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Watchung Film Society schedules January screenings
by Independent Press
Friday January 02, 2009, 2:21 PM
AREA -- The Watchung Film Society screens films on a large screen, in its intimate upper gallery on the second and fourth Sundays of the month at 7 p.m., during January and February.
Suggested donations are $7 per film. Reserve seats at 908-753-0190, or email wacenter@optonline.net.
The Watchung Arts Center is at 18 Stirling Road, Watchung Circle, Watchung.
On Jan. 11, see Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? a 1966 film, written by Edward Albee, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The winner of five Academy Awards, the film is about a bitter aging husband and wife who use alcohol to manipulate a younger couple.
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Toru Dodo, jazz pianist, brings trio to Summit Unitarian Church
by Independent Press
Thursday January 01, 2009, 3:14 PM
SUMMIT -- Jazz pianist and composer Toru Dodo performs in a trio with bassist Joseph Lepore and drummer Rodney Green, at The Unitarian Church in Summit at 4 Waldron Ave., at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11.
The performance is part of the Afternoon Music Series. After the concert, the audience is invited to meet the performers at a reception in the church's Fellowship Hall.
Mr. Dodo was born in Tokyo and began to play piano when he was four years old. He spent his childhood listening to classical music, but discovered jazz while studying economics at Japan's Meiji University and in 1995 moved to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music. He graduated from Berklee with highest honors.
Toru DodoThe late Grace Hartigan is focus of show at Morris Museum
by Independent Press
Thursday January 01, 2009, 12:16 PM
AREA -- The Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, will present works by American artist and New Jersey native Grace Hartigan in the exhibit from Jan. 14 through April 12, Breaking Through: The Abstract Expressionism of Grace Hartigan.
This exhibit was organized in partnership with ACA Galleries, New York, and in conjunction with the artist prior to her death.
Ms. Hartigan, born in Newark, in 1922, died at her home in Maryland on Nov. 15 of this year. The Morris Museum's retrospective, consisting of 17 works, will be the first museum exhibition since her death.
Grace Hartigan studied art in Newark, and moved to New York in 1946, where she entered the inner circle of Abstract Expressionists Jackson Pollack, Milton Avery, and Willem de Kooning. She was featured in seven solo exhibits at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery. In 1956 she was included in MoMA's exhibit, "Twelve Americans." Her work continued to attract critical notice through the rest of her long career.
The Morris Museum is open Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Admission to the museum is $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is free to the public every Thursday between 5 and 8 p.m.
Call 973-971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.
Kneese sings at Pianos in Bloomfield
by Independent Press
Thursday January 01, 2009, 12:11 PM
KNEESE AT PIANOS BAR AND GRILL -- Kathie Kneese of Chatham sings in the cabaret show at Pianos Bar and Grill, 36 Broad St., Bloomfield, on five Fridays in January. Hear her at 8 p.m. on Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, as one of the evening's featured singers. Seating for the 8 p.m. show begins at 6:30 p.m. There is a $10 cover charge. Reserve at 973-743-7208.Frelinghuysen Arboretum cooks up a Local Harvest celebration
by Independent Press
Wednesday December 31, 2008, 12:17 PM
AREA -- Meet some of the New Jersey farmers and artisans who produce the food on your table at Local Harvest: North Jersey Farms, Food, and Families.
This celebration of the farms of northern New Jersey will be held at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum on Saturday, Jan. 17, from 1 to 4 p.m. The arboretum is at 53 East Hanover Ave. in Morristown. Call 973-326-7600.
Visitors can talk to farmers, watch chef demos, sample locally grown or prepared food, and learn about north Jersey's agricultural heritage past and present. They can also learn about community supported agriculture and sign up for a share of the 2009 harvest.
