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LACKAWANNA PLAZA
INSIDE
It’s final
Redevelopment
plan OK’d,
BOE searches for supermarket
MHS graduation
venue for 2019 tenant named
Education • Page 7
BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news

The Lackawanna Plaza develop-

ers got their development, and the
Fourth Ward will get its supermar-
ket, but it will come at the cost of
the train platforms at the historical
1913 Lackawanna Train Station.
Monday night, Feb. 11, saw the
MHS boys hoops Montclair Planning Board give
wins county final approval to developers Pin-
nacle and Hampshire Cos. for their
tourney thriller
redevelopment plan, the culmina-
Sports • Page 15 tion of more than a year of testi-
mony spanning 15 public meetings.
That plan includes 154 units of
housing on the east side of the lot,
as well as a supermarket, medical
office and some retail. The devel-
opers plan to keep some of the his-
torical elements of the historically
designated train plaza and refur-
bish the former Pathmark, closed
Oscar-nominated in 2015, for the new grocer tenant.
But in order to make more room
shorts on show at
for parking, they will be razing
Buzz Aldrin JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS/STAFF
the mall that covers the platforms.
Culture • Page 23 Nicholas Buckner (at podium), a representative of Lidl, the potential supermarket tenant at the new
Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment, describes what his company will bring to Montclair. See PLAZA, page 14
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Business Review ....38 Culture ................23 Local Listings ......32 Opinion ...............10
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Page 2 Municipal Thursday, February 14, 2019

MUNICIPAL CALENDAR Singing new songs

Municipal Meetings
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
Thursday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. Second-floor conference
room, Municipal Building, 205 Claremont Ave.

TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. Council Chambers, Municipal
Building

BOARD OF EDUCATION
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. George Inness Annex, Mont-
clair High School, 141 Park St.

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers,
Municipal Building

Refuse & Recycling

REFUSE Recycling may be dropped off
Sect. I (Thursday/Monday): at the DCS yard on Wednes-
Feb. 14, Feb. 18 days and Fridays from 2 to 4
p.m. and on Saturdays from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sect. II (Friday/Tuesday):
Feb. 15, Feb. 19 Bulk waste is limited to three
items; no item may weigh
RECYCLING more than 50 pounds. No
Area A (Thurs.): Feb. 14 cardboard, Styrofoam, or KATE ALBRIGHT/STAFF
Area B (Mon.): Feb. 18 plastic bags will be collected Kimberly Fuller sings solo with the Adult Choir of Christ Church Montclair, at the Montclair Interfaith
Area C (Tues.): Feb. 19 with bulk waste. Concert on Sunday, Feb. 10, held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair.
Area D (Wed.): Feb. 20
For maps showing refuse
BULK WASTE PICKUP and recycling zones go to the
Community Services section
Section I:
Wednesday, Feb. 20
of montclairnjusa.org, where
you will also find the A to Z
POLICE BLOTTER
Disposal Guide, with compre-
Section II: hensive information on how BURGLARY/THEFT Monday, Feb. 11—Theft of a 2006
Wednesday, Feb. 27 to dispose of anything. Wednesday, Feb. 6—Theft of a 2014 beige Toyota Sienna van from a Green-
white Ford work van from a parking lot wood Avenue parking lot.
For more info, call the Dept. of Community Services at 973-509-5711. on Pine Street.
Saturday, Feb. 9—Theft of a 2015 ARRESTS
Volvo V60 from a residential driveway Saturday, Feb. 9—A 54-year-old
on Bellevue Avenue. The key may have female from West Orange was arrested
PROPERTY SALES been left in the vehicle.
Sunday, Feb. 10—
on Bloomfield Avenue and charged with
DWI.
An unlocked vehicle was
The following Montclair properties were reported sold during the week entered in the driveway The police blotter is
of Feb. 3-9 according to Zillow: of a home on Wendover provided to the Montclair
Road. Items were Local at the discretion
Feb. 4—66 Melrose Place (6 bed, bath not listed), $1.48 rummaged through, of the Montclair Police
million but nothing reported Department, and may not
Feb. 8—96 Park St. (bed and bath not listed), $725 missing. reflect the complete scope of
Feb. 8—12 Dey St. (2 bed, 1 bath), $240,000 Sunday, Feb. police activity. Any inci-
10—Attempted theft of dents described are merely
a 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser on Berkeley allegations, and any persons mentioned in the
CORRECTIONS Place. The steering column was damaged.
Monday, Feb. 11—Theft of loose
blotter are presumed innocent until proven
guilty in a court of law. The MPD encourages
change from an unlocked vehicle on anyone who wishes to report criminal or
The Feb. 7 article about the Aging In Montclair seniors semi- Erwin Park Road. suspicious activity, or who has information
nar (“Learning about living well,” page 5) should have stated Monday, Feb. 11—Theft of ladder pertaining to an ongoing investigation, to call
that the Montclair Seniors in Taxis program was discontinued racks from the roof of a construction 973-744-1234. In an emergency, residents are
in 2019. vehicle parked on Forest Street. urged to call 911.

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Thursday, February 14, 2019
Mountainside homes razed
Lloyd Estate
plans underway,
but still await
town review
BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news
Two homes on Lloyd and Undercliff
roads slated for “Lloyd Estate,” a massive
compound proposed for the properties,
have been razed.
The home at 14 Undercliff Road was
razed on Friday, Feb. 8, while the home
at 172 Lloyd Road was demolished on
Monday. On Feb. 7, 14 Undercliff was
issued a demolition permit. The permit
date for 172 Lloyd Road was not available
at presstime.
“It seems, as feared, the owner of 14
Undercliff did a middle-of-the-night
knockdown,” said Planning Board mem-
ber Martin Schwartz.
The application for the new home
was filed in October with the planning
department. Along with typical living
quarters, such as a family room and a
kitchen, the home will include a basket-
ball court, a spa, a gym, a bowling alley,
a movie theater, indoor and outdoor
pools, a staff wing, a billiards room, a li-
brary, a computer lab, a nine-car motor
court, two garages, seven guest rooms,
three kids’ rooms, a homework room,
a master suite with a kitchen and his-
and-her balconies, all accessible by two
elevators.
The properties, which abut Eagle
Rock Reservation, were purchased by
14 Undercliff LLC in January 2018 and
May 2018 respectively and will equate
to 28 acres in total. The properties were
purchased for a combined price of
$7,463,400, with taxes at a combined
$119,000.
14 Undercliff LLC was formed in
July 2017 by Dennis Jenkins, a manag-
ing member of the South Orange-based
Mecca Property Development, accord-
ing to records filed with the state Divi-
sion of Revenue and Finance.
The application did not include the
square footage of the proposed home.
Although the application has not
been reviewed by the Historic Preserva-
tion Committee or heard by the zoning
board of adjustment, the town issued
demolition permits, according to the
planning department.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment is
scheduled to hear the application on
March 20, according to zoning board
chairman William Harrison. To date,
two variances are being sought — one
Municipal
DEVELOPMENT
The house at 14 Undercliff Road, built in 1865, was razed last Friday, Feb. 8, one day after the owners of the property received a demolition
permit from the township.
for a height of 38.5 feet where 35 is al-
lowed, and one for a rear setback of 25
feet where 141 is required, said Graham
Petto, assistant township planner. The
application is being handled by attorney
Alan Trembulak.
It also must go to the Historic Pres-
ervation Commission for review, as the
properties are located in the Estate His-
toric District. The application is on the
Feb. 28 HPC meeting agenda.
Although the Estate Historic District
is a potential historic district, any devel-
opment in potential or designated dis-
tricts must be reviewed by the HPC, said
HPC Chair Kathleen Bennett.
The home at 14 Undercliff was built
in 1865, while the home at 172 Lloyd was
constructed in 1907. They were surveyed
for Preservation Montclair in 1982, but
were never registered on the historical
register.
Tree clearing began in July, prior to
the developer filing the site plan appli-
cation with the planning department.
The tree clearing permit was filed in Oc-
tober 2017 by Montclair Tree Experts.
Town officials contend only three trees
have been removed.
The town’s tree ordinance does not
regulate how many trees can be taken
down on private property, only that a
permit be obtained and the trees be re-
placed one for one, or the town be paid
$250 for each tree taken down.
The Montclair Environmental Com-
mission does not see the applications
for tree clearing permits, but at times
reviews site applications, said MEC
planning board liaison Keith Broder-
ick. He said the tree arborist conducts a
spotcheck of the number of razed trees
after the contractor completes the job to
ascertain the number that needs to be
replaced.
After residents questioned what they
thought was new tree clearing, and trees
marked with pink ribbons for further
clearing, and called town hall, a town-
ship code enforcement officer was dis-
patched to the properties.
An engineer, hired by the township
under its steep slope ordinance, has
compiled a report for the hillside prop-
erties requiring that a plan be submit-
ted for retention of the hill, stormwater
runoff, retaining walls and a permeable
soil test.
The applicant will also need approval
for land disturbance by the Hudson, Es-
sex, Passaic Soil Conservation District.
Schwartz directly blamed the town-
ship planner for the loss of Montclair’s
75-year-old no-knock-down law.
“Township Planner Janice Talley con-
vinced a then-incoming and inexpe-
rienced new 2012 township council to
unnecessarily kill instead of just revise
our local no-knock down law then on
the books, which had been protecting
Montclair's older homes, to accommo-
date new state legislation,” he said.
In 2012, there was a change in state
law that could have made Montclair’s
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COURTESY M.D. SCHNEIDER
law unenforceable. “However, no one
appealed this local law at the time. There
was no reason to do it,” Schwartz said.
“Regardless, we could have just made
language modifications and given new
notice to residents at the tax office.
This would have effectively kept those
preservation provisions in place. Other
townships like Jersey City, have still
maintained their classic home protec-
tions during that same period.”
Schwartz, who is Mayor Robert Jack-
son's direct designee to the planning
board, said he has been pushing a re-
vised no-knock law for the last few years,
which “could have stopped the Under-
cliff tear-down.” He claims the planning
office has stalled it and is sitting on fin-
ishing a draft of the legislation needed
for ultimate council passage.
In October 2018, Schwartz present-
ed the planning board with the sug-
gestion of a “light protection zone”
for properties 95 years or older, or for
properties that are on a list of 1,000
from the 1982 Preservation Montclair
study compiled by the Junior League.
Under his suggestion, properties in the
historic zones would be flagged on prop-
erty cards. Suggestions included Histor-
ic Preservation Commission oversight
for demolition permits for those prop-
erties, as well as a one-year wait on de-
molition to exhaust all other efforts.
In response, Talley said at that meet-
ing, “The law would not stop demolition,
only delay it.”
Page 4 News Thursday, February 14, 2019

MONTCLAIR PUBLIC LIBRARY

Intellectual freedom ‘essential’ for books

BY ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.news
A parent objects to her son’s
choice in a library book be-
cause it conflicts with religious
beliefs. A parent wants to have
a book removed from a school
library shelf over “objection-
able content.” A library experi-
ences protests over a featured
speaker.
Those were some of the sub-
jects and situations that James
LaRue, formerly of the Ameri-
can Library Association’s Of-
fice for Intellectual Freedom
(ALA) and a former library di-
rector with the Douglas Coun-
ty library system in Colorado,
talked about with the Mont-
clair Public Library’s Board of
Trustees Monday night, Feb. 11.
The library was to be closed
to the general public the next
day, Feb. 12, for a staff in-ser-
vice. LaRue gave the library
trustees a preview of the talk
he was going to give to the staff.
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In LaRue’s 24 years working
in public libraries, he and his
staff have seen 150 challenges
to books.
Anyone can challenge a
book if he or she wants the
book removed from a library’s
circulation, or only checked
out to certain users due to con-
tent objections.
Schools, unlike public li-
braries, act “in loco parentis,”
which refers to the legal re-
sponsibility of a person or
organization to take on some
of the functions and responsi-
bilities of a parent. Therefore, a
school is more likely to be pres-
sured by parents into remov-
ing a book from its shelf, LaRue
said.
Ninety-nine percent of the
book challenges addressed by
the ALA come from parents
of children in two age groups:
between the ages of four and
six; and between the ages of 14
and 16. Those are the ages when
children are exposed to new
ideas directly outside of their
parents’ purview, LaRue said.
“It’s about the preservation
of innocence, and the belief, ‘I
want my baby back,’” he said.
LaRue mentioned a case in-
volving Toni Morrison’s “Be-
loved,” the story of an escaped
slave haunted by the ghost of
her dead child. A Virginia high
school student, who was as-
signed the book for school, was
disturbed by its content.
The student’s mother took
the issue to the state board of
education and the legislature,
leading to a bill that allowed
ERIN ROLL/STAFF
parents to review a list of
James LaRue, former executive director of the American Library Asso-
books to be included on a class ciation’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, speaks to the Montclair Public
syllabus, including books with Library’s Board of Trustees Monday night. LaRue was in Montclair to
controversial content, and give speak to the library’s staff about issues related to intellectual freedom,
their approval to them, LaRue censorship and challenged books.
said.
In his position as a director munity of artists we have in ties.
of humanities for the school Montclair,” said Vargas, who In recent years, LaRue said,
district, Marcos Vargas has is also serves as library board there has been a balancing act
dealt with books being chal- trustee. “I remind them, [the between intellectual freedom
lenged. “I get a [surprising] book] stays until a decision is and social justice: the balance
amount, considering the com- made.” between promoting ideas and
Besides challenges to books, expression, even something
LaRue said, a library may find that has the potential to be
itself addressing concerns or hurtful or offensive, while be-
complaints about scheduled ing mindful of the rights and
speakers. concerns of the larger commu-
A library in Montana nity. This applies both to what
booked a speaker series on the books a library will have on its
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to speakers and events.
“I want to make it clear, I do
not believe these two values
are in conflict with each other,”
LaRue said of social justice and
intellectual freedom. “They’re
two sides of the same coin.”
The discussion also briefly
turned to the Drag Queen Sto-
ry Hour, featuring Harmonica
Sunbeam, that Montclair host-
ed in January. Earlier in the
meeting, the library reported
that the story hour had been
very successful, with a sold-out
audience of 47 children and 54
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about library programs is dif-
ficult: “In a social media world,
it is very hard.”
Thursday, February 14, 2019
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Family recipes
Brewery
celebrates
black history
with
microbrews
BY KELLY NICHOLAIDES
for Montclair Local
Around 22 years ago, first
generation Jamaican-Ameri-
can Denise Ford met West Af-
rican immigrant Leo Sawado-
go while she was shopping
for tiles. When they got mar-
ried, the couple pooled their
strengths, career experiences,
finances and entrepreneur-
ial spirits to open Montclair
Brewery, the first microbrew-
ery in the town they have
called home for the past 10
years. Through Denise’s ex-
pertise in marketing and Leo’s
master brewer skills, the mi-
crobrewery aims to attract a
diverse customer base.
During Black History
Month, Leio Sawadogo will be
concocting a new brew every
week for their Walnut Street
business.
“We want to connect to our
culture and share it with oth-
ers, take it seriously and honor
our roots,” said Denise Ford
Sawadogo. “People come in
and ask for the series of craft
beers we have for February.
We can’t forget where we came
from especially this month.
I hope this helps us diversify
our customer base and encour-
ages more people to stop in.”
The new microbrews are in-
spired by the African and Ca-
ribbean diasporas. The Moth-
erland is a gluten-free ale
made from sorghum or “dolo”
grain as it’s called in Burkina
Faso, a country in West Afri-
ca. The Baobab Sour is a tarty
amber ale that contains the
dry fruit of the baobab “tree
of life.” The Kingston Porter
is dark and roasty and named
after the Jamaican capital. A
coconut stout, ginger ale and
pecan pie ale are also on tap to
be made.
Denise Ford Sawadogo said
the place also offers live music
events every Friday to connect
to the theme of the brew.
The Rumberos, a Latin band
Montclair Brewery’s Leo Sawadogo holds one his microbrews. For the
month of February, the Brewery will be featuring beers with African and
and Caribbean roots.
with Cuban and African roots
will perform on Feb. 15. The
soul music of Rasha Jay will be
featured on March 1.
African dance, beer yoga
and trivia on black history are
also planned.
Getting the business run-
ning was a steep climb. The
Sawadogos got their federal
brewer’s permit state ABC
clearance last year. But they
hit snags with the local plan-
ning board that required an
extra $25,000 investment,
including changes to the exte-
rior, more parking and other
details.
Now the couple can focus
on brewing and building their
business.
Leo Sawadogo spends
most of his time perfecting
his micro-brewing methods,
reading up on the subject and
networking with other brew-
ers. The micro-brewing pro-
cess can take anywhere from
two weeks to two months. The
equipment includes a fermen-
ter, boil kettle and mashtun.
“The timing depends on the
type of craft beer, the size of
the barrel, the ingredients and
the fermentation. A seven-
barrel batch can produce 217
gallons or we can do smaller
10-gallon sizes. It takes a day
or two to combine the ingredi-
ents. First you mill the grains.
You get the water temperature
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The 4th Annual Saint Cassian 5K & Kids Fun Run is
set for Saturday, April 13, at Brookdale Park. The fun run
begins at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K begins at 9 a.m.
The entry fee for the 5K is $25 until March 20th and $30
afterwards. The entry fee for the Kids Fun Run is $15 until
March 20 and $20 afterwards.
Register online at runsignup.com. Same-day registra-
tion begins at 7 a.m. at Brookdale Park.
The event benefits St. Cassian School, a non-profit
accredited school for grades Pre-K to 8, serving teh com-
munity for more than 60 years at 190 Lorraine Ave. , Upper
Montclair.
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Tell us what’s up in the schools!
>>> roll@montclairlocal.news
Report: Black,
Asian student
populations
show decline
BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news
The overall number of stu-
dents listed as African Ameri-
can and Asian has declined in
Montclair schools in recent
years, while the white stu-
dent population has remained
consistent and the Hispanic
student population has seen a
slight uptick, a trend that is re-
inforced by a new enrollment
report for the 2018-19 school
year.
The report shows that dating
back to the 2013-14 school year,
the number of African Ameri-
can students has declined by
over 7 percent, the largest shift
in demographics in the last six
years . However, some of the
decline could be linked with a
decision by the school district
to add a new category — mul-
tirace — to its enrollment re-
ports. When that category was
introduced for the 2017-18
school year, 7 percent of the
student population declared
themselves multiracial, with
25 percent of students listing
themselves as African Ameri-
can. In the previous school
year, when the multiracial op-
tion was not yet a category,
the African American student
population was at 29.2 percent,
more than 4 points higher.
Of note, too, is that the de-
cline in the African American
numbers that took place in the
2017-18 school year, after the
multi-race category was intro-
duced, has not carried into the
current school year. In the new
2018-19 enrollment report,
the African American student
population is again at 25 per-
cent and the multiracial popu-
lation is again at 7 percent.
But if some of the decline in
the African American student
numbers may have to do with
the introduction of the multi-
racial category in 2017-18, an-
Education
MONTCLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Population drop
Since 2013, the number of African American students in the Montclair Public Schools has declined by more than
7 percent, while the Asian student population has fallen by about 3 percent.
other factor seems to be in play
as well: the changing demo-
graphics of Montclair.
According to U.S. Census
records, the overall African
American population in Mont-
clair dropped 3 percentage
points, to about 24 percent,
over a period extending from
2010 to 2017. During that same
period, the white population
rose from 63 to 65 percent. The
Hispanic population increased
3 percentage points, to about
10 percent, and the Asian share
of the population dropped to
about 3 percent.
Now consider the school
enrollment numbers, which
span from 2013-14, the old-
est enrollment report avail-
able, to 2018-19. That is not an
exact match with the 2010-17
span of the Census report, but
is close enough to make a use-
ful comparison. Start with the
figures for white students. In
the 2013-14 enrollment report,
the share of students listed as
white was 51 percent and that
figure remains the same in the
2018-19 enrollment numbers,
even though the white popu-
lation in Montclair has moved
upward a little bit in recent
years, according to the Census
numbers.
Meanwhile, the Hispanic
student population has moved
up from 9.5 percent in 2013-14
to 11 percent in the new enroll-
ment figures, which closely
matches the growth in the
overall Hispanic population
in those same Census figures.
And the Asian student popula-
tion? It is down to 5.5 percent
in the latest enrollment report,
which also matches the drop in
the overall Asian numbers in
the Census figures.
And then, most signifi-
cantly, there are the African
American student numbers. In
the 2013-14 report, 32 percent
of those enrolled identified as
African American. By 2016-
17, that figure had dropped to
29.2. The multi-race category
had yet to be introduced on the
enrollment report. That sug-
gests that the decline in Afri-
can American students, at that
point, was directly attributable
to a decline in the overall Af-
rican American population in
Montclair. And that when the
multirace category was intro-
duced a year later, the decline
in the number of students
identifying as African Ameri-
can became even more pro-
nounced.
“It is shocking to see this de-
cline,” said James Harris, the
vice president of the Mont-
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clair NAACP and chairman
of the Education Committee
of the NAACP. Harris points
to the lack of rent control and
high taxes as a driving force
behind the fact that some Afri-
can Americans are choosing to
leave Montclair.
“New development may
bring some affordable hous-
ing, but there is nothing to
protect residents from these
over-excessive increases. Par-
ents then have to make that
very hard decision of moving
and pulling their kids out of
the Montclair school district
because they can’t afford to live
here,” said Harris. “Who really
cares about the decline of the
African American population
and diversity in Montclair? Do
the developers, public officials,
school officials?”
Harris said the Census and
school-enrollment numbers
"tell a narrative that the diver-
sity that Montclair prides itself
on is diminishing.''
There are other school num-
bers to consider as well. For
instance, the number of free
lunches that Montclair stu-
dents receive has seen a 21 per-
cent decline since 2015, with
883 students in the program
in 2018. There has also been a
decline since 2015 in the num-
ber of students who receive re-
duced-price lunches, although
that number was slightly up
this year.
“The decline in numbers
for free and reduced lunches
tells me the kids who qualify
are leaving the district,” Harris
said.
William Scott of the Hous-
ing Commission who has been
pushing for rent stabilization,
said that although complaints
filed last year with Landlord/
Tenant Committee over exu-
berant rent increases topped
20, it’s hard to know how many
people chose to leave rather
than fight rent increases.
Meanwhile, the number of
students who have transferred
out of the Montclair school dis-
trict to attend private schools
has also declined. In 2015 at the
height of a student exodus, 84
students transferred to private
schools. In 2016, that number
was 77 and in 2017 it was down
to 66. At the same time, the
number of students returning
to Montclair after attending
private institutions has in-
creased — from 23 in 2015, to
61 in 2016 and 64 in 2017. The
district did not offer demo-
graphics of the students in this
category.
Christa Rapoport, the chair-
woman of the Montclair Civil
Rights Commission, noted that
she gets inquiries from parents
of color on whether their chil-
dren should stay in Montclair
schools or move to private in-
stitutions.
“My preference is that chil-
dren remain in Montclair,''
she said. "But the truth is, I
see many times that African
Americans are steered away
from honors and AP classes.
They don’t have the same op-
portunities as their non-black
counterparts unless they are
in special education or are ge-
niuses. So sometimes the ex-
cellent student who can afford
it moves onto private,” she said.
“The achievement gap ignores
this ‘bright flight.’”
The numbers imply that
flight is now declining. But so
are the overall numbers of Af-
rican American students in the
district.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Checking their options
Montclair High School’s 2017 graduation ceremony took place at its traditional venue, the school amphitheater. This year, the school
is searching for a new venue for the ceremony, since the school property will be closed because of asbestos removal.
Board searching for commencement venue after
planned asbestos removal rules out amphitheater
BY ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.news
Montclair High School officials
and the Board of Education are
weighing their options on gradua-
tion venues, since the school will not
be able to use the amphitheater this
year.
The school’s usual venue will not
be accessible since the school will
be closed for asbestos removal and
stairwell replacements beginning in
May.
Montclair State University, the
Wellmont Theater, Woodman Field
and New Jersey Institute of Technol-
ogy in Newark are being considered
as graduation venues, Superinten-
dent Kendra Johnson said at the Feb.
6 board of education meeting.
All four of those venues have ad-
vantages and disadvantages, John-
son said.
MSU would be an outdoor venue,
and therefore would need a rain date
in the case of inclement weather. Al-
though the exact location of gradu-
ation on campus was not discussed,
MSU does not have an indoor venue
large enough to hold the ceremony
if it rains. A rain date could affect
the Project Graduation festivities,
as well as families’ travel plans, she
said.
At the Wellmont, seating would
Education
GRADUATION
be limited, with a capacity of only
2,137. About 2,500 people, includ-
ing the students, attended last year's
graduation. If the ceremony were to
be held at the theater, Johnson said,
each student would receive only two
tickets for an family, and the district
would look into having the ceremo-
ny live-streamed at another audito-
rium location in town.
Woodman Field is currently being
repaired. If repairs are completed by
June, Johnson said, the district could
have a tarp laid down and a stage set
up. But Woodman Field has the same
disadvantage as MSU: iIn the case of
rain, the ceremony would have to be
moved to another date.
The New Jersey Institute of Tech-
nology in Newark is large enough to
accommodate the students and their
families, and each family would be
given six to eight tickets. But John-
son said moving the ceremony out
of Montclair is not an ideal situation.
“The disadvantage is, we’re Mont-
clair proud. We want to have our
graduation in our town,” she said.
MSU spokesperson Erika Bleiberg
confirmed Thursday that the uni-
versity is discussing the possibility
of Montclair holding graduation at
its facilities, but the university could
not offer any other information, in-
cluding on facility rental fees or lo-
gistics.
FILE PHOTO
Anthony Morrison, the Well-
mont's general manager, confirmed
Friday that the theater had been in
talks with the school about the cer-
emony. While he would not disclose
specific costs, he said the theater
would be happy to host the school,
and was willing to do what it could to
accommodate the school's needs.
Johnson told Montclair Local that
the district's goal is to spend no more
than $15,000 on the ceremony and
its related expense.
Families of seniors will receive a
survey asking them for graduation
venue preferences via email within
the next few weeks.
Johnson promised that the gradu-
ating seniors would receive plenty
of graduation treats, including T-
shirts, DVDs and other prizes.
“This particular graduating class,
we want to wrap our arms around
because they’re the graduating class
with the stair collapse,” Johnson said.
The topic of where to hold gradu-
ation ceremonies in Montclair has
been a controversial subject over the
last several years.
Ceremonies are traditionally
held in the amphitheater at the high
school, with overflow seating be-
ing provided in the auditorium. Last
year, the district set up bleachers on
Park Street for overflow seating as
well.
Page 7
NEWS IN
EDUCATION
Dean’s List
Montclair residents
Lucy Albright and Claire
Parcells were named to the
dean's list for the fall 2018
semester at Purchase College.
Albright is studying music
production and Parcells is
studying music studio compo-
sition.
Peter H. Messenger,
son of Barbara Messenger of
Montclair, was named to the
dean's list at Colby College in
Waterville, Maine, for out-
standing academic achieve-
ment during the fall semester
of the 2018-19 academic year.
Messenger, a member of the
Class of 2021, is majoring in
psychology.
Montclair residents Mary
White and Terrence White
were named to the dean's list
for the fall 2018 semester at
the University of Hartford.
Jessica Roy, of Montclair,
was named to the University
of Iowa's dean's list for the fall
2018 semester.
Grace Link, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Link
of Montclair, was named to
the dean's list at Bates College
for the fall semester ending
in December 2018. Link is a
senior majoring in biological
chemistry and art and visual
culture and minoring in
music.
Montclair residents Zoe
Foglizzo, Jesse Grupper,
Samuel Levine, Brandon
Lewis, Ryan Maiman,
Ella McDonald, Oliver
Menken, Conner Mieth,
Zahra Morgan, Torin
Ottaway, Madeline Pitera
and Samuel VanderMeulen
were named to the dean’s list
for the fall 2018 semester at
Tufts University.
Oliver Stordahl was
named to SUNY-Geneseo's
dean's list for the fall 2018
semester.
Haili Nelson, a senior at
Oglethorpe University, was
named to the dean's list aca-
demic honors for the fall 2018
semester. Nelson is majoring
in communication studies.
Sophia Lavergne was
named to the dean’s for the
fall 2018 semester at Hofstra
University.
Information for “News in
Education” is provided by the
academic institutions.
Page 8 Education Thursday, February 14, 2019

MONTCLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

State law requires teaching of LGBT history

BY ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.news
New Jersey schools are now required to teach the
contributions of LGBTQ people in history as part of
their curriculum.
Senator Teresa Ruiz, one of the sponsors of the law,
said it is important to teach diversity as a strength
because perceptions are shaped in childhood. Class-
rooms should be filled with lessons that reflect the
mosaic of our society and history.
“Teaching young people about everyone who has
contributed to the progress of our country, includ-
ing members of the LGBTQ community and persons
with disabilities, will help to foster greater acceptance
throughout their lives. We must continue striving to
develop comprehensive curriculums that highlight
the many ways diversity has been and continues to be
a strength,” she said.
The law, signed by Gov. Phil Murphy this month,
will officially take effect for the 2020-2021 school
year.
“A Board of Education shall include instruction
on the political, economic and social contributions
of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender people, in an appropriate place in the
curriculum of middle school and high school students
as part of the district’s implementation of the New
Jersey Student Learning Standards,” the law states.
The Montclair school district has not yet started
taking any specific steps regarding a revised curric-
ulum, but district officials are currently reviewing
what its obligations would be under the law, said Su-
perintendent Kendra Johnson.
A 2018 study by the Human Rights Campaign
found that only 19 states, including New Jersey, had
passed anti-bullying laws to protect LGBTQ students
from being bullied based on their gender identity and
sexual orientation. Of those states, 13, including New
Jersey, have passed laws prohibiting students from
being discriminated against based on their gender
identity and sexual orientation. This includes matters
such as access to facilities, sports teams, and clubs.
Montclair now has at least one gender-neutral re-
stroom in each of its schools. Additionally, the district
requires transgender students to be allowed access to
restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities based on
their gender identity.
But the report says that beyond the laws, schools
COURTESY KIRSTY LEE/UNSPLASH
The pride flag on a clear day.
must work to create a welcoming environment.
“Schools must be intentional about creating a wel-
coming, safe environment for LGBTQ students. First
steps can include providing professional development
opportunities, LGBTQ-inclusive anti-bias programs
and ongoing monitoring of policy compliance,” the
report states.
A NEED FOR INCLUSIVENESS
Montclair has worked with groups such as Garden
State Equality and Hudson Pride to provide teachers
with professional development on addressing the
needs of LGBTQ students.
Montclair parent Ghana Hylton is excited about the
law’s passage, and how it will enhance her three chil-
dren’s education. “I think it’s a necessity. I think diver-
sity means diversity,” Hylton said.
She believes history lessons in diversity need to go
beyond concentrating on the contributions of white,
male and gay people, and include different ethnicities
and orientations.
As examples, she cited Bayard Rustin, who worked
with Martin Luther King Jr.; Sally Ride, the first Amer-
ican woman in space; and the writer George Sand.
Rustin was gay and black, and his sexuality was not
widely mentioned in the 1960s, Hylton said. “But he
was a key player in the civil rights movement,” Hylton
said. The same applied to Ride, a lesbian. “They didn’t
want that to distract from her being the first [Ameri-
can] woman in space.”
Most people support the idea of teaching LGBTQ
history in the classroom, but some don’t, she said.
Some insist that parents be the ones to talk to their
children about issues related to homosexuality. “And
I said to them, that’s what we used to say about sex
education, that’s what we used to say about African-
American history,” she said; some see those subjects as
“tender topics” that only parents, not schools, should
discuss with children. The result of that approach is
that some children learn about those topics much too
late, or not at all, she concluded.
New Jersey is the first state in the country to require
schools to teach about the contributions of LGBTQ
people across all disciplines in the classroom, such as
science and literature.
“We believe that it’s critical that our classrooms
highlight the contributions of LGBT people to histo-
ry,” said Christian Fuscarino, the executive director of
Garden State Equality, whose North Jersey offices are
located in Montclair.
FAMILIAR FACES IN HISTORY
Each school district has some leeway on how it puts
together its curriculum, Fuscarino said. Garden State
Equality has worked with some school districts on the
curriculum, he said, one of which highlights people
known for their activism, such as Bayard Rustin and
Harvey Milk.
It also includes people who already appear in most
history textbooks, like mathematician and cryptana-
lyst Alan Turing, playwright Oscar Wilde and novelist
Virginia Woolf. Generations of school children have
already been learning about those figures, Fuscarino
said, but discussions of their sexuality were often
omitted from classroom lessons until recently.
“This is important because young LGBTQ people
need to see themselves in these lessons,” Fuscarino
said. Additionally, he said, their straight classmates
need to be shown that LGBTQ people are not a distant,
isolated group.
The bill had the sponsorship of senators Loretta
Weinberg and Teresa Ruiz, and assembly members
Reed Gusciora, Tim Eustace, Valerie Vaineri Huttle,
Mila Jasey and JoAnn Downey. It was first introduced
in February 2018.

Teachers honored with Governor’s awards

Montclair Public Schools
staff members were honored
at the Feb. 6 Board of Educa-
tion meeting for being named
2018-19 Governor’s Educator
of the Year recipients. They
were selected by their schools
for their educational innova-
tion, student achievement and
important services outside the
classroom environment that
lead to student success.
This year’s Governor’s
Educator of the Year recipi-
ents were as follows:
• Shawn Finnerty, fifth-
grade math teacher, Bradford
School;
• Megan Randall, speech
and language pathologist,
Bradford School;
• Georgette Mbayed,
second-grade teacher, Charles
H. Bullock School
• Dr. Grace Ann Furnari,
psychologist, Charles H.
Bullock School
• Avril Fagan, fourth-grade
teacher, Edgemont School;
• Sade Henry, psychologist/
SAC, Edgemont School;
Amanda Senior, fourth-
grade math/science teacher,
Hillside School;
• Robert Hastings, second-
grade special education
teacher, Nishuane School;
• Karyn Maliszewski,
second-grade teacher, North-
east School;
• Danielle Schragen, school
counselor/anti-bullying
specialist, Northeast School;
• Birdean Clinton, curricu-
lum support teacher (grades
K-2), Watchung School;
• Kate Megdanis, math
teacher, Buzz Aldrin Middle
School;
• Courtney Anderson,
language arts teacher, Glen-
field School;
• Rachel Dunn, sixth-grade
social studies teacher, Renais-
sance School;
• Andrea Smith-Morgan,
special education teacher,
Montclair High School.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Safe streets are
complicated
The story on the Safe Streets plan
considered by the township (“Losing
momentum,” Feb. 7, page 1) reminded
us how complicated it is to get safer
streets for pedestrians,motorists and
bicyclists.
But we don’t need planning boards
and steering committees to under-
stand the importance of obeying
traffic signs. We need to understand
we are not the only ones on the road.
As I was leaving the Park Street
YMCA and walking to my parked car
on Cottage Place, one car zoomed
down Munn Street from Park Street.
Going the wrong way on a one-
way street did not seem to matter to
this driver, who I suspect might have
eyed a good parking space.
Still walking to my car, I could not
believe my eyes when another car
turned off Claremont Avenue on to
Cottage Place, also going the wrong
way on a one-way street. Racing to
a parking spot in a corner lot, this
driver was dressed in a medical
uniform and might have been rush-
ing to get to work on time.
While we obey traffic lights and
stop signs, let’s not forget these one
way street signs.
And don’t forget your mother’s
advice, “Look both ways before you
cross the street” — even on a one-
way street.
MERRILL SILVER
Montclair
Working parents care
after the bell rings...
As a working mother of two
middle schoolers, I was offended by
the Feb. 7 article about after-school
activities (“After the bell rings,” page
8).
The article insinuated that the
influx of middle schoolers in Upper
Montclair in the afternoon was
merely a lack of supervision of kids
with working parents. I wonder what
this conclusion was based on. Has
Montclair Local polled those middle
schoolers to find out if their parents
work or not?
As I see it, “going uptown” has
absolutely nothing to do with
whether your parents work in the
afternoon or stay at home.
I can assure you that working
parents think deeply about how
much and in what form their middle-
schoolers earn their independence,
just as much as, I assume, stay-at-
home parents do.
JULIE CLEMENS
Montclair
Correcting the record:
Senior Bus not
discontinued
I’m writing to report that the
Montclair Senior Bus has not been
discontinued as reported in your
article Learning about living well, on
Thursday, Feb. 7.
The bus continues to carry a
record number of Montclair resi-
dents, from their home to destina-
tions throughout Montclair whether
to take a class at Edgemont Park
House or the Wally Choice Com-
munity Center, go to the movies or
keep a medical appointment.The bus
stops at all the local grocery stores
including Brookdale ShopRite.
EZRide, a professional transporta-
tion organization, offers safe, cour-
teous service and begins its third
year as the bus operator. All Mont-
clair residents, age 55 and over or
those who are disabled, are eligible
to use this free, door-to-door service.
The bus operates Monday through
Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To
Sound off!
Letters on any subject can be e-mailed to
letters@montclairlocal.news, or mailed and
addressed to “Letters To The Editor,” 309
Orange Road, Montclair NJ, 07042. All sub-
missions must include name, address, and
phone number for verification. Letters must be
received by 1 p.m. Tuesday to be published
in Thursday’s paper. Only the letter-writer’s
name and town of residence will be published.
Letters may be edited by Montclair Local for
style and length. While our goal is to publish
all letters we receive, Montclair Local reserves
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‘Town Square’ is our space for longer-form
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Topics and submissions should be emailed
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at least one week in advance of publication.
reserve a ride call EZRide at 201-939-
4242 ext. 1.
Seniors in Taxis (S.I.T.) a pilot
program ended as of Dec. 31, 2018.
We will continue to look for
alternatives for SIT riders and will
keep you informed of any progress.
SUSAN CRAIG
Montclair
The writer is the chair of the Montclair
Senior Bus Roundtable.

Montclair Police Dept. promotes three

Two Montclair police
officers were promoted and
one achieved permanent
status during a swearing-in
ceremony held Monday, Feb.
11 in the municipal council
chambers. Municipal Clerk
Linda Wanat administered
the oath of office to Michael
DeGrazio, Kevin Webb and
Erica Febus.
Promoted to Lieutenant is
Michael DeGrazio who joined
the Department 2004 before
being assigned to the Detec-
tive Bureau in 2012. He was
promoted to Sergeant in 2014
and served as a supervisor
in the Juvenile Aid Bureau
and the Patrol Division. In
addition, Mike has spent the
last several years as a member
of the Department’s Honor
Guard, some of which was
spent as the unit’s primary
supervisor. Mike will be
assigned to the Patrol Division
as a Lieutenant. Mike also has
a B.A. from William Paterson
College.
Promoted to Sergeant
is Kevin Webb joined the
Department in 2009. During
his time with this Depart-
ment, he has been assigned to
the Patrol Division. Kevin has
also served as Field Training
Officer for the Department,
having been given the respon-
sibility to use his knowledge
and experience to train our
newly hired officers. He has a
B.A. from Rutgers University.
Kevin will be assigned to the
Patrol Division as a sergeant.
Promoted from probation-
ary to permanent status is
Yerica Febus is a Newark
native who has five years of
experience with the NJ Transit
Police. Officer Febus gradu-
COURTESY MONTCLAIR POLICE DEPARTMENT
ated from the Essex County
College Police Academy in From left, MPD Deputy Chief Wilhelm Young, Officer Yerica Febus, Sgt. Kevin Webb, Chief Todd Conforti and Lt.
Michael DeGrazio.
Newark last June.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
UTILITIES
Water fee increase
A new fee could be added to your water bill to pay for required mapping and testing.
Township’s Water Bureau may add
surcharge to pay for testing, mapping
BY KELLY NICHOLAIDES
for Montclair Local
Montclair’s water pipes, some of which are 150
years old, need to be mapped, and valves must be
tested. Residents may see a surcharge as a result,
town officials confirmed.
The maintenance is a requirement under the
state Water Quality Accountability Act (2017), Gary
Obszarny, director of the Montclair Water Bureau,
told the Mayor and Council at the Feb. 5 meeting.
Although mapping is only done once, testing is re-
quired every two years on 6 and 12-inch pipes.
“We’ve got over 1,400 valves, around four to six
at every intersection. GIS [Geographic Information
Systems] mapping we have to do for every valve so
we have a base map. Some valves we do not want
to touch. They’re from the 1930s. If I open one and
can’t close it, it will empty into other areas. I’d rather
change those valves, put in new ones. Tank valves
haven‘t been turned since the 1970s. And some are 20
feet into the chamber,” Obszarny said.
The Water Quality Accountability Act requires
purveyors to create and implement an asset-man-
agement plan designed to inspect, maintain and re-
new its infrastructure consistent with standards es-
tablished by the American Water Works Association.
The town may introduce an ordinance imposing
the surcharge quarterly, based on rates depending on
the size of the water meter, Township Manager Tim
Stafford said.
While water rates over the last three years saw
slight increases, 2018 brought no increase.
Most residents pay $34 per period, four times a
year. This rate, which saw a $1 hike each year from
2015 to 2017, includes 7,480 gallons of water. For each
additional 748 gallons used, the residents pay a rate
of $3.74 during January, February, March, October,
News
JACEK DYLAG/UNSPLASH
November and December. From April through Sep-
tember the rate jumps to $4.49. Over the last three
years that rate averaged an annual increase of about
11 cents during non-peak times and 31 cents during
peak season on 748 gallons of water, but saw no in-
crease in 2018.
Mayor Robert Jackson said he wants the town’s le-
gal counsel to determine if Montclair can hold off on
the testing and mapping for two years.
The Montclair & Glen Ridge Annual Drinking Wa-
ter Quality Report in 2017 shows that no violations
listed. The report lists levels of 16 regulated substanc-
es, lead and copper, 17 secondary substances, eight
unregulated contaminants, and three microbiologi-
cal contaminants, the amounts detected, and ranges.
The regulated substances include chlorine, uranium,
mercury, fluoride and nitrate. The unregulated con-
taminants include chromium, naturally occurring
elements metals like vanadium, an ether used in the
manufacture of paper and cotton, acids used to pro-
duce cathode ray tube televisions, man-made chemi-
cals used to make stains, greases, polishes, adhesives
and photographic films. Microbiological contami-
nants include coliform bacteria and microbial patho-
gens.
North Jersey District Water Supply Commission
supplies the town’s water, from the 29.6 billion-
gallon Wanaque Reservoir and Treatment Plant and
7-billion-gallon Monksville Reservoir, according to
the report. Montclair receives its water through the
Grove Street pumping station. The Montclair system
includes three municipal wells.
The 2018 report will be published in a few months,
sent to all water customers and posted on the town-
ship website, said Katya Wowk, Communications Di-
rector.
Seniors can apply for a 25 percent discount on
their water bill through the water department.
Page 11
NEWS IN BRIEF
Teachers lauded
for social studies
program
Two Bradford School teachers have
gained recognition for a project on teach-
ing young children about issues related to
refugees.
Marcelynn Chanin, who teaches
second grade, and Ellen Cahill, who
teaches kindergarten, worked with
student teachers from the College of New
Jersey to create a lesson plan to teach
children about refugees, human rights
and immigration.
The lesson plan included a game in
which some children would be allowed
the full run of a playground space, while
others were confined to a small area.
Then the groups would switch places.
“I believe that many of the problems
in our world, due to social injustice fester
because we do not address them,” Chanin
said in an announcement on the district
website. “We need to teach children
the only way we can fix problems is by
addressing them. We owe it to children
to show them that it is good to talk about
injustices and to examine how they came
about.”
The project was featured in the winter-
spring 2019 issue of “Teaching Social
Studies.”
Gardening workshops
announced
The Montclair Department of Health
and Human Services, HOMECorp, and
Montclair Community Farms are offer-
ing ways to community garden and public
workshops in Montclair.
All public workshops sponsored by the
New Jersey Healthy Communities Net-
work are $15 per person for non-members,
free for Community Gardeners of Miller
Street. Workshops are led by Master Gar-
deners of Essex County and community
professionals. List of 2019 workshops be-
low. Full details and locations available at
montclaircommunityfarms.org/calendar.
Sustainable Health & Beautiful Bodies
(Feb. 22)
Canning and Preserving with an Expert
(March 22)
Flowers: Start a Cutting Garden (April
5)
Start Your Gardens Workshop! (May
18)
Gardening for the Butterflies! (June 14)
Greater Grains: Cooking with Alterna-
tive Grains (July 26)
Leafy Greens for All Seasons (Aug. 23)
Tours Colonial Herb Garden in Bloom
(Sept. 27)
Succulents & Terrariums (Oct. 25)
Drying Herbs, Spices & Veggies (Nov.
15)
Healthy Holiday Cooking Party (Dec.
13)
Page 12 Obituaries/News Thursday, February 14, 2019

