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Riverdale, NJ · Arts & Culture
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At This New Jersey School, You Learn to Carve and Burn Designs Into Wood
Twelve years. That is how long one student has kept returning to a single New Jersey classroom to turn plain blocks of wood into art. The lessons start with something surprisingly humble. Before anyone carves a single curve, they learn how to sharpen their tools. Then come the gouges, the...
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Can you believe this magnificent theater in Jersey City was almost demolished?! After $130M and two years of restoration, Loew’s Jersey Theatre is finally opening its doors this week. Big-name stars like Bing Crosby, Duke Ellin...
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Ride this unique Newark merry-go-round for free and learn some history
Miss summer? That's a happy coincidence. So did a very unusual carousel at Military Park in Newark . It was supposed to have had its grand reopening in the summer of 2026. But the $15,000 in repairs dragged on into the autumn months, and the carousel was not able to take its first riders until Oct. 23. Which means that this attraction, so evocative of July beach visits and August picnics, is now in operation during a uniquely mild November. If you're looking — even this late in the year — to get your last gasp of summer, this might be it. Late, or right on time? "When we realized this was getting pushed back further and further through the summer, we got a little disappointed," said Marcy S. DePina, executive director for the Newark City Parks Foundation, the non-profit group that administers the park, and the carousel. But when the Farmer's Almanac predicted a mild fall and winter, they took heart. And when the carousel finally reopened a few weeks ago, it was as big a hit as they could have hoped. "On Halloween, we had 500 kids who came out, which is incredible," DePina said. And there's more.
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Queen Latifah goes back to Newark to build the homes her city needs
Long before the Oscar nomination, the Emmy and the Grammy, before “Ladies First” turned a teenager into a cultural force, Dana Owens, a.k.a. Queen Latifah, was a Newark kid learning the rhythm of her neighborhood’s corners and stoops. Decades later, she went back to those same blocks, this time carrying blueprints.
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Queen Latifah Brings Newark Housing Mission To BET Documentary
Queen Latifah‘s effort to build housing in Newark is headed to BET, which set a Friday, November 27 premiere for “You Can Go Home Again.”. The documentary follows the rapper’s return to the New Jersey community that raised her and the years of work behind RISE Living. The mixed-use development includes affordable apartments, with a name that honors her late mother, Rita.