sus stain, fundraiser party with music

SUS-STAIN
Fundraiser for the Creative Grove Artist & Designer Market,
JC bands slam,

March 24, 2012, at Boca Grande Cantina Mexicana, Pavonia Newport, 564 Washington Blvd
    10pm - 2 am

The artist market needs the community to keep the fabulous programs, music and awesomeness WEEKLY, let's chip in and party at the same time!
We will be showcasing three excellent bands at Boca Grande
564 Washington Blvd., Jersey City, Pavonia Newport
...
THOMAS FRANCIS TAKES HIS CHANCES
THE AUDIOBODIES
OMEGA PLEASE

all JC favorites, homegrown music, supporting our
weekly public platform for the artists and creatives

Special guest DJ to be announced.

Funky City Baby Animal hat give-a-ways (for Big Babies..), gift bags

More details to come. Its going to be an extraordinary event.

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.

Lucky Charms, social mixer St. Paddy

St. Patrick's Day "LUCKY CHARMS" Social Mixer!
THE BRIGHTSIDE TAVERN
141 Bright St. (at Monmouth St.)
Jersey City, NJ 07302
201.435.1234

 9 pm - 1 am
Welcoming Atmosphere … Beautiful People
Casual Attire … Great Music

... No Cover • Cash Bar • Full Menu
Drink Specials All Night

With...
Celtic Meltdown Mix by
DJ NEVA (Music for the Masses)

What more could you ask for?

Just follow the Rainbow to…

Free Shuttle Service for Downtown JC
Easy access from Grove St. PATH

www.brightsidetavern.com

More info: massmuzik@yahoo.com

Margaret Murphy exhibit, artist talk

Artist Talk Tuesday, March 6th at 5pm.

Show closes March 7th.

Lemmerman Gallery - NJCU
Hepburn Hall, Rm 323
2039 Kennedy Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07305

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.

 March 11, 12pm - 4 pm, Liberty Science Center


a celebration of all things PIE and PI! Fun PI-E Day activities include; blue ribbon pie baking contest, pie café, pie/pi eating contest, pie walks, pi games, pi crafts, pi-e in the face painting, balloons and more.
BLUE RIBBON PIE CONTEST; Enter The ...Blue Ribbon Pie Baking contest. Entry forms available at LCCS or download them at www.jerseycitypi-eday.com
Advance Tickets
Limited number of discounted advance sale tickets (JUST $10 or $30 a family!) available through LCCS (includes Liberty Science Center Day Pass)
Proceeds benefit Friends of LCCS
Day of Tickets
Day of Liberty Science Center Admission Discount of $5 when you bring an 8” store bought pie to donate to The Community Food Bank of NJ for 3/11/12 only!
For more information contact;
Gabby
lisa@brooklynusa.co
Lissa
peterswelles@aol.com

Secrets, Love, a play by Summer Dawn Hortillosa

Original drama "Secrets; Love" will premiere in Hoboken, N.J., (3/22) before its New York City performance in the 10th annual Downtown Urban Theater Festival (3/28).

SYNOPSIS:

Summer Dawn Hortillosa's "Secrets; Love" is 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.

The play opens with a diverse neighborhood dealing with the recent kidnapping of two members of their Filipino community – Rizalia Salem (Siouxsie Suarez), the wife of Marcus Salem (Stan Vidal), and Marcus’s best friend Marton (Clarence Ilanan).

When their next-door neighbor Diego Carbonell (Jean-Pierre Mestanza) hears mysterious, terrifying sounds coming from their house, he realizes the truth may be darker than anyone suspects. Together with the Salems’ daughter Luz (Liliane Wolf), he puts the pieces together and discovers the lengths some would go to for love.


Some content may not be suitable for audiences 13 and under. For more information, visit http://www.SecretsLovePlay.com

EVENT INFO:

Monroe Theatre space in Hoboken

Performances will run from March 22 through 24 at 8 p.m. at the Monroe Center for the Arts, 720 Monroe St., Hoboken. Tickets are $15 for the March 23 and 24 performances, $10 for students and seniors with ID. Tickets are $10 for the Friends and Family Show on March 22; priority will be given to cast and crew loved ones. Depending on availability, prices for day-of-show tickets may be higher. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.SecretsLovePlay.com.

