Colson Whitehead: Crook Manifesto
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesSucceed2gether'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 StatesMondays | 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 StatesMondays | 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 StatesTuesdays | 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 StatesWednesdays | 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 StatesThursdays | 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 StatesSucceed2gether'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 StatesMondays | 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 StatesJoin 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 StatesWednesdays | 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 StatesThursdays | 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 StatesThursdays | 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 StatesMondays | 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, MontclairJoin 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 StatesJoin 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 StatesJoin 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 ...
Frank Bruni-‘The Age of Grievance’
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesJoin us on Friday, May 3rd at 7PM as Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival welcomes bestselling author and journalist Frank Bruni in conversation about The Age of Grievance From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left. The twists ...
Ann Napolitano-‘Within Arm’s Reach’
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesJoin us on Saturday, May 4th at 5:20PM as Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival welcomes New York Times best-selling author of Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano. She will be in discussion about her first book Within Arm's Reach, originally published in 2004, and this special paperback edition now reissued 20 years later! Within Arm's Reach is the tender and perceptive debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful, about three generations of a large Catholic ...
Harlan Coben-‘Think Twice’
The Sanctuary, First Congregational Church 40 Sth Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, United StatesJoin us on Tuesday May 14 at 7PM as Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival welcomes Harlan Coben on the publication day of his new novel, 'Think Twice'. How can a man who’s already dead be wanted for murder? Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: ...
Rachel Kushner ‘Creation Lake’
The Sanctuary, Unitarian Universalist Congregation 67 Church St, MontclairJoin us on Thursday, November 21st, at 7 p.m at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair as Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival welcomes Rachel Kushner in conversation about Creation Lake with Jake Silverstein, editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine and the author of Nothing Happened and Then It Did, a novelized memoir. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD* *AN ...