OBITUARIES NEWS IN BRIEF

Reginald William Haley III Temple Ner Tamid honors

Reginald William Haley III, 56, of
Montclair, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019.
friends.
Visitation will be from 2:30
Cantor Meredith Greenberg
Mr. Haley III was an attorney with to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Temple Ner Tamid will at the Academy for Jewish
The Legal Aid Society in New York. Martin's Home For Service, 48 Elm celebrate Cantor Meredith Religion, a seminary in New
Mr. Haley III was predeceased by St. , Montclair. A service will follow Greenberg’s decade of service York where she was ordained
his father, Reginald W. Haley Jr. at 3:30 p.m. with a fundraising gala in May 2008 before joining
He is survived by his wife, In lieu of flowers, donations Saturday, Feb. 23, from 7 to Temple Ner Tamid in 2009.
Yvonne, one son, Spencer (Anne may be made in remembrance of 11 p.m. , including cocktails, Meredith and her wife,
Marie), two sisters, Kelly and Kim Reginald William Haley III to WBAI. REGINALD catered dinner, live music and soprano Leora Perlman, have
Haley, his mother, Marlene Eskridge, org, or mail to att: Development, 388 HALEY III tributes. sung many duets together
and many other relatives and Atlantic Ave, NYC, NY 11217. Cantor Greenberg grew up in concert and on the bima
in Florida, graduated from the at Temple Ner Tamid. They
Interlochen Arts Academy live in Montclair and are the
How to publish obituaries in Montclair Local in Michigan, attended he parents of three children,
Manhattan School of Music, Gilad, age 15, Nadav, age 13
The Montclair Local publishes mation such as parents’ names, and taught in New York City and Eyal, age 8.
obituaries at no charge, using place of birth, education and schools before becoming a Temple Ner Tamid is at 936
information furnished to us. Fu- work history, volunteer and com- Cantor. She spent five years Broad St. , Bloomfield.
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cal.news.
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dling the arrangements. or call Deborah Ann Tripoldi, ed- an early morning robbery
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at the CVS pharmacy on
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Montclair.
At 1:51 a.m. on Feb. 6,
a man approached the
counter seemingly to check as a white male between 25
out a number of items. But and 40 years of age and a
as the cashier was ringing little over six feet in height.
up the purchase, the man The suspect was wearing a
handed the employee a note jacket with the hood up at
demanding money and the time of the robbery.
stated that he was armed No one was injured,
with a gun. The cashier and the incident is under
gave the man $40 from the investigation. Anyone with
register, and the suspect information about the rob-
fled the store with the cash bery is urged to contact the
and the note, said Lt. David Montclair Police Depart-
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Plaza
from page 1
The platforms, covered in glass
and turned into a mall in the
1980s, were a sticking point
with preservationists, who
pressed for their adaptive re-
use, citing state and national
historical designations and the
town’s designation of the site
in a historic district. The de-
veloper claimed that the train
platforms lost their histori-
cal significance with the mall
conversion, but were willing to
reuse the steel columns of the
platforms as decorative fea-
tures throughout the project.
The developers also an-
nounced Monday night that
supermarket chain Lidl (pro-
nounced to rhyme with needle)
would be the grocer tenant.
Although the lease has not
yet been signed, Lidl repre-
sentative Nicholas Buckner,
who attended the meeting,
cited Montclair’s pedestrian
friendliness and described
the town as an ideal candidate
for the company’s expansion
throughout New Jersey.
Board member Carmel
Loughman, reading from Lidl’s
website, pointed out that the
Germany-based grocer chain
had rehabilitated older build-
ings in Europe, including train
stations. Buckner said that is
not what they were looking to
do in in this case, that the cur-
rent plans before the board are
“what we want” and allow for
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the parking requirements they
require.
The need for parking was
another issue, as the developer
proposed 459 parking spots for
the entire site, nearly 440 less
than the required 833. The de-
velopers argued that number
was based on suburban areas
lacking nearby transit options.
The developers plan to imple-
ment a shared parking plan
model with the use of valet
parking from the medical of-
fice lot six days a week with
Propark managing the parking
lots.
After a motion by board
member Martin Schwartz to
deny the application, with
Carmel Loughman voting in
favor, the board voted against
it. The board then voted in fa-
vor of the development, with
Schwartz and Loughman ab-
staining.
At the start of the meeting,
councilwoman Robin Schlager,
recused herself from any fur-
ther action on the applica-
tion due to her position on the
council. In May of last year, the
entire council approved a reso-
lution requesting the planning
board to consider the current
Lackawanna redevelopment
plans “favorably and with dis-
patch,” stating the area needed
a supermarket.
Robert Schmitt of Hamp-
shire told the board that the
journey has been frustrating,
“listening to public comment
that we had no intent of bring-
ing in a supermarket,” add-
ing there was never a “smoke
Local
News
screen.”
He said Lidl supermarket
would be a “perfect fit” for the
Fourth Ward. “They have bet-
ter pricing than Aldi and are a
smaller format grocer,” as was
suggested by the board’s su-
permarket expert, he said.
Lidl will be about the size of
Montclair’s Acme, at 29,000
square feet. Other tenants,
who have not yet been named,
will take up the remainder of
the 47,000 square-foot-space.
Although management will
be brought in from other stores
within the company, Lidl will
be hiring locally, Buckner said.
Lidl is well known in Eu-
rope, opening its first store in
1973 in Germany, with others
in the U.K. and France. In 2017,
the company moved into the
U.S. market, boasting more
than 50 locations and several
in New Jersey.
Historic preservationists,
who sought to incorporate the
train platforms-turned-mall
into the plans as the supermar-
ket itself, were disappointed
by the board’s decision. His-
toric Preservation Commis-
sion Chair Kathleen Bennett
said after the meeting that the
planning lacked the vision to
preserve the site in its entirety
while giving the area a much-
needed supermarket. An adap-
tive reuse of the train sheds
into a grocery store could be a
boon for Montclair, she said.
“It’s a sad day for historic
preservation. It didn’t matter
if we had 2,000 people testi-
fying on the historic value of
Thursday, February 14, 2019
The planning board approved plans to redevelop the historic Lackawanna
Plaza. The train platforms will be razed to make way for more parking.
the site and the fact that it’s
on three historic registers.
The chairman didn’t see it. It’s
his opinion that the sheds are
not historic. We proved with-
out a doubt that they are his-
toric. These decisions are sup-
posed to be based on fact. The
board didn't have the vision
to see that it would have been
unique,” she said.
Schwartz said he could not
support the plans because the
“master plan calls for historic
preservation and not massive
parking lots.”
Chairman John Wynn called
the plan a compromise, noting
the developer is preserving
most of the historical elements
and that he “did not see the
value in the train sheds. The
developer is stuck, we need to
allow the developer to provide
parking and is already asking
for much smaller than what is
needed.”
Board member Carole Wil-
lis said that the board was not
in the position “to force” that
a supermarket be built inside
the train platforms.
“Personally, I do not see how
how everyone is going to get
what they want,” Wynn said.
“It’s private property, using
private funds. The applicants
have the right to develop.”
The developers will retain
the waiting and ticket area
now home to the Pig & Prince
restaurant, and will restore a
horse trough, the Grove Street
stairwell, a  baggage kiosk, sIx
entrance piers and large pylons
on the Grove Street bridge, and
will place plaques describing
the history of the station on
the horse trough and along a
JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS/STAFF
pedestrian walkway.
Some of the train platforms
will be incorporated into the
design, with a set of covered
train platforms incorporated
into a glass-facade entrance to
the supermarket and retail ar-
eas.
Seventy-four of the 98 train
platform columns or stan-
chions will be kept in place.
Eight will be relocated for use
in a covered bus stop and at the
entrance of the Grove Street
tunnel.
Twenty percent of the hous-
ing will be dedicated as afford-
able.
The board attorney suggest-
ed that a restriction be placed
in the resolution approving the
plan that the historical aspects
included in their plans and the
parking management be main-
tained.
In January 2018, the devel-
opers downsized their plans
from 350 units to 154 and from
a the 65,000 square foot su-
permarket to 44,000. Talks
with ShopRite to move in
fell through as a result of the
smaller footprint. The devel-
opers at the time said finding
a supermarket company to fit
the smaller size could prove
difficult.
"We are now moving for-
ward will get a full scale super-
market with a fair amount of
historical preservation. I think
in the future, we will see vast
improvement to the Lackawa-
nna mall we see now," William
Scott of the NAACP said after
the meeting about the group's
advocacy in getting a super-
market back into the Fourth
Ward.
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MHS BOYS BASKETBALL

INSIDE
Facing forward

Lions roar in ECT

Round of 16
Both the Immaculate
boys and girls are
eyeing trips to the Essex
County semifinals, as
the Lion boys top North
Star and the IC girls
blow out Bloomfield.

Page 18-19

Costly cup win for

Mountie hockey
The MHS ice hockey
team overwhelms
Livingston, 4-1, in the
McInnis Cup quarter-
finals, but loses a key
rotation player to a
controversial DQ.
EDWARD KENSIK/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
Montclair senior Charles Murphy Jr., left, tries to get by Newark Central’s Jihad Evans during Saturday’s Essex County Tournament Round of 16 match- Page 20
up. Murphy scored a game-high 19 points as the Mounties edged the Blue Devils, 78-71, in overtime.

Mounties win in OT, advance to face No. 1 East Side

BY EDWARD KENSIK ment this Saturday, Feb. 16, when they visit added 11 points.
for Montclair Local top-seeded Newark East Side, the three- Throughout the game, Montclair was out
time defending Essex County champion, in in front, leading 33-29 at halftime and 46-
The Montclair High School boys basket- the quarterfinal round. 43 after three quarters, occasionally pulling
ball program wants to tell everybody that And Murphy knows what his team has to ahead by leads of seven-to-nine points. But
the school is not just a football school. execute to beat East Side. every time the Mounties would get a more
The Mounties started to show that on "We need to cut down on our turnovers comfortable lead, Newark Central would
Saturday, outlasting Newark Cen- and have to play more crisper bas- come storming back. Athlete Spotlight:
tral in overtime, 78-71, in the Essex Saturday ketball," said the senior guard. In fact, the Blue Devils (5-14), who play Dylan Ladda
County Tournament Round of 16, ECT 1st Round Montclair was a little more bal- in the Super Essex Conference’s top tier, the
meaning they’ll have a shot to make Nwk. Central 71 anced than ninth-seeded Newark American Division, took the game down to The Montclair Kimberley
MHS 78 Academy senior signed
even more noise next weekend. Central in this game, with five play- the wire. Murphy hit a pair of free throws in his Letter of Intent
"This is huge," said senior guard ers scoring in double figures. Mur- the last 18 seconds to tie the game at 65-65, to play soccer at the
Charles Murphy Jr. who is one of 11 seniors phy led the Mountie attack with 19 points he then grabbed a key defensive rebound as College of Charleston,
on the 2018-19 team. "Everybody knows including three 3-point buckets. Along with time expired when Central missed a couple and we caught up with
Montclair is a football school, but we want it Murphy, three Montclair players scored a of shots to win the game. him to talk all about it.
to be known as a basketball school." dozen points in senior Deshawn Davis, Reid In overtime Newark Central scored first
The eighth-seeded Mounties (13-5) will Eaves and senior Izaiah McPherson. An- Page 17
have the opportunity to make a big state- other senior, point guard Shawn Summers, See MOUNTIES, page 20
Page 16 Sports Thursday, February 14, 2019

COLLEGE CORNER PHOTO OF THE WEEK

MSU women’s basketball

Freshman guard Julia Rutgers-Camden after press
Sutton, of York, Pa. , scored 14 time, knowing that a win
points to help Mont- would give MSU a
clair State drop Stock- first-round bye in the
ton, 65-48, Saturday NJAC Tournament.
afternoon in Galloway The conference tour-
for the Red Hawks’ nament gets underway
fourth consecutive win. this Saturday with two
Alex McKinnon first-round games,
also had 14 points for followed by two
MSU (16-8, 12-5), which JULIA semifinal games next Montclair High School
moved into a tie for SUTTON Wednesday, Feb. 19. alum Salvador Pliego
second place in the The NJAC cham- signed a contract
with Club de Futbol
NJAC standings at press time. pionship game is Feb. 23, Universidad Nacional
Montclair was scheduled with the winner receiving an AC — better known
to close out its regular season automatic bid to the NCAA as Pumas UNAM — in
schedule Wednesday against Tournament. Mexico City on Feb.
9. The 18-year-old
Pliego, a key member
MSU men’s basketball of the defense as a
sophomore and ju-
Senior forward Jordan against Rutgers-Camden nior at MHS, will play
for the club’s affiliate
Roberson, of Union, scored after press time, and the team in the Liga Pre-
10 points and chipped Red Hawks will begin mier, the third tier of
in 17 rebounds as conference tournament Mexican soccer.
Montclair State edged play this Saturday, Feb.
Stockton, 84-81, 16, in the quarterfinal COURTESY OF
THE PLIEGO FAMILY
Saturday in Galloway. round. Montclair State
The Red Hawks could earn the No. 3
(15-9, 10-7) trailed or No. 4 seed, earning
by two before Irving
Callender’s jumper tied JORDAN
a quarterfinal home
game, or No. 5, in
SUMMING UP
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play, and Justin Porter’s the road Saturday. SEC BOYS BASKETBALL SEC BOYS BASKETBALL
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Montclair wrapped up with the championship game ICHS 9-1 .900 16-7 .682 71.7-63.4 MHS 8-1 .889 13-5 .722 61.9-55.4
West Side 6-2 .750 13-7 .650 66.2-61.1 Columbia 7-3 .700 11-7 .611 52.9-50.3
the regular season last night set for Saturday, Feb. 23. East Side 6-4 .600 17-4 .810 64.4-51.4 Barringer 7-3 .700 11-11 .500 55.2-55.3
Seton Hall 6-4 .600 15-6 .714 57.0-50.0 Bloomfield 4-6 .400 10-11 .476 54.1-50.8
Payne Tech 4-5 .444 10-8 .556 54.9-56.4 Orange 4-6 .400 6-13 .316 46.8-51.7
West Orange 1-8 .111 6-11 .353 51.6-60.0 East Orange 3-7 .300 7-12 .368 50.9-53.1
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North Bergen 57, Montclair 21 Montclair at Bloomfield, 7 p.m.
BOYS BOWLING GIRLS BASKETBALL
Nutley 4, Montclair 3 Immaculate at Montclair
Science Park at MKA
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7
BOYS SWIMMING
GIRLS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Tournament
Essex County Tournament
Public A final
2nd Preliminary Round
at Passaic Tech, Wayne
12Bloomfield 73, 28MKA 32
1Montclair vs. 2River Dell, 3:50 p.m.
ICE HOCKEY
McInnis Cup FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Quarterfinal BOYS BASKETBALL
2MKA 7, 7Scotch Plains 3 MKA at Christ the King, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS FENCING GIRLS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Tournament MKA at Livingston
Sweet 16 GIRLS SWIMMING
2Montclair 17, 18Morristown 10 NJSIAA Tournament
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Public A final
at Passaic Tech, Wayne
BOYS BASKETBALL
2Montclair vs. 1Morristown, 3:50 p.m.
Glen Ridge 52, MKA 48
GIRLS BASKETBALL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Technology 64, MKA 55 BOYS BASKETBALL
ICE HOCKEY ANDREW GARDA/STAFF Essex County Tournament
Randolph 5, Montclair 1 Quarterfinals
MKA senior Dylan Ladda, center, signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer at the Col-
8Montclair at 1East Side, 1 p.m.
WRESTLING lege of Charleston this fall. Ladda is flanked by MKA athletic director Todd Smith, left, and
7Irvington at 2Immaculate, 1 p.m.
Nutley 60, Montclair 15 MKA boys soccer head coach Rob Leather.
Regular season
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 MKA at Nutley, 1 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Essex County Tournament Dylan Ladda, MKA boys soccer GIRLS BASKETBALL
Essex County Tournament
Round of 16 Quarterfinals
2Immaculate 73, 18North Star 62 BY ANDREW GARDA of brings a solid, quiet leadership which 5Immaculate at 4Arts, 1 p.m.
8Montclair 78, 9Newark Central 71 (OT) ICE HOCKEY
garda@montclairlocal.news makes everyone kind of focus. And I’m
GIRLS BASKETBALL more of the loud, motivational type. McInnis Cup
Essex County Tournament Senior Dylan Ladda has been a part But he’s done a great job of calming me Final at Codey Arena, West Orange, 6 p.m.
Round of 16 WRESTLING
of a lot of success with the Montclair down and showing me a new way to lead
5Immaculate 78, 12Bloomfield 45 MHS at NJSIAA District 11 champion-
Kimberley Academy soccer team over that actually factored into my leadership
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 ships at Morristown HS, 9 a.m.
his four years of high school. However, skills and made me a better leader over-
BOYS BASKETBALL the three sectional final appearances, all. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Immaculate 82, Newark Central 52 two Prep Championships and numerous BOYS BASKETBALL
ICE HOCKEY winning seasons aren’t what stand out to What appealed to you about Immaculate at Payne Tech
McInnis Cup his coach, Rob Leather. Charleston? I’ve always wanted to play ICE HOCKEY
Quarterfinal “His words after the sectional fi- in the south. If you’re going to go to col- NJSIAA Tournament
4Montclair 4, 5Livingston 1 First round,
nal loss this year said a lot about him,” lege, why not do something different
BOYS SWIMMING Leather said. “A lot of times that mo- for four years? Charleston is a beautiful matchups, sites and times TBD
NJSIAA Tournament
Public A semifinal
ment is about the seniors, but in that city… it isn’t overwhelmingly big, but it TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19
1Montclair 115, 4Livingston 55
moment, as upset and disappointed as has enough going on and I just kind of BOYS BASKETBALL
he was, [Ladda] made that about the core fell in love with the campus and the style. Essex County Tournament
GIRLS SWIMMING
we have left and basically said ‘I’ll be fol- Semifinals at West Orange HS, 5 p.m.
NJSIAA Tournament
lowing you wherever I am.’ That said a lot Do you know what you’ll be Regular season
Public A semifinal
about his growth.” studying? I take a biomechanics class Science Park at MKA
2Montclair 88, 3Ridgewood 82
One of the unique things for Lad- with Coach Leather and I like that a lot. GIRLS BASKETBALL
GIRLS FENCING
da’s senior season was the captaincy he I’m also into business finance, so you Union at Montclair, 7 p.m.
NJSIAA Tournament
MKA at Glen Ridge, 7 p.m.
Quarterfinals shared with fellow senior Seth Kaplan. know, I’m just going to go there and see
2Montclair 14, 7Bernards 13 “They’re chalk and cheese, really,” how I feel about things. They’re also BOYS SWIMMING
NJSIAA Public A semifinal at
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Leather said. “They are very different known for their marine biology stuff, Passaic Tech, Wayne, 5 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL personalities. They have very different which isn’t something I was looking into
Immaculate at West Side, ppd. interests, but they get on very well and but I’ll take a few classes and see if that WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20
MKA at Newark Tech, ppd. have a lot of respect for each other.” interests me. BOYS BASKETBALL
Ladda, who just committed to play MKA at Irvington
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Montclair at Newark Academy, ppd. Division 1 soccer at College of Charles- What will you miss most about GIRLS BASKETBALL
Immaculate at Newark Collegiate, ppd. ton last week, took a few minutes to talk MKA? It’s developed into a second home Essex County Tournament
Cedar Grove at MKA, ppd. to us about MKA, Seth and more for this for me, being here since Pre-K. And I Semifinals at Weequahic HS, 5 p.m.
week’s Athlete Spotlight: live, literally right up the road from it. So GIRLS SWIMMING
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 NJSIAA Public A semifinal at
BOYS BASKETBALL I spend a lot of my time here and. . .it’s
Passaic Tech, Wayne, 5 p.m.
St. Peter’s at Montclair, late How did you and Seth balance going to be the same feeling as leaving
your personalities as captains? my house or my family. It’s going to be GIRLS FENCING
ICE HOCKEY NJSIAA Tournament
McInnis Cup Our friendship is kind of funny, but it’s hard not stepping on the field in the fall Semifinals
Semifinals built up to be a pretty strong one. He’s and playing for MKA, but I know I have a 6Columbia at 2Montclair, 5 p.m.
4Montclair at 1Summit, late very tactical and smart, he knows all the lot of stuff going on in the future.
3Westfield at 2MKA, late fundamentals of the game and he kind
Page 18
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Fencing: MHS girls edge
Bernards, reach NJSIAA semis
A dominant perfor-
mance from the epee
squad of Clara Mendoza,
Katie Mathis and Amira
Mutakabbir helped propel
the Montclair High School
girls fencing team to a
14-13 victory over Bernards
Monday night in the
quarterfinals of the NJSIAA
team tournament.
The second-seeded
Mounties (8-0) will host No.
6 Columbia in the semifi-
nals, which must be played
on or before Wednesday,
Feb. 20. The state final will
Ice hockey: MKA rolls in
McInnis Cup quarterfinal
Oscar Worob scored two
goals and added two assists
as the Montclair Kimberley
Academy ice hockey team
cruised past Scotch Plains,
7-3, in the quarterfinals of
the McInnis Cup tourna-
ment last Thursday, Feb. 7.
The second-seeded
Cougars (12-2-2) were
scheduled to host third-
seeded Westfield in the
cup semifinals yesterday,
Wednesday, Feb. 13, after
press time. The winner
moves on to the cup final
this Saturday, Feb. 16, a 5
p.m. faceoff at Codey Arena
in West Orange.
Against Scotch Plains,
Swimming: MHS boys, girls
reach sectional finals
Both of the Montclair
High School swimming
teams will battle for NJSIAA
sectional team titles this
week after semifinal wins
Monday night at Montclair
State University.
The top-seeded Mountie
boys (11-1) cruised to
a 115-55 win over No.
4 Livingston in their
semifinal, keyed by two
individual race wins apiece
from Alex Petroff (200 free,
100 backstroke) and Jarrett
Driever (200 individual
medley, 100 backstroke).
The boys will take on
second-seeded River Dell
for the NJSIAA North 1,
Group A sectional final
today, Thursday, Feb. 14,
be held Feb. 26 at Morris
Hills High School.
Montclair’s epee fencers
won seven of their nine
bouts, with Mendoza going
a perfect 3-0 and Mathis
and Mutakabbir boasting
matching 2-1 records.
Also winning two of
their three bouts were foil
fencers Georgia Chen and
Lila Zimbalist, as well as
saber fencer Grace Edging-
ton.
Grace Van Atta went 1-2
to round out the scoring for
MHS.
the Cougars were in total
control, skating out to a 5-1
lead after two periods, and
outshooting the Raiders,
34-11. .
Brian Schindler scored
two goals and had an assist
for MKA, while goals also
came from David Chen,
Ethan Otner and Alex
Stetkevych.
In addition to their
McInnis Cup run, the
Cougars will begin NJSIAA
Tournament play this week.
The first round of the Non-
Public tournament is set for
this Monday, Feb. 18, and
the Round of 16 will follow
Thursday, Feb. 21.
at Passaic County Tech
in Wayne. The match is
scheduled for a 4 p.m. start.
Meanwhile, the second-
seeded Mountie girls
(12-0) squeezed by No. 3
Ridgewood, 88-82, in their
semifinal.
Devon Muldoon won a
pair of races for MHS (500
freestyle, 100 backstroke),
while the Mounties were
also boosted by Mia Pad-
berg (winner in the 200 IM)
and Sol Jordan (winner in
the 200 freestyle).
Montclair will face
top-seeded Morristown in
the North 1, Group A girls
final, scheduled for Friday
afternoon, Feb. 15, also a 4
p.m. start at Passaic Tech.
Sports Thursday, February 14, 2019
ICHS GIRLS BASKETBALL
Scoring in bunches
Lions rout
Bloomfield
behind dominant
second half
BY ANDREW GARDA
garda@montclairlocal.news
They started out slow, but by
the end of regulation, the No.
5-seeded Immaculate Concep-
tion girls basketball team had
left 12-seeded Bloomfield in
the dust on the way to a 78-45
walloping of the Bengals in the
ANDREW GARDA/STAFF
first round of the Essex County
Tournament on Saturday, Feb. Junior Nasira Williams (5) scored 23 points, including seven 3-point shots
as she led the IC Lions to a 78-45 ECT win over Bloomfield.
9.
Slow or fast, one thing is for
sure — the Lady Lions are a As they did in the second Immaculate 78,
force to be reckoned with. half, the Lions are rolling
Bloomfield 45
Immaculate head coach Joe through the late part of their
Whalen is a former rugby play- season, peaking just right for Bloomfield 14 12 11 8 - 45
er and he said there’s a rugby tournament time. Part of the ICHS 18 18 23 19 - 78
saying he’s trying to get the key to their run over the 2019
team to follow. portion of their season has #12 BLOOMFIELD (14-6)
“Retaliate first,” Whalen been the arrival of transfer Scoring FG 3P FT Pts
said. “We didn’t do that. We players such as Azatah Law- S. Edmond 9 0 1 17
S. Columna 1 4 1 15
kind of let Bloomfield get a rence, formerly of Lodi Im- C. Referente 0 2 0 6
little comfortable but we even- maculate. G. Perrotta 1 0 0 2
M. Hidalgo 1 0 0 2
tually wore them down, kept Lawrence had a massive L. Heyman 0 0 1 1
them out of the paint, got to second quarter on Saturday, Total 12 6 3 45
the shooters a little bit better.” scoring 10 of her 22 points, in- #5 IMMACULATE (15-5)
One of the biggest hurdles cluding two three-point shots Scoring FG 3P FT Pts
early on was the Bengals’ Sarah which turned a four-point lead N. Williams
A. Lawrence
1
5
7
4
0
0
23
22
Edmund, whose 17 rebounds into a 10-point lead. J. Hill 3 2 0 12
alone were more than the Li- Whalen said new players N. Whitten
K. Lawrence
1
1
2
1
0
1
8
6
ons had all game long. Ed- like Lawrence — who had to sit J. Jones 0 1 0 3
munds had 13 in the first half, out for 30 days due to transfer J. Lucas
T. Williams
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
and ICHS had to adjust and rules — have easily fit into the Total 13 17 1 78
remove her from the equation Lions’ scheme.
to contain the Bengals’ second
chance baskets.
“They’ve been playing
against our starters for two and Essex County girls
Whalen said the team did a
better job of boxing Edmunds
a half months,” he said. “So,
they know what it takes to be
basketball tourney
out and attacking the glass in successful. They play the way Quarterfinals—Saturday
the second half, but while the we play. They shoot the ball 8 Glen Ridge at 1Newark Tech
10West Essex at 2University
Lions adjusted during half- well, they get up and down the 6East Orange at 3West Orange
time, Whalen said he didn’t court in transition, and they 5 ICHS at 4 Arts
have to tell the players what to play good hard defense.”
Semifinals—Wednesday, Feb. 20
do. Lawrence also stepped up at at Weequahic HS, Newark
Whalen is big on self-cor- the glass, and her efforts, along —Newark Tech/Glen Ridge winner
recting. He wants his players with that of Justise Jones, vs. Arts/ICHS winner, 5 p.m.
—University/W. Essex winner vs. W.
to know what went wrong and helped the Lions keep the Orange/E. Orange winner, 7 p.m.
how to fix it without the heavy Bengals from getting second
hand of the coaching staff chances in the third and fourth Final—Saturday, Feb. 23
at Essex County College, Newark
coming into play. The team did quarter. Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.
just that on Saturday. Whalen was especially
“These are competitive ath- pleased with Jones, a sopho-
letes and they want to play,” more transfer who, like Law- get up and down the floor, she
said Whalen. “They’re smart, rence, came from Lodi Immac- made a nice three, so that still
they know what we needed ulate. fits into the way we like to play.”
to do to win. and we needed “We put Justise in there Immaculate will now face
to close out on their shoot- and that turned the tide in re- the No. 4 seeded team, Arts, on
ers quicker and we need to re- bounding,” Whalen said. “We the road Saturday afternoon,
bound the ball and we did that started to win that battle. And Feb. 16, in the ECT quarterfi-
in the second half.” it didn’t hurt us, we started to nals.
Thursday, February 14, 2019 Sports Page 19

