Follow local news and events in Montclair with The Jersey Bee. Here is the The Daily Buzz for Nov. 06, 2023 from The Jersey Bee.
Local news
Essex County public schools will be closed Nov. 9-10 for the 2023 to New Jersey Education Association’s Convention. The convention provides professional development opportunities to teachers and educational support professionals annually. Add to 📅.
New Jersey Education Association
The Arc of Essex County plans free “Teachers Convention Camp” on Nov. 9-10 for students age 5-20 with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their siblings at Studio Arc in Fairfield. Camp includes art lesson, snack, and other activities. Half day and full day options available. Preregistration is required. Add to 📅.
The Arc of Essex County
Kindersmile Foundation plans viewing of documentary “Toothache: The Painful Truth About Oral Health Care Inequity” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 at The Clairidge Theater in Montclair with advanced ticket purchase required. Add to 📅.
Kindersmile
Montclair library plans “Corns, Beans, and Squash: Three Sisters and La Milpa Storytime and Craft” on Nov. 9 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. for children age 3-6. Children will learn about Indigienous peoples of the Americas with a bilingual story and related craft. Add to 📅.
Montclair Public Library
Montclair library plans Pokemon club meeting for children age 7+ on Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. Preregistration is required.
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Montclair Public Library
Montclair Art Museum plans “Mixed Media Mashup Camp” for children age 6-8 on Nov. 9-10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. when schools are closed during New Jersey’s teacher convention. Children will experiment with a variety of art media and learn new techniques for self-expression led by one of the museum’s art educators. Preregistration is required. Add to 📅.
Montclair Art Museum
Out Montclair plans “Queer Women’s Networking Evening” on Nov. 8 from 7-9 p.m. at The Clubhouse in Montclair. This event is to bring together queer and trans women from across industries to network. Preregistration is required. Add to 📅.
Out Montclair
Bloomfield Public Schools seeks sponsors for its “Bloomfield Elementary School teachers vs the Harlem Wizards” joint school fundraiser for the HSA basketball league on Dec. 1 at Bloomfield High School.
Bloomfield Public Schools
West Orange planning board approved plans for new Target store and other renovations at the West Orange Plaza on Prospect Ave. at their Oct. 25 meeting. The store is expected to open in the late spring of 2024.
Township of West Orange
Newark NAACP plans free webinar on Medicare and Medicaid enrollment periods. The webinar will be during their general meeting on Nov. 9 at 3:30 p.m. and live streamed on the Newark NAACP Facebook Page. Add to 📅.
Newark NAACP
Maplewood library plans “The Lenape: Their Legacy and History in New Jersey” lecture on Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton Branch. The presentation will look at the cultural impact of the Lenape on early European settlers and current society. The event will review the history of the Lenape from their Ice Age ancestors to the present day. Add to 📅.
Maplewood Public Library
Regional news
Native American Advancement Corporation founder among organizers of new Cohanzick Nature Reserve opened in South Jersey. Tyrese Gould Jacinto, daughter of longtime Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation chief, Mark “Quiet Hawk” Gould, purchased an old church and 63 acres of land in Salem County, her nation’s ancestral home before European colonization. The nature reserve will provide conservation, cultural, and educational programming with a focus on Lenape culture.
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