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James Caldwell High School Music 5K, Grease!, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra This Weekend
Local weekend events in the Caldwells and beyond.
Caldwells
James Caldwell High School Annual Music 5K
Saturday, 4-9 p.m.
James Caldwell High School
265 Westville Ave., West Caldwell
$10 per family
Individual and school groups perform in Music & Moore Booster Club fundraiser.
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Friday, All Day
Caldwell Public Library
268 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell
FREE
A James Caldwell High School student art exhibit will be on display at the Caldwell Public Library during the month of March. Come in to see a wide array of artistic styles.
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Nearby
Screening of "WonderWomen: The Untold Story of American Superheroines"
Friday, 7 p.m.
Montclair High School
100 Chestnut St., Montclair
FREE
Montclair High School National Organization for Women Club (NOW) in conjunction with Montclair March Mathness announces a screening of WonderWomen!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, a film by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, on March 1 at 7:30 in the MHS Auditorium. WonderWomen!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, WonderWomen! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation.
Grease! The Musical
Friday, 8 p.m.
Montclair-Kimberley Upper School Campus
6 Lloyd Road, Montclair
$15
Directed and produced by Upper School F&PA teacher Nicole Hoppe, the production features a student cast and crew, together with a professional music director, lighting designer and costumes.
Performance times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Friday, 8 p.m.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St., Newark
$20
Eugene Tzigane leads the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in a concert of French and Russian Romantic music featuring works by Borodin, Chausson, Saint-Saens and Mussorgsky
Poppy Champlin...One Woman and A Whole Lotta Laughs!
Saturday, 8 p.m.
Westminster Arts Center
449 Franklin St., Bloomfield
$23.50
The hilariously funny and multi-talented, Poppy Champlin will be coming to New Jersey on Saturday, March 2, with her new show. A night of comedy and song with the always up and always quick-witted Poppy...you knew she was funny, but did you know she could sing, too? Visit womentwowomen.org.
Organ Recital
Sunday, 3 p.m.
Central Presbyterian Church
46 Park St., Montclair
FREE
Organ Recital featuring Jonathan Hall at Central Presbyterian Church. Hall plays a varied program ranging from J.S. Bach to Leo Sowerby. Hall is the music director of Central Church and has performed throughout the United States and overseas.
The Essex County Choral Project
Sunday, 4 p.m.
Newark Museum
49 Washington St., Newark
FREE
The history of Essex County will be brought to life with over two hundred and fifty singers from seven Essex County choirs on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 4:00 PM at the Newark Museum’s Engelhard Court. The event, co-sponsored by the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience and the Newark Arts Council, will celebrate the historical and cultural richness of Essex County. The concert will feature narration by Dr. Clement Price (Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor, Rutgers-Newark) and will conclude with two festival pieces conducted by Jacques Lacombe, Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony
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