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This week, live theatre performances of Greater Tuna, Belmont Avenue Social Club, Lunch Hour, Smokey Joe's Café, To Kill a Mockingbird, Noises Off!, A Chorus Line and more!There are so many great things to do in South Jersey this week to support the arts, you’ll have a tough time deciding what to do!

Featured Event

From Broadway shows and international tours, they’ve come. From recording studios and national tours they’ve come. A group of 21 performers, many in the midst of successful professional careers, have banded together to create Smokey Joe’s Café, a production unlike anything Mainstage Center for the Arts (MCA) has ever staged. Smokey Joe’s Café features the music of Leiber and Stoller, creators of numerous hits including “Jailhouse Rock,” “Yakety Yak,” “Hound Dog,” and many more. “What’s really different about this performance for us is that we’ve got Renee Chambers Liciaga choreographing and co-directing. She’s a Broadway veteran who actually toured with Broadway International’s European tour of Smokey Joe’s Café,” said Ed Fiscella, MCA’s artistic director. “Renee has so many incredible contacts that she reached out to and helped us secure for our production. The level of talent in this production is just phenomenal.” Cast members Marissa K. Hines, Robert Harris and Felicia Wilkins all have experience performing in Smokey Joe’s Café. Another professional recording artist among the Smokey Joe’s Café cast is Whittington Still. MCA’s Smokey Joe’s Café runs Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12 and 13, 8pm, and Sunday, Feb. 14, 2pm in the Dennis Flyer Theatre, Camden County College. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students 18 years and younger. To purchase tickets, go to mainstage.org or call 856-227-3091.

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Plays/Theatre

See Greater Tuna, like you have never seen Tuna before! The Collaborative Act Studio presents this affectionate withering satire on small-town life, featuring two men playing the entire cast of more than 20 eccentric characters. Performances will be held Feb. 11-13, 18-20 and 25-27 at 8pm; Feb. 14 and 21 at 2pm at the Fusion Performing Arts Center, 1931 Olney Ave., Suite 100, in Cherry Hill. For more information, please call 856)417-6741 or go to tcactstudio.com.

South Camden Theatre Company presents Belmont Avenue Social Club by Bruce Graham. Belmont Avenue Social Club tells the story of backroom politics. A corrupt councilman has just died, leaving a city council seat to be filled. Fran, head of the all white 51st political ward, chooses Tommy--an all around good guy, party loyalist and, most importantly, close friend of the deceased - to fill the seat. He chooses him above Doug, a well-educated, fast-talking, up-and-comer with strong support from the area's growing Black districts. Doug has been waiting for this post for years, and when the opportunity arises to reveal a past indiscretion of Tommy's, he takes it, under the guise of saving Tommy embarrassment in the public eye. Politics is an intricate system however, and Fran sees Doug's ploy as betrayal, after the many years of support. Fran tricks Doug into revealing his true feelings about power and Black and White politics, the catch being that Doug was caught on tape. Doug threatens to reveal the closed-door workings of the ward become moot when Fran holds the damaging tape. A Black "outsider" is then picked to fill the spot, signaling a change and so much more. Performances will be held Feb. 12, 13, 19, 20, 27 at 8pm; Feb. 14, 21, 28 at 1:30pm. Tickets are $15. South Camden Theatre Company performances are held at the Waterfront South Theatre, 400 Jasper St., Camden. For more information, call the box office at 1-866-811-4111 or go to southcamdentheatre.org.

The Village Playbox presents Lunch Hour. Jean Kerr's hit comedy deals with the vagaries of marital bliss--once the honeymoon is over. Meet Oliver, an all-too-human psychiatrist and marriage counselor who wakes up on the last day in June only to discover that he needs more help than any of his patients. Meet Carrie, who shows up on his doorsteps as an all-too-ideal patient: her husband is having an affair with Oliver's wife. Put all four together at a beach house and watch the merriment that ensues as these not-so-newlyweds start playing emotional hide-and-seek. Performances will be held Feb. 12, 13, 19 & 20. The Village Playbox performances are held at Haddon Heights High School, and the town's Presbyterian and Methodist Churches. For more information, go to villageplaybox.org.

