THE SPIRIT OF

WINTER 2020

Supporting the Arts and Educational Programs During the COVID Pandemic

Virtual Educational Programs Virtual Tours and Concerts Timed and Small Group, Socially Distanced Activities

PAGE 15 PAGE 17 PAGE 18 PAGE 20 Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Board of Commissioners

Daniel K. Salvante Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs PUTTING ESSEX COUNTY FIRST COMPLIMENTARY ISSUE COMPLIMENTARY ISSUE

Dear Friend,

The winter months are fast approaching, and we all wish the Essex County calendar was filled with tons of family-friendly activities for everyone to enjoy this holiday season, as it has been in years past. But this year is different. Covid-19 has changed our world and health and safety is now our number one priority.

Although we can’t gather in large groups and partake in our traditional holiday and seasonal activities, it is important that we still embrace the joyous times and think positive thoughts as best we can. While we must remain apart from each other physically, let us continue to find creative ways to connect and celebrate the spirit of the holidays. Whether it’s a walk in an Essex County park to enjoy the foliage and fresh air or a cup of tea or hot chocolate on a virtual platform with friends and family, there are many ways we can connect and center our minds on positivity.

We encourage you all to safely create memories with those closest to you. It may look different this year, but the connection with our friends and family is needed even more during these times.

Together we will continue Putting Essex County First. Happy Holidays!

Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. Supporting the Arts and Educational Programs Essex County Executive and the Board of Commissioners During the COVID Pandemic

Daniel K. Salvante As the state works at fully reopening, Video conferencing and virtual Director of Parks, Recreation and Essex County and its partners in performances are taking center stage Cultural Affairs Cultural Affairs are working to bring the at theaters as the industry evolves. Arts back to the community in unique Peak Performances at Montclair State and exciting ways. The venues have University is offering an alternative to BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS temporarily closed but their interest in theater visits by partnering with WNET’s Brendan W. Gill, President providing premiere entertainment has ALL ARTS to launch PEAK HD. The Wayne L. Richardson, Vice President not waned. broadcast and digital platform gives Tyshammie L. Cooper Robert Mercado The Arts are more important during worldwide reach to the Montclair Romaine Graham Carlos M. Pomares these unpredictable times serving as a State University-based commissioner Rufus I. Johnson Patricia Sebold form of local entertainment for residents and producer of new works by major Leonard M. Luciano who remain confined to their homes with international experimental artists in limited places to go or things to do. Arts dance, theater, performance art, music, throughout the fall and early winter organizations and entertainment venues and more. The Paper Mill Playhouse is are reinventing themselves working to streaming productions from the stage as seasons for all ages. Turtle Back Zoo is provide supporters with the same level it winds down the year. busy staying current as well by offering of programing and enjoyment. Some The county is leading the charge, doing programs with in-person and virtual facilities that closed during the height of its part in motivating the community options, incorporating interacting with the pandemic are opening with modified as we continue to offer engaging the animals when possible. hours and reduced capacity. The and unique programs while following As the Essex County Parks Department Montclair Museum of Art is one such safety protocols. The Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs place. There is detailed information on Environmental Center, in an effort to Cover photo credit: Essex County Park Archives its website for accessible galleries and keep nature enthusiasts motivated and evolves to maintain a sense of normalcy entrance requirements. The museum students environmentally conscious, during the COVID pandemic, we will This program is made possible in part by funds from the State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the also implemented safety measures in is offering virtual field trips on a variety continue to partner with the local arts Arts. The Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs received an operating accordance with state and local medical of topics. There are a number of community. We encourage your support support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department ■ of State. officials. science- and nature-themed programs in promoting The Spirit of Essex. 2 The Spirit of Essex The Spirit of Essex 3 • An ECEC educator will meet the to offer a variety of science- and nature- host facilitator (teacher, scout, group themed programs throughout the fall and ANNUAL ESSEX COUNTY NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WINNERS ESSEX COUNTY leader, etc.) in the virtual classroom 10 early winter seasons for all ages. There minutes prior to the start of class for a are both in-person and virtual options, The Essex County Environmental Center and the Essex County Parks Department sponsored its annual Parks Photography SPOTLIGHT check-in to test the technology; with more programs in development. Contest in the fall. All contest entries portrayed beautiful images highlighting the wide range of opportunity and natural splendor • The host facilitator is responsible In-person programs are held outdoors found throughout the Essex County Parks System. We received 53 adult entries and 23 youth entries. All contest entries were for admitting participants into the and follow all current health and safety displayed on the Environmental Center Facebook page. The winners are: virtual classroom, answering any protocols; as conditions improve these technological questions, calling on FIRST PE classes may move indoors. Virtual FIRST OTH FIRST Seasonal events sponsored by participants and reading any typed PE PE programs will be ongoing. With school DT FIRST OTH questions to the ECEC educator. PE the Essex County Department holiday Mini-Camps and Wonders of the DT of Parks, Recreation and ESSEX COUNTY TURTLE Wild supplementary science classes, to Cultural Affairs BACK ZOO Early Childhood Education and Family 560 Northfield Avenue Nature Club, there’s a program for 1st Place -Adult 1st Place -Youth Joshua Goodman Giancarlo Morano ESSEX COUNTY CODEY ARENA West Orange; 973.731.5800 you and your family to enjoy. To learn 560 Northfield Avenue, West Orange www.essexcountynj.org/turtlebackzoo more about what the Zoo has to offer 973.731.3828 and register for programs, visit https:// www.essexcountynj.org/codeyarena Essex County Turtle Back Zoo is proud turtlebackzoo.com/education/. ■ Winter Learn to Skate Lessons – Classes begin in December Call the Main Office at SEOD (973) 731-3828 ext. 0 or check online PE OTH SEOD at Essexcountyparks.org (Codey Arena) PE DT SEOD PE OTH SEOD ESSEX COUNTY PE DT ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland 973-228-8776 2nd Place -Adult 2nd Place -Youth www.essexcountynj.org/ John Shiever Chelsea Shey environmentalcenter

