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Jewish Film Festival
The fifth annual Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Allen and Joan
Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University,
screens award-winning international dramatic and documentary feature
films. The films are shown at the Regal Cinema in North Brunswick. All
films are in English or have English subtitles. There are several
talks by producers, directors, and experts on Jewish life and Israeli
culture. Screenings are $9. Opening and closing receptions are $18.
Wondrous Oblivion. England, 2003. Directed by Paul Morrison. Remarks
by producer Jonny Persey. Opening reception with live music following
by screening. $18. Thursday, November 4, 6 p.m.
Lost Embrace. For mature audiences. Argentina, 2004. Directed by
Daniel Burman. John Dizgun speaks before the evening screening. $9.
Sunday, November 7, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance after the Holocaust. United
States, 2003. Directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky. In English,
Yiddish, and Polish with English subtitles. Daum will be present. $9.
Sunday, November 7, 2:45 p.m.
Yossi and Jagger. Israel, 2002. Directed by Eytan Fox. $9. Sunday,
November 7, 5:30 p.m.
Broken Wings. Israel, 2002. In Hebrew with English subtitles. $9.
Tuesday, November 9, 2 p.m.
No. 17. Israel, 2003. Documentary. $9. Tuesday, November 9, 5:15 p.m.
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance after the Holocaust. United
States, 2003. Directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky. In English,
Yiddish, and Polish with English subtitles. Rudavsky will be present.
$9. Tuesday, November 9, 7:45 p.m.
Yossi and Jagger. Israel, 2002. Directed by Eytan Fox. Pre-film talk
by Na’ama Sheffi, "Israeli Cinema and Cultural Transformation. $9.
Wednesday, November 10, 7 p.m.
Ruthie & Connie: Every Room in the House. Directed by Deborah Dickson.
Also, "A Good Uplift," directed by Faye Lederman, Cheryl Furjanic, and
Eve Lederman. Both United States, 2002. Dickson and Lederman talk
follow evening screenings. $9. Thursday, November 11, 2 and 8:30 p.m.
Broken Wings. Israel, 2002. In Hebrew with English subtitles. $9.
Thursday, November 11, 6:15 p.m.
Wondrous Oblivion. England, 2003. Directed by Paul Morrison. $9.
Sunday, November 14, 1:30 p.m.
No. 17. Israel, 2003. Co-director and cinematographer Ron Rotem
speaks. $9. Sunday, November 14, 4 p.m.
My Architect: A Son’s Journey. United States, 2003. Directed by
Nathaniel Kahn. Followed by closing celebration. $18. Sunday, November
14, 7 p.m.
NJ Jewish Film Festival, Regal Cinemas, Route 1 South, North
Brunswick. 732-932-4166.
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Auditions
Kelsey Theater seeks a male actor, 17 or older, to play dual roles as
a male babysitter and a Mrs. Doubtfire-type schoolteacher for "Jenny
and the Jersey Devil." Contact Kitty Getlik at 609-586-4800, ext.
3580. Audition is Wednesday, November 3 in the evening.
SilverStar Productions is accepting photos and resumes for "The Pink
Flamingo Murders of 1933," an interactive dinner theater production to
open in New Hope in January. Musical skills a plus for male and female
character actors. E-mail Sil4star@aol.com or call Jerry Lyden at
609-947-2997.
Villagers Theater seeks men and women for "Side Man," to open January
28. Auditions are at 415 DeMott Lane, Somerset, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, November 16 and 17, 7:30 p.m. Visit
www.villagerstheatre.com or call 732-873-2710.
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Nominations Please
YWCA Princeton is accepting nominations for the Tribute to Women 2005
Award. The awards program, formerly known as TWIN, recognizes
outstanding women of excellence from the Princeton community who have
made significant contributions in their professions and communities by
demonstrating a high level of leadership and exceptional talent while
supporting the YWCA’s mission to empower women and eliminate racism.
Forms are at www.ywcaprinceton.org or call 609-497-2100, ext. 333.
Must be postmarked by Wednesday, November 24.
