artspassaic county may 2012 • passaicn counety cwulturals & heritage council @ pccc

Fourth Annual Art Walk, May 5 Joe Muti photographed this scene within the con - Other Upcoming PC Arts Events verted Fabricolor industrial building at last year's May 1: May Day Festival, Haledon Paterson Art Walk, a walking tour of art from over May 3: Paterson: Alone Together Art Exhibit, Paterson 200 artists exhibited in Paterson’s Great Falls and May 4: Queen of Bingo, Oakland Downtown neighborhoods. May 5: Distinguished Poets Series, Paterson This year’s Fourth Annual Paterson Art Walk, will May 5: Queen of Bingo, Ringwood take place, on May 5, from 10 am to 10 pm, rain or May 6: Harmony Singers, Wayne shine. There will also be music, fine arts and activi - May 11: TLC’s California Suite Opens, Clifton ties for children centered around Cianci Park. May 12: RMAA Young Artist Expo Reception, Ringwood May 16: Experience Paterson Tour, Haledon Walking maps are available in advance at the Pa - May 17: PYPP Reception, Paterson terson Museum, Great Falls Cultural Center, Paterson May 20: Lollipops and Roses Concert, Clifton Library and City Hall or at patersonartscouncil.org. May 20: Tyler Fengya Piano Concert, Ringwood Most events are free and the Art Walk is coordi - May 29: Receiving Senior Citizens Art, Totowa nated by the Paterson Arts Council, whose vision is July 12: Deadline PCCHC Arts Re-grants, Paterson to foster and support the arts in Paterson. More info July 19: Deadline PCCHC History Re-grants, Paterson at patersonartscouncil.org or call 973-979-0479. Pg. 2 • may 2012 artsnews @ passaic county

From left, Sis (Patty Loud) and Babe (Linda Gerdes) prepare for their evening of bingo watched by the caller (John Santella) in Iron Mountain Stage Company’s presentation of Queen of Bingo on May 4 and 5. Center, Tommy Silva at work on a mural in Passaic. At right, Sophia Agranovich and child prodigy Tyler Fengya who will perform in Ringwood on May 20.

The Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts presents its Iron Mountain Stage Company of Ringwood stages the 33rd Young Artists Expo through May 12. The exhibit, comedy Queen of Bingo at Ponds Church in Oakland, 341 which will be displayed in The Barn Gallery within Ring - Ramapo Valley Rd., on May 4, and at the Community wood State Park, Sloatsburg Rd., will feature artwork and Presbyterian Church, 149 Carletondale Rd., Ringwood on photography from students in grades 3 -12. The public is May 5. Directed by Jill McDonald, the setting is a church invited to the awards ceremony on May 12 at 1:30 pm. hall Bingo game where two sisters settle some personal is - Call 973-839-0921 or visit rmaarts.wordpress.com. W sues. For ticket prices and info, call 973-962-9007.

WP’s Popular Music Summer Institute is June 4 through The Youth Performance Festival, presented by the Ring - July 20 at William Paterson University (WPU) in Wayne. wood Friends of Music, is June 10 with shows at 5 and 7 Register for workshops, such as marketing, distributing and pm at the Community Presbyterian Church, 145 Carleton - recording music in today’s industry, or complete the entire dale Rd., Ringwood. Instrumentalists, ages 6 to 18 years six-week institute and receive a certificate. Each week-long old, and vocalists, ages 10 to 20, are invited to submit an course begins with a three-hour, in-person seminar; the re - application by May 1. Details, call 973-835-5862 or email mainder of each course will consist of online content and [email protected]. W interaction. The Institute will conclude with a Music In - The piano concert series at the Ringwood Public Library dustry Mini-Conference on July 20 at WPU. Fees and de - continues on May 20 at 2 pm with 6-year-old piano prodigy tails at www.PopMusicInstitute.org. Tyler Fengya. Appearing with Tyler will be his teacher, Sophia Agranovich, an esteemed concert pianist, recording Student composers may have their work performed by artist and music educator from Ukraine. Admission is free the Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) next season, and donations will be accepted. The library is at 30 Cannici through the NJSO’s Young Composers Project. Up to three Dr. For info, call 973-962-6256. W young composers will be selected to work with composer Behzad Ranjbaran, as part of the New Jersey Roots Project, Paterson ‘artivist’ Tommy Silva was nominated for the and have their work performed. Ranjbaran will give one- 2012 Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference, just be - on-one coaching sessions and lead students in workshops fore his death on March 10 at age 47. Silva had worked with NJSO musicians. Applications, including an original with students in Paterson and Passaic to paint murals which composition of less than five minutes in duration, are due blended art and human rights activism. These murals—now June 15. Entrants must be in 11th grade or younger at the neighborhood landmarks—have never been defaced and are time of submission and live in New Jersey. For info and an ongoing source of inspiration, as they teach young people application forms, visit njsymphony.org/composers. that there are heroes who are not athletes and entertainers. may 2012 artsnews @ passaic county • Pg. 3

