WEEKEND ARTS GUIDE: WHAT’S HAPPENING NOV. 17-19?
Your ticket to the best local art shows, movies, performances and special events in and around the Oranges. Support this guide by subscribing or advertising with us.
EDITOR'S PICK
Ridgewood Row Open Air Market
410-411 Ridgewood Avenue
Maplewood, NJ
November 18, 11AM-3PM
Hosted by Milk Money Consignment, Yellow Rose Vegan Bakery, Inside Home, West Village Clothing, Renaissance Consignment, Ivy Lane Home Goods, SOMA Sounds, and The Framing Mill.
EDITOR'S PICK
Holiday Lights
Turtle Back Zoo
West Orange, NJ
November 17-19
This special event is set to the backdrop of some animals. The focus is on an evening stroll outdoors through light displays and photo ops with friends and family, featuring some fun seasonal activities, such as a s’mores station, Grinch weekend and photos with Santa! Not all of the Zoo is open and accessible. Areas to check out to see an animal or two that are open are the Touch Tank, Reptile House and Farm.
mOVIES
MALCOLM X: THE OPERA
Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met at long last.
THE CLAIRIDGE
NOVEMBER 18
FRIDAY NIGHT AT FREDDY'S
Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.
AMC: ESSEX GREEN
NOVEMBER 17-19
THE HUNGER GAMES
64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
SOPAC
NOVEMBER 17-19
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
AMC: ESSEX GREEN
NOVEMBER 17-19
ROSETTA
Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.
SOPAC
NOVEMBER 19
THANKSGIVING
An axe-wielding maniac terrorizes residents after a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy. Picking off victims one by one, the seemingly random revenge killings soon become part of a larger, sinister plan.
SOPAC
NOVEMBER 17-19
MUST SEE
100 Years of Disney
NJPAC
November 17
When You Wish Upon a Star will be performed by the newly created house band of The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, featuring pianist and musical director, Sean Mason, and vocalists Kim Nalley and Sasha Dobson, who will bring these famous songs to life.
EVENTS + PERFORMANCES
Cyrus Chestnut
In November, Bethany Baptist welcomes jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut. Raised in the church, he balances lithe technical skill with a robust, soulful style that speaks to his deep gospel roots and love of swinging hard bop.
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
NEWARK, NJ
NOVEMBER 18
Fiddler on the Roof
Coming soon! The Tony Award-winning musical is set in a Russian village in the home of Tevye, a husband and father striving to uphold his family’s religious and cultural traditions.
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE
DECEMBER 6-JANUARY 7
SAVION GLOVER
Explore the power of rhythm in this concert and conversation with tap dancer Savion Glover and jazz bassist Christian McBride. NJPAC Dance Advisor and two-time Tony-winner Glover (Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk; The Tap Dance Kid) is known around the world for his contributions to the art of tap.
NJPAC
NOVEMBER 18
LOVE MY PARK
Music, fireworks, and glow-in-the-dark fun.
MEADOWLAND PARK
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ
NOVEMBER 18
THE LAST WALTZ CELEBRATION
The THE BAND Band is the only nationally touring group dedicated exclusively to bringing the music of Rock & Roll’s legendary The Band to life.
SOPAC
NOVEMBER 17
Art SHOWS
Layered Lenses
Antoinette Ellis-Williams
Akwaaba Gallery
Newark, NJ
Closes: December 23, 2023
Layered Lenses
Allan Gorman:
Searching for Drama
The Brassworks Gallery
Montclair, NJ
Closes: December 15, 2023
electronic product prototyping
Ben Niles: Full Circle
The Iris Gallery
SOPAC
Closes: November 19, 2023
Healthcare 3D illustrations
Jose Manuel Cruz
Gallery 491
Montclair, NJ
Closes: December 15, 2023
Colliding Cubes
Bleriot Thompson:
Public Enemy
GALLERY AFERRO
Newark, NJ
Closes: December 21, 2023
Orbiting Block
Amy Becker: Dead Ringers
GALLERY AFERRO
Newark, NJ
Closes: December 21, 2023
Orbiting Block
Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale
MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM
Closes: January 7, 2024
