GENERAL: Banging on a Drum as a Way of Life

THERE are those who say you can’t re-create the past. Then there are those who attend Richard Reiter’s drum circles. Percussive Richard Reiter, 61, of Cedar Grove, has been hoisting his collection of 60 djembe and other African drums to locations across New Jersey since 2000. The participants vary, too: when he is not drumming in one of his regular spots, including the Outpost in the Burbs in Montclair, Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck or Rest Stop Rejuvenate in Rockaway, he is le...

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