We expect all of the live, in-person events on our calendar will be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. With that in mind, we are encouraging 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
College Women's Club of Montclair
Friends Of Anderson Park
Moline Kronberg Cleaners
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
Bonni Babson
Fondly remembering Norton!
John and Janice Benton
Gene and Joan Bloch
In memory of Jean Kidd
Gerald and Linda Blume
Carol Brown
In memory of Jean Kidd and Betty Dallery
Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker
Ellen and Robert Campbell
Dedicated to Catherine Howe
Deana and Robert Campion
In memory of Jean Kidd
Shirley M. Cobert
Patricia Colagiuri
In memory of Jean Kidd
Kathleen Comini
Terrance and Charlene Connolly
Susann and Jim Connors
Cynthia Corhan-Aitken
Molly Cotton
Dedicated to Judy & Harris Zinn
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 loving memory of my sister Janice
Alica and Peter Giuffra
Laurie and Bruce Goodman
Randy Simon & Lee Greenberger
Judy Greene
Linda Grotenstein
In memory of Jean Kidd
Donna and Jim Hains
In dedication to Caroline & John Hains and John Dale
Peter and Deborah Hirsch
In dedication to The Garden Club of Montclair
Eric and Diana von Hoffmann
Sharon Hurwich
In memory of Elaine Rapaport
Elizabeth Jefferson and Bob Petrus
Dedicated to the Reverend Kim Jefferson
Ann and Tom Johnson
In memory of Jean Kidd
Mary Lee and Dave Jones
In memory of Jean Kidd
Karen Keating
Carolyn Lack
In memory of Jean Kidd
Susan and Norman Ladov
Peter and Bebe Landis
In memory of Jean Kidd
Lyle Landon
Anna Mae Maas
Rich & Annie McMahon
Robert & Peggy McMillan
Dedicated to Mary McMillan
Tracy McVeigh and Andrew Melitz
Oneida Mendez-Laws
Barbara and Robert Meyer
Joyce Michaelson
In memory of Jean Kidd
Jory and Deborah Miller
Robert and Joyce Mims
Deborah & William Moran
Rita Nadler
Sherri Neuwirth
Janet Orr
Addie Palmer
Susie Price
Celia Radek
In memory of Jean Kidd
Lisanne Renner and Adam Grace
Judy & Robert Rich
Cynthia and John Rogers
Marcia S. Rogers
Maggie Rothman
Barbara Rudy and Douglas Conway
Christine and Bob Russo
Daryl E. Savage
Robin and Ken Schlager
Karen Shinevar
Denise and Paul Silverman
Rita Singer
Councilor Sean Spiller
Stocks Family Fund
Patty and Tage Strom
Michele Tomasik
Dedicated to Chloe and Alexander
C.Y. and Bill Treene
Michele and Cal Trevenen
In memory of Jean Kidd
Judy and Bill Turner
Sharon Burton Turner and Lincoln Turner
Lois Whipple
Karen and Larry Whitehaus
Margaret Whitsett
Leslie Wiesner
Clare and Mike Winchester
Nancy Wolff
Hal and Brigitte Wolkoff
In memory of Lawrence Wolkoff