The Paterson Youth Photography Project (PYPP) will host a reception for the tenth annual exhibit of children’s photography on May 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Paterson Museum, 2 Market St. Admission is free and to celebrate a decade of PYPP, founder and director Gwenn Karel Levine will present a slideshow retrospective on a decade of best photos and introduce alumni from the program. Exhibits will be on display at the museum May 1-20. To volunteer as a photographer or to enroll a child, write to [email protected]. W

Paterson: Alone Together is an exhibition of large-scale portraits of hair and braid patterns by artist So Yoon Lym. Based on real people, the images are ab - stract and powerful. The show is on view in the Broadway & LRC Galleries at Passaic County Community College, May 3 through June 22. A reception for the artist will be held on May 10, from 4 to 6 pm, at the Broadway Gallery, lo - cated at the corner of Memorial Drive in the downtown historic district of Pater - son. Admission to the exhibit and reception is free and open to the public. Hours and info, call 973-684-5448 or [email protected]. W

The American Labor Museum/Botto House is holding its May Day Festival on May 1 at 7 pm. Entertainment will be provided by the New Jersey Industrial Union Council (IUC) Solidarity Singers. Admission is $10. On May 16, the ‘Experience Paterson’ motor coach will depart from the Museum at 9 am and tour historic labor and immigrant sites of the Silk City and vicinity. Period-cos - tumed guides will provide narrative. The bus will return for a noon luncheon served under the grape arbor of the Museum’s Old World Gardens. The fee is $20 for Museum members and $25 for non-members. The Botto House is at 83 Norwood St., Haledon. Visit www.labormuseum.com or call 973-595-7953. W

The Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts presents the 47th Annual Mem - bers Exhibition. The exhibit—featuring works in oil, acrylic, pastels, mixed- media and photography by professional and amateur artists—runs from May 20 to June 20. The artists’ reception will be held on June 3, from 1 to 4 pm. Ad - mission is free. The Barn gallery is located in Ringwood Manor State Park and is open Wednesdays, weekends and holidays from 1 to 4 pm. For more informa - tion, call Pat at 973-962-8649 or visit rmaarts.wordpress.com. W

The Clifton Community Band performs its Eleventh Annual Lollipops & Roses Intergenerational Concert on May 20 at 2 pm in the Clifton High School Auditorium, Colfax Ave. Tickets are $7; children under 12 are free. Proceeds benefit the Clifton Education Foundation and Clifton Community Band. Ad - vance tickets: [email protected] or call 973-777-1781. W

The Harmony Singers, a mixed voice men and women’s chorus based in Wayne present their spring concert From Beethoven to the Beatles.....and Bach! on May 6 at 4 pm. Under the direction of Michael Sanflippo with accompanist Salvatore Mallimo, the concert is at the YM/YWHA of North Jersey, 1 Pike Dr., Wayne. Tickets are $10 and children under 12 are free. Info at harmonysingersnj.org. W

Top, a sample of the PYPP exhibit at the The Theater League of Clifton presents California Suite , the popular play Paterson Museum. At center is ‘Angel’, an archival pigment print displayed at written by the award-winning Neil Simon. Performance dates are May 11, 12, 13 PCCC. Bottom, Union T-Shirt quilts dis - and May 18, 19, 20 at a new venue, the Theresa Aprea Theater, Scoles Ave., played at the Botto House in Haledon. Clifton. Call 973-928-7668 or go to www.theaterleagueofclifton.com. W Pg. 4 • may 2012 artsnews @ passaic county

