October 31st to november 19th, 2013 river view observer

Volume 17, No. 10

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On the Cover

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Maryanne Kelleher

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Jersey City Theater Company Raises the Curtain on its 43rd Season

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By Sally Deering

ucked away in the back of Barrow Mansion, a beautiful old building on Wayne Street in Jersey City, men and women dressed in 1940s costumes roam the rooms like ghosts waiting for their guests to arrive.

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There’s a certain charm about The Attic Ensemble even though there’s an underlying uncertainty about its future. For the past 42 years Attic has presented contemporary plays and musicals in Jersey City and after 42 years of struggling to make ends meet, the company’s future is as wobbly as a backstage prop table. “It takes a good number of people to run a theater company,�

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Now everything is in someone’s garage. Essentially for the foreseeable future, everything we do will have to be from scratch.

This set, what you’re looking at cost of $1200.”

BATTLING WINDMILLS, KEEPING ITS MISSION

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Alberta Thompson is one of the 22 actors in DETECTIVE STORY. In real life, she’s a retired police detective and in her spare time she’s taken acting classes and SOD\HG UROHV LQ ÀOPV $OWKRXJK she doesn’t get paid, Thompson travels from Staten Island to be in DETECTIVE STORY and she’s “having a blast.” She says: ´,W·V P\ ÀUVW VKRZ ZLWK $WWLF Ensemble and this is the greatest group of people I have ever met.”

WHEN THE GUN IS GONE, THE SHOW GOES ON

Camaraderie and pulling together for the sake of the show seem to be the sentiments most of the actors, a mix of old-timers and newbies seem to share. Some have been with the company since its early days in the 1970s, like Art Delo, who plays a police lieutenant in DETECTIVE STORY. Delo has had many memorable experiences performing in Attic Ensemble shows like the time an actor took an important prop – a gun – off the

stage by mistake and left the rest of the actors on stage to improvise.

Somehow they made it through the scene, Delo says, and just like that fast save to cover the loss of the gun, Attic has had several saves to stop the curtain from going down for good.

“This is probably the fourth time I’ve gone through a troubled period where it looked like it was over and yet here we are,” Delo says, during the 10-minute intermission. “It somehow survives. We’re not a professional theater. We’re not the conventional community theater, either. Our core has never been more than 8-10 people and we desperately need people. If you have talent and a vision you can become a major part of what we’re doing.

We’re not looking for infantry, ZH·UH ORRNLQJ IRU RIÀFHU PDWHULDO There’s the opportunity to come in and work at the creative executive level. Billy’s been here six years and he’s the president.”

Like Delo, Ron Leir of Jersey City has also been acting with Attic Ensemble since the 1970s. A reporter with the Jersey Journal for many years, Leir now works parttime for the Kearny Observer and continues to act with Attic

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actors onstage couldn’t remember what scene they were doing and somehow got lost in the dialogue.

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Community Pillar

St. Dominic Academy to Honor Maryanne Kelleher, Director of Jersey City Cultural Affairs

By Sally Deering

On Thurs, Nov. 21, Saint Dominic Academy (SDA) will honor Jersey City Cultural Affairs Director Maryanne Kelleher, Class of ’90, with the Dominican Pillar Award, the highest honor given to “outstanding individuals whose personal and professional lives reflect the values of Saint Dominic.” The 15th Annual SDA Leadership Awards Gala will be held at Nanina’s in the Park in Belleville and the money raised will to go to SDAs scholarship fund.

“It is a special thing to be honored by the community that I serve,” Kelleher says, “but to have SDA reach out to me to say, ‘You’ve done well, kid,’ twenty-three years after graduation is a whole other experience all-together. This is very touching and a

Maryanne Kelleher personal honor which I will cherishfor years to come.”

Jersey City’s Director of Cultural Affairs since 1996, Kelleher has worked for several administrations including Mayors Bret Schundler, Glenn Cunningham, L. Harvey Smith, Jerramiah T. Healy, and the newly-elected Mayor

Steven M. Fulop. Her primary mission as a public servant, she says, is to remain keenly aware of the needs within the creative, ethnic and preservation communities and advocate on their behalf to realize their goals. She encourages Jersey City artists -- dancers, actors, writers – to contact her office if they need help with their projects.

“We help by marketing the events, providing support staff and event guidance,” Kelleher says. “I’m hopeful that the new administration will identify some new funding sources for the arts to not only reinvest in our traditional programs, but to invest in new initiatives with our creative community.”

