River View Observer January 15-January 31, 2019

January 15-January 31, 2019

Volume 23 No. 1

Est. 1998

Hudson County’s Bi-Weekly-Cultural, Lifestyle and Entertainment Publication In This Issue

FOREVER

Pg. 3 Asian Fusion

Pg. 12

ARTScene

REAL ESTATE Pgs.13 Pgs.13--16

See page 7

Simone Grossman and Ronald Lane

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FRIENDS

Hoboken’s Mile Square Theatre Tackles Teen Play Lauren Gunderson’s I and You Opens Jan 30

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HAPPENINGS Wine Tasting Event The Bayonne Chamber of Commerce invites all members, friends and associates for a night of socializing while enjoying a fine selection of wines and hor’doveres.

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The Hudson County Community College (HCCC) Foundation presents a five-course fundraiser – with wine pairings – prepared by Chef Jesse Jones. $75 per person proceeds

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ASIAN FUSION Artist Frederic Paul’s Solo Show at DT 234 Gallery Opens Jan. 25 Downtown JC Gallery features Artist’s Mixed Media & Torn Canvas Works

The delicate and poetic artworks of Frederic Paul reference the artist’s Asian roots in expressive and elaborate compositions.

On Fri, Jan. 25 at DT 234 gallery on York Street in Downtown Jersey City, Paul’s artworks will be on view in the solo exhibition, ASIA STORIES II, a series of artworks in mixed-media like torn sections of canvas, ricepaper, acrylics and oil.

The show runs until Sat, Feb. 23.

Inspired by bold colors, spices, floral diversity and a sense of the intensity of Asian cities, that he experienced firsthand, Paul’s paintings seem to have three dimensionality and depth.

Born in Germany with connections to the

Space Junk by Gianluca Bianchino at NJCU’s Visual Gallery

EXPLORING SPACE

shows.

Born in Germany, London, Belgium, Greece, Portugal and the U.S.

If you go Fri, Jan 25 – Sat, Feb 23 (Opening Reception Fri, Philippines, Paul lives Jan 25, 6-9 pm) and works in Munich ASIA STORIES II and Landsberg am Lech. by Frederic Paul DT 234 Gallery Over the past few 234 York St, JC years, Paul has exhibhttps://www.dt234gallery. ited in solo and groups com/gallery

Artist Gianluca Bianchino’s Show at Visual Arts Gallery Opens Jan 30 Visitors Invited to Interact With Artworks

Artist Gianluca Bianchino encourages visitors to immerse and interact with his mixedmedia sculptures to explore a deeper connection and meaning Bianchino’s artworks will be on display in his solo show EXPLORING SPACE starting Wed, June 30, with an Opening Reception from 5-8 pm at New Jersey City University’s Visual Arts Gallery on Culver Avenue. On Thurs, Feb. 28, from 6-8 pm, Bianchino will host an artist talk with gallerygoers and to round out the evening, musician Brian Lawlor will perform.

An Italian-American artist based in Newark, and an NJCU alumnus (BFA 2002), Bianchino’s solo show features works that will transform the Visual

immersive environment consisting of threedimensional sculptures lit internally and externally. The exhibition invites gallery-goers to interact with the works to “contemplate their positions in the universe as well as to explore traditional and new media processes employed in Bianchino’s art, such as metal casting, laser cutting, optics and hand craftsmanship.”

If you go Jan 30-Mar 27 UNCHARTERED SPACE, Gianluca Bianchino NJCU VISUAL ARTS GALLERY Visual Arts Building (basement) 100 Culver Ave, JC. (201) 200-2496 Njcu.edu/center-arts/ visual-arts.

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ALL THAT JAZZ

HCCCs Cultural Affairs Hosts Exhibition of Jazz Influences on Printmaking annual Georgia Brooks NOTES AND TONES’ Opening Reception at Dineen Hull Gallery, Tues, Feb. 5, 4-7 pm Celebration.

The HCCC Department of Cultural Affairs presents NOTES AND TONES, a themed compilation of prints created by nationally recognized artists who have worked over the years with the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in Manhattan.

The show opens Tues, Jan 29 and runs through Fri, Mar. 1. An Opening Reception will be held on Tues, Feb. 5, from 4-7 pm.

