In 2021 our Music City team produced the 6th annual Music City Festival: Dancing in the Streets. This was our largest Music City Festival yet, and a pivotal moment for our team to reflect on and articulate Music City’s analysis, work, and organizing strategy. Here you will find an essay written by Douglas Farrand, Molly …
UofO’s 14th annual Placemaking event is a four-week series of workshops on Community Land Trusts and alternate development and cooperative models. This course includes an overview of housing rights and development issues with opportunities to get involved in organizing efforts. Program Week 1 – April 11, 7 – 8 pm (EST) Guests: Dominic T. Moulden …
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Four week virtual reading group of “Homeboy Came to Orange” by Ernest Thompson and Mindy Thompson Fullilove As a part of Jan Term 2022: Year of the Programmatic Tiger, UofOrange hosted a four week, free, virtual reading group of “Homeboy Came to Orange”, the memoirs of Ernest Thompson, co-written by his daughter and UofOrange co-founder …
Thursday February 4th, 6:30PM EST Join Earth Arts Center founder for an introductory lecture on Mycology, and the practical applications of mushrooms for a more sustainable future. This class will be led by Cloud, an environmentalist, activist and artist living in New York. She completed her apprenticeship at Flower Power Herbs and Roots and has …
Friday’s January 29th and February 5th starting at 5:30PM EST This year’s Jan Term will have the theme Mushrooms and Marx and we want to think collectively and ecologically about the needs of our cities at this time. This year one of our virtual field trip offerings for Jan Term is Stroll ‘n Scroll and …
As a part of UofO’s Reading Group for Mindy Fullilove’s book Main Street we are offering three walks: A Box-Circle-Line walk of Orange’s Main Street on October 31st (~2 miles) on October 31st from 1-3PM A Transect Walk from Maplewood to Montclair (~8 miles) on November 1st starting at 10:30am A Transect Walk following the Orange Line …
We invite you to join the University of Orange in a reading group and urbanism series that will celebrate the launch of Main Street: How A City’s Heart Connects Us All by Essex County’s own Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD. Register for free here. For information on the facilitated Stroll and Scroll walks as a part of …
Join Mindy Fullilove, MD and Landscape Architect Stephen Panasci in a presentation and discussion of Mindy’s newly installed garden. They’ll discuss what it means to design a garden with a sense of place along with ways to incorporate ecologically beneficial plantings and a sustainable edible garden. With COVID-19 disruptions to our daily lives, outdoor spaces …
Join Yamina Nater-Otero on the University of Orange’s Digital Campus to explore the world of bird watching! You’ll learn how to identify birds commonly seen in Orange, and discover new ways to explore your neighborhood. This online workshop will also explore current issues of equity and diversity in bird watching, the white-washed history and culture …
‘Quaranzine’ making and reflecting on place and public space with Ayako Maruyama.