Since Kelleher’s leadership as Cultural Affairs Director, she initiated the Ethnic Festival Series which earned an

award from the National Black Caucus of the National League of Cities.

“We were awarded first prize, among many other major cities, for our innovative approach to promote tolerance in our city,” Kelleher says.

The Jersey City Artists Studio Tour has also been a successful program Kelleher and her staff along with the group ProArts worked together to promote and expand.

“When I started working for Jersey City Cultural Affairs, the Art Tour had about 150 artists participating, mostly in downtown,” Kelleher says. “Inch-by-inch, we’ve worked together with ProArts to expand the participation and tour map exponentially.

In the past few years, anywhere between 400 and 600 artists participate in locations city-wide.”

She also has a long-term goal with her staff for a program called Arts Saturdays for kids where local artists teach mini-courses in different art forms.

“There would be a small fee and registration requirement, but this is something I hope to bring to fruition with support,” Kelleher says.

“Much of our programming appeals to adults, so I think this additional programming for children is needed.”

The youngest of four children, Kelleher was born and raised in the McGinley Square section of Jersey City where she attended Saint Aiden grammar school; Saint Dominic Academy high school and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing Communications from Saint Peter’s College in 1994. Kelleher participated in sports and the arts early in her childhood and advocates for both.

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“I was surrounded by song, both my father and my sister are singers,” Kelleher says.

“Being Irish, we also spent many a weekend at Irish dance competitions. As a result of my own childhood experiences, I believe both athletics and the arts are equally important.”

Advocating for the arts and artists continues to be a priority and there are still many goals Kelleher would like to accomplish as she begins working with Mayor Fulop’s administration.

“It is my hope that the administration helps Cultural Affairs create a Cultural Affairs Foundation, a non-profit arm which would make giving more attractive to corporate donors,” Kelleher says. “I’d love to see the City dedicate a grants writer to Cultural

Affairs to identify funding sources to support and sustain local arts organizations and programs.”

Also being honored with the Dominican Pillar Award is Matthew Laracy of Jersey City who along with his wife Mary Lynn sent five daughters to Saint Dominic Academy.

This year’s Young Alumna on the Move award goes to Jessica Iorio, of Bayonne, Class of ’02 who works as Business Director of Wealth Management for Hightower Advisors in New York.

Founded in 1878 and sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell, New Jersey, Saint Dominic Academy provides young women a strong intellectual and moral foundation in its mission to create a community of academic excellence and empowerment. Rooted in Christian values, SDA embraces the diversity of its students by

promoting unity through understanding and education.

The school seeks to develop in each young woman academic excellence and a love for truth, justice and Christian values. Dominic Academy strives to prepare each student for her vital role in the world community.

If you go: Thurs, Nov 21, 6-10 pm Saint Dominic Academy’s 15th Annual Gala Nanina’s in the Park Belleville Tickets: $150 Tickets for Alum from 2000 to 2013: $100 For more info call SDA at (201) 434-5938

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The Readers’ Circle book group meets Thursday, November 21 to discuss the classic novel WASHINGTON SQUARE

by Henry James.

The group meets at 7:00pm inside All Saints, 701 Washington Street, in Hoboken.

All book lovers are welcome.

Free coffee and cake is served.

For more info write readerscircle123@aol.com.

How Many Attic Ensemble Shows Have You Seen? How Many Shows Were You In? At the Barrow Mansion

2012-13: THE DINING ROOM, ROPE 2011-12: FULLY COMMITTED, NEXT FALL, CROWNS, BLOOD & OIL 2010-11: TRUE WEST, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, PIANO LESSON, STEEL MAGNOLIAS 2009-10: COME BLOW YOUR HORN, RABBIT HOLE, THE PILLOWMAN, WORKING 2008-09: THE SISERS ROSENSWEIG, THE BAD SEED, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, NUNSENSE 2007-08: THE GUYS, JEFFREY, NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH, ALL IN THE TIMING 2006-07: DESIGN FOR MURDER, SUMMER CYCLONE, INTIMATE APPAREL, THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO 2005-06: WOMAN IN BLACK, THE EXONERATED, FOREVER PLAID, LIFE, DEATH AND VERMONT 2004-05: THE LION IN WINTER, FUDDY MEERS, FALSETTOS 2003-04: PROOF, THE FOUR DOCTORS HUXLEY, NUTS, SEASCAPE 2002-03: TEA AND SYMPATHY, THE CREDEAUX CANVAS, THE OLD SETTLER, ART 01-02: TOYS IN THE ATTIC, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, JAR THE FLOOR, FAMILY, FRYING PANS & THE FBI 2000-01: FIFTH OF JULY, OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY, SNAKEBIT, NO MORE SUNDAYS