Downtown Urban Theater Festival in New York City


The festival performance will be on Wednesday, March 28 at 8:30 p.m. at the HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Ave., New York City. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at http://www.DUTFNYC.com or http://www.HERE.org.

chillfest: Circumstance

Welcome to the 7th season of Chillfest Jersey City!

We will be showing the film CIRCUMSTANCE, a story about underground lesbian life in Iran told through the intense and passionate friendship between two women.

"Revolutions large and small make themselves felt throughout 'Circumstance,' Maryam Keshavarz's sensuously subversive directorial debut about forbidden love in contemporary Tehran."
- The Washington Post

"Although the broad theme is universal - a tale of star-crossed love - it's the particulars of the setting and the citizenry that resonate here. Shireen (Sarah Kazemy) and Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri) are 16-year-old schoolgirls who share a passion for music and for dancing and, it's soon revealed, for each other."
- The Globe and Mail

Suggested donation $10 at the door or $7 advance: http://bit.ly/wHKm2l

Doors open at 4pm for drinks, food, and socializing. Screening begins at 4:15pm.

About Chillfest:

Chillfest, the mostly gay and lesbian film series of Jersey City is dedicated to supporting the distribution and exhibition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered narrative and documentary films, and to recognizing the creative work of filmmakers by deepening the appreciation of their art. Chillfest works to foster public discussions, helping to break down walls of social and cultural ignorance about the LGBT community.

Crowns, a play at the Barrow mansion, Andy Rhode Theater

FINAL PERFORMANCES
MARCH 1-4, 2012
Don't miss your chance to see this crowd favorite!!!
Crowns
Directed by Judith Moss /Musical Direction James E. Splond III

FEATURING:
SHIRLEY M. DENNIS / ADIAGHA FAIZAH
SAMILLE GANGES / MELVINNA MELROSE JOHNSON
CHANEL MONIQUE REEVES / VICTORIA STANSBURY
JAMES E. SPLOND III

Thursday March 1 at 7 pm
Friday and Saturday at 8 pm; Sunday matinee at 3 pm
$20 General Admission/$15 Students & Seniors


A company of three generations of African American women with hattitude and one man form the cast of Crowns, a moving and celebratory musical play. The music, a combination of African tribal music, Hip-Hop, and gospel moves the story in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young black woman who has come down South after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. Hats are everywhere and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning.

Tickets can be charged online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/191979 . Cash and checks ONLY are accepted at the box office. Jersey Arts Cards are accepted for discounted ticket pricing. The Barrow Mansion is handicapped accessible and barrier free. Large print program available upon request; please call one week in advance to arrange for a large print program. . . Reservations can be made at our website www.atticensemble.org; or by calling 201 413-9200 (option 1).

The Attic Ensemble is located just two blocks from the Grove Street PATH Station, in the Historic Barrow Mansion, 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City. There is free parking after 7 p.m. in the parking lot 1 ½ blocks away on Christopher Columbus Drive. For directions and further information: www.atticensemble.org/ phone (201) 413-9200/e-mail: info@atticensemble.org

The Andy Rhode, Jr. Theater
The Barrow Mansion/83 Wayne Street/Jersey City NJ

UNDIVIDED DI VIDED

performed by  SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS

 

shen wei dance performs a multi media piece as the ensemble interacts 

with handcrafted scenic elements and set pieces

Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA) part of Mana Contemporary

Introducing the newest addition to Mana Contemporary….The Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA). MECA is an international foundation that promotes contemporary art from the Middle East. Conceived as a cultural hub for artists, activists and scholars, MECA presents a unique range of programs including exhibitions, workshops, lectures as well as film and video screenings.
MECA is the vision of Eugene Lemay, Yigal Ozeri, David Wakstein and Said Abu Shakra; as members of the international art community with roots in Israel and Palestine, the four have witnessed first-hand the social, political and economic strife encompassing this territory. With a focus on mediation and critical discourse, MECA offers a neutral ground for artists to engage in collaborative processes.
Working directly with artists and institutions from the Middle East, MECA is a unique epicenter for cultural exchange, providing a forum for the many voices that make up this beautiful, complicated region.
opening date april 1st 2012, 888 Newark ave, Jersey City, JSQ
To Learn more about MECA go to www.themeca.org

Symphonic Sessions competition

Mana Contemporary and Artists Wanted Presents:
The Symphonic Sessions – a collaborative contest that invites you to experiment with Joshua Kirsch’s incredible musical sculpture Sympathetic Resonance, offering a $1000 prize including an Online Publication that will reach the world.
Steps to Entering the Competition