Princeton HealthCare System seeks nominations for physician
humanitarian award. Criteria includes being an attending or senior
attending physician with the organization and having performed acts
for which they are being nominated outside the parameters of his or
her standard job requirement. For information call 609-497-4191.
Deadline is Monday, November 15.
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Fundraiser Cruise
Kelsey Theater offers a five-night Bermuda cruise from New Jersey in
August, 2005, as a fundraiser. Prices begin at $947.75 for an interior
cabin. Call 609-275-0335 for information.
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Scholarships
United Jewish Federation Princeton Mercer Bucks offers funds for
Israel scholarships. Contact Edna at 609-987-8100.
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Seeking Artists
Golden Nugget Antique Market seeks artists for "Art on the Boardwalk"
featuring artists showcasing original paintings, photographs, or
sculpture. The exhibit is Saturday, November 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Raindate is Saturday, November 20. Call 609-397-0811.
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Please Donate
West Windsor Library welcomes donations of books, videos, audiotapes,
and DVDs. The mini book sale is Thursday, November 18 through Sunday,
November 21. The annual sale is Tuesday, March 8 to 13. Call
609-799-0911 for information.
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Please Volunteer
Twin "W" First Aid Squad seeks volunteers for either the team or
administrative work. Donations are also welcome. Call 609-799-4383 for
information.
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Art Listings: Art in Town
CG Gallery, 10 Chambers Street, Princeton, 609-683-1988. Exhibit by
Shelly Lependorf and Stan Shire. Gallery hours are Tuesday to
Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Through November 30.
Dynasty Arts, 20 Nassau Street, Unit F, 609-688-9388. The recently
opened Chinese antique and art gallery features a silk-screen series,
"Last Dynasty," oil and watercolor, and limited edition prints. Artist
and owner, Lu Zuogeng, combines Chinese brushwork with Western
watercolor. Also, Chinese antique furniture of Ming and Qing
dynasties. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to
6:30 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Historical Society of Princeton, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street,
609-921-6748. "Princeton Recollects" exhibition was organized to
celebrate the accomplishments of the Princeton History Project. In the
1970s and 80s, the project was dedicated to collecting and preserving
memories, and publishing "The Princeton Recollector," a monthly
magazine. The exhibition includes original letters, documents, and
artifacts. Free. Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
Marsha Child Contemporary, 220 Alexander Street, 609-497-7330. Group
exhibition of art by new artists from The Netherlands, Argentina, and
the United States. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.;
and by appointment. On view through November 30. @lt:Princeton Jewish
Center, 435 Nassau Street, 609-921-0100. An exhibit of abstract
acrylic painting inspired by flowers and gardens by Princeton resident
Gilda K. Aronovic. Gallery is open Tuesday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.; Friday until 3 p.m.; and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed
Saturdays. On exhibit through December 5.
The Williams Gallery, 6 Olden Lane, 609-921-1142. Exhibit features the
works of a selection of artists from Japan, Australia, Germany, The
Netherlands, and the United States. Through November 27.
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Area Galleries
The Artful Deposit Gallery, 201 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown,
609-298-6970. "Against the Grain," an exhibit of woodcuts and
paintings by Thomas Kelly. Gallery open Tuesday through Sunday. Show
runs to November 21.
Babbet Gallery, 120 Georges Road, New Brunswick, 732-828-5150. Group
exhibition featuring art work by the Princeton Artists Alliance in
honor of the gallery’s 20th anniversary. The alliance was founded in
1989 by artists seeking opportunities to exhibit as a group and to
offer educational events to the community. Artists with works on
exhibit include Joanne Augustine, Hetty Baiz, Anita Benarde, Clem
Fiori, Carol Hanson, Shellie Jacobson, Margaret K. Johnson, Nancy Lee
Kern, Marsha Levin-Roger, Lore Lindenfeld, Elizabeth L. Lombardi, Pat
Martin, Charles McVicker, Lucy Graves McVicker, Ruane Miller, Harry I.
Naar, Barbara Osterman, Tina Salvesen, Madelaine Shellaby, Marie
Sturken, and William Vandever. On view through November 19.