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1999-2000: THE CURIOUS SAVAGE, IMPROPER ATTENTION, AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN, ALL MY SONS 1998-99: AH, WILDERNESS! BOMBER

JACKETS, MRS. LINCOLN, IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? 1997-98: BEYOND THERAPY, SYLVIA, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

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ON THE COVER Cont’d from page 2 “One play I remember was about Taichovsky, an original play, and the author was there in the audience on opening night,” Leir says.

“It was the actor’s nightmare. We went around in circles trying to find our

way. It was one of the most horrific moments I ever had on stage.”

Christina Orzepowski of Bloomfield, who plays newspaper reporter Josie Fenson in DETECTIVE STORY is a retired middleschool teacher and one of the founding members of

Attic Ensemble.

As Delo says, “she was in the actual attic” back when a group of actors who were members of Saint Peter’s College’s dramatics society decided to form their own theater troupe.Orzepowski has been in many Attic productions including

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RABBIT HOLE, NUNSENSE and STEEL MAGNOLIAS. “I love working with them,” Orzepowski says.

“They’re great people.

They do interesting things.”

WHEN 22 LOOKS LIKE 34 The Attic Ensemble took to the Internet and the fundraising website Indigogo to help raise money to produce DETECTIVE STORY, something the troupe hasn’t done before and they received $2,540 in donations. That pays for the production, Mitchell says,

and money from the ticket sales will go toward the next production. Since Attic doesn’t pay the actors, Mitchel hopes they walk away with something just as valuable – a great experience in the theater.

“All these people have day jobs,” Mitchell says.

“They’re all committed to work and put in the time and they need to enjoy it and get something out of it.

I want them to look back and say I would do that again.”

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Along with Thompson, Delo, Leir and Orzepowski, the cast features Ryan Bender, Norberto Cancel, Ben Davis, Katherine Doyle, Paul Ellis, Erica Hazel Flory, Andrew Gelles, Phil Haas, Ben Holmes, Paul Kazalski, Ginger Kipps, A.J. Liana, Hank Morris, Jack Pignatello, Vernon Richardson, Bret Sarlouis, Brendan Wahlers, and Amy Rutledge, a Jersey City resident and professional actress who plays several roles. f you go: Nov. 8-17; Fri & Sat at 8 pm; Sun at 3 pm DETECTIVE STORY The Attic Ensemble Barrow Mansion I83 Wayne Street Jersey City (201) 413-9200 www.atticensemble.org info@atticensemble.org Tix: $20 general admission; $15 seniors & students =

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Phantom’s Masquerade Gala Party

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Pictured above: Photos #1 & #2 by Dave Vanderhaden- Photos # 3 by May S. Young The Phantom’s Masquerade was a gala party held at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre, Journal Square, Jersey City, on Friday, November 1 from 7PM to 1AM. This year’s Masquerade at the Loew’s was the first of what will be an annual event at the Theatre.

More than 210 people attended, and enjoyed music from the ‘60s to now, dancing all night long, a costume contest on stage, and special performances in and around the party-goers that included singers, a magician and even a Circ Du Soleil-like acrobatic display! And of course, the Phantom himself was there too. The performances were coordinated by Leading Lady Costumes, a Jersey City-based theatrical costume rental house. The event was a fundraiser to support Friends of the Loew’s, Inc. in its operation and on-going restoration of the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre.

The Masquerade was also another example of the unique and innovative programming FOL is bringing to the Loew’s and its community, in addition to its classic movie series and larger pop concerts. To see more photos go to www.riverviewobserver.net

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December Art Exhibit Planned at Bayonne Community Museum,

Applications Now Available Bayonne Mayor Mark A. Smith and the Art Circle of Bayonne announced that applications are available for the next art exhibit at the Bayonne Community Museum. The exhibit is scheduled to open on Friday, December 13. It will be open to the public December 13-20 on hours that will be announced. An opening reception for the artists, their guests, and the general public will take place on December 13 at the museum, 229 Broadway, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. A similar closing reception will take place on Friday, December 20, from 6:00 p.m. top 9:00 Submitting art to the exhibit is open to members of the Art Circle of Bayonne. Membership applications for non-members are available on the entry form.