ICHS BOYS BASKETBALL

Winning in different ways

Lions go small to Immaculate 73,
North Star 62
outlast North Star North Star 15 13 16 18 - 62

in ECT first round ICHS 22 14 22 15 - 73

#18 NORTH STAR ACADEMY (18-3)

BY ANDREW GARDA
garda@montclairlocal.news
The tipping point for the winning
team in a game doesn’t often come
when one of their key players has to
leave the court due to foul trouble, but
for the Immaculate Conception boys
basketball team, that’s what happened
during the third quarter of their 73-
62 Essex County win over North Star
Academy on Saturday, Feb. 9.
Senior Nick Jordain found himself
the subject of a foul call, which forced
head coach Jimmy Salmon to take him
off the floor for a bit.
Yet, sometimes from misfortune
comes opportunity.
“It allowed us to play four guards
and they were playing four guards,”
Salmon said after the game. “So, we
were able to match things up defen-
sively a little better, whereas in the first
half, that kind of worked to the other
team’s advantage a little bit.”
Playing small against the quick
Knights guards allowed the Lions both
to use their own speed to good effect,
as well as the small size of the home
court. While still regulation in size, the
Lions’ court is on the small side of the
spectrum and there is very little space
along the edges of the floor.
That makes things feel tighter than
they really are, as well as makes it
harder for bigger teams to maneu-
ver along the hardwood. Sometimes,
Salmon said, that works against ICHS,
which often features a big lineup.
This time out it seemed to favor the
Lions, especially late when North Star
struggled to find comfortable spots on
the floor to shoot from.
During the third quarter, Immacu-
late’s familiarity and comfort on the
court, along with the sharp play of
their four-guard setup, helped them
outscore NSA 22-16.
Fatigue set in for the Knights dur-
ing the final quarter and ICHS pulled
ahead for good. North Star’s shots hit
the rim without going in too often, and
they repeatedly failed on second and
third chances.
Immaculate had no such issues, and
while they throttled the offense back a
little, the shots they took often found
the net.
While North Star out-scored Im-
maculate 18-15 in the final frame, it was
mostly because the Lions chose to kill
the clock more than drive the ball to
the basket.
Scoring FG 3P FT Pts
Hakeem Wilson 7 1 6 23
Dahjae Green 2 2 2 12
Jonathan Smith 1 2 0 8
Zaiid Berry 2 0 1 5
Chris Foote 2 0 1 5
Dioh Desuah 1 0 3 5
Chisom Okafor 1 0 0 2
Kwadwo Osei-Poku 1 0 0 2
Total 17 5 13 62
#2 IMMACULATE (14-7)
Scoring FG 3P FT Pts
Zion Bethea 4 1 4 15
Elijah Hutchins-Everett 4 0 5 13
Zakai Zeigler 3 1 3 12
Amare Marshall 4 0 3 11
Nick Jourdain 3 0 2 8
Jayden Brown 0 0 6 6
Donta Davis 2 0 0 4
Daizon Pauldo 2 0 0 4
Total 22 2 23 73
2019 Essex County boys
basketball tournament
1st Preliminary Round
26Nutley 67, 39Technology 47
28 Arts def. 37Golda Och, forfeit
38 Cedar Grove 50, 27West Essex 39
29Belleville 57, 36MKA 44
30Newark Academy 76, 35W. Caldwell Tech 47
31Weequahic def. 34Eagle Academy, forfeit
32Glen Ridge 49, 33Science Park 37
2nd Preliminary Round
17Orange 44, 32Glen Ridge 40
18 North Star 77, 31Weequahic 53
30 Newark Ac. 59, 19 Cristo Rey 51
20 Livingston 45, 29Belleville 40
28 Arts 42, 21Caldwell 39
ANDREW GARDA/STAFF
22Verona 47, 38 Cedar Grove 42
Immaculate’s Elijah Hutchins-Everett shoots over a smaller North Star defender during 26Nutley 66, 23Shabazz 65
ICHS’s 73-62 win in the Essex County Tournament Round of 16 Saturday. 25Nwk. Collegiate 68, 24Millburn 51
3rd Preliminary Round
Which means Immaculate survives play of Donta Davis and Zakai Ziegler. 9Newark Central 79, 25Newark Collegiate 51
26Nutley 70, 10West Orange 51
an opponent they knew almost noth- “We got great pressure on the ball 11Columbia 53, 22Verona 34
ing about and will advance to the next from Donte and Zakai guarding their 12University 70, 28 Arts 58
round of the Essex County Tourna- guards and kept them out of the lane in 13Barringer 43, 20 Livingston 40
14Bloomfield 62, 30 Newark Academy 50
ment. the third quarter,” he explained. “That’s 18 North Star 52, 15East Orange 47
North Star Academy had been an un- when we were able to separate a little 16Newark Tech 64, 17Orange 60
known. ICHS hadn’t played the school bit.”
Round of 16
in several years, and when they went to Ziegler’s 12 points as well as 11 points 1East Side 68, 16Newark Tech 60
scout the Knights’ preliminary round from Amar’e Marshall supplement- 2 ICHS 73, 18 North Star 62
game against East Orange, they found ed the usual strong play from Elijah 3West Side 85, 14Bloomfield 53
4Seton Hall 75, 13Barringer 58
the game had already been played at 4 Hutchins-Everett (13 points) and Zion 5American History 61, 12University 55
p.m. , rather than the time NJ.com had Bethea (15). 6Payne Tech 57, 11Columbia 49
posted of 7 p.m. The second-seeded Lions had a pair 7Irvington 77, 26Nutley 61
8 MHS 78, 9Newark Central 71 (OT)
There was no game to scout, no film of games before they take on 7-seed-
to watch. Salmon said there was really ed Livingston. First they cruised past Quarterfinals—Saturday, Feb. 16
only one thing to do. Newark Central with an 82-52 win, be- 8 MHS at 1East Side
7Irvington at 2 ICHS
“We went and played the game,” he fore taking on West Side on Wednesday 6Payne Tech at 3West Side
said. “Saw who their better players in a repeat of a thrilling game between 5American History at 4Seton Hall
were during the game, and then made the top-ranked teams on February 2.
Semifinals—Tuesday, Feb. 19
defensive adjustments accordingly.” No matter who they play, though, at West Orange HS
The adjustments involved slowing Salmon knows the formula to win is —East Side/MHS winner vs. Seton Hall/
NSA leading scorer Hakeem Wilson, the same. American History winner, 5 p.m.
—ICHS/Irvington winner vs. West Side/
who was very quiet for huge stretches “Not really [win] off of a scheme or Payne Tech winner, 7 p.m.
of the game, and held to just 10 points anything, just playing a regular basket-
in the second half and four in the fi- ball game, looking at situations, look- Final—Saturday, Feb. 23
at Essex County College, Newark
nal quarter. Salmon praised all of his ing at the matchups and just utilizing Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.
guards, but especially singled out the what’s there.”
Page 20 Sports Thursday, February 14, 2019

MHS ICE HOCKEY

Mounties reach
McInnis Cup semis,
lose key player
BY ANDREW GARDA
garda@montclairlocal.news
The No. 4-seeded Montclair Mount-
ies hockey team advanced to the semi-
final round of the 2019 McInnis Cup
with a 4-1 win over 5-seeded Livingtson
Monday, Feb. 11.
So why did it feel so hollow?
Maybe it was because the victory
ended up costing the Mounties the ser-
vices of Kellum Foster-
Monday
Palmer.
McInnis Cup QF During the third
MHS 4 period, Foster-Palmer
Livingston 1
delivered a check to
Lancers’ center Max
Solomon near center-ice. Solomon fell
to the ice in a heap, and Livingston head
coach Dave Conklin was yelling at the
officials while he shuffled off the bench
to check on his player.
After a brief huddle, the officials sent
Foster-Palmer off the ice with a five-
minute major and a game disqualifica-
tion.
Solomon ended up being fine — he
returned to the ice less than a shift
change later — but that didn’t ease the
frustration of MHS head coach Mark
Janifer, who had to face top-seeded
Summit on the road Wednesday night
without a key rotation player. That
game was scheduled to take place after
press time, with the winner advanc-
Victory at a cost
Junior Ben Wakefield (28) and Mark Rechan (25) celebrate Wakefield’s goal with 36 seconds
left in the first period, part of Montclair’s 4-1 win over Livingston Monday.
ing to Saturday’s McInnis Cup final, a 5
p.m. face-off at Codey Arena.
The suspension is for two games, so
Foster-Palmer could miss the first game
of the state tournament if the Mounties
lost last night’s game and the appeal is
denied.
“There were a lot of calls they didn’t
make this game, and I’m fine with
that,” a visibly angry Janifer said after
the game. “There’s a lot that they could
have, but they didn’t call, and all of a
sudden on that one, they decide to call
it. [Foster-Palmer] hit the kid straight.
The kid’s coming into the end, [Foster-
Palmer] stepped up on him and hit him.
I think it was a bad call, we’re going to
appeal it and see what happens.”
The Lancers, who were left out of
ANDREW GARDA/STAFF
the state tournament, set the tone early
with chippy play, clearly attempting to
antagonize the Mounties, who rarely
took the bait. The resulting play by the
Lancers was ugly hockey, and resulted
in several penalties the Mounties man-
aged to turn into goals.
Janifer had raised the issue to the of-
ficials as well.
“They were trying to get guys off
their game,” Janifer said. “They were
hitting, they were trying to get guys
riled up, and I thought our guys kept
their heads pretty well, given the hits
that were going on out there. I thought
that tactic was fairly obvious, and again
that’s another reason I just think this
call was not a good call.”
Back on the ice, the Mounties had to
kill a five-minute penalty.
Luckily they had goalie Lucas Podvey
in net.
‘He’s been a huge strength for our
team all year. I think the other coaches
in the league realize that, which is why
he was voted first team all conference,
And he showed again tonight why he
deserves that,” Janifer said. “They had
a five-minute power play where he was
getting peppered, and he stood in there
and made some great saves for us.”
Livingston tried to keep a lot of
clutter in the crease, posting tall Jacob
Fuhrman in front of Podvey much of
the game. The senior is used to it.
“Obviously I’m small,” Podvey said.
“Sometimes I can see through the legs
if they’re really tall, like [Fuhrman]
was, but if I can’t see [the puck] I get my
hands out and go down and hope for the
best and react.”
While Podvey saw almost a dozen
shots directed at him during that five
minutes, and turned aside all but one.
“I like to get a shutout, but I’m fine
with the result,” he said.
Podvey had some wiggle room due
to four goals scored over the course of
the first two periods of the game. While
Foster-Palmer was ejected, that wasn’t
before he opened things up with a goal
at 8:43 in the first period off a nice pass
by defender Will Schiffenhaus. Then
Ben Wakefield added to the tally with
just 36 seconds left in the same pe-
riod when he converted a nice pass by
Eamon Thall.
The second period saw Brett Janifer
score early with an assist from George
Osterberg and Thall, with Harry Bylin
scoring on a pass from Foster-Palmer.

Mounties tory and give Montclair a shot at the

tournament favorite.
Montclair 78,
Newark Central 71
While the county tournament is
from page 15 on their mind, the Mounties will be
looking to lock up the Super Essex Central 14 15 14 22 6 - 71
MHS 17 16 13 19 13 - 78
and were about to take a possible Conference-Liberty Division title
five-point lead, but Dejaan Clark tonight, Thursday, Feb. 14, 7 p.m. , at
#9 NEWARK CENTRAL (5-14)
missed on both free throw attempts. Bloomfield. The Mounties are 8-1 in
Scoring FG 3P FT Pts
On the next trip down, Reid Eaves the division, 1.5 games ahead of Co- J. Uzoka-Simmons 3 3 8 23
hit what was probably the biggest lumbia and Barringer, and will clinch D. Clark 3 0 5 11
A. Domino 2 1 4 11
bucket of the game when he drained the division title outright with two D. French 4 0 2 10
a 3-point shot and was fouled. Eaves wins in their final three league con- S. Clark 1 1 2 7
J. Evans 2 0 1 5
hit the ensuing free throw to give the tests, or by winning one of the three T. Johnson 1 0 0 2
Mounties a 71-70 lead with two min- combined with one loss apiece from M. Kamara 1 0 0 2
Total 17 5 22 71
utes left to play. the Cougars and Bears.
"I felt it and my coach was telling Additionally, Montclair found out #8 MONTCLAIR (13-5)
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during a timeout at Saturday’s Essex County Tourna- scoring five of his dozen points in the Mountaineers of the American Total 19 6 22 78
ment Round of 16 win over Newark Central.
the final 90 seconds to secure the vic- Division, 58-47, on Feb. 2.
Thursday, February 14, 2019 Sports Page 21

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

Next steps for the Class of 2019

Nine Mounties
sign Letters of
Intent to play
sports in college
BY ANDREW GARDA
garda@montclairlocal.news

Montclair High School athletes signed

National Letters of Intent on Wednes-
day, Feb. 6, in a ceremony which holds a
special place for student-athletes.
While the NCAA now launches the
signing period with an early November
day, many still sign their Letters of In-
tent the first Wednesday in February.
Nine Mounties signed their NLIs this
PHOTOS BY ANDREW GARDA/STAFF
year in the LGI room at Montclair High
School, surrounded by their families, Head football coach John Fiore takes a picture with the four Mounties who are currently committed to play collegiate football at Montclair’s
coaches and friends. National Signing Day ceremony Feb. 6. From left: Josh Crawford (Central Michigan), Bo Bigelow (Virginia), Gary Robinson Jr. (Southern Con-
necticut State) and Charles Murphy Jr. (Towson).
As is always the case, the schools
these scholar-athletes will be attending
are just as rigorous off the field as on it.
The students and their colleges are:
Conor McGrath (baseball, UMASS-
Boston), Mason Davisson (soccer, Wes-
leyan), Robert ‘Bo’ Bigelow (football,
Virginia), Gary Robinson Jr (football,
Southern Connecticut State), Chris Ma-
sur (soccer, Bucknell), Jill O’Toole (soc-
cer, William & Mary), Francesca Testa
(softball, Franklin & Marshall), Leah
Plawker (field hockey, Franklin & Mar-
shall), and Sophia Pisano (field hockey,
Bryn Mawr).
None of them shied away from col-
leges with rigorous academics when
looking at schools, however.
“I wanted a good balance of both,” said MHS field hockey coaches Michelle Hagel, and Mary Pat Mer-
Jillian O’Toole. “And I knew that at Wil- curo, top right, celebrate the National Letter of Intent signings
of Sophia Pisano (Bryan Mawr), left, and Leah Plawker (Franklin MHS boys soccer head coach Toure Weaver stands with Mason Davisson
liam & Mary, I’d be able to have that. And
& Marshall). (Weslyan) and Chris Masur (Bucknell).
I think playing a sport helps you manage
academics better, because having that
time-pressure makes me get that work get older, I empower and enlighten my- that had left and how the coaching staff
done.” self, I feel unstoppable either on the field with all the practices and games helped
“As I get older, I realize that knowl- or off.” mold them into people who made such a
edge is eternal,” Gary Robinson Jr. added. Each athlete credited the MHS Athlet- great impact on the program.”
“It’s power. Football, sports, you can only ic Program with helping prepare them “I remember during football season,
play them for so long. Your body starts for college on and off the field. we talked about the ‘five percent rule’
to give out, you start to ache, get broken “For soccer at least, every day we were in that only five percent of high school
bones and bruises and everything.” expected to come and we had account- coaches really know what they’re doing,”
While he loves football, for Robinson ability with coach [Touré] Weaver,” Chris Robinson chimed in. “On the coaching
the attraction of Southern Connecticut Masur said. “He expected us to be repre- staffs at Montclair High School, we have
State came down to his interest in their sentatives of Montclair on the field but that five percent. The practices were
communication program more than the also off the field we had responsibilities crisp, fast paced, like college practices.
athletics. He said he saw the communi- of making sure we were in class and I So I feel like when I get to the college
cation facilities and was ready to sign up think that prepared the soccer players level it will be a smooth transition. And I Francesca Testa celebrates her commitment
immediately, so much so that the Owl for the next level of college.” really thank the coaches and everybody to Franklin & Marshall with head softball
coach Mike Goldstein.
head football coach had to jokingly ask “In terms of softball, I think every year for support in pushing us along the way.”
him if he was still going to play football. there was a lot of turnover in terms of One supporter for Robinson really
Robinson is excited for that, but seniors that left each year,” said Frances- stood out. His great-grandmother, her- tremely blessed to have my great-grand-
knows that he also needs to prepare long ca Testa. “The underclassmen were faced self a Mountie who graduated in 1947, mother still alive and be able to come
term. with a lot of adversity in terms of filling was on hand to witness the proceedings. here and do great things. My whole en-
“As long as you have this right here,” those spots or adapting themselves to fill “Words can’t even explain how it tire family as a whole, we’re a very close
Robinson said, pointing to his head. “No- those spots. And I think that really goes feels,” Robinson said. “I’m extremely knit family and I’m very blessed to have
body can stop you. I feel like the more I to show how impactful the seniors were blessed, I just want to thank God. I’m ex- a family like this.”
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FILM
INSIDE
The Underdog turns 10
‘Oscar Shorts: Celebrate the
Underdog’ screens Saturday
BY GWEN OREL on Saturday, including five
orel@montclairlocal.news animated shorts, five docu-
mentary shorts, and five The gift
There’s a reason why you live action shorts. There is a of art
haven’t seen the 15 short 20-minute break and then a
films nominated for Academy lunch hour. BAMS sells baked 16 African American
artists show how they
Awards this year: they aren’t goods. Sager will introduce see the world in ‘Points
playing anywhere. groups of films. of View,’ the new exhibi-
And Academy voters only tion at Sotheby’s Prom-
vote in their field, with the LITTLE GEMS inent Properties open
exception of the Best Picture, Short films “should be ac- through April 30.
which is open to all voters. knowledged, because it takes
Only the filmmakers who a lot of effort to make a short Page 24
have been nominated or won film,” Sager said. “And it’s
short films vote in this cat- very different filmmaking.
egory. And they’re interesting sto-
But it doesn’t mean you ries that lend themselves only
COURTESY OSCAR SHORTS
can’t see them. to a short.
Corinna Sager and Jeanne “Not every subject lends it- A still from the animated short “Bao.”
Reilly have been bringing self to a long film. You could
the Oscar Shorts to Montclair try to stretch it but you lose
Oscar Shorts — Celebrate the Underdog
since 2010. the essence of things.
This year, the 10th If you look at the 10th annual film festival featuring 15 Academy Award-nominated short films
iteration of “Oscar short films, in docu-
Shorts — Celebrate mentary, they are Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
the Underdog” will often times subject Buzz Aldrin Middle School, 173 Bellevue Ave. Nothing like
take place on Saturday matters that are in- OscarshortsMontclair.com a book
at Buzz Aldrin Middle tense, powerful, and
School. serious: you can’t do The Montclair Literary
Festival celebrates its
Sager, who is origi- CORINNA more than 40 min- versity. Because they aren’t the films yet. They read the third edition this year
nally from Germany, SAGER utes. The subject mat- the commercialized versions synopses, so Sager can re- with an expanded
co-produced an Oscar ter doesn’t lend itself of things, but they are pas- search the films and give schedule beginning
nominated short film, to it.” sion projects, you see much some background to the audi- next week, aiming to be
“Ferry Tales,” in 2004. Short films can run more diverse and interesting ence. a festival of ideas.
She has been to the between two and 40 filmmaking than you would Sager is intrigued by the
Oscars, and walked minutes, she said. often see on the big screen,” animated short “Animal Be- Page 25
the red carpet. “It was The animated shorts Sager said. havior,” about animals in
a lot of fun,” she said are 30 seconds to 10 For awhile, Oscar Shorts therapy, adding that all of the
with a smile. minutes, Reilly said. screened at MSU, but more documentaries sound fasci-
Reilly and Sager JEANNE Live action and docu- recently they’ve been at Buzz nating.
met when Reilly was REILLY mentaries are typi- Aldrin. “Now, I just have to start
a member of the now- cally 25 to 40 min- The Broadcast department doing research on all of
defunct Montclair Arts Coun- utes. of BAMS supports this pro- them,” she said.
cil. The MAC established Typically, theaters do not gram, Sager said. The research Sager shares
advisory boards, and asked screen them, so viewers only “We really wanted this to is “ insight you really wouldn’t
Sager to participate in the ad- have a chance to see them on be a community, and a discus- have otherwise,” Reilly said.
visory board for film. Reilly, the Festival circuit. Mont- sion about these films,” Reilly “You’re learning. So when you
a film lover, suggested show- clair’s “Underdogs” is one of said. And they have succeed- see a particular animation you
casing the Oscar Shorts, after the few places to see them be- ed, Sager added. “You look at have a little knowledge about Happy
seeing a screening Sager had fore the Oscars air. the audience, and it’s like ‘hel- what went into that. Or about Valentine’s Day
done of documentary shorts “We call them gems,” Reilly lo,’ ‘hello.’ A friend of mine, the filmmaker, and why he or
in New York City. said. she’s a Real Estate agent, she she was inspired to make a Love comes in many
The first Oscar Shorts was They often take a long comes with her husband…“ film about it. Part of our mis- forms in Montclair, as
challenging to put together time to make, because they’re Not only film makers, but sion is for people to learn.” documented in our
then: each filmmaker had to made on a shoestring. The movie buffs attend. Like the films themselves, special photo essay
from photographer Kate
be contacted individually. To- films come out of a passion to “It’s really film enthusi- Underdogs is a labor of love:
Albright.
day they are able to get them tell a story. Some of the histo- asts who are interested in the it is not affiliated with Mont-
through one distribution ries of the films involve years world and what’s happening clair Film or with any other
company. of work. in the world,” Reilly said. group. Page 26-27
All 15 films will screen “You get to see a lot of di- Neither woman has seen “We just do it,” Sager said.
Page 24 Culture Thursday, February 14, 2019

