JC FRIDAYS IS BACK FOR FALL

Taking Place on Friday, September 8, 2017
A City-Wide, All-Day Celebration of Art and Culture in Jersey City

(Jersey City, NJ; Aug 8, 2017)? Fall is on its way, and Art House?s JC Fridays will kick off the season with 32 exciting visual and performing arts events! Come out and celebrate with this city-wide festival on Friday, September 8, 2017. Restaurants, galleries, stores, and event spaces throughout Jersey City will showcase a variety of art-related happenings including visual exhibitions, live music, performance acts, educational demonstrations, and more. All events are free and open to the public. As one of the preeminent art scenes in the tri-state area, Jersey City is abound with artists of all types, musicians, and individuals with unique talent; JC Fridays is one of the best times for them to share their newest projects and works. Held quarterly, thousands of residents pour out to experience these artists? latest works and to revel in the joy art brings to the community.

Some highlights include (a complete list of events follows):

? ART? ?New Jersey & You - Perfect Together!? A group show of painting, photography, and sculpture that celebrates the beauty, industry, and off-beat character of the state of New Jersey. $1 donation to Art House for every person who signs our guest book ($5 donation if you also check in at Casa Colombo) with the JERSEY CITY ARTS COUNCIL AT VILLAGE WEST GALLERY.

? EDUCATIONAL? ?Tiny Artists.? Hazel Baby & Kids invites accompanied children between the ages of 3 and 5 to create their own collages in another edition of our ?Tiny Artists? workshop. The pieces will be displayed in our window for evening viewing. Drop in any time during the event hours at HAZEL BABY & KIDS.

? FILM/VIDEO? ?The Base 12 Project.? PRIME Gallery is excited to present The Base 12 Project by Apostrophe NYC, a group exhibition featuring works from their pop-up collection with PRIME GALLERY X APROSTROPHE NYC.

? MUSIC? ?Music at Whealth.? Drop into Whealth for an evening of live musical performances! Take a step into the new Whealth Cafe and enjoy a nice meal while you're there! Seating begins at 7:00PM and 8:30PM at Whealth?s Journal Squared Caf?.

? PERFORMANCE? ?New Waves.? Fiber optic light-embedded forms respond to music in hypnotic, undulating light displays (featuring some original electronic music by husband Robert Gourley). Videos are projection-mapped onto three-dimensional surfaces, which the audience is invited to interact with in surprising ways with JANET JEUN-GOURLEY (SPANGLE POP).


JC FRIDAYS LISTINGS

September 8, 2017

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF JC FRIDAYS EVENTS VISIT www.jcfridays.com

Sponsors:
- Destination Jersey City
- The Jersey City Reporter
- Jersey City Magazine
- Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council & Cultural Affairs
- Jersey City Department of Housing, Economic Development, and Commerce
- Historic Downtown SID
- PATH

Made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development, and by the County of Hudson, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive, and the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

Supporters: Jersey City Arts Council

STAGES! CONSERVATORY IS NOW ENROLLING:
Stages! Conservatory is an 8-week theater intensive where young performers learn new skills in acting, improv, dance, singing, devised theater, and television techniques taught by working pros in the biz!

STAGES! JR. CONSERVATORY | AGES 7-12
8 weeks l October 2nd - November 22nd
Mondays and Wednesday: 4pm - 6pm

REGISTER HERE

STAGES! CONSERVATORY | AGES 13-17
8 weeks l October 2nd - November 22nd
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays: 4pm to 6pm

REGISTER HERE

Join us on Thursday, July 27th and DRINK FOR A PURPOSE. Help us raise crucial funds to move into Cast Iron Lofts!!!

After months of unanticipated delays, we are very excited to get back to providing you with cutting-edge arts programming this fall, but we need to install a lighting grid, hire a master electrician, and pay moving fees. We need your help and it's easy! Come hang with us at @mcginley_square_pub on July 27th and drink some beers with friends!! Your belly will be full with ???? and your ? will be full with love. Hope to see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/393854277683089/

April 27th, 8 pm ? 10 pm
basement of Porta, 135 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302

4th Thursdays of every month!

