Taylor Jenkins Reid ‘Carrie Soto is Back’

Temple Ner Tamid 936 Broad St, Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States

Bestselling author and #BookTok favorite author Taylor Jenkins Reid is back in Montclair with Carrie Soto is Back, her only NJ event! We're thrilled to welcome author of Daisy Jones & The Six, Malibu Rising, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid on Wednesday August 31 at 7 p.m. Taylor will be live and in person talking about her ...

Maggie O’Farrell ‘The Marriage Portrait’

The Sanctuary, Unitarian Universalist Congregation 67 Church St, Montclair

We're so excited to welcome National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and Women's Prize for Fiction winner, author of Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell to Montclair on Wednesday October 19 at 7 p.m. Maggie will be live and in person talking about her new book The Marriage Portrait. This will be her only NJ event. Full of the beauty and emotion with which she illuminated the ...

Hugh Bonneville ‘Playing Under the Piano’

Temple Ner Tamid 936 Broad St, Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States

Join us for a night of laughs and entertainment with one of today's best-loved British actors, Hugh Bonneville, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill and Paddington.Hugh will be live and in person talking about his moving memoir Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru on Tuesday November 15 at 7 p.m. This is an NJ exclusive! Whether ...

Jon Meacham ‘And There Was Light’

Online Event New Jersey, United States

Hear Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham discuss his new book And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle in an online event on THURSDAY DECEMBER 8 (NEW DATE) at 7 p.m. (EST). Jon will be in conversation with Rutgers University professor and political historian Louis Masur. In this new illuminating portrait, Meacham chronicles the life of Lincoln ...

Colson Whitehead: Crook Manifesto

The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United States

Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival and Montclair Public Library's Open Book/Open Mind series are delighted to welcome two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead to discuss the latest installment of his Harlem saga, Crook Manifesto, a hugely entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. Colson will be live and in person on Saturday, September 23, at 4 p.m, in conversation ...

Read Along Project with Konnekt Global

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Mondays | 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Grades 1st-3rd and Grades 4th-6th | October 2, 16, 23, 30 | In person  Taught by students from Konnekt Global, an organization run by children of first-generation immigrants who wish to give back to their community and bridge the gap caused by a lack of education and opportunities.  Students will gain a better understanding of what ...

Chess with Steve Moctezuma

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Mondays | 5:15-6:15 p.m. | Grades 3rd-12th | October 2, 16, 23, 30 & November 6, 13 | In person  Chess coach Steve Moctezuma has taught enrichment chess classes and summer chess camps at S2G and other schools for many years. Win, lose, or draw, chess promotes good sportsmanship, resilience, and creative problem solving skills. Students will be given mini-chess lessons ...

GirlsLab – STEM

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Tuesdays | 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Grades 4th-6th | October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 & November 14 | In person  Taught by Grace Rendino, a senior at the Montclair Kimberley Academy, who recently attended a semester abroad with the School for Ethics and Global Leadership at the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. Grace is passionate about STEM, and also enjoys reading ...

Junior Gardeners

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Wednesdays | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Grades K-5th | October 4, 11, 18, 25 & November 1, 8 | In person Run by Montclair Community Farms, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to educating and engaging the community around farm, food, and health. In this class, Junior Gardeners will learn about the essentials of growing their own food including seeding, cultivating healthy soil, ...

Hip-Hop Dance

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Thursdays | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Grades 1st-5th | October 5, 12, 19, 26 | In person  Dance teacher Mia Freeman This hip-hop style dance class is a fun way to improve your dance skills. Anyone can participate in this class whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or more advanced. Class will start with a short warm-up before we begin to ...

Tracy K. Smith: To Free the Captives

Presentation Hall, School of Communication & Media, Montclair State University 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, United States

Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival is thrilled to invite you to an evening with former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet Tracy K. Smith To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul, a self-examination study on memory, family, and history, exploring how we might come together to a new view of our shared past. In 2020, heartsick ...

STEM for Boys

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Mondays | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Grades 4th-5th | January 8, 22, 29 & February 5 | In person  Taught by Jake, a Junior at Montclair Kimberley Academy who loves all things STEM related!  Want to fall in love with STEM? Learning STEM can be fun. Students will learn math and science in fun ways with interactive equations and experiments! Application ...

Pathways Forward meeting January 2024

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Join us for the Pathways Forward monthly meeting on Monday, January 8, 2024. You will meet Yasmine Perry, the Director of Pathways Forward/Co-Director of Tutoring. We will follow up with current Pathways Forward pairs and check in with new pairs. We will separate into two groups, students in grades 8-10 and then in grades 11-12 (college/vocational oriented). All current and ...

Read Along Project with Konnekt Global

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Wednesdays | 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Grades 1st-3rd & 4th-6th | January 10, 17, 24, 31  | In person  Taught by students from Konnekt Global, an organization run by children of first-generation immigrants who wish to give back to their community and bridge the gap caused by a lack of education and opportunities.  Students will gain a better understanding of what they ...

Hip-Hop Dance

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Thursdays | 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Grades 1st-5th | January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 8 | In person  Dance teacher Mia Freeman This hip-hop style dance class is a fun way to improve your dance skills. Anyone can participate in this class whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or more advanced. Class will start with a short warm-up before ...

Computer Programming

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Thursdays | 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Grades 6th-8th | January 11, 18, 25 & February 1, 8 | In person  Taught by 11th-grade student Tim S., who has been working on a variety of programming projects and courses (mainly in Python) consistently for around four years. His goal is to teach curious new students how to get started in the computer ...

Chess with Steve Moctezuma

11 Pine Street, Montclair, NJ 07042 11 Pine Street, Montclair, United States

Mondays | 5:15-6:15 p.m. | Grades 3rd-12th | January 22, 29 & February 5 | In person  Chess coach Steve Moctezuma has taught enrichment chess classes and summer chess camps at S2G and other schools for many years. Win, lose, or draw, chess promotes good sportsmanship, resilience, and creative problem solving skills. Students will be given mini-chess lessons and opportunities to ...

Rebecca Makkai: I Have Some Questions for You

The Sanctuary, Unitarian Universalist Congregation 67 Church St, Montclair

Join us on Thursday, February 22, at 7 p.m as we kick off Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival's first event of 2024 with Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-finalist Rebecca Makkai talking about her New York Times bestseller and "twisty, immersive whodunit" I Have Some Questions for You. Rebecca will be in conversation with award-winning and bestselling author of The Buddha ...

David Baldacci-‘A Calamity of Souls’

Student Center Ballroom, Montclair State University 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ, United States

  Join us on Saturday, April 27th at 10AM as Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival welcomes New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci in conversation about 'A Calamity of Souls'. 'A Calamity of Souls' is set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they ...

Viet Thanh Nguyen-‘A Man of Two Faces’

The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United States

Join us on Tuesday, April 30th at 7PM as Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival Co-sponsored with AAPI Montclair welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation about A Man of Two Faces. With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life. He expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories ...