A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, June 7, 2001 Page 21

Coming Next Week: Doctorow’s Novel Comes to Life • • An interview with artist Linda Kolar of Westfield Artist of • Andy Goldenberg returns with “On the Beat.” During Ragtime at NJPAC • The New York Philhar- By DAVID PALLADINO and in “Wheels of a Dream” they the Week monic and BLAST sweep the Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times resolve to get married and build a life music scene. NEWARK — The New Jersey for their son. Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in These characters’ lives also inter- Newark, played host this past week- sect with real-life characters of the end to the musical Ragtime, which is time. J.P. Morgan, portrayed by Jeff based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel. The Cyronek, is lowered on a catwalk, musical drama presents a slice of onto the heads of the huddled immi- American history from early in this grants, who are about to be crushed, century. when the inspirational immigrant, Ragtime tells the stories of three Harry Houdini, played by Eric Olson, diverse families whose lives intersect pushes it back up. in the early 1900’s. The Father of the To syncopated percussive rhythms established New Rochelle white fam- of engine and factory, a hard-edged ily, played by Joseph Dellger, has capi- Henry Ford explains his theory of the talized on the patriotic fervor of the assembly line. Jacqueline Bayne por- Teddy Roosevelt era. trayed Evelyn Nesbitt, America’s first He has made his fortune manufac- sex symbol, sings of the scandalous Get Outta turing fireworks and bunting, and the affair of her husband, Harry K. Thaw opening scene highlights a family pho- who has killed her lover, the famous tography session on the lawn in front architect, Stanford White, in the of the family’s new house in New “Crime of the Century.” the House Rochelle with friends and neighbors Emma Goldman, played by Mary By CAROL F. DAVIS all dressed in white, the women with Gutzi, appears everywhere to call at- Sandra Dee Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times parasols, the men in skimmers. tention to the injustices; whether it’s Sandra Dee A special poetry reading will be As Father leaves New York harbor the Lawrence, Mass. Textile Strike, held on Saturday, June 9 from 2 to 4 to go to the North Pole with Admiral with Tateh working the loom for 65 p.m. at Fanwood’s Patricia M. Kuran Perry, they pass a “rag ship” full of hours a week for $6, or Coalhouse’s (1942- ) Cultural Arts Center on Watson Road. immigrants from Western and Eastern rampage after his car is destroyed, or Europe. Tateh, a Latvian Jew, played when Sarah is killed, and the law By MICHELLE H. LePOIDEVIN A collaborative effort of the Car- Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times riage House Poetry Reading Series by Jim Corti, is coming to America ignores his pleas for justice. Goldman and the Fanwood Cultural Arts Com- with his little girl to build a new life. fills the void that Mother’s younger Bayonne-born actress Sandra Dee They see Father and marvel at how (nee Alexandra Zuck in 1942), was mittee, the reading will feature stu- brother feels when he inadvertently dents from Middlesex County Arts anyone could leave such a wonderful hears her appealing for support for the born into a Carpatho-Rusyn family country. (the region is now part of Southeast- High School, along with their in- Lawrence strikers in “The Night that structors and two Fanwood poets. Victoria Strong who played Mother, Goldman spoke in Union Square.” ern Poland). When her parents di- while digging in the garden, finds a vorced, a toddler-aged Dee was The original works of the students, Ragtime highlights an America who are admitted to the high school Negro baby, and is horrified of how where a poor immigrant like Tateh raised by her mother Mary Zuck anyone could do this. Sarah, depicted until real estate entrepreneur Eu- by competitive application, encom- can start with absolutely nothing, en- pass a wide range of voices, styles, by Lovena Fox, is brought in by the dure the taunts and indignities, and gene Douvan came into the picture. police, who are going to arrest her for Dee’s mother re-married in 1950. and content. For budding poets young ultimately strike it rich with his mov- SERVED WITH A SMILE...Gary Gianakis of Wayne and Notis Kotsolios of and not-so-young, it’s free. You can attempted murder. Mother takes in ing picture book, partaking of every- Dee was scarred throughout her Westfield dish up Greek salads for the Westfield Greek Festival to be held on both Sarah and baby. life from sexual abuse inflicted by call (908) 889-7223 for more infor- thing this country has to offer. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 8-10, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church mation. The Harlem musician, Coalhouse Terrance McNally’s stage play with her stepfather. She also struggled in Westfield. The festival offers homemade food and pastries, live music, and Walker Jr., played by Lawrence with anorexia. costumed dancers. Stephen Flaherty’s music, and Lynn • • • • • • • • • • • Hamilton, sets out in search of Sarah, Ahrens’ lyrics combine to capture all In 1952, the Douvan Family moved After the poetry reading, take and his son, in his new Model T and from their Long Island home to Man- of the vibrancy of this era of change. an early dinner break and head after finding her returns to the family’s The soaring victories and crushing hattan. Dee, who has always per- over to the Roosevelt Intermedi- home every Sunday, until one day sonified the pure, innocent and defeats combine to give an urgency, Celebration of Greek Culture, ate School Auditorium for a Mother invites him in for tea, and to vitality, and relevance to Ragtime proper image of youth, modeled for fundraiser concert co-sponsored play the piano. When she hears the Girl Scouts Magazine. She later be- which acts to enliven the drama of this by the Westfield Public Schools beautiful music, Sarah comes down musical theater. gan modeling for a top New York Cuisine Planned June 8-10 and the New Jersey Workshop for City agency. Stardom found Dee Cuisine Planned June 8-10 the Arts (NJWA). Both adult and when she was discovered by Ross WESTFIELD – After months of (908) 233-0623 for pick-up. young members of the NJWA’s Hunter, a movie producer who helped preparation, the parishioners of Holy A donation of $1 will be accepted Jazz Band and the Concert Band catapult Dee to the silver screen. Trinity Greek Orthodox Church are at the door. Children under 12 years will perform a wide range of pieces Dee signed on the dotted line for ready to welcome guests to their of age will be admitted for free. from classical marches and con- the folks at United-International Pic- “taverna” in the church hall for the The festival will be held rain or temporary music to jazz. Students Go Fast, Get Rich, Stay Young tures in Tinseltown. As a young teen- annual Greek Festival. shine. Ample parking will be avail- from the elementary schools in CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 ager, she had taken the last name of All proceeds will benefit the able. Westfield will join them for a cul- her stepfather before hitting Holly- church. For more information, please call mination piece. Proceeds will help everyday. vice offered in the series, called wood. But now, Sandra Douvan Slated for Friday, Saturday and the church at (908) 233-8533. the schools to fund instruments So, sex doesn’t sell here either. ‘How To Talk To Your Kids,’ is would forever be called Sandra Dee. Sunday, June 8-10, the grounds of that are not available for rental, or But, if your skin is prune-like and common sense too often forgotten At the age of 18, she wed another the church located at 250 Gallows are too expensive for families to your pores aren’t small enough, in today’s busy world. Most impor- squeaky-clean icon, Bobby Darin. Hill Road in Westfield, will be the purchase. Proceeds will also help you’re sure to be alone every Sat- tantly, it is based upon real-life ex- They split about seven years later. backdrop for traditional Greek deli- CN8 in Westfield provide scholarships to further urday night for the rest of your periences of the personalities fea- Dee was devastated, however, when cacies of grape leaves and lamb, nuts develop instrumental talents for life. Feeling old? Next channel… tured, and it comes from their hearts,” Darin died of congestive heart fail- and honey, souvlaki, moussaka, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 students at NJWA. Admission is ure at the young age of 37. For com- tion about homosexuality is sched- just $3-$5. Finally, we’ve turned to the adver- said Ralph S. Larsen, Chairman fort, the mother of their son, Dodd, spanakopita, stuffed grape leaves, uled to air this evening, June 7, at 5 tising ploy of keeping ourselves on and Chief Executive Officer of turned to drugs, alcohol, and suc- baklava, finikia and kourambiethes. p.m. • • • • • • • • • • • the fast track. Car ads keep us believ- Johnson & Johnson in a press re- cumbed to depression. A large outdoor tent will offer Although Ms. Attonito and Mr. If you still haven’t seen Saving ing that we have to do 110 miles per lease. Before her divorce from Darin, Mediterranean-style open-air dining. Private Ryan, the Fanwood Me- MacAdams were in Westfield for morial Library will be showing hour in a piece of steel, jettisoning us A message that is as rich and Dee made famous her roles in Gidget, In the evenings, a live Greek band about 10 minutes at the time of the “The Golden Greek Express,” will what has been called one to the around a dangerous mountain of anti-aging as they come – talk to A Summer Place, Tammy, Tell Me interview with The Leader/The Times, True, Tammy and the Doctor and provide music. Costumed dancers, greatest and most realistic war killer curves in order to be cool. your kids. Over the fast cars and Take Her, She’s Mine, before steal- “The Holy Trinity Greek Dancers” they noted that they hadn’t received movies ever made. This Spielberg While my sluggish little Taurus could the fast pace, they’re the most ing hearts in a little film called Grease will perform. eager reactions to their questions from production (1998) follows the story not possibly compare with such wild valuable commodity you can call (1978). Crafts, games and prizes will be passersby. of the quest for a young soldier whose three other brothers have and woolly vehicles, I still go fast your own. Even in Dee’s day, while most of slated for the children. An arcade of “A lot of people don’t like to enough to give mom and dad more her counterparts were commanding been killed in the war at Normandy small shops will vend jewelry, books, speak on camera,” said Mr. and in New Guinea. Tom Hanks gray hairs than they imagined. attention with the buxom blonde tapes and CDs. Items imported from MacAdam. bombshell look (Marilyn Monroe leads the search, in which a team of So, does driving a faster car Greece, such as velvety Greek olive “Real Life,” which captured the men risks their lives and has mixed Traveling Youth Choir and Jayne Mansfield), Dee preferred oil and coffee, will also be available. make you hot to trot? I get enough keeping her reputation as immacu- 1996 CableACE Award as the feelings about doing so. There’s a glances in my Taurus, thank you Noted impressionist artist nation’s top local talk show series, widescreen TV, no admission To Come to Westfield late as possible. This image, how- Stephanos Sideris will mount an ex- very much and I’d rather not get a ever, made her typecast to the point has also been tapped for regional charge, and you already know to WESTFIELD – A traveling hibition and sale of his paintings. Mr. bring your own snacks. speeding ticket. The parking tick- that she was not seen by casting Sideris’ paintings have been de- Emmy Awards. ets are horrific enough. youth choir from Green Trails directors as being versatile enough scribed as “serenely beautiful” and Confronting any issue as “fair • • • • • • • • • • • The folks at Johnson & Johnson United Methodist Church in to adapt to a new role. game,” celebrities such as Dionne Westfield’s Friends of Green Trails, Miss. Will present She did try to turn to more serious “enchanting,” and noted for their used the concept of age as a valu- delicate color. Warwick and Bob McGrath of Mindowsakin Park will host their a program of choral music, fea- dramatic parts in the 1970 film The fundraiser, Party in the Park, on able tool in one of their commer- Dunwich Horror and the 1971 Ital- Now a local artist, Mr. Sideris was “Sesame Street” have been guests in Saturday, June 10, from 1-5 p.m. cials in a series with writer Toni turing a “Gospel Mass” by Rob- ian flick Ad est di Marsa Matruh. born in Greece and has been painting the past. Mindowaskin, which is located Morrison, comedian Ray ert Ray. Dee currently resides in Beverly for over 60 years. He has exhibited in on East Broad Street, has been The concert will be held on Europe and in the United States. His ••• Romano, actor Christopher Reeve Hills, Calif. Rumor has it, she is Michelle H. LePoidevin is the Edi- bringing pleasure to residents for Tuesday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. penning a book about her life. paintings are found in the private and songwriter Randy Newman. tor of the Arts & Entertainment Sec- the past 83 years. The nostalgia “What brings these four very dif- in the Sanctuary of the First collections of the royal family of theme of this year’s event will United Methodist Church, 1 Spain and the House of Rockefeller. tion. She can be reached at ferent individuals together with celebrate this history. Activities East Broad Street, Westfield. Festival hours are 11 a.m. to 11 [email protected]. for the entire family are free for Johnson & Johnson in this effort is p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and the most part, but a modest dona- a shared belief that in today’s fast- The theme will be “WGOD- noon to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Takeout tion may be collected to cover paced and demanding society, it’s TV – Broadcasting the Word” Carousel food and pastries may be ordered by some costs. Proceeds from the during a fun, casual and inspir- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 important to pay attention to how calling (908) 233-8533 or by faxing Jan Viehman celebration will be used for the our kids feel and how we communi- ing evening. Christiane Noll is an endearing Park’s beautification and preser- Carrie Pipperidge, Julie’s best friend. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 vation. The rain date is Sunday, cate with them. The practical ad- Ms. Noll is a quirky delight and ing machine,” she said when discuss- June 17, and with the way the weather’s been so far, you may brings needed levity to the some- Hacienda ing applique versus sewing, versus P    Q what heavy script. As her suitor, Mr. Hacienda gluing. “You have to learn machine want to write that down. Snow, Brandon Jovanovich is sensa- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 skills, it’s like an electric needle. You • • • • • • • • • • • tional with one of the best voices I Remember to use it on your first have to know how to guide fabric Also in Mindowsakin Park, on have heard in a long time. mouthful. through the machine.” Thursday, June 7, there will be a Again, the cast is exceptional. Jeb I could only eat about half of my For students, Ms. Viehman knows concert co-sponsored by the Brown is a brilliant Jigger Craigin meal. The portions are generous. that quilting offers a non-regimented Westfield Recreation Depart- ment and the New Jersey Work- and somehow manages to make the But that didn’t stop me from order- outlet for self-expression. This is why shop for the Arts. Set up your smarmy seaman attractive and lik- ing flan for dessert. The flan came she will continue her workshops in chairs and blankets around the able. Marsha Bagwell sings a grace- as a wedge, covered with maple the teen arts festivals. gazebo, or take your chances at ful Nettie Fowler and Besty Craig is syrup and surrounded by pleasing In a way, the reward is double-fold getting a seat in the bleachers. 5 Hours Open Bar a perfectly hateful Mrs. Mullin. The squirts of whipped cream. My taste for Ms. Viehman, a fact she discov- The show starts at 5 p.m., and Cocktail Hour Full Course Dinner wonderful Eddie Bracken is a joy buds delighted in the sweet ending ered when speaking with Berkeley will end with a 9 p.m. finale. If you stay for the entire perfor- Tiered Wedding Cake onstage and Geralyn Del Corso is a to a terrific meal. Heights photographer Nancy J. Ori. faultless spitfire of a Louise. mance, you will hear a wide vari- Silver Candlelabras, Flaming Jubilee Show, Even my companion, who is not “It’s a source of renewal for the Private Bridal Rooms The dancers are all outstanding, par- ety of music, including folk mu- a flan fan, indulged. teachers. Quilting has almost any- sic, Swiss pieces, modern harp Specializing in White Glove French Service ticularly Ms. Del Corso and Mark Myars, Hacienda is owned by a Salva- thing to offer to someone who wants music, marches, jazz, chamber,   and Westfield resident Allison Siko is from  dorian named Gilma, who com- to create something with their and string pieces. utterly angelic as a Heavenly Friend. bines the unique cooking style of Paper Mill’s resident casting di- hands.” rector, Allison Franck, has once again her native Central American coun- try with the more traditional Mexi- assembled a fabulous company. Where Imagination Leads to Discovery There is an odd dichotomy in Car- can fare. It is different. It is a step ousel. Amidst the lovely backdrop of above your usual Mexican dining a sleepy New England town are the experience. If you’re looking for a darker realities of crime, murder and dining deal, go there for lunch. spousal abuse. Still, Paper Mill Dinner can run you a little more, handles the delicate material with but this isn’t Taco Bell. Shrimp, Clams, oysters, honesty and fairness. By the time we left, the place Chef Carved Turkey, This is an earnest, passionate and had filled up quite a bit. It’s a little Prime Rib, Ham, Lamb, Viennese Table and Fresh Fruit emotional production. Do not miss it. colder as you head north. Bring a Carousel continues its run at Pa- sweater. And a huge appetite. A fun filled interactive art workshop experience  !!"# $% per Mill Playhouse through Sunday, ••• &!'"# '  !#  July 15. SUMMER SESSION STILL FORMING Carol F. Davis is the author of &!(()*" ( ••• “Get Out of the House,” a con- For Children, Teens & Adults... 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