Firehouse Gallery, 8 Walnut Street, Bordentown, 609-298-3742. A show
of artwork by gallery owner Eric Gibbons, and his great aunt, Anita
Gish. Both have collections throughout the world. Through December 18
to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the exhibition.
Also, "Wizard of Oz Exhibition," a show of photographic monoprints
created by gallery owner Eric Gibbons from the movie. Each image is
unique, un-repeatable, and have a dreamlike quality. On view through
December 18. All work is for sale.
Gallery 14, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, 609-333-8511. "The Large
Print," a contemporary photography show by the members of Gallery 14.
Photographs are no less than 16 by 20 and some reach 50 inches.
Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., and by
appointment. Exhibit through November 14.
Gold Medal Impressions, 43 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-606-9001. Newly-expanded gallery of photographer Richard Druckman,
a freelance photographer for Associated Press. Six rooms and over 250
photographs of professional football, basketball, hockey, tennis, and
Olympic events. Photographs for sale are matted and framed and in a
variety of sizes and prices. Gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609-586-0616.
Woven Metal featuring sculptures by David Paul Bacharach and Vesna
Yankovich. The Philadelphia Quilt Series, fabricated by Bacharach,
features woven and folded steel and copper wall hangings. Yankovich
created basket creations woven on a fabric loom and then sewn
together. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. In
the Toad Hall Shop and Gallery through December 31.
Also, a seasonal outdoor sculpture exhibition featuring the ISC
Outstanding Student Achievement Awards Exhibition. "Twisted Logic" by
Patrick Dougherty,"Earthwords and Geoglyphs" by Australian artist
Andrew Rogers. Show continues to May 1, 2005.
Lambertville Public Library, 6 Lily Street, Lambertville,
609-397-0275. Opening reception for the first solo exhibition for
artist Bette Baer, "Diversity: Recent Paintings and Ceramic Art,"
revealing her whimsical works of paint and clay. Through November 20.
Montgomery Center for the Arts, 124 Montgomery Road, Skillman,
609-921-3272. Annual juried show of works of art in oil, acrylic,
origami, watercolors, pastels, collages, prints, photographs, and wood
sculpture. Curated by Frances Chaves, the executive director of the
center. Through November 21.
Morpeth Gallery, 43 West Broad Street, Hopewell, 609-333-9393. Group
exhibition featuring recent paintings and still life curated by
Lafuente in conjunction with her solo exhibition. Gallery is open
Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Through November 20.
Peggy Lewis Gallery, Lambertville Public Library, 6 Lilly Street,
609-397-0275. Gretchen Altabef’s exhibit featuring photographs she
took at the largest memorial assembled after 911 in Union Square.
Searching for peace three weeks after 911, she was greeted with
handmade signs and memorials. Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday, 1 to 9 p.m.; Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 1 to 5 p.m.;
and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Through November 9.
Queenstown Gallery, 43 South Main Street, Pennington, 609-737-1876.
Solo exhibition of recent landscapes of Hopewell Valley by artist Mary
M. Michaels. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Through November 6.
Wheaton Village, 1501 Glasstown Road, Millville, 856-825-6800. Native
to Neo: Mexican Folk Arts from Oaxaca is a four-month project devoted
to the arts and crafts from Oaxaca, Mexico and the first exhibition in
the new Creative Community Connections Series, an initiative to
understand and embrace cultural diversity. Through November 12.
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Campus Arts
Princeton University Art Museum, 609-258-3788. Medieval, Renaissance,
and baroque galleries are open. The museum’s galleries are open
Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Tours
are given on Saturdays at 2 p.m.
"Bringing into Being: Materials and Techniques in American Prints 1950
to 2000," an exhibition of 30 prints exploring American artists to
technical advances in printmaking. Through January 23, 2005.
Chapin School, 4101 Princeton Pike, 609-924-7206. "Secret Places," an
exhibit of atmospheric watercolors of Lawrenceville artist, Kim
Moulder. Gallery is open by appointment during school hours. Through
November 5.
