your move! one weekend

YOUR MOVE Presented by Art House Productions  Co-Produced by Morgan Hille Refakis and Meagan Woods YOUR MOVE  MODERN DANCE FESTIVAL Jersey City's Modern Dance Festival NOV 7-9 * 8PM    NOV 10 * 4PM $12/$18 at door VIP Tickets and Festival Passes available! Choreographer talk-back FRI, NOV 8 after the performance Jersey City's first and only international modern dance festival, presenting the work of 21 visionary choreographers and 50 dancers from across the country and around the world.  ADDRESS: Art House Productions 1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor Jersey City, NJ  07302 SE Corner of Hamilton Park, near Erie/8th St Phone (201) 915-9911  DIRECTIONS TO ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS

the LAUGH TOUR

The Laugh Tour comedy event, a night of top-notch comedians delivering big laughs at Art House! This Saturday we welcome Dean Edwards to the stage, a Saturday Night Live veteran and star of MTV2's hit show, GUY CODE. Don't miss it!  CLICK FOR INFO Art House Productions presents THE LAUGH TOUR Stand-Up Comedy in Jersey City! SAT, NOV 2 * * 8PM $15/$20 AT DOOR Featuring Saturday Night Live's DEAN EDWARDS Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central, VH1  Live Music by VARVERI * Please note that our OPEN MIC will be Thursday, NOVEMBER 14 instead of the 1st Thursday (NOV 7) due to the Your Move Modern Dance Festival! ADDRESS: Art House Productions 1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor Jersey City, NJ  07302 SE Corner of Hamilton Park, near Erie/8th St Phone (201) 915-9911

Art House Productions 13th season

Art House's 13th season is off to an exciting start, with poet Lana Rose Diaz of Wordsmithing Wednesdays featuring at our first open mic of the season tomorrow at 8pm. Sign up for the open mic and get 5 minutes on stage. Doors open at 7:45pm. The list fills up fast, so please arrive early. This Friday, 6-9pm, Art House presents Dark Fable, a group show and theater installation inspired by the dark and mysterious side of fables and folklore. Part of the 2013 Jersey City Artist Studio Tour. Dark Fable will be presented at TenMarc (430 Communipaw) during the Tour's enormous kickoff party, featuring 17 curated group exhibitions with over 450 pieces of art. Free shuttle buses will run from Grove St. PATH. Dark Fable's visual art will be on view at TenMarc through the weekend. Finally - only 1 week left of our Your Move Modern Dance campaign. We are almost there! Please consider making a donation to help this festival reach its goal. Art House Productions presents  THE ART HOUSE Performance Series & Open Mic Featuring Spoken Word Poet LANA ROSE DIAZ  THURS, OCT 3 * 8-10PM * $5 OPEN MIC SEASON KICKOFF EVENT!  Art House Productions presents DARK FABLE Performance and Visual Art Installation  FRI, OCT 4, 6-9PM * FREE  Art also on view OCT 5 & 6, 12-6PM  Directions to TenMarc   We are 68% of the way to our goal!  Will you help us home? Your Move Modern Dance Festival  Help Bring Jersey City's International Modern Dance Festival to Life Keep on creating, Christine  Christine Goodman, Executive Director ADDRESS: Art House Productions 1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor Jersey City, NJ  07302 SE Corner of Hamilton Park, near Erie/8th St Phone (201) 915-9911  DIRECTIONS TO ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS

Acting for adults

For those interested in connecting with their inner thespian, ACTING FOR ADULTS' 5-week series begins tonight at 6:30pm
Arthouse productions , 1 McWilliams square Hamilton Park

Join us this Thursday at our first open mic of the new year and start 2013 off on the right foot. Get on stage and share your words! This event will be a wonderful meeting of creative minds. Poems, songs, monologues, short stories. Thursday is the night to put it out there!


