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passaic county jan 2010 please take one ...Free! passaic county cultural & heritage council @ pccc Mixedarts News on 2010 Arts Grants Illustrating the diversity of arts in Passaicnews County, Youth Photography Project; Ringwood Friends of Music; 55 organizations received a total of $55,000 in grant awards for Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts; Ringwood Public arts projects from the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Library; St. Catherine’s of Bologna Performing Arts Guild, Council, Local Arts Program Grant, which is made possible by Ringwood; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (After School Program), funds from the NJ State Council on the Arts / Department of Paterson; St. Timothy Musicales, Wayne; Sustainable West State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Milford; Theater League of Clifton, Inc; Township of West Additionally, through a general operating support grant from Milford; Wayne Public Library; and the YMCA., Paterson. the NJ Historical Commission, 12 groups will share $6,562 in re- The 12 organizations receiving grants for history projects grant funds for local or New Jersey history projects. are: American Labor Museum/Botto House National The following groups were awarded arts grants ranging from Landmark, Haledon; Hawthorne Historical Society; $500 to $2,000: Action Theatre Conservatory, Inc., Clifton; Immigration and American Citizenship Organization, IACO, American Karachay Benevolent Association, Paterson; Passaic; North Jersey Highlands Historical Society, American Hungarian Museum, Passaic; On Dec. 7, PCCHC was notified that the American Labor Museum / Botto House National Landmark, Haledon; Arco New Jersey Treasury has placed a freeze on all Ensemble, Woodland Park; Boys & Girls discretionary spending including grant payments to arts, Club of Northwest New Jersey, Wayne; Boys & Girls Club of Paterson & history, tourism, and educational organizations, among others. Passaic; Catholic Family &Community Services, Paterson; Chopin Singing Society, PSAA #182, Ringwood; Passaic County Historical Society, Paterson; Passaic; City of Passaic Dept. of Human Services; Clifton Passaic Public Library; The Paterson Branch of the NAACP; Arts Center, Inc.; Clifton’s Historic Botany District, Inc.; The Paterson Museum; Pompton Lakes Public Library; Clifton Recreation Department; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Ringwood Public Library; Wayne Public Library; and Inc., Paterson; Downtown Clifton Economic Development William Paterson University. Group; Eat Local, Inc, Ringwood; Friends of the Clifton On Dec. 7, PCCHC was notified that the New Jersey Public Library; Friends of Louis Bay 2nd Library, Hawthorne. Treasury has placed a freeze on all discretionary spending Also, Friends of Long Pond Iron Works, Hewitt; Future including grant payments to arts, history, tourism, and Scholars Learning Center, Paterson; Great Falls Historic District educational organizations among others. As a result, Cultural Center, Paterson; Greater Paterson Chamber of payments to the 55 grant recipients listed above are on hold Commerce; Harmony Singers, Wayne; Heart of Hannah and their ability to complete their projects is in jeopardy. Women’s Center, Paterson; Holy Rosary Young Men’s Club, Additionally, grant funding for both The Poetry Center at Passaic; Holy Spirit Association for Unification of World Passaic County Community College and The Theater and Christianity Performing Arts, Clifton; Iron Mountain Stage Poetry Project is also frozen. These two outstanding cultural Company, Ringwood; Juvenile Education & Awareness Project, organizations present the Distinguished Poets Series and the Paterson Literary Review Passaic; Little Falls Alliance for a Better Community; Mental (PLR) and bring poets and writers Health Clinic of Passaic; Music at the Mission, West Milford; into the Paterson Public schools as well as making quality New Jersey Foundation for Dance and Theatre Arts, Wanaque; theatrical productions available to public school children at New Jersey Music & Arts, Clifton; North Jersey Media Group no cost. All of these programs risk being cut back or shut Foundation-Herald Newspaper in Education Program, Woodland down as a result of this recent action by the New Jersey Park; Panther Academy, Paterson; Passaic County Motion Picture Treasury. We hope that the state will recognized the & Television Film Commission; Passaic County Vision 2020, importance and value of these arts programs and will decide Inc.; Passaic Public Library; Paterson Free Public Library; to release the already promised funds very soon. Paterson Public Schools - Equity & Diversity Council; Paterson For more on the grant program, call 973-684-6507. Pg. 2 • jan 2010 artsnews @ passaic county Steve Forbert, the Mississippi-bred, Nashville-based singer/songwriter, performs at the New Legacy Concert Series on Jan. 31, 2 pm, at the Ringwood Public Library, 30 Cannici Dr. In the past quarter-century, Forbert