River View Observer February 15-February 28,2023

THREE THREE JERSEY CITY JERSEY CITY FILMMAKERS SELECTED FILMMAKERS SELECTED FOR GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL

New Jersey’s Premier Independent Film Festival is celebrating its 21st Anniversary

March 23 – 26.

The internationally recognized Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) celebrates the independent film genre by bringing a carefully curated and enriching selection of original works from locally produced filmmakers as well as from around the world.

Among the selection of over 230 feature length Documentaries

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HUDSON HAPPENINGS

Submissions Still Open for Jersey City Comedy Festival June 7,8,9th

Art House Productions is proud to announce the return of the Jersey City Comedy Festival. This event is organized by Executive Artistic Director Meredith Burns, CoProducer Rich Kiamco, and the Art House staff. Submissions to be considered for the Comedy Festival lineup are open.

After a two year hiatus, the Jersey City Comedy Festival (JCCF) due to the pandemic, the fest will be back June 7, 8, 9, and 10. Submit your standup video at www.jerseycitycomedyfestival.com for the opportunity to

be selected for the 2023

JCCF.

Selected comedians will perform 4.5 minutes in one showcase on either JUNE 7, 8, or 9 between 6:30PM - 10:30PM

where they will be seen by an industry judge and audience. Two comics will advance from each showcase (1 audience pick + 1 industry pick) to perform 6 minutes in the final ‘Best Of The Fest’ show

on Saturday, June 10, 8:00PM - 10:00PM. This year’s winners (1 audience pick + 1 industry pick) will each receive a $500 cash prize. Industry winners will get spots at clubs in NJ and NYC. All 10 finalists will receive multiple spots at The Laugh Tour Comedy Club in Jersey City.

“The Jersey City Comedy Festival was a fantastic experiencethe shows were all super fun and I got to meet lots of great people. It was also the very first comedy festival not to reject me, so they clearly have an eye for talent.” - Isabel Hagen, Two Appearances -The Tonight Show, Just For Laughs

Submission deadlines/

fees:

FEB 1- MAR 1, 2023 |

Late Submissions: $30

Jersey City Comics*

DEC 19 - MAR 1, 2023

| $10 fee

*with proof of Jersey City residency

For more information about submissions and the Jersey City Comedy Festival, please visit jerseycitycomedyfestival.com or contact us at jccf@arthouseproductions.org

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Murphy Administration Awards

Bayonne $133,677 State Recycling Grant

The Murphy Administration is awarding nearly $16.2 million in grants to communities across the state to help them enhance waste reduction and recycling programs, the same amount as the previous year’s total, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced. The DEP is awarding Bayonne a recycling grant of $133,677, up from $115,257 in 2022. Mayor Jimmy Davis said, “I would like to thank the residents and businesses in Bayonne for taking part in our recycling programs. Their support for recycling helped generate this grant.” Mayor Davis continued, “I would also

like to thank Public Works Director Tom Cotter and Recycling Coordinator

Mike Tassone for providing successful leadership of our recycling programs. Their steady efforts have led to this 2023 state grant that will help maintain Bayonne’s recycling and waste collection efforts.”

The Bayonne Department of Public Works will use the state grant to support its waste management and recycling programs. The specific uses of the grant will be announced at a later date. The annual awards are based on 2020 recycling performance, the most recent year for which data is available. Municipalities must use their funds for various recycling

initiatives. These may include sponsoring household hazardous waste collection events, providing recycling receptacles in public places, or maintaining leaf composting operations.

Commissioner LaTourette said, “New Jersey has long set a national example for recycling, starting with being the first state to enact a recycling law in 1987.” He continued, “This annual grant program provides incentive for communities to strengthen their municipal recycling initiatives, encourage children and adults to keep our environment clean, and provide assistance in helping to reduce the local tax burden while also improving quality of life.” The grants are awarded through the state’s Recycling Enhancement Act and are funded through a

$3 per-ton surcharge on trash disposed statewide at solid waste facilities. As required under the Recycling Enhancement Act, the DEP returns 60% of that money to municipalities based on how much recycling each community reports accomplishing during the calendar year. The remaining funds are divided, with 30% going to counties, 5% to colleges and universities, and 5% for administrative costs.

According to the DEP, “For calendar year 2020, New Jersey generated 20,997,099 tons of solid waste, which represents disposal (9,474,871 tons) and recycling (11,522,228 tons) reported by municipalities and, in limited instances, counties.” The DEP continued, “The overall tonnage of materials reported as recycled and as disposed both decreased slightly in 2020 from 2019, leading to a slight decrease in the overall recycling rate, to 55% in 2020 from 56% in 2019. Solid waste includes municipal waste plus construction debris and other types of non-municipal waste.”

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OPENING THE BOX GALLERY Jersey City

The Box Gallery is a project in a partnership with Guaicora Studios located in the heart of the Powerhouse Arts District of Jersey City.