Art House Productions presents
THE ART HOUSE
Performance Series & Open Mic
Featuring Poet
EPUNTO
Hosted by
BETH ACHENBACH
Thurs, Jan 3 * 8pm * $5

your move- insurgo dance project

Art House Productions and
Insurgo Stage Project present

The 3rd Annual
YOUR MOVE MODERN DANCE FESTIVAL

Thurs - Sat, Nov 8-10 at 8pm
Sun, Nov 11 at 4pm

Tickets $12/$15 at the door
$30 VIP Tickets/$35 at the door (includes priority seating and concessions)






Thursday November 8th at 8pm
Chelsea Lee
Daniel Holt
Christie Freeman
Katherine Kiefer Stark
Amy Larimer
Meagan Woods
Dante Brown
Molly Galbraith

Friday November 9th at 8pm
Nikki Manx
Daniela Hoff
Colleen Pictor
Sarah Council
Jorelle Pome
Avianna Perez
Chelsea Lee
Katie Stehura

Saturday November 10th at 8pm
Dante Brown
Daniela Hoff
Danse4Nia
M. Hille Refakis
Jorelle Pome
Sarah Ewing
Nikki Manx
Christie Freeman
Avianna Perez
Sarah Council

Sunday November 11th at 4pm
Danse4Nia
Daniel Holt
Colleen Pictor
Molly Galbraith
Katherine Kiefer Stark
Sarah Ewing
Katie Stehura
Meagan Woods
Amy Larimer
M. Hille Refakis


ADDRESS:
Art House Productions
1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor
Jersey City, NJ  07302
SE Corner of Hamilton Park, near Erie/8th St
Phone (201) 915-9911

so-low theater festival

SO LOW Theater Festival

Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012 To Sunday, September 30, 2012

Time: 7pm

Location: Art House Productions

Cost: $6 per show

A full weekend of original one-person shows! Styles range from memoir to multimedia to dance!

You Gotta Have Faith (or We'll Disown You)
A hilarious, honest and provocative account of what it's like to be an atheist in a very Catholic family. Part coming of age tale, part social commentary, this deeply personal show is a journey through religion, family and faith--with surprising revelations.

Kookspeak
Delightful death fantasies, gravely serious hand-puppet conversations, the Most Annoying Girl in the World voice and performing at the Grammy's with your true love, a FIFA World Cup star/YouTube phenomenon -- it's all fun in this series of monologues from the mouths of people who live inside their heads.

Hurricane Alana
Floods and carbon monoxide and missing kitties, oh my. There's no place like home. With the help of the hugging lady from India, a creepy astrologer, drug dealer Lewie, and a feng shui specialist, Hurricane Alana is a funny and touching story about a girl's search for love, a home and a good mold specialist.

Musical Theater for Asian Males (Only Edition)
From the debate of Miss Saigon to the death of Danny Chen, one Asian man looks at the role of his race in theater, media, and society.

RUDE
Urban Legend Breaks The Stage. Champion Slam Poet and Bay Area Hip Hop legend Azeem presents his One Man Show at the 2012 SO LOW Theater Festival

Going to America
A Welsh boy immigrating to the fantasy of a new life experiences the journey we all take from childhood to adolescence. It is 1954 when passenger steamers ruled the sea and America was the Promised Land.

Fore/closure
An original one-woman stage show by Gabby Creery based on her blog and popular column in the Jersey City Independent. Telling the riveting true account of a family's turbulent journey down the rabbit hole of unemployment, poverty and the threat of homelessness, Gabby paints an intimate portrait not just of the devastating effects of the financial crisis on a family and a marriage, but also the ways in which community and joy can be found.

Click, Start, Vroom
This monologue is performed by a 17 year old explaining the first time he has ever experienced the thrill of being behind the wheel and driving for the first time. He also explains the proper way to drive a car and how you should never drive a car. Enjoy the ride!

Letters to My Mother (But Really for my Father)
"Dear Mom" Are these words any easier to write when Mom is gone?

he Shim-Sham Slam: A Dancer's Manifesto
Blending spoken word with dance, The Shim Sham Slam: a Dancer's Manifesto looks at the highs and lows of dedicating your life to a near impossible dream. It's about sacrifice, glory, and the reasons we find for refusing defeat.