Hosted by Meredith Burns

$5 gets you five minutes of performance time. All spots are first come, first served. Open to all performance artists (comedians, musicians, poets, spoken word artists, etc)! Come on in for a fun and supportive performance environment.

https://www.facebook.com/events/291195551310592/

April 20th, 8 pm ? 10 pm
McGinley Square Pub, 755 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07306

3rd Thursdays of every month!

Hosted by Crystal Davis

For poets and spoken word artists of any level or experience looking to hone their skills. $5 gets you five minutes of performance time. All spots are first come, first served. Come on in for a fun and supportive performance environment.

April 13th, 8 pm ? 10 pm
Nocaeb, 206 Beacon Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306

2nd Thursdays of every month!

Hosted by Frank Ippolito

For musicians of any level or experience looking to hone their skills. $5 gets you five minutes of performance time. All spots are first come, first served. Come on in for a fun and supportive performance environment.

April 6th, 8 pm ? 10 pm
basement of Porta, 135 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302

1st Thursdays of every month!

Hosted by Rich Kiamco

For comedians of any level or experience looking to hone their skills. $5 dollars gets you five minutes of performance time. All spots are first come first served. Come on in for a fun, supportive performance environment.

Art House Productions presents

JC FRIDAYS
A full day of free arts events in Jersey City!
SPRING * Summer * Fall * Winter

March 3, 2017

Sponsors:
- Destination Jersey City
- The Jersey City Reporter
- Jersey City Magazine
- Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council
& Cultural Affairs
- Jersey City Department of Housing, Economic Development, and Commerce
- Historic Downtown SID
- PATH
-JCEDC*

Made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development, and by the County of Hudson, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive, and the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

* Supported in part by a grant from New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism

Supporters: M&T Bank, Jersey City Independent, Yelp

Friends: CoolVines, Fox and Crow, Iris Records

Business Specials: 10% off EVERYTHING on Friday March 3rd at Iris Records

www.jcfridays.com
www.arthouseproductions.org

Art House Productions and The Black Maria Film Festival
present

BLACK MARIA FILM FESTIVAL
Award-winning film festival's 36th annual season
Hosts opening weekend gala at Art House

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 * 7PM
$12/$15 at the door
Advance purchase is recommended, as seating is limited.

TICKETS: http://36bmff.brownpapertickets.com/

The Black Maria Film Festival's 36th annual season is kicking off with a series of screenings taking place over four nights. The screening of the Festival?s award-winning short films will take place at Art House Productions, 136 Magnolia Ave., Jersey City, NJ on Saturday night, February 11th at 7:00PM. Tickets are available in advance for $12 at www.arthouseproductions.org, or for $15 at the door. Advance purchase is recommended, as seating is limited. Limited free parking is available. Art House is located adjacent to the Journal Square PATH Station.

LOCATION:
Art House Productions
136 Magnolia Ave, Jersey City, NJ
Limited parking available
Theater is located adjacent to the Journal Square PATH station

ABOUT THE BLACK MARIA FILM FESTIVAL:
The nationally known Black Maria Film Festival has generous support from New Jersey City University, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the Hudson County Office of Cultural Affairs and Tourism, the William H. Donner - Pikes Peak Foundation, and Adobe Systems, Inc. and Microsoft through TechSoup.org. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts recognized the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium Black Maria Film Festival with a "Citation of Excellence" in 2015, for achieving the highest standards of excellence as recognized by its peers. Unlike other major film festivals, the Black Maria Festival is not presented in only one location. Instead, the winning films are presented at universities, museums, libraries and cultural centers across the country all year.

For further information, contact Jane Steuerwald, Black Maria Film Festival Executive Director, jane@blackmariafilmfestival.org, 201-200-2043 or visit www.blackmariafilmfestival.org.

Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to the development and presentation of performing and visual arts programs in Jersey City, NJ. Art House presents theater, music, visual art, and dance programming as well as and the citywide arts festival, JC Fridays. For more information about our programs, please visit our website at www.arthouseproductions.org.