The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop is a community printshop dedicated to continuing the legacy of its founder and master printer Robert Blackburn, a jazz aficionado who held similar ideologies to the local

Highlights include a live Jazz performance during the opening reception on Feb. 5 which will be recorded by WBGO and broadcast live On Air. Jersey City masking tape artist Kayt Hester will create a live mural installation in the Audrey Martells perDineen Hull Atrium. forms at the Closing The closing recepReception, Mar. 1 tion will take place on March 1and feature a Jazz communities of the performance by singer late 1960s. This indie Audrey Martells acspirit glistens though companied by Belden the jazz-inspired works Bullock on bass. that will be on view in If you go NOTES AND TONES. And Still I Rise by Otto Neals Jan 29-Mar 1 The exhibit will also Dindga McCannon, Otto Andrews, Romare NOTES & TONES include a closer look Neals, Mavis Pusey, Bearden, Camille HCCC at community partner Vernal Reuben, Betye Billops, Willie Birch, Dineen Hull Gallery WBGO, a celebrated Saar, Vincent Smith, Robert Blackburn, (6th Fl) national radio station Mildred Thompson, and Betty Blayton, Kay 71 Sip Ave, JC based in Newark.

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FOREVER FRIENDS Hoboken’s Mile Square Theatre Tackles Teen Play Lauren Gunderson’s I and You Opens Jan 30

As two teenagers deal with school, parents and life’s deeper meanings, they forge a relationship beyond their years.

These themes are at the heart of Mile Square Theatre’s (MST) new production, I and You

by Lauren Gunderson which opens Wed, Jan 30, at the company’s Hoboken theater.

I and You, which runs through Sunday, Feb. 24, features Simone Grossman and Ronald Lane under the direction of MSTs Artistic Director Chris O’Connor. The play, which kicks off Mile Square Theatre’s 2019 season, is a teenage love story that focuses on Caroline, a homebound student battling a chronic illness, and her classmate Anthony, who visits Caroline to work on a project about the poet Walt Whitman.

As the two share their thoughts, feelings and innermost secrets, their poetry project becomes a touchstone to a deeper friendship.

Winner of the 2014 Steinberg/ATCA New

Play Award and finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Playwrighting Prize, I and You is a haunting play about the strange and transcendent connections between us all, according to O’Connor, the play’s director.

“I’ve rarely been affected by an initial reading of a play as I was with this one,” O’Connor says. “I find this play funny, heartbreaking, and deeply moving. Lauren Gunderson beautifully captures the voice of the post-millennial generation and renders a play that contains a relatable truth that cuts through all generations. I think this production will strongly resonate with the MST audience.”

The show’s creative team includes MST resident designers including set designer Jennifer Price Fick (The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi), costume designer Peter Fogel (The 39 Steps), lighting designer Jason Flamos (It’s a Wonderful Life), and sound designer Sean

Hagerty (The Net Will Appear).

Mile Square Theatre is supported by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and this program is made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

I and You will be presented Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 3 pm. Tickets are $15$40; $18 for students and seniors and can be purchased at www. milesquaretheatre. org, or by calling 201-683-7014.

If you go Wed, Jan. 30-Sun, Feb. 24 I AND YOU Mile Square Theatre 1400 Clinton St, HOB (201) 683-7014 Milesquaretheatre. org Tix: $15-$40 Seniors/students: $18.

Two teenagers discover what connects them in this sharp and funny drama.

Simone Grossman and Ronald Lane (Photo by Craig Wallace Dale

Who we are and what we do!

Mile Square Theatre was founded in 2003 as a nonprofit professional theatre.

Our mission is to enrich and engage the region through the production of professional theatre and innovative arts education.

MST produces professional theatre year round, including shows for young audiences and our annual festival of plays about baseball, 7th Inning Stretch.

The MST Dance Academyprovides pre-professional dance training in ballet, contemporary, tap, theatre dance, flamenco and hip hop; classes run on an academic-year schedule.

MST Education provides workshops in acting and improvisation for all ages in spring and fall; offerings are designed to help students of all ages develop skills and technique.

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ARTScene January 2019 Cultural Happenings In & Around Hudson AT THE GALLERIES

NJCU VISUAL ARTS GALLERY, Visual Arts Building (basement), 100 Culver Ave, JC. (201) 200-2496. Njcu.edu/ center-arts/visual-arts.

