local matters / 41 festivities include trick or treating, music and dancing and prizes for best costumes. For details, call 973-477- 6352 or email lstorch61@gmail.com. Special thanks to the village merchants for their support of this event. Maplewood Memorial Library, the Maplewood Township Health Department and SOMA Two Towns for All Ages will offer a free screen- ing of the documentary film Care on November 4 at 10:30 a.m. at the main library. Care pulls back the curtain on the poignant and largely hidden world of in-home elder care. This deeply moving film reveals the bonds that form between paid care workers and elders while exposing the cracks in the U.S. care system. Through personal stories, Care reveals the deep humanity of care work, as well as the challenges faced by elders, their families and their care workers. It also reveals the begin- ning of a movement to improve how we care for the growing number of older adults and those who make their lives liv- able. A discussion will follow the screening, facilitated by Edgar A. Brisbon, Certified Senior Advisor. For details, call 973-762-1622 or visit maplewoodlibrary.com. To view the trailer, visit caredocumentary.com. South Orange Sym- phony presents a free fall concert on Novem- ber 5 at 3 p.m. at South Orange Middle School, South Orange. Susan Haig of Summit conducts the orchestra in the music of Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein, and Ravel’s Piano Concerto, with soloist Kevin Lee. For details, visit sosymphony.org. The Maplewood Garden Club will present From Flowers to Fragrance on November 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Ma- plewood Memorial Library. Speaker Bruno Leyssene was born into the fra- grance business and has worked in the United States for almost 20 years as a Maplewood Chamber of Commerce and the Maple- wood Village Alliance sponsor the Annual Halloween Parade and Costume Contest on October 31. Maplewood Memorial Library, the Maplewood Township Health Depart- ment and SOMA Two Towns for All Ages will offer a free screening of the documentary film Care on November 4 at the Main Library. South Orange Symphony presents a concert on November 5 at South Orange Middle School, South Orange. continued from p. 9 traditional and contemporary South Asian ethnic wear. Diwali Fest NJ will also provide visitors the opportunity to enjoy an assortment of foods. At 5:30 p.m. the festival will move outdoors for the event's grande finale: the illu- mination of Diwali lights and a per- formance of the Garba, a large-scale energetic and celebratory Indian dance that welcomes attendees’ full participa- tion. For details, visit DiwaliFestNJ.org. The State Repertory Opera (SRO) of South Orange, Society of Musical Arts (SoMA) of Maplewood and the Symphonic Choir of Columbia High School together present Selections from Candide by Leonard Bernstein, on Oc- tober 28 at 3 p.m. at Columbia High School, 17 Parker Avenue, Maple- wood. SRO’s Artistic Director, Dita Delman, SoMA’s Conductor, Stephen Culbertson, and CHS’s Director of Choral Activities, Jamie Bunce, prom- ise an afternoon of spectacular music with six professional singers, 35 or- chestra members and CHS’s 80 voice choir. For details and tickets call 973- 763-7969 or visit njsro.com. The South Orange Performing Arts Center 2017 Gala will take place on October 28. The South Orange Performing Arts Center 2017 Gala on October 28 will celebrate the outstanding com- munity contributions of three local residents including Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly, Mila M. Jasey; community leader and busi- nessman Matt Glass; and philanthro- pist Patti Donovan. The evening in- cludes cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres, dinner stations and dessert as well as honoree tributes, silent and live auc- tions and entertainment by Grammy Award-winning talent Vince Gior- dano & The Nighthawks. For details and tickets call 973-313-2787 or visit sopacnow.org/support/gala. Things will be creepy and spooky, mysterious and kooky in Maplewood Village along Maplewood Avenue at the Annual Halloween Parade and Costume Contest sponsored by the Maplewood Chamber of Commerce and the Maplewood Village Alliance on October 31 from 3 - 5 p.m. The Diwali Fest NJ will take place at The Woodland on October 22. Photo Credit: Ruben Garcia Jr. Photography. The principal cast of State Repertory Opera will join the Society of Musical Arts and CHS’s Symphonic Choir for a production of Candide on October 28 at Columbia High School.