The Juice Box is opening its walls for visual artists! The Box Gallery is a project in a partnership with Guaicora Studios located in the heart of the Powerhouse Arts District of Jersey City Downtown. Join in to support local artists!

Juice Box JC. 150 Bay Street. Jersey City, NJ 07302. main entrance and wheelchair ramps at the corner of Provost and First Street.

Production: @ guaicorastudios

Curator: @alexillustra

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OPENING RECEPTION FOR JOE WAKS

The Dollhaus II opens the outside art season Friday March 3rd 5-9pm opening reception for ��JOE WAKS�� and unveiling 12 new paintings for 2023. JOE WAKS art work is currently on the path train in Jersey City, Hoboken and Manhattan so look out

“The Box Gallery” Opening Night Art Show Group

Friday, March 3, 2023 at 6 pm – 9 pm

Opening the Box Gallery in Jersey City, NJ Free · 281 Newark Avenue, Jersey City,07302,us

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IT HAPPENED IN HUDSON COUNTY

Rarest of the rare automobilesA 1952 Thana, spotted in Bayonne...Have you seen this car?

K. Chris Hamel

Having it’s place in the oil industry it is only natural for unusual cars to show up in Bayonne. I saw one in the summer months of 1966 on Broadway, in the lot of a Mobil gas station, marked For Sale! A spanking modern looking two place roadster, I eventually found out it was a 1952 Thana, the name an acronym of the designer, and only 8 of them were made that year.

The car was black, had an oval grille, long, low cg and looked like a fifties custom job. Sporting an abundance of Chrome, a scoop

shield on the center of the hood, lake pipes, wheel pants on the rear wheels and a chrome luggage rack over the trunk. Chrome script on the hood indicated the name (Thana). They were supposedly made from mixed Ford and Chevy parts with only 8 of them produced in 1952.

Such a roadburner, dad thought it was a customized Cord at first sight. I have dug all over into car books and magazines, particularly historical in nature, and nothing has come up. Oh, and yes it had that other speedster field mark, White Wall tires!

A friend of the family who knew classic cars well, was familiar with the make, confirmed the 1952 date and said it was an experimental model. I have written pieces for Car Classics but have never seen any magazine articles on the Thana. That’s the story! If anyone has any info or backstory on this Black Beauty of Bayonne please contact ogpictureperfect@ gmail.com Might get Jay Leno or Chasing Classic Cars to town.

JERSEY CITY ARTS AND CULTURE TRUST FUND GRANTS STILL AVAILABLE

The Fiscal Year 20232024 Grants for July 1-2023-June 30, 2024 applications are still availabe.

When first announced on January 23rd by Mayor Steven M. Fulop, City Council members, and the Arts and Culture Trust Fund Committee that applications would open for the second round of Arts and Culture Trust Fund grants to expand arts education and programming citywide. Following the successful first allocation of grants, totaling $900,000 awarded to 89 artists and arts organizations last year, the Jersey City is looking to promote even more applicants from Jersey City’s flourishing arts community with this latest round of funding. Applications for Program Grants, Arts Education Grants and General Operating Support For Grant

Application, please visit https://www.jerseycityculture.org/programs/ arts-and-culture-trustfund/

For access to all grant applications. Deadline for applying for the Grants is March 3rd, 2023 at 5pm

Condominium Association present COLOROLOGY A GROUP SHOW CELEBRATING COLOR Exhibition on veiw in the Hamilton Square lobby from now to July 5, 2023

If You Go: Hamilton Square 232 Pavonia Avenue Jersey City, NJ 201-435-8000

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THREE JERSEY CITY FILMMAKERS SELECTED FOR GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL Cont’d from Cover comedies, children’s, thrillers, student films and “Home-Grown” films shot in NJ. The Garden State Film Festival is pleased to announce that three films with Director’s who hail from Jersey City will screen. They are Strength Through Visibility: Twenty Years of Pride in Jersey City directed by Jersey City resident, Gregory Corrado. As well as Made in Heaven directed by Jersey City resident Yiqing Zhao and Sugar Crash directed by Jersey City resident; Jon Huggins.

Strength Through Visibility: Twenty Years of Pride in Jersey City will screen on 3/26/2023 in the screening block from 2:45pm-4:45pm atAsbury Lanes,Asbury Park. The film’s subject is: Last year, JC Pride celebrated its twentieth anniversary, but with the changing political climate in the country can we count on celebrations to come? Will the progress Pride has made over the years prove to be too fragile to survive?

You may contact the filmmaker by emailing them at gregorycorrado@gmail.com.

Made in Heaven’s subject is: Serena, a closeted lesbian, accidentally finds her mother trying to reconnect with an old boyfriend. She sends her girlfriend to be her mom’s assistant, only to realize her secret can no longer stay hidden.Made in Heaven will screen on 3/26/2023 in the screening block from 2:45pm-4:45pm atAsbury Lanes,Asbury Park.

