What’s happening the week of November 9, 2023.

Rich and creamy, sweet and spicy — Let’s do the show!

We rewind to SOMA Studio Tour, Artie’s crostini, Pickett’s happy hour, voting, Ukraine Update lecture, Botanica Boutique, and Sweet Vermouth merch. We’re looking forward to Sharp Shooters Cheese Class, The Lenape–Their Legacy and History in NJ, the Great Storage Cleanout, OLS Tricky Tray, Maplewood Record Fair, Chat GPT discussion, and the MAPSO Family Follies!

We’ve got Pie Things to Know this week with Christmas tree pre-orders at General Store and pies, pies, pies! Get your Thanksgiving preorders in, and check out the newly opened Sunday Pie Shop. 

And VOTE in our Thanksgiving Pie Bracket on Instagram! What will be the locally-made favorite pie? We’re pitting eight unique locally-made pies against each other and you get to help pick the winner! Starts Friday!

LINKS:

Sweet Vermouth Merch

Maplewood Library

Mapso Family Follies

Botanica Boutique

Sunday Pie Shop

What’s happening the week of November 2, 2023.

It’s Studio Tour weekend, y’all! Grab yourself a warm cup of SOMAPSO and get comfortable for this week’s episode!

We recap spooky season and discuss which giant spiders are the scariest, the Noiré grand opening, Diwali Fest, and the Maplewood Village Halloween Parade.

We’re looking forward to the Unveiled art exhibit and Studio Tour (surprise!), the [solo] project at Village Hall with Mike Choi, South Orange Crush at SO Elks First Fridays, John Oates at SOPAC, Trivia Night at Fox and Falcon benefiting Jespy House, and gingerbread house workshop at Durand-Hedden House.

Three things to know with the Gen-Wealth Group coat drive, Maplewood Library digital device clinics, a Mapso Family Follies Update, and Sweet Vermouth merch!

LINKS:

SOMA Studio Tour

South Orange Crush

The GenWealth Coat Drive

Mapso Family Follies

Sweet Vermouth Merch

What’s happening the week of October 26, 2023.

It’s the spookiest week of the year and we kick things off with ghost stories and skeletons. 

We rewind to the Adult School Decades Dance Party, Boss Molly, Manufacturer’s Village, and Two Guys Who Sell Cake. 

We’re looking ahead to General Store Shops and Cafe Halloween Party, Noiré Dispensary Grand Opening, Jack the Ripper, the Repair Cafe, the Maplewood Library Book Sale, Rocket Improv, Unveiled, Dia de la Muertos, and the Halloween Parade (whew! that’s a lot!). 

Three things with a new record store, Mapso Family Follies, MAPSOScary, SOPL air Pods contest, and NEW SWEET VERMOUTH MERCH!!

Are we just three mice in a rat costume The world may never know. Enjoy spooky week everyone!

LINKS:

Studio Tour

Two Guys Who Sell Cake

Dia de la Muertos

Repair Cafe

Brainiac Records

SOPL Air Pods contest

Sweet Vermouth Merch

What’s happening the week of October 19, 2023.

With a chill in the air and goats on our backs, we are ready to tell you everything that’s happening this week!

We rewind to Art Walk & Music Fest, 14c, Wild Ginger Thai food, Porta Rossa, and True Salvage Cafe.

We’re looking forward to the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School Decades Dance Party, Soultown to Motown, Painters in the Park, Village Hall Oktoberfest, Little Shop of Horror with Ordinary Kids NJ, Goatober Goat Yoga, Local Author Day, and the Critical Mass Bike Ride.

Three things (plus) with leaf collection, voting lines, CHS marching band and Lauryn Hill, and the Maplewood Library time capsule.

If you want us, you can find us at the Into Rum Library or the Little Shop of Harbors.

LINKS:

Maplewood Library Time Capsule Suggestion Form

Decades Dance Party

Ordinary Kids NJ

Mapso Family Follies

SOMA Studio Tour

MAPSO Podso

Boss Molly Bourbon

What’s happening the week of October 12, 2023.

Pop open your trunk and grab some loose change and candy dots, because there is a lot happening this week!

We rewind to 1978 open gallery hours, South Orange Community Day, Manet/Degas lecture with Janet Mandel, Belly, and tiny planes. 

We’re looking ahead to Maplewood Art Walk & Music Fest, Hola Fest, 14c, Carnival Dogs with Mike Choi, Journaling and Yoga, and the Watershed Literary Event. 

Three-ish Things with voter registration, Trunk or Treat, Socktober, MAPSO follies, and a new business.

This week’s episode is sponsored by the SOMA Studio Tour, Nov 4 & 5 across Maplewood and South Orange.

SOMAPSO: the perfect podcast to listen to while darning socks.

LINKS:

Maplewood Art Walk & Music Fest

SOMA Studio Tour

MAPSO Family Follies

Hola Fest

Taylor Swift Eras Tour Movie

Belly in Boston (Can you see Cat?)

What’s happening the week of November 17, 2022.

Cat and Chrissy take you through what's happening in South Orange and Maplewood this week, including a calendar rundown.

We look ahead to the Daniel Featherstone photography exhibit, Charm and Necessity, and the Makers Fair.

Cat gives you Three Things You Need To Know this week.

What’s happening the week of November 10, 2022.

Cat and Chrissy take you through what's happening in South Orange and Maplewood this week, including a calendar rundown.

We look ahead to the Ovation Art opening, block printing, CBD and Paint, and fondue drippies.

Cat gives you Three Things You Need To Know this week, we learn some French, and do some time traveling.

What’s happening the week of November 3, 2022.

Cat and Chrissy take you through what's happening in South Orange and Maplewood this week, including a calendar rundown.

We look ahead to the Studio Tour, Perch Yuletide Emporium, Darlingside, and the Ovation Art opening.

Cat gives you Three Things You Need To Know this week (plus one). And, we do our very first interview with Jeremy Moss, curator at the Herb + Milly Iris Gallery at SOPAC.

What’s happening the week of October 20, 2022.

Cat and Chrissy take you through what's happening in South Orange and Maplewood this week, including a calendar rundown.

We revisit Hola Fest, Diwali Fest, and the Craft Beer Tasting and look forward to the Maplewood Master Plan and Chuckle Patch Comedy Show.

Cat gives you Three Things You Need To Know this week. Plus, we figure out how Saint Bernards work. Maybe.