12 Spring 2017 mattersmagazine.com 13 What’s New Review MOD Studio Where You’re the Designer 15 Village Plaza South Orange 973-913-4655 shop-modstudio.com Mod Studio, a children’s apparel boutique, lets kids stylize their own clothing. With 20 years in the garment industry, owner Anna Rulnick brings her fashion sense to a space that encourages kids to MODify and customize clothing and accessories at their De- sign Bar. Curating a selection of t-shirts, leggings, hoodies, back- packs and more, “It’s a great way to spend screen-free time creat- ing and working with your hands while bonding with a parent or friends.” Open 7 days a week, Mod Studio offers a party room for birthdays. Follow on Facebook for other events. lecturing on Florine Stettheimer: Icon of the Jazz Age New York at 7 p.m. on May 9 at the Columbia High School Black Box Theatre. Stettheimer was one of New York’s most unconventional painters. She prophetically chose to portray subjects considered controversial, such as race, sexual orientation, gender and religion, making her a significant artist of the 20th century. To register, call 973-378-7620 or visit somadultschool.org. S o u t h O r a n g e / M a p l e wo o d C o m m u n i t y Coalition on Race will sponsor Conversations on Race, Race & Privilege: Raising Consciousness to Address Racial Inequities on May 10 from 7:30 - 9 p.m at The Woodland. A racially-integrated panel will share its knowledge and experiences about how privilege plays out in economics, education, housing, the criminal justice system and daily life. For details or to register, call 973- 761-6116 or visit twotowns.org. Demelza Baer, Policy Counsel for the NJ Institute for Social Justice, will be a panelist at the Conversations on Race discussion sponsored by the CCR on May 10. Pierro Gallery of South Orange presents Blue Scarf Collective’s art show Art in the Time of Resistance from May 10 through June 17. The opening reception will take place on May 10 from 6 - 9 p.m. For details, visit bluescarfcollective.com or pierrogallery.org. The Maplewood Garden Club is hosting its 80th Plant Sale, just in time for Mother’s Day, May 11 from 12 - 8 p.m., May 12 from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. and May 13 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Maplewood Parking Lot, 187 Boyden Avenue. The club will be selling a variety of tomatoes and other vegetables, herbs, geraniums, annuals, and perennials as well as decorative baskets, houseplants, tropicals, hanging baskets, shrubs and trees. For details please visit, maplewoodgardenclub.org. Susan Haig will conduct The South Orange Symphony free Spring Concert on May 13 at 7:30 p.m. at South Orange Middle School, 70 North Ridgewood Road. The orchestra will play music by Beethoven, Gounod, Holst, The South Orange Symphony free Spring Concert conducted by Susan Haig will be held on May 13. Chadwick and Delius. For details, visit sosymphony.org. NewJerseyTapEnsemble will host Hot Taps, a three-week, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. camp at SOPAC this summer for youngsters ages 8-15 to develop life skills and a positive self-image through the American art form of rhythm tap. For more information or to register, call 973- 743-0600 or visit njtap.org. The Artists Studio Tour, featuring more than 60 artists, studios, galleries and group exhibitions, will be held throughout Maplewood and South Orange on June 3 - 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1978 Arts Center will be showing New to Matters Magazine this issue is our What’s New Review, designed to showcase new businesses in Maplewood and South Orange. 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