More Info: http://www.arthouseproductions.org

Jazz world fusion, Ladies on the Mic

Jazz Concert Brings Spice to Popular Art Space

September 4, 2012: Ladies on the Mic presents Jazz World Fusion on
Friday, September 14th at 7:30pm. Four New Jersey based jazz
performers bring their world-class talents to Art House Productions
for a free evening concert.

Headlining the evening will be Leala Cyr and Ricardo Vogt who together
blend picturesque vocals and a sensual guitar sound to create a unique
collaboration of music. Together since 2002, this pair has found a way
to combine American and Brazilian roots to form a new array of sound.
Cyr and Vogt arrange everything from Duke Ellington, to Antonio Carlos
Jobim, to Guinga. There is no surprise that this combination is an
amazing one with the incredible scat technique of Leala Cyr, who has
been busy touring with the Grammy award winning Esperanza Spalding’s
Radio Music Society and sensational accompaniment of Ricardo Vogt…it’s
a match made in jazz heaven!

Jazz vocalist and composer Laura Brunner is a songstress of incredible
artistic depth. Brunner fuses an eclectic blend of jazz harmony and
electric grooves with her use of popular songs, jazz standards, and
original compositions. Brunner has become a deeply committed educator,
dedicating her life to the preservation and promotion of American Jazz
and its history to future generations. She has shared the stage with
an extraordinary array of musicians such as Kurt Elling, Ellis
Marsalis, Sheila E., Esperanza Spalding, Riannon, Bryan Baker, and the
Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Brunner is currently in the process of
recording her debut album and can be seen performing in the Midwest,
New England, and New York City areas.

Rebecca Vallejo, a Jersey City resident originally from Madrid, Spain
comes from a family of singers and began performing in public at age
four. She has performed on stages in Brazil, Cuba, Germany, Belgium,
Great Britain and Spain. Her repertoire includes songs in Spanish,
English and Portuguese. With two albums under her belt Vallejo is
currently in production of recording her third CD, which will be
produced in Spain, Brazil and the US. Vallejo is a versatile and
innovative vocalist, known for combining her ancestral flamenco roots,
her deep love and understanding of Brazilian
music, with the language of jazz creating a sound that is truly unique.

Ladies On The Mic is a roaming event featuring female performers of
all ages and backgrounds with the purpose to support one another as we
develop as singers, writers, actors, readers and entertainers. Ladies
On The MIc hopes to enrich the cultural life of our community by
providing local residents and area visitors with this free and
accessible outlet for high-end entertainment and to showcase and
promote NJ residents that are internationally renowned talent who do
not get the chance to perform locally.

Art House Productions, is a pioneering force in the Jersey City arts
movement. Art House aims to support artists, encourage artistic growth
across all mediums, and foster a widespread appreciation for the arts
in the community.

Details: Jazz World Fusion
Friday, September 14, 2011, 7:30pm – 10pm
Art House Productions, One McWilliiams Place, 6th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302
www.arthouseproductions.org

FREE admission. Food & refreshments available for purchase. For Public
Transportation take the PATH to Grove St. Street
parking is available.

More info visit www.ladiesonthemic.com or contact Beth Achenbach at
Achenbach41@gmail.com

call for art, studio tour JC, arthouse

This is a final special announcement for those artists within the New Jersey area.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the annual JC Open Artists Studio Tour held at Art House Productions curated by Artmeme with artwork remaining on display for two weeks.

"Elements" is the theme and we are looking to combine an array of artists featuring original artworks in the form of: paintings (oil, water color, acrylic, etc.) drawings, mixed media, photography, graphic design, illustration, multimedia and demo art. Artists invite you to discover and view elements used such as: lines, shapes, form, space, texture, value and color. Bringing together various fundamentals creates a feeling of balance, understanding, peace and appreciation.

"Elements" is a two weeklong event beginning with a Sneak Peak Art Party on October 11th and a closing reception on October 25th. We will notify accepted artists on July 25th so submit NOW! Please note accepted artists will need to sign a release of liability form.

Thank you for submitting and we look forward to reviewing your artwork!

Have a great weekend.

