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Volume 21 No. 11
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FINAL PERFORNACES OF WOMAN RISING After enjoying sold out performances in 2016, Women Rising is back to honor Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Join Speranza for three more performances for an evening of stories about survivors of domestic violence and the helpers connected with their journey. WOMEN RISING, Stories of Hope, is a 75-minute original play created by Speranza Theatre Company with the help of our community partner WomenRising.org. Directed by Mikaela Kafka, featuring original music by Drama Desk Nominated composer Estelle Bajou, is a compilation of stories written by 7 playwrights
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Art House Opens New Space with LEISURE, LUST by Sara Farrington NJ Playwright Explores Issues of Love, Marriage, Gender and Mental Illness
Playwright Sara Farrington’s new play opens new Art House Productions space By Sally Deering Playwright Sara Farrington, the writer of Leisure, Lust, the new play at Art House Productions, changed her perspective from actor to playwright and never looked back. “I thought I had to be seen to be expressive,” Farrington says, the day before Leisure, Lust opens in Art House’s new space at the Cast Iron Lofts building on 17th Street in Jersey City. (Where
David Bowie’s face graces the south wall in geometric color.) Leisure, Lust is a play fashioned on the personal life of a writer like Edith Wharton and her tortured personal life. It opened Thursday, Oct. 26, and runs Thursdays through Sundays through Nov. 12. The cast stars Stephanie Regina, Gabriella Rhodeen, Kyle Stockburger and Christopher Tocco playing multiple roles.
Director Marina McClure leads an allfemale creative team with set designer Mary Hamrick, costume designer Alice Tavener, and stage manager Kristiana Cowcer. Intrigued by Wharton’s dual life as a successful novelist in an unhappy marriage (Wharton’s husband was rumored manic-depressive and her young lover a handsome gold-digger,) Farrington says she explores these issues in her play. “A few years ago I became obsessed with Edith Wharton,”
Stephanie Regina, Gabriella Rhodeen in Leisure, Lust
Farrington says. “The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome -- from 1900-to1921, this woman was writing at a time when women didn’t write like that; they weren’t at liberty. She had a miserable marriage to a man
When she was 21, she worked for the Jean Cocteau Rep company in New York; and then, after losing her passion for acting, she turned back to writing. “Playwriting is an extension of acting for me,” Farrington says. “I’m a very actor-friendwho was clearly bipolar. ly playwright. Actors There were rumors that are noble creatures. They’re willing to give he was manic-depressive. They only had sex of themselves body and soul.” once in 18 years.” Farrington says workFarrington describes ing on Leisure, Lust has Wharton’s affair with been a great experience a mysterious younger experience. She has man. worked on the show “Morton Fullerton with McClure as direcwas gorgeous and tor since 2014. Twice, in love with her they presented the play fame,”Farrington says. at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, Massachusetts – the house that Wharton built with her own money. Stephanie Regina in “They gave us Leisure, Lust the whole house,” “He strung this powFarrington says. “It erful novelist around was like working in a for years and she was museum.” madly in love with him. Farrington and her Something about that cast and crew are the story was so gothic, so first to try out Art House lovelorn, it struck all the Production’s new space right chords in me. But at Cast Iron Lofts. She much of Leisure, Lust is says working at the my own imagination.” new space has been A resident of “amazing”. Maplewood, Farrington “You can configure lived 14 years in it however you want,” Brooklyn before moving Farrington says. “We’re to New Jersey. doing 70 seats in the in She started her theatrithe round. The loft is cal career as an actor very flexible. and attended the Eugene O’Neill Center in Cont’d on page 4 Waterford, Connecticut.
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Con’t from page 3 We could do even bigger (seating) – 200-300 – that’s my guess.” Art House Productions’ Executive Director Meredith Burns was first introduced to Farrington’s play by her associate Kristy Dodson, who saw it as a good fit. “It combines everything that I admire in a play,” Burns says. “It’s sharp. It’s funny. It’s self-aware. It has tremendous compassion for its characters.” One advantage of working with Art House Productions has been Kyle Stockburger and the amount of space and Christopher Tocco in Leisure, Lust time Farrington was given to rehearse Leisure, the space and time in the artist needs. I would put Lust, says. world,” Farrington says. that ahead of money, to “They’ve given us all “That’s all a theater be honest.”