Lawrenceville School, Gruss Center of Visual Arts, Lawrenceville,
609-620-6026. "Selections from the Raab Collection," a collection of
original historical documents by Washington, Adams, Jefferson,
Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Reagan, Lee, Grant,
and Churchill. Steven S. Raab graduated from the school in 1967 and
practiced law from 1975 to 1998. All works are available for purchase.
Gallery open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, from 9 a.m. to
noon, and 1 to 4 p.m.; Wednesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. On
exhibit through December 15 (gallery closed November 23 to 30).
CAPPS, Mariboe Gallery, Peddie School, Hightstown, 609-490-7550.
Artist Michael Maxwell’s exhibit is inspired by cognition and varying
states of consciousness. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. On view to November 6.
Princeton Day School, The Great Road, Princeton, 609-924-6700. "The
People of Thailand," an exhibit of photographs by Bonnie Hunter who
has visually recorded her five trips to the region. On view through
November 5 while school is in session.
Erdman Gallery at Erdman Hall, Princeton Theological Seminary, 20
Library Place, Princeton, 609-497-7990. Exhibit "The Best of Us, by
disabled artists. Through December 10. Free. @lt:Rutgers University,
Alexander Library, 732-932-7505. "The Mask of Ceremony: Recently
Acquired Festival Books," a study of the elaborate festivals that
monarchs and church officials staged in Renaissance Europe to proclaim
their power. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Through November 19.
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Art in the Workplace
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hopewell Campus, 609-252-5120. Outdoor sculpture
show features works by seven prominent East Coast artists: Hope Carter
of Hopewell, Kate Dodd, Richard Heinrich, John Isherwood, Joel
Perlman, John Van Alstine, and Jay Wholley. Exhibition is on view
during business hours and will remain in its location for two years.
The artists were selected by a panel composed of Alejandro Anreus,
veteran curator and scholar, Jeffrey Nathanson of the International
Sculpture Center, and visual artist Sheba Sharrow, working under the
guidance of Kate Somers, curator of the company’s corporate gallery in
Lawenceville.
Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Route 206, Lawrenceville,
609-252-6275. An exhibit featuring the work of Roswell Weidner. Known
as a landscape painter, he also painted still life, cityscapes, and
portraits. He worked in acrylic, oil, charcoal, and pastel. Open
Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; weekends, 1 to 5 p.m. Through
November 14.
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Art by the River
Atelier Gallery, 108 Harrison Street, Frenchtown, 908-996-9992.
"Vagaries and Vessels," an exhibit of ceramic art by Don Jordan and
Bryan Weitz, with painting by Joyce Barth, Florence Moonan, and
Mitchell Yarmark. Gallery is open Thursday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Through November 8.
Coryell Gallery, 8 Coryell Street, Lambertville, 609-397-0804. Annual
fall show with featured artists Colette Sexton with oil painting and
Gabrielle Baumgartner with watercolors. Gallery hours are Wednesday to
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. On view to November 14.
Gratz Gallery, 30 West Bridge Street, New Hope, 215-862-4300.
"Pennsylvania Painters and the Philadelphia Ten." Valet parking.
Gallery hours, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, noon
to 6 p.m.; and by appointment. Through November 14.
Louisa Melrose Gallery, 41 Bridge Street, Frenchtown, 908-996-1470.
Fall open state juried exhibition of representational art from New
Jersey Artists Professional League. All works are for sale. On view
through November 15.
New Hope Arts, Union Square, West Bridge Street and Union Square
Drive, New Hope, 215-862-3396. Second annual New Hope Sculpture
Exhibition featuring an indoor exhibition of more than 88 works by 43
nationally and internationally recognized artists and an outdoor show
of seven large-scale works installed throughout the town. Through
April, 2005.
Riverrun Gallery, 287 South Main Street, Lambertville, 609-397-3349.
"Tables and Shelves, Needle and Thread," an exhibit of
three-dimensional still lifes by potter/painter Judy Keenan and
hand-stitched fiber art by embroiderer Pat Klein. Gallery open daily,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. Through
November 8.
Robert Beck Painting Studio, 21 Bridge Street, Lambertville,
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