has built a deeply personal body of work that’s won him a reputation for clear-eyed insight and plain spoken eloquence. In the process, he’s evolved from the wide-eyed young troubadour of his early classics to the mature, bittersweet outlook of his more recent work, which surveys darker territory. Tickets are $20. For more info, W www.ringwoodlibrary.org. Singer and songwriter Janis Ian Janis Ian is in West Milford on April 24; Steve Forbert is in Ringwood on Jan. 31. Portrait of Paterson Fresh Fruits, Veggies & Art: performs at Music at the Mission on is a series of 40 The April 24. The non-profit, volunteer color prints by photographers, ages 9 Ringwood Farmers Market offers run Music at the Mission makes its to 14, who participated in this year’s fruits and vegetables along with crafts home at West Milford Presbyterian Paterson Youth Photography Project. vendors at the Park & Ride until noon Church, 1452 Union Valley Rd., West Their work will be on view in the on Jan. 16, Feb. 20 and March 20. A Playroom from Another Time Milford. Since its founding in 2002, Broadway & LRC Galleries at PCCC is the group has presented an impressive through Jan. 5, Broadway at an exhibit of antique toys on display list of performing artists in their Memorial Drive in the downtown at Lambert Castle through Feb 28. coffeehouse style space. For ticket historic district of Paterson. The Simple amusements are in the info and to see the complete 2010 exhibit will then travel to the exhibit—wooden toys, a dollhouse, a schedule of artists, visit W Paterson Library, Lambert Castle and German puppet theater, games, www.musicatthemission.org. the Ridgewood Library. Admission Jazz Vocalist Carol Erickson puzzles and even an antique Mr. to is free and open to the public. Call Potato Head. Admission is $5 for Jane Haw at 973-684-5448 for details performs songs of the 1940’s at the W adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for Wayne Public Library Lunchbox or go to www.pccc.edu/art/gallery. children 12 to 17. The museum is on Learning program on Jan. 13. On Valley Rd. at the Clifton and Paterson Jan. 27, Philomel’s Song featuring border. Call 973-247-0085, ext.200 or W Phyllis Fay Farmer, mezzo soprano, go to www.lambertcastle.org. Jill Sokol on flute and Emily Olin on The Theater League of Clifton presents The Snow Child piano offers a classical music concert. on Jan. 8, Things turn serious on Jan. 20 with a 9 and 10 at the Theater at Public Career Counseling workshop from 7 School No. 3, 365 Washington Ave. to 8:30 pm in the Computer Training Clifton. This children’s story takes Center. This seminar led by Steve place in old Russia between the winter Bandler, a professional Career Coach, Networking Websites: The solstice and the New Year, a time when will be on New Way to Land a Job. all things are possible. It tells the story All events of a husband and wife who have no are free, but register in advance for children but badly want a family. the Career Counseling Workshop. The power of love and that dreams do Refreshments will be provided at come true are the basis of the tale. noon and the Lunchbox events Admission is $10 and $5 for children begin at 12:30 pm. The library is at 4 to13 and seniors. Purchase tickets at A sample of the antique toys displayed at 461 Valley Rd., Wayne. Call the door; for info go to W Lambert Castle through the end of Feb. W 973-694-4272, ext. 5210. www.theaterleagueofclifton.com. jan 2010 artsnews @ passaic county • Pg. 3 To celebrate Black History Month, the nearly 700 objects donated to the Passaic County Cultural & the University by Joan and Gordon Heritage Council at Passaic County Tobias, private collectors who Community College will present frequently traveled to Africa and Traversing Three Themes: Woman’s collected the pieces over a 30-year Struggle, Lace Doilies and Paper period. Admission is free. For info, Dolls, and Victorian Legacy W, L in call, 973-720-2654. 15th Annual Martin Luther King paintings by New Jersey artist Nette Jr. Jazz Festival & Dinner Forne Thomas. The exhibit opens is Jan. 30 in the Broadway, LRC, and Jan. 16 at the Church of the Hamilton Club Galleries at PCCC Assumption, 35 Orange Ave., and can be viewed through Feb. 27. Clifton. Performers include Ike A reception for the artist is on Feb. Brown’s Jazz Prophets Ensemble, 11, from 4 to 6 pm. Admission to the Arnetta Johnson & Subito Sound exhibit and reception is free. Gallery and others. Tickets are $35 ($40 at hours are Mon. to Fri., from 9 am to the door) and can be purchased at any 9 pm and Sat. to 5 pm. Info at of the following locations: Record 973-684-5448 or [email protected] or City, 105 N. Main St., Paterson; W go to www.pccc.edu/art/gallery. Anita’s Touch, 61 Lexington Ave., Objects of Power Passaic; Oasis Restaurant, 683 Main is the name of an Ave., Passaic, or contact producer and exhibit of African art and artifacts on founder Seifullah Ali Shabazz at view in the Ben Shahn Galleries at 973-478-4124 or write to him at William Paterson University in [email protected].