A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES Thursday, February 14, 2013 Page 21 Restaurant Week to Feature Florian Schantz Jazz Combo Drawing for Free Parking To Perform at Breakfast WESTFIELD – The deal for Res- taurant week on February 28. Any- WESTFIELD – The Florian Schantz taurant Week in Downtown Westfield one can enter by going to Jazz Combo will perform on Saturday, just got sweeter. The Downtown www.westfieldtoday.com. March 2, from 8 – 8:30 a.m. at the Westfield Corporation (DWC) an- Restaurant Week runs for two Rotary Club of Westfield’s Annual Pan- nounced that as part of Restaurant weeks from Sunday, February 17, to cake Breakfast to be held in the cafete- week, Sunday, February 17 through Thursday, February 28 (excluding ria at Westfield High School. The en- Thursday February 28, diners have Friday and Saturday). Take advan- semble will feature Florian Schantz on the chance to enter a random drawing tage of wonderful cuisine at afford- three brass instruments, Cadillac Phil to win one of four $25 parking cards. able prices, with a two-course lunch Rinaldi on trumpet, Benny Davis on Westfield parking cards can be used for $10, and a two-course dinner for trombone, Cory Ackerman on drums, in any lot or metered on-street spot. $20 or three-course dinner for $30. Lowell Schantz on guitar and Margaret With rates of $.25 per 30 minutes in Prices have been fixed at these prices Schantz on Flugelhorn. lots and $.25 per 20 minutes at on- to offer diners a great opportunity to Florian first began studying the trum- street meters, a $25 parking card can sample Westfield’s restaurants. Bev- pet at the age of six with Dr. Ted enhance your dining or shopping erages, tax and gratuities are not in- Schlosberg at the New Jersey Work- experience in Westfield for up to 50 cluded. FILM FESTIVAL…Ginger and Rosa, starring Elle Fanning and Alice Englert, shop for the Arts Music Studio (NJWA). hours. According to Jamie Lemberg, and 20 other not-yet-released movies will premiere in the Arthouse Film Festival Right from the start, Dr. Schlosberg “Downtown Westfield is a popular DWC Online Marketing Manager, beginning Monday, March 4, at AMC Loews Mountainside and AMC Loews could see his phenomenal musical po- shopping and dining destination and “This is the eighth Restaurant Week Monmouth Mall. For more information, call (732) 870-6012 or visit tential. “From the first time I was intro- customers love free parking,” said event we have sponsored and again, ArthouseFilmFestival.com. duced to Florian, I realized that he had Florian Schantz Sherry Cronin, Executive Director of over 20 eating establishments are a very special gift. The longer we the DWC. “We hope that a free park- participating. It’s fast becoming a Arthouse Film Festival to worked together, the more I saw this Jazz Combo. His group has often been ing card will help make their experi- Westfield tradition.” gift develop into a highly creative way heard at Westfield’s Spring Fling, ence even more enjoyable.” For details about Restaurant Week which grew, over the years, to a tre- Festifall and the Westfield Sweet Sounds Entry for the drawing is exclu- and for a list of participating restau- Offer Award-Winning Films mendous talent for jazz,” commented Downtown Jazz Festival. The talented sively online and open to the general rants, visit www.westfieldtoday.com/ MOUNTAINSIDE — Imagine see- Also being offered is a specially priced Dr. Schlosberg. fifth grader, who is also proficient on public, now through the end of res- Restaurantweek. ing a festival-winning gem before flex ticket so the user may choose any Florian began playing with the New the Flugelhorn and cornet, has an un- release to the public, then the lights eight out of ten nights for their conve- Jersey Workshop for The Arts Rockin’ canny ability to improvise jazz music. come up, and there in front of you are nience. Discounts will be available for Jazz Band when he was only eight For further information about the The Town Book Store to the creators of the film, ready to an- early registration. years old. To further his skills, he com- Music Studio, or any program of the swer questions and discuss their work. Confirmed films and those under menced jazz-specific training with pro- NJWA, visit the studios at 150-152 Starting Monday, March 4, consideration for the upcoming festi- fessional musician Cadillac Phil East