Haddonfield Plays & Players present To Kill a Mockingbird, a faithful stage adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which tells the story of brave lawyer Atticus Finch's struggle to defend an unjustly accused black man in 1930's Alabama. Join HP&P in a story of acceptance, respect, and justice! Performances will be held Feb. 12, 13, 19 and 20 8pm; Feb. 14 at 2pm; Feb. 10 at 10am. Haddonfield Plays & Players performing arts center is located at 957 East Atlantic Avenue, next to the Crows Woods Recreational Complex in Haddonfield. For more information, call 856-429-8139 or go to haddonfieldplayers.com

Bridge Players Theatre Company presents their Annual Dessert Theatre Comedy, Noises Off! by Michael Frayn, directed by Megan Knowlton. Performances will be held Feb. 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. Bridge Players Theatre Company performances are held at the Broad Street UMC in Burlington City. For more information, please go to bridgeplayerstheatre.com or call 856-303-7620.

The Ritz Theatre Company presents A Chorus Line. Performances will be held Fridays and Saturdays (8pm), Feb. 12, 13; and Wednesday (7:30pm), Feb. 10. The Ritz Theatre is located at 915 White Horse Pike in Haddon Township. For more information, go to ritztheatreco.org or call 856-858-5230.

Music/Dance

Albert Music Hall presents the 32nd Ocean County Bluegrass Festival on Sunday, Feb. 14. Doors open at 11am. Live music will be performed from noon until 5pm. Since 1974, Albert Music Hall is the place to go for live country, bluegrass, & Old Time music concerts. Concerts are held every Saturday night, from 7:30 - 11:30pm. This venue is handicap accessible, air conditioned and smoke free. Refreshments & gifts are available. Doors open at 6:30pm. Adult admission is $5. Albert Music Hall is located at 131 Rt. 532 in Waretown. For more information, call 609-971-1593 or go to alberthall.org..

Celebrating a milestone year, the 40th Annual Rowan Jazz Festival concludes with a gala concert event, “A Tribute to Duke Ellington,” on Friday, Feb. 12, at 8pm in the university’s Tohill Theatre. Festival director and acclaimed jazz artist Denis DiBlasio welcomes noted trumpet player Frank Green and trombonist Jim McFalls, along with other guests, for this anniversary show. They join Rowan’s own Lab Band and Jazz Band as well as faculty performers. Hosted by the Maynard Ferguson Institute of Jazz Studies at Rowan, the concert caps a three-day festival (February 10-12) that focuses on providing a non-competitive, educational environment. This year, 28 schools from throughout the region will take part in adjudication sessions, workshops and performances aimed at teaching, as well as spotlighting high school and middle school jazz musicians. The daily schedule – from 9am to 5pm in Wilson Hall – gives each participating ensemble an opportunity to perform in front of clinicians, guests and other schools. Members of the Rowan jazz faculty and guest artists work with each band and provide valuable feedback. A clinic in the middle of each day can include anything from addressing specific topics to students performing for each other. These daily events are free and open to the public. Tickets for the concert are $15 each, and free for Rowan students with valid ID. Purchase tickets online at www.rowan.tix.com or call the box office at 856-256-4545. Admission to the daytime events is free. For more information on the festival and the daily schedule, contact Denis DiBlasio at 856-256-4500, ext. 3528. Tohill Theatre is located in Bunce Hall on the campus of Rowan University, Route 322 in Glassboro.

In celebration of Black History Month, the Burlington County Freeholders will present two performances by The Expressions Chorale on Saturday, Feb. 13 at Old St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Burlington City. Admission is free to both the 2pm and 5pm performances. Due to limited seating, advance reservations are required. The Expressions Chorale was formed in 1980 as a male choir and today consists of men and women from communities and church affiliations in Burlington and Camden counties. The “Black History through Music” program led by Doris Johnson of Willingboro will focus on music, which has played a dominant role in black history and served as a beacon of hope in times of sorrow and triumph. The program is being held in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, the oldest continuously active Episcopal parish in the state and the Mother Parish of the Diocese of New Jersey, on a date that has significance on the Episcopal calendar; Feb. 13 commemorates Absalom Jones, who was born a house slave in 1746, married another slave and purchased his freedom in 1784. Jones helped oversee the Free African Society, the first organized Afro American society, in 1787, and its church was admitted as St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in 1794. Known as “the Black Bishop of the Episcopal Church,” Jones is remembered for his persistent faith in God and in the church as God’s instrument. Old St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is located on the corner of Broad and Woods streets. Persons in need of special accommodations are requested to give two weeks advance notification. For more information or reservations, call Cultural Affairs and Tourism at 609-265-5068.

