University of Orange

Steel Pan Classes (Youth Beginner, Youth Advanced, & Adult)
2026-02-24 16:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-17 16:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-10 16:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-03 16:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-27 16:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Steelpan Classes for Youth and Adults

The Steel Pan Ensemble of Orange offers opportunities for adults and children to learn and perform steel pan music.
The Steel Pan classes are designed to introduce people to playing Steelpans, musical instruments originating from Trinidad and Tobago. Participants will get introduced to playing the tenor pan, double guitar pan, double seconds pan, and four-bass pan. Classes are taught by local steel pan musician and educator Jevaun Grant.
Winter & Spring 2026 Classes:
Youth classes are currently open to students in middle school and high school. If you have a younger child interested please fill out the form and let us know.
Adult classes are open to any and all people above the age of 18.
Classes are currently scheduled for Tuesday evenings:

4:00PM for youth beginners
5:30PM for youth advanced
7PM for adults

Winter session runs from Tuesday January 27th weekly until March 17th. Spring session will run from March 31st until May 26th.
There will be performance opportunities throughout the Winter and Spring. Dates for most performance opportunities are TBD. Save the dates: May 15th, 16th, and 17th for the 10th annual Music City Festival here in Orange.
Classes are pay-what-you-can. We suggest a sliding scale, but donations of any amount are appreciated and the amount you can afford is not a factor in acceptance to the classes. Any questions about our pay-what-you-can model or inquiries about full scholarships can be sent to info@universityoforange.org
REGISTER FOR STEELPAN CLASS HERE

What's the Story? Memoir Writing Class - Winter 2026
2026-02-18 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-02-11 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-02-04 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-28 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
10-week virtual memoir class offered by UofO, taught by developmental editor Susan Hasho
The class is held on Wednesdays 11:00am to 12:15pm on Zoom, and will run January 21, 2026 – March 25, 2026.
What’s the Story? A Memoir Writing Class
Do you have some stories you’d like to tell? There may be stories about your life that you want to tell your children or grandchildren, perhaps about another country or culture you came from or your parents came from. Was there an experience that changed your life or your neighborhood? How about if you were in the military and you want to share something about that? If you have a desire to share or describe anything that you are fascinated by, care about or even want to change, this class is a place to do that.

Format
What’s the Story is a 10-week writing class that intends to provoke, free and guide anyone to write a memoir that reflects their own unique voice and life experience. This is a workshop-style interactive course. Participants will take turns sharing their work and have opportunities to receive feedback and guidance from the instructor and the other participants. There is also time to discuss technical skills, confront creative blocks, and set writing goals. All writing is done outside of class at your own pace.
Like all UofO events, this class is offered for free, but your tax-deductible donation goes a long way to cover the costs of delivering the course.
**If you are interested in joining this class, please email us at info@universityoforange.org to join the waitlist.**
Susan Hasho is a developmental editor which is an editor involved in the mysterious process of enabling writers and anyone interested in writing to find their way through the maze of expectations, judgment and even fear to find the true heart of what they want to write. She has trained and worked as an actor and writer, and moved into the advertising field to work as a copy editor for advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies. She began working with writers several years ago as an editor and it became her goal to teach a writing class that would enable people to be as free of self-criticism and inhibiting expectations as possible in order to write clearly and openly with joy.

February Solidarity Potluck - TEFF & Lunar New Year
2026-02-16 18:00 - 20:00 | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join us for our monthly solidarity potluck at the HUUB! This month we are celebrating the Lunar New Year, writing cards to immigrant families in detention, and hosting a screening of the Thomas Edison Film Festival. The film screening will be about an hour with thoughtful and lighthearted films by independent filmmakers from the US, Japan, China, and Kenya.
Bring a dish, bring a friend! We hope to see you there!
Potlucks meet from 6pm-8pm at the HUUB, 35 Cleveland Street.
Save the dates for more potlucks:

Monday, March 9th: Community Iftar
Monday, April 6th: Community Seder
Monday, May 18th
Monday, June 15th: UofO Graduation