If you go Now through Nov. 12; Thurs-Sat @ 7:30 pm; Sun @ 3 pm Leisure, Lust Art House Productions 262 17th St, JC (201) 915-9911 www.arthouseproductions.org Tix: $25; Students/ Seniors $20
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ARTISTS’ EYES
Panepinto Galleries in JC Debuts New Show 56 Local Artists Exhibit Work at 70 Hudson on the Waterfront
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ike a 19th century Paris Salon where paintings filled every nook and cranny of wall space to exhibit artists’ works, Through The Eyes of An Artist, the new exhibition at 70 Hudson Street in Jersey City has the same feel. The exhibition is presented by Panepinto Galleries & Spear Street Capital with Stefania Panepinto as curator. Panepinto took a section of the first-floor, high-ceilinged lobby of 70 Hudson Street, a massive building at Exchange Place on Jersey City’s waterfront and turned it into a gallery. Through The Eyes Of An Artist, which opened Oct 24 and runs through May 2018, spotlights 56 artists from Jersey City, Hoboken, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx who created 73 works that explore their perception of contemporary life. The show features paintings, some papier-mâché pieces and a depiction of the cartoon character Popeye made with rubber bands. “The artists I chose, a majority of them I’ve worked with in the past,” Panepinto says during the exhibit’s well-attended Opening Reception. “I chose the
Popeye by Maurizio Zuluaga theme ‘Through the Eyes of an Artist’ to get the artists’ perception of contemporary life and why they paint what they paint. There are 73 pieces in the show and there’s a lot of diversity.” Artists exhibiting are Alex Smith, Alonsa Guevara, Alayne Macchiaverna, Ann Giordano, Angela Costanzo Paris, Annie Wildey, Anthony G. Carrino, Anthony Roselli, Candy LeSueur, Cara DeAngelis, Daniel Bilodeau, Daniel Maidman, Diana Corvelle, Diane Stiglich, Dina Brodsky, Doug Auld, Gian Luca Bianchino, Glenn Garver, Heidi Elbers, Hilary Robin McCarthy, Karen Fuchs, James Raczkowski, Jamie Orr, James Salzano, Jeanne Brasile, Jessica Augier, JMR, Joe Epstein, Kiki Carrillo, Kyeong Keun No, Lisa Ficarelli Halpern, Lisa Lebofsky, Livia Mosanu, Luca Cusolito, Marcelo Daldoce, Melanie Vote,
Delancey (Might Be) by Daniel Bilodeau Melissa Anderson, Michael Selbach, Michelle Doll, Nicolas Sanchez, Nupur Nishith, Patty Horing, Patrick Romine, Peter Drake, Peter Fox, Robert Kogge, Robin Tedesco, Ryan Roa, Stefania Panepinto, Stephen Cimini, Tun Myaing, Vicoria Selbach, Theda Sandiford Yunsung Jang, Will with her work, Kurtz, Cheryl Gross and Song Sung Blue Theda Sandiford. the curator’s strategy Sandiford, a painter who shows locally and – putting art in an unexpected place. A lobby nationally – her work will be seen at Art Basel can be a cold place, but here, it’s like going on a in December – lives journey.” in Jersey City and has Sandiford is reprea studio downtown. sented in the Panepinto Through The Eyes Of exhibit with her work An Artist has been “Song Sung Blue” – an “carefully curated” for gallery-goers to have a aluminum print. Artist Cheryl Gross, unique experience at the gallery, Sandiford Says. Professor of Technical Communications Design “I’ve seen a lot of extraordinary work here,” at Pratt Institute in Sandiford says. “I love Brooklyn, and a Jersey
Artist Cheryl Gross stands with her piece Doll Baby and Mirror by James Raczkowski. City resident, , says everything in the show is high-caliber. Gross has two pieces in the show, Wearing Pink and Doll Baby, a female character is a bright red dress. “It’s a take-off of 1950s and 60s TV shows,” Gross says. “I have this narrative – gender obliteration. It’s a science experiment that went terribly wrong and these people live in that world. Doll Baby is one of them.” Artist Nupur Nishith of Bayonne is also exhibiting her work in Through The Eyes Of An Artist and her painting Sarvadrasta II represents “one who sees all and takes care of everybody”. “I started with that concept,” Nishith says. “It’s inspired by Indian folk art.” Danielle Brooks of Jersey City, Cont’d on page 8
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Cont’d from page 7 who serves on the Board of Directors at Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, an artists’ group and exhibition venue in Jersey City, says she was very impressed by the exhibition’s diversity. “I’m enjoying it because the work has such a widerange,” Brooks says. “Everything is so interesting to look at. It’s like an art salon, which is something we’d like to have more of in Jersey City, so we can view art, talk about it, and the the general public can see it.”