Rutgers University’s Camden Campus will be a cultural hot spot for southern New Jersey this spring, with a series of concerts utilizing cutting-edge music software.
The Mallery Room Concert Series on Wednesdays will feature soprano Cheryl White on Feb. 10; pianist Matthew Bengtson on Feb. 17; pianist Kim Barroso with Stefan Orn Arnarson on violoncello on Feb. 24; electro acoustic music composer Mark Zaki, an assistant professor of music at Rutgers–Camden, on March 3; pianist William Carr on March 10; guitarist John Penn, a Rutgers–Camden alumnus, with guitarist Bill Newman on March 24; soprano Rebecca Siler with pianist Benjamin C.S. Boyle on March 31; violinist Halley Cody on April 7; soprano Youngjoo An on April 14; and recording artist and soprano Julianne Baird, a distinguished professor of music at Rutgers–Camden, directing the Rutgers–Camden Madrigal Choir in the music of Henry Purcell on April 21.
At 12:30pmTuesday, Feb. 9, electronic music composer Joo Won Park, an assistant professor of music at the Community College of Philadelphia, will demonstrate how to use the text-based digital signal processing software SuperCollider with which he will offer a real-time performance. This free concert will take place in the Stedman Gallery.
At 2:30pm Tuesday, Feb. 23, Mark Zaki, an assistant professor of music at Rutgers–Camden, where he directs the Rutgers Electro-Acoustic Lab (REAL), will present “Electric Café: Soundscapes and Ambient Travels.” This free concert will take place in the Stedman Gallery.
At 12:30pm. Thursday, April 29, the “New Music from Rutgers” concert will showcase original music by Rutgers–Camden student and faculty composers. Mark Zaki, an assistant professor of music at Rutgers–Camden, will direct the performance, which will take place in the Mallery Room.
All events will take place in the Rutgers–Camden Fine Arts Complex, which houses the Stedman Gallery, Gordon Theater, and Mallery Room, which is located on the second floor. The building is on Third Street, between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Camden Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
This free concert series is presented by the Rutgers–Camden Department of Fine Arts. For more information, call 856-225-6176.

Since 1974, Albert Music Hall is the place to go for live country, bluegrass, & old time music concerts. Concerts are held every Saturday night, from 7:30 - 11:30pm. This venue is handicap accessible, air conditioned and smoke free. Refreshments & gifts are available. Doors open at 6:30pm. Adult admission is $5.
Albert Music Hall is located at 131 Rt. 532 in Waretown. For more information, call 609-971-1593 or go to alberthall.org.

Art Exhibits

Camden County College’s Marlin Gallery will feature 75 images captured by the lenses of three female photographers when it exhibits Triple Vision: Photographs by Denise Bush, Bonnie Jacobs and Linda Hollinger. The show opens with an artists’ reception Feb. 10, and it will remain on view through March 5. The images comprising “Triple Vision” reflect a range of ideas and approaches. Depicted are faces, faraway places and things past and present. Though a display of visual art, the exhibit offers something for all of the senses. Bush holds a fine arts degree and has worked as a graphic designer for more than 25 years. As a photographer for the last 10 years, she has won many awards and participated in numerous exhibits. Jacobs, who completed a visual arts degree in photography, has been a professional photographer for a quarter-century. In addition to receiving many awards for her work, she has had her images incorporated into the Johnson & Johnson Permanent Collection, the Newark Public Library Special Collection, iStockphoto and Getty Images – International. Hollinger earned a degree in commercial art, majoring in design and illustration/photography. For the last 15 years, the frequent award winner has traveled extensively to capture her subjects and has been placed pieces in many prestigious exhibits. Admission to “Triple Vision” is free. The Marlin Gallery is located inside Lincoln Hall on CCC’s Blackwood Campus, which is at College Drive and Peter Cheeseman Road in Gloucester Township. For more information about “Triple Vision” or for a schedule of gallery hours, contact director Tracy Steele at 856-227-7200, ext. 4201, or artgallery@camdencc.edu.