Best,
Laura & Christine
An Artmeme and Art House Productions collaboration supporting our artist community

Green Teen Music and Art Festival

Friday, March 30, 2012     7:00 pm - 10 :00 pm
location: Art House Productions
Hamilton Square, 1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302

The 3rd Annual Green Teen Music and Arts Festival is an opportunity for local teenagers to showcase their musical and artistic talents in an eco-friendly community event. The festival will feature live music and artwork by teens, which will be for sale along with refreshments and snacks.

All proceeds will go toward planting trees locally and around the country with the charities Friends of Liberty State Park and American Forests. In the past two years, we raised over $5000 and this year we hope to raise even more!

$5 suggested donation.

Art Eat Up

Pro Arts Presents Art Eat-Up Friday March 9th, 7pm-10pm

Location:
ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
HAMILTON SQ. 1 MCWILLIAMS PL.
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302

Pro Arts Art Eat-Up is a food, drink and entertainment event with a twist; for a small donation, guests eat a delicious meal, enjoy good company and musical entertainment, and vote for the most worthy art proposal on the menu that night. All proceeds collected go to the winning project, which will be displayed at the next Art Eat-Up event. It is a great way to network, meet new people, have fun and provide support for a local art project. Art Eat-Up provides individual grants for artists, connects artists to each other and to the greater community and promotes the artistic livelihood of our community. Artists Click Here for 
Art Eat-Up is a grants process that gives an artist an unrestricted financial resource to realize a visual arts proposal, whether it is for one piece or an entire body of work. The grant may provide materials, equipment or even living expenses while the artist completes the project.
Art Eat-Up is grassroots funding at its best: donations for the community dinner go directly to funding art-makers whose proposals draw the most votes from the diners.
The process is purposely simple: Anyone can submit a proposal to Arts Eat-Up. Community participation in the grant selection process is the key: through this process we hope to stimulate and support experimental, critical and imaginative projects that may not be eligible for formal funding.
Art Eat-Up connects artists with artists, artists with the community, and the community with each other during Art Eat-Up dinners. It provides artists the opportunity to begin marketing their work before it is made. It creates momentum and awareness for art projects promoted during the event and possibly realized with the help of the Art-Eat-Up grant.
How it Works
Art Eat-Up event. Entrance will provide each person with one ballot and dinner with musical entertainment and beverages. Diners view a variety of proposed artworks and art projects. Each diner can cast one vote on the project they would like to see awarded a grant. After dinner, ballots will be counted and the art proposal receiving the most votes will be awarded the money raised through entrance donations (minus expenses and a portion to second and third prize).
The grant money is awarded to the winning artist or organization without limitations on how they use the grant money. Artists can take home the money that same evening. Documentation of the finalized project will be on display at the next Art Eat-Up, as well as other venues, including the web, informing the community of the progress and completion of each winning project.

Watch this space for the next scheduled Art Eat-Up.
We want to thank our sponsors: Art House Productions, Made with Love, and Palace Drugs who have made this Eat-Up possible.

Snowball 2012

Saturday Jan 21, 2012

Art House Productions
Snow Ball Gala Committee
proudly presents the

6th Annual
... SNOW BALL

A Gala to Benefit
Art House Productions’ innovative arts programs
8PM
Light Fare * Live Music * Silent Auction

HONORING
The Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development
Bill LaRosa, Director & Staff

For ticket sales and general event information,
WWW.ARTHOUSEPRODUCTIONS.ORG

LOCATION
Art House Productions
Hamilton Square, One McWilliams Place
(SE Corner of Hamilton Park, near Erie & 8th)

8:00 – Welcome and Hors d’Oeuvres
8:30 – Silent Auction and Live Music by The One and Nines
9:15 – Presentation to Honoree
9:45 – DJ George “Soul” Fernandez of Global Soul Project

Art House Productions, Inc. is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization.
A portion of your ticket purchase will be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

* Black Tie Creative *

open mic arthouse: Jacqueline Hallenbeck

Art House Productions presents
THE ART HOUSE
Poets * Musicians * Performance Artists
Coming together in Jersey City

... THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
8-10PM * $5 admission

Featuring Poet-In-Transit
JACQUELINE HALLENBECK

*5 minute open mike for poets, actors, comics and musicians
*Taped for television

Fresh baked goods by JUDY’S GOODIES

DJ mEgan spins all night!