Parade & Costume Contest Oct. 31
The City of Hoboken annual Ragamuffin Parade and Costume Contest will be held on Tuesday, October 31st, 2017. To participate in the parade, meet on Washington Street beNupur Nishith tween 13th Street and with her painting 14th Street. Setup for Sarvadrasta II line of march begins (Seeing All at 3:15pm. The parade If you go starts at 3:30pm. Oct 30-May 1 The parade features Through the Eyes local live music, floats, of an Artist lots of great costumes Panepinto Galleries and so much more. Wear 70 Hudson St, JC your Halloween best! www.panepintogallerA costume contest will ies.com begin at 4:00pm after the parade at the Little Holiday Party for Office or Home? League Field, located at Live Doo-Wop Acapella Group Available 5th Street and River Terrace. Prizes will be Party of Five - 845-216-2822
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awarded in five age categories. Featuring your host and emcee Polka Dot. Washington Street will be closed and NJ Transit buses will follow a detour during the parade. Washington Street will
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County” Carlos Pujol, CEO of P3 Global Management. “A New Jersey program, conceived to serve the needs of local Hudson County residents, has logged over 300,000 rides since its inception in 2015. The program is now expanding to Guttenberg, North Bergen, Weehawken, Bayonne and West New York, thereby connecting the Hudson water front and effectively enabling short intercity commutes as well as leisure rides. One membership, multiple cities. We’re excited to provide this service for the people of Hudson County, and appreciate their support. We look forward to bringing additional bikes and stations in the year ahead.”
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ARTScene November 2017 Cultural Happenings In & Around Hudson
Thursdays through Sundays through Nov. 12. Tix: $20THEATER $25. LEISURE, LUST by Sara Farrington. Directed by Marina McClure. “Inspired from the worlds of Edith Wharton and Jacob Riis, LEISURE, LUST tackles MILE SQUARE THEATRE, issues of gender, sex, love, 1400 Clinton St, HOB. (201) mental illness, labor, and im683-7014; www.milesquaremigration, and explores how theatre.org. Mon, Nov. 6 @ class is woven into the fabric 8 pm: BROADWAY NIGHT of American society, despite AT MST annual fundraiser. our founding narrative to the “Broadway Night brings curcontrary.” rent stars of Broadway to our intimate theatre for an evening of song. See Broadway performers up close belt out show tunes! Drinks and lite fare included.” Performers to be announced. Silent auction items available for bid. Doors open at 7 pm. Performance begins at 8pm. For tix, go to www. JC THEATER CENTER, milesquaretheatre.org. Merseles Studios, 339 Newark Ave, JC. www. jctcenter.org. THE WAVE, a solo show starring Jon Kovach. Fri, Nov. 10 @ 8 pm; Sun, Nov. 12 @ 4 pm; Adm: $20; $15 students/ seniors. “Based on a true story. In 1967, a young history teacher dealing with the JC THEATER CENTER, Vietnam War, tries to deter Merseles Studios, 339 his students from the allure Newark Ave, JC. www.jctof fascism through a daring center.org. Wed, Nov. 8 @ social experiment that spirals 7:30 pm. HOTBED, a new out of his control.” play reading by Elisabeth Karlin. “It is Hollywood VISUAL ARTS in 1951, and a changing industry is suddenly caught in a frenzy of doubt and paranoia. As the House of Un-American Activities Committee bears down and bebop fills the air, we follow MANA CONTEMPORARY, four actors, all at a flash888 Newark Ave, JC. www. point in their lives and camanacontemporary.com. reers. Passions run high and Now through Dec. 15: wild as they collide in their OCCUPY MANA: Artists struggles with politics, love, Need to Create on the Same desire and the relentless need Scale That Society Has the for work.” Suggested donaCapacity to Destroy (Year tion: $5. 1). Curated by Phong Bui & Rail Curatorial Projects. Glass Gallery. “This exhibition focuses on artists whose practice interrogates the contemporary social climate, including issues surrounding ARTHOUSE PRODUCTIONS, immigration, the environ300 Coles St, , JC.www.artment, human rights and houseproductions.org
equality, foreign relations, among others, ultimately drawing attention to art as it functions as a lens for better understanding the time in which we live.”