1. Create a music profile at http://www.artistswanted.org/symphonicsessions/
2. Become a Twitter/Facebook fan of Mana Contemporary and Artists Wanted
3. Email Contests@Manafinearts.com to schedule a time to come in and record

Information

Mana Contemporary, an all inclusive arts complex, has combined forces with Artists Wanted and artist Joshua Kirsch to create a groundbreaking challenge. Artists Wanted, a Brooklyn based organization, spots emerging artists offering them various forms of support and exposure. Kirsch is a Jersey based kinetic sculptor. His piece, Sympathetic Resonance, is going to be installed at Mana Contemporary in early March and we are proposing a challenge.
We invite musicians of any genre to schedule a time to come to Mana Contemporary and immerse themselves in the spindly instrument to make music using our premium recording equipment for both the visual and audio components. Once recorded, the musicians can upload their work directly onto the Artists Wanted Page. Once entered, the musician has a chance to win $1,000. and most assuredly, plenty of exposure. Keep your eyes open for new footage and schedule your time to come in and test your ability to adapt and create.

For more information go to www.artistswanted.org/symphonicsessions

We have an amazing show opening at _gaia TONIGHT 3/2 and THREE more shows this month. Mark your calendars! We want to see you soon.

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MARCH 2nd



Please join us at the _gaia gallery for the opening reception of our March show as part of JC Fridays!

Seven Deadly Sins
New works by Lillian Ribeiro and Agnieszka Wszolkowska

In March, as part of JC Fridays, _gaia gallery will be celebrating the opening reception of “Seven Deadly Sins”–new works by Lillian Ribeiro and Agnieszka Wszolkowska.

Opening reception: March 2, 2012 7 – 9pm

_gaia studio
315 3rd Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302


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MARCH 6th



You are invited to join The Colcha Project! Come to the Walsh Gallery for our opening reception and see all of the colcha that have been created. Then crochet with us to create a quilt in the gallery during the exhibition. You can join in anytime during gallery hours or join us on special meetings every Sunday. Beginners are highly encouraged to come and learn.

The Colcha Project

Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 6th – 5pm to 9pm
Colcha Stitch-In and Potluck Sundays - March 18th, 25th and April 1st, 1pm to 5pm

The Walsh Gallery
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Ave
South Orange, NJ 07079

“The Colcha Project,” curated by Doris Cacoilo and Jeanne Brasile is being presented at the Walsh Gallery. The traveling exhibition is an ongoing project that uses crochet as a catalyst for bringing people together in collaborative modes of creativity and in exploration of culture and community. In the Portuguese tradition, colcha (quilts) are crocheted for and included in a woman’s bridal chest and may be handed down through generations. “The Colcha Project” was developed by Cacoilo as a way to share this tradition with others, inviting guests to participate in the creation of new colcha while visiting the gallery. Each iteration of the project results in a new quilt, which shall be on display in subsequent exhibitions. The documentation of making each quilt also becomes part of “The Colcha Project” as each participant adds their story to its history.

Join the project!!

In addition to the colcha that have been made, a quilt in progress will be on display in the gallery and visitors will be encouraged to contribute to its making. Each Sunday between the hours of 1pm and 5pm while “The Colcha Project” is on view in the Walsh Gallery, visitors are invited to join the curators and other members of the group to crochet, share their stories and become part of the “The Colcha Project.” Yarn and needles will be provided for those who do not have their own. A potluck lunch will be served each Sunday. Participants are encourage to bring food and stitches to share. Beginners are highly encouraged to come and learn.

Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 6th – 5pm to 9pm
Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/events/312466262134648/


Colcha Stitch-In and Potluck Sundays - March 18th, 25th and April 1st, 1pm to 5pm
March 18 http://www.facebook.com/events/154384671346781/
March 25 http://www.facebook.com/events/371029766260473/
April 1 http://www.facebook.com/events/177012529079052/


Directions can be found here: http://academic.shu.edu/libraries/gallery/visit.htm

