passaic county november 2015 please take one ...Free! passaic county cultural & heritage council @ pccc Swinging at the Hawthorne Library The Swing era is alive and well here in abroad. Many musicians were drafted into the northern New Jersey thanks to James L military and took their music with them. Some Dean and his Big Band. So if you want to of them led military jazz bands that traveled the hear and maybe dance to what was the most world to boost the morale of troops. popular music in the United States from Dean, primarily a saxophonist, is also a around 1935 to 1946, head over to the veteran, serving six years in US Navy bands. Louis Bay 2nd Library on Nov. 6. He attended Berklee College of Music in At 7 pm, the Friends of the Louis Bay Boston and Mannes College in New York City. 2nd Library in Hawthorne will present a His musical chops are varied as he has concert by frontman James L. Dean (inset) performed on tenor, alto sax and clarinet with and his 15-piece Big Band. diverse bands such as American jazz arranger In a salute to Veteran’s Day, the concert will be a red, Sy Oliver and soul-jazz organist Jimmy McGriff. white and blue event. If you are not sure of the sound of In 1995, he formed his big band and has featured guest swing music, think of Glenn Miller’s In the Mood, recorded artists such as Jerry Vale, Julie Budd and George Coleman, in 1940, a popular tune that stormed the air waves and among others. For the Hawthorne show, Dean and his band permeated clubs and dance halls. perform swing-era favorites from Artie Shaw, Benny When the United States entered the war in 1941, swing Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and others. The music went to war, too. The jazz-inspired music provided Library is at 345 Lafayette Ave, Hawthorne, and admission comfort for families at home and soldiers and sailors is free. Go to hawthorne.bccls.org for more info. Pg. 2 • november 2015 artsnews @ passaic county The Second Sunday Concert Series at the Passaic Public Library on Nov. 8 features a light-hearted, romantic hour of melodies with Richard and Rebecca: Immortal Love Songs of Opera and Broadway. On Dec. 13, Nina Et. Cetra: Rockin’ Around The Holidays with classic holiday tunes in 21st century fashion. Shows are free and begin at 3 pm at the Passaic Public Library, 195 Gregory Ave. The series continues in February with performers and dates to be announced. E-mail [email protected] or call 973-779-0474 for more details. Broadway Jukebox is the theme for this year’s gala to benefit the Wayne YMCA, 1 Pike Dr. The Nov. 15 show An Evening in the Home of J. S. Bach with The Aulos opens at 7:30 pm with the Paper Mill Playhouse Ensemble (above) features Christopher Kruegeron, flute; Broadway Show Choir featuring the Wayne Valley High Marc Schachman, oboe; Linda Quan, violin; Myron School’s Chamber Choir. Broadway artists Lisa Brescia, Lutzke, cello and Arthur Haas, harpsichord. The show is Brian Charles Rooney, Farah Alvin and Kenita Miller presented by the Ringwood Friends of Music on Nov. 22 perform in a medley of pop favorites adapted from the at 7 pm at the Community Presbyterian Church, 145 Broadway stage in a show produced, written and narrated Carletondale Rd., Ringwood. Free. Info: 973-224-4323 by Scott Siegel. Proceeds will be used to upgrade the Rosen PAC’s sound system. Proceeds from last year’s The Distinguished Poets Series of the Poetry Center at gala were used to renovate the 40-year-old theater which PCCC is celebrating the Paterson Literary Review (PLR), now features 406 new seats and carpeting. Tickets are issue # 43, on Nov. 7 at 1 pm. This free event will feature $50 and can be purchased in person or at readings by the contributors of this issue, and will take metroymcas.org/gala or call 973-595-0100. place at the historic Hamilton Club Building, 32 Church St. in downtown Paterson. Free admission. Go to The PCCHC celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month poetrycenterpccc.com for more info. through Dec. 10 with Native Visions, an exhibition by 10 emerging contemporary artists: Priscilla Anacakuyani Bell Wild turkeys, autumn berries and the brilliant yellows Lamberty; Ferdinand Uaian Bruno; Michael Casiano; of the Norway maple bring an end to the seasonal foliage Alicia Maury; Román Guaraguorix Perez; Franchesca display at the New Jersey State Botanical Garden (NJBG), Rivera; Inti Guarionex Rodríguez; Theresa Makutonaru Ringwood. Open every day from 8 am to 8 pm, garden Santana; Miguel Koromo Sague; and Gina Robles admission is always free. Parking is also free in the fall, Villalba. The various styles and techniques of the