VILLAGE WEST GALLERY, 331 Newark Ave, JC. www. villagewestgallery.com. Now through Nov. 13: NEW JERSEY AND YOU – PERFECT TOGETHER! A JC THEATER CENTER, group show inspired by the Merseles Studios, 339 Garden State. Participating Newark Ave, JC. www.jctartists include Eric Andrews, center.org. Wed, Nov. 1 @ Amy Becker, J. Krause 7:30 pm: ARTSpeak. “POP Chapeau, Tim Daly, Todd THE QUESTION: THE Darling, Peter Delman, POWERPOP TRIO COMES Michael Endy, Barbara TO JCTC”. Featuring Kayt Friedman, Allan Goman, Hester, Robert Piersanti and Donna Greenberg, Alexander Joe Waks. Curator: Lucy Katsenelinboigen, Chris Rovetto. “ARTSpeak features Manis, Charlann Meluso, an interview with individual Jeffrey Morabito, Howard artists, accompanied by Nathenson, Franc Palaia, projections of their work. Shannon Roberts, Rocco The profile segments are folScary, Linda Streicher, lowed by an audience Q&A, Pamela Talesa, Mollie but with a twist: audience Thonneson, Gian Berto members write down ‘quirky Vanni and Beppy Young. questions’ on index cards. Closing Reception Sun, Nov. Admission is free; $5 for a 12, 12-4 pm. chance to win an original piece by one of the pop trio artists.”
PANEPINTO GALLERIES, 70 Hudson St, JC.www.panepintogalleries.com. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri, 9 am-6 pm. Through May 1, 2018: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST, group exhibition featuring the work of 56 artists from Jersey City, Hoboken, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx. More than 70 works “explore the theme of an artist’s perception of contemporary life.” (Pictured: Popeye by Maurizio Zuluaga.) VILLAGE WEST GALLERY, 331 Newark Ave, JC.
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JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY, Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave, Suites 415 and 344, JC. www.jonathanlevineprojects.com. (201) 763-6998. Hours: Tues-Fri, 10 am-6 pm; Sat, 11 am-6 pm: Now through Nov. 11. ERIC BASSTEIN, MADE TO STAY/HANDIEDAN, THE FOURTH DIMENSION: TIME.
GUTTENBERG ARTS CENTER, 6903 Jackson St, GUTT. (201) 868-8385. www.GuttenbergArts.org. Sept 2017-Aug 2018: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NOVADO GALLERY, THINGS, a town-wide art Contemporary Art, Design project funded in part by the & Ceramics, 110 Morgan National Endowment for St, JC. www.novadogallery. the Arts. “From September com. Opening Reception 2017 to August 2018, Nov 4, 7-10 pm; exhibiGuttenberg Arts communitytion runs through Dec. 14: based artist-in-residence EDGE: Group show cuElisabeth Smolarz will visit rated by Thomas Banks. Featuring Sky Allen, Michael the homes of 200 participating Guttenberg residents to Anderson, Tunji Dada, create a collection of distinct Elizabeth Gregory Gruen, portraits which, together, will Gary Lichtenstein, Julia build a composite sketch of Powers, Kele Mccomsey, their town. Simply schedule a Tom Sanford, Noah Becker, time and date to participate Caslan Bevington, Theda by filling out the form on the Sandiford, Ben Keating Guttenberg Arts Center’s and Amaya Gurpide. Panel Discussion Sun, Nov. 12, 3-5 website. Every portrait is anonymous and features pm. (Pictured: Headache by Cont’d on page 13 Theda Sandiford.)
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groupings of cherished objects selected by each participant for their personal significance.” Visit www.guttenbergarts.org for info.