Art House Productions
presents
68 Productions'

IN FULL COLOR

In Full Color is back with 21 women sharing their stories about everything from the pressure to have children and living in Trump's America to singing Linda Rondstadt tunes in rollerskates.

This year features Autumn Perez, Donna Missal, Yh? Mourhia Wright, Sholeh Wolpe, Amel Kay Khalil, Venida Rodman Jenkins, Purvi Patel, Eileen Ramos, Diana Burbano, Yvonne Hernandez, Amanda Tira Andrei O'Connor, Sarah Teed, Paula Ralph-Birkett, Sky Ortiz, Ashlei Hardenburg, Gabrielle Beans, Tuere Ganges, Audrey Martells, Nancy Mendez-Booth, Dena Amaro Igusti and director Summer Dawn Hortillosa.

DATES
Thursday, 2/16 at 8 p.m.
Friday, 2/17 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, 2/18 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, 2/19 at 3 p.m.

LOCATION
Art House Productions
136 Magnolia Ave.
Limited parking available.

General Admission is $12 (in advance)
General Admission is $18( at the door)

Students/Seniors is $10 (in advance)
Students/Seniors is $12 (at the door)

Tickets may be purchased at: http://ifc2017.brownpapertickets.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1852558311687388/

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This year, "In Full Color" features women in California, Maryland and Virginia joining Tristate talents. Participants include Yh? Mourhia Wright, Sholeh Wolpe, Amel Khalil, Venida Cheryl Rodman Jenkins, Purvi Patel, Eileen Ramos, Diana Burbano, Yvonne Hernandez, Amanda Andrei O'Connor, Sarah Teed, Paula Ralph Birkett, Sky Ortiz, Ashlei Hardenburg, Gabrielle Beans, Tuere Ganges, Audrey Martells, Nancy M?ndez-Booth, Dena Igusti and director Summer Dawn Hortillosa. Also, this year?s winning graphic design is by local artist Shirin Terhune Vazir.

There will also be a contemporary dance number opening the show choreographed and performed by Autumn Perez and set to ?Stop the World? by up-and-coming recording artist Donna Missal.

Audiences will also be able to purchase merchandise to support the program including the In Full Color anthology, a collection of monologues from the show's first two seasons.

Proceeds will support Thinking In Full Color, an educational outreach offshoot that has brought In Full Color alumnae to schools and community centers. Previous venues include: WORD Bookstores (where the anthology is carried!), Hunter College, Rutgers University, the Jersey City Art & Studio Tour, New Jersey City University, TEDxJerseyCity and Raritan Valley Community College.

For accessibility requests and inquiries please contact info@arthouseproductions.org or call 201-915-9911.

Image by Shirin Terhune Vazir

Join us for DEEP BREATH, a tour de force performance by actor and spoken word artist, MrJeffDess, for Black History Month at Art House.

Art House Productions presents DEEP BREATH by MrJeffDess

Friday, February 10th at 8 PM Doors at 7:30 PM
Produced by Leah Jackson

Advance ticketing for General Admission is $15 and $20 at the door and $10 for Students/Seniors.

Eric Garner's last words were "I Can't Breathe." This piercing one-man poetic and theatrical show challenges the community to start the healing process as well as find answers. MrJeffDess presents a painfully honest performance inspired by the protest, hope, and sadness. DEEP BREATH directly engages with the audience and is a tour de force, energetic experience. Through intense storytelling, MrJeffDess pushes and almost dares the audience to take the deepest breaths possible in order to find answers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/136780566820444/

About MrJeffDess

MrJeffDess is a dynamic public speaker, author, emcee and professor of Haitian descent. The native New Yorker known as the Disruptive Educator has been performing on stages for over 10 years.

His performance career began as a young emcee who opened for such artists as Common, Talib Kweli, 112, Black Rob and the Arsonists. After studying at St. John?s University and earning a B.A. and M.A in English literature, MrJeffDess turned his attention to spoken word poetry. It was during this time, he performed and honed his skills at famed New York City locations as The Nuyorican Poet?s Caf? and Bowery Poetry Club.