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS $50 per program, 30 minutes

Choose from the Following THIRD Virtual Field Trip Topics PE THIRD OTH THIRD • Seasonal Discovery Nature Tour PE PE DT THIRD OTH PE • Frog Pond Science DT • Backyard Birding • Lenape Learning Area Tour & Lenape Skills • Camping 101 • Fish & Fishing 101 3rd Place -Adult 3rd Place -Youth • Passaic River Studies Lynda Zarillo Elise Linn • Mighty Migrations Butterflies • Wild about Wildlife Recycling (grant funded/free for Essex County institutions while funds last) HOORE • Green Building Tour ETIO OTH HOORE HOORE ETIO ETIO • Honey Bees & Native Pollinators…and WEAR A MASK AND PRACTICE DT OTH HOORE ETIO more! DT

How to book a Virtual Trip with the SOCIAL DISTANCING WHEN Environmental Center VISITING ESSEX COUNTY PARKS Honorable Honorable • Call the Center to schedule and Mention -Adult Mention -Youth confirm a virtual time to meet and send Jerry Golub Alex Salazar a log-in link for an ECEC educator to AND VENUES enter your virtual classroom;

4 The Spirit of Essex The Spirit of Essex 5 PROFESSIONAL 2020 ESSEX COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN ACRYLIC 1st Place – Winifred Boss – ENCHANTED FOREST ART SHOW WINNERS 2nd Place – Lynne Palmer – PEONY POWER CRAFT 1st Place – French Textile and Lavendar – Maya Bloom MIXED MEDIA 1st Place – Maria Lupo – PROPHETS DREAM 2nd Place – Carol Jenkins – CHATOTIC CALM OIL 1st Place – Christine Elvin – ROAD LAST TAKEN 2nd Place – Gail Gardella – THE FLOWER STATION PASTEL 1st Place – Chas Palminteri – DAVID 2nd Place – Richard Digiovanna – LIVINGSTON MARSH PHOTOGRAPHY 1st Place: Winifred Boss 1st Place – Robert Szpila – PRESBY Enchanted Forest DIGITAL 1st Place – Annette Kushen – UNTITLED SCULPTURE 1st Place – Nikki Pusin – Quurtle 2nd Place - Lester James Johnson – BALLS IN A CAGE WATER COLOR 1st Place: Maya Bloom 1st Place – Jill Vondervor – ATLANTIC CITY THE ESSEX COUNTY PARKS SYSTEM: French Textile and Lavendar 2nd Place – Jane Ballinger – THE FALLS HONORABLE MENTION Celebrating 125 Years of Green Spaces, Marian Jones – VERONA PADDLE BOATS Recreation and Preservation NON-PROFESSIONAL ACRYLIC In the 1910s, the Olmsted Brothers system included , 1st Place – Mary Franklin – HOPE The Essex County Park 2nd Place – Peter Astor – UNDERTOW System: Celebrating 125 Years landscape architecture firm designed Becker Park, Riker Hill Art Park, and Glenfield, Yanticaw, Grover Cleveland, Francis A. Byrne Golf Course. The CRAFT of Green Spaces, Recreation 1st Place – Sharron Allen – WALL HANGING BOWL and Preservation Belleville, and Vailsburg Parks. Those Trail, a former railroad were followed in the 1920s by right-of-way, was acquired in 1985. DRAWING Continuation of a series on the 1st Place: Maria Lupo 1st Place – Marie Matarazzo – MOTHER WITH BABY Hendricks Field Golf Course, Verona, in The Essex County Parks System may Prophets Dream 2nd Place – Rich Hanifan – SPRING HOUSE Ivy Hill, and Brookdale Parks where celebration of 125 Years be 125 years old, but it has not stopped MIXED MEDIA construction carried on well into the growing and improving! Since 2000, 1st Place: Mary Franklin 1st Place – Claudia Arici – HEAVEN ON EARTH Beginning in 1895, when only 25 acres 1930s. In the meantime, existing parks Hope six new parks or reservations have 2nd Place – Arlene Silva – THE WEDDING of parkland existed in the county, the were expanded. By the park system’s 50th anniversary in 1945, over 4,200 been added to the system: Hilltop OIL Essex County Park System grew. Seven 1st Place – Joan Speare – ORCHIDS IN THE WILD acres had been designated as open Reservation, Kip’s Castle Park, Presby parks were created in the first five 2nd Place – Angela Wang – SNORKELING IN space. Memorial Iris Gardens, Veterans GALAPAGOS years, mostly in Newark, but included Memorial Park, Riverfront Park, and PASTEL two mountain reservations. In the early Changes in society necessitated Cedar Grove Park. Each of these 1st Place – Steve Wien – STILL LIFE WITH AVOCADOS years, citizen made suggestions as to changes in the parks, such as properties brings its interesting story 2nd Place – Sue Siblerner – SPRINGTIME IN VERONA where new parks would be established. accommodations for vehicular traffic. To to enrich the history of the entire park PHOTOGRAPHY Recommendations were recurring and accommodate the automobile, an entire system. Today, the Essex County Park 1st Place – Miriam Sampson – ABSTRACTION numerous, leading the Park Commission system of roadways needed to be paved System includes over 6,000 acres. 2nd Place – Noah Chivian – COPENHAGEN and made less curving in places. The to joke that the entire county was green parkways connecting the parks Interested in seeing historic images of SCULPTURE deemed “parkable” by its constituents. 1st Place – B. Oswald – WATCHER OF THE WOODS were needed for commercial traffic and the Essex County Parks? An exhibition No wonder; property values increased WATER COLOR even superhighways. Procurement of on the nation’s first county-wide park 1st Place: Sharron Allen significantly near the new parkland. Wall Hanging Bowl 1st Place – Irma Perez – SUNFLOWERS the Oraton Parkway by the state funded system is on display at Newark Public 2nd Place – Rosenn Martin – BY THE SEA The initial parks were followed by Turtle Back Zoo and allowed for the Library’s Main Branch. For more 1st Pllace: Claudia Arici HONORABLE MENTION , Anderson Park, acquisition of West Essex Park. Other information, please see the Cultural Heaven on Earth Eleanor Halpern – UNTITLED Irvington Park, and . mid-20th century additions to the park Exhibits section of this issue. ■

