lottery ticket from Seabra’s supermarket in the Ironbound, you can put those feelings to rest. The winners of the multi-million dollar jackpot have been found and presented their reward in Trenton: Union County couple collects Mega Millions jackpot.
The Ledger piece is a but [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Ironbound (East Ward) | Comments (0)

Rushing to Your Death?

Monday, 8 December 2008 – 12:08 am

If I’ve drven past it once, I’ve driven past it a hundred times: the bright red billboard nestled in between factories in the Ironbound on my way up to the Pulaski Skyway, begging the question: am I rushing to my death?
Not that this was the strangest billboard I’d seen in Newark — goodness knows, we’ve [...]

By Ken | Comments (0)

Westinghouse Project Exhibit Extended to Jan 17

Sunday, 30 November 2008 – 4:11 pm

The successful Westinghouse Project exhibit, which commemorates the fall of the Westinghouse plant on Lackawanna Ave and Orange St, will be extended into next year after the gallery is closed for a short period of time. Check out the note from Matt Gosser, the exhibit curator, below.
The Westinghouse Project has been so well received [...]

By Ken | Comments (0)

Newark Meets the Wire: Brick City Documentary to Air Mid-2009

Tuesday, 25 November 2008 – 5:45 pm

The Sundance Channel will produce a six-episode documentary series about Newark to air summer 2009.  The series is backed and may be produced by Forest Whitaker: SUNDANCE CHANNEL SERIES AIMS TO REMAKE NEWARK, NJ.
In what sounds like a non-fiction answer to The Wire, the Sundance Channel will produce Brick City, a docu-series set to explore the [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Cory Booker | Comments (1)

Interview: Jeff Norman and Josh Balber at NJPAC

Saturday, 22 November 2008 – 7:43 am

I met with Jeff Norman and Josh Balber to talk about what one might still consider to be Newark’s best kept secret: the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
“Pffft,” you say, “I’ve heard of NJPAC before.”  But, did you know that the center that has drawn over six million people to Newark since its open in [...]

By Ken | Also posted in New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Photos, Podcast | Comments (1)

Newark Arts Council Free Exhibits

Friday, 21 November 2008 – 1:19 pm

The Open Doors Gallery Crawl may be over, but art exhibits in Newark continue! Read more for a schedule of gallery exhibits happening all over the city. All exhibits are free and open to the public.

On behalf of the Newark Arts Council thank you for your contributions to making sure this year’s Open [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Newark Arts Council Open Doors Tour, Press Release | Comments (0)

Amateur Boxing Competition at JFK Rec Center Sat, Nov 22

Friday, 21 November 2008 – 9:36 am

Newark will be hosting amateur boxing at the JFK rec center tomorrow. Keep reading for the full release.
“This competitive boxing program has saved a lot of kids’ lives by keeping them off the streets and involved with a positive activity which is adding to their personal development,” said Robert Griffin, an Elite Boxing Club [...]

By Ken | Comments (2)

Price to Chair NEH Transition Team

Wednesday, 19 November 2008 – 6:55 am

Rutgers History Professor Appointed to Prominent Transition Post by President-Elect Barack Obama
Clement Price has been appointed by the Office of President-Elect Obama to chair the transtion team for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In addition to Price’s outstanding public service record inside and out of Rutgers University, is also the unofficial Newark historian, frequently [...]

By Ken | Also posted in News Clips, Politics & City Hall | Comments (0)

Star Ledger Brain Drain Will Take a Toll on Newark

Thursday, 30 October 2008 – 12:40 am

After the Star Ledger announced successful negotiations with its unions, the paper found a way to cover its expenses — at least for now.

Newarkers, though, still have plenty to be concerned about their local paper as the 151-person buyout has offered a year’s salary and healthcare and many of those that took the package are some of the best and insightful reporters on the City Hall beat.

By Ken | Comments (2)

A Walk on the Wild Side

Thursday, 23 October 2008 – 2:36 pm

How are you? Doing good? Seen any good puppets lately?
The Open Doors gallery and artist space tour — which kicks off tonight! — will open with a sidewalk puppet parade. Elmo, much to my daughter’s chagrin, will NOT be attending, but I am assured that the puppets that will be in this [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Newark Arts Council Open Doors Tour | Comments (0)

Who Killed Westinghouse, and Me?

Tuesday, 21 October 2008 – 2:31 am

On March 12, 1914, George Westinghouse, whose 361 patents rivaled Thomas Edison’s creativity, died in his chair while still working in a New York City apartment. However, in this city, Westinghouse, as a powerful industrial symbol and, later, a sad building remnant on Orange Street, lived on until April 2008. In the demolition [...]

By Zemin | Comments (0)

Newark Arts Council Open Doors ‘08 THIS WEEK

Tuesday, 21 October 2008 – 12:51 am

It’s time! The Newark Arts Calendar is kicking off the 2008 Open Doors Gallery and Artist Space tour. Check out the calendar of events here — there’s something to check out every night this week from juried artist shows to movie screenings to the gallery crawl.

By Ken | Also posted in Headline | Comments (0)

Wallenda High-Wire Video

Wednesday, 15 October 2008 – 10:59 pm

Photo Credit: MSNBC
If you didn’t catch the record-breaking, high-rise, bicycle-riding derring-do of Nik Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas, fear not: through the miracle of YouTube, you can relive the moment.
The crossing, which took Wallenda across a 128-foot-long wire at a height of 235 feet, won the world record for “longest distance and greatest height by [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Video | Comments (1)