Prime Time Calendar for week of December 31, 2008
by Beth Wade
Wednesday December 31, 2008, 11:40 AM
CROOKSTON OPENS THE YEAR -- Joe Crookston begins the year at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 2, for The Minstrel, a coffeehouse and concert series sponsored by The Folk Project, a nonprofit folk music and arts organization. Opening for Mr. Crookston will be Danielle Miraglia. Mr. Crookston's lyrics have a sense of the poetic and the spiritual. His guitar technique and vocals lend power to the performance. The coffeehouse is held at The Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown. Admission is $7 on the way in. Coffee, teas, and baked goods are served. The coffeehouse welcomes donations on the way out. Call 973-335-9489 or visit www.folkproject.org. Atrium Gallery, Administration and Records Building, Court Street in Morristown has 183 works by members of the Drew Art Association on the fifth floor; painter Medy Bozkurtian on the fourth floor; sculptor John Tetz of Berkeley Heights, whose mobiles and totems are in the Atrium stairwell area; photos by Kadie Dempsey of Madison, Ellen Denuto and Mike Tesi of Madison on the third floor; and paintings by Laurie Harden and photos by David Mager on the second floor. See the exhibits during business hours until Jan. 15. Call The Arts Council, Morristown, at 973-285-5115, ext. 10.
Auditions, are at 7:30 p.m., on Mondays, Jan. 5 and 12, in Room 101 on the lower level of the Annunciation Center, College of St. Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road in Convent Station, for the Morris Choral Society. The 90-member community chorus seeks talented singers for its spring concert. Auditions will be for all voice parts, including soprano, alto, tenor and bass, from high school age through adulthood. Singers should have blending voices. The ability to read music is helpful but not required. The program selected for the spring concert, will feature choruses from Tin Pan Alley to Stephen Sondheim. Call 973-998-7239 or visit www. morrischoralsociety.org.
Prime Time Calendar for week of December 24, 2008
by Beth Wade
Friday December 26, 2008, 12:20 PM
Rodney Crowell, above, tours in a trio with guitarist Will Kimbrough and violinist Jenny Scheinman, to support his 2008 Grammy-nominated album, Sex and Gasoline. He performs at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Sanctuary Concerts series at the Presbyterian Church at Chatham Township, 240 Southern Boulevard. Tickets are $25. Admission includes home-baked desserts and coffee at intermission. Call 973-376-4946 or visit www.sanctuaryconcerts.org. As a songwriter, Mr. Crowell has had a long string of hits. In 1988, he had a breakthrough album of his own with Diamonds & Dirt. Mr. Crowell's most recent album has been Grammy-nominated for a 2008 Best Contemporary Folk Album award. A Valentine for Lovers, an opera cabaret, features music from opera, operetta and Broadway. Performers are soprano Noelle Brooks, tenor Robert Zimmerman and pianist Michael Fennelly. The performance is at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, in Hennessy Hall, College at Florham campus, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison Ave., Madison. The performance is sponsored by Opera at Florham. Admission is $35; $10 for students. Reserve to attend. Call 908-647-2204.
Atrium Gallery, Administration and Records Building, Court Street in Morristown has 183 works by members of the Drew Art Association on the fifth floor; painter Medy Bozkurtian on the fourth floor; sculptor John Tetz of Berkeley Heights, whose mobiles and totems are in the Atrium stairwell area; photos by Kadie Dempsey of Madison, Ellen Denuto and Mike Tesi of Madison on the third floor; and paintings by Laurie Harden and photos by David Mager on the second floor. See the exhibits during business hours until Jan. 15. Call The Arts Council, Morristown, at 973-285-5115, ext. 10.
Breaking Through, the Abstract Expressionism of American artist and New Jersey native Grace Hartigan, is on exhibit at The Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, from Jan. 14 through April 12. Ms. Hartigan, born in Newark, in 1922, died on Nov. 15 of this year. This exhibit was organized in partnership with ACA Galleries, New York, and in conjunction with the artist prior to her death. The Morris Museum's retrospective, consisting of 17 works, will be the first museum exhibition since her death. Grace Hartigan studied art in Newark, and moved to New York in 1946, where she entered the inner circle of Abstract Expressionists Jackson Pollack, Milton Avery, and Willem de Kooning. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens; and free to the public Thursdays between 5 and 8 p.m. Call 973-971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.