Gallery hours Mon-Fri, 11 am-5 pm or by appointment. Jan 30-Mar 27: UNCHARTERED SPACE, Gianluca Bianchino. “An ItalianAmerican artist based in Newark and an NJCU alumnus (BFA 2002), Gianluca Bianchino turns the Visual Arts Gallery into an immersive environment consisting of threedimensional sculptures lit internally and externally.

The exhibition invites viewers to physically interact with the works to contemplate on their positions in the universe as well as to explore traditional and new media processes employed in Bianchino’s art, such as, metal casting, laser cutting, optics, and hand craftsmanship. Artist Talk and Music Performance

by Brian Lawlor on Thurs, Feb. 28, 6-8 pm.”

HAMILTON SQUARE CONDOMINIUMS, 232 Pavonia Ave, JC. Contact: Kristin J. DeAngelis, Curator, (201) 280-4821; kd@107bowersgallery.

com. Now through Apr. 27: SEE SAW. Paintings

by Mark Finne inspired by adventures below and above the surfaces of our seas. “ Curated by Kristin J. DeAngelis, SEE SAW is a collection of works focused on the time Finne spent swimming, scuba diving/exploring, bodyboarding, surfing and his all-around life adventure.

For Finne, it all started with photography...” For more info: finneland.com.

ROTUNDA GALLERY, Jersey City Hall, 280 Grove St, JC. (201) 5476921; jcnj.org. Opens Tues, Jan. 8 and runs through Thurs, Jan. 31.

Opening Reception Jan. 8, 6-8 pm. Admission: Free.

JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY: IMAGE AND NARRATIVE. “Group exhibition highlighting Jersey City’s landmarks, friends and neighbors, art and performance scene, local politics, historic neighborhoods, new development, the famous and infamous, hidden treasures and everyday reality – everything that makes Jersey City a unique place to live and work.”

Manacontemporary. com. Now showing: FRED SANDBACK: SCULPTURE. “The exhibition comprises works

by American artist Fred Sandback dating from 1967–1982, including a series of early corner sculptures in metal rod and elastic cord from 1969 and later acrylic yarn works determined by their architectural surroundings. Sandback was known for sculptures that outlined planes and volumes in space, and after using metal wire and elastic cord early in his career, he soon began using stretched yarn to make works that address what he called the “pedestrian space” of everyday life.”

DT 234 GALLERY, 234 York St, JC. (201) 986-6705; dt234gallery. com. Opens Fri, Jan. 25 and runs to Sat, Feb. 23: ASIA STORIES II. Solo show featuring works by artist Frederic Paul. “The delicate and poetic artworks of painter Frederic Paul reference his Asian roots in his expressive and elaborate compositions.

Inspired by the bold colors, spices, floral diversity and intensity of Asian cities this young, emerging German artist works with a range of media, including torn sections of canvas, rice-paper, acrylics and oil.”

SILVERMAN/The MANA CONTEMPORARY, 888 Majestic Theatre Condominiums, Newark Ave, JC.

color blue through an underlying theme of abstraction through the use of oil paint, resin, acrylic paint and photography.”

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Runs through Feb. 17: THE UNLEASHING OF NATURE, REMEMBERED WORKS ON PAPER AND CANVAS; paintings

by Caridad Kennedy. The show features “abstract landscapes - imaginative places where environment becomes a metaphor for sentiment and experience.” Kristin J. DeAngelis curates.

(Pictured: Art work by Caridad Kennedy.)

MILE SQUARE THEATRE, 1400 Clinton St, HOB. (201) 683-7014; milesquaretheatre.org.

Tix: $15-$40;. seniors/students: $18. Wed, Jan. 30Sun, Feb. 24: I AND YOU

by Lauren Gunderson; directed by Chris O’Connor, MST Artistic Director.

“Caroline, ill and homebound, is visited by her high school classmate Anthony to complete a project about Walt Whitman. As these two let their guards down and reveal their secrets, the mundane poetry project unlocks the deeper mysteries between the two.”

CLUB SCENE PANEPINTO GALLERIES, 70 Hudson St, JC. Panepintogalleries. com;. Now showing through May 1.

