

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Anthony DePalma, "On This Ground" with Dale Russakoff
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Watchung Booksellers welcomes Anthony DePalma, author of "On this Ground: Hardship and Hope at the Toughest Prep School in America," in conversation with Dale Russakoff on Thursday, Feb 5 at 7 p.m. 

"On This Ground" is the remarkable story of hope, determination, and resilience at St. Benedict’s Prep, a celebrated school in Newark, New Jersey; the students who thrive there; and a community that refused to let its children’s education become a casualty of a growing racial divide.

In a warm, reverent voice, veteran New York Times reporter and New Jersey native Anthony DePalma takes us through St. Benedict’s hallways, classrooms, and the streets of the complicated city of Newark to illuminate the astonishing ability to alter your own destiny, and how ultimately triumphant life can be, despite the trials, when leaders keep their promises and kids who are usually rejected are given the love they deserve.

Tickets are $5 ($7 at the door) and include a 10% discount on the book purchased at the event.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/montclair/anthony-depalma-on-this-ground-with-dale-russakoff/200029625486540
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://watchungbooksellers.com/events/4153920260205?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=montclair-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Montclair
- **state**: NJ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 44 Fairfield St, Montclair, NJ 07042-4137, United States
- **lat**: 40.8294
- **long**: -74.2059
- **full address**: 44 Fairfield St, Montclair, NJ 07042-4137, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Watchung Booksellers (https://allevents.in/org/watchung-booksellers/7768403)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 44 Fairfield St, Montclair, NJ 07042-4137, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Watchung Booksellers
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Anthony DePalma, "On This Ground" with Dale Russakoff ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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