The membership fee for the Art Circle is $25 per year. There is a $10 entrance fee for this show for artists. Art submissions must be framed, wired, and otherwise ready to hang. The artist’s name and title of the artwork must appear on the back of each piece with the provided show label.

Eligible media for the show include two-dimensional works for sixty artists. Two-dimensional art would include paintings and sketches, for example. Three– dimensional works, such as statues, will not be eligible for this exhibit. Each participating artist will have an assigned area to exhibit his or her art, with a fee of $10 for the first board, and $20 for the second board, if available.

Each board will have a workable space of 42 by 48 inches, with no work displayed on the bottom 32 inches of the panel. Each artist will be responsible for hanging his or her own work. Hooks will be provided. Gallery workers will be on hand to assist each artist.

All art, including sold pieces, must remain on display for the duration of the show, and signed out on Saturday, December 21, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

The deadline for entering the December art exhibit via an entry form is either Saturday, November 23, or when registration has reached sixty (60) artists, whichever comes first.

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A FACE IN THE CROWD

Artist Martin Ramone Delossantos to Exhibit at Hoboken Artists Studio Tour Artist Martin Ramone Delossantos to Exhibit at Hoboken Artists Studio Tour Dominican born Martin Ramone Delossantos is an accomplished artist working in Hoboken and his work will be on view at the Hoboken Artists Studio Tour on Sun, Nov. 10 at the 720 Monroe Street Art Center. Delossantos’ style is contemporary modern, but for the Studio Tour he is showing his new work CANVAS TAPESTRIES in acrylic created in the nineteenth century method of preparing floor cloths.

In the 19th Century, floor cloths were used in lieu of wool, or cotton rugs for their affordability, and endurance as well as aest hetic appeal, Delossantos says. The process of creating a floor cloth is lengthy and similar to canvas

prepping for a painting except that a floor cloth requires many paint layers.

“For my tapestries I follow the same process, but I omit the final coat which is a clear sealer to make the canvas stronger in order to keep the integrity of a painting,” Delossantos says. “I repurposed floor cloths I created ten years ago into a series of paintings I call CHOPPED UP.” Delossantos expressed his creativity at an early age when he used a sander to dull the finish on his bedroom floor in order to create a look, he says. His mother did not agree, but let him follow through anyway and got him the latex paints he wanted.

She was shocked when the floor became a colorful daisy against a red background. He still uses nature as a theme in some of his work. Growing up

Artists Unplugged

Hoboken Artists Studio Tour to feature the Work of More Than 100 Artists

My Art Cloth Floor by Martin Ramone Delossantos at a time when Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat were rising artists he felt that their work spoke to him.

“Art is a very isolating journey for me, yet being alive with an opportunity to see, and feel keep me part of the human creative collective,” Delossantos says.

A graduate of the School Of Visual Arts in New York, Delossantos earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. His teacher, and mentor is Tony Palladino, an Art Directors Hall Of Fame Laureate.

Mayor Dawn Zimmer & the City of Hoboken are proud to present the Hoboken Artists Studio Tour to be held Sat and Sun, Nov. 9 and 10, from noon to 6 pm.

The Studio Tour is a free self-guided walking tour of artists’ studios, galleries and community exhibition spaces and it’s a free event.

The Studio Tour this year will feature work by more than100 participating artists. Even though there are 30 stops on the tour, the Hoboken Cultural Affairs staff designed it so that tour-goers can easily walk from one studio or group exhibition to the next,

including City Hall, the Neumann Leather Building and the 720 Monroe Street Arts Center.

The tour’s popularity draws artists from far beyond the banks of Hoboken and tour-goers will find artists exhibiting a wide range of art forms representing an exciting variety of media and design. Visitors will have a chance to meet the artists, photographers, sculptors and artisans in their own studios to witness the creative process.

Media ranges from classical figurative realism and abstract expressionism to Cont’d on page 16

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Artists Uunplugged

Con’t from page 15 to sculptures and photographic computer generated images; oil paintings, watercolors and acrylics; multi-media collage and paintings on silk.

Several local restaurants and bars will be presenting live performances throughout the day hungry visitors can enjoy Hobo

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ken’s vast array of cafes and restaurants.

The City of Hoboken recommends tour-goers take public transportation.

Hoboken is accessible by PATH, NJ Transit Trains & Buses, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and NY Waterway Ferries.