CULTURE IN BRIEF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Montclair Film:
Black History Month,
‘A gift from the community’
Glitter Ball, Junior Jurors African
Sunday, Feb. 23, American artists
4 p.m. , in honor of
Black History Month, show their work
Montclair Film will
screen “United Skates,” at Sotheby’s
directed by Dyana Win-
kler and Tina Brown, BY GIOYA MCRAE
edited by Montclair’s for Montclair Local
own Katherine Garri-
son, at Glenfield Middle The approximately 400 peo-
School auditorium, 25 ple who attended the opening
Maple Ave. Tickets for reception were treated to an ar-
this screening are free ray of art by African American
COURTESY MONTCLAIR FILM
but required, and are artists for Black History Month
available by visiting Patrick Wilson will perform displayed throughout the
at the Glitter Ball.
montclairfilm.org. rooms of Prominent Properties
ADAM ANIK/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
“When America’s last Sotheby’s International Realty.
standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, Attendees danced while Ster- A crowd of guests and supporters at “Points of View” at Sotheby’s Promi-
nent Properties.
a community of thousands battle in a racially ling C. Sample played his steel
charged environment to save this underground drums, and interior designer,
African American subculture,” according to a author and entrepreneur Robin “You had a range of young
release. Wilson autographed and gave people to old people, you had Points of View:
On Saturday, March 2, 8 p.m. , at the Wellmont away free copies of her books. a variety of work of different A Tribute to African
Theater, 5 Seymour St. , Stephen Colbert will The seventh art exhibition at perspectives, because just like American Artists
perform in “The Glitter Ball: A Dance Floor Prominent Properties, “Points any other people we are var-
Celebration of Soul, R&B, and Funk,” featuring of View,” opened on Feb. 3. ied, not monolithic. In art, it’s Sotheby’s Prominent Properties,
live music from Joe McGinty & the Loser’s Lounge, “Points of View” is the brain- the greatest thing to show that 32 Valley Road
joining special performances from Patrick Wilson, child of curator Courtney Con- diversity. Look how diverse Through April 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Warren Zanes, and more special guests. Tickets way and Laurena White who the crowd was. You have Black
begin at $30. partnered with some the Afri- people, White people, Latino facebook.com/ArtinMontclairPPSIR
Applications are now being accepted from can American Cultural Com- people, all different ages. It
students in grades 10 to 12 for the 2019 Montclair mittee of the Montclair Art brought people together,” Jones
Film Festival Junior Jury. Jurors will meet industry Museum, the African-Amer- said in a phone interview. of a continuum of things that
professionals and will learn how to analyze and ican Heritage Foundation, Photographer and print- keep happening in Montclair
adjudicate films. They will receive MF student HOMECorp, Arts Unbound, maker Yvette Lucas displayed that are so great,” Lake said.
memberships and VIP treatment with free access the Branson Group, NJ Lenders several large archival pigment First vice chair of the New
and reserved seats for select films. After deliberat- Corp, Mortgage Bankers, and prints. Jersey State Council on the Arts
ing and selecting the best film in its category, the Amanti Vino. “I think it’s wonderful to Sharon Burton Turner said in a
jurors will present the Junior Jury Award as part The exhibition features the have African-American shows. phone interview that the event
of the Montclair Film Festival’s Award Ceremony work of 16 African American It shows the rich culture and was a wonderful complement
on Saturday, May 11. Applications will be accepted artists with 40 pieces of art, variety that we have now. We to what the community was all
through March 17, and jurors will be notified prior including work of the late Don aren’t pigeon-holed. I’m a na- about.
to the festival. Interested applicants should visit Miller, the artist who painted ture photographer. People “Everybody was there. It was
montclairfilm.org/Jury19. Visit montclairfilm.org the mural for the main lobby of will look at my work and not all centered around art and as
for more information on all programs. the Martin Luther King Jr. Me- say ‘This is an African-Amer- we all know, art is so important
morial Library in Washington. ican artist.’ We have concerns in having a complete life. It was
“As Prominent Properties, that cross the spectrum of all wonderful to see youngsters,
‘Intimate Apparel’ we wanted to be more than just things. We’re concerned about teenagers, college kids, adults

from 4th Wall Theatre

a real estate office. So we started
the idea of having our place be
4th Wall Theatre celebrates Black History a location where artists can ex-
Month with its production of Lynn Nottage’s hibit their work,” said Laurena
“Intimate Apparel,” Feb. 22, 23, and 24, at the White, of Prominent Proper-
Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 10 ties Sotheby’s.
Durand Road, Maplewood. Executive Director Conway noted that the Af-
Gwen Ricks-Spencer directs the show. Nottage, rican American Cultural Com-
the first female playwright to win two Pulitzer mittee reached out to the art-
Prizes, tells the story of Esther, a talented African ists.
American seamstress in turn-of-the-century “It’s a gift from the artists
New York, who has built a savings for herself to our community to see their
making beautiful undergarments — intimate work. Many of these artists are
apparel — while earnestly daydreaming of new showing in museums around
beginnings, romantic possibilities, and the the world,” she said.
lingering affection she shares with a Jewish fabric Artist and activist Ben Jones
merchant. The cast includes Deshja Driggs-Hall exhibited a mixed media piece
of Montclair. For tickets and information, visit “Dinah Washington Queen of
4thwalltheatre.org, or call 973-996-8484. The Blues.”
our history and social issues,
but we also love other things.
We love music, art and nature.
It’s all part of who we are. Our
art shows that we are multi-
faceted,” Lucas said.
Saxophonist, composer,
painter and poet Oliver Lake
displayed oil and mixed media
pieces at the exhibition.
“I was trying to get my stron-
gest work here because I knew
I would be in the company of
some fantastic artists. I’m so
surprised and happy to see so
many people came out to the
show even though it’s Super
Bowl day. Montclair is a great
arts community and this is part
and elderly folks like my mom,
aged 92, having a wonderful
afternoon all around art. This
is what Montclair is all about.
How fitting that this was the
beginning of Black History
Month,” Burton Turner said.
“This is the kind of commu-
nity that we’re looking to have
and continue to maintain given
all the negative things that are
occurring around us. During
this time when people are feel-
ing down and worried, to have
an afternoon of something so
positive and fulfilling and en-
riching, I couldn’t think of a
better way to spend a Sunday
afternoon.”
Thursday, February 14, 2019
A festival of books and ideas
Festival
expands to
five days in
third year
BY GWEN OREL
orel@montclairlocal.news
Good things come in threes.
That’s the hope of the Mont-
clair Literary Festival.
When it debuted in 2017 it
was ambitious, featuring pan-
els, workshops, interviews,
parties — all the things a festi-
val planner could imagine.
Festivals often start that
way: big and exhausting.
Usually they streamline and
sometimes they peter out en-
tirely. Overambitious organiz-
ers need a break. Funders get
tired.
But the Montclair Literary
Festival is going strong.
Dreamed up by Jacqueline
Mroz and Catherine Platt, the
2019 Montclair Literary Fes-
tival will be five days long,
up from four last year, with
more than 100 authors in at-
tendance. Last year the festival
hosted Patti Smith; this year
it will hold a night of words
and music featuring Richard
Thompson, Warren Zanes and
Zara Phillips. The festival will
take place March 20-24, in sev-
eral locations, including the li-
brary, the Montclair Art Muse-
um, and First Congregational
Church.
Joyce Carol Oates is the star
headliner. Many events are
free. All the authors appear for
free, so fees go to support the
festival. About 3,000 people
are expected to attend.
The Montclair Literary Fes-
tival is a program of Succeed-
2gether, a one-on-one after
school tutoring program focus-
ing on literacy. (For more infor-
mation on that program and
the full festival schedule, visit
Succeed2gether.org).
The festival has hardly been
under the radar since it de-
buted: past headliners include
Paul Auster, Trevor Noah, Meg
Wolitzer.
And yet, some big readers in
town had apparently still not
heard of it.
“So many people still say,
MONTCLAIR LITERARY FESTIVAL
Catherine Platt, left, and Jacqueline Mroz speak about the Montclair Literary Festival.
‘There’s a literary festival in
town?’” Mroz said.
So supporters of the festi-
val have begun hosting parties
to spread the word. Last week,
interested guests and potential
sponsors gathered at the home
of Shana Rubin and Samuel
Freeman.
Mroz, who is an author
(“Scattered Seeds,” “Girl Talk”),
said that she started the festi-
val because she couldn’t believe
there wasn’t already a literary
festival in town.
“Montclair is such a liter-
ary town, and we have so many
writers living here, and jour-
nalists and publishers, it’s
a great way to celebrate this
amazingly vibrant literary cul-
ture that we have here,” Platt
said.
MAGIC HAPPENS
Among the festival’s many
events will be a poetry slam
Culture
for Montclair middle and high
school students, as well as writ-
ing and publishing workshops.
Pitchapalooza, in which 20
writers drawn randomly get
one minute to pitch their book
and get feedback, run by best-
selling author David Henry
Sterry and agent Arielle Eck-
stut, will return.
The many panels on Satur-
day, Feb. 23, include include
“Found in Translation,” which
includes Ann Goldstein, the
translator of the mysterious
Elena Ferrante; a New Jersey
authors showcase, moderated
by Thomas Pluck (“Bad Boy
Boogie”); a look at contempo-
rary Russia with a panel called
“In Putin’s Footsteps,” with
Craig Unger and Nina Krus-
cheva, moderated by David
Pepper; and many more.
Montclair resident Lau-
rie Lico Albanese, who wrote
“Stolen Beauty,” will moderate
GWEN OREL/STAFF
a historical fiction panel titled
“Recreating the Past,” with au-
thors David Ebershoff ( “The
Danish Girl,” about the first
sex reassignment surgery, “The
19th Wife”), Wayétu Moore
(“She Would Be King,” about
Liberia); and Lisa Gornik (“The
Peacock Feast,” about a 20th-
century family set on an Oyster
Bay estate).
“We’ll talk about how stories
of history change when you ap-
ply a contemporary lens,” Al-
banese said.
It’s an unusual panel, said
Platt: “Any one of them would
be amazing to listen to, talk-
ing about their book, but then
you put them together and this
kind of magic happens.”
Montclair novelist Benilde
Little, whose most recent work
is a memoir, “Welcome to My
Breakdown,” will moderate
“Writing Ourselves — Moving
to Memoir,” with authors Dani
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Shapiro (“Inheritance, a Mem-
oir of Genealogy, Paternity,
and Love,” about a woman who
grew up believing she was Jew-
ish before discovering that her
father is not her father); Nell
Painter (“Old in Art School,”
about the historian’s experi-
ence going to art school at age
64) and Jonathan Santlofer
(“The Widower’s Notebook,”
about a painter whose wife died
suddenly in her 50s).
“Memoir can show us how
to live,” Little told Montclair
Local. “And also it can cure our
loneliness from our weirdness.
Everyone thinks they’re the
only one who feels this, and
memoir opens up that part.”
THE ACADEMY AWARDS
Jim Mellis, a professor of
writing at City University of
New York, has lived in town
for three-and-a-half years, but
though he has “looked at” the
festival before, he has not at-
tended. This year he will.
“I’m looking forward to the
great outpouring of ideas,” he
said, “whether it’s a memoir, or
YA or history, all concentrated
in one place.”
Liza Cohn is a sponsor,
along with her husband Bill
Wallach, and recently hosted
a Montclair Literary Festival
party herself. She compared
the feeling at the festival with
what it’s like to walk into the
Metropolitan Museum of Art:
the authors who come here are
at the top of their fields, she
said.
Cohn grew up going to the
Martha’s Vineyard Book Fes-
tival and knew the excite-
ment around a festival. But the
Montclair Literary Festival is
tied to literacy, which takes this
festival up a notch.
“Not only are we bringing all
these amazing ideas together,”
she said. “We're actually pro-
moting literacy In Essex Coun-
ty, which is so profoundly im-
portant.
“We’re having the Academy
Awards of books, right here,
right next door to the Mont-
clair Public Library.”
Though there are no awards,
it feels like there’s a red carpet
rolled out, she said.
“These amazing authors de-
scend on our town, and open up
about these incredible works
of art that they have made.”
Page 26 Culture Thursday, February 14, 2019

Valentine’s Day:
P
hotographer Kate Albright met
with and photographed locals to
get their sweet stories on their
“true loves.” The following stories
celebrate the special bonds between
these friendships.

Trina Paulus and Russell Kahn met eight years ago when Kahn was visiting Paulus’ butterfly tent
during an open garden tour with his two children. He was happily surprised to find on display
copies of the precious book, “Hope for the Flowers,” that he had carried around with him from
childhood to adulthood, and that the author was Paulus.
“It was the only book that I carried with me from childhood to adulthood… It’s meant different
things to me at different points in my life,” Kahn said.
Paulus loves Kahn’s gentlemanliness, his care and concern, how he checks in with her regularly,
picks food up from the farmer’s market or shovels her walk.

Ben Colwell and Boomer the dog met just over a year ago when Boomer
the dog was in need of a new home (his caregiver had developed demen-
tia). Boomer found his new home with Ben. One thing Boomer loves
about Ben is how calm he is. One thing Ben loves about Boomer is how he
sleeps under the blankets and sticks his tongue out when he sleeps.

Patience Ndidi Okewegbe and SheaShea:

In April of 2016, Patience Ndidi Okewe-
gbe had recently lost her mother, was
depressed and wouldn’t leave the house.
She became attached to SheaShea when
her son brought her home as a puppy. “It
really saved the day,” said Patience.
Ndidi Okewegbe loves SheaShea be-
cause, “she loves everybody. She shows
me respect, and gives me space or Brian Gonzalez and Jeff DeLuca et at Starbucks on Park Street in 2016.
cuddles as needed.” DeLuca struck up a conversation after seeing Gonzalez pull out a small
SheaShea loves Ndidi Okewegbe’s home- magnetic chess set. They have been getting together regularly ever since
cooked dog food (store bought gives to play chess in cafes. Gonzalez said he loves DeLuca’s “ passion for the
SheaShea stomach problems). game, his energy, his drive.” DeLuca said he loves how Gonzalez applies
his theories that he teaches his students to their games.
Thursday, February 14, 2019 Culture Page 27

Special bonds Feline friends Fawnie

and Alphie, residents of
Montclair Animal Shelter
since October, met at
birth 10 months ago and
have been together ever
since. They love having
each other to cuddle and
to be friends with.

PHOTOS BY KATE ALBRIGHT

FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL

Elodie Morss and Cadence

Rotarius met three years ago
in the fourth grade when
they were seated together
for choir. Because they talked
too much, they weren’t seat-
ed together for long. Despite
Rotarius moving away after a
year, they’ve remained close
with Morss visiting Seattle
and flying back to New Jersey
for a couple of visits. They
text daily and play Game
Pigeon (a texting game)
together.
What Rotarius loves about
Morss: “She’s smart and very
funny and always knows how
to tell good jokes.”
What Morss loves about Ro-
tarius: “She makes me laugh.
She’s weird with me. She’s
fun and silly and smart and
all good things.”

Judy Bereczki, Owen Berland and Tess Berland: “My grandkids

are the love of my life!” Known as Gra to her grandkids and to
many of their classmates at the Montclair Cooperative School
where they attend and she teaches, Judy Bereczki enjoys car-
ing for Owen and Tess Berland a few days a week after school.

Georgette Gilmore
and Carrie Ingra-
ham bonded 14
years ago when
Gilmore moved
upstairs from
Ingraham. Being
art teachers they
bonded instantly
“For me it was
Rosemarie Peters and Johanna Warde met through Christ Church Montclair five years ago. They attend the
so nice to meet a
church’s women’s group, Bloom, which meets monthly. What they love: “Her exuberance. She’s always delight-
woman friend that
ful and always helpful,” Warde said.
wasn’t a mommy
“I love her calmness, in everything she does,” Peters said.
friend that I met in
a mommy group.
We were friends be-
cause we actually
liked each other,”
Gilmore said.
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Love stories we love to tell
We asked, you answered! Love
comes in many shapes. We asked you
to tell us about a loving gestures you’ve
made or received: or, to tell us a couple
(real or fictional) you love. Happy
Valentine’s Day Montclair!
Adam Anik: My cat and my dog:
Syd-liscious the Cavachon, and Arielle-
A-Bella, part Maine Coon. Syd always
tries to play with her, and she wants
no part of it, trots away. She sneaks
into the bed only when she is sure he's
sound asleep, otherwise she sleeps on
the guest bed.
But they NEVER fight or growl, and
rarely lift a paw to the other.
Lisa Annitti: I adopted my Stafford
Bull Terrier, Macy, at the age of 7 from
PAWS Montclair. She was pulled from
AHS Newark by the organization. I
adopted her even though she doesn't
get along with other dogs and she has to
take bladder pills and anxiety medica-
tion. No one else wanted to take on the
responsibility of a senior with issues.
She's the best thing in my life, and we
show each other unconditional love.
Casey Carpenter: My fave ‘Clair
couple are Eileen and Sam. You see
them walking around town or at the
Y. So inspiring! And a brand new,
engaged couple are Josette and Ricky,
who are getting married next year.
Loretta Farrelly: Our 5-year-old
son was writing valentines and I told
him he could send them to everyone
he loves, thinking of grandparents.
He asked to send a valentine
to Santa Claus. He chose
his favorite and signed it, I
addressed it to the North Pole
and took him to the nearest
mailbox so he could send it. I
hope Santa liked it; he prob-
ably doesn't get much mail in
February.
Debra Galant: Every year on the
anniversary of when we met (June 7?
I'm not sure, but 1983), Warren sur-
prises me with a bagel and lox spread,
which is what I ordered at lunch that
day. I ordered it because it was the
cheapest thing on the menu. And every
year I am surprised.
Andrew Garda: My Valentine's Day
couple is Westley and Buttercup from
“The Princess Bride,” our family movie.
Jack Marflack: How about Lois
Lane and Clark Kent? All that sexual
tension and Lois never made a move on
Superman. Come on now. Jay Gatsby
and Daisy Buchanan. Looking out every
night across the bay at the green light
longing for Daisy. What’s up with that?
Culture
Lobby card for “Bringing Up Baby.”
Rich McMahon: My wife, who
never has been a pet person, always
took the best care of our “kids’ dog,”
Bridie, walking, feeding, grooming.
Bridie, a Wheaten Terrier, is no longer
with us but her crate is. Now, when
it gets too cold, my wife allows me to
bring my rabbit, Kitty, into the house
where Kitty can roam the kitchen and
sleep in Bridie’s crate. Sometimes she
and Kitty converse, though I
generally only hear one side
of the conversation.
Elizabeth Oguss: My
favorite movie couple is Rita
and Raymond Cappomaggi
in “Moonstruck.” Played by
Julie Bovasso and Louis Guss, they’re a
long-married couple in late middle age
and are only secondary characters in
the film. But as exciting as the Cher-
Nicolas Cage storyline is (“Snap out of
it!“), the affection the Cappomaggis
have for each other is more satisfying.
Unusual for Hollywood, this film love
between older people is portrayed not
as cute or grotesque, but as a natural
and lovely thing.
Gwen Orel: When I was laid up in
bed with bronchitis for a week, my cats
hunted and brought dead mice to the
back door every day for four days. It
was their equivalent of feline aspirin,
or an attempt to appease the sickness
gods.
Jeanne Reilly: Gary Grant and
Katharine Hepburn in “Bringing up
Baby!”
COURTESY LISA ANNITTI
Macy the Stafford terrier.
Erin Roll: Favorite fictional
couples, in no particular order: Taran
and Eilonwy, from “The Prydain
Chronicles.” Graham and Valanice,
from “King's Quest.” Link and Zelda,
from “The Legend of Zelda.” Peter
Parker and Mary Jane Watson, from
“Spider-Man.” Samwise Gamgee and
Rosie Cotton, from “Lord of the Rings.”
Andreina Botto Roever: I went
to Penn Station and my daughter
gave money to a pregnant homeless
woman… We talked to her and she
was so thankful. My daughter was very
loving and not judgemental. I cried…
It was her pocket money and she was
only 10 years old. The Obamas are my
Thursday, February 14, 2019
COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
favorite couple.
Jessica Sporn: My husband loves
salmon. The most romantic thing I can
do for my husband is get or make him
a bagel and lox for breakfast, salmon
sushi for lunch, and grilled salmon for
dinner. Nothing makes him happier or
feel more loved.
Allison Task: Favorite couple goes
to Michelle and Barack. As for the
loving gesture — here's mine. This one
is about holiday cards. Stay with me
on this. Years ago, when I was single
and living in Brooklyn, I decided that
people received enough love during the
holidays. When they really needed the
love was closer to Valentine's Day, when
the days are short, cold, bleak, and
less full of festivity. Especially (ahem)
single folks like myself at the time. Cuz
the only one sending me a card was me.
And then, I read that Julia Child
never sent holiday cards — she never
had the time, so she sent Valentine's
Day cards instead. That was all the
encouragement I needed. I've send my
annual cards on Valentine’s Day ever
since, which is weird and quirky just
like me.
Deborah Ann Tripoldi: My three
and a half month old niece knows love
and wiggles her feet only for me. She
knows her aunt will "bite " them.
Jennifer Wroblewski: Humphrey
Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Heroes. Love
goals. A relationship built on respect.
— Compiled by Gwen Orel
Thursday, February 14, 2019 Culture Page 29

