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Jersey City Theater Center’s Associate Artistic Director Debuts in New Jersey Premiere of “Mud Row”
Registration now open for JCTC’s virtual “Black Space” conversation with Marshall Jones, III, director of “Mud Row,” scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 5:00 pm
Ashley Nicole Baptiste, Jersey City Theater Center’s (JCTC) associate artistic director, will join Kean University’s Premiere Stages professional theatre company in the New Jersey debut of “Mud Row,”
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Carol Halebian: When We Were Young
More Hudson County Summer Events Fun Things For the Entire Family
July 10 2022 – September 4, 2022 Photographs from the 70s -80s Hoboken Historical Musem presents photography by Carol Halebian, in their new Upper Gallery exhibit, “When We Were Young.” Showing select images form the Kodachrome film she shot of Hoboken Street life between the late 70s and early 80s.
Hoboken Movies Under the Stars Schedule for Summer 2022 Pier A Park Wednesday, July 27 – West Side Story
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HUDSON HAPPENINGS Fulop Administration Announces $7M Transformation of Exceedingly Successful Pedestrian Plaza along Newark Ave to Establish Permanent Community Hub and Economic Driver New Concert Stage, Wheelchair & Stroller Accessibility, Beautification, and Green Infrastructure for Flood Mitigation Mayor Steven M. Fulop will join the City Council, the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District, and community members recently held the official ribbon-cutting highlighting the completion of $7 million in improvements within the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza to give “restaurant row” the permanency it deserves and creating one of New Jersey’s premier destinations for shopping, dining, and community events. Upgrades include an outdoor concert stage for community events, bike racks, benches, planters with built-in seating, tree plantings, and leveling of the street to remove curb drop-off for safer stroller and wheelchair accessibility. “In 2015, we had the vision to maximize this space by creating a pedestrian-friendly plaza and establishing a soughtafter shopping and dining destination and overall economic driver that has since exceeded our expectations,” said Mayor Fulop. Our recent ribboncutting is the final piece to accomplishing a permanent, community-driven pedestrian mall that boosts local business, attracts investment, and, most importantly, establishes a premier location to foster community with various free public events throughout the year, weekly entertainment on the
new concert stage, and daily foot traffic where residents and visitors can enjoy all the plaza has to offer.” The City hosted multiple community meetings to garner public input and incorporate feedback throughout the design. A stage area has been constructed for regular live music and performances that will be free and open to everyone. Granite pavers have replaced the original painted green asphalt and elevated the street level to match the sidewalk for a more cohesive structure with better stroller and wheelchair accessibility. Decorative trench drains now line both sides of the plaza alongside rain garden tree planters and café lighting for improved visibility. Dozens of tree plantings, underground utility work, drainage elements, and other green infrastructure elements will also help with stormwater absorption and beautification throughout the area. Also added 24 new trees planted 20 planter boxes with shrubs and landscaping 14 large square planters with built-in seating under trees 30 recycling and garbage combination units 16 bike racks 40 Benches
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MARK WAHLBERG, HALLE BERRY FILM NEXTFLIX MOVIE IN HUDSON COUNTY “OUR MAN FROM JERSEY” Film crews once again decended on the streets of Hudson County these past few weeks with production of the Netflix Movie “ Our Man from Jersey,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry. Our Man from Jersey, according to IMDb, is about Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is “quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a highstakes US intelligence
mission.” The movie is coproduced by Wahlberg and “Ballers” producer Stephen Levinson, according to NJ.com. Wahlberg was recently spotted in Bayonne filming scenes for the movie and was observed chatting with Bayonne residents who welcomed the megastar with waves and shouts of hello. The residents of Bayonne noted that Wahlberg was very nice and friendly. Maria A. Mascola a Broker Real Estate Sales Associate for Exit on the Hudson Realty in
Bayonne was there and took photos which shesupplied to River View Observer for this artcle. Scenes for “Our Man from Jersey,” have been shot in Jersey City, Bayonne and Kearney and outside Hudson in Paterson and in London. The movie is being directed by Julian Farino and was written by David Guggenheim. It’s also set to star J. K. Simmons. As of this writing no release date has been set for “Our Man from Jersey.” Will keep you posted when it is set to air. River View Observer Supporting the Arts Since 1998 201-349-4336 for infor & Ad rates
