Our Montclair

For as long as there's been jazz music, there's been jazz music in Montclair. Long before the DLV Lounge was a venue for jazz music, it was a welcome home for musicians, and for the Black community as Montclair lived its own struggles and triumphs with integration. The lounge celebrated its 50th anniversary this month. Owner George Marable, 83, and jazz historian Bruce Tyler sat down with Shane Paul Neil for the latest edition of "Our Montclair," Montclair Local's video and podcast series exploring the art, activism, culture and lived experience of Montclair. See the video and read the story @ Montclair Local: https://www.montclairlocal.news/jazz-music-black-community-and-50-years-of-montclairs-dlv-lounge-our-montclair/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A big thanks to Bob Feinberg and Bob Hall of Montclair Film for taking time out of a VERY busy week to our own Shane Paul Neil yesterday — discussing how the Montclair Film Festival has become an absolute institution in our arts community. For this episode of Shane's "Our Montclair," we decided to forgo the usual advance promo of a "live" watch — Montclair Film is coming up fast and we wanted to get it right to you! And we have another episode coming up tomorrow, with Evie Colbert! Stay tuned! Meanwhile, get ready for the festival! Some major highlights here: https://www.montclairlocal.news/2021/09/24/maggie-gyllenhaal-speaks-with-stephen-colbert-at-montclair-film-festival-2021-full-lineup-announced/ You can always find more from Our Montclair at MontclairLocal.news/OurMontclairSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chavarría family came to Montclair, N.J. as refugees from Nicaragua with virtually nothing. They stayed in the Immaculate Conception Church, and relied on smartphones for internet access, even as their daughter started attending Montclair schools. When the pandemic hit, everything changed. For the Chavarría family, getting access to devices was a manageable challenge — understanding systems different than those back home, made for native English speakers was another. This episode of Our Montclair was produced from interviews by host Shane Paul Neil and Montclair Local's Diego Jesus Bartesaghi Mena and Louis C. Hochman. Read the full story: https://www.montclairlocal.news/2021/09/15/a-refugee-familys-journey-bridging-digital-and-language-divides-our-montclair/ Find Our Montclair: Facebook.com/MontclairLocal MontclairLocal.news/OurMontclair See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us at 7 p.m. in the chat! Shane Paul Neil is back with Episode 4 of "Our Montclair." In this installment, Montclair Local editor Lou Hochman interviews Shane about his own experiences, his own ideas about connection, empathy, inclusion — and where "Our Montclair" is going. Shane stresses: We all have blind spots. We all call learn. "Our Montclair" is a monthly podcast and video series exploiring the art, activism, culture and connections among people in Montclair. Find it here at Facebook.com/MontclairLocal and MontclairLocal.news/OurMontclair. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This time for Our Montclair, host Shane Paul Neil speaks with Montclair HS graduating senior Zora Troupe about growing up fast. She and other grads came of age amid a pandmic, and social justice movements that took people of all ages to the streets. How does that shape them as young adults?Our Montclair's latest video is at at Facebook.com/MontclairLocal (premiering 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 23.)Get the podcast on Apple, Google or your favorite service. "Our Montclair" is a product of Montclair Local Nonprofit News in cooperation with Good Talk Productions. Email us: OurMontclair@MontclairLocal.newsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this second episode of "Our Montclair," host Shane Paul Neil visits the Human Needs Food Pantry, where they're "seeing people who never dreamt they’d be on a food line."In 2020, Human Needs was visited more than 49,000 times. Those visits included 12,000 children. Everyone was given food."Our Montclair” is a new video and podcast series featuring the art, the activism, the outreach and the connections among people in Montclair. Find the video at Facebook.com/MontclairLocal (this episode premieres 7 p.m. EST, May 26) and on your favorite Podcast App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this premiere episode of "Our Montclair," we speak to visual artist Armando "OutThere" Diaz and tapdancer Maurice Chestnut about their collaboration — the wordless short film "Rhythms for George." In the improvised film, Chestnut dances in front of a Montclair fence featuring the faces of people killed by police. Tap was a medium borne out of slaves' need to communicate without their masters really understanding, Chestnut recalls. He says it's "ind of like hip-hop is today.” More from Our Montclair at MontclairLocal.news/OurMontclair. See the video: Facebook.com/MontclairLocal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.