We hear there are four films from Montclair in the Garden State Film Festival, which takes place this week in Asbury Park, and received a nice write-up in the New […]
March 2008
More Marin Has Baristanet Connection
Pam Gould, a former Glen Ridger who actually wrote a dating column for Baristanet, has moved to Marin County, CA, and started her own Baristanet. More Marin is up and […]
Celebrate Spring At Montclair State
“American Spring!” a free, informal, and unique arts & humanities festival of opera, drama, dance, and audience interaction featuring distinguished visiting authors and performers, as well as MSU College of […]
Fear And Yoga On The Radio
Our own Deb Galant is on Brian Lehrer this morning, talking scary yoga stuff from her new book. She’ll be live from 10:40 to 11 a.m., discussing Fear and Yoga […]
Thrive Montclair Brings New Orleans Flavor To Loft Launch Party
It’s official: Thrive Montclair will have its celebration on April 12. Press release here…(no word yet if there will be beignets…) Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban […]
We’re Ready For Your Close-Ups, Baristaville.
Okay, Baristaville. How low can you go? With your camera, that is. We want to see tiny Baristaville–the smallest and sometimes overlooked parts of Baristaville, up close and personal. Like […]
Until The Real Thing Comes Along……
…Until the real thing comes along, in this case, flowers on the branches of cherry trees, you can enjoy a lifelike simulation. The newly refurbished visitor’s center at Branchbrook Park […]
Veni, Vidi, Vici
As a freshman entering high school in San Anselmo, California, I faced a requirement of one year of Latin, you know, the dead language, the language I’d only ever heard […]
Baristaville: Turn Off Your Lights!
Thanks to Pat Kenschaft for the tip: A worldwide Earth Hour is scheduled for this Saturday evening at 8:00 PM, when everyone is urged to turn all the lights off […]
Music, Poetry, Theater, Baked Goods — It Doesn’t Get Much Better
It’s shaping up to be an artsy weekend in Baristaville: Tonight you’ll find poetry at Watchung Booksellers, cabaret night at MHS, “Philemon” premiering at 4th Wall and live music at […]
Anti-War Rally Resonates At Rutgers
Five years in Iraq, 4,000 dead, 30,000 injured – and that’s just the American count…a war that’s costing taxpayers $5,000 every second (read this and weep) being paid with borrowed […]
Meet the Tax Man
Bill Merdinger, the tax assessor for Glen Ridge, is the most obstinate, cussed, curmudgeonly, infuriating person you’ll find in borough hall these days — and I think he would consider […]
Weekend To Party With Your Mates Slates
Montclair, here’s your chance to throw back a few beers and get to know your candidates while everyone’s still smiling, instead of meeting them inside council chambers…It’s the campaign kick-off […]
Charlemagne’s Eldest Comes to Glen Ridge
You’ll find plenty of Equity actors in New York lamenting the fact that they devote weeks to rehearsing a showcase and then union rules limit them to just a dozen […]