winter and spring. NJBG’s free monthly Family artists reflect the indigenous cultures of their Woodland Hikes begin (weather permitting) on Caribbean heritage. The show is on Nov. 15, at 1 pm. Learn about the plants, view in the Broadway & LRC animals and geology around you on a Galleries at PCCC through hike designed to fit the group. Wear Dec. 10, Broadway at Memorial sturdy shoes and meet at the Carriage Drive in downtown Paterson. House; rain cancels. Attend a Admission to the exhibit is wreath-making workshop on free. Gallery is open 9 am to 9 Nov 21 at 10 am or 1 pm. Use a pm, Monday through Friday, variety of fresh, dried and man- and Saturday until 5 pm. made materials to assemble and More details at decorate wreaths to grace your pccc.edu/art/gallery or email home. Materials are provided; bring [email protected]. clippers and any ribbon or decorations you might wish to use. The fee is $30 Untitled by Ferdinand Uaian Bruno, can be seen as part of the exhibit Native Visions for members and $35 for non-members. at PCCC through Dec. 10. Info: www.njbg.org. november 2015 artsnews @ passaic county • Pg. 3 Theater League of Clifton (TLC) presents Little Shop of Horrors at the Aprea Theater, 199 Scoles Ave, Clifton, Nov. 6, 7, 8 and 13, 14, 15. This comedy horror rock musical is a cult classic that has achieved success on Broadway, off-Broadway and in the movies. This show will feature a fully functioning, one-of-a-kind construction of the Audrey II character. Advance tickets are $20 and $15 for students and seniors. Go to theaterleagueofclifton.com. The cast, standing from left: Craig Ernest Woodward, Michael Smith- Gallo, Erin Pach, Eden Casalino, George Adamo, Kurt Irizarry. Seated, from left: Kenneth Fowler, Rebecca Shuster, Nadiya Braham, Victoria Webb, Amaya White. Not Pictured: Frank Favata, Gregory Gwyn. The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Clifton’s Walk through History Part III opens on Nov. 4 Landmark presents the 2015 Sol Stetin Awards to at the Clifton Arts Center Gallery, to be displayed through Christopher Erikson, Local 3, International Brotherhood Dec. 5. Curated by City Historian Don Lotz, the exhibit of Electrical Workers (IBEW); Alphonso Rispoli, Joint conveys Clifton’s story from the end of World War II to Council 73 & Local 863, International Brotherhood of the celebration of our Nation’s Bicentennial. Photographs Teamsters; and Cliff Nolan, Heroes to Heroes. The 33rd and artifacts provide a visual story and a glance at the Annual Awards Gala is 6:30 pm on Nov. 19 at The Tides history of Clifton from 1945 through 1976. Visitors are Estate of North Haledon. The Awards are named for encouraged to share their stories of this era of Clifton Stetin, the former president of the Textile Workers Union history with the members of the Clifton Historical of America and a founder of the American Labor Commission, providing a path to Clifton’s Centennial Museum. To purchase tickets ($125) or place an ad in the Celebration in 2017. The Gallery is open 1 to 4 pm, Wed. journal, call 973-595-7953. to Sat. Admission is $3 for non-members. Attend a Wine and Cheese Preview of the Lambert A WASP Takes Wing: The Women Airforce Service Castle Holiday Boutique on Nov. 6 from 5 to 10 pm in Pilots of World War II presented by Carol Simon Levin Lambert Castle (home of the Passaic County Historical is the subject at the Wayne Public Library’s Lunchbox Society), at 3 Valley Rd., Paterson. Admission is $15, Learning Program on Nov. 11. Levin has over 20 years which includes two return visits to the boutique, which experience as a children’s librarian and sharing stories of runs from Nov. 7 to Nov. 29. Free wine and snacks will remarkable women – including Emily Warren Roebling— be provided while supplies last. Children under 12 years the woman who completed the Brooklyn Bridge . She tells are admitted free of charge. Proceeds from this fundraiser the story of the amazing WASPs through the eyes of Ann benefit the Passaic County Historical Society (PCHS). Baumgartner Carl, the Jersey girl who trained as a WASP, The 28th Annual Holiday Boutique is open Wednesday became the only American woman to test-fly experimental through Friday from 10 am to 8 pm, Saturdays and planes during the war, and the first woman in the world to Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm. Shoppers will find gifts, fly a jet airplane. Sponsored by the Friends of the Wayne jewelry, seasonal decorations, crafts, collectibles and Public Library, doors open at noon for refreshments and gourmet food. The non-profit PCHS, seeks to cultivate each one hour program begins at 12:30 pm.