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On the night of Kristallnacht, Monday, Nov, 9, 7 p.m. at the Highland Park Public Library, Highland Park author Miriam Dobin will read and talk about her personal Memoir, I Am Because of You — A Triumphant Story of a Few Who Survived the Holocaust and Went on to Build Future Generations.
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AT&T is offering major cash prizes to individuals and teams of coders, thinkers, artists, and entrepreneurs of all ages the chance to develop mobile applications that meet a community need. More information is available at http://attnj.njcivicapp.com/. READ MORE
HPP reminds the residents to fall back, find treats, look to the sky and get to the voting booth. READ MORE
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers invites the public to an evening of free food and programming focusing on the groundbreaking work of the Soviet conceptual artist, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015. The event includes a curator-led tour of the exhibition, a roundtable discussion with individuals who were close to the artist, and a screening of the film Vagrich and the Black Square. The programs, which take place from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., are free and open to the public. Registration is not required.
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Music can be life changing. Just ask Dimitar Grigorov. When his then-12-year-old son, Victor, asked to take guitar lessons, the Highland Park, N.J., father was skeptical. Victor, who is autistic, was prone to anxiety and had difficulty focusing his attention on one task. But Victor was insistent: He was going to play the guitar. READ MORE
“I love coming out at night. It is like Halloween for grown-ups,” said one of the night-walkers who scoured the streets at the end of the two day town-wide yard sale. This past weekend, the beautiful fall weather made the event a glorious fall festival, complete with lemonade and fruit punch being sold to benefit the Irving School PTO. READ MORE
Fall is a busy time for Highland Park residents. Don’t miss the Police/Community Forum on Oct. 14 and the Town Garage Sale on October 10-11. Also, the Borough Briefs column includes Arts in the Park wrap up and the celebration of the Investors Bank donation to the Highland Park Community Food Pantry. READ MORE
The Central Jersey indie rock band The Fletchers with lead singer, songwriter as longtime HP resident Gary Kaplan is getting national exposure. The band will be at the Court Tavern (111 Somerset Street) in New Brunswick on Saturday September 26 and three weeks later at Pino’s in Highland Park for the Harvest/Octoberfest on October 17. Pictured Gary’s three-year-old son Greg enjoying a HP street performance with his father’s band. READ MORE
Arts in the Park, Highland Park New Jersey’s annual arts street festival, showcases fine arts and crafts from all over the region and shines a spotlight on Highland Park’s vibrant, diverse, multi-faceted arts scene. Sunday, Sept. 20, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Raritan Ave. READ MORE
As one of the featured artists at the Sept. 20 Arts in the Park festival (11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Jonathan Horowitz has played an enormous role in keeping alive and expanding Highland Park’s reputation as a community that loves the arts and supports public art and arts events. The philosophical underpinning to his art is his desire to unify the community through a visual language. READ MORE