Introducing Latin American Liberation Theology
2026-02-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Introducing Latin American Liberation Theology
3-session Mini Course, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, + Feb. 9
7pm-8pm ET on Zoom
Latin American Liberation Theology is one of the signal developments in spirituality and transformative politics in the post-WWII era. This three session mini-course will introduce the historical contexts, community practices, and basic concepts of Liberation Theology to all those interested in the liberatory and spiritual aspects of community-building. Leonardo Boff, a Brazilian theologian, captured the essence of the spirit of Liberation Theology when he wrote: “The process of liberation brings with it a profound conflict. Having the project be clear is not enough. What is necessary is a spirituality of resistance and of renewed hope to turn ever back to the struggle in the face of the defeats of the oppressed.” In a time of increasing conflict and struggle in our society, join us to renew your sense of hope by learning from our Latin American friends and fellow sojourners in the struggle for a better world.
Edgar Rivera Colón, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and ordained minister in The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TFAM) who provides pastoral accompaniment to tenant rights organizing groups, labor unions, and immigrant justice movements in Los Angeles. He offers spiritual direction for faith-based activists. He is a U of O board member and minister at Faith + Works Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Orange, NJ. He first encountered the practice and theory of Liberation Theology when he lived and worked in El Salvador and Nicaragua in the mid-1980s as a young Jesuit. He lives in East LA in a queer Latina multigenerational household with his nieces, their moms, and fury canine nephews Biscuit and Hans Solo.

Please register for this class here.

Spring Solidarity Potlucks
2026-01-21 18:00 - 20:00 | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join us for our monthly solidarity potluck at the HUUB!

Wednesday, January 21st
Monday, February 16th: Thomas Edison Film Festival
Monday, March 9th: Community Iftar
Monday, April 6th: Community Seder
Monday, May 18th
Monday, June 15th: UofO Graduation

Bring a dish, bring a friend! We hope to see you there!
Potlucks meet from 6pm-8pm at the HUUB, 35 Cleveland Street.

January Solidarity Potluck
2026-01-21 18:00 - 20:00 | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join us on Wednesday, January 21st for this month’s Solidarity Potluck at the HUUB! We will be celebrating 10 years of potlucks. Join us with a dish to share and a bring a friend!
Save the dates for upcoming potlucks:

Monday, February 16th: Thomas Edison Film Festival + Lunar New Year
Monday, March 9th: Community Iftar
Monday, April 6th: Community Seder
Monday, May 18th
Monday, June 15th: UofO Graduation

Bring a dish, bring a friend! We hope to see you there!
Potlucks meet from 6pm-8pm at the HUUB, 35 Cleveland Street.

Steelpan Classes (Adult)
2025-12-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-18 19:00 - 20:00 | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join the Steel Band of Orange!
Adult classes are open to any and all people above the age of 18.
Classes for adults are currently scheduled for Tuesday evenings at 7PM. Classes are currently slated to begin on Tuesday September 16th and run for 13 weeks (excluding Thanksgiving) through the end of December. If we have high enrollment there is a chance we will add a second day.
There will be performance opportunities throughout the Fall, and two culminating performances in December. Save the dates: Saturday 9/27 (early afternoon), Friday 12/5 (evening), and Wednesday 12/17 (evening).
Classes are pay-what-you-can. We suggest a sliding scale, but donations of any amount are appreciated and the amount you can afford is not a factor in acceptance to the classes. Any questions about our pay-what-you-can model or inquiries about full scholarships can be sent to info@universityoforange.org

REGISTER FOR STEELPAN CLASSES HERE

Steelpan Classes (Youth)
2025-12-16 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-12-09 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-12-02 17:30 - 18:30 | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join the Orange Steel Band!
Youth classes for Fall 2025 are currently open to students in middle school and high school. If you have a younger child interested please fill out the form and let us know.
Classes are currently scheduled for Tuesday evenings at 5:30PM. Classes are currently slated to begin on Tuesday September 16th and run for 13 weeks (excluding Thanksgiving) through the end of December.
There will be performance opportunities throughout the Fall, and two culminating performances in December. Dates. Save the dates: Saturday 9/27 (early afternoon), Friday 12/5 (evening), and Wednesday 12/17 (evening).
Classes are pay-what-you-can. We suggest a sliding scale, but donations of any amount are appreciated and the amount you can afford is not a factor in acceptance to the classes. Any questions about our pay-what-you-can model or inquiries about full scholarships can be sent to info@universityoforange.org
REGISTER FOR STEELPAN CLASSES HERE