Perkins Center for the Arts Collingswood gallery presents River and Roots, through Feb. 27. Closing Reception will be held Saturday, Feb. 13, 6- 9pm. River and Roots is an Independent Project of Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia's international festival celebrating print in contemporary art. RIVER is the Delaware, encompassing the reach of a group of artists from Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Bobbie Diamond Adams, Fran Crum, Lisa Marie Hamilton, Raymond Hamilton and Rona Cordish Satten. ROOTS are the artists’ affiliations and subject matter, expressed literally and abstractly in each artist’s body of work. The work expresses an internalization and response to the social and political environment and is a reminder of the connection to the planet and each other. This exhibition was organized as part of the Philagrafika 2010: Independent Projects. For information on Philagrafika 2010, and the more than 75 other independently curated projects taking place throughout the city, please visit the web site www.philagrafika2010.org. Philagrafika, the organizing body of Philagrafika 2010, is a nonprofit arts organization in Philadelphia that provides leadership for large-scale, collaborative initiatives with broad public exposure. Perkins Center for the Arts Collingswood is located at 30 Irvin Ave in Collingswood. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10am to 2pm. For more information, call 856-235-6488 ext 202 or email pcarroll@perkinscenter.org.

Stockton Art Gallery will celebrate Black History Month. The Visual Arts faculty and the School of Arts and Humanities at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey will sponsor a photography exhibition and artist lecture to commemorate the contributions of African American soldiers during the Civil War. The exhibition and lecture will feature photographer William Earl Williams. The photography exhibition, Unsung Heroes: African American Soldiers in the Civil War, will run through Feb. 19. More than 60 silver gelatin photographs, taken by William E. Williams, with accompanying extended gallery notes will be on display at Stockton’s Art Gallery for a month. The images will showcase prominent sites where African American troops contributed to the final Union victory. In 1986, William E. Williams began visiting Civil War memorial sites as research for one of his projects. Unexpectedly, Williams discovered a serious lack of coverage recognizing the involvement of over 180,000 African American soldiers during the Civil War. One project quickly led to another. After his extensive research, Williams was driven to document a pictorial history of the sites where the soldiers had been during the course of the war.
The Stockton Art Gallery is located in the H-wing in Room H113 at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in Pomona. Admission is free. Operating hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 11.30am – 4pm; Tuesday, 11.30am – 8pm; Saturday, Noon – 4pm. For more information, call 609-652-4214 or go to stockton.edu/artgallery.

The Stedman Gallery at the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts is hosting Beneath the Surface; Poster Exhibition from Iran. Open to the public for the first time in New Jersey, the exhibit will hang through Feb. 27. Some 39 posters, ranging from a clean air campaign to a film directed by a woman to classical music concerts, will be displayed. According to exhibit curator Nahid Tootoonchi, an assistant professor of art at Towson University, “Beneath the Surface” aims to showcase the talent emerging in Iranian graphic design and how these artists borrow from Iran’s heritage to communicate with a contemporary world. Featured artists include Reza Abedini, a pioneer in modern Farsi typography, Ghoban Shiva, whose pieces call on traditional Iranian tile work, and Narges Safaei, a young female designer whose posters address her generation’s role in making a difference.
The Stedman Gallery is part of Rutgers-Camden Center of the Arts, and is open Monday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm, and until 8pm on Thursdays. It is located in the Fine Arts Complex on Third Street, between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Rutgers–Camden Campus. For more information go to rcca.camden.rutgers.edu. Admission is free.

Rowan University Art Gallery explores the artist’s view of their own creative expression in CROSSROADS: Determining the Authentic Visual Voice, an exhibition inspired by individual artists reflecting on the meaning of that very concept in their work. “CROSSROADS” will be on display through Mar. 12. Presented in collaboration with The Philadelphia Sculptors, the exhibit features the work of artists Maria Anasazi, Tom Bendtsen, Catherine Martens Betz, Brent Crothers, Ted Prescott and Warren Holzman. “The artists selected have been challenged and inspired by the inherent meaning of functional objects and their potential as an artistic medium when manipulated by the artist,” notes Mary Salvante, exhibit curator and gallery director at Rowan. “The ‘authenticity’ of the work is determined by the choices and decisions made by the artist when presenting the object in a new context. Viewers will be engaged visually and conceptually by the formal characteristics of the work, which in turn are supported by the artist’s intent.” Bendtsen, a member of the Rowan art department faculty, points out that “when I think about the ‘authentic visual voice,’ I think about the many ways we create voice, language, how we say or show. I wonder about what authenticity is? Does it require being genuine, honest, true or unique?” Admission to the exhibit and reception is free and open to the public.
Gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 10am to 5pm; Saturday, 12 to 5pm. For more information, call 856-256-4521 or go to rowan.edu/fpa/artgallery. Rowan University Art Gallery is located on the lower level of Westby Hall on the university campus, Route 322 in Glassboro.