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THEATER, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND MORE FUN THINGS TO DO IN HUDSON COUNTY cont’d from Cover Bauer Boucher Theatre Center at Kean University. In response to the controversial themes of race, class, and gender that are tackled within the play, Baptiste will host a speAshley Nicole Baptiste, cial installment of “Black Jersey City Theater Space,” her online talk Center’s (JCTC) associseries sponsored by JCTC, ate artistic director, will featuring the show’s pejoin Kean University’s rennial stage director, Premiere Stages profesMarshall Jones, III. The sional theatre company candid conversation with in the New Jersey debut Jones– who is also the curof “Mud Row,” a Tony rent president of the New Award-nominated play Jersey Theatre Alliance’s penned by Dominique Board of Trustees and forMorisseau. The producmer producing artistic dition, which was initially staged for a live audience rector of the Tony Awardin 2019, will run from July winning Crossroads Theatre Company– will 14-31, 2022 at the “When We Were Young.” Featuring select images form the Kodachrome film she shot of Hoboken Street life between the late 70s and early 80s. Carol Halebian grew up in Bergen County. Photography by Carol She attended Syracuse Halebian, in Hoboken University and majored in Historical Museum’s new Photojournalism. On a trip Upper Gallery exhibit, to Europe, she found MORE Robin Andre Band on Aug 9, FUN THINGS Lil’ Maceo and funk TO DO artist on Aug 16. IN HUDSON Berry Lane Park COUNTY Concert Series THIS Jersey City SUMMER Now to Aug 18 from Jersey City 6 to 8 p.m. Concert Series Featuring Summer Fest Marlena Moniece at Liberty State Park on July 21, Now toAug 16 every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 Deep Cova on July 28, p.m. on the LSP South Park Lawn. Gentlemen of Soul The schedule is on Aug. 4, as follows: Valarie Adams & the Dimension Band soul and Joe Taino on Aug. 11, Ricardo Jerome and the Motown group Fusion Band on Aug. 18. on July 19, Berry Lane Park is Regina Martin located at 1000 Garfield Jazz artist on Ave., Jersey City. July 26,
place on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 5:00 pm (ET). Participants can register for a virtual ticket for the complimentary talk-back event at the link here. If You Go Bauer Boucher Theatre Center Now to July 31st Kean University 1000 Morris Avenue • Union, NJ 07083 • Tickets for the production can be purchased in person from the Kean University Box Office, online at www.premierestagesatkean.com, or by calling (908) 737-7469. herself marveling at the sights a professor remarked, “Don’t overlook your own backyard!” Her initial awareness of Hoboken came from the signs she saw on the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel. She was intrigued, and made her first visit here on Election Day, 1976. Carol was 2022 Secaucus Summer Concerts Schedule August 4, 2022 PAC Center Showstoppers Following Concerts Held at Buchmuller Park Tuesday, July 21 The Chicklettes Tuesday, July 28 ABBA Tribute Band Tuesday, August 11 Hourglass, James Taylor Tribute Band Tuesday, August 18 The Elegants Tuesday, August 25 The Cameos
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get-togethers. She loved the low buildings and vibrant street culture. If You Go Carol Halebian When We Were Young Hoboken Historical Museum 1301 Hudson St. PO Box 3296 Hoboken, NJ 07030 Phone: 201.656.2240 info@hobokenmuseum. org for exhibit times
Tuesday, September 1 Neil & The Diamonds Buchmuller Park is located along Plaza Center Drive in Secaucus.
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COUNTING CROWS
By Dave Gil de Rubio During the pandemic, Counting Crows singer/ songwriter Adam Duritz escaped to the western English countryside to visit friends. It turned into something of a songwriting retreat as well as a chance to catch up with friends. Not having written any music for quite some time, Duritz was inspired enough by his rural surroundings and occasional solitude to have a rented
While this quartet of songs has the character-driven keyboard brought up from flow of people and specific London. Before long, the places that have become seeds were planted for one hallmarks of Counting song to evolve into a fourCrows’ best material, track suite. compositional nuances “I started working and reverberate with a subtle a couple of days later I nod to the glam influences wrote ‘The Tall Grass,’” of vintage David Bowie, Duritz recalled. “The day Mott the Hoople and other Adam Duritz after that, in experimentartists from that era. song and that ended up ing with the ending, I Sharing this latest crebeing ‘Elevator Boots.’ At was playing with differative turn with fans in a that point, I thought it was ent things and seeing if I live setting is a major prireally cool how it flowed wanted to make it a longer out of ‘Tall Grass.’ There’s ority for Duritz. song. I thought I was writ- no break there. “As always, [fans] can ing another movement for expect a really passionate “Then I thought about that song and then I ended what It would be like if show because we’re only up realizing that it was the I wrote a series of songs going to play the songs start of a different we really want to play that where the end of one is night,” he said. “The thing the beginning of the next I’m really determined to and then they’re all condo on this tour is play the nected,” he said. “I got really excited about doing suite all the way through.” that because it seemed If You Go like such an interesting Counting Crows challenge.” Stone Pony This writing advenSummer Stage ture turned into “Butter Saturday, August 6 Miracle: Suite One,” The Stone Pony an EP that is the first 913 Ocean Avenue Asbury Counting Crows release since 2014’s “Somewhere Park, NJ 07712 732-502-060 Under Wonderland.”
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