County of Essex Hall of Records 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Newark, NJ 07102 973-621-4400 From County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. JOSEPH N. DIVINCENZO, JR. County Executive and the Essex County Board Board of Chosen Freeholders of Chosen Freeholders Johnny Jones Freeholder President Patricia Sebold Freeholder Vice President Blonnie R. Watson Freeholder-At-Large Albertus Jenkins Freeholder-At-Large Samuel Gonzalez Freeholder District 1 D. Bilal Beasley Freeholder District 2 Carol Y. Clark Freeholder District 3 Muriel M. Shore Freeholder District 4 Ralph R. Caputo Freeholder District 5 to Day EXPERIENCE Wto a destinationel filledc witho sights,m sounds ande flavors that will make your senses come alive with excitement. ESSEX This brochure offers you just a glimpse of Essex County's fascinating array of attractions, which appeal to visitors of all ages and tastes. Filled with nationally acclaimed museums and performance centers, Essex is New Jersey's mecca for arts and www.essexcountynj.org culture. There are galleries and universities to awaken PUTTING ESSEX COUNTY FIRST Economic Development your mind, sports venues to make your heart race, and Corporation of Essex County 973-621-4454 jazz clubs to move your soul. History buffs, nature BALOZI R. HARVEY Executive Director lovers and savvy shoppers will all find a place to call Board of Trustees: Miguel E. Rodriguez Chairman Phillip W. Caprio, Sr. Vice Chairman their own. The red carpet is out in our 22 towns ~ from Janice D. Williams Secretary/Treasurer IT’S A Joyce Wilson Harley, Esq. our metropolitan hubs to the quaint local main streets. Raymond M. Brown, Esq. Charles J. Stewart, P.E. It's always a beautiful day to Experience Essex. Tricia Ann Dolnik Floyd Melvin Beautiful Newark Arts Council, Newark New Jersey Ballet, Livingston 973-643-1625 ▼ www.newarkarts.org 973-597-9600 ▼ www.njballet.org The council is a great central clearinghouse for The state’s leading ballet company, the New information on arts destinations and the latest Jersey Ballet has excited dance lovers since events in this booming arts community. 1958 with a combination of classical, contem- porary, cutting-edge, and youth performances. Montclair Museum; photo by Roy Groething Rose Royce Gallery, Montclair 973-783-3876 ▼ www.roseroyce.net New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark Rose Royce showcases a constantly changing 800-go-njpac ▼ www.njpac.org collection of paintings, sculpture, prints and photography by emerging artists. 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Performs contemporary work that Yass Hakoshima Movement Theatre a wide variety of media is featured. as big names, world awakens the viewer’s imagination. and the New Jersey Center for Mime class performers and African Globe Theater Company, Newark Montclair tomorrow’s stars 973-624-1584 ▼ www.africanglobe.com Luna Stage, Montclair 973-783-9845 ▼ www.yasshakoshima.com shine in popular 973-744-3309 ▼ www.lunastage.org theater, dance and New Jersey’s only African American-based An internationally acclaimed mime and move- musical productions theater company presents a diverse array Provides a broad spectrum of theatrical experi- ment performer and leader of the only profes- for every taste. of stage productions, spoken word events ences in an intimate off-off Broadway setting. sional mime training institute in New Jersey. and the Sankofa Dance Company. Mime Yass Hakoshima; photo by Johan Elbers, courtesy Danmari Ltd. Mime Yass Essex County South Mountain Arena Millburn-Short Hills West Orange Historical Society Museum, Short Hills 973-731-3828 973-564-9519 ▼ www.mshhistsoc.org Watch practice sessions for the three-time The Short Hills rail station houses a museum Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils, chronicling Millburn’s unique history, or strap on the skates for a spin around architecture and genealogy. the ice at this recently refurbished facility. In a county Golf founded by Puritan settlers in 1666, In Essex County, you’ll find 18 lush courses, there is a multitude including an array of well-regarded public of historic sites that courses and impeccably manicured private tell the story of the clubs. personalities, places and events that It’s a Essex County Public Courses It’s a Above, left to right have shaped our Grover Cleveland; Library of Montclair Historical Society, Montclair Francis Byrne County Golf Course, West Orange Beautiful Beautiful Congress, Prints and rise from a small 973-744-1796 973-736-2306 Photographs Division, dayfor colonial outpost dayfor LC-USZ62-89792 ▼ www.montclairhistorical.org Hendricks Field County Golf Club, Belleville to the state’s pre- Grover Cleveland Birthplace, 973-751-0178 Library of Congress, Prints The society maintains a collection of 18th miere industrial, and Photographs Division, Weequahic County Golf Course, Newark and 19th century furniture, paintings, and Sports! commercial and LC-G613-76699 Rickey Henderson; courtesy Newark Bears Park; Essex County South Mountain Arena; photos by Glen Frieson Golf at Essex County Weequahic History! Thomas Edison; Library 973-923-1838 decorative arts at two museums: Crane financial hub. of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, House, a 1796 Greek Revival home, and From first base New Jersey Jackals Baseball Other Public Courses Ballantine House, Newark LC-USZ62-67859 Evergreens, a turn-of-the-century mansion to the fairway and Upper Montclair Fernwood Golf Club, Roseland 973-596-6550 with a panoramic view of the Manhattan ▼ ▼ points in between, 973-746-7434 www.jackals.com 973-226-3200 www.newarkmuseum.org/ skyline. pages/collections/balhse.htm sports excitement Four-time champions since their start in 1998, isn’t far away in the Jackals showcase a hard-hitting brand of Experience life in the opulent Victorian New Jersey Historical Society, Newark Essex. Whether minor league baseball at Yogi Berra Stadium era at the home of brewing magnate 973-596-8500 ▼ www.jerseyhistory.org you’re cheering for on the campus of Montclair State University. ESSEXCOUNTYTOWNS John Holme Ballantine. This National The state’s oldest cultural institution your team in the Historic Landmark is part of the offers collections, exhibits and programs grandstand at the Lincoln statue at Old Essex County Courthouse; photo by Glen Frieson Newark Bears Baseball, Newark Newark Museum. that chronicle New Jersey’s rich political, county’s state-of- 973-848-1000 ▼ www.newarkbears.com social, cultural and economic history. the-art stadium in Cathedral Basilica of Rickey Henderson and Jose Canseco are just Newark or creating FAIRFIELD the Sacred Heart, Newark two of the former major leaguers who have Old Essex County Courthouse, Newark your own sports 973-484-4600 joined up-and-coming stars to bring big-league NORTH 973-621-4400 ▼ www.essexcountynj.org memories on the CALDWELL ▼ www.cathedralbasilica.org excitement to New Jersey’s largest city.