b'Events That Matter WinFtaelrl Are You South Orange-Maplewood Adult School The Redpath Event: What Do(nt)One, Are Jan 317-8:30PMWe Know About the 2024 Presidential Race? The 2024 presidential race promises to be historic. What areYou Two?the stakes for American democracy and how will the election influence politics and governance in coming years? Dr. Meena Bose is an executive dean and the Director of the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study ofDr. Meena Bose Maplewood resident turns 100the American Presidency at Hofstra University.DETAILSColumbia High School Black Box Theater, 17 ParkerBY ELLEN DONKERAvenue, Maplewood: tickets $25; somadultschool.orgFeb 2410-11:30AM Genealogy: The Joy of Discovery. Take a journey of ancestral discovery of an African American family. Barbara Velazquez will share the tools, techniques, discoveries, pitfalls, connections, plain old good luck and overall sense of fulfillment that is the genealogical adventure.DETAILS Columbia High School, 17 Parker Avenue, Maplewood; somadultschool.orgDurand-Hedden House & Garden Feb 111-4PM Coming to Jersey: Black Families Share Their Stories. In honor of Black History Month, Black residents are invited to share how their families came to New Jersey and to SOMA.DETAILS Durand-Hedden House & Garden, 523 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood; durandhedden.orgAchieve Foundation of South Orange & MaplewoodSarah Densen with son Rob, granddaughter Mar 17PM That 70s Party: Achieves annualR obDensenadmitson a tea social to mark her 100-year Arielle and great-granddaughter Barr.community event and fundraiser. Break out your bell bottoms, maxi dresses and chokers to Bring in the Funk with live music and dancing courtesy of the Essex Funk Collective band, and Bring in the Funds throughthat he may be bi- milestone,servingsconesandlittle an online auction.ased when it comescrustlesssandwiches,andmarveling to his mother. Hesatherlongevity.AlongwithSarahs DETAILSThe Woodland, 60 Maplewood Road, Maplewood. Tickets at achievefoundation.org entitledtoitgivenfriends and family, Maplewood Mayor thatshehasjustNancy Adams read a proclamation in South Orange Performing Arts Center turned100yearsher honor.old. While her status as a vital cente- Sarah Jane Densen was born on Jan-Jan 277:30PM South Orange International Bluesnarian is laudable, he finds her charac- uary 16, 1924, in Batavia, New York, the Festival: Winter Edition. New York City-based Bluester to be the most praiseworthy. daughterofMorrisandAnna(Davis) guitarist Popa Chubby joins forces with Asbury ParkWhat is truly most precious andRosen. She was the youngest of seven Music Awards winner Billy Hector and North Jerseysremarkable about Sarah Densen is hersiblings (three brothers and three sisters).2023 International Blues Challenge winners Blueshearther uncommon kindness, com- In 1929, at the age of 5, Sarah and People. Colin Quinn passion, vibrancy, generosity, and re- her family moved to Brooklyn. Sarah Feb 28PM Colin QuinnLive: An off-Broadway staple,lentless attention to, and concern, forgraduated from Samuel J. Tilden High this Brooklyn comedian brings a bounty of jokes, sharpothers, Rob says, All of it wrappedSchool in 1941, where she was taught wit, and humorous commentary on American life today. in a package of wit, good nature, andSpanish by Sam Levinson, who went Feb 238PM Willie Nile: A Career Retrospective Show.comicality.ontobecomeanacclaimedAmeri-Hailed by The London Times for being a man whoRobdeliveredthesewordsatacan humorist and television personal-embodies the true spirit of Rock n Roll.gathering on January 11 at The Topity. When pressed on the matter, she Willie Nile in Maplewood, where Sarah has beenadmits that her celebrity crushes were contd on p. 31 a resident since 2001. Her friends putRobert Taylor and, later, Dean Martin.30/ matters magazine / winter 2024'