Montclair middle school students rocked the stage at the first-ever Succeed2gether/Montclair Literary Festival Poetry Slam and Short Story Contest, which drew some 200 people to Montclair High on March 31. […]
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Pencils raised: poetry contest for Montclair Local
For a special feature in observance of National Poetry Month, send us your short poems on the subject of travel. It doesn’t have to be literal travel; you can interpret […]
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Donne and dusted: author Dave White reads in Montclair
Watchung Booksellers welcomed author Dave White on Wednesday, March 29 to discuss his new book Blind to Sin, the fifth in White’s series about ex-cop and private detective Jackson Donne.
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‘The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah talks about his book at Montclair Literary Festival
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Thirty-three years old may seem a little young to write a memoir. But it depends on the life. Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily […]
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Montclair reads together in ‘Big Read’
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news For Tayari Jones, one of the best things about the Big Read is that it’s “hyper-local.” The Rutgers professor’s book “Silver Sparrow” has been chosen as […]
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College Women’s Club of Montclair holds book sale
The semi-annual sale of used books and music sponsored by the College Women’s Club of Montclair opens officially today and continues through April 9. The sale features books, LPs, CDs, […]
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Celebrating written words: Montclair Literary Festival
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news The Montclair Film Festival has a lot to answer for. In a good way. New arts organizations are popping up, and the success of the Montclair […]
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Montclair’s Christina Baker Kline talks Christina
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news Some portraits ask questions: What is behind Mona Lisa’s smile? Another: What is Christina thinking as she looks up at the house and barn? “Christina,” Anna […]
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Montclair Public Library: Teresa Vega on saving a sacred space
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news There has been a rash of attacks on Jewish cemeteries in the U.S. in recent weeks, in which hundreds of headstones have been knocked over. Genealogist […]
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Montclair Public Library: Mark Kurlansky to speak about Cuba
On Thursday, March 23, the Montclair Public Library and its Foundation will present “Cuba, Past and Present,” the latest in the Open Book/Open Mind series of author events. Mark Kurlansky […]
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Montclair Public Library hosts ‘Weird NJ’ author Wheeler Antabanez
Montclair author and longtime “Weird NJ” correspondent Wheeler Antabanez will speak at the Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Ave., on Wednesday, March 15, at 7 p.m. Antabanez will speak […]
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55 years and feeling the buzz: The Chieftains come to NJPAC
BY GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news On a distant planet, somewhere, someone may be listening to the the uillean (pronounced “illin”) pipes, accompanied by the insistent sound of the goat-skin drum the […]
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Open Book/Open Mind holds 2nd-anniversary fundraiser
Everyone knows there are a lot of writers and journos in Montclair. During Superstorm Sandy, many of them wrote in the warmth of the Montclair Public Library. The library’s warmth […]