Participants in “The Colcha Project” include: Christina Alessi, Kristin Cook-Allen, Pollie Barden, Dulce Brito, Gabriela Brito, Maria Brito, Stephanie Brito, Francisca Caporali, Corina Cacoilo, Doris Cacoilo, Jeannine Corey, Karen Demavivas, Charlotte Exantus, Belmira Ferreira, Carla Ferreira, Joana Ferreira, Lurdes Ferreira, Rosa Ferreira, Stephanie Ferreira, Amie Figueiredo, Danielle Fotopoulos, Sra.Galita, Carrie Ganz, Nancy Ghani, Willa Goldthwaite Brown, Charlotte Goldthwaite, Moira Holohan, Mary Jeys, Alison Kepic, Susan Kirschenbaum, Barbara Klauke, Sue Kozel, Carla Louro, Heather McCown, Kath Meadows, Jarah Moesch, Rose Belita Neves, Risa Novikoff, Isabel Nunes, Jessica Nunes, Lidia Oliveira, Brenda Osborn, Claudia Pereira Oliveira, Cristine Posner, Delcina Regueiro, Linda Resende, Neide Ribau, Raquel Ribau, Lillian Ribeiro, Helena Rocha, Janete da Rocha, Lenice da Rocha, Margaret Rocha, Rosa Silva Ferreira, Lauren Sims, Lara Skibbie, Adriana Soares, S tephanie Tichenor, Michelle Vieira, Susan Warren, Joanna Rose White, Agnieszka Wszolkowska. With contributions from Amanda Mayoff, Helena Ribeiro, Rosa Ferreira, Geri Warick.

Visit The Colcha Project website Here


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MARCH 8th



Women: Realizing Perspectives
March 8, 2012 - March 31, 2012

Opening Reception Thursday, March 8 - 6:30 to 10pm

One Gallery
One Raymond Plaza West
Newark, NJ 07102


Reception continues at Catas : 538 Market St., Newark NJ 07105

An exhibition dedicated to International Women’s Day celebrated every year around the world on March 8th. Strong Leadership. Strong Women. Strong World. Women represent more than 50% of the world’s population. As astronauts, as prime ministers, as educators, women transform lives, create opportunity, form strong communities and shape the world in which we live.

_gaia in collaboration with the Portuguese Consulate of Newark is excited to invite you to join us for a group exhibition with works by :

Agnieszka Wszolkowska
Leonor Alvim Brazão
Aileen Bassis
Lillian Ribeiro
Anjali Bhargava
Linda Hu
Bonnie Gloris
Lizette Louis
Carol Radsprecher
Lydia Reinhold
Christine DaCruz
Maude Lemaire
Christine Wagner
Meredith W Gonçalves
Doris Caçoilo
Patricia Silva
Irene Christensen
Paula Vilela
Jeanne Brasile
Regina Silvers
Joana Ricou
Sharon De La Cruz
Josephine Barreiro
Stephanie Herrera
Kayt Hester
Willa Goldthwaite

Download press release here: http://gaiastudio.org/pdf/WomenRealizingPerspectivesPR.pdf

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MARCH 22nd



The Learning Agency

March 22nd - April 18th
The culmination of the Wonder Women residency, this exhibition displays the result of a six-week conversation between ten artists about women as educators, artists and pillars of their community.

Opening reception March 22nd 4:30-7:30pm

Sonia Louise Davis & Salome Asega
Sharon De La Cruz
Meredith Goncalves
Katya Grokhovsky
Linda Hu
Kathleen Kranack
Hannah Kirshner
Cristine Posner

Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery
Hepburn Hall, Room 323
New Jersey City University
2039 Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07305
(201) 200-3246

Gallery hours: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and by appointment

gaiastudio.org/wonderwomen

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_gaia is looking for new members to join our artist collective and our shared studio space. Studio rent is very inexpensive ($150/month - 1 year commitment.) If you are looking for an artist community and an inexpensive artist studio, this may be a good place for you. In addition to participating in the organization's events (voluntarily) the members of _gaia share a large studio space. We encourage a highly collaborative environment and respectful and considerate sharing of the studio - which includes a photography darkroom.

We are especially looking for artists and activists who may help in growing _gaia as an organization. Willingness to share graphic design abilities, business management skills, grant-writing, organizing, accounting and general administrative help is highly encouraged. Studio members are required to attend a weekly meeting of the _gaia collective on Tuesday nights.

If you are interested in becoming a _gaia artist member please e-mail info@gaiastudio.org or call us at 201-386-0486.

Please pass along to anyone who may be interested - and post widely.