Art House Productions
Hamilton Square
1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(SE Corner of Hamilton Park near Erie St./8th St.)

About JACQUELINE HALLENBECK
Jacqueline Hallenbeck is a Poet-In-Transit. She is the author of Poem-atic, a book of 109 very short, very entertaining poems, five chapbooks ("Poetry is...", "Poesía es...", "Faith in the City", "Tine after Tine" and "Random Poetry (these bullets don't hurt)" and the US Distributor of Turbulence, a quarterly poetry magazine based in Hull in the UK, as well as one of 40 contributors to "Prompted", an international anthology by poets at the Poetic Asides blog run by Robert Lee Brewer, where she posts her poetry on a regular basis.

Her work has appeared in Current/The Hudson Reporter, The Hudson Independent, SpeedPoets, Turbulence, Almiar/Margen Cero, The Midweek Reporter, Ceremony, Afterword Magazine and Ecuatoriano among others.

Her poetry can be heard at
http://www.virtualpoetryreading.com/

For more about her, visit her website
http://www.angelfire.com/sd2/sadsam/index.html

casting call for Downtown Urban Theater Festival

Dir. Summer Dawn Hortillosa (Hoboken/Entertainment writer for The Jersey Journal) and Asst. Dir. Yarineth Pena ("Conspicuous," "Things Fall (Meanwhile)") are casting for ...a production of Hortillosa’s original, full-length drama “Secrets; Love,” a tale set in a modern city about crimes of passion and the nature of love -how we feel it, how we express it and how it can be a powerful secret when hidden.

Rehearsals begin immediately, evenings and weekends. The show will take place Wednesday, Mar. 28 as part of the 2012 Downtown Urban Theater Festival at the HERE Arts Center in New York City.

We are casting:

MARCUS SALEM: 40s to 50s, husband to Rizalia and father of Luis, Luz and Leila. Quiet, generally stoic and feels cheated when he doesn’t have control. Asian (Filipino).
RIZALIA SALEM: 40s to 50s, wife of Marcus. Puts own needs side to pursue dream of successful family, questions happiness. Asian (Filipino).
LUZ SALEM: Late teens, early 20s. Down-to-earth girl genius consumed by emotions she tries to ignore. Asian (Filipino).
DIEGO CARBONELL: Mid 20s to early 30s. The Salem’s next-door neighbor. Warm, likable good guy who does everything to avoid hurting others. Hispanic/Latino.
AARON WILLIAMS: A detective, 30s or older. Any ethnicity.
PROSECUTOR: 30s or older. All-knowing, narrator type character who uses facts to manipulate others’ emotions while staying detached. Any ethnicity.

The following roles will most likely be doubled. Actors should audition for only one of the roles:

GISELE: Mid 20s to early 30s. Bold, independent woman not afraid of speaking her mind. Any ethnicity/ MIRA WOLDMICHAEL: A forensic examiner. Any ethnicity.

ABRAHAM: 40s to 50s, Rizalia’s older brother. Thick Filipino accent. Asian (Filipino) / MARTON RIVERA: Best friend of Marcus, in love with Rizalia. Any ethnicity.

ALEX SAMUELS: Either gender, mid 20s or older. Generally well-intentioned, but doesn’t care or isn’t aware of the things they say. Any ethnicity / DEFENDER. Willing to pull out all the stops to achieve courtroom goals. Any ethnicity.

The Judge and Reporter have already been cast.

Auditions will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 4 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Art House Productions, 1 McWilliams Pl., 6th floor, Jersey City, by Hamilton Park. Possibility for callbacks.

Bring a resume and headshot (if applicable) and a one-minute dramatic monologue. Prepare to cold read. Recommended monologues for the main characters (Marcus, Rizalia, Luz and Diego) are located at http://www.summerization.wordpress.com/ under “Secrets; Love.”