African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey presents The Great Kings of Africa, through Apr. 31. The Museum will also present drawings of noted African American figures by Richmond Garrick and the paintings of fine artists Dressler Smith and Todd Johnson. The handcrafted dolls of artisan Belinda Starr Manning will share a gallery with Michael Roche’s original drawings from the childrens book, Zimba the Turtle, written by Joyce Wright-McAdoo. The author of the popular children’s book will read selected excerpts at a reception for the January-April exhibits on Saturday, Feb. 20th, from 1-4pm. Light refreshments will be served.
The Museum is housed in the Martin Luther King Center at 661 Jackson Road in Newtonville, New Jersey and is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am – 3pm and Saturdays by appointment only. Directions are available at aahmsnj.org. Admission is free, however donations are accepted with appreciation.

Creative Genius Art Gallery and Studio is full of incredible artwork and busy with workshops for everyone! Creative Genius also welcomes photographers Linda Hollinger, Jack Mroz, Denise Bush and Lisa Dealy to the Creative Genius artist list...Just a few of their new additions for spring at Creative Genius.... Stop by and see what they have going on!
Creative Genius is located at 32 B North Main Street in Medford. Hours are as follows: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10am-9pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 11am-4pm; Closed Monday. For more information, call 609-714-1131 or check them out on the web at creativegeniusonline.com.

Home Fine Art presents The Red Show through Feb. 28. During the month of February, Home Fine Art Gallery will be celebrating the many personalities of the color RED. Member artists will explore the excitement, energy and expressiveness of this powerful, popular, primary color. Could there be a better time or occasion to be wearing our "art on our sleeves"?
Home Fine Art is a cooperative gallery in Mount Holly, located at 2 Church St. (& White Street) in the Mill Race Village. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday, 11am-6pm; Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday, 11am-4pm; closed Mondays and Tuesdays. For more information, call 609-261-8634 or go to homefineart.org.

Rowan University’s High Street Gallery in downtown Glassboro welcomes the exhibits This Is Not Real and Purgatory to its space in downtown Glassboro Feb. 11 through Feb. 20. An opening reception will be held beginning at 7 pm on Thursday, Feb. 11. “There are two forms of existence; the real, and that which can never be real,” explains Doria about her show “This Is Not Real.” "I intend to explore the concept of what is real. I am very aware that the images that I have produced are of 'unreal' nature, although I also understand that by creating and displaying this work I am giving it a sort of existence. I guess I am sort of testing the boundaries." “Purgatory” is a photographic exhibit by student artist Luke Leyden. “As the name 'Purgatory' suggests, the works presented were created during an intermediate time of personal uncertainty and self evaluation,” Leyden says. “Further, the work was influenced by my time spent abroad and is a reaction to the general feeling of uncertainty toward our lives today.”
Sponsored by the Department of Art at Rowan, High Street Gallery is located at 11 East High Street in Glassboro. A full series of exhibitions showcasing the work of university students and faculty rotate in the space throughout the winter and spring. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday, 3:30-7:30pm, and Saturday from noon - 4:30pm, or by appointment. For more information, call 609-805-2958.

The Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts hosts Second Annual Celebration of Female Artists. The impact and major contributions of women in the art world will be celebrated at the Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts during its second annual HERSTORY exhibition. Curated by two female artists in their own right, Rachel Citrino & Liz Nicklus, weave together five spectacular local and regional women to exhibit their works in the North Gallery of the RRCA. The show will open on Friday, Feb. 19, with a reception from 6-9pm, and run through Saturday, Mar. 13. Featured in this year’s show, Bobbie Diamond Adams, Terri Amig, Jennifer Kirchner, Jacqueline Sandro and Reta Sweeney offer a glimpse into the dynamic and varied mediums of today’s woman in the arts. Adams is an abstract artist who combines printmaking, drawing and paper making techniques in hopes to create an escape from our hectic, everyday lives. Bobbie has worked at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts printmaking department for over ten years and has exhibited and won many awards regionally.
The Witt Gallery will hold the juried selections from the center’s open printmaking show, Marks & Remarks. Artists from across the tri-state area submitted works for consideration in this exhibition which covers all techniques used in printmaking. Judges, Bobbie Diamond Adams and Ron Wyffels, both of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts helped to assemble a first class demonstration of this particular medium which has been around for centuries.
The Associate Artist Alcove will hold the work of Rae Jaffe, Ramon Perez, Susan Rau and Kara Rehm. The Atrium space will display art from the students of the ARC in Atlantic County.
The Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts is located at is located at 22 North High Street, in Millville. The center is open Sunday through Thursday, 11am-5pm; Friday, 11am-8pm; and Saturday, 11am-7pm. For more information, including all upcoming events, call 856-327-4500 or go to rrcarts.com.

