Adam Anik
Photos: Black churches and the Civil Rights Movement
The crowd at the Montclair Public Library Auditorium Sunday, Feb. 16, is educated and entertained by “The History of Black Churches and the Voting Movement.” The event explored the pivotal role of black churches in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 60s, including their part in galvanizing enforcement of the 1965 Voting Rights Act....
Photos: Artisan’s crafts for Valentine’s Day
An artisan Valentine-themed market in partnership with the Eclectic Chic Boutique of Montclair and Lovelee Art Studios of Bloomfield attracts dozen of shoppers to the dozen vendors, a kids’ craft station, a gift basket-making station, and refreshments, Sunday, Feb. 9.
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Photos: Montclair hearts bounce for Valentine’s Day
Montclair Bounce held a “warm–up event” on Feb. 9. The Heart Full of Bounce, in partnership with Elemental Interiors and Rose Brand at St. Luke’s Church, had about 60 people in attendance who all created Valentines or thank you notes to those in their lives — family, friends, crossing guards, baristas, bank tellers or anyone who makes our days brighter. ...
Photos: A rainy day doesn’t dampen the Sustainable World Conference
Notwithstanding the heavy rainy clouds outside creating a minor local climate 'crisis,' the largest crowd yet, of about 300 attendees, braved the weather to gather at one of the largest environmental activist gatherings in the area, the Fifth Annual Acting Locally for a More Sustainable World Conference...
Photos: Gratitude on a day of service for those who serve
Partnering with Operation Gratitude, YMCA of Montclair children and family members sign cards to be distributed to our service members, part of an ongoing program supporting those who serve and have served.
Operation Gratitude, since its inception in 2003, has delivered more than 2...
Photos: YMCA volunteers build ‘Travel Kits’ for the Homeless
After Corine Sawadogo, the YMCA Volunteer Coordinator posted an online call-to-action, about 30 volunteers showed up Monday morning, Jan. 20, to assemble the donations of toiletries, doing their part for the MLK Jr. Day of Service, at the Park Street YMCA...
Photos: Aging in Montclair seniors celebrate growth with a holiday party
Aging in Montclair's (AIM) "A Renaissance New Year's Party."
The growing (100 new members in 2019 alone) non-profit marks the decade's end of their 2015 founding, with raffles and refreshments, music and gift-giving at the "Saturday Social," December 29th, in their Salvation Army Citadel
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Photos: Winter Solstice Ceremony welcomes brighter days
The shortest day of the year is recognized with rituals, readings and meditation for the Winter Solstice ceremony of the UUCM Sacred Wheel CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans), in the Rotunda of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, Sunday, Dec...
Photos: A Hanukkah “Fire on Ice” street party lights the night in Montclair
A crowd of hundreds parties on Church Street this year at Chabad Montclair 's "Fire and Ice" Hanukkah party, celebrating the miracle of the light over darkness with music, food, fire and a six-foot ice menorah.
The Hebrew word Hanukkah means “dedication.” It ...