Mark Doty and Aimee Nezhukumatathil will read in the Distin - guished Poets Series at the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community Are you a Passaic County organization College on May 5. The reading will take place at 1 pm at the historic seeking funding for an arts, cultural or Hamilton Club building, 32 Church St. in . The history project? If so, the Passaic County program is free and an open reading follows. Writing workshops, con - Cultural and Heritage Council (PCCHC) at ducted by Doty and Nezhukumatathil, will be held from 10 am to noon Passaic County Community College is of - at the same location. Pre-registration is required; the workshop fee is fering re-grants to Passaic County organi - $15 . Call 973-684-6555 or go to www.pccc.edu/poetry. W zations. Applicants must: 1) be based in Passaic The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, headlined by U.S. poet County; 2) be a tax-exempt non-profit or - laureate Philip Levine, is Oct. 11-14, primarily at the New Jersey Per - ganization incorporated in Passaic County forming Arts Center in Newark, where it was held in 2010. Before that, or a project of a local or municipal govern - it was held at Waterloo Village in Stanhope. Besides Levine, the festi - ment entity; 3) have been in existence at val will feature four-time National Grand Slam champion Patricia least two years; 4) demonstrate that the Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey, poet-musician Kurtis project has clear artistic or historic merit; Lamkin and dozens of others. The Dodge festival is the largest poetry 5) for arts re-grants, match every dollar of event in North America and has been held in even-numbered years the re-grant with one dollar of its own (a since 1986. Advance tickets now on sale: dodgepoetry.org. portion of this match can be in-kind contri - butions), and for history re-grants, match The Annual Senior Citizen Art Exhibition is on June 1-22 at the every $1 of the re-grant with 50 cents of its Passaic County Senior Services Office, 930 Riverview Dr., Suite 200, own. Totowa. Artwork will be received from May 29 through May 31, from The re-grant must be used for: 9 am to 4 pm. There will be a reception and an awards ceremony on June 22 at 2 pm. For info, call 973-569-4060. W • An arts or cultural project (dance, media arts, music, theater, visual arts, etc.) to take place in Passaic County between January 1 W A T S P L B V and December 31, 2013, and that culmi - nates in a public presentation. • A local or New Jersey history project tak - ing place in Passaic County between July " %"#+ ,,#,-#/  #!' +!  +#%%  ,, (+  ,,#% #,- '#'! '!.! +#'- .#( %#'(+ 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, and that culmi - 1,- & '- +)+ --#('  ,+#)-#(' (0#,#(' nates in a public presentation. (" %) ',.+ -"- / +1(' + !+% ,,( ! (+#,#%#-1')+-##)- Application deadline for arts re-grants is .%%1#'-" #/ +, .%-.+%)+(!+&,( + ,$,-"-(+!'#2-#(', July 12, 2012; history re-grants is July 19. %#,-#'! ,.&#,,#(', -( "$$ !& %* #%$ ($ )+(/#  ,,##%#-1 , +/# , ( +  - " / '.  % , + +-(-" "+-(/ ,!.# % , %% Applications and guidelines are available )+ , '- +,/ '. ,-((' #+& / '-' ,,##%#-1#' (+&-#(' May 1 at www.pccc.edu/pcchc (click on  +/# ,&1 /#%% 0#-"(.- #'!'(- #'-"#,%#,-#'! ‘grants’ tab).     PCCHC will be setting up one-on-one meetings to coach organizations in the re- grant application process. It is highly rec -  ommended that new applicants schedule an $"&$*    $&  "#%* appointment by contacting Susan Balik at %%% !& ! % #%$         [email protected] or 973-684-5444.      "#%  %!%%  ! '%#$!  #% #  *!% We also advise that applicants bring   3###! %!  !(  % along a first draft of their application to !#% #%$     )&%' #%!# their meeting.  %!# , '' 0,+- (+ -" #+,-( -" &('-")+  #'!-" &('-"( / '- Past re-grantees who have questions re - #    "    garding the application are also encouraged (+/# #$   to set up a meeting. "#,' 0,% -- +#,/#%% #'%+! )+#'- #-#(' % , %%    -(+ *. ,-1(.+()1