There’s MUCH to do this weekend, which will be full of St. Patrick’s Day themed festivities.

Don’t forget about Ladies Night Out in Montclair Center on Friday!

Here are other weekend highlights:

https://studioplayhouse.org/2014/03/laugh-those-winter-blues-away-with-the-importance-of-being-ernest/Studio Playhouse in Montclair presents its production of The Importance of Being Earnest beginning tonight. This witty comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious finale. Men-about-town, John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary characters invented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities. The Importance of Being Earnest is a masterpiece of high comedy, sparkling with provocative observations not to be missed.

The Importance of Being Earnest
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm — March 14, 15, 16
Studio Playhouse, 14 Alvin Street, Montclair, NJ, 07043
Tickets are $20 for adults and $17 for students and seniors.

 

The Rent PartyOn Friday night, South Orange offers the Rent Party. It’s a monthly party, founded in 2009 in conjunction with the South Orange Elks, to benefit food pantries and fight hunger in SOMA. This month features live music from American Ambulance plays with Dollar Store Riot and Jenny & the Felines. This party, including beer, is sure to entertain.

The Rent Party: American Ambulance plays with Dollar Store Riot and Jenny & the Felines 
Friday, April 12 from 8 pm – midnight
South Orange Elk’s Lodge, 220 Prospect Street, South Orange, NJ
Minimum $5 donation. 21 and over.

 

Egan & Sons will host a full extended weekend of St. Patrick’s Day festivities at both its Montclair and West Orange locations. The festivities begin in Montclair on Saturday at 12 noon with a dance party in the tent featuring Random Test Reggae, Irish Dancers and 1200 lbs of Corned Beef! The party will continue in West Orange on Sunday during after the parade and then back in Montclair on Monday with Irish fare, live music, Irish dancers and more.

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St. Patrick’s Day Parties at Egan & Sons
Saturday, March 15 – Monday, March 17
Montclair: 118 Walnut Street
West Orange: 104 Harrison Avenue
Free to attend

 

the porchistasThis Friday at Tierney’s in Montclair The Porchistas, Accidental Seabirds, and Adam & The Plants will be kicking off St. Patrick’s Day Weekend and welcoming spring

The Porchistas, Accidental Seabirds, and Adam & The Plants
Friday, March 14  at 9 pm
Tierney’s Tavern, 138 Valley Road, Montclair, NJ, 07042
$10 cover 

 

 

 

 

Atomos

Atomos, the newest full-length work by cutting-edge choreographer Wayne McGregor, premieres on Saturday, March 15 at Peak Performances Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University:

Imagining the indivisible order created through uncuttable structures and interwoven with an architectural manipulation of bodies, the choreography of Atomos grows from the form of the atom. This world premiere sees ten incredible dancers perform McGregor’s unique style – sculptural, rigorous, jarring, and hauntingly beautiful.

Neo-classical ambient composers A Winged Victory For The Sullen provide the soaring score (performing live), and costumes are designed by Studio XO, whose groundbreaking wearable technologies and digital skins put them at the forefront of fashion and technology.

Atomos
March 15 at 8 pm, Sunday, March 16 at 3  pm
Alexander Kasser Theater, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online here

 

gallery_5_49Enjoy an afternoon of celebrating and empowering young women through poetry and dance at Roots & Wings Poetry and Dance Extravaganza to support the Sister to Sister Mentoring Program on Sunday. Highlights include: Poetry with Joanne “N’Jie” Ashe and the Women of Sister to Sister, dance by the Pyramyd Dance Company, and The Performance Workshop Ensemble from The Sharron Miller Academy for the Performing Arts (SMAPA).

Roots & Wings Poetry and Dance Extravaganza
Sunday, March 16 from 2 pm – 4 pm
Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ, 07042 
Donation is $20 for adults; $5 for students; and free for children 5 and under. Contact Latifah Jannah or call  973.580.8877 for additional information. 

 

And a St. Patrick’s Day wouldn’t be complete without a parade:

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Newark
Who: Everyone.
What: Newark’s 79th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. Join the party after the parade on Chestnut Street!
Where: Parade route will start at the Prudential Center and proceed north on Mulberry Street, past the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Center Street, and conclude at Washington Park. There will be Reviewing Stands located at Mulberry and Clinton Streets as well as Central Avenue and Washington Street.
When: Friday, March 14 at 1 pm.
Cost: Free.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade: West Orange
Who: Everyone.
What: West Orange St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Where: Parade begins at Main Street and Pleasant Avenue. Grandstands will be located at Community House and Degnan House on Main Street, West Orange, NJ.
When: Sunday, March 16 step-off at 12:15 pm.
Cost: Free.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade: NYC
Who: Everyone.
What: NYC’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, our country’s oldest and proudest Irish tradition, which marched for the first time more than 250 years ago, on March 17, 1762 – fourteen years before the Declaration of Independence.
Where: The Parade starts at 44th Street.
When: Monday, March 17 at 11 am.
Cost: Free.

 (West Orange Parade photo: Chanda Hall)

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