Shakespeare Theater opens season with '80 Days'
by Independent Press
Thursday December 25, 2008, 12:05 PM
MADISON -- The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ reports a 2008 season with a record-breaking number of subscribers. "We had an incredible 2008 season that included a record breaking number of subscribers," said artistic director Bonnie J. Monte. "I am thrilled to be able to announce an extraordinary 47th anniversary season that I think will once again thrill our audiences."
To purchase tickets, call 973-408-5600 or visit www.ShakespeareNJ.org.
The 2009 season kicks off in late April with Around the World in Eighty Days. On a whim and a bet, Phileas Fogg takes off on a whirlwind, action-packed adventure in this theatrical version of this Jules Verne classic story adapted by Bonnie J. Monte. Around the World in Eighty Days will run from April 29, through May 24.
Continue reading "Shakespeare Theater opens season with '80 Days'" »Caroline Cooper weds Ralph Caruso
by Independent Press
Friday December 19, 2008, 9:59 AM
Ralph Caruso,Caroline Kenny Cooper
Caroline Kenny Cooper of Summit was married on Oct. 26, 2008, to Ralph Caruso of Berkeley Heights. The service was performed at St. Anthony of Padua Chapel in West Orange and was followed by a reception at The Grand Summit Hotel.
Ms. Cooper is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cooper of Summit and the granddaughter of Mrs. H. James Kenny Jr. and the late Mr. Kenny of Bernardsville. Her paternal grandparents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Cooper of New York City. A graduate of Summit High School and Loyola College in Maryland, she is an assistant vice president for Citi Hedge Fund Services.
Mr. Caruso is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guiseppe Caruso of Jupiter, Fla., formerly of Berkeley Heights.
Continue reading "Caroline Cooper weds Ralph Caruso" »Prime Time calendar for week of December 17, 2008
by Independent Press
Friday December 19, 2008, 9:51 AM
SEVENTH PRINCIPLE -- The Newark Museum celebrates Kwanzaa on Dec. 26, beginning with a candle-lighting ceremony at 2 p.m. Seventh Principle group performs Share the Kwanzaa Spirit, during the traditional holiday ceremony that celebrates African-American values, traditions, community and history through song and dance. The museum's annual Holiday Fun Week runs from Dec. 26 to 30, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., with story telling, music and dance each day at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27 will feature the Dickens Victorian Carollers and Insecta Fantasia Family Day. A woodwind quintet and storyteller brings Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker holiday classic on Dec. 28, and The Pushcart Players presents Little Red Riding Hood and other stories on Monday, Dec. 29. Fun Week ends with storyteller and singer Rolf Stang, who performs stories by Hans Christian Anderson, including The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes and Thumbelina. Call 973-596-6550 or visit www.NewarkMuseum.org.A Celtic Christmas, melds worship and music from the diverse Celtic cultures of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Isle of Man, Galicia and Cornwall; and new works from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia and Vermont. Hear the concert at The Presbyterian Church, 57 Park Place on the Green, Morristown, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21. Instrumentation will include recorders, whistles, fiddles, keyboard, bagpipes and percussion, and soloists from the church choirs. The performance is free to the public. Call 973-538-1776.
Altars of the Invisible: Sculptural Bookworks is on exhibit in the Tomasulo Gallery, on the first floor of MacKay Library, Union County College, Cranford, to Dec. 20. Multimedia book artist Miriam Schaer uses garments like girdles, bustiers, brassieres, gloves, aprons and children's clothes, as the sources for her sculpture. Inside each stiffened, shaped, and embellished sculpture are books and other objects that she has hidden away. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 4 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Evening hours are from 6 to 9 p.m., Tuesdays through Thursdays. Call 908-709-7155.
Atrium Gallery, Administration and Records Building, Court Street in Morristown has 183 works by members of the Drew Art Association on the fifth floor; painter Medy Bozkurtian on the fourth floor; sculptor John Tetz of Berkeley Heights, whose mobiles and totems are in the Atrium stairwell area; photos by Kadie Demp-sey of Madison, Ellen Denuto and Mike Tesi of Madison on the third floor; and paintings by Laurie Harden and photos by David Mager on the second floor. See the exhibits during business hours until Jan. 15. Call The Arts Council, Morristown, at 973-285-5115, ext. 10.