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125 Years of Aspiring, Recreational Facilities: Innovating, Growing Fields for Dreams

On April 20, 1895, the Essex County Park Commission met for the first time. The Commission, enabled by legislation and endorsed through a referendum, established the nation’s first countywide park network. The Essex County Parks System would be composed of three types of parks. The first are large city parks, such as , whose Southern Division was the first parcel of land acquired by the Commission. The 1895 second are neighborhood parks in densely populated areas, including the first county park to be opened to the public, Independence Park in Newark’s Ironbound District. The final component of the park system were the reservations: land in less populated areas of the county held in reserve for recreational use.

In 1898, the Olmsted Brothers firm, run by sons of the renowned Frederick Law Olmsted, took on the task Recreation Program Basketball, c. 1972 Branch Brook Park Soccer, 1965 Branch Brook Park under construction, 1890s of crafting the landscapes of the Essex County Parks. From then until the 1950s, the firm advised the board and generated design plans for all of the acquired parkland. The County Parks were planned as a network of green spaces connected by parkways. In the days of horse and buggy, the parkways would allow for leisurely carriage rides from one open space to another. Early manifestations of this ideal were Park Avenue west from Branch Brook 1898 and the East Orange Parkway, renamed Oraton Parkway as it was extended. Just as playgrounds were incorporated into most Essex County Parks,

Branch Brook Ice Skating Center, 1960 so too were open fields intended for ball games. Northern Division, Branch Brook Park, early 1900s The fields accommodated common pastimes like baseball, under construction, 1899 Independence Park during construction (top) and once completed (bottom), c. 1899 West Side Park, 1901 softball, football, and soccer, for pick-up games and league play. Less commonly, cricket was played in Branch Brook and Glenfield Parks and hurling in Branch Brook’s Seven parks were created within the Parks System’s 1900 first five years: Branch Brook Park, Independence Park, Northern Division. However, in the early years, competitions were not allowed South Mountain Reservation, , on Sundays. Soon, grass tennis courts were laid out at Weequahic West Side Park, and Orange Park. and Branch Brook Parks. Property values increased significantly near new 1910s parkland, and recommendations from citizen groups In the 1910s, the Olmsted firm designed Glenfield, The park designers understood there was a need for additional, specialized for new park locations were numerous. Anderson, Yanticaw, Grover Cleveland, Belleville and Vailsburg Parks. Watsessing, Irvington and Riverbank Parks were added. recreational facilities. In 1914, a portion of Weequahic Park was transformed Cycling, Weequahic Park track, 1961 Junior Olympics, track, 1968 Bridge construction, Watsessing Park, 1910 into a 9-hole golf course, New Jersey’s first public course. Two years later, the oval at Weequahic was upgraded to allow track and field competitions. Watsessing Park was equipped with a lawn bowling green in 1924. Clay tennis courts were constructed in West Side and Branch Brook Parks in 1927 and bocce courts were installed to meet the interests of communities throughout the county. Provisions were made for shuffleboard, horseshoes and handball. Bridle trails were laid out for 1920-1930s horseback riding and there was even a temporary velodrome built for bicycling. Those were followed in the 1920s by Hendricks Field Golf Grandstands for spectators were built at Weequahic, Riverbank and Brookdale Parks. Course, as well as Verona, Ivy Hill and Brookdale Parks where Over the decades, fields have been maintained and upgraded to meet modern expectations. construction carried on through The additions included scoreboards, backstops and peripheral fencing. To allow athletes to play after the 1930s. In the meantime, land was being added to dark, the Park Commission experimented in 1929 with lighted tennis courts in West Side Park and in the existing parks. Works Progress Administration planting, Brookdale Park, 1935 Park Avenue, 1929 Anderson Park, 1932 1960s with lighted basketball courts at Yanticaw and Belleville Parks. To provide more days of skating in the winter than could be assured on frozen ponds, an outdoor ice skating rink was constructed at Hendricks Field Golf Course, 1932 County Bocce Championships, Independence Park, 1961 Branch Brook. Later, to offer year-round skating, the rink was enclosed, and in 1958 South Mountain Arena was added. More recently, the Branch Brook facility was rebuilt for roller skating. 1950-1970s Improvement of the recreational facilities in the parks continues today with From the beginning, societal trends led to changes in the parks. Facilities had been added to accommodate the growing rubberized jogging trails and fitness circuits. For ball diamonds and rectangular popularity of sports such as golf. With the automobile had come fields, current public demand warrants synthetic turf surfaces 1945 the need to pave an entire system of roadways. Then, one by By the system’s 50th anniversary in 1945, to more efficiently absorb wear and tear. over 4,200 acres had been designated as parkland. one the connecting parkways were ceded to commercial traffic and even superhighways. In 1954, the sale of Oraton Parkway provided funds for the acquisition of West Essex Park. Other Original Environmental Center, West Essex Park, 1970s additions in the 1950s through 1970s were Mills Reservation, Becker Park, Riker Hill Art Park and Francis A. Byrne Golf Course. Cricket, Glenfield Park, early 1900s Baseball, Vailsburg Park, c. 1980 1985 The , three miles of a former railroad right-of-way, was acquired in 1985. 2000-2020Since 2000, , Kip’s Castle Park, Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, Veterans Memorial, Riverfront and Cedar Grove Parks have been added. Each new addition contributes its unique story to the rich history of the Parks System. Lawn Bowling Green, Watsessing Park, 1972 Weequahic Park, recently upgraded fields Brookdale Park Archery Field, 1969 Today, the Essex County Parks System includes over 6,000 acres in 29 parks and reservations. Newly refurbished playgrounds, synthetic turf playing fields, new and renovated community centers, three golf courses, five dog parks, new exhibits at the accredited Turtle Back Zoo, and hundreds

Kip’s Castle, acquired 2007 Soccer Field, Riverfront Park, 2014 of miles of paths and trails system-wide offer a myriad of recreational opportunities.