_gaia studio
315 3rd Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302


Hope you are our next _gaia member!

Pi-e day

Pi-e Day is just over a week away!  It is going to be at the Liberty Science Center on Sunday March 11th from 12-4pm.
Advanced sale tickets (while they last!) are just $10 each or $30 /family (max 6 ) and are available at the LCCS front desk. Ticket s include full entry to Liberty Science Center that day!  ALL PROCEEDS FROM ADVANCED SALE TICKETS ARE STRAIGHT PROFIT FOR LCCS, Learning Community Charter School.
held at the Liberty Science center.

The Leap Year Ball at City Hall

Wednesday February 29th, 2012
5PM - 10PM  City Hall, 280 Grove street

Official After Party at L.I.T.M. 10:30pm - 2am

Creative Grove and JC Fridays

March 2nd, part of JC Fridays:
 DJ Pastiche on the decks with Jazzy and Latino Influence: Drum and Bass.

                                           


sculpture garden by Uta Brauser, sculptures based on drawings by Eva Moll

"Anger depot", a participatory installation designed to allow the public to
rid anger with a hammer
Visit art with a hammer.

Outdoor living room,
lounge,
crafters, designers,
artists

www.creativegrove.org
facebook page: creative grove artist & designer market

 

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where you can build your own code for free, linking to a facebook page

JC Fridays citiwide art fest

JC Fridays lists art events throughout the City of JC,
a weekend of many activities, celebrating art and culture in  it's many disciplines.

 

visit JCfridays.com

or find the brochures in many spots,

or at Creative Grove on the Grove street plaza

Morris Canal community meeting, Bergen Lafayette

Morris Canal Community Development Coalition
Will host a meeting on:
THURSDAY- MARCH 1, 2012
TIME:  6:45 P.M.
PLACE: Assumption – All Saints Church Lower Hall
344 Pacific Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304
(Located at the Corner of Pacific Ave. & Lafayette St.)

AGENDA
Team Walker Community Facility / Teen Center Presentation
373-377 Communipaw Avenue
Neighborhood Weatherization Program
Team Walker
Re-Opening of Bar & Restaurant
(Corner of Whiton & Communipaw, FKA Caesar’s Café)
L.U.N.A. Update  
         
For more information email us MCRACDC32499@HOTMAIL.COM or MorrisCanalCoalition@MorrisCanalCDC.Org
 call 201 915-9600
Help keep our neighborhood clean & safe, join LAFAYETTE’S BLOCKWATCH lafayetteblockwatch@comcast.net

Free ... your mind, wallet and pets

Feb 24:
DJ tanner and DJ presp. Fruits Of the Thomas tree. Playing a beautiful blend of tunes from the past, the present and the FUTURE!  

Celebrate February on the Plaza with artists and the Handmade revolution..

Black History group Exhibit

Gallery Opening February 16, 6-8pm.

Black History Month Group Exhibition
Rotunda Gallery, City Hall, 280 Grove Street
reception 6-8pm.
artists: Lavett Ballard, Alvin Pettit, Joe Gilmore, Gerald Glover, Michael DuBose, Rose Moultrie, Cheese

February Creative Grove

Fashion show sneak preview
for the Williamsburg Fashion weekend (dot com)
with Evolve Wear (Uta Brauser, Funky City Baby, Wickett Ophelia)
Digi Skins (Kaliptus, Uta Brauser)

 

on the decks: Pianoland's own
with Indie homegrown Rock to American Classics

Crush jewelery, train made,
(crushed coins and keys made on freight train tracks)
by the Thomas Francis Takes his Chances crew

                                          get your free QR codes from our partner: Code square.me

Indie market, local makers, metro artists,

outdoor lounge,
meet your neighbors
on Grove street

dinner served by Taste of India

Riverview Neighborhood monthly get together

RNA Monthly Meeting Feb 14
Greetings!

Please join us  at 7:30 for the regular monthly meeting of the Riverview Neighborhood Association. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Be our Valentine and come out for the regular monthly meeting of RNA tonight. No need to be lonely or wait in line at a crowded romantic bistro - there's plenty of warmth, love and room at our meeting. Our guest this month is Katie Sheehan, from the Journal Square CSA(Community Supported Agriculture) who will talk about the benefits of the CSA and provide registration details. We will also continue our brainstorming process from the January meeting to see how else we can create positive change in our neighborhood in 2012. February is also the month when we open up the annual nominations for the RNA executive board. Nominations will remain open until the March meeting when the election will take place.