The Noyes Museum is hosting a number of unique and exciting exhibitions.
2009 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts will be on display through Feb. 28. The Noyes is proud to present skilled artists living and working in New Jersey. Hand-crafted pieces in metal work, wood turning, textiles, ceramics, and materials/techniques that challenge the boundaries of traditional craft are included in this unique show. Internationally renowned sculptor, Neil Tetkowski, Professor of Art, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Kean University and Skeffington Thomas, Associate Dean, College of Fine and Performing Arts, Rowan University selected the works of 18 prominent artists for this statewide exhibition. Artists include Lynne M. Berman, Jappie King Black, Katia Bulbenko, Liesl Carlson, Jennifer Crupi, Erin Endicott, Glen Guarino, Beverly Hertler, Jan Huling, Edward Koenig, Donna L. Lish, Deb Mell, Joanie San Chirico, Jacqueline Sandro, Diane Savona, Linda Shusterman, Alan Willoughby, Elise Winters
Realism Unbound: Contemporary Representational Art in New Jersey will hang through Feb. 14. Realistic, yet not completely true to life, this exhibition pushes the boundaries of representational painting. Renowned artists from the garden state present images of the real world in interior spaces as well as pure plein air landscape. The concept is further explored when the spaces begin to move, take alternate shapes and become transparent. The common link between these exhibitors is artist Lois Dodd. Dodd is one of the most widely respected painters in America. Her long career involves a steady presence in New Jersey. She set the path as a mentor and inspiration to the entire group. It has now also reflected the mentorship of Mel Leipzig. As a community of artists, not simply the individual, they grow together. Their work shows implications of the impact and influence of each other. The artist’s personal journey or identity is absolutely evident; still there is a common foundation. New Jersey is another major factor in the inspiration of the group. They have spent many hours painting together in Northern Jersey. Artists include Rita Baragona, Robert Birmelin, Paul Carrellas, Lois Dodd, Jeff Epstein, Daniel Finaldi, Leslie Hertzog, Lynn Kotula, Barbara Kulicke, Arthur Kvarnstrom, Mel Leipzig, Terri McNichol, Harry I. Naar, Deborah Nelson, Elizabeth O’Reilly, Linda Pochesci, Kyle M. Stevenson, St. Clair Sullivan
Weird New Jersey Photography Exhibition runs through Feb. 28. This exhibit reveals a side of New Jersey that is extraordinarily weird, in the most fantastic sense of the word. The 70 pieces of artwork have been chosen from 350 submissions by amateur and professional photographers alike. The skilled cast of 4 jurors include Weird NJ travel guide and magazine publishers, Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran, who make use of their outstanding ability to present the places you won't find on state funded maps or located on any tourist attraction pamphlets. Dorrie Papademetriou, Noyes Exhibitions Manager, and Michael Cagno, Executive Director have added their expertise to help produce an exhibition that features all the right qualities. If you are looking for eerie, strange, historic, crazy, unbelievable, tacky, or forbidden – it’s all here in one show. Join us in exploring the findings of 45 talented local artists, exposing the mysterious ways of the Garden State. Artists include Kim Angelo, John Arehart, Gina Bellando, Jason Bonifazi, Nancy Broker Fritz, Phillip Buehler, Tracey Consolo, Jonathan Davis, Laura de la Llave, Jared DiMartine, D D'Mintoro, Arman Dowgiert, Rob English, Dustin Farnum, Tony Fischer, David Franck, Jona Frank, Lauren Rae Freedman, Ralph Gioseffi, Tommy Graef, Janet Greco, Timothy Johns, Susan Kane, Lisa Kaplowitz, Emily Lash, Dennis Loughlin, Aaron Maffei, Vincent Marchese, Richard Montemurro, William Neumann, Ben Panter, Jennifer Rose, Debra Rosenblum, Genevieve Rossi, Joe Ryan, Debra Seltzer, Steve Sennert, Olga Sergyeyeva, Patrick Smith, Rusty Tagliareni, Ryan Thomas, Mike Turner, Andrew Wallace, Christopher Weed, Sophia Wescott
The Noyes Museum of Art is located on Lily Lake Road in Galloway Township’s Oceanville section. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 4:30pm, and on Sunday from noon to 5pm. Regular admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and students, and children under 12 are free. For more information, call 609-652-8848, or visit their website at noyesmuseum.org.