Writing for the love of writing

All Write
Now
Melissa D.
Sullivan
“All Write Now” reflects the
writing life. Melissa D. Sullivan
is an attorney by day, writer by
night, mother of two and a 2019
Pushcart Prize Nominee. Melissa’s
writing has appeared in Hip-
pocampus Magazine, Sum Journal
and elsewhere. She splits her time
between Montclair and Bucks
County, P.A. You can learn more
at melissadsullivan.wordpress.
com and follow her on Twitter @
MelDSullivan.
Tennis is a mystery to me.
First of all, why are scores
counted in 15s? It just seems
overly complicated. Second,
why are the prizes weird? At
Wimbledon, the men’s cham-
pion gets a trophy topped with
a golden pineapple, and the
women’s champion gets a big
ol’ plate. And finally, why on
earth do they say “love” when
they mean zero?
Instead, we are supposed to be
driven by some internal, cash-
free-related reason to put our
writing out in the world. Then,
we must gladly and graciously
offer up our work to publish-
ers that pay zilch. Sometimes,
we even pay a couple of bucks
for the privilege.
Of course, most publishers
aren’t making huge profits
themselves. But even the
most successful authors aren’t
making enough to get by on
their writing alone.
A 2018 study conducted
by the Author’s Guild found
that incomes for writers
averaged only $16,889 a year.
Writers of literary fiction, my
wheelhouse, made even less,
clocking in at $10,000. In fact,
of the total income reported
by writers in the survey, over
60 percent was attributed to
non-writing sources.
Even those writers who
have great sales and award-
winning books might not be
making enough to pay their
cat food bills. Kameron Hur-
ley, who won a Hugo for her
novel “The Stars are Legion”
and is therefore a bona fide
latest accomplishment and
add another line to my writ-
erly C.V. , I like the actual act
of writing.
I love sitting down with
my pen and my cheap Staples
notebook and scrawling
out the first few lines of a
character who has recently
abandoned his friends to take
a ferry ride across the San
Francisco Bay. I love the need
to research esoteric facts, like
how a will would have been
written in 1925 or what time
the sunsets in January in Mas-
sachusetts. I love going back
to a messy first draft to cut
the literary throat clearing,
impose narrative structure
and maybe write a real ending.
I write fiction because I
love the feel of writing, much
like I bet Serena loves how it
feels when she serves an ace COURTESY JOHN FORNANDER ON UNSPLASH
right down the middle T. I Writing and tennis have at least one similarity.
write fiction because there
is something visceral in the
doing of the act that satisfies doing it. pay me for my fiction, in the
me deep within my brain. I And though I do want meantime, I’ll keep doing it
write fiction because I love someone, someday, to actually for love.

On that last one, even the
folks over at the estimable
Oxford English Dictionary
don’t have a clue and can only
posit a couple theories. The
first is tied back to the game’s
unconfirmed French origins,
hypothesizing that because
the written zero resembled an
egg, “love” was a corruption of
the word l’oeuf.
The second theory is that
the term “love” is a shortened
form of the phrase “playing
for the love of the game.”
“The idea here,” write the
experts over at the Oxford
Dictionary in their online
blog about the origins of
wordst, “is that if a person is
playing purely for the ‘love’
of the game then they are less
likely to be getting paid for it,
earning nothing/zero/nil.”
Or, in other words, if you
have zero points, you must
be a bloody horrible tennis
player, and no one is going to
pay to see you play. So if you
are still out there on the court
in your kit, sweating away
on the clay, grass or acrylic-
covered concrete, you must be
playing purely for the love of
the game.
For fiction writers, it is
very difficult to find someone
willing to pay for a story.
Montclair Charmer
Big Deal in the science fiction
world, relied on her day job
for necessities like health
care and mortgage payments.
When she got unexpectedly
laid off in January with no
severance, she tweeted that
her only source of income for
February would be the dona-
tions she received from fans.
Present column aside, I
consider myself primarily a
fiction writer, but I can count
on one hand the number of
times I have been compen-
sated for a story or novel. So
why do I do it? Why don’t I
just write articles and creative
nonfiction essays for online
consumption? Why, if I could
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Make madeleines for your Valentine!
Recipe
of the month
Steven DeSalvo
Food writer Steven DeSalvo has a degree
in Hospitality Business Management from
the University of Delaware, and has worked
extensively in restaurants and hotels. If there’s
something you want to know how to make,
or you’ve eaten a dish at a local restaurant
you’re dying to make at home, drop us a note
at culture@montclairlocal.news.
Madeleines are a traditional
French sponge cake that is baked in a
specific molded pan. They’re great for
Valentine’s Day because they’re easily
decorated, dipped in chocolate for
example, made in heart shape molds,
dyed red.
For Valentine’s Day you should
definitely consider investing in a heart
shaped Madeleine pan. They exist, I
promise! This recipe was provided
by Le French Dad Boulangerie & Café
located at 10 Church St.
They have a vast selection of
Freshly baked French pastries, breads,
Culture
coffees, and teas. Be sure to stop by
and sample the variety that they
offer, few things can beat a madeleine
alongside an Espresso. The owner,
Arben, mentioned that the key to the
madeleines coming out perfectly is to
allow the batter to cool, as well as use
a cold mold so that it creates a thermal
shock that will keep the cakes beauti-
fully moist and help in the develop-
ment of the famous “hump”.
Equipment:
Spatula
Whisk
Scale
Silicone brush
Madeleine mold (can be found on
Amazon)
Microplane grater
Ingredients:
Dry:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 teaspoons light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup of all purpose flour (they use
King Arthur's unbleached,
unbromated all purpose flour)
1 teaspoon baking powder
Lemon zest (use your judgement)
STEVEN DESALVO/FOR MONTCLAIR LOCAL
Madeleines like these from Le French Dad
make a great Valentine’s Day sweet.
Wet:
3 eggs
1 tablespoon honey
1 1/2 sticks of melted butter (6 oz)
Procedure:
1. Melt the butter in microwave oven
and let it cool to room temperature.
2. Use a pastry brush to coat the mad-
eleine molds with butter and place it
in the freezer/fridge (depending on
how pressed for time you are).
3. In a large bowl, whisk all the dry
ingredients together.
4. Add the eggs and honey and whisk
until all ingredients are incorpo-
Thursday, February 14, 2019
rated.
5. Add the melted butter and whisk
again until you have a smooth batter.
6. Cover the bowl in plastic wrap and
let it cool in the fridge for at least an
hour.
7. Pre-heat the oven to 375F (350F if
using convection).
8. Prepare a sheet pan lined with
parchment paper. Once your batter
has cooled off, either pipe or scoop
the batter into the molds and bake
them in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
9. The madeleines are baked when the
sides are browned and the famous
"hump" is a golden color.
10. Using oven mitts, take the mad-
eleines out, hold the mold horizon-
tally and tap against the sheet pan
to release them.
11. You can let them cool off on a grill
for a few minutes before eating!
12. Enjoy!
Note: For an added bit of Valentine’s
Day fun, you can dip your madeleines
in melted chocolate!
....
In this article
• Le French Dad Boulangerie & Café
10 Church St.
973-746-0288, lefrenchdad.com
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Catwalk strut Strings and things