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Playgrounds: Making Water: Delighting Fun Accessible the Senses

The early Olmsted Brothers design for the Southern Division By 1910, attendance increased even further, to a daily of Branch Brook Park incorporated a “Young Folks Lawn” to average of 2,879 children in the playgrounds of Branch Brook serve the needs of a densely populated neighborhood. A sand Park. Play during this time was supervised, with matrons court — a large, awning-covered sandbox hired to oversee facilities and instructors beside a shelter for mothers to sit – directing activities.

Girl’s playground, was in use by the spring of 1899. Independence Park, If the play structures in the older Children’s pool, Branch Brook Lake, early 1900s Ivy Hill Park, 1972 On the , West Essex Park, 1970 c. 1900 The following year, a play instructor photos seem almost industrial, was hired, paid for by the it is because they were. The Newark Ladies’ Educational Narragansett Machine Company, Society. The playground area founded to manufacture lathes included swings, seesaws and and other machines, moved into scups (double swings for small the new playground equipment Sand court and wading pool, Branch Brook Park Southern Watsessing Park, 1914 Division, early 1900s children). Quickly, the playgrounds of industry. Among other things, they the growing Essex County Parks System made outdoor gymnasiums for boys like Magnolia Lake, West Side Park, early 1900s Glenfield Park, early 1900s Huck Finn Day, , 1960s became busy and well attended the ones installed in Independence attractions. In 1905, the attendance and West Side Parks and the at the sand court and “little folk’s Sussex Avenue playground of lawn” averaged 1,061 daily with Branch Brook Park. 75,000 for the season. As the decades progressed, wooden slides

Branch Brook Park, and see-saws, then tall metal slides, Temporary playground, early 1900s Riverbank Park, 1907 high swings, merry-go-rounds and jungle gyms appeared in the playgrounds. In the 1950s, wooden corrals appealed to the first generation of television-watching children, allowing them to pretend to be Daniel Boone. Then a new generation of play equipment arrived with bright colors and concrete animals to climb upon. Hard plastics became industry standard and the

Gymnastic equipment, Sussex Reopening of Independence equipment evolved back to include large structures integrating several activities. Avenue Playground, Branch Park, 1930 Brook Park Where the heavy use of seesaws and swings had worn muddy hollows, it was deemed an upgrade to apply asphalt surfaces in the 1960s. The hard blacktop was later replaced with natural woodchips, considered a safer, more ecological alternative. More recently, to enhance safety, the administration has made the installation of rubberized surfaces standard practice.

Nearly all of the playgrounds in the Essex County Parks System underwent renovations in the early 2000s and were modernized again in the last several years. In addition to providing strength and fitness activities, today’s generation of Dayton Street Playground Weequahic Park, 1958 Weequahic Park, 1958 play structures offer opportunities to make music and enrich the imagination. Irvington Park, 1958 , c. 1940s

Hemlock Falls, South Mountain West Side Park, c. 1958 Urban Fishing, 1972 Reservation, 1932 Installing playground equipment, c.1960

Weequahic Lake, 1960s Enjoying the Reservoir, South Mountain Recreation Complex Irvington Park, 1955

Log corral at Accessible playground, Irvington Park, 1970s Brookdale Park, 1957 Watsessing Park, 2019

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Structures: Putting Landscapes: Designed Beauty in Functionality to Make Memories

At first glance, parks may seem to be undeveloped, The Olmsted firm, which produced plans for all of the Front side of grandstand, Riverbank Park, 1950s natural landscapes, yet they are very much designed and Essex County Parks into the mid-20th century, utilized engineered spaces crafted by landscape architects. aesthetic values influenced by pictorial arts, such as Once the land was acquired, any picturesque and pastoral styles. existing buildings were removed, Structures were designed and Monte Irvin Orange Park topography graded, lake iris gardens, c. 1955 edged with plantings to

Northern Division, Branch Brook Park, c. 1900 Rustic shelter, South Mountain Reservation, built 1908 shorelines sculpted, and complement their natural carefully-selected trees surroundings, and compositions South Mountain Reservation, 1932 and shrubs planted. By design, of open meadows with the naturalistic settings conceal scattered trees and small bodies the work that was put into them. of water offered refreshingly Riker Hill Art Park, Anderson Park, 1932 view from hill, 1983 expansive views. The Olmsteds believed in the curative psychological effect of such scenery upon the mind

Glenfield Park, 1909 Music Court, Branch Brook Park, 1925 Portable Band Stand, Branch Brook Park, 1964 and purposely designed spaces In Newark and other for persons of any economic Structures such as bridges, walls and Structures within the Essex County Parks The Olmsted firm’s design principles required more heavily or social status. steps help visitors navigate the designed were designed to meet the requirements of that structures merge seamlessly with their landscape and water elements of our parks. beauty and functionality. As Frederick Olmsted surroundings. Labeled “subordination”, this populated areas, Entranceways such as the Ballantine Gateway, Sr. once said, “So long as considerations means the structures must be subordinate the only land left for a designed by the Beaux-Arts architecture firm of utility are neglected or overridden by to the overall landscape design. Thus, Carrère and Hastings, entice patrons to enter considerations of ornament, there will be not overwrought decorative treatment was park by the 1890s was the parks while delineating their borders. true art.” The Park Avenue Bridge, for instance, avoided. The Olmsted landscape architects Branch Brook Park swampy or otherwise problematic. Cherry Blossoms in Branch Brook Bridges allow seamless crossing where was engineered to be a lovely focal feature were able to subordinate some structures Extension, 1950s Park Extension, 1950s otherwise there would be abrupt intersections over Branch Brook Lake, but it also allows into the surrounding landscape by using local With architectural, horticultural and or barriers. Trail steps unobtrusively allow pedestrians and drivers to move freely through stone. Examples of this are the eight rustic stylistic elements, the Olmsted firm was able to transform property that hikers to scale slopes with less difficulty than the length of the park. bridges crisscrossing the Branch Brook in the before. Open shelters and band stands also Northern Division. held little commercial value for construction into a place of respite from serve functional purposes. busy urban life. To keep out the sights and sounds of the city, they massed

