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STORIES
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A DRONE'S-EYE VIEW OF MAPLEWOOD AND BEYOND by Donny Levit
Mason Levinson’s photography maps out our dynamic landscape On a bone-chillingly cold day in December 2016, Mason Levinson made his way...
ellencdonker
Nov 21, 20195 min read


GREEN THUMBS UP FOR THE MAPLEWOOD GARDEN CLUB by Rose Bennett Gilbert
Hometown-grown magic raises holiday spirits To the casual observer, it seems to happen overnight every December: the magical...
ellencdonker
Nov 21, 20194 min read


THE FULL SCORE ON A BROADWAY COMPOSER by Donny Levit
Maplewood’s Russ Kaplan creates music and musicians He’s a quadruple threat: a Broadway composer with several new projects in the works,...
ellencdonker
Nov 21, 20196 min read


HOLDING UP A MIRROR by Elaine Durbach
Community TV channel celebrates the South Orange and Maplewood communities In a community as close-knit as South Orange and Maplewood,...
ellencdonker
Nov 21, 20195 min read


A GLORIOUS COLLISION OF IDEAS by Elaine Durbach
The SouthNEXT Festival celebrates different views. Right up there in Angela Kariotis’s website title you can see her aim:...
ellencdonker
Oct 3, 20195 min read


ART NO MATTER WHAT by Ellen Kahaner
The inner and outer lives of the artist Sybil Archibald Sybil Archibald is sitting on her bed at St. Barnabas Hospital wearing a standard...
ellencdonker
Oct 3, 20195 min read


HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY ABOUT MAPLEWOOD'S BOO TRUNDLE? by Donny Levit
“Ask a storyteller how they got into storytelling and that’s a long story,” says Trundle, who was born in Virginia Beach, VA.
donny levit
Aug 19, 20195 min read


STORIES WORTH A THOUSAND STITCHES by Ellen Donker
When Bisa Butler posts a photo of her latest project on Instagram, she writes, “There is zero paint on this artwork.” That’s because people
donny levit
Aug 19, 20194 min read


Where Creativity and Community Come Together by Cheryl Silver
Where might you find a handmade tie, a wooden cutting board and a hand-beaded necklace that, at first glance, looks like flags, but, upon...
ellencdonker
Nov 30, 20184 min read
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