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PUPPETWORKS @ Merseles Studios, JC Theater Center, 339 Newark Ave, JC. www.jctheatercenter.org. Now showing Sundays @ 1 pm: THE PRINCE & THE MAGIC FLUTE. “A thrilling hour of melodrama and a few touches of the wonderful Mozart Score,” – Washington Star. (Suggested for ages 3 and up.) SEND US YOUR ARTS LISTINGS. If you have an art opening or performances coming up including visual arts, performing arts and street arts, send an email to: riverviewobserver@ gmail.com and we’ll list it in ARTScene. ALL ARTScene LISTINGS ARE FREE. River View Observer Supporting the Arts in Hudson Since 1998 Information & Advertisting Rates 201-349-4336
ARTISTS’ EDGE
Novado Gallery’s New Group Show Opens Nov. 4th EDGE Features 14 Artists plus Artists’ Panel Discussion By Sally Deering Gallery owner Anne Novado and curator Thomas Banks took a trip into New York, recently, to pick up artworks from several artists exhibiting in Novado Gallery’s upcoming show, EDGE, which opens Sat, Nov. 4, 7-10 pm. Novado Gallery is on Morgan Street in Jersey City, close to the Jersey City waterfront. EDGE is a group exhibition featuring the work of 14 artists at varying career stages and notoriety, Anne Novado says. Curated by Thomas Banks, it features artists Sky Allen, Michael Anderson, Tunji Dada, Gary Lichtenstein, Julia Powers, Kele Mccomsey, Tom Sanford, Noah Becker, Caslan Bevington, Theda Sandiford, Ben Keating and Amaya Gurpide and Elizabeth Gregory Gruen. “First and foremost, the show is about the artists,” Novado says, “and it’s a very timely exhibition just because there’s so much diversity and variety. That’s what EDGE is about, what the artists are bringing to the table.” There will be a lot of interesting work, Novado says. “Elizabeth Gregory Gruen does these impeccable, immaculate paper cut-outs,” Novado says. “They’re layered, elegant and graceful.
Headache by Theda Sandiford
Self-Portrait by Amaya Gurpide
Leather 4-Piece Gunshot by Elizabeth Gregory Gruen And then she shoots them with a shotgun. On some of her work, not on all of them, she does this final act. It’s like this beautiful ‘why’. She’s fierce. We also have some political works that are powerful and fun.” Guest Curator Thomas Banks has chosen an eclectic group of artists, Novado says.
“In this show, it’s all about the artists,” Banks says. “It’s about the people making the art, and the art reflects what the artists are plugging themselves into. Whether an artist is working via sociopolitical commentary or an artist is creating work in an introspective way, and/or some other compulsion of the artist soul’s lifeforce. The gestalt of artist-centric EDGE will seem chaotic, messy, uncomfortable, powerful, unapologetic, and beautiful. After all, isn’t contemporary art, when most effective, a reflection of the times we are living in?” There will be an artist panel discussion on Sun, Nov. 12, from 3-5pm; EDGE runs through Thurs, Dec 14. If you go Sat, Nov 4, 7-10 pm (Opening Reception) Exhibit runs through Dec. 14 EDGE Novado Gallery Contemporary Art, Design & Ceramics 110 Morgan St, JC www.novadogallery. com (201) 714-6713 Visit us on the web www. riverviewobserver.net Tweet Us Twitter.com/ jcalobserver Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/ Riverviewobserver
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FX Singer Giselle To Hold FREE Release Party November 17, 2017 in Jersey City Since 1969Inn Barge Restaurant
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New Jersey Indie pop singer Giselle has an impressive career and has made a name for her self not only locally but throught the United States. Giselle’s mixtape, Not Ready To Grow Up is set to release on November 17th Giselle and her team will be having a mixtape release party (also on November 17th) at Nimbus Dance Works located at 165 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ. The event begins at 8:00 PM and will run until approximately 11:00 PM. Giselle’s local performances have included the Freedom Fireworks Festival 2017, New York Red Bulls Arena, Loew’s Jersey Theatre, The ALZ NJ Jersey City Walk, and Art House Productions’ 2016 Snow Ball Gala. She quickly gained recognition after writing and singing for Season 5 of FX’s Louie, most notably the viral hit “diarreah song” which has collectively
garnered nearly 500,000 views on YouTube. She also recorded the title song for Louis C.K.’s upcoming film I Love You, Daddy (which you can hear a snippet of in the film’s newly-released trailer). Giselle’s 9-song Not Ready To Grow Up offers a raw, aggressive take on traditional pop music in a tug-of-war between beauty and darkness. Every song on the mixtape will be accompanied by a music video, all of which have been directed by women—offering a change of pace in a world in which women are often underrepresented. Guests will get an
Giselle exclusive first look at Giselle’s upcoming music videos, in addition to food and drinks at no cost. The event is FREE and open to the public If You Go Mixtape Release Nimbus Dance Works 165 Newark Ave. JC 8pm-11pm November 17, 2017 Free
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