Southern Division, Branch plantings and extended mounds on the periphery. Tulip garden, Southern Division, Brook Park, c. 1950s Branch Brook Park, 1933 Making the most of the available space, they separated areas by purpose, designing parks to accommodate contemplation and playgrounds, active sports as well as a quiet stroll. The Olmsted Brothers firm, cognizant of the population’s practical needs, provided plantings, lawns, paths, recreation facilities and other necessary user

Octagon Shelter (Carrère and Hastings), Southern Division, Branch Brook Park, c. Eagle Rock Reservation, 1930 South Mountain Reservation, c. 1960 amenities to create park landscapes in 1900 Essex County that are beautiful, yet functional and Weequahic West Side Park, 1910s clearly able to stand Golf Course, 1931 the test of time.

Turtle Back Zoo, c. 1965 Entrance, Mills Reservation, c. 1954 Grover Cleveland Park, 1960s Even for the larger Throughout the 125-year

reservations in less-developed South Mountain Washington Rock, South history of the Parks System, The principle of blending the at Eagle Rock were built with local stone. Public demand sometimes called for more Reservation, 1905 Mountain Reservation, 1960 functional into the splendid natural In the early 1960s, Tjark Reis created a classical elements, such as sculpture, parts of the county, the Olmsteds’ additional parks have been added. landscapes was even more pertinent within whimsical environment for children at in the parks. There are a few examples responsiveness to the natural Each one has contributed a the less-developed reservations. Rustic Turtle Back Zoo. Inspired by nursery incorporated into Olmsted design plans, footbridges made from local wood were rhymes, the sculpture-like structures were but most of the sculptures, such as those character of a site allowed different landscape, whether common in South Mountain Reservation at Riker Hill Art Park, the South Mountain designed to create their own beautiful and them to envision its it be a green oasis replacing until they were replaced with reinforced functional landscape. Wildflower Sculpture Garden, and the concrete sometime in mid-century. Trail September 11 Memorial at Eagle Rock, transformation from derelict structures; rocky steps, fire pits and picnic tables there and were added in more recent decades. neglected lot, abandoned slopes and lookouts; quarry or uniform riverside views and level woodlot. Application of recreation fields; or a

their ideals of aesthetic Rainbow on the Hill, rainbow of iris flowers. Eagle Rock Presby Memorial Reservation, 1970s forestry meant woods were Iris Gardens thinned of certain species to allow others to flourish and some areas were cleared of taller Veterans Memorial Park, 2009 Turtle Back Zoo, c. 1965 Turtle Back Zoo, c. 1965 September 11 Memorial, Eagle Rock vegetation to reveal expansive views.

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years of age and 16 years of age who Course Dear Camper, the sport of golf. We provide unique is available for booking community/family We have hand selected some of our favorite nature activities within this play on our courses are required to have JUNIOR NATURALIST CAMP BOX! Each activity is designed to help you explore and enjoy-Your our Naturalist- natural world at home with your family at your own pace. opportunities for both male and female events and corporate business outings. You can reach in and pick an activity or select what you like best and have a WILD day! a parent or guardian supervisor over the Elizabeth and Grumman Avenues Find these exciting activities & more inside! golfers of all ages and abilities. Our age of 18 years. Newark, NJ mission is to make golf an affordable The Center’s environmental educational 973.926.2520 ESSEX COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068 and accessible sport to anyone who USGA Handicap System 973.228.8776 www.golfessexcountynj.com programs are carefully designed, with wishes to play. The Department of Parks, in cooperation SUMMER 2020 NATURE EXPLORERS either a structured or unstructured VIRTUAL CAMP IN A BOX with the NJSGA, offers the USGA Essex County Weequahic Park Golf General Golf Information format, to create opportunities for FIELD TRIPS GHIN handicap program. Computers Course is set on a beautifully rolling The County of Essex requires each golfer are available at all three golf courses. families to get outside and into the parks to enroll with the County prior to using property. New bunkers have been added We encourage interested individuals to while having fun and learning in multiple the automated tee time system. You may to the course through our renovation subscribe to the service for a nominal fee subject areas. All Center programs enroll in person at all three golf courses and receive handicap updates every two process that has greatly enhanced its Monday through Friday from 8:30am to strategic and visual appeal. Tucked in encourage participants to think about We have hand selected someDear of our Camper, favorite nature activities within this Each activity is designed to help you exploreWILDERNESS and enjoy SKILLS our natural CAMP world BOX! at home with your family at your own pace. weeks. 4:00pm and on Saturday from 8:30am environmental stewardship and natural You can reach in and pick an activity or select what you like best and have a WILD day! the corner of historic Essex County -Your Naturalist- Find these exciting activities & more inside! to 12:00pm. Francis Byrne Golf Course Weequahic Park, this is the first public habitats and, with this in mind, foster

course in New Jersey, having been ESSEX COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER New registrations Pleasant Valley Way an appreciation for the natural world — 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068 973.228.8776 The County will accept only a valid New West Orange, NJ designed by Baltusrol Golf Club parks, outdoor recreation, and ecological ■ Jersey Driver’s License with current 973.736.2306 professional George Low in 1913. conservation. The Center offers nature- ECO ACTIVITY address and one current utility bill BOXES www.golfessexcountynj.com and science-based programming for SUMMER (Telephone, PSE&G or Cable only) with 2020 NATURE EXPLORERS the applicant’s name on it. If bills are in a Essex County Francis Byrne Golf toddlers through senior citizens, school CAMP IN A BOX spouse’s name, the applicant must show Course dates back to 1926 when it groups, scout organizations, and the a copy of a marriage certificate. We will was designed as a private country club general public. also accept Passports with an Essex course by noted golf architect Charles County address. Banks. Through our renovation project, Hours of Operation many of the course features have been