Sugar Crash directed by Jersey City resident; Jon Huggins will screen at this year’s festival. Cheer on your hometown heroes who have

put so much time and talent into these productions. Sugar Crash will screen on 3/25/2023 in the screening block from 2:45pm-4:45pm at AsburyHall,Asbury Hotel.

Thefilm'ssubjectis:Two brothers are determined to elude the watchful eye of their grandmother and get to a box of candy. You may contact the filmmaker by emailing them at jon@huggellbay. com.

Lauren Concar Sheehy, the festival’s Executive Director said“We are extremely proud to present these two fi lms as a part of our 21st Annual Film Festival, and to share this work with our global audience,”

She also noted “The upcoming 2023 Festival adds a new venue and a return to an in-person only event to experience 237 fi lms from 23 countries over four days in nine venues hosting parties, profes-sional panels, events, spe-cial honors and more,”

The entire program of this year’s selections will be presented in multiple venues in the Asbury Park area, with special events and screenings each night. A full day of screenings will also be presented at The Cranford Theater in Cranford, NJ on Saturday, March 25 starting at 10:30 am with the last screening ending at 11:00pm. The fi lm schedule indicates which fi lms have subtitles available for universalaccess for the hearing impaired. Free on the website is the GSFF “Cinema for the Ears” series for those with visual impairment. Featured is Daniel Meyer’s epic conclusion to the trilogy Fading Kingdom’s Part Three: The Garden. visit gsff.org for more information and times

MAKING MUSIC

AIR SUPPLY AT ST.GEORGE THEATRE STATEN ISLAND, NY MARCH 10,2023

By Alan Sculley

Early in their partnership inAir Supply, guitarist Graham Russell and singer Russell Hitchcock got a harsh lesson in how fleeting success can be in the world of music.

The two met in Sydney,Australia when they landed gigs in the chorus for a touring production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” in 1975. They hit it off so famously that within days, they were working on songs Russell had been writing.

Their first year-plus was nothing short of magical.

While they toured in “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Russell and Hitchcock

in 1976 released a single, “Love and Other Bruises,” which became a chart-topping hit in Australia. A self-titled debut album followed, and it topped the country’s album charts just as the duo finished their stint in the musical.

The duo then landed a tour with Rod Stewart that took Air Supply across Australia and on to America and Canada.

Then came the reality check.

“We toured with Rod and we thought we’d come back to a hero’s welcome, ticker tape and the whole thing,” Russell said in a midJanuary phone interview. “But they had forgotten about us.”

The pair couldn’t get gigs and before long they were basically dirt poor. But Russell and Hitchcock dug back in. Russell wrote a new batch of songs that included such familiar tunes as “All Out of Love,” “The Woman You Love” and “Lost In Love.”

The latter song was released as a single in Australia in 1979, and the magic returned. “It was a big hit again (in Australia),” Russell

said. “But we still didn’t make any money.”

But what the pair didn’t know was Clive Davis, the legendary record executive and then-president of Arista Records, had bought the rights to “Lost In Love” and the song was starting to climb the U.S. charts.

Eventually Russell reached out to Davis.

“He (Davis) said ‘OK, you’ve got to get back to Australia and make that album right away. ‘Lost In Love’ is going to be the biggest song of the year,’” Russell said. “I couldn’t really believe that, but he said it. He said ‘Get back there. Your career is about to take off.’”

And did it ever. The anthemic pop ballad sound of “Lost In Love” registered worldwide and Air Supply became one of the biggest acts of the ‘80s, spinning out singles like “All Out of Love,” “Every Woman in the World,” “The One

That You Love,” “Here I Am,” “Even the Nights Are Better, “Two Less Lonely People in the World” and “Making Love Out of Nothing at All.”

The hits dried up toward the end of the ‘80s, butAir Supply has remained a popular touring act, bringing out a live show that’s more robust and energetic than the studio versions of their songs might suggest.

“It’s a rock and roll band and it’s loud and powerful,” Russell said. “For the people that think it’s going to be Peter, Paul and Mary, they’re very much surprised.”

If You Go: Air Supply March 10,2023 St. George Theatre 35 Hyatt St, Staten Island, NY 10301-1801 718-442-2900, ext. Tickets stgeorgetheatre.com/ events-main

AIR SUPPLY

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Directed by Dr. Bethany Reeves, DeBaun PAC’s annual Shakespeare project presents one of his most produced and beloved playsIf You Go: Romeo & Juliette DeBaun Auditorium, 24 5th St, Hoboken,

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Performances are Thursday, February 16 at 9:00 PM; Friday, February 17 at 8:00 PM; Saturday, February 18 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $5 general admission and FREE at the door with Stevens ID (201)216-8934

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