We are hopeful that the situation with the pandemic will allow live, in-person events to return this year. In addition to those in-person events, we continiue to encourage all organizations that are able to host online, virtual events to add those to the calendar, regardless of the event date.
Please stay safe, everyone!
What were you doing in 1979? Watching the solar eclipse, disco dancing, or maybe using the first-ever DustBuster? In Montclair, some very special women were meeting for the first time. Their mission: to beautify the natural landscape of the town and celebrate the spirit of their community.
Betty Dallery and Jean Kidd were among the small group of residents with a simple, beautiful idea: plant bulbs in the fall and then, when the bulbs are blooming in the spring, distribute a calendar of special events around town. Donations from the residents would cover the cost of the bulbs and advertising from local businesses would pay for the publication. Now almost forty years later 'May in Montclair' remains a vital volunteer-driven initiative that beautifies the town and showcases the best of what the town has to offer.
Bulbs by the thousands are ordered in September, arrive by November, and Vice Chair Cyndee Rowan (whose children are fifth generation Montclairians) transforms her garage into the tulip/daffodil depot where committee members bag, label, and deliver to eager volunteers planters all over town - in schools, gardening groups, park conservancies, houses of worship, and in the business districts. From Canterbury to Tuers, and Kaveny Field to Edgemont, the town fills the flowerbeds for a spectacular spring display.
Volunteers are even more important this year than ever before. After forty years, the bulbs are now funded SOLELY by tulip project donations.
Springtime events all around town continue to be showcased in the MIM website Calendar of Events. Opening day ceremonies will take place in Watchung Plaza on May 1st. The school children's musical performance will continue as a beautiful community celebration to kick off May in Montclair.
It is a month-long festival of art shows, concerts, garden tours, health and exercise programs, fairs and markets presented to make people feel good about living, working, shopping, and spending leisure time as they celebrate the spirit that is Montclair.
Bellevue Avenue Dental Associates
Dedicated to Jacqueline Mason
Friends Of Anderson Park
Montclair Community Band
Partners For Health
Town Auto Body
Upper Montclair Dental Associates
Woman's Club of Upper Montclair
Frances Adams
In memory of Jean Kidd
Penny and Mitchell Arons
John and Janice Benton
Gene Bloch
In memory of Joan and Jean
Gerald and Linda Blume
Carol Brown
In memory of Jean Kidd, Betty Dallery, and Joan Bloch
Ellen and Robert Campbell
Dedicated to Catherine Howe
Deana and Robert Campion
In memory of Joan Bloch
Shirley M. Cobert
Patricia Colagiuri
In memory of Jean Kidd
Kathleen Comini
The Aitken Family
Molly Cotton
In memory of Peter Cotton
Laura Couchman
In memory of my Mom,Jean Kidd
Maria and Jerry W. Czin
Grace and John DePaola
Michael and Eileen Diaz
Maureen Donahoe
Emer Featherstone
In memory of Jean Kidd
Susan Helman and Michael Frank & Family
Blaine and Lynda Frantz
Ethelyn L. Fulton
In memory of all those who have lost their lives to Covid
Alica and Peter Giuffra
Laurie and Bruce Goodman
Lisanne Renner and Adam Grace
Randy Simon & Lee Greenberger
Judy Greene
Donna and Jim Hains
In dedication to Susan Moore
Peter and Deborah Hirsch
In dedication to The Garden Club of Montclair
Eric and Diana von Hoffmann
Robert and Cheryl Jackson
Elizabeth Jefferson and Bob Petrus
Dedicated to Carla Horowitz
Mary Lee and Dave Jones
In memory of Jean Kidd
The Keating Family
Maxim Klimov
Carolyn Lack
In memory of Jean Kidd
Susan and Norman Ladov
Patricia LaDuca
James & Josephine LaDuca
Mary Ann and Cliff Lindholm
Karen McCarthy
In memory of Mary Francis Henderson
Robert & Peggy McMillan
Dedicated to Mary McMillan - the essense of a Montclair Lady
Oneida Mendez-Laws
Barbara and Robert Meyer
Joyce Michaelson
In memory of Cyndee's parents
Jory and Deborah Miller
Robert and Joyce Mims
In memory of Jean Kidd
Sherri Neuwirth
Janet Orr
Adelaide Palmer
Paul and Mary Ellen Palmeri
Susie Price
Celia Radek
In memory of Joan Bloch
Marcia S. Rogers
Maggie Rothman
Christine and Bob Russo
Daryl E. Savage
Robin and Ken Schlager
Virginia Scott Fleming
Rita Singer
Mayor Sean Spiller
Stocks Family Fund
Derek Stordahl and Jody Suden
Sarah Stransky and Robin Vitullo
Patty and Tage Strom
Michele Tomasik
For Dorothy
C.Y. and Bill Treene
Michele and Cal Trevenen
In memory of Jean Kidd
Sharon Burton Turner and Lincoln Turner
Viridian Incorporated
Karen and Larry Whitehaus
Margaret Whitsett
Leslie and Barry Wiesner
Hal and Brigitte Wolkoff
In memory of Lawrence Wolkoff
Councilor Peter Yacobellis