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ESSEX COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 621-B Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068 Jersey Driver’s License and a current Scotland, including the par five 1st hole 973.228.8776 utility bill (Telephone, PSE&G or Cable that is modeled after the Road Hole at Fees vary by program only) with the applicant’s name on St. Andrews.

14 The Spirit of Essex The Spirit of Essex 15 HOCKEY ESSEX COUNTY ESSEX COUNTY PROGRAMS TURTLE BACK ZOO CODEY ARENA 560 Northfield Avenue 560 Northfield Avenue West Orange, NJ West Orange, NJ 973.731.5800 www.essexcountyparks.org/south- mountain/codey-arena www.essexcountynj.org/ Phone: 973.731.3828 TurtleBackZoo Fax: 973.731.5614 Essex County Turtle Back Zoo is The arena is open to the public for ice committed to providing an enriching skating, Learn to Skate group lessons, recreational experience that fosters Learn to Speedskate lessons, private excellence in wildlife education and skating parties, and figure skating and wildlife conservation, so that present ice hockey camps. The New Jersey State and future generations are inspired to High School hockey state games, the understand, appreciate and protect Essex County Winter Holiday Hockey Ride the train at the Turtle Back Zoo the fragile interdependence of all Tournament and many non-ice events living things. also are hosted at the arena. Some non-ice events the arena has hosted Features include: Endangered Species include the Essex County High Carousel, Pony Rides, Petting Farm, School Wrestling Tournament, ESPN Train, Aviary, Touch Tank, Butterfly Tent, Friday Night Fights, the ATU National and Playground. ■ Taekwondo Championship, high school graduations and special corporate Ice Hockey at Codey Arena events. Hours of Operation Open Daily Call 973.731.3828 or check the daily ice skating schedule on the website (www. Visit the Flamingo Exhibit essexcountyparks.org/south-mountain/ codey-arena) for public skating and freestyle skating times. ■ LEARN TO SKATE PROGRAMS Open Daily 10am - 4pm Timed Tickets

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16 The Spirit of Essex The Spirit of Essex 17 Federico Uribe: Animalia ESSEX COUNTY The following events are offered for the public’s enjoyment Through January 3, 2021 by Essex County-based arts and history organizations. With more than 60 pieces on exhibition, CULTURAL The Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs takes no “Animalia” showcases the breadth and responsibility for the content, accuracy, dates or times and whether or not non-County depth of Uribe’s animal-themed work. By EXHIBITIONS sponsored events listed in this magazine are held as scheduled. layering commonplace objects, found plastic waste and recycled bullet shells, the artist creates vibrant and expressive animals and landscapes that reflect a much deeper meaning. LISA PALOMBO STUDIOS Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners an unflinching eye, and encourages 55 Mountain Avenue, Caldwell Revisits Rockwell viewers to see their world, both past and Virgil Ortiz: Odyssey of the 973.364.0280 / www.lisapalombo.com February 6 to June 13, 2021 present, in a new light. Venutian Soldiers “Fragile Freedoms” examines, recreates Lisa Palombo Studios is open by and reinterprets Norman Rockwell’s The exhibition will feature 18 Through March 28, 2021 appointment for holiday gift giving iconic images of mid-century America. photographs by Meiners, which will Inspired by the 1680 Pueblo Revolt needs. Contact the studio to schedule With stunningly vivid detail, Meiners’s be displayed side by side with three around Santa Fe, New Mexico, renowned a COVID-friendly visit or shop on-line at carefully constructed photographs paintings and 18 tear sheets from the artist Virgil Ortiz creates artwork that www.lisapalombo.com and pick up your Saturday Evening Post by Norman turn nostalgia on its head and rework makes past and future come alive. purchase at the studio. Rockwell’s familiar imagery to address Rockwell. The juxtaposition of these “Fragile Freedoms” The Problem We All Live With at Montclair Museum of Art Combining his life-long passion for contemporary issues including racism, two bodies of work will reveal that while MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM science fiction with work that still honors sexuality, gender roles and the impact of people’s desires and fears often stay the 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair technology. Meiners’s clever, engaging same, the social climate of our country the Pueblo people’s traditional artform 973.746.5555 work exposes the nature of society with has changed dramatically in the 60 years methods, Ortiz’s pottery figurines www.montclairartmuseum.org between Meiners and Rockwell. become integral players in his futuristic stories.

Uncaged: Animals in the Collection Through August 8, 2021 Drawing from Montclair Art Museum’s extensive American and Native American collections, this exhibition unleashes a cache of animal-themed works spanning generations of artists and explores the variety of ways artists engage with animal imagery in their work.