In keeping with our 2012 theme, please bring new socks or underpants to the meeting that will be donated to The Hoboken Shelter. We will also accept unopened toiletry items or non-perishable food for St. Lucy's Shelter.

Details
What: RNA Meeting> When: Tuesday,Feb. 14th at 7:30PM
Where: Harborview Health Center, 178 Ogden Ave, 1st Floor
Don't forget - our deadline for submissions for our Community-Supported Art exhibit as part of JC Fridays is Feb. 17th! Don't miss out - submit today!

Visit Our Website
See you tonight!


Becky Hoffman
Riverview Neighborhood Association
email: riverviewneighborhood@comcast.net
phone: 201-876-1980

Celebrating 100 Years of Paramount Pictures


Join us later this month as we screen three classics from Paramount Pictures that haven't won any Academy Awards--but maybe they should have.

Of course, seeing a show at the Loew's is always a lot of fun. But being a part of the volunteer team that puts on the show is an experience you'll never forget! Curious? Read more below, just after this month's film schedule.

Also, if you would like to help spread the word about our upcoming film series, click here to download copies of our latest fliers. Also, if you have time to distribute a larger number of posters and fliers, contact us and we'll give you a supply of our publicity materials.
Friday, February 24 - 8 pm
Ferris Bueller's Day Off


Starring Matthew Broderick, Allan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones.
Directed by John Hughes  (1986, 103mins., color)

Saturday, February 25 - 6 pm

Double Indemnity


Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson.
Directed by Billy Wilder. (1944, 107mins.  B&W)

Saturday, February 25, 8:20 pm

Psycho


Starring Anthony Perkins & Janet Leigh.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (1960, 120 mins., B&W)


Admission: $7 Adults / $5 Children & Seniors.

instigatorzine not about reptiles..

 

thursday, 2-16,   7pm - 11pm,

Barcade, 163 Newark ave

 

Come out for a thirsty Thursday as Instigatorzine celebrates its second year in operation as the premiere source for art and literature!

Check out zines, free stuff, play games, drink up, and see what we have coming up. All fun.

Founded in 2010 by Keith Chiappone and ...Narciso Espiritu Jr., Instigatorzine is an independent literature and art magazine providing a platform for writers and artists who have none. Based in Jersey City and Bayonne, NJ, Instigatorzine receives submissions from all over the world and publishes them in a bi-monthly schedule. Instigatorzine is also one of few magazines that creates illustrations for submitted literature. Instigatorzine is not about reptiles.

From the Road, Jennifer Krause, landscape interpretations

opening reception March 2,      7-9pm

“Time has a way of flying by . . . but what can you do?”

–Jennifer Krause Chapeau

From the Road is a 10-year survey of landscape paintings by artist Jennifer Krause Chapeau. Each painting depicts a landscape observed from the vantage point of a moving vehicle. The o...bjects of her attention range from the American Southwest to the French countryside. Her paintings are as much about the passing of time as they are about light, and its changing affects, on the terrain.

To walk like a hunter through the woods is not in Krause Chapeau’s temperament. She does not specialize in majestic scenes of nature; she prefers sundry roadside scenes. The land is not wild, idyllic, or hospitable, but fleeting. These vistas are temporary, on the verge of disappearing, as she bounds down the highway.

This series of paintings is based on the artist’s personal snapshots that were found in drawers, folders, and manila envelopes, many of which are 14 years old or more. She relies on spontaneity to choose what subjects to capture. There is not a direct tie to a particular landscape, but intuitive response to what she sees. Krause Chapeau is a roadrunner and her domain is the highway, which may seem odd for a landscape painter.

Like many Americans, her experience of nature tends to be mediated through nostalgia or another source, like photography—not direct experience. As a landscape painter, her challenge is not to endure subzero temperatures and blackfly-infested summers to create a representational scene, but to suggest motion and light: landscape as moving target, all soft focus and subtle blur.

Seeing a landscape in motion was a revelation for her. Speed eliminated detail, reducing entire scenes to color and light. “I think the solitude of driving alone for long periods allows your mind to really wander,” says Krause Chapeau. “The compositions and textures are constantly changing and flowing one into another while driving. It is a fascinating visual experience for me.”