December Solidarity Potluck
2025-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join us on Monday, December 15th for our last Monthly Solidarity Potluck of the year! We welcome all of our community to come out and mingle and bring a dish to share.
This month we will gather in the living room of Hale House (47 Cleveland St). During the potluck there will also be a “zine workshop for collective joy” in the newly reopened Norbert Capek Community Studio! The Norbert Capek Community Studio is a collective community art space in HUUB’s Hale House, named after former Faith+Works member and founder of the UU Flower Communion tradition. We look forward to holding more art activities and open studio days in the Capek Studio in the new year!

The potluck and zine-making start at 6pm. We hope to see you there!
Monday, December 15th, 6pm-8pm
The HUUB
47 Cleveland Street
Orange, NJ

Trini Holiday Party
2025-12-10 18:00 - 20:00 | The HUUB, inc, 35 Cleveland Street, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join University of Orange’s Steel Pan Band for their second annual Trini Holiday Party. Featuring live DJ, performances from the three community steel pan bands (adult, youth advanced, and youth beginner), and a potluck dinner! Bring a dish to share and a friend! Please RSVP here.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
6pm-8pm
The HUUB
35 Cleveland Street, Orange, NJ

Remembering Rosa
2025-12-05 18:30 | Heywood Avenue School, 421 Heywood Avenue, Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
Join us for our 10th annual Remembering Rosa: A Concert for Peace on December 5th at 6:30PM at Heywood Avenue School. The event, held in partnership with the Orange Public Schools and Ebenezer Baptist Church, will feature performances from OPS choirs, Ebenezer’s choir, and an intergenerational community choir (including a community choir + community steel pan band collaboration).

Friday, December 5th, 2025
6:30pm
Heywood Avenue School
421 Heywood Ave., Orange, NJ

Remembering Rosa Intergenerational Community Choir
2025-12-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Ebenezer Baptist Church, 153 William Street, Orange, 07050, United States
Join University of Orange’s Intergenerational Community Choir to sing in celebration of the 125th anniversary of Lift Every Voice and Sing! We will perform on this year’s 10th annual Remembering Rosa Concert for Peace on December 5th. Rehearsals are on Saturday November 1st and 15th at 10am, and Thursday December 4th at 6:30PM, all at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Orange. The final performance will be held on Friday, December 5th at Heywood Avenue School’s Auditorium.

Learn more and register here.

What's the Story? Memoir Writing Class - Fall 2025
2025-12-03 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-26 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-19 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
10-week virtual memoir class offered by UofO, taught by developmental editor Susan Hasho
The class is held on Wednesdays 11:00am to 12:15pm on Zoom, and will run October 1, 2025 – December 3, 2025.
What’s the Story? A Memoir Writing Class
Do you have some stories you’d like to tell? There may be stories about your life that you want to tell your children or grandchildren, perhaps about another country or culture you came from or your parents came from. Was there an experience that changed your life or your neighborhood? How about if you were in the military and you want to share something about that? If you have a desire to share or describe anything that you are fascinated by, care about or even want to change, this class is a place to do that.

Format
What’s the Story is a 10-week writing class that intends to provoke, free and guide anyone to write a memoir that reflects their own unique voice and life experience. This is a workshop-style interactive course. Participants will take turns sharing their work and have opportunities to receive feedback and guidance from the instructor and the other participants. There is also time to discuss technical skills, confront creative blocks, and set writing goals. All writing is done outside of class at your own pace.
Like all UofO events, this class is offered for free, but your tax-deductible donation goes a long way to cover the costs of delivering the course.
Please register for the class here.
Susan Hasho is a developmental editor which is an editor involved in the mysterious process of enabling writers and anyone interested in writing to find their way through the maze of expectations, judgment and even fear to find the true heart of what they want to write. She has trained and worked as an actor and writer, and moved into the advertising field to work as a copy editor for advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies. She began working with writers several years ago as an editor and it became her goal to teach a writing class that would enable people to be as free of self-criticism and inhibiting expectations as possible in order to write clearly and openly with joy.