Grounds For Sculpture is featuring a few new additions to their outdoor collection, through April. In Dialogue with Steel, an exhibition of Albert Paley's work, one might find it hard to believe that he began his artistic career as a jeweler. Paley was one of the major goldsmiths of the studio art movement in America. Today, he is best known for his monumental sculpture. Yet looking closely at these elaborate, impressive, and often site-specific installations, one sees the continuum of Paley's creativity; challenging metal of all types is his foundation. The fluidity of molten metal is evident in the ribbons and decorative patterns so prevalent and identifiable in his designs. Yet the hardness of steel is also apparent in the starkness of many of his larger abstract works, softened simply by the prominence of bright color and its ability to evoke strong emotions. In Reflections on Tradition, Jacobo de la Serna's micaceous pots are exquisite dichotomies. While some expand the boundaries of this delicate clay in execution and concept, they remain fragile and delicate. His masterful technical ability enhances traditional style and contemporary innovative designs. The work is sensitive and sensual, refined and magical and it reveals the insightful artistry of the man himself.
As well, outdoors, in the 35-acre sculpture park, enjoy works by Itzik Benshalom, Curt Brill, Christopher Cairns, Béla Fuko, Lila Katzen, Tom Otterness, and Meryl Taradash. Please check out their full events calendar, here.
Grounds For Sculpture is located at 18 Fairgrounds Road in Hamilton, NJ. The exhibits are open to the public Tuesday-Sunday year round. Hours are 10am until 6pm, November through March; and 10am until 8pm April through October. Closed Mondays except Labor Day and Memorial Day. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. For more information, visit their website at groundsforsculpture.org, or call 609-586-0616.

LOOKING AHEAD

Franz Kafka’s 1925 novel The Trial will be performed for the stage in a new adaptation presented by students in Rutgers–Camden’s theater program. Performances will be held in Rutgers–Camden’s Gordon Theater at 5pm Thursday, April 15; 8pm Friday, April 16, and Saturday, April 17; 5pm Thursday, April 22; 8pm Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24. Directed by Paul Bernstein, an assistant professor of fine arts at Rutgers–Camden, general admission for the show costs $10. For reservations, please call 856-225-6176.

The premiere of a commissioned piece and new arrangements by Denis DiBlasio are highlights of the Rowan Percussion Ensemble concert on Monday, Feb. 22, at 8pm in Boyd Recital Hall on the university’s Glassboro campus. Under the direction of Dean Witten, the ensemble debuts Peter Erskine’s A Bird Sings, commissioned by Rowan University. DiBlasio, a noted jazz artist and member of the university’s music faculty, joins the program as a soloist on his arrangements of Sonny Rollins’ Everywhere Calypso and Eddie Harris’ Cold Duck Time. The evening also includes Gounod’s Waltz from Faust, Per Andreasson’s Tin Play and G.H. Green’s Rainbow Ripples, featuring xylophone soloist Anthony Graves and the Rowan University Marimba Band. Boyd Recital Hall is located in Wilson Hall on the campus of Rowan University, Route 322 in Glassboro, NJ. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For directions or additional information, call the box office at 856-256-4545, email arts@rowan.edu or go to rowan.edu/fpa.

Medford Arts Center (MAC) will be holding their Juried Photography Exhibition Feb. 26 through Apr. 11.
The MAC is located at 18 North Main Street in Medford Village. Hours are Fridays and Saturdays 11am-6pm, and Sundays 1-5pm. For more information, call 609-654-6033 or go to artsinmedford.org.

