BHM - Jubilee! - A Celebration of Black Composers
Feb
22

BHM - Jubilee! - A Celebration of Black Composers

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“Jubilee! A Celebration of Black Composers”. An enlightening and inspiring selection of great music, featuring top student ensembles of Maplewood and South Orange. Harambee Chamber Orchestra and Columbia High School Virtuosi perform works by Florence Price, William Grant Still, Hanna Benn, Stephen Spottswood, Adolphus Hailstork, and James Weldon Johnson!

Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts10 Durand Rd, Maplewood, NJ 07040USA

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BHM Trivia - Community Coalition of Race
Feb
20

BHM Trivia - Community Coalition of Race

Share what you know and learn more in a fun and competitive virtual game of trivia on Black history and culture. Log into Zoom for questions from our game host, download the free app, and enter your answers using your Smartphone. Only the top five scores with names will be visible to the public each round, and the top five overall winners will receive gift cards to local Black businesses! Everyone is welcome but seats are limited. Please only register once by clicking on one of the links below:

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Feb
17

BHM Trivia Community Coalition of Race

How much Black History do you know? Whether you know a little or know a lot and no matter how you identify racially, the South Orange Maplewood Community Coalition on Race invites you to try your hand at multiple rounds of virtual Black History Trivia

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Feb
16

Membership Round-Up: A Virtual Livecast Men's Health & Wellness Edition

Please join the NAACP: Oranges & Maplewood Branch, in collaboration with the South Orange Village and Bloomfield College, to bring you a live virtual discussion around Men’s Health & Wellness which has a large impact within the black and brown communities.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 | 7:00pm

Event is complimentary and open to all.  Register through Eventbrite.

Panelists:

  • James R. Cowan, MD - Mental Health

  • Clenton Coleman, MD - Nephrologist

  • Oluwaseun Oke - Pharmacist

  • Alexander Hall, D.M.D - Dentistry

  • Robert Cunningham, Jr., MD - Ophthalmologist

  • Walm N’Dure - Trainer

NAACP: Oranges and Maplewood

Darryl L. Jeffries, President
Cassandra Bien-Aime, Health and Committee Chair
Stephen Hobson, Membership Committee Chair
Lady Trisha Scipio, Membership Co-Chair

Learn more about the NAACP of the Oranges and Maplewood.
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Black History Month Concert at The Woodland
Feb
13

Black History Month Concert at The Woodland

Please note that you must show proof of vaccination in order to attend any indoor concerts. Masks and social distancing are also required. Temperatures will be taken at the door.

PROGRAM
William Grant Still Lyric Quartette
Nkeiru Okoye Three Movements for String Quartet
Jessie Montgomery Strum
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 11 in C Major, Op. 61, B 121

FEATURING
Ashley Horne, Violin
Claire Chan, Violin
William Frampton, Viola
Wayne Smith, Cello

TICKETS
This concert is FREE and open to the public. Seating will be limited and available on a first-come, first served basis.

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Erasing South Orange Borders Run/Walk
Feb
12
to Feb 19

Erasing South Orange Borders Run/Walk

Join resident Stephanie Lawson Muhammad, founder of Erasing Essex’s Borders, on an exploration of the historical borders that defined the boundaries of South Orange within Essex County and how those borders have impacted African Americans over the last 150 years.

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