Free tour maps will be available on the day of the tour at City Hall, 94 Washington St. beginning at 11:30 am. For directions

for further info please call 201-420-2207 or check online at www.hobokennj. org.

restaurant VIEWS

By Sally Deering

F

ather and son restaurateurs Michael Anthony Ryan and Christopher Ryan have the ‘Midas Touch’ when it comes to creating successful restaurants in Jersey City. For the past 25 years, they have been serving hungry Jersey Cityians at the Coles Street Café, PJ Ryan’s and Michael Anthony’s, the only finedining establishment on the Jersey City waterfront.

In September, the Ryans opened Café 95, a hip, nicely-decorated luncheonette that serves breakfast and lunch in the heart of the Grove Street business district.

Located on the main floor of the 95 Columbus office building,

My Favorite Luncheonette

Café 95 Opens New Doors Cafe 95 booths and tables with a view of downtown Jersey City Café 95 took over where the 95 Pizzeria used to be.

Some people may not have known the office building’s exclusive pizzeria because there was no direct entrance from the street. When the Ryans

opened at the location, they created entrance doors on the Marin Blvd. side of the building and now Café 95 takes up most of the street with steps leading up to the entrance and in nice weather, out

door bistro seating.

Café 95 sees itself as an alternative choice to the fast-food breakfast and lunch eateries in the neighborhood and its mission it to serve healthy offerings on their break

fast and lunch menus Café 95 serves an eclectic mix of prepared foods and hot and cold dishes where customers can either take-out their dishes or eat-in at Café 95’s Cont’d on page 18

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restaurant VIEWS booths and tables that line the windows for a view of downtown Jersey City. In the rear of the café, diners can sit beneath a “living wall” of plants. Another green imprint practiced by the Ryans, they use recycled paper products.

“We’re a gourmet deli,” Chris Ryan says, taking a break from his busy schedule. “And soon we’re going to be focusing on healthy menu options.”

Everything is still new at Café 95 and that includes the menu. There are sandwiches including Paninis and wraps, and salads where you can choose the ingredients. They also serve pizza, which seems to be one of the most popular offerings at the eatery.

The menu features Breakfast Sandwiches, 3-Egg Omelets, hearty Breakfast Platters, Oatmeal, and Bagels & Breads like bialys and muffins. Sandwiches include the Turkey & Avocado Club, the Roast Beef & Cheddar sandwich and the Italian Sub. You can also create your own

sandwich or Panini from a huge list of ingredients and you can create your own salad or choose from the Spinach Salad with Coconut Chicken, the Fresh Beet Salad, Greek Salad with Pan-Seared Mediterranean Chicken, Chef Salad, or Caprese Salad with Grilled Chicken.

“We do build your own salads, create your own burgers, you can get what you really want and you can create what you really want,” Chris Ryan says. “It was what we were planning on doing since the beginning. We wanted to be gourmet and we got good feedback on a lot of the healthy foods.”

There’s also a big selection of burgers to choose from including the Black & White Burger with blackening seasoning, pickled red onions and melted blue cheese; the Bacon BBQ Burger; the Black Bean Burger with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo; and the Country Spice Burger with fried pickles, fried Jalapenos, Provolone

cheese and Cajun Ranch dressing.

There’s also a Healthy Corner on the menu which features gluten-free dishes like the Marinated Portobello Mushroom dish with sautéed spinach, lemonpeppered grilled chicken, low-fat mozzarella and a light garlic chicken broth; Poached Ginger Chicken with steamed veggie; and Shrimp and Snow Pea Salad with radishes in a ginger sauce.

The Ryans are in the process of building a Smoothie and Juice Bar which will serve pure vegetable juices like beet juice, carrot juice and wheatgrass shots, and fresh fruit smoothies. In keeping with

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their health-conscious menu, they are teaming up with Dr. Orlando Gonzalez of Jersey City who has created the Life-Mod program for health and fitness “We’re going to be working hand-in-hand with Dr. Gonzalez on the LifeMod menu,” Ryan says.

“We’ll be the first restaurant to say we’re Life-Mod approved. His clients will have a place to go to and even if you’re not on the program, you can eat LifeMod.” The Ryans have a very successful track record for creating great restaurants and Café 95 is still creating it’s identify with its customers and neighborhood.

In time, there’s no doubt

Michael and Chris Ryan will work their culinary magic and Café 95 will be just as successful as Michael Anthony’s and the Ryans other establishments. Café 95 even has its own Facebook page, where the Ryans express their food philosophy: “We want to inspire and empower our customers to live their fullest potential by giving them an option to eat healthy while still getting a great taste,” it states on the eatery’s FB page.

