localmatters / 9 White and the Seven Dwarfs at 2 p.m. and Dead On Live in the evening; on November 19, Juilliard @ SOPAC at 2 p.m. and American Theater Group’s Harry Townsend’s Last Stand at 7 p.m.; Giants of Jazz 20th Anniversary on November 25 at 8 p.m. and Garrison Keillor with Robin and Linda Williams on November 28 at 7:30 p.m. For details and tickets, call 973-313-2787 or visit sopacnow.org. The South Orange Maplewood Community Coalition on Race will present a number of events this fall. The Coalition on Race Annual Dinner will honor Dr. Adunni Anderson and Jim and Carol Buchanan at Celebrat- ing Integration: Our Journey Contin- ues at The Woodland in Maplewood on October 14 from 7 - 11 p.m. The three will be honored for outstanding achievement in supporting integration in South Orange and Maplewood. The evening will include great food, live music, an auction and swing dance lessons. Tickets are $100 per person. SOMa Integrated Playgroup will take place on three Saturdays, October 21, November 18 and December 16 from 10 a.m. - noon at Le Parc Place, 195 Maplewood Avenue, Maplewood. The group brings together like-minded parents of children ages six months to five years in the spirit of play, to en- courage respect and appreciation for ethnic and racial diversity. The Coali- tion’s annual Board of Education Can- didates Forum will take place on Oc- tober 24 from 7 - 9 p.m. at Marshall Elementary School in South Orange. For details, please call 973-761-6116 or visit twotowns.org. Society of Musical Arts presents a free concert October 15, Romantics Rule: The Best of SoMA, at Maplewood Middle School, 7 Burnett Street, Ma- plewood at 4 p.m., Stephen Culbert- son conducting. The Society of Musi- cal Arts Orchestra reprises some of their crowd-pleas- ing pieces: Barber’s Adagio for Strings; Dvorak’s 8th Sym- phony; and Elgar’s Cello Concerto, with virtuoso Jameson Platte. For details, visit somaorchestra.org. Seton Village South Orange and South Orange Village will host the 4th Annual Seton Village Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival on October 20 from 5 - 10 p.m. on Irvington Av- enue with live music, food trucks and craft beers. For details visit their Face- book page. In honor of South Asia’s cultural and artistic diversity, the Township of Maplewood, along with SOMA Ma- sala, SOMAsian and SOMA Cross- Cultural Works will host the first Diwali Fest NJ at The Woodland on October 22 from 12:30 - 6:30 p.m. Diwali Fest NJ will feature live music, dance, demonstrations, crafts and ac- tivities for the entire family, as well as vendors of arts, handicrafts, books and SOPAC presents An Evening with Melba Moore on November 11. The Community Coalition on Race Annual Dinner will take place at The Woodland in Maplewood on October 14. Society of Musical Arts presents a free concert October 15 at Maplewood Middle School. Don't miss the Seton Village Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival on October 20. WE SELL OUR HOMES FOR MORE MONEY THAN THE AVERAGE AGENT AND IN LESS THAN HALF THE AVERAGE TIME.* Mark Slade Homes Team o 973.762.5400 | c 917.797.5059 Sladehomes@gmail.com | sladeblog.com www.goodhomesforgoodpeople.com each office independently owned and operated *as calculated using stats pulled from the GSMLS South Orange Country Day School Montessori Education Since 1964 Preschool · Pre-R Rindergarten Full and Half Day Sessions Extended Day Hours Available School Year and Summer Camp Session · Largest Outdoor Play Space OPEN HOUSE Each Friday in October at 10 AM Visit seeds.com · Email learn@socds.com 461 Vose Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079 continued on page 41