Page 22 Thursday, March 1, 2012 The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION

Westfield High School Theatre Department to Present Pippin WESTFIELD – The Westfield High be returning this year including Matt the Man.” School (WHS) Theatre Department Lynn who will play the role of Pip- Annie Oldakowski will play the will present Pippin at Westfield High pin. role of Catherine, with Fastrada School, March 8, 9, and 10. Surrounded by a talented and large played by Maggie Tanji. The cast is The students of WHS are working ensemble of singers and dancers, Pip- completed with the roles of Bertha, to bring Pippin to life on the Westfield pin will transport the audience Rebecca Skowron; Lewis, Will Cary High School stage. Pippin was origi- through a coming of age tale. The and Theo, Connor Wynne. nally produced in 1972 with a score story revolves around a young man The Fosse Choreography will be written by Stephen Schwartz and finding his way and at times rebelling performed by WHS dancers under book by Roger O. Hirson. The musi- against the establishment, and war, the direction of choreographer cal, with memorable music and dance, as well as his father, Charlemagne, Samantha Hahn. Once again, the sets was originally directed by Bob Fosse. played by Geoffrey Ko. The tale is will be designed and executed by Daniel Devlin, WHS teacher and woven through song and dance WHS’ own Paper Mill 2011 Winner director, will once again direct the guided by Leading Player. On Broad- of best set design, Roy Chambers. talented students in this production. way, the role of Leading Player was All are invited to see Pippin at In 2011, Westfield High School was memorably brought to life by Ben Westfield High School, located at honored with the Best Musical Pro- Vereen. For this production Leading 550 Dorian Road. Performances will duction award from the Paper Mill Player will be performed by Taylor take place on March 8, 9, and 10 at Rising Star Award competition for Jackson. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 each and Sweeney Todd –Demon Barber of The score includes recognizable available by email at Fleet Street. Several members from songs, such as “Magic to Do,” “Cor- [email protected] or that award winning production will ner of the Sky,” and “I Guess I’ll Miss by calling (908) 233-0563. Betsey Burgdorf for The Westfield Leader and The Times GOING OVER THE DETAILS…Former “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, Dina Manzo, filmed a segment of her HGTV series “Dina’s Party” at the Farmhouse Store on East Broad Street on Monday. Ms. Manzo is pictured with Farmhouse Store co-owners, Ed Menapace, left, and Bill Curtis, as well as a member of the HGTV production crew. Crafts Festival to Offer ‘A Sensory Celebration’ SOMERSET – The 19th Annual of enjoying fine, contemporary Sugarloaf Crafts Festival will host American crafts with thousands an Artisans Showcase entitled “A handcrafted items to touch, see, taste, Sensory Celebration” Friday, March smell and hear. 9, through Sunday, March 11, in Gourmet foods and favorites — Somerset at the Garden State Ex- including candies and chocolates, hibit Center, 50 Atrium Drive, hearty soups, artisan breads, jams Somerset, NJ 08873. and dips, syrups, and olive oils— The show hours: Friday, March will be available to sample and pur- 9, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, March chase from dozens of specialty food 10, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, March purveyors. 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Master craftspeople will show how Admission (valid all three days) their work is made in continuous David Roth is $7 for adults online, $9 at the live demonstrations. Family enter- door. Children under 12 are free. tainment includes interactive Concert to Benefit Parking is free. children’s activities and live con- More than 250 of the nation’s temporary music. FoodBank Of NJ most accomplished craftspeople For more information, including WESTFIELD - The Coffee With invite spring cleaners and sun-seek- driving directions and admission dis- Conscience Concert Series continues WORKING HARD...The cast of Pippin rehearses “Morning Glow.” Performances will take place in the Westfield High ers to awaken their senses and treat counts, visit School Auditorium on Thursday, March 8, Friday, March 9, and Saturday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. its twelfth season by presenting singer/ themselves to something special. www.sugarloafcrafts.com or call songwriter, folk legend, David Roth, in The jury-selected craftspeople per- (800) 210-9900. concert. The concert will take place on sonally show and sell their hand- Saturday, March 17, at the First United made works at the award-winning Methodist Church of Westfield, 1 East Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, offering Broad Street (corner of North Avenue) their one-of-a-kind handmade items in Westfield. Doors will open at 7:30 in functional and decorative pottery, p.m. and the concert begins at 8 p.m. sculpture, glass, jewelry, fashion, Admission is $19 on line and $23 at the wood, metal, furniture, home acces- door. sories, photography, and fine art. Baltimore Based singer/songwriter, Sherry Lane of Scotch Plains will Victoria Vox, will open the show and be displaying and selling her hand- the proceeds from this concert will made jewelry in at the festival. benefit