SOMETHING BLUE highlights artworks by four artists based in Jersey City and West Orange: Stephen Cimini, Candy Le Sueur, Tatsuro Nishimura and Shari-Beth Susskind.

“From symbolism, to psychology, to décor, to art - the most popular color in the world is the color blue.

Using various mediums, these four artists bring the magic of ‘Something Blue’ into their art. The artists featured in this exhibition explore the

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Guaraldi Trio, and more.” (See the website for showtimes)

ARTScene Cont’d from page 11

CLUB SCENE

FOX & CROW, Bar & Restaurant, 594 Palisade Ave, JC. www. foxandcrowjc.com. Sat, Jan. 19, 10 pm-11:59 pm: PAT VAN DYKE. Thurs, Jan. 24, 8-10 pm: VICKI KRISTINA BARCELONA. Fri, Jan. 25, 10-11:59 pm: KING NECTAR CD RELEASE. Sat, Jan. 26, 9(:30-12 midnight: HUDSON CITY RATS AND THE ANTHONY TAMBURRO BAND. Thurs, Jan. 31, 8-10 pm: SEAN KIELY. (Pictured: Vicki Kristina Barcelona.)

FOR THE KIDS

NEW VICTORY THEATER, 229 W. 42nd St, NY. www.newvictory. org. Sat, Jan. 26-Sun, Feb. 3: EMILY BROWN AND THE THING. “How will Emily Brown ever get to sleep with The Thing making such a racket?! A friendly but woeful creature, The Thing has lost his Cuddly in the Dark and Scary Wood and won’t stop crying. Plucky, brave and determined to save the day, Emily and her trusty sidekick, Stanley the rabbit, leap into action. Tall Stories (The Gruffalo, New Vic 2015) returns with an epic, imaginative musical adventure adapted from the popular picture book

by Neal Layton and awardwinning author Cressida Cowell (How to Train Your Dragon).”

SEND US YOUR ARTS LISTINGS. If you have an art opening or performances coming up including visual arts, LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER, Liberty State performing arts and street arts, send an email to Park, 222 Jersey City riverviewobserver@gmail.

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Black History Month Essay and Poetry Contest Announced for Bayonne Students

Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis and the Bayonne Youth Center have announced an essay contest for Black History Month. The contest is open to 6th and 7th grade students who are residents of Bayonne.

Students have four question options: 1.) How can we do more as a community to highlight positive African-American history in schools other than just

during February?

2.) Why do you feel that Black History is important?

3.) Other than people like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriet Tubman, RosaParks, and Frederick Douglass, which unsung African-American hero do you aspire to be like? 4.) If you had the opportunity to create a memorial in our town for an African-American, who would it

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NEW LISTING! LARGE ONE FAMILY JOURNAL SQUARE

Great Location close to Path Plaza.

Needs updating – but priced accordingly. This 3 story home offers tremendous potential. 4 to 5 BR’s, full basement, & a nice size backyard.

Asking just $425,000

This 2 BR 2 bath unit is over 1300 Sq Ft of living space, plus an outdoor deck/patio; hardwood floors and washer/dryer in unit! Close to shopping, dining, and Light Rail.

Spacious home offers 4 BR 2 ½ baths, modern kitchen w/ all appliances included; finished basement, oversized lot, Jacuzzi and pool in the yard.

NEW LISTING!

PRICE REDUCED!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

FOUR FAMILY JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS Fully occupied, well maintained investment property also offers a finished basement for potential to add laundry and storage areas to enhance future rental income.

INTERESTED IN OTHER AREAS ??

Asking $259,999

LARGE 2 FAMILY BERGEN POINT

With a total of 7 BRs & 3 full baths – this well maintained colonial style home has plenty of room!

Living space on 3 floors plus an unfinished basement, separate gas utilities, & an extra deep lot.

Asking $470,000

Asking $459,000

Asking $769,000

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LISTING! 1 BR CONDO UPTOWN BAYONNE

Well maintained, spacious condo offers great views from the 9th floor!

Open concept Living & Dining room, galley kitchen, & lots of windows. Deeded parking space; laundry is in the bldg.

Asking $215,000 YES! OF COURSE WE DO RENTALS!

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