Broad Street, Westfield, call (908) Host Author John Hartnett Arthouse Film Festival will run for val include: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints Rinaldi, who is also a trumpet instruc- 789-9696 or visit WESTFIELD — The Town Book Book Store located at 270 East 10 weeks at two New Jersey theatres: with Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, tor at the Music Studio. Cadillac Phil www.njworkshopforthearts.com. Store will host John Hartnett, author of Broad Street in Westfield (corner of AMC Loews Mountainside and AMC director David Lowery; All the Light stated, “[Florian] is a talent I have rarely “The Barber’s Conundrum and Other East Broad and Elmer Streets). If you Loews Monmouth Mall. in the Sky with Jane Adams, Sophia experienced in my 18 years of being a Stories” on Saturday, February 16, from are unable to attend this event, feel The festival has hosted 1,551 movie Takal, director Joe Swanberg; Black- music teacher. He makes everyone Antique Show Set for 2 – 4 p.m. free to call The Town Book Store at premieres with 1,004 live guest ap- fish with Tilikum, director Gabriela smile as he plays. I could not be more “The Barber’s Conundrum and Other (908) 233-3535 to reserve an pearances over the past 22 years. Cowperthwaite; The Bling Ring with proud of him.” February 17 Stories” is a collection of humor essays autographed copy of “The Barber’s Oscar winners and nominees Emma Watson, Leslie Mann, director By the time he was nine, Florian NEW CASTLE, Del. — The New that address everyday life including Conundrum and Other Stories.” Danny Aiello, Alan Arkin, James Sophia Coppola; Cutie and the Boxer appeared as a soloist for the first time in Castle Winter Antique Show will take parenting (“The School Project: An Cromwell, Frank Darabont, Jesse with Noriko Shinohara, Ushio his own jazz band, the Florian Schantz place on Sunday, February 17, from American Tragedy”), relationships Substance Abuse Eisenberg, Tony Gilroy, Ethan Shinohara, director Zachary 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nur Shrine (“How Bananas Almost Destroyed My Hawke, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jon Kilik, Heinzerling; The East with Brit Center, Route. 13/198 South DuPont Marriage”), religion (“If We’re Late Prevention Program Melissa Leo, Viggo Mortensen, Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, direc- GL to Host Prom Highway, New Castle, Delaware. Again for Church, I Will Kill You”), Chazz Palminteri, John Sayles, Marc tor Zal Batmanglij; Effie with Dakota Admission is $4, $10 for 9 a.m. early the media (“There But for the Grace Announced Shaiman, Howard Shore, Aaron Fanning, Emma Thompson, director Fashion Show buyers. of God Goes the Weather Reporter”), WESTFIELD — The Counseling Sorkin, Fisher Stevens and David Richard Laxton; Frances Ha with BERKELEY HEIGHTS – The an- Approximately 60 of the best an- animals, specifically geese who tie Department at Edison and Roosevelt Strathairn have joined Dylan Baker, Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, direc- nual Governor Livingston High School tique and collectible dealers from the up traffic by refusing to fly (“Behold Intermediate Schools will host the Part- Famke Janssen, Joseph Gordon- tor Noah Baumbach; Ginger and Rosa (GL) Senior Prom Fashion Show will region will be offering a wide variety the Goose”), the afterlife (“An Un- nership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Levitt, Delroy Lindo, Derek Luke, with Christina Hendricks, Elle Fan- be held on Wednesday, February 27, at of merchandise sure to please enthu- wanted Glimpse of the Afterlife”), (PDFNJ) “15 Minute Child Break” Mary Stuart Masterson, David Morse, ning, director Sally Potter; Girl Most 7:30 p.m. in the GL cafeteria, 175 siasts and shoppers with varied tastes. and other topics readily identifiable program on Thursday, February 21, at Connie Nielsen, Joe Pantoliano and Likely with Kristen Wiig, Annette Watchung Blvd, Berkeley Heights. Vintage furnishings, artifacts, jew- and relatable to anyone. 7 p.m. in the Edison School Audito- Kevin Smith as guest speakers who Bening, directors Shari Springer Eleven senior boys and eleven senior elry, porcelain, ephemera, memora- John Hartnett was born in Jersey rium. have come to share their insights with Berman, Robert Pulcini; The Great girls, as well as four teachers will strut bilia, glassware, advertising, pottery, City, grew up in Cranford, and moved “15 Minute Child Break” is a one- festival participants. Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio, their stuff down the runway in the latest collectible’s and toys will be fea- to Los Angeles in 1984 after graduat- hour multi-media presentation offered “The program will always be flex- Tobey Maguire, director Baz prom fashions. In addition to the fash- tured. ing from Emerson College. He has by the PDFNJ. The presentation will ible in order to take advantage of Luhrmann; Hannah Arendt with Bar- ion show, there will be light refresh- This all weather event is conve- worked in the restaurant, construction, include the importance of the parent or opportunities as they arise,” said fes- bara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, direc- ments and dozens of gift basket raffles nient to I-95, I-295 and US Route 40 entertainment and publishing indus- caregiver’s role on substance abuse tival director Chuck Rose. “Wonder- tor Margarethe von Trotta; Jackie valued at up to $100 each to win. only three miles from the Delaware tries as well as several others, which prevention; as well as how to talk to ful surprises and fantastic celebrities with Holly Hunter, director Tickets for this event are $5 for adults Memorial Bridge. thankfully, have been suppressed from children about drugs, signs of use and can pop up out of nowhere, so we try Antoinette Beumer; Kon-Tiki with and $3 for students. Tickets for admis- In the spring, the Delaware Train memory. He moved back to Cranford abuse to look for, current terminology, to keep the schedule as fluid as pos- Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen, directors sion and gift basket raffle tickets will be Show will return to the Nur Shrine in 1997, where his parents still reside, and trends of use. The presentation is sible. In the past three years, we have Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg; available for purchase at the door. Center on Saturday, April 6, and the and is married with three children. based on New Jersey specific research premiered 95 films that later earned Love Story with Masha Yakavenko, This event is a joint fundraiser for the April Fools Toy Show will be held on His first love has always been com- conducted by the PDFNJ’s Center for a total of 25 Spirit Award, 32 Brit- director Florian Habicht; Mud with Class of 2013 and Project Graduation. the Sunday, April 7. edy and his second love is his wife, but Prevention Research. ish Academy Award, and 22 Oscar Matthew McConaughey, Sarah All members of the community are For more information on attending sometimes the order is reversed de- This presentation is an opportunity nominations.” Paulson, director Jeff Nichols; No invited to attend. or participating in the shows, call pending on who is in the room with for all parents and caregivers in all “Even before we started 22 years Place On Earth director Janet Tobias; For more information, email (856) 302-3606 or visit toyshows.org him. Hartnett is also the author of schools to come out and find out the ago, I began working to create an Once in a Lullaby with Gregg [email protected]. or myspace.com/toyshows.org. the humor site, The Monkey Bell- role they play and the power they have international VIP network of ac- Breinberg, director Jonathan hop (monkeybellhop.com). in preventing their children from abus- tors, directors, screenwriters, pro- Kalafer; Prince Avalanche with Paul Meet John Hartnett at The Town ing drugs and alcohol. ducers, journalists and film indus- Rudd, Emile Hirsch, director David try pros whose jobs involve creat- Gordon Green; The Sapphires with ing, finding and evaluating the Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, 705,+(*65:,9=(;69@ POPCORN cream of Sundance, Cannes, director Wayne Blair; Shadow Toronto, Venice, Berlin, SXSW, Dancer with Clive Owen, Andrea Warm Bodies Tribeca and the other important film Riseborough, director James Marsh; ALL PROGRAMS HELD at: festivals. We also work to ferret out The Spectacular Now with Miles 2012 CRANFORD DRAMATIC Zombie Tale for Diehards Only potential hits in the development Teller, Shailene Woodley, director CLUB THEATRE 2 and ½ popcorns and production stages so we are James Ponsoldt; Still with James One Popcorn, Poor — Two Popcorns, Fair — Three Popcorns, Good — Four Popcorns, Excellent