Kathryn Wilson engaged to wed William Moebius
by Independent Press
Friday December 19, 2008, 9:48 AM
William Thomas Moebius,
Kathryn Ann WilsonMs. Wilson is a 1998 graduate of Chatham High School. She received her B.A. in psychology and elementary education certification from Muhlenberg College in 2002 and earned a graduate degree in elementary education in 2005. She is a third grade teacher in Basking Ridge.
'Last Comic Standing' tour comes to Community Theater in Morristown
by Independent Press
Thursday December 18, 2008, 2:11 PM
Iliza Shlesinger, winner of the 2008 Last Comic Standing competition originally broadcast on NBC, headlines an evening of stand-up comedy featuring the five top finalists from the TV series: Marcus, Jeff Dye, Jim Tavare and Louis Rainey. NBC's Last Comic Standing Live on Tour comes to The Community Theater, 100 South St., Morristown, on Friday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $37 to $52. Call 973-539-8008 or visit www.mayoarts.org. This evening will feature adult content and language, not appropriate for children.
Prime Time news in brief for week of December 17, 2008
by Independent Press
Wednesday December 17, 2008, 2:28 PM
BETTER DAYS AHEAD -- The Cratchit family eats Christmas dinner, as Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens and the Ghost of Christmas Present look on, in Chatham Community Player's production of A Christmas Carol, running through Dec. 21, at the Chatham Playhouse, 23 North Passaic Ave., Chatham. From left, Suzanne Houston, Finnian Burns, Abigail Hoops, Aedyn Grey, Kylie Francis, Drew Olden, Jessica Kundla, Daphne Ciccarelle and Matt Burns. In rear, Alan Semok, Todd Schumpert and Will Lampe. Curtain is at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20; at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20 and Sunday, Dec. 21. Tickets are $20. Visit www.chathamplayers.org or call 973-635-7363.
Terry Conner shows photos of Ireland west
BERKELEY HEIGHTS -- Terry Conner, a lifelong resident of Berkeley Heights, exhibits photos of western Ireland in the lobby of the Berkeley Heights Public Library, 290 Plainfield Ave., through December.
The photos were taken over the last decade and include scenes of the Cliffs of Moher, Benwee Head, Delphi Woods, Clew Bay and an ancient stone circle on the Mullet Peninsula.
"Counties Clare, Galway and Mayo are unique in all of Ireland for their rugged beauty," says Mr. Conner. "You can never forget Ireland's west for its charm and its wonderfully warm people."
See the show during library hours. Call 908-464-9333.
NJN interviews Bill Charlap in current edition of 'State of the Arts'
by Independent Press
Wednesday December 17, 2008, 1:48 PM
AREA -- The current edition of State of the Arts, a New Jersey Network television journal, features jazz pianist Bill Charlap, who is interviewed at his Summit home.
See the show on NJN at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19; and at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24.
In addition to the interview, the show follows Mr. Charlap through a solo neighborhood concert at the Unitarian Church of Summit, and with the Bill Charlap Trio, at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. Bill Charlap's most recent albums features the work of George Gershwin. In the interview, Mr. Charlap describes why he likes to play music from the American Songbook.
Continue reading "NJN interviews Bill Charlap in current edition of 'State of the Arts'" »Senior Center of the Chathams screens films on Thursdays
by Independent Press
Tuesday December 16, 2008, 3:54 PM
CHATHAM TWP. -- Stop by at The Senior Center of the Chathams for a cup of coffee and conversation, before the 1 p.m. movie every Thursday, or the Friday Foreign Film once a month.
On Thursday, Dec. 18, see Young at Heart, a documentary about the Young@Heart chorus, a group of Massachusetts senior citizens who entertain audiences worldwide with their unusual and unusually poignant covers of rock songs.
The Center reopens on Jan. 5, with a new schedule of movies.
On Thursday, Jan. 8, see No Reservations, a comedy with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Abigail Breslin. This is a story about a chef who becomes her niece's guardian and subsequently faces chaos on all fronts, as both the child and her new sous chef work their ways into her heart.
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