Regional scholars will gather at Rutgers–Camden to present their works-in-progress during the 2009-10 Lees History Seminar Series. This annual lecture series, which is free and open to the public, allows a sneak peek into emerging research, with topics ranging from the United States machine tools industry to the origins of emergency contraception. The series will take place at 4:30pm on select Fridays in the faculty lounge on the third floor of Armitage Hall. The building is located on Fifth Street, between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Rutgers–Camden Campus. Scheduled seminars include the following:
Feb. 19: Janet Lindman, an associate professor of history at Rowan University, will present “Women's Friendships in Early America.” Andrew Shankman, an associate professor of history at Rutgers–Camden, will serve as commentator.
March 26: Heather Munro Prescott, a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, will discuss “Courageous Volunteers: The Origins of Emergency Contraception in the United States during the 1960s.” Cindy Connolly, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, will serve as commentator.
April 23: Lorrin Thomas, an assistant professor of history at Rutgers–Camden, will discuss “The Seventies, Donde Estan? Tracing an Era across the Americas." Tom Sugrue, the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, will serve as commentator.
For more information, go to camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/history/seminars.html. Directions to Rutgers–Camden are online at camden.rutgers.edu.

Poetry writing is the art of expressing emotion through creative selection, emphasis, and arrangement of words. However, writers must master the revision process before they are able to seamlessly illustrate ideas to an audience of readers. The Visual Arts and Literature faculty, The Stockton Text Center, the School of Arts and Humanities, and the Office of the Provost at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, with additional support provided by Ravenswood Winery, will be sponsoring a poetry exhibition Poems: A Retrospective from March 1 through March 30, (closed 3/13-21) in the Stockton College Art Gallery. The exhibit will explore the revision process and feature Stockton Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stephen Dunn’s manuscripts, as well as an opening poetry reading made by the author, himself. On Wednesday, March 3, at 5 pm, there will be a special meet and greet reception in the Stockton Art Gallery, and at 6pm, in the Alton Auditorium/A-wing, there will be a poetry reading by Stephen Dunn. The closing poetry readings will be a tribute to Professor Dunn from two of his former students and who have become Stockton professors, Peter Murphy and Emari DiGiorgio, on Tuesday, March 23 at 5 pm in Alton Auditorium. The display is a manuscript exhibit on the poet's revision process. The poems that have been selected for display are as follows: “Burying the Cat,” “After Ecstasy,” “At the Smithville Methodist Church,” “Making Yourself Into a Work of Art,” “Nuptial,” “Full Circle,” and “Colloquy.” An essay Stephen Dunn wrote on New Jersey will be part of the exhibit as well. The viewer should expect to see a visually stimulating presentation as the revision process is displayed and explained using technology as a helpful tool. Stephen Dunn has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for “Different Hours” in 2001, the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, and Fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, and many others. Special thanks go to Hofstra University’s Special Collection for opening their collection of Stephen Dunn’s manuscripts for research and display. Students Nick Leonetti, Chrisitan Ochse, and Desiree Wallen researched the collection of manuscripts under the supervision of Professor Lisa Honaker. Wall graphics were designed by Professor Michael McGarvey and illustration major Asuka Nakamura. All events are free and open to the public. The Art Gallery is open Monday-Friday 11:30am– 4pm with late hours on Tuesday until 8, and Saturday 12-4. The Richard Stockton College is located on Jim Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240. For directions and a campus map please go to www.stockton.edu and look under Community & Visitors.

Rowan University Art Gallery will present Artist / Educator, Mar. 22 – Apr. 17, with an opening reception Thursday, Apr. 1, from 5 - 7pm. This exhibition highlights the groundbreaking work created by some of the most influential young artists in ceramics today who also happen to be educators at universities and colleges thought out New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Delaware and New York. Each artist's ideas are individual and unique to their generation and the current climate of ceramics. These artists are striving to make their mark, while advancing the field of ceramics through their work and through their influence as educators. participating artists include Michael Connelly, Matthew Courtney, Chad D. Curtis, Abby Donovan, David East, Heather Mae Erickson, Joseph Gower, Ryan Greenheck, Del Harrow, Douglas Herren, Ryan Kelly, Sumi Maeshima, Andrea Marquis, Eric Miller, Peter Morgan, Adelaide Paul, Neil Patterson, Hope Rovelto, Theresa Saulin, Kala Stein, John Williams, Jennifer Woodin The show’s Curator is Heather Mae Erickson.
Gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 10am to 5pm; Saturday, 12 to 5pm. For more information, call 856-256-4521 or go to rowan.edu/fpa/artgallery. Rowan University Art Gallery is located on the lower level of Westby Hall on the university campus, Route 322 in Glassboro.

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