ready to pounce on the best films Cromwell, Genevieve Bujold, direc- :;(930./;;/,(;9, first,” explained Rose. tor Michael McGowan; Thanks for Grades 2-5 For information, to see which Sharing with Gwyneth Paltrow, By MICHAEL S. GOLDBERGER kindly note that feasting on the former July 1-Aug. 2 Film Critic films were screened in the past, or Mark Ruffalo, director Stuart beau’s brain, and thus reading his memo- (CLOSED JULY 4-7) ries, kindles his ardor. to register, visit Blumberg; The Wall with Martina “To be dead…to be really dead, www.ArthouseFilmFestival.com or Gedeck, director Julian Roman Mon - Fri 8:30 -12:30pm is…glorious!” Thus spoke Count Dracula Adding to the taboo aspects of the Dance, voice and acting in the 1931 horror classic that bears his ensuing affaire de coeur, heartthrob Julie, call (732) 870-6012. Polsler; The Way, Way Back with name. R, however, the male protagonist portrayed by the comely Teresa Palmer, is The festival is open to anyone, but Steve Carell, Toni Collette, direc- training. played by Nicholas Hoult in director the daughter of Grigio, a no-nonsense, seating is limited, so early enrollment tors Nat Faxon, Jim Rash; and Wel- Show: 101 DALMATIONS Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies, would camo-wearing militarist in charge of find- is advised. Subscription is $133 for come To Pine Hill with Shannon beg to differ. But then, the good count is ing and slaughtering zombies. Played by five weeks or $235 for all ten weeks. Harper, director Keith Miller. a vampire, whereas our walking-grunting John Malkovich, doubtless he believes :76;30./;;/,(;9, corpse is a card-carrying zombie. that the only good zombie is a completely Grades 6-9 Indeed, R, who can’t remember the dead zombie. Mid-Day Musicales to July 1-August 2 name he went by before he left this life, Confiding in her best pal, Nora (CLOSED JULY 4-7) isn’t happy with his purgatorial status. He (Analeigh Tipton), an aspiring nurse (con- Mon - Fri 8:30-12:30 also isn’t too fond of the insatiable hunger tinuing the Romeo and Juliet allusions), Present Byung-Kook Kwak that forces him to murder and eat the Julie tells of her strange interlude and Dance, voice and acting brains of whoever falls within his grasp. resultant fascination for R. Girlfriend, WESTFIELD — The First Con- winning prestigious competitions in training It’s hardly something your skittish aunt trying to be understanding but nonethe- gregational Church of Westfield, lo- his native country, Mr. Kwak came to Show: LITTLE MERMAID Tillie would like, particularly the early less incredulous, responds, “Look, I know cated at 125 Elmer Street, will present the U.S. and, at age 12, became one and very bloody expository scenes. trying to find a nice guy is hard, what with acclaimed violinist Byung-Kook of Jascha Heifetz’s youngest students. Truth is, trying to figure just who the apocalypse and everything, but…” Kwak on Wednesday, February 20, He earned both his Bachelor of Mu- *,5;,9:;(., exactly the filmmaker thought his audi- Such bits of comedy relief mixed with in their continuing series of Mid- sic and Master of Music degrees from .9(+,: I`H\KP[PVU ence would be causes one to consider the sheer horror, a splatter of melodrama and Day Musicales. These half-hour noon the Juilliard School, where he stud- July 1-August 4 absurdity of giving this movie any truly a bathetic moral lesson or two cause concerts featuring noted artists are ied with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy (CLOSED JULY 4-7) serious scrutinization. Common sense unevenness and give the film an identity presented in the church sanctuary DeLay. Mon-Fri 12:30-5:30 would dictate that intelligent people, es- crisis that only an indiscriminate teen- with a suggested donation of $5. He will be accompanied in this pecially, could better serve the ager with way too much spare time could Hailed as one of the finest violin- concert by his wife, pianist Jungwon Dance, Voice, Acting, & commonweal by putting their efforts into love. Still, romance is at the heart of it all, ists of his generation, Byung-Kook Kwak. Audition Training contemplating the meaning of life…not and suckers for said emotion can’t help Kwak enjoys a multi-faceted career Funding for these concerts has been Two fully staged shows: death. but root for the pair. as a soloist, chamber musician, con- made possible in part by the New GUYS & DOLLS