Follow local news and events in West Orange with The Jersey Bee. Here is the The Daily Buzz for Nov. 22, 2023 from The Jersey Bee.
Local news
West Orange recreation plans 2023 “Santa Tour” Nov. 26. Tour stops include all seven West Orange elementary schools. Add to 📅.
West Orange Recreation Department
Turtle Back Zoo to host 2023 “Holiday Lights” stroll Nov. 24 to Dec. 31. Admission is by donation. Lights will be on display Friday through Sunday until Dec. 3 then open daily until Dec. 31. The event includes a carousel ride, face painting, farm, reptile house, photo with Santa, and gift shop for families from 5-9 p.m. Donations of non-perishable food, new toys or gently-used winter coats are encouraged. Add to 📅.
Turtle Back Zoo
Newark plans its 2023 “Holiday Festival” Nov. 25-Jan. 7. December events include a festival scavenger hunt, a Black business crawl, candlelight special at Newark Symphony Hall, and Kwanzaa festival and marketplace at NJPAC.
Newark City
Newark Holiday Market to host opening weekend Nov. 25-27. It will be open from 12 to 7 p.m. at 33 Washington St. and include clothing, food, art, and jewelry from more than 30 vendors through Dec. 23.
Newark Holiday Market
Newark Museum of Art plans “November Family Saturdays” Nov. 25. The event includes interactive mixed media and planetary and science explorations for children age 3+ and families. Activities begin at 10 a.m. at 49 Washington St. Admission is free for Newark residents and museum members. Register online. Add to 📅.
Newark Museum of Art
Newark’s La Casa de Don Pedro, an area social service provider, is hiring for roles in administration, community empowerment, healthy homes, and early childhood development. Applications accepted online.
La Casa De Don Pedro
Newark to host free premiere of poetry films “Black Moses Rising” and “Liberation” on Nov. 29 to celebrate Harriet Tubman. The event includes a cocktail reception and museum tour at 5:30 p.m. and showings at 7 p.m. A panel with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka will follow. Preregistration is required. Add to 📅.
Newark City
Regional news
WBUR interviewed Cherokee children’s author Traci Sorell about how to talk to children about Thanksgiving without reinforcing myths about Native Americans. The author recommended emphasizing Native American people and their stories and explaining that Native Americans live throughout the U.S. today in order to avoid perpetuating erasure of Indigenous people.
WBUR
