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Broadway legend Chita Rivera to kick off Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival

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originally published: 03/02/2023

Broadway legend Chita Rivera to kick off Succeed2gether

PHOTO BY LAURA MARIE DUNCAN

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) --Broadway legend Chita Rivera will kick off the seventh annual Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival on Thursday May 4, 2023. Chita will discuss her long-awaited memoir Chita: A Memoir with celebrated stage and screen actress and Montclair local Laura Benanti.

Tickets cost $35/55 and include a pre-signed copy of the book. Tickets are available for purchase online.

The festival will be held from Wednesday May 3 to Monday May 8, with Festival Day on Saturday May 6, 2023, and feature student readings, book talks, discussion panels, children’s activities, a community session on banned books, and the always popular Poetry Café. 

Other confirmed authors include Margo Jefferson, Deb Perelman, Mary Beth Keane, Mary Louise Kelly, DT Max, Neil Baldwin, Jai Chakrabarti, Amy Poeppel, Kwame Alexander, and more!

“Now more than ever, Succeed2gether’s Montclair Literary Festival is committed to bringing authors to Montclair to discuss their books in a welcoming environment,” said Marcia Marley, Festival Chair.



 
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The majority of events are free and will be held in person either outside in tents or in the Montclair Public Library and the First Congregational Church. 

S2G’s Montclair Literary Festival is the premier literary festival in New Jersey. Since its inception seven years ago, the festival has attracted acclaimed authors including Elizabeth Alexander, Jennifer Egan, Don Winslow, Trevor Noah, Patti Smith, Malcolm Gladwell, Isabel Allende, Henry Winkler, Douglas Stuart, Don Lemon, Jane Fonda, Paul Krugman, Erik Larson, Colm Tóibín, Alan Cumming, Min Jin Lee, Chelsea Clinton, Salman Rushdie, and Paul Auster. 

Montclair-based Succeed2gether launched S2G’s Montclair Literary Festival in 2017 to promote literacy and reading for all, and to celebrate reading, literature, and Montclair’s vibrant and diverse literary scene. S2G’s Montclair Literary Festival raises funds and awareness for the work of Succeed2gether, a non-profit organization that addresses unequal access to educational resources by providing free, high-quality enrichment and academic programs and a post-high-school pathway to children in need from Montclair and Essex County, New Jersey.



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EVENT CALENDAR

ART | COMEDY | DANCE | MUSIC | THEATRE | COMMUNITY

DANIEL HOPE: ZURICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: music


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HPL & PPL: Frida Kahlo: Dreams, Demons, and Devotion

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 7:00pm
Hopewell Theater
5 S. Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, NJ 08525
category: community


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Visiting Writers - Katherine Dykstra

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 4:30pm
Monmouth University - The Great Hall
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: community


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Seton Hall University Faculty Jazz Ensemble

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 @ 7:30pm
South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC)
One Sopac Way, South Orange, NJ 07079
category: music


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Rhythm India: Bollywood and Beyond

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 @ 7:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: dance


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MUSE - CIRQUE FLIP FABRIQUE

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: dance


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George Street Playhouse presents "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 @ 8:00pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) - The Arthur Laurents Theater
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: theatre


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WP Music WP Piano Night: Transcriptions and JS Bach WTC 300th Anniversary

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 @ 7:00pm
Shea Recital Hall 101
300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470
category: music


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