By Emma Grillo | June 17, 2022, 12:00 a.m. ET

When Dean Dafis got up the courage to ask George Forbes out after their workout class, Mr. Forbes declined, saying he had errands to run. Mr. Dafis didn’t want to take no for an answer. By the time that Konstantinos Dean Dafis introduced himself to George Symmonds Forbes in November 2010, it seemed to Mr. Dafis like he was running into Mr. Forbes almost every weekend.

By Gregory Burrus | Posted Saturday, September 18, 2021

I should say that as a live music lover, ambassador, event planner, community partner and board member of Maplewood Community Music (MCM), the Maplewood Porchfest event is clearly becoming one of my favorite live music events of the year.

By Freddy Alva | 6.22.2021

On March 16, 1991 Citizens Arrest played their last show at ABC No Rio, before reforming in 2010. Divergent band dynamics led them to break up, ironically enough, as their “Colossus” LP was just about to come out and this being the 30th Anniversary of such a monumental release; I decided to ask everyone involved what they remember about the album making process and their thought decades after the fact.

On Wednesday and Thursday morning, volunteers from SOMA Justice, in partnership with the SOMA Community Alliance for Education, parents, and various PTA leaders, organized an appreciation event for SOMSD teachers and school staff. Parents and students handed roses labelled with messages of support to teachers and administrators as they entered the school buildings.

By ALIA C. COVEL | Published May 24, 2021

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — More than 200 people gathered in Spiotta Park on May 22 to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Hawaiian music and dance. The PA'I trio band — Claudia Goddard, Chris Davis, and Andy Wang — played traditional music on native instruments. They were followed by the hula dancers of Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima o Nuioka, a dance group out of New York City. In introducing the event, organizer Anna Liza Montenegro said the dancers would “spread some aloha in South Orange.”

May 21, 2021

SOMA Celebrates Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and AAPI Artists! Tracy Sham — Professional Photographer. Activist. PTA Member. Pianist. Music Lover.

By TRACY SHAM | Published May 9, 2021

SOMA Cross Cultural Works (SOMA CCW), in partnership Maplewood Township, and South Orange Village were proud to organize and host the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month kickoff celebration.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Women Lifting Women is the goal of WINDOWS FOR WOMEN, where Women business owners in SOMA business districts will showcase the Works of local Women artists. WINDOWS FOR WOMEN is a Wonderful Way for residents and guests to enjoy community-wide Window galleries featuring female visual artists, while at the same time support SOMA merchants. In addition, both artists and merchants will cross-promote on social media for a Win-Win for everyone.

By Charles Curkin | May 3, 2015

Destruction is a New York tradition. There was the beloved Pennsylvania Station, designed by McKim, Mead & White; destroyed in 1963. The Solomon’s Temple of punk rock, CBGB, that couldn’t be saved from closure in 2006; replaced by an upscale fashion boutique. The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hoffman Auto Showroom at 430 Park Avenue; disemboweled by developers in 2013. The list goes on and on.