Non-union actors and Actors Equity members welcome. Non-pay. Actors Equity members will receive $50 for travel from DUTF.

For more information, visit http://www.summerization.wordpress.com/ or email summerhortillosa@gmail.com.

JC FRIDAYS

art-related happenings, including holiday fairs, visual exhibitions, live music, performance acts, educational demonstrations, and more. All events are free and open to the public

see the complete list
on jcfridays.com
or as phone app  bit.ly/v7DAPP

Art Fest

Art Fest!!
at Art House Productions, 1 McWilliams place, 6th floor
Nov 19,  1-7 pm
art related biz, artists,
music
performers
Fuuuun

classic horror films at Art HOuse

Art House Productions
presents 
SCARY MOVIE NIGHT   
vampires! zombies! supernatural creepiness!

Fri, Oct 28th
8pm-midnight
$5 includes popcorn  

FILM #1
NOSFERATU (1922)*
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new
residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Silent classic based on the story "Dracula."

*This silent movie will feature an original score performed
live by Felz Kenny, Rudy Stamp (both from the band
Thomas Francis Takes His Chances), along with
special surprise guests!

FILM #2
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
In this George Romero classic, a group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.

New Perspectives for creative programming

NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR CREATIVE PROGRAMMING
When: Sunday October 23, 2011 from 2:00 pm – 4:30pm
Where: Art House Productions, 1 McWilliams Place, Jersey City,
This program is free and open to the public.
Assisted Listening Devices are available upon request 201-459-2070
... Art House Productions is a fully accessible venue.

For Directions please go to www.arthouseproductions.org
Please RSVP to Meredith Lippman at 201-459-2070 or by email to mlippman@hcnj.us

This is a chance to discuss compliance with ADA beyond issues of accessibility. The panel will discuss how people with disabilities, who are artists, create their work and how they may be integrated better into arts programming and onto the governing boards of arts groups. If you are an artist with a disability, know an artist with a disability, are working with artists who have disabilities - please join this discussion. We need to hear from you.

This workshop IS NOT about answers. It IS about having a discussion. It is also about creativity, ideas and answering questions you may have about ADA. I hope you will join us on Sunday October 23, 2011 at Art House Productions from 2:00pm-4:30pm to be part of the discussion.

The panel:
Members of UPTICo Theatre Company, (Unlimited Potential Theatre Company which works as part of VSANJ) will be talk about being actors, producers and directors who have disabilities and who are working in theatre.

Bojana Coklyat is a highly trained visual artist will also discuss what it is like to be a blind artist.

Nanette Hernandez who is the co-founder of Segunda Quimbamba, a Puerto Rican dance and drumming group (also a re-grantee) Segunda Quimbamba began a pilot program for children with autism. Nanette will discuss her experience with this new program.

Maryann Valls, a writer with Cerebral Palsy is also scheduled to be on the panel. She has great difficulty with speech and movement due to her cerebral palsy. Maryann even has trouble using a computer but persists because as an artist she has a lot to say in her writing.

JC Fridays, September

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

* art
* performance
* music
* film

Support the arts! Explore your city!

Art House Productions presents JC Fridays, a quarterly festival held throughout Jersey City at the start of every season. Local businesses and arts organizations join together to celebrate art and culture with a wide range of free events for the public. Programs include art openings and exhibits, music, performance, film/video screenings and more!

Visit www.jcfridays.com for a full listing of events!

call for art, studio tour '11, at Art House

CALL FOR ART

Art House Productions & Cassieopia are looking for artists to submit work for the 2011 Studio Tour in Downtown Jersey City. The theme of the show is "OLD SKOOL" (what inspires you?). This theme is meant to express the connection between old school art/artists and how they have impacted the new generation of artists, like you. What has been your source of inspiration? Express that idea into any and all pieces you chose to submit.

The deadline for submissions is August 19th, 2011. If your art is chosen for the 2011 Studio Tour, Art House Productions will contact you via email or phone number. Please be sure to submit 4-7 jpeg images along with your contact information and a small description about your art (not necessary).

Please email images to Cassandra Caro, Curator:
art@arthouseproductions.org

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