the Community FoodBank The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in of New Jersey. Tickets can be pur- Somerset will feature “A Sensory Jewelry by Sherry Lane of Scotch chased online in advance by going Celebration,” the show’s new theme, Plains will be offered at the Sugarloaf to davidroth.eventbrite.com which highlights the full experience Crafts Festival including this bracelet. The Coffee With Conscience Con- New Year... cert Series is a seven-show series running from October through May Liberty Hall Museum to at the First United Methodist Church of Westfield. The Series supports Host Special Events the following charities: Contact We New Adventures... Care (Westfield), Homefirst UNION – Liberty Hall Museum property boasts manicured gardens (Plainfield), Habitat for Humanity invites young patrons and their and fruitful orchards and vegetable (Plainfield), the Community Food families to see if they like green fields. The Firehouse is the latest Bank of NJ (Hillside) and the Keith eggs and ham on Sunday, March 4, addition to the Museum’s complex Knost Special Needs Fund when Liberty Hall hosts a Dr. Seuss’ housing antique fire engines and a (Mountainside). Each beneficiary New You! Birthday Breakfast, celebrating the collection of fire memorabilia. has at least one concert dedicated to birthday of the beloved author/il- General admission to the museum it during the season. lustrator of children’s books. Guests for regular visits is $10 for adults, The Coffee With Conscience Con- are invited to enjoy a whimsical $8 for Kean University alumni, $6 cert Series is sponsored by Ahrre’s breakfast while museum staff en- for students (ages 3 – 17) and free Coffee Roastery at 104 Elm Street in tertains with classic Dr. Seuss sto- to children under three, Liberty Hall Westfield and is further supported ries. The breakfast will be held from Museum members and Kean Uni- by a generous grant from the 10 a.m. to 12 noon and reservations versity students, faculty and staff. Westfield Service League, and a few are required. The program fee is Liberty Hall is located at 1003 Mor- other private donations. $20 per child, $25 per adult. ris Avenue in Union, New Jersey. It For more information about the A Wednesday afternoon tea will is open to the public Monday Coffee With Conscience Concert Se- Free be held on Wednesday, March 14, through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ries, visit coffeewithconscience.org., from 2 to 4 p. m. The “Luck of the For further information, e-mail call (908) 412-9105 or e-mail to Irish Afternoon Tea” is the perfect [email protected] or visit [email protected]. Volunteers are al- Introductory place to sip tea, lunch on finger www.kean.edu/libertyhall. ways appreciated. sandwiches and desserts while gaz- ing at the formal English garden from the comfort of Liberty Hall’s Thomson to Perform at Mid- Lesson glass-enclosed porch. A tour of Lib- erty Hall will follow afternoon tea. The program fee is $40 per person Day Musicales Concert and reservations are required. The WESTFIELD - The First Congrega- A former professor at a number of museum is an entertainment desti- tional Church of Westfield, 125 Elmer universities, Dr. Thomson graduated nation for history aficionados, fami- Street, continues its series of Mid-Day Phi Beta Kappa from the Pennsylvania lies, seniors and student groups. Musicales with a concert by organist State University with a double major in The ongoing exhibit during 2012 Barbara Thomson on March 7. These organ performance and theory/com- is “The Weary and the Wounded: 72 half-hour noon concerts are presented position. She has a master of Music Hours in the Life of a Civil War on Wednesdays during Lent with an degree from the Eastman School of Nurse.” This exhibit commemorates admission fee of $5. Music in Rochester, N.Y., a Doctor of Christine Kean Griffin’s service, Ms. Thomson has been critically Musical Arts degree from Peabody and the service of all Civil War acclaimed for her technique, musician- Conservatory in Baltimore, and did nurses. Admission to this exhibit is ship, and ability to communicate. She further study at the Hochschule für free; a fee applies for a tour of has concertized across the United States Musik und darstellende Kunst in Liberty Hall. and Europe, including performances at Vienna. Liberty Hall Museum at Kean the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Dr. Thomson is Voorhees Chapel University was the one-time home and in Austria, Germany, Italy, Hol- organist at Rutgers University, organist of New Jersey’s first elected gover- land, and Yugoslavia. She has played at and Director of Music at the First Con- nor, William Livingston. Chroni- Lincoln Center, Trinity Church Wall gregational Church of Westfield, and cling more than 200 years of Ameri- Street, and the Riverside Church in organist at the Monmouth Reform TRY DANCING! can history, the museum and its New York, the Cathedral Basilica in Temple in Tinton Falls, N.J. grounds are a treasure trove of sig- Newark, the Kennedy Center and the Funding for these concerts has been nificant riches. Along with forgot- National Presbyterian Center in Wash- made possible in part by the New Jer- ten letters from Thomas Jefferson, ington, D.C., as well as many other sey State Council on the Arts, Depart- Liberty Hall also houses extensive noted venues. 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