“At Café 95 our focus is to offer a healthy alternative for breakfast and lunch.

Our menu is filled with high quality items at an affordable price. Is there something you want that is not on the menu? We are committed to our customers and welcome your suggestions.”

If you go: Café 95 299 Marin Blvd.

Jersey City (201) 984-0239 www. Café 95nj.com Hours: 6 am-4 pm, Mon-Sat

STARGAZINE Aries March 21 - April 19

Activity to the 3rd house of communication warns that every word you speak should be uttered with extreme caution. A retrograde Mercury coupled with a direct Uranus indicating turmoil and change gives new meaning to the term “anything you say can be held against you”!

Uncontrolled blabbing and wasted chit chat have the potential to cause big problems. So go forth with confidence and a zippered lip.

Taurus -April 20 - May 20

Most Taurus natives do hold on till the end and even after the death of any situation! This month finding a new house or apartment is highlighted. The astral energy helps you to materialize the perfect home. This time your persistence allows you to negotiate a great deal. The universal forces combine with your personality and finally create a winning combination.

Gemini May 21 - June 20

Gemini – Relationships are highlighted at this time. You may meet an attractive person in the gym or when you are shopping. A true friend or romantic connection may be made with a Thanksgiving invitation to follow. Observation is the key in your quest for love. Ask yourself if you could spend a lifetime with this new person. The answers you desire are revealed. Go forth with happiness.

Cancer June 21-July 22nd

Jupiter in your sign erases the wrinkles of fear that have kept many a Cancer native behind closed doors and hiding at home. You will be having a coming out party!! The new and exciting persona that you have sheltered will emerge. You happily discover that you are admired by others and begin to enjoy the social activities that you so need and were lacking. Enjoy!!

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Leo-July 23 - August 22

Sagittarius-

Virgo-August 23-September 22

It is advised that you don’t judge everyone by your honest standards.

You are trusting and give others the benefit of the doubt. Someone may be deceiving you but could not achieve their goal without cooperation and free reign from your naive behavior. No conspiracy theories just plain eyes wide open therapy for the Sag. If it looks suspicious it may be an attempt to take advantage. Be alert!

It seems that you may have been hiding your gifts under a basket.

Recent events had turned your vibrate colored personality into drab grey. A little negative thinking has boxed you into a boring corner. The astral energy spices up and otherwise enhances the flavor of your life. You have returned with all the glory and charisma that you possess. Long live the new royal Lion .

The astral energy this month makes you your own best cheerleader.

Looking at the bright side of any situation has never been easy with your nature but a lifting of your spirits has arrived and you somehow look at the world thru a new light, a glistening pink diamond one!!! People will notice! You may never return to the gloom and doom Virgo you once were. Hey, isn’t this more fun?

Libra – September 23 - October 22 Yes Libra, you are kind but not a pushover! Someone is feeling that your light and airy persona is an open invitation to take advantage.

They may be thinking that you have a sign on your back that reads “kick me!” Although Venus is your ruler you do possess great inner strength.

Their intrusion into your space is stopped as with sweet words and a smile they are put in their place!

Respect has returned.

Scorpio -

October 23rd -November 21st

Strong planetary energy in your sign indicate some obstacles but also success in the process of overcoming them. Saturn and retrograde Mercury hold you back with lessons.

However with the proper character and a lot of hope you sail thru with happiness by the end of the year. It is not mission impossible! Look at things from a different perspective and the key to positive change will be right before your eyes.

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November 22 - December 21

Capricorn -

December 22 - January 19

Dutiful and exceptional on the work front this is the time to develop your fun factor! Parties and a sense of celebration will brighten you personality and allow for a happy holiday and a great new year. Keep your eyes open for a sweet relationship if you desire one. If you have one you may notice an exciting renewal of love. The wheel of fortune will turn and give you the best.

Aquarius-

January 20 - February 18

Some sad news may have you reeling. This was not totally unexpected but will cause quite a meltdown.

The astral energy heals this situation and by the end of the month all has returned to bliss. You will keep your emotions in check and provide direction and counseling to family and friends. As an Aquarius, child of the universe, these are your strong points.

Pisces-

February 19 - March 20

Key in with your higher mind to the elevated energy of the Pisces native.

No longer is it necessary for you to attract events that put you in the martyr mood. Pisces may also rise to the heights by inspiring others to dream and realize the spiritual connections of the universe. Avoid being the sacrificial lamb. Keep away from the near occasions of tribulations and swim upstream towards your new life.

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