WEST ORANGE ARTS CENTER 551 Valley Road, West Orange 973.325.0151 / woarts.org “Fragile Freedoms” Dream Act at Montclair Museum of Art Visiones de Identidad (Visions of Identity), A Latinx Perspective The artists participating in this virtual exhibit include Rey Arvelo, Josephine Barreiro, Alberto Bossa, Diana Candelejo, Maria Luis Estrela, Renzo Florez, Stanley Gavidia, Joanna Lopez, Carlos Mateu, Qaasim Munoz, Sylvia turtlebackzoo.com Padilla and Fausto Sevila. 560 Northfield Avenue West Orange, NJ 07052 973.731.5800 An Exhibition of Found Objects January 15 to March 5, 2021 Open Daily

The artists in this hybrid virtual and 10am - 4pm in-person exhibition bring new life to Timed Tickets Lisa Palombo Studios unexpected found objects. ■

18 The Spirit of Essex The Spirit of Essex 19 Mill stage for a very special concert presentation. More than a dozen popular Paper Mill performers, directed by ESSEX COUNTY PARK SYSTEM ESSEX COUNTY Producing Artistic Director Mark S. WINTER EVENTS Hoebee, will sing a unique selection of seasonal favorites just in time to ring in the new year. Streaming delivered virtually from the Paper Mill Stage. Paper Mill’s 2020-2021 season will be an exclusive subscriber season and all December 2020: Montclair seven events are available now for $275 Fairfield History Center. Parks, Recreation and per person. www.PaperMill.org North Caldwell Keeping in mind the safety of the public Cultural Affairs Office and staff members while watching 115 Clifton Avenue December 31: New Year’s Eve Virtual Newark how state regulations change, the Trivia Night. Hosted by Gamemaster Phone: (973) 268-3500 Fairview Avenue  Montclair History Center will be adding Alicia. Get ready & get set to test your West Caldwell Cedar Grove  fun, Interactive and holiday-themed knowledge in all things performing arts,   Upper programming in December. Guests New Year’s Eve and more! Virtual Trivia 1. Branch Brook Park Verona  Caldwell  Montclair should visit MHC’s website and sign Night with SOPAC will be an informal, Bloomfield Avenue   up to receive email newsletters to get fun competition to see who has the 2. Weequahic Park  Montclair  notified when new events are added. greatest knowledge of trivia. And, for the Nutley Roseland Bloomfield Avenue www.montclairhistory.org. ages 3 to 5 years and their caregivers. winners, there will be prizes! 7:30pm. 3. Brookdale Park    #NMOAatHOME, Zoom. 10am. Free. Free. https://www.sopacnow.org/events/ Pleasant Valley Way December 1, 2, & 3: JOEY TRAVOLTA Bloomfield 973.596.6550. newarkmuseumart.org/ virtual-trivia-night-dec-31/ 4. Watsessing Park ReelAbilities NJ Virtual Film    family-programs/creative-play  Festival. CAROL OF THE BELLS 5. Verona Park February 13 to 26, 2021: Paper Mill West Orange -Holiday Film. A young man with a Livingston   December 19: Virtual Creative Playhouse will stream performances  Belleville troubled past seeks out his biological Play. Shapes, circles, squares and of “Some Enchanted Evening: The 6. Monte Irvin Garden State Parkway mother. His world is turned upside down Orange Park Northfield Ave.  triangles, oh my! Have fun connecting Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein.” Cherry Lane Orange  upon discovering that his mother is simple shapes to great works of art. This stunning collection of Rodgers Bloomfield Avenue 7. Grover Cleveland  East Orange developmentally disabled. ReelAbilities From the Seeing America Galleries to and Hammerstein’s most beloved   Park   NJ is proud to screen “Carol of the Bells” the simple and complex shapes in the compositions will shine the spotlight  and host a pre-recorded conversation South Orange Asian Galleries. #NMOAatHOME, on five magnificent Paper Mill singers 8. Belleville Park between Joey Travolta and Elaine Short Hills  Zoom. 10am. Free. 973.596.6550. in a glorious parade of hits from  Newark Katz, Senior Vice President at Kessler newarkmuseumart.org/family-programs/ Carousel, South Pacific, The King and 9. West Side Park  Foundation. Montclair State University,  creative-play I, Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, and Millburn   College of the Arts, Montclair. Free. Maplewood more. Producing Artistic Director Mark 10.Vailsburg Park Irvington  Registration required. 973.655.7095  December 19 to January 2021: S. Hoebee directs. Streaming delivered  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carol-of- Paper Mill Playhouse will stream virtually from the Paper Mill Stage. 11. the-bells-conversations-with-director- performances of “Sing in a New Paper Mill’s 2020-2021 season will be joey-travolta-tickets-126865005647?aff Year!” Paper Mill Playhouse’s popular an exclusive subscriber season and all 12. Irvington Park =ebdssbonlinesearch. summertime outdoor Brookside Cabaret seven events are available now for $275 21. West Essex Park comes inside and onto the Paper ■ December 3: A Virtual Performance per person. www.PaperMill.org. 13.Glenfield Park 29. Presby Memorial  Iris Gardens Series. Blues People is a “neo-Blues” 22. Riker Hill Art Park band featuring Kelton Cooper (vocals/ 14.Ivy Hill Park 30. Veterans guitar), Victor Burks (keys/vocals), Mike 23. Becker Park Memorial Park 37. The Waterfront Griot (bass) and Gene Lake (drums). 15. Anderson Park -Paddle Boating Early comparisons to the Meters and 24. Francis Byrne 31. Riverfront Park Luther Allison are starting to roll in — and 16. Independence Park Golf Course 38. Treetop Adventure the band graciously gives a humble 32. Cedar Grove Park Course nod to those legendary artists. Tickets 17. Riverbank Park 25. Hendricks Field Golf Course are $10, and free to SOPAC members. 33. West Essex Trail 39. Turtle Back Zoo 7:30pm. https://www.sopacnow.org/ 18. South Mountain Reservation 26. Weequahic Park events/blues-people-2020/ Golf Course 34. Codey Arena December 5: Virtual Creative Play. 19. Eagle Rock 27. Hilltop Reservation 35. miniGOLF Safari Explore the Newark Museum of Art’s Reservation art and science collections through 20. Mills Reservation 28. Kip’s Castle Park 36. Environmental storytelling, song, playful activities and Stream “Sing in the New Year!” with the Paper Mill Playhouse Center an art-making project. For children

