News in brief: ArtPride People’s Choice awards announced, Montclair wins eight
Montclair won eight awards in the annual People's Choice Awards sponsored by JerseyArts.com and ArtPride, out of 115 nominees.
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Montclair’s The Moving Architects performs in the area
The Moving Architects, a Montclair-based dance company led by Erin Carlisle Norton, is performing in Jersey City, Boston, and in New York City in April.
The performances celebrate the company’s 10th-anniversary season. Norton established the company in Chicago as a female-centric dance company, dedicated to creating and performing dance works “that combine charged movement and feminine strength to
Montclair arts groups speak out for the NEA
By GWEN OREL
orel@montclairlocal.news
When Jazz House Kids first presented a Montclair Jazz Festival, “we were on a raised grass and rock platform in Nishuane park,” said Melissa Walker, founder and president of the festival’s producing organization, Jazz House Kids. “I brought in sp...