At first glance, Krause Chapeau’s unadorned landscapes can strike the viewer as clear-eyed depictions of nature. A lazy mountain lounges on a desolate patch of land in twilight, as in “New Mexico Plain.” A chorus line of pine trees skinny-dips in autumnal sunlight, as in “Fleeting Fall.” On repeated viewings, her work becomes more complex and engaging, as it hovers between conventional representation and minimalist abstraction. For example, in the paintings “Morning Frost” or “French Plain,” she sees the landscape as a geometric division of space, sensuously worked surface, and luminous color.

Unlike photorealist painters, Krause Chapeau uses photographs as a starting point rather than as a model to be meticulously copied as an end unto itself. She is interested in the process of applying paint to canvas not only as a means of conveying information but also to embody a poetic force.

To view these paintings is to exist in a place between hopeful anticipation and regret. A roadside is not a definite location, but something that is neither here nor there, a thing between destination points. Her photographs of the landscape provide her an outlet to ruminate on memory, place, and time. The blurry images of her paintings are an appropriate metaphor to suggest time and motion, but they also highlight the sensuality of paint.

The artist, starry-eyed and mesmerized, staring through a car window to the frozen fields, and beyond, as the terrain continuously unfolds like a cinema reel.

Jennifer Krause Chapeau (b. 1962) received her B.F.A. from University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, in 1984; and attended the Studio and Stage Design Forum, in New York City, from 1985—1987. Krause Chapeau’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. She is an official member of the United Scenic Artists Local 829, 1987—present. She lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.

~ Brendan Carroll

The exhibition will be on view at Majestic Theatre Condominiums through May 28, 2012. For further information, please visit us at SilvermanBuilding.com or call number (201) 435-8000.

Darin DeField's Afrocentricity, art opening

LITM(=Love Is The Message)  Lounge and Gallery Space
Presents
The collection works by Darin DeField
“Afrocentricity”
                                                
140 Newark Avenue Jersey City T 201-536-5557
Reception February 7th    6 to 8pm

During the month of February, America directs its attention to the lives and historical contributions of Americans of African decent.  The “Afrocentricity” exhibition at        
LITM-Lounge and Gallery Space will showcase the collection of works by Darin DeField
who has established himself as one of the most influential figures of the art and culture scene in Jersey City.

Darin DeField is best known for his mixed media collage art; working with cut paper and mixed media elements that explore race, gender, sexuality, and identity.  His most acclaimed works are his “Head Series”.  Many of these heads seem to be fixed representations of indigenous tribal masks and many can be interpreted as spiritual leaders, masters and gurus that are derived from African sculpture as archaeological artifacts being recovered.

LITM-Lounge and Gallery Space, located in Historic Downtown Jersey City, is a popular neighborhood destination that hosts monthly art exhibitions by local and international artists.

For more information, please contact LITM.COM

Super Bowl Party Riverview Neighborhood

RNA Super Bowl Party
Greetings!

What could be better -- Giants vs. Patriots in the Super Bowl! Everyone is welcome to join members of RNA at the first social event planned by RNA's Taste of the Heights Committee. Meet neighbors and support a new local business, The Trolley Car Bar & Grill (corner of Palisade & Ferry St). Drop by for the whole game or just for a little while - we'd love it either way.

Party Details
Date: Sunday, February 5th

Time: 5PM (kickoff at 6:30) until 10ish.

Place: Trolley Car Bar & Grill, 328 Palisade Ave (corner of Ferry)

Phone: 201-360-3140

CASH BAR.

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See you Sunday.


Becky Hoffman
Riverview Neighborhood Association
email: riverviewneighborhood@comcast.net
phone: 201-876-1980

Rocking Grove (CREATIVE GROVE)

Sunshine this winter

Feb 3rd
with DJ Tanner and DJ Presp (mems. of Thomas Francis)
spilling their alternative indie selections, keeping it real
3 - 9 pm
Grove Street PATH plaza Jersey City, outdoors!
2 miles West from "the Village", Manhattan..

Foodies
Handmade local designs
Art
Selected vintage
                          Ideas

                         


by the way, Creative Grove is a lifestyle
an approach to organic ways to do business, growing the Fair Trade aspect at home,
interact with your community.
hang out and play.
Find sparks.
Learn how to hoolahoop
find the non gentrified remnance of our corporate machine

creativegrove.org