20 The Spirit of Essex The Spirit of Essex 21 Learning Pod Programs geometry, color and looping patterns of human bodies created collaboratively ESSEX COUNTY Fridays by appointment with choreographer Faye Driscoll, Virtual Tours for Schools, and Youth heightening the experience of the music. ONGOING and Adult Community Organizations. Grand Band’s PEAK debut took place Visit the Essex County Available by appointment PROGRAMS and was recorded at The Alexander KASSER THEATER Kasser Theater on February 14 & 15, South Mountain 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair 2020. 973.655.5112 / www.peakperfs.org Richard Alston Dance Company Recreation Complex PEAK PERFORMANCES February 14 at 8pm & PEAK HD The Richard Alston Dance Company THE CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF THE Montclair State University, Alexander returned to PEAK Performances in early for fun and adventure! SACRED HEART Peak Performances and WNET’S All 2020 for its final American engagement 89 Ridge Street, Newark Arts PEAK HD broadcasts, featuring before the company closed its doors 973.484.2400 performances by some of the world’s after a quarter of a century. A selection www.cathedralbasilica.org TREETOP ADVENTURE COURSE most groundbreaking artists, are of recent works highlights the unflagging filmed at the technically optimized Carol Sing Event: December invention of this beloved group, led by Alexander Kasser Theatre at Montclair Visit the cathedral’s YouTube channel Richard Alston, one of the world’s finest The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart State University. Broadcasts of These beginning December 10th to watch choreographers currently celebrating his previously-filmed performances began CODEY ARENA “The Illumination of the Carol Sing: MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM 50th year of making dances. Performed this fall and new works will be staged at Radiant Beams from Heaven Afar.” This 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair to live music, Alston’s witty Brahms The Kasser, capturing them for broadcast video traces the ongoing life of the 973.746.5555 Hungarian is presented alongside Shine and, when safe, phasing in in-person cathedral’s Carol Sing. Enjoy footage, www montclairartmuseum.org On, the last piece the choreographer audiences. photographs, music and stories of one will create for the company. The fast- Member Mornings of the cathedral’s strongest traditions. Gandini Juggling and paced Detour, created by associate Members are invited to an exclusive visit Because of current Covid-19 restrictions, Alexander Whitley choreographer Martin Lawrance, rounds to the museum from 10am-1pm on the the 50th Carol Sing will be suspended December 13 at 8pm out a thrilling program including three first Saturday of the month. Tickets are until December 2021. The seismic juggling virtuoso Sean U.S. premieres and celebrating a troupe available online and must be reserved Gandini collaborates with visionary still in top form, even as the curtain ESSEX PHOTO CLUB before the visit. choreographer Alexander Whitley to closes. This was performed and recorded Programs via Zoom Virtual Events create Spring. This production mixes on February 20-24, 2020, at The mind-bending juggling and dance into a Alexander Kasser Theater. Thursday, December 3 - “Dream, Sunday Studio kaleidoscopic dreamscape propelled by Believe, Create” presented by John December 20, January 17, an immersive score by Gabriel Prokofiev. WEST ORANGE ARTS CENTER Barclay February 21 This performance is a refreshing and 551 Valley Road, West Orange Sundays, 1-2pm. Connect with friends entertaining production at the vanguard 973.325.0151 / woarts.org Thursday, January 7, 2021 - To Be and family near and far in the MAM virtual of contemporary circus. The U.S. Determined studio space and enjoy learning about Premiere performances took place and Creative Connection Thursday, February 4, 2021 - NJFCC art and being creative together online the were recorded at The Alexander Kasser Third Wednesday of each month via third Sunday of every month. Participants Theater December 12-15, 2019. Zoom from 7-9pm Winter Pictorial Competition judged by TURTLE BACK ZOO Claire Gentile, Susan Candelario and will receive a close up look at select This artist discussion and critique group Grand Band Nick Palmieri artworks from the exhibitions and a is open to creative thinkers and artists of guided art-making activity with an MAM January 10 at 8pm all genres. This allows artists to talk about This performance engulfs the audience Competitions via Zoom art educator live over the Zoom platform. their creative process and the things in the sonic intensity of four landmark that affect creativity. Free for WOAC Thursday, December 17 - Assigned Homeschool Day contemporary works: the iconic members; $10 for non-members. topic: “Something Broken” with club December 17, January 21, and massive Gay Guerilla by cult members judging February 18. underground figure Julius Eastman; the Thursdays, 1-2:30pm. Participants will pulsating Sensitive Spot by Australian Booey Toons THE WATERFRONT • CHILDREN’S REGATTA Thursday, January 21, 2021 - Nature be given a virtual tour of the Montclair sound artist Kate Moore; and my lips Most Saturdays via Zoom and Pictorial project images with David from 10am-1pm PLAYGROUND Art Museum followed by an art-making from speaking, a riff on Aretha Franklin’s • PADDLE BOATS DesRochers judging This is a weekly virtual cartoon drawing studio workshop led by the talented Think by Pulitzer-winning composer Julia • WALKING PATH session. Participants should bring their Thursday, February 18, 2021 - Nature teaching artists over the Zoom platform. Wolfe. In a thrilling combination of sight • CLIPPER PAVILION own pen or marker with paper, empty MINIGOLF SAFARI and Pictorial project images with Vinnie These participatory tours encourage and sound, Missy Mazzoli’s Three Fragile PICNIC AREA pizza box, or Grampa’s old coffee mug to Kempf judging interaction, as students are guided to Systems is enhanced by the debut of make observations while looking closely an animated film by Joshua Frankel. make cartoons. To RSVP, send a private For guest entrance to Zoom meetings, at artwork on view in current exhibitions In this film, commissioned by PEAK message @Booey McBooerson on call Chris at 973.986.4002. using 3D imagery of museum galleries. Performances, Frankel builds a world of Facebook. ■

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