Kailan Blake and

Lashawn Austin attend
the Sofistafunk Pop-
Up-Shop Fashion Show
at the Hampton House,
467 Bloomfield Ave.,
on Feb. 10. The Pop-Up
Artisans feature the
clothing of SoFistaFunk
The Skirt Co., Threaded
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Collection(Handbags) “New Directions in Fiber Art,” an exhibition featuring 42 New Jersey-
and Melba’s totes (Girls based artists and more than 50 works of contemporary art, will run
handbags). at Montclair Art Museum through June 16. The works, which are all
constructed out of some form of fiber, draw inspiration from science,
RAYMOND HAGANS/ technology, politics, pop culture, and traditional fiber art techniques.
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>>> listings@montclairlocal.news
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p.m. for the following week’s issue. Email list-
ings@montclairlocal.news.
FAMILIES & KIDS
For families
See also Montclair Art Museum, Montclair
Public Library, Montclair History Center list-
ings, below.
St. Cassian 5K & Kids Fun Run: Fourth
annual event. Saturday, April 13, Brookdale
Park. Fun Run begins 8:30 a.m., 5K begins 9
a.m. Race-day registration begins at 7 a.m.
All Fun Run participants receive a ribbon.
In the 5K, medals will be presented to the
overall male and female winners, along with
age-category winners (male and female).
Entry fee for 5K is $25 until March 20; $30
afterward. Entry fee for the Kids Fun Run
$15 until March 20, $20 thereafter. Register
at runsignup.com. A benefit for St. Cassian
School, a nonprofit accredited Pre-K-8
school,190 Lorraine Ave.
Essex County Environmental Center:
Registration required for all programs,
unless otherwise noted (on website).
Information/registration: 973-228-
8776, essexcountyparks.org/facilities/
environmental-center. February programs
include: Little Explorers Winter Nature
Program, weekdays for ages 2-5; Winter
Wonderland Club, Saturday mornings for
ages 4-8; Frog Pond Science Club for ages
5-9, Feb. 20. Bird Club for ages 5-10, Feb.
21. Also, Beekeepers Society for adults
and children 12 and up, Feb. 16 and 23.
Family Yoga for ages 5 and up. New Jersey
Woodturners for adults and children age
3 and up, Feb. 25. Build a Bird House, for
adults and children 8 and older, Feb. 16;
Presidents Day leadership program for
ages 5 and up, Feb. 18; Family Walk and
Campfire, Feb. 21. In April: Spring Camp for
grades 1-5.
For kids and teenagers
Montclair Police Department and
Montclair Police Athletic League youth
programs: Register at montclairpal.org;
contact Officer Anjannette Sanders at 973-
509-4775, option 4; or email ajohnson@
montclairnjusa.org.
• Junior Police Academy: For students in
grades 5-8. Participants will gain greater
insight into what it means to serve in the
MPD. They’ll meet with officers, receive
instruction and training to experience
everything it means to be a police officer.
• PAL’s monthly Friday Activity Night:
Fun, pizza, snacks, and more fun. Play
video games, ping-pong, basketball, shoot
some pool, sing karaoke, do arts & crafts,
play board games and more. Every second
Friday of the month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wally
Choice Community Center, 49 Maple Ave.
Free; open to Montclair youth.
• Police Explorers Program: For kids in
grades 9-12 to learn about law enforcement
in the community. Participants will gain
clear insight into the skills, tactics, and
laws that our officers are equipped to deal
with on a daily basis. They learn about law
enforcement during bi-weekly sessions with
officers from various units who provide
instruction on the many different police
jobs. The environment is similar to an actual
police recruit training program, complete
with physical training exercises, emphasizing
teamwork and responsibility. Explorers
will occasionally participate in community
events and work alongside local, state, and
federal law enforcement.
MPD Youth Advisory Council: Montclair
students in grades 8-12 invited to join
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Eliza.
the Montclair Police Department Youth
Advisory Council, a peer-led group to offer
the voice of the community’s youth. The
group will meet regularly with Chief Todd
Conforti and his Command Staff to discuss
issues regarding youth/police relations. The
mission is to ensure that youth concerns
and issues are brought to the fore.
Information: contact Lt. Williams, 973-509-
4729 or twilliams@montclairnjusa.org
YMCA of Montclair Black History Month
events for kids: Free and open to the
community. All events at the Y’s Park Street
Branch at 25 Park St. or Geyer Family
Branch at 159 Glenridge Ave. Information
and updates: montclairymca.org
• The Quilts of Gee’s Bend: A story and
hands-on art project for grades pre-K-6.
“Belle, The Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A
Civil Rights Story” is a true story of a mule
that played a key role in the civil rights
movement in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, a small
rural African-American community that is
also known for the quilts that are created
there. Children will create their own quilt art
project after the story. Saturday, Feb. 23,
12:30 p.m. Geyer Family Branch
The 1 for All Project: Workshop for
4th- and 5th-grade boys meets once a
month. Workshops focus on friendships,
school expectations, navigating complex
relationships, but all roads lead to emotional
literacy, self awareness, empathy for others
and empowerment. Second Tuesday
of the month, 7-8:30 p.m. Register at
the1forallproject.com. Information: info@
the1forallproject.com
Succeed2gether Workshops:
Succeed2gether, 11 Pine St.;
succeed2gether.org, info@succeed2gether.
org. All workshops held at 11 Pine St. •
Sundays, Reading FUNdamentals for grades
1-3; algebra for grades 7-9. • Tuesdays:
STEM Club for girls in grades 4-6. •
Thursdays: Math FUNdamentals for grades
3-5.
Side Door: Free drop-in program; all
middle school students invited. Staffed by
volunteers from MSU and MHS. Activities
include basketball, ping pong, air hockey,
MAM Art Truck, yoga, movies, games and
quiet spaces. Free food. Open 2:15-5 p.m.
most Fridays after school. (Feb. 15, 22;
March 8, 15, 22; April 5, 12; May 3, 10, 17,
31; June 7) Closed when Montclair Public
Schools are closed, or close early in bad
weather. Not open on holidays or early
release days. Sponsored by and held at
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper
Ave. Information: sidedoorucc@gmail.com
Youth Skills Basketball Clinic: For middle
school kids in Essex and Passaic counties.
Offered by Montclair State University
Thursday, February 14, 2019
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Men’s Club Basketball team. Mentoring
for soon-to-be high school players by
intercollegiate athletes at the club level.
Monday, Feb.18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Information:
montclairmcbskillsclinic.eventbrite.com
Van Vleck House & Gardens: 21 Van Vleck
St. vanvleck.org. Monthly programs for little
kids. • Garden Discoveries Pre-K: ages 3 to
5. Wednesday afternoons; each session
includes a story, a hike, and hands-on
activities. Registration required for each
session, at education@vanvleck.org or 973-
744-4752, ext. 3. • Outdoor Adventures:
Saturday morning program for ages 4 and
up. Rain or shine. Environmental educator,
self-guided activities on the property. Drop-
ins welcome but registration requested:
education@vanvleck.org or call 973-744-
4752, ext. 3. Feb. 16: Animal Signs
Call for applicants for film jury: Montclair
Film is accepting applications from students
in grades 10-12 for the 2019 Montclair
Film Festival Junior Jury. Jurors will meet
industry professionals and learn how to
analyze and adjudicate films. They will
receive MF student memberships, free
access and reserved seats for select films.
After deliberating and selecting the best film
in its category, the jurors will present the
Junior Jury Award as part of the Montclair
Film Festival’s award ceremony on May 11.
Applicants must be available to attend an
orientation, to screen selected films, and
to participate in jury deliberations and the
award ceremony. Applications accepted
through March 17; jurors will be notified
before the festival. Apply at montclairfilm.
org/Jury19
Competitions
Short-story contest: For middle-schoolers
in Montclair public schools. Sponsored
by Friends of Anderson Park. Part or all of
the story must involve Anderson Park. It
can be in any genre, 500-2500 words, and
must observe guidelines in subject matter
and language that would apply in school,
and should be typed, double-spaced, with
numbered pages. Put author’s name,
phone number, grade and school name
on every page. Three winners will each
receive $75; cookies-and-awards party at
Watchung Booksellers in May where the
stories will be read aloud by professionally
trained actors. Deadline March 1; email
entries to andersonparkstory@gmail.com.
Information: andersonparkstory@gmail.com
or call Ann Evans at 201-792-6892
Montclair Film Festival Emerging
Filmmaker Competition: For students
in grades 6-12. Film submissions being
accepted through March 1, in narrative,
documentary, comedy, and experimental
film categories. Competition divisions:
Storytellers, for filmmakers in grades 6-8;
and Visionaries, for filmmakers in grades
9-12. Selections announced March 26;
selected films will be screened at 2019
Montclair Film Festival, May 3-12. Rules/
information: http://montclairfilm.org/EFC-
2019
GENERAL INTEREST
Dance performance by Maurice
Chestnut: Montclair Public Library presents
master tap-dancer Maurice Chestnut. Along
with professional tap dancers, Chestnut
will dance to hip hop and jazz songs by
musicians such as Freddie Hubbard and
Miles Davis. Performance is in homage
to the invaluable artistic contributions by
African-American artists. A native of Newark,
See LISTINGS, page 33
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Chestnut began dancing at the age of 9
with Deborah Mitchell’s New Jersey Tap
Ensemble. He has performed with Savion
Glover and Bare Soundz, and jazz artist
Christian McBride. Event includes an exhibit
of commemorative stamps celebrating
singular African-Americans and “To Form
a More Perfect Union,” a PowerPoint
presentation by philatelist Clarence M.
McKnight. McKnight, of East Orange, has
been collecting stamps since 1986. Sunday,
Feb. 17, 2-5 p.m. All ages; no registration
required. Montclair Public Library, 50 South
Fullerton Ave. Information: montclairlibrary.
org
Montclair Community Garden: Montclair
Department of Health and Human Services,
HOMECorp, and Montclair Community
Farms offer a community garden and
gardening workshops. Information/
registration: montclaircommunityfarms.org
• Community Garden at 17 Miller St.
Experience the reward of working the
land from fallow to fruitful, April through
October. Participants get a starter kit,
advice from farmers, and the use of
gardening tools. A schedule of suggested
work days will be posted. Register at
montclaircommunityfarms.org/community-
workshops.
• Public Workshops: Led by Master
Gardeners of Essex County and community
professionals. $15 for nonmembers,
free for Community Gardeners of
Miller Street (see above). Full schedule:
montclaircommunityfarms.org/calendar.
Sustainable Health & Beautiful Bodies (Feb.
22); Canning and Preserving with an Expert
(March 22); Flowers: Start a Cutting Garden
(April 5); Start Your Gardens Workshop!
(May 18); Gardening for the Butterflies!
(June 14); Greater Grains: Cooking with
Alternative Grains (July 26); Leafy Greens for
All Seasons (Aug. 23); Tour a Colonial Herb
Garden in Bloom (Sept. 27); Succulents &
Terrariums (Oct. 25); Drying Herbs, Spices &
Veggies (Nov.15); Healthy Holiday Cooking
Party (Dec. 13). Montclair Community Farm
engages and educates the community
through urban farming, affordable food
access and healthy living. The MCF Coalition:
HOMECorp, Montclair Department of Health
and Human Services, Montclair History
Center, Montclair State University, Rutgers
Cooperative Extension of Essex County:
Essex 4-H and Master Gardeners, and
Montclair DIGS.
YMCA of Montclair Black History Month
events: Free and open to the community.
Events held at the Y’s Park Street Branch
(25 Park St.) or Geyer Family Branch (159
Glenridge Ave.) as noted. Information/
updates: montclairymca.org
• The Art of Jacob Lawrence: Art
history lecture by Maggie Rothman, MCA
member and retired art history professor.
A conversation on the works of Jacob
Lawrence, followed by a Q&A. Lawrence is
best known for paintings that vividly portray
contemporary everyday life as well as epic
narratives of African-American history and
historical figures. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 9:30
a.m. Park Street Branch
• Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom:
The Story of William and Ellen Craft’s
Amazing Escape from Slavery. Mary Ellen
Butler, great-great-granddaughter of William
and Ellen Craft, will share their story and
the legacy of achievement they created for
their descendants. Refreshments served.
Thursday, Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m. Geyer Family
Branch
• Afro-Caribbean Dance with Congolese
Drummers: Experience the joy and vitality
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of rhythms rooted in Africa. Class led by
Julio Jean, a master Haitian dance teacher,
choreographer and musician. Sunday, Feb.
24, 3:30 p.m. Park Street Branch
Stargazing: North Jersey Astronomical
Group holds weekly Public Telescope Nights
during the fall and spring semesters at
Montclair State University. At 8 on clear
Thursdays. Telescopes set up in front of
Richardson Hall and CELS on the Science
Quad, just east of Student Center. Canceled
if cloudy or below 20 degrees F. Cancellation
messages at 973-594-6524. Information:
montclair.edu, search for Stargazing
Yogi Berra Museum & Learning
Center: 8 Yogi Berra Drive, Little Falls,
yogiberramuseum.org. • “DUNK! The Science
of Basketball”: Hoops-based installation, on
loan from Science & Arts Engagement New
York, explores the intersection of physics
and athletics in concepts such as hang time,
jump shots and wingspan through hands-on
activities for all ages.
Montclair Farmers’ Market: Saturdays,
8 a.m.-2 p.m. Ad hoc “Winter Market,”
Saturdays throughout the off-season,
weather depending, with farmers and
specialty food vendors. Walnut Street Train
Station parking lot. Information: Township
Sustainability Officer Gray Russell, 973-509-
5721
Free tax preparation help: United
Way offers IRS-certified tax preparation
assistance for low- and moderate-income
families. To make appointment, call 973-
993-1160, ext. 5. Residents can also
make online appointments for some tax
sites at UnitedWayNNJ.org/FreeTaxPrep.
Households earning less than $66,000 can
file their taxes for free using MyFreeTaxes.
com. Information: UnitedWayNNJ.org/
FreeTaxPrep
Save the date: Montclair BOUNCE, A
Festival of Optimism and Resilience: May
1-7. Festival sponsored by Toni’s Kitchen
and the YMCA of Montclair. Townwide
mind/body/soul activities and programs
will explore everyday opportunities and
often-unnoticed resources to strengthen
emotional health and connections to the
community. Festival will bring together
a range of organizations and groups to
develop and curate the week’s activities.
Events will be accessible to all. Funds raised
will support ongoing programming at the
YMCA of Montclair and Toni’s Kitchen
designed to build emotional health and
resilience. Information: montclairbounce.org
BENEFITS, GALAS &
FUNDRAISERS
Project Graduation 2019: Last Dance
fundraiser. Drinks, food, dancing, and
auction items. Saturday, Feb. 23, 7-11
p.m. Commonwealth Club. All proceeds
will help fund MHS Project Graduation
2019. Tickets at brownpapertickets.
com/event/4054697. Seeking auction
items. If you have something to donate,
email mhspg19danceparty@gmail.com.
Information: MHSPG2019@gmail.com
Montclair Film’s Glitter Ball: A Dance Floor
Celebration of Soul, R&B, and Funk featuring
live music from Joe McGinty & the Loser’s
Lounge, with performances from Stephen
Colbert, Patrick Wilson, Warren Zanes,
and others. Saturday, March 2, 8 p.m.
Wellmont Theater. Proceeds will support
Montclair Film film and education programs.
Information/tickets: montclairfilm.org
May in Montclair: To donate toward
the cost of tulip and daffodil bulbs, mail
checks (payable to May in Montclair) to
May in Montclair, 41 Watchung Plaza,
#308, Montclair, NJ 07042. Information:
mayinmontclair.org or Cyndee Rowan,
cyndeerowan@comcast.net or 201-207-
1272
Beatles For Sale: A Fundraiser for Music
Education: Being for the benefit of the
Music Parents Association of Bloomfield
High School, the Glen Ridge Music Parents
Association (GRMPA), and the Immaculate
Conception HS Montclair Music Program.
Presented by the 100th Monkey Foundation
LLC. Concert features Beatles songs
recorded from 1964-1965, including an
abridged version of Beatles for Sale, as
well as A Hard Day’s Night, HELP!, and
Rubber Soul in their entirety. Performing
will be Dead Dog’s Eye with guests including
Anthony Fernandez, Jim O’Brien and Miguel
Rodriguez. Friday, March 1, 8 p.m. $10.
Age 21 and over. Tierney’s Tavern, 136
Valley Road, 973-744-9785. Donate at
https://100thmonkey.org/index.php.
DONATIONS/VOLUNTEERS
Toni’s Kitchen: At St. Luke’s Church, 73
South Fullerton Ave. Serving hot, sit-down
meals Thursdays-Sundays. TK’s Healthy
Backpack Program provides nutritious
nonperishables: canned tuna/chicken, small
plastic jars of peanut butter, cans/plastic jars
of tomato sauce, pasta, cereal, shelf-stable
milk, granola bars, canned fruit, rice, beans.
Also paper towels and ground coffee. Drop
off food donations Monday-Wednesday
9-11:30 a.m., Thursday-Saturday 9:30-1:30
p.m., Sunday 3-6 p.m. Enter through Union
Street parking lot. Information: toniskitchen.
org. • Volunteers: Adults and students in
9th grade and above may volunteer for any
shift. Apply online. Students in grades 4-8,
and children age 4-grade 3, may volunteer
with parent/caregiver; details online.
Garden volunteers also welcome; email
christinetkg@gmail.com.
Human Needs Food Pantry: 9 Label St.
humanneedsfoodpantry.org; 973-746-
4669. Open for client pickup Tuesdays and
Thursdays noon-2:30 p.m., and Thursdays
5:30-6:30 p.m. Regular donation times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 8 a.m.-noon.
Donate healthy nonperishable food that has
not passed its sell-by date.
Feed the Ferals Food Drive: Montclair
Township Animal Shelter needs canned
and dry cat food. Drop donations at MTAS,
77 North Willow St., or Cameron Animal
Hospital, 417 Bloomfield Ave. MTAS’ feral
cat program advocates for the humane
treatment of community cats in the local
area by assisting feral and stray cats
through a Trap/Neuter/Return/Vaccinate
(TNRV) program. Information: 973-744-8600
or emorgan@montclairnjusa.org
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
List your club meetings or activities that are
open to the public by emailing the informa-
tion to listings@montclairlocal.news.
College Women’s Club of Montclair:
Monthly programs and interest groups.
Sponsors two used-book sales a year to
generate college scholarships for area girls.
Limited book donations (15 containers,
bags or boxes or a combination of both)
accepted at Booksale Headquarters, 26 Park
St. (opposite YMCA), Saturdays 9:30-11:45
a.m. Information: cwcmontclair.com.
Dunworkin Club of Montclair: Second
and fourth Fridays, at 53 Norwood Ave.
Social time at 10:30 a.m., speaker at
11. Presentation followed by lunch and
conversation. Information: Jean Bendel, 973-
429-9529.
Essex Photo Club: Open to all ages and
skill levels. Monthly meetings at 7:30 p.m.
United Methodist Church, 8 Academy Road,
West Caldwell. Lectures and competitions
are free and open to the public. Feb. 21: Arik
Gorban will judge digital projected images
in the categories of nature and pictorial by
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beginning and advanced photographers
who are club members. Full calendar of
club activities, competitions and workshops:
essexphotoclub.org
Essex Toastmasters: Meets at Bloomfield
Civic Center, 84 Broad St., Bloomfield,
second and fourth Thursdays, 7-8:30
p.m. Feb. 14 and 28. Members work
on overcoming fear of public speaking
while learning listening, team-playing and
leadership skills. Open to public; guests
welcome. Information: essextoastmasters.
org
Garden Club of Montclair: Monthly
meeting and tea. United Way Building
Auditorium, 60 South Fullerton Ave. $5
suggested donation for nonmembers.
Information: 973-857-2662.
Montclair Bird Club: Meets second
Wednesday of the month, September-
June (except December), 7:30 p.m. Union
Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave.
montclairbirdclub.org. Public welcome; free.
Montclair Chess Club: Meets Wednesdays,
6:30-9:30 p.m., 73 See Gallery & Design
Studio, 73 Pine St. Free. Information:
Daniel Cruz at cruz.daniel.u@gmail.com or
facebook.com/montclairchessclub
Montclair Community Band: Meets
Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Montclair High School
Band Room. Information: Barbara Rudy,
973-202-3233
Montclair Knitting Circle: Meets
Tuesdays, 9-11 a.m. Edgemont Park House.
Information: Barbara Rudy, 973-202-3233
Montclair Music Club: Nonprofit
organization, founded 1901, provides
opportunities for classically trained
musicians and music lovers to meet.
Awards annual scholarship by audition
to a local graduating high school senior
who plans to continue with the study of
music. Meets second Monday of the month
October-May. Follow MMC at facebook.com/
montclairmusicclub.
Montclair Recorder Society: Meets
Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church, 73 South Fullerton Ave. Open to
anyone, regardless of musical training.
Playing Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque
music, and occasionally more modern
music in small group consorts. Information:
montclairEarlyMusic.org, call Julienne at 845-
943-0610, or juliennepape@gmail.com. See
information on new group forming in Arts/
Participatory, below.
Montclair Republicans: Founded ca. 1880,
meets regularly for a sociable, family-style
dinner at Greek Taverna, 292 Bloomfield
Ave., and at other venues. Information:
montclairrepublicans.com
Montclair Society of Engineers: Meetings
are open to the public. Desserts and
beverages at 7:30 p.m., meeting at 8. Free.
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper
Ave. Information: 973-932-0MSE (0673) or
montclairengineer@yahoo.com. Follow MSE
on Facebook or LinkedIn. • Feb. 15: “The
Polar Vortex, Crazy Weather and Climate
Change.” Guest speaker Gregory Pope,
Ph.D., professor in earth and environmental
studies at Montclair State University. He
will discuss the polar vortex and our crazy
January weather and the mechanisms by
which climate change affects our weather.
Pope’s research interests integrate earth
science with human dimensions. His training
in geology, atmospheric sciences, and
ecology is the foundation for his research in
environmental change, landscape dynamics,
and geoarchaeology.
Montclair Women’s Club: A cultural
and service organization; programs open
to the public every other Friday. Special
evening and weekend events. 82 Union St.
Information: montclairwomensclub.org.
National Council of Negro Women Inc.,
Montclair Section: General meeting
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every fourth Saturday, 10-noon, Montclair
Women’s Community Circle, 33 Woodland
Ave. NCNW Kinship Caregivers Support
Group, every fourth Saturday 1-3 p.m.,
YMCA Geyer Family Branch, 159 Glenridge
Ave. Information: 973-783-3715 aggiewag@
aol.com
North Jersey Modern Quilt Guild: Meets
third Thursday of month, Community
Church of Cedar Grove, 65 Bowden Road.
For experts and beginners of all ages who
gather in the spirit of art, education, and
community; visitors and new members
welcome. Information: njmqg.com
Rotary Club of Montclair: Organization
of business and professional people
with common objective of serving the
community. Weekly meetings with guest
presentations, Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m.,
Greek Taverna, 292 Bloomfield Ave. Lunch
available, $20. Guests welcome at open
meetings. Information: montclairrotaryclub.
com or montclairrotaryclub@gmail.
com. Follow on Facebook and at
montclairrotaryclub.com.
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Victorian Society in America, Northern
New Jersey Chapter: Public welcome
to monthly meetings with presentations
by guest speakers. $10 nonmembers,
members free. Held at Montclair Women’s
Club, 82 Union St. Refreshments served.
Information: victoriansannj.org. • Monday,
Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. “Victorian Magic,” a
presentation about the people and events
in Victorian times that changed magic
from a dubious street art to a respectable
form of entertainment suitable for drawing
rooms and theaters. By James McParland, a
magician and member of the International
Brotherhood of Magicians. He is also
a recognized member of the Order of
Merlin. McParland’s talk will cover a range
of colorful characters, such as a magician
who was fatally injured in his act and the
magician who invented the pay toilet. He
will also explain how inventions in magic are
linked to some modern technology, such as
at Disney’s Haunted Mansion and in heads-
up displays in cars. The presentation will
include a few demonstrations of magic, and
perhaps a secret or two will be revealed.
Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair: 200
Cooper Ave. • Wednesday, Feb 20, 1:30
p.m. Heart Health for Women: Claudia
Irmiere, advance practice nurse from
Cardiac Services at Saint Barnabas Medical
Center, presents “Take Health to Heart.”
Learn about risk factors for heart disease,
and ways to adjust your lifestyle to keep
your heart healthy for those you love. Free
for club members; open to public for $5. •
Wednesday, Feb 27, 1:30 p.m. Pedestrian
& Driver Safety: Officer Vinnie Russo of the
Montclair Police Department will give a
presentation. However well we learned the
rules of the road in school, many changes
have impacted pedestrian and driver safety
since then. Traffic is worse, and people are
more distracted by their electronic devices.
Learn more about how to become more
aware of your surroundings and travel
safely on foot, bicycle and automobile. Light
refreshments. Free for club members; open
to the public for $5.
WILPF: Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom, Essex County
Branch: Meets at Annex Building of the
Montclair Cooperative School, 65 Chestnut
St. Newcomers welcome. Information:
Fran Gardella, 848-448-4335 or fgardella@
hotmail.com. Next meeting March 6, 5:30-7
p.m.
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
S.O.F.I.A. Soar-to-Success Workshops:
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Community Services
Center, 11 Pine St., next to fire station.
Green awning over the door. Free; register
by emailing sofiaworkshops@gmail.com.
Series runs through April. • Saturday, Feb.
23: Unstoppable Woman: Vision Board
with a Purpose. By Caryl Lucas, speaker
and life coach. Workshop designed to
help you create your vision. Develop your
2019 goals and take action. Bring your
favorite magazine and ignite your purpose.
Information: supportsofia.org. S.O.F.I.A.
stands for Start Out Fresh Intervention
Advocates.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
at Montclair: 67 Church St. uumontclair.
org. • Voices of Women, a celebration of
Women’s History Month: Reflect on the
trials endured by women and learn ways
to work toward a just future. With a talk by
Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, international
adviser on women, poverty, and race and
leader of “400 Years of Inequality”; and
music by multi-instrumentalist Maritri.
Hosted by the Undoing Racism Committee
of UUCM, co-sponsored by UU Mens Group,
UU Womens Group. Sunday, March 24.
Lunch and program 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free;
donation of $15 welcome. RSVP: https://
uucm_urc2019women.eventbrite.com/.
Information: uucmurc@gmail.com or leave
a message for Jane of Undoing Racism
Committee, 973-744-6276, ext. 0010
Temple Ner Tamid: 936 Broad St.,
Bloomfield. info@nertamid.org, or nertamid.
org. • Fundraising gala to celebrate
Meredith Greenberg’s 10th anniversary as
cantor. Saturday, Feb. 23, 7-11 p.m. at the
synagogue. Cocktails, catered dinner, live
music and dancing and tributes. All welcome
to celebrate. RSVP to Laurie, 973-338-1500,
or info@nertamid.org.
St. James Episcopal Church: 581 Valley
Road, stjamesepiscopal.org. • The Sky’s the
Limit thrift shop, open Tuesdays 11 a.m.-3
p.m.; Saturdays 9-3; Fridays 10-2. Donations
accepted during shop hours on Tuesdays
and Saturdays. Clothing, household items,
toys, knickknacks, etc. Information: 973-744-
0270
SENIORS
See also Montclair Public Library, Montclair
Art Museum listings, below
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Essex County Legacies Writing Contest:
Seniors age 60 and older invited to submit
an original story focusing on a special
person, life-changing experience or
significant period of their life. Suggested
maximum length: 1,500 words. Stories must
be typed or legibly handwritten and include
cover page with the story’s title, the author’s
name, date of birth, address and telephone
number. Identifying information about the
author is removed when stories are judged
by the review committee. One entry only;
previously published stories not accepted.
Entries will not be returned. Mail entries by
March 15 to Essex County Division of Senior
Services, Attn: Gloria Chambers-Benoit,
900 Bloomfield Ave., Verona, NJ 07044; or
emailed to gbenoit@seniors.essexcountynj.
org. Awards ceremony in May; winning
and honorable mention stories posted
at essexcountynj.org. Information:
essexcountynj.org or Essex County Division
of Senior Services, 973-395-8389
MILL: Montclair Institute of Lifelong
Learning, administered through
Montclair Township and Partners for
Health. Online registration only; set up
account at lifelongmontclair.org/MILL.
Assistance available at Montclair Public
Library second-floor reference desk or 973-
744-0500, ext. 2235.
Free Montclair Senior Bus: Taking
residents 55+ or with disabilities from their
homes to Bay Street Station, Montclair
History Center, Brookdale ShopRite,
Montclair Public Library, Mountainside
Medical Center, YMCA, Edgemont Park,
Wally Choice Community Center, and more.
Bus returns you to your home. Information/
scheduling: EZ Ride, Montclair Senior Bus
operator, 201-939-4242, ext. 1. • If you need
a ride right away, sign up for Ryde4Life (866-
208-1307, option 4) or GoGo Grandparent
(855-464-6872) to access Uber/Lyft rides
without the requirement of a smartphone.
Horticulture for Seniors: The Rutgers
Master Gardeners of Essex County offer
a horticulture class especially for senior
citizens. Topic for February: The History
of Chocolate, the Good, the Bad, and the
Delicious. Monday, Feb. 25, 1 p.m. Essex
County Environmental Center, Garibaldi
Hall, 621A Eagle Rock Ave., Roseland. Free;
advance registration required one week
before program. Registration/information:
Helen, 973-731-0717, or the Master
Gardener Helpline, 973-228-2210
Aging in Montclair: AIM Hub, second floor,
Salvation Army, 13 Trinity Place. Information:
973-707-5088 or aginginmontclairAIM@
gmail.com; aginginmontclair.org. Park in the
underground garage and take elevator.
• Conversations on Aging in Community:
First Thursdays, 10-noon, AIM Hub.
Facilitated discussions on topics from
downsizing, to how to handle loss — of
friends and family and of independence
— how to build a support network, end-
of-life decision-making and how to talk
about it. Information or to arrange a ride:
andreapeyser@gmail.com.
• Widows & Widowers Connection: Meets
third Thursdays. For those who have lost
spouses, an opportunity to meet new
friends who understand your loss and
to share experiences and resources for
continuing support. AIM Hub. To join, call
AIM, number above.
• Caregivers Support Group: Free and
confidential support group for caregivers of
all ages. Meets fourth Tuesday of the month,
at AIM Hub. Call AIM if you need a ride.
Mountainside Medical Center 24/7
Senior Intervention Helpline: To address
the behavioral health concerns of area
residents age 65 and older. Seniors in
distress, or authorized caregivers for the
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elderly who aren’t sure where to turn for
help, can call 973-429-6073 for assistance
from the hospital’s team of geriatric mental
health professionals.
Looking Together: Montclair Art Museum
invites people living with dementia and their
care partners to explore art together. Free,
interactive gallery program led by MAM
docents and educators. Engage with current
exhibitions through gallery conversations
and hands-on activities. First Wednesday
of the month; reserve at 973-259-5136
or contact tours@montclairartmuseum.
org. MAM, 3 South Mountain Ave. Offered
in partnership with Montclair Institute
for Lifelong Learning. Information:
montclairartmuseum.org
State Health Insurance Assistance
Program: SHIP provides free help to
Medicare beneficiaries who have problems
with, or questions about their health
insurance. Statewide program administered
by the NJ Dept. of Human Services with
financial assistance through a grant from
the U.S. Administration for Community
Living. Trained volunteer counselors
provide information and assistance for
dealing with claims and in evaluating health
insurance options; they do not provide
legal advice, sell, recommend, or endorse
any specific insurance product, agent,
insurance company or plan. Free. Sessions
usually scheduled for Wednesdays, 1-3
p.m., Montclair Public Library. Information,
appointments: call Essex County SHIP office,
973-637-1717; or MPL, 973-744-0500
HEALTH PROGRAMS
Women’s Wellness Brunch: Sponsored by
Mountainside Medical Center. Learn about
several common medical conditions that
affect women of all ages and how to handle
them. Topics include gynecological oncology,
pulmonology, breast health and more.
Saturday, April 20, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Glen Ridge Country Club, 555 Ridgewood
Ave., Glen Ridge. Free; registration required:
888-973-4674 or https://mountainsidehosp.
com/event/womantowoman
Overeaters Anonymous: Newcomers
meeting, Tuesdays 7-8:15 p.m. Watchung
Presbyterian Church, 375 Watchung Ave.,
Bloomfield. No dues, fees or weigh-ins.
Information: Contact T.A. 973-945-0233,
oa.org or njioa.org
Montclair Health Dept.: 973-509-
4970, third floor, Municipal Building, 205
Claremont Ave.
• Free winter rabies clinic: Cedar Grove
Clinic: Tuesday, Feb. 26, Cedar Grove
Municipal Building, 525 Pompton Ave. Dogs
are seen 6-6:45 p.m., cats 6:45-7:30 p.m.
Information: Call Montclair Health Dept.,
973-509-4970
• Immunization Clinics: First and third
Tuesday of the month, 9-noon. For adults
and adolescents. Vaccines offered include:
Measles, mumps, rubella; Tdap (tetanus),
polio, meningococcal, Hepatitis A and
Hepatitis B, flu and pneumococcal, HPV
(human papilloma virus) and shingles.
• Free blood pressure screenings:
First Wednesday of the month (except
holidays), 9:30-11 a.m. Municipal Building,
205 Claremont Ave. Also, screenings at:
First Montclair House, 56 Walnut St., first
Thursday, 10-noon; South End Gardens, 340
Orange Road, third Tuesday, 10-noon; Pine
Ridge of Montclair, 60 Glenridge Ave., fourth
Tuesday, 10-noon
SpayStation Mobile Surgical Unit: CPAW
NJ has partnered with People for Animals
(PFA) and Acme Markets on Valley Road to
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Building a bright Montclair
Elena Araoz, Dorothea Townshend, Justin and Alastair assemble the model of Lackawanna
Railroad Station out of Legos at the 14th annual Build Montclair workshop. Two sessions,
with 50 family teams each, assembled 55 significant township structures with Lego blocks to
place on a floor map. The program was led by Stephen Schwartz of SWS Architects of Maple-
wood in Leir Hall of the Montclair Art Museum on Sunday, Feb. 3.
offer low-cost spay/neuter services the last
Tuesday of every month. Preregistration
is required by emailing cpawnj@gmail.
com with your contact info; details will be
emailed. Both companion and outdoor
community cats are welcome. Price for
companion animals $90; for feral cats $55.
PFA will also include rabies and FVRCP
vaccinations for all cats at no additional
charge. Cats must be dropped off in a
carrier by 7 a.m. and picked up by 3 p.m. on
surgery day. If you are caring for community
cats in your neighborhood, contact CPAW NJ
to get help with trapping.
Summit Medical Group lectures:
“Breaking Down Barriers to Weight Loss”:
Kenneth S. Bannerman, M.D., cardiologist.
Interactive discussion on how being
overweight impacts heart and overall health.
Feb. 28, 6 p.m. Montclair Public Library.
Information: summmitmedicalgroup.com/
events
Blood Drives
American Red Cross holds monthly drive,
second Thursdays, 1:30-6:30 p.m., at
Central Presbyterian Church, 46 Park St.
Walk-ins accepted, appointments preferred.
800-RED-CROSS or redcrossblood.org
MONTCLAIR
HISTORY CENTER
Note: see also children’s programming under
Families and Kids, above
110 Orange Road (Crane House & Historic
YWCA) and 30 North Mountain Ave. (Shultz
House). montclairhistory.org; 973-744-1796;
mail@montclairhistorical.org
• Tours of Crane House and Historic
YWCA, and Shultz House (Evergreens):
Third Sundays, 1-4 p.m. Tours on the hour,
last one at 3 (Crane House) and 3:30 (Shultz
House). Admission for Crane House and
Shultz House $6/adult; $5/student/senior
with ID; $4/child; under 2 free, good for both
sites. Members free.
• Wednesday Guided Tours of the Crane
House & Historic YWCA, 1 p.m.
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• Eyewitness to African American History
Tour, Sunday, Feb. 17, 1-4 p.m., Crane
House & Historic YWCA. Explore 200 years
of Black history in Montclair and New Jersey
through rare first-hand accounts, primary
and secondary source documents. Artifacts
include a bill of sale for an enslaved person
in the household, an 1800s newspaper, an
1840s New York Knickerbocker magazine,
census data, personal letters, oral histories,
and mid-century Jet and Ebony magazines.
These artifacts provide a springboard for
discussion about race both in the past
and in the present-day. Reservations not
necessary, but arrive in time for either a 1
or 2:30 p.m. tour start. “A Place to Become:
Montclair through the Eyes of the Glenridge
Avenue YWCA Women (1920-1965),” a
55-minute documentary that tells the
stories of the eight women who attended
the YWCA during the first half of the 20th
century, will be playing continuously in the
lower level of the museum. Admission $6/
adult; $5/student/senior with ID; $4/child;
under 2 free, good for both sites.
• Presidents’ Day For Kids: Monday, Feb.
18, 10-noon. Crane House & Historic
YWCA. Children will discover how our past
presidents (and their wives and children)
lived through crafts and other activities.
Drop-off program. $10. For ages 6-10;
advance registration required.
• Sustainable Health & Beautiful Bodies:
Friday, Feb. 22, noon-1:30, Crane House.
Discover how to make body products that
are good for you and the environment. How
to cut waste and make lip balms and body
butter bars. This program is part of the
New Jersey Healthy Communities “Healthy
Montclair” Initiative, a series of programs
designed to help community gardeners
experience the joys of growing and using
their own produce. Offered with support
of the New Jersey Health Communities,
Montclair Community Farms Coalition
(which the Montclair History Center is part
of) and Master Gardeners of Essex County.
Free for Community Gardeners of Miller
Street. All others $15. Bring brown bag
lunch. Drinks provided. Register at https://
tinyurl.com/y72alwxp
• Historic Heroines and Trailblazers of
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Montclair: In celebration of Women’s History
Month. Jane Eliasof, MHC executive director,
will share stories and unknown facts about
many notable women from the Montclair
area. These women contributed to their
respective fields that were traditionally
dominated by men or who fought for equal
rights. Thursday, March 14, 7:30-9 p.m.,
with refreshments at 7 p.m. Co-sponsored
by MHC and Montclair Women’s Club,
and hosted by Montclair Women’s Club,
82 Union St. Free to members of either
organization, $5 all others.
• Between Two Worlds: Sicily and America:
Book signing and discussion. Meet author
Luisa LoCascio Matarazzo, born in Montclair
in 1937 to a Sicilian mother and father who
came to the U.S. in 1913. Her father told
her many stories about his hometown of
Cerami, Sicily, and taught her to say, when
asked if she was Italian, “No, I am Sicilian.”
Matarazzo has taken the stories her father
told her about Sicily to write her memoir,
which serves as a reminder to all Sicilian-
and Italian-Americans of the rich tapestry
of their heritage in their ancestral lands.
She graduated from Montclair High in 1955
and also includes many happy memories of
growing up in Montclair during the 1940s
and ’50s. Wednesday, March 20, 7-8:30 p.m.
Suggested donation $5. Books available for
purchase.
• Film screening: “Standing on My Sister’s
Shoulders.” The first film in the Montclair
History Center’s annual Price of Liberty Film
and Discussion series. The award-winning
documentary is the compelling story of the
Mississippi Civil Rights movement from the
point of view of the courageous women who
changed the course of history. Montclair
resident Lillie Edwards, professor emerita at
Drew University and member of the Amistad
Commission, will provide a contextual
overview prior to the film and lead the
discussion immediately following. Sixth
annual Price of Liberty Film and Discussion
series; each year explores a different
aspect of the Black experience. This year, by
focusing on strong African-American women
who stood up for their rights, the series
celebrates the 100th anniversary of the
passage of the 19th Amendment which gave
women the right to vote. Tuesday, March
26, 7 p.m. Free. Montclair Film’s Cinema505,
505 Bloomfield Ave.
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM
Note: see also children’s programming under
Families and Kids, above
3 South Mountain Ave.; open Wednesdays
through Sundays. For hours and admission
fees, go to montclairartmuseum.org or call
973-746-5555. Exhibitions free with regular
admission unless otherwise specified.
Exhibits
• “New Directions in Fiber Art,” Through June
16. Juried exhibition features 42 New Jersey-
based artists and more than 50 works of
contemporary art, all of which are construct-
ed out of some form of fiber, draw inspira-
tion from science, technology, politics, pop
culture, and traditional fiber art techniques
including embroidered photos, tapestries,
fiber sculptures and large-scale installations.
• “Constructing Identity in America
(1766–2017)”: through January 2020. A
permanent-collection show of more than 80
paintings, sculptures, and works on paper.
• “Envision Empower Embrace,” through
summer 2019. Ben Jones’ mural is based
on selected imagery from his recent paint-
ings which address events related to social
justice, climate change, and environmental
disasters.
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Programs
• CreateAbilities: Children of all abilities
can explore artistic materials, make friends,
and enjoy being creative together in this
inclusive program. Activities may include
sensory exploration, creative movement,
story time, and gallery visitation. Led by an
art educator and an occupational therapist.
Second Wednesday through June 12. Ticket
info on website. Information: kbowen@
montclairartmuseum.org
• Drop-in Studio: Every Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
Drop by Helen & Bill Geyer Art Studio to
explore a range of art materials and pro-
cesses based on artwork on view in the gal-
leries. Open-ended activities are designed
to spark creativity in artists of all ages and
abilities. MAM studio instructors provide
assistance and technical advice. Included in
museum admission. All ages.
• Home School Days: Third Thursday of the
month, noon-2. Feb. 21, March 21, April 18,
May 16, June 20
• Free First Thursday: Held October-June,
5-9 p.m., with free admission, art activi-
ties, tours, live music, full-service bar, food
vendors. Information: montclairartmuseum.
org/thursdays
MONTCLAIR PUBLIC LIBRARY
Main Library: 50 South Fullerton Ave., 973-
744-0500, montclairlibrary.org
Bellevue Avenue Branch: 185 Bellevue Ave.,
973-744-0500, ext. 2285
The Every Wednesday Matinée: Film
series presented in the auditorium, 2 p.m.
Free. Feb. 20: “The Color Purple.” Feb. 27:
“Selma.”
Sankofa Genealogy Group: Third
Saturday of the month, 2-4 p.m.
Information: gubaby@earthlink.net
Bridge Group: Tuesdays noon-4 p.m. All
ages and skill levels welcome.
Sit & Stitch: Bring knitting, crochet, or
other crafts. Mondays, 6-7:45 p.m. All ages
welcome, registration not required. No
formal instruction provided. Does not meet
when MPL is closed or closes early.
Just Walk! fitness class: Tuesdays, noon. A
mild- to moderate-intensity indoor car-
diovascular walking class that uses gentle,
comfortable and natural movements to
walk approximately 3 miles per class.
Creativity Café with Creativity Caravan:
Thursdays, 3 p.m.
English Conversation Group: A class that
encourages speakers of other languages
to practice their English speaking skills,
to increase their vocabulary, to improve
pronunciation, and gain confidence in
their English ability. Unaffiliated with LVA.
Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Information:
973-746-4319 or email lwhite9187@
verizon.net.
Senior Space Wednesdays: 10 a.m.-2
p.m. The United Methodist Communities at
PineRidge of Montclair, in collaboration with
MPL and AngelaCARES, hosts a resource
center for seniors in the library’s Senior
Space.
Thursday Evening Book Group:
Discussing “If Beale Street Could Talk,” by
James Baldwin. Thursday, Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m.
Best Years Book Club: Discussing “The
Lido” by Libby Page. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2
p.m.
Documentary: “Basquiat: From Rage to
Riches.” Wednesday, Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m.
Children’s activities and events
Registration required for all children’s pro-
grams unless otherwise indicated. Children
of all abilities welcome. MPL Youth Depart-
ment is on third floor, Main Library. Events
at Bellevue Avenue Branch will be noted.
Storytimes for young children: Babies in
the Library, for newborns-23 months. Tod-
dler Time, for 2-year-olds. Mother Goose,
for ages 3-6. Different days and times; reg-
istration required. Details on the website.
Family Storytime @ Bellevue Avenue
Branch: For newborns-age 5. Different days
and times; details on the website.
Game On: Wii & Board Games: MPL will
provide Wii games including Wii Sports
Resort, Just Dance, and Super Smash
Brothers Brawl. Also, board games such as
Don’t Wake Daddy, Creationary, LIFE, Clue,
Connect 4, Operation, Twister, Mancala,
chess, and backgammon. All ages; no
registration required. Children 11 and
under must be accompanied by adult.
Friday, Feb. 22, 3-5 p.m.
Books & Bites Reading Clubs: Book
discussion followed by a themed craft and
snack. • Grades 1-3: “Abe Lincoln’s Hat,” by
Martha Brenner. Monday, Feb. 18, 4:30-
5:30 p.m.
North Star Songs: Codes and the
Symbols of the Underground Railroad:
Hear children’s books about the
Underground Railroad and learn about the
symbols and meanings hidden in music
and folk art used by the heroic “conductors”
of the railroad. Also, a live performance of
the secret map song “Follow the Drinking
Gourd” on acoustic guitar, followed by a
North Star symbol craft. For ages 8 and up.
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 4 p.m.
Flamenco Para Los Ninos: Admission
Nation of Montclair returns with their
riveting presentation of Spain’s ancient
music and dance form known as Flamenco.
With its colorful costumes and passionate
sounds, this singular cultural program
is expressly designed for children and
their families. All ages; registration
recommended. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m.
Auditorium
Passport to Flavor: Molecular
Gastronomy: Another culinary journey,
this time not to another country, but to
explore the world of food science. We’ll
be experimenting with agar (a substance
derived from red seaweed and used as a
thickener or gelatin replacement!), creating
unexpected textures and shapes out of
ordinary ingredients, and more. For ages
11 and up. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m.
First-floor cafe. Advise of any food allergies.
Family Movie: “Akeelah and the Bee”:
Akeelah, an 11-year-old girl living in South
Los Angeles, discovers she has a talent for
spelling, which she hopes will take her to
the National Spelling Bee. She finds help in
the form of a mysterious teacher and along
with support from her community, Akeelah
might just have what it takes to make her
dream come true. Starring Keke Palmer,
Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne.
Children ages 11 and under must have
an adult with them to participate. No
registration required. Friday, Feb. 15, 4 p.m.
TAB Meeting: Teen Advisory Board meets
first Wednesday of month, October-May,
6:30 p.m. TAB members receive community
service hours for participating.
Montclair Adult School
The Adult School Department of the
Montclair Library. Third floor, Main Library.
Information/registration: adultschool.org or
973-744-0500, ext. 2224. Registration open
for winter classes at the Main Library and
other locations. Montclair residents entitled
to 50 percent discount on all tuition for
classes held in either branch of the library.
Upcoming classes, lectures (registration
required for all; held at Main Library unless
otherwise indicated):
• The Photographer: Friend and Foe: The
lecture looks at different depictions of the
photographer in Western culture from
the 19th century to modern times. $20.
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. Bellevue Av-
enue Branch
• Behind the Curtain: The Orchestra and
the Conductor: Learn about the structure
of the symphonic orchestra and the con-
cept of the conductor. $35. Thursday, Feb.
21, 1 p.m.
• Pastels: Independent Study: This class will
provide a supportive environment where
you will be able to develop your own paint-
ing ideas using soft pastels. Six sessions,
$135. Monday, Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m.
• American Immigration History: From colo-
nial times through the mass migrations of
the 19th century, to recent controversies,
a look at this important part of U.S. history.
$20. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
• Basketmaking: South Jersey Berry Bas-
kets”: Make baskets and learn the history
behind them. $39. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 11
a.m.
• The Art of Italian Cooking, Venetian Style:
A relaxed evening of learning, tasting and
companionship. $99. Thursday, Feb. 28, 6
p.m. Montclair Culinary Academy, 550 Val-
ley Road
ARTS
Visual Arts
“Local Colors: Private Moments in
Public Spaces”: A solo show by Fern Bass.
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Through April 12, The Gallery at Hillside
Square, 8 Hillside Ave. Gallery open
Monday through Friday, 7 to 7. Information:
bassartsstudio@gmail.com or fernbass.com
“No Shame In My Game”: Art by more
than 20 African-American and African
diaspora artists with mental illness,
developmental disabilities, and physical
disabilities, to address and dismantle
the stigma around disability within
African-American and African diaspora
communities. The show includes painting,
drawing, mixed media, and sculptural art by
artists from across the U.S., both emerging
talent as well as established artists, among
them Montclair native Richard Pierson, a
self-taught painter who describes his visual
style as “expressionist.” Arts Unbound
provides visual arts education and
professional development to help emerging
artists compete on the retail market.
Through March 16, Dora Stern Gallery at
Arts Unbound, 544 Freeman St., Orange.
Gallery hours Monday-Friday, 10-4, and by
appointment. Information: artsunbound.org
or 973-675-2787
“Memories”: Work by George Thaddeus
Saj of Montclair. Since his retirement in
2004, Saj has returned to art full time. His
work has been exhibited in solo and group
shows in Cleveland, Chicago, New York and
New Jersey. On display through Feb. 27
in the gallery, Montclair Public Library, 50
South Fullerton Ave. Open during regular
library hours. Information: montclairlibrary.
org
“Hollywould Babylon”: Works by New
Jersey artist Holly Suzanne Rader. Open-
ing reception Saturday, Feb. 16, 7-10 p.m.
Exhibit runs through March 10. Rader is a
Tennessee-born artist who has exhibited
in New York, Miami, Atlanta, Savannah,
Paris and Hong Kong. She has studied and
completed artist residencies in Savannah,
Georgia and Lacoste, France. She received
an MFA from the Savannah College of Art
and Design. Gallery L: 543 Bloomfield Ave.
Information: gallerylmontclair.com
Concerts & live music
Glen Ridge Singer/Songwriter Series:
Monthly event (September-June)
showcasing local musicians. At the Glen
Ridge Train Station, 228 Ridgewood
Ave., Glen Ridge. Doors open 7:30 p.m.,
music at 8. Tickets at door, $10 adults, $5
students. BYOB and snacks. Family friendly.
Information: Douglass Gillespie, series
producer, Dept. of Recreation, Borough of
Glen Ridge, 973-748-2924 or recevents@
glenridgenj.org. • Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m.:
ABCD (Amanda McCabe, Brian McCabe,
Charlie Potters, and Dan Kirk), and Miranda
& Dave (Miranda Ferriss Jones and Dave
Lockhart).
“Beatles for Sale”: Fundraiser for music
education, featuring Dead Dog’s Eye and
others. March 1. Details in Benefits/Galas,
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Porchistas’ anti-holiday series: Both
shows at at Tierney’s Tavern, 138 Valley
Road. Friday, Feb. 15: “ThiS aint Valentines
Day Show”: Featuring Porchistas, The Good
Kind, Part-time Bodyguards. • Saturday,
March 16: “ThiS aint Saint Paddy’s Day
Show.” Performances by Lowlight, making
their Tierney’s Tavern debut; The You
and Eyes, the Porchistas. Information:
theporchistas.com
Carpe Diem!: The Ember Ensemble in
performance with NYC Encore Creativity
for Older Adults Chorale. Celebrating
through music the many opportunities
open to those whose work life is, at last,
easing its demands in the second half of
life—opportunities for greater creative and
social engagement and meaningful service.
Sunday, March 3, 5:30 p.m., Caldwell
University Alumni Theater, 120 Bloomfield
Ave., Caldwell. The Ember ensemble of
Schola Cantorum on Hudson performs
under the direction of conductor and
artistic director Deborah Simpkin King,
Ph.D. The Encore Creativity for Older Adults
chorale program is the nation’s largest
choral organization for adults over age 55.
Concert includes: Jake Runestad’s “Come to
the Woods,” set to a text by 19th-century
naturalist John Muir. Together, Ember and
Encore Chorale will sing David Brunner’s
“I Am in Need of Music” and the Encore
singers will present several selections
of their own, including “You Make Me
Feel So Young.” Also, composer Craig
Hella Johnson’s “Song From the Road,”
and Ben Folds’ “The Luckiest,” as well as
works by composers Ysaÿe Barnwell, J.
David Moore and Laurie Betts Hughes.
Tickets $20 advance, $25 at door. Seniors/
students, $15; 18 and under free. Info:
EmberEnsemble.org, 888-407-6002, ext. 5
Outpost in the Burbs: All shows 8 p.m.,
at First Congregational Church, 40 South
Fullerton Ave., unless otherwise indicated.
Ticket info: outpostintheburbs.org or
973-744-6560. • Feb. 22: David Bromberg
Quintet with the TriSonics opening. $40
advance/$45 door. • March 8: NRBQ. $28
advance/$32 door. • March 29: Richard
Barone’s Music + Revolution: Greenwich
Village in the 1960s with Eric Andersen,
Jeffrey Gaines, The Kennedys, Tammy Faye
Starlite, Steve Addabbo, and Glenn Mercer
(The Feelies). $33 advance/$36 door
DLV Lounge: 300 Bloomfield Ave. TASE
Q-TET performs third Friday of the month,
9-midnight. 300 Bloomfield Ave. Personnel:
Eddie Brown, Wendy Brown, Mike Hogan,
Gary Schaeffer.
Opera and Classical
Montclair Orchestra: March 10: “Lyric,” in
memory of George Walker. Pulitzer Prize-
winning composer and Montclair resident
George Walker’s “Lyric for Strings” (1946),
pianist Olli Mustonen’s Nonetto II, Mozart’s
Symphony No. 40 and Clarinet Concerto,
with Innhyuck Cho, Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra principal clarinetist. At Central
Presbyterian Church. Information/tickets:
montclairorchestra.org
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Peak Performances at Montclair State
University: Alexander Kasser Theater at
MSU, 1 Normal Ave. Information: peakperfs.
org or 973-655-5112. Through Feb. 17:
Raphaëlle Boitel: “When Angels Fall”
4th Wall Theatre: Lynn Nottage’s
“Intimate Apparel”: Presented as part of
the Black History Month celebrations.
Cast includes Deshja Driggs-Hall of
Montclair. Performances Feb. 22 and 23
at 8 p.m.; Feb. 24, 3 p.m. Burgdorff Center
for the Performing Arts, Maplewood.
Tickets/information: 973-996-8484 or
4thwalltheatre.org
Nutley Little Theatre: “The Divine Sister,”
by Charles Busch. Evening performances
at 8 on Feb. 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23;
matinees at 2 p.m. on Feb. 17 and 23.
Tickets via SmartTix at 212-868-4444, or at
nutleylittletheatre.com. Nutley Little Theatre
stages productions at NLT Barn, 47 Erie
Place, Nutley. This show contains some
adult language and situations.
Paper Mill Playhouse: World premiere
of “My Very Own British Invasion.” Book by
Tony award-winner Rick Elice (Peter and
the Starcatcher). Performances through
March 3. 22 Brookside Drive, Millburn.
Information: papermill.org
Film
Montclair Film’s Cinema 505:
505 Bloomfield Ave. 973-783-6433,
montclairfilm.org. Details and showtimes on
the website. • Save the date: Eighth annual
Montclair Film Festival: May 3-12
• Montclair Film’s celebration of Black
History Month: Films that honor the
African-American experience. “United
Skates,” directed by Dyana Winkler and
Tina Brown. When America’s last standing
roller rinks are threatened with closure,
a community of thousands battle in a
racially charged environment to save this
underground African-American subculture.
Featuring music and interviews with Salt-
N-Pepa, Reggie Brown, Coolio, Vin Rock,
Alonzo Williams, Queen Latifah, and more.
Film edited by Montclair’s own Katharine
Garrison, who will attend the screening for
a post-film Q&A. Saturday, Feb. 23, 4 p.m.
Glenfield Middle School auditorium. Free
but tickets required. Info/tickets: https://
montclairfilm.org/events/united-skates/
• Short Focus at Montclair Film: A new,
one-hour television series in partnership
with WNET/Thirteen that explores the art of
the short film through the eyes of a diverse
group of established and up-and-coming
directors across the US. The program
showcases five short films, each blended
with discussions with the directors, further
illuminating the process of filmmaking
as well as the rewards of learning
through their craft. From award winners
at the Sundance Film Festival, South By
Southwest, Vimeo’s “Short of the Week” and
Apple-supported films, Short Focus is a mix
of dramatic narratives from seasoned talent
including Katie Holmes (“Batman Begins,”
“Dawson’s Creek”), veteran Academy Award-
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into Brothels”) and emerging filmmakers
like Reinaldo Marcus Green (“Monsters of
Men”). Thursday Feb. 28, 7 p.m. https://
montclairfilm.org/events/short-focus/
Books & Spoken Word
Watchung Booksellers, 54 Fairfield St.
973-744-7177; watchungbooksellers.com
• An Evening with Paula McLain, author of
“Love and Ruin.” Glen Ridge Book Club’s
next speaker. McLain, bestselling author
of “The Paris Wife,” tells the story of
Martha Gellhorn, a fiercely independent
woman who became one of the greatest
war correspondents of the 20th century.
Books available for purchase courtesy of
Watchung Booksellers. Thursday, Feb. 21,
6-9 p.m., Glen Ridge Country Club, 555
Ridgewood Ave. Tickets at https://grbc.
ticketleap.com/paula-mclain/
• David Covell, “Run Wild.” Saturday, Feb. 23,
10:30 a.m. At the bookstore.
Montclair Film StorySLAM 2018-19:
Monthly storytelling through March, with
showcase in May at the Montclair Film
Festival. Hosted by Risa Barash, with live
music from StorySLAM house band The Tall
Pines. Themes: March 9: Great escapes.
Writers and storytellers, prepare a 5-minute
story around the evening’s theme and
purchase special Storyteller tickets. Tickets
at montclairfilm.org. At Cinema505, 505
Bloomfield Ave. Info: montclairfilm.org or
smgstoryslam.com
Participatory
“The Musettes”: New group launched by
Montclair Early Music. For beginning-level
adult recorder players who want to play
music with others in a small group just for
fun. Group will meet bi-weekly in Montclair.
Also: openings available in intermediate and
advanced groups. Montclair Early Music
focuses on music music from the Baroque,
Renaissance, and medieval periods with
occasional jazz or modern piece. The
recorder is easy to learn and comes in
various voices: soprano, alto, tenor, bass,
making it easy to form a consort. For time/
location: Julienne Pape, 845-943-0610
Spiritual Drumming: 20th year of
workshops led by Richard Reiter, Emmy-
winning composer and jazz musician.
For adults and mature teenagers. $10;
refreshments provided. Bring drums and
percussion instruments; some drums
provided. March 3, April 14, May 19, June
23, 3-5 p.m. First Congregational Church, 40
South Fullerton Ave. (enter via ramp facing
Plymouth Street.) Sponsored by Outpost in
the Burbs. Information: 973-744-6560 or
outpostintheburbs.org; RichardReiter.com
NJPAC
One Center St., Newark. Tickets and
information: njpac.org; 888-GO-NJPAC
• Russell Peters Deported World Tour:
Saturday, Feb. 16, 9:30 p.m. Prudential Hall
• Willie Colon, La Rumba de Siglo. Saturday,
April 6, 8 p.m.
• Chick Corea Trilogy with Christian McBride
& Brian Blade. Special guest Joey Alexander.
Friday, April 12, 8 p.m.
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