As for the great unwashed, who don’t I mean, talk about opposites attract- ductor, and educator. From coast to Jersey State Council on the Arts, ON AIR LIVE! really give too much thought to where ing. You can’t be too much more opposed coast, critics have hailed him as a Department of State, a partner agency they get their bread (read: nachos) and than the quick and the dead. Thus, its Auditions Feb. 9, 10, 24 premier violinist whose musical gifts of the National Endowment of the Call (908) 731-1377 or e-mail circus, this might serve as a remedial tongue implanted in cheek, “Warm Bod- and technical wizardry are powerful Arts, through a grant administered lesson in variations on a theme. Fact is, ies” evinces an inherent running gag, pinedaconservatory@ it’s the Romeo and Juliet tale, and bla- albeit one that can’t successfully support and sensitive. Mr. Kwak has per- by the Union County Office of Cul- formed with orchestras throughout tural and Heritage Affairs. The church comcast.net tantly so, except instead of two very an entire film. Naturally, or rather, un- SUMMER or visit: young and alive paramours, one of these naturally, the notion that true love tran- North America, Europe, Asia, and is handicapped-accessible. star-crossed lovers is beginning to rot. scends mortality itself has its appeal. Scandinavia. For further information call the www.pinedaconservatory.com Act 1, scene 1: Meet R, the narrator of Less interesting but par for the course Finalist and prize winner of many church office at (908) 233-2494. our tale, who regales us with the ins and in any movie destined for mass consump- international competitions, he was outs of his nether life, a situation resulting tion at the Multiplex, there are tumbrels featured on PBS Live from Lincoln chuck rose presents filmmaker symposium’s from an unspecified catastrophe that of random action and lots of killing, if in Center as a member of the renowned caused the zombie epidemic of which he fact dispatching a zombie is killing. So it Sea Cliff Chamber Players. He has is part and parcel. He is the undead phi- behooves to note the different levels of taught at Mannes College for 10 years losopher, betwixt and between realities, butchery: Zombies kill people; people as an assistant to Aaron Rosand and E missing the good life and feeling guilty kill zombies; zombies kill boneys; and is currently a faculty member at Man- OUS about his dietary habits. boneys kill just about everything. hattan School of Music, Pre-College TH All the same, when he and his pals get For all the story’s notions of tolerance, and Westchester Conservatory. In IVAL a real hunger crave on, even a whole sack boneys are where we draw the line. It’s R addition, he also performs and gives T OK to hate these murderous, skeleton S of White Castles or KFC’s Game Day master classes regularly in Seoul, Bucket won’t do. Nope, they’ve got to carnivores. Poor devils anyway...they’re E Korea. Mr. Kwak is the founder and M head for the city, beyond the protective beyond hope, as is this movie’s chances A artistic director of Solisti Ensemble, L F wall, where the live people live. And thus of winning any serious accolades. Only it is on one of these epicurean adventures zombie aficionados and folks curious to who perform regularly at Zankel Hall I that R meets the beauty that is to die for, see how the other half doesn’t live could at Carnegie Hall, and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center since its in- Preview the best & smartest new films before public release in a manner of speaking. cuddle up to Warm Bodies. enjoy surprise visits by filmmakers & actors ception in 2008. F REGISTER EARLY & SAVE Of course there are complications that … make the encounter a sticky wicket, not Warm Bodies, rated PG-13, is a Sum- Born in Seoul, Korea, Mr. Kwak 732-870-6012 the least of which is the fact that R imme- mit Entertainment release directed by was hailed as a child prodigy. He www.arthousefilmfestival.com diately eliminates the competition by dis- Jonathan Levine and stars Nicolas Hoult, made his orchestral debut at the age FILMMAKERS patching and imbibing Julie’s boyfriend. Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich. Run- of 7 with the Seoul Philharmonic. Starts in MARCH S Y M P O S I U M Starts in MARCH And if that isn’t ghoulish enough for you, ning time: 98 minutes After earning many accolades and