MrJeffDess has performed and delivered lectures at over 25 universities including Columbia and Princeton University has performed globally in Indonesia, Italy, and South Africa. He?s been featured in Ebony Magazine, The Root, and Urban Cusp Magazine. His latest endeavor of writing and performing haiku poetry led him to the creating the House of Haiku series. This series of shows are an interactive artistic explosion. While using the haiku poem as a voice box, these shows will also include other mediums featuring, vocal, dance and instrumental portions as well as live painting and more.
MrJeffDess is the author of five books, including his latest, Trill Motivation. He?s worked in student affairs for over 10 years and is the Co-Founder of the Educational Platform, Trill or Not Trill.

Art House Open Mic Performance Series
featuring RYAN ROMAN

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017
8-10PM * $5

Poets * Musicians * Performance Artists
Coming together in Jersey City

5-minute open mike for poets, actors, comics and musicians
NOTE: There are 18 first come, first serve performances spaces available!

Hosted by Lillian Bustle

ABOUT RYAN ROMAN
Ryan Roman is an 18-year-old Jersey City-based stand-up comic. He was born and raised in Jersey City and has been trying to live every day to the fullest. However, girls, mixtape-guys, and a whole lot of mono are stopping him. He's been writing "jokes" since he was 15 years old, and has been performing semi-consistently for the past couple of months. He tackles issues that plague the life of the average 18-year-old Puerto Rican (yes, I know he looks white and maybe even Egyptian, to be honest, but if it helps his middle name is Antonio). He has featured at Soul of the City's Open Mic at Bright Side Tavern and performed at various other local locations. He doesn't have a lot on his resume, so this feature is going to look real good on it.


Art House Productions
136 Magnolia Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07306

Limited FREE PARKING available
Located directly behind the Journal Square PATH Station

Art House Productions
Snow Ball Gala Committee
proudly presents the 11th Annual

SNOW BALL
A Gala to Benefit Art House's Nonprofit
Performing and Visual Arts Programs

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2017 * 8PM-12AM

Light Fare * Live Music * Silent Auction
*Black Tie Creative*

SNOW BALL is a ?black tie creative? gala to benefit Art House?s innovative arts programs and features live music, light fare, open bar, silent auction and a festive, arts-friendly crowd!

8:00 Welcome and Hors d'Oeuvres
8:30 Silent Auction and Live Music by Manouche Bag
9:15 A Toast to Art House
9:30 Best Dressed Contest
9:45 DJ George "Soul" Fernandez
10:30 Silent Auction Close

TICKETS: $90 in advance ($100 at the door)
$150 VIP ticket

VIP ticket gives access to a private reception at Art House from 7pm-8pm. This exclusive event includes champagne, a private concert by a cappella group Cabaret Sauvignon, a gift bag, and a first-look tour of the Snow Ball silent auction items.

A portion of each ticket is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

PRESENTED BY
SILVERMAN

2017 EXCLUSIVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SPONSORS
WHEALTH
CoolVines
Stateside Urbancraft Vodka
New Jersey Beer Co.
Milk, Sugar, Love

2017 MAJOR SPONSORS
KRE
Harborside by Mack-Cali
M&T Bank
Remco Press
Yelp

Art House Open Mic Performance Series
featuring SEAN VAN KLEEFF

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017
8-10PM * $5

Poets * Musicians * Performance Artists
Coming together in Jersey City

5-minute open mike for poets, actors, comics and musicians
NOTE: There are 18 first come, first serve performances spaces available!

Hosted by Lillian Bustle

ABOUT SEAN VAN KLEEFF
Sean Van Kleeff is a poet... kinda. Ya, let's call him a poet sure. But don't put him next to Whitman or Dickinson or Poe or Frost in your local Barnes and Nobles. The turn in their graves would be a shock enough to kickstart the zombie apocalypse. Plus Sean Van Kleeff does not have a book. I think by now you know I, Sean Van Kleeff, am writing this and writing in the third just will not do. This is a biography, so I'm going to tell it exactly like it happened...

I was born in a cornfield outside a little town in Alabama on the hottest of summer afternoons. My birth was marked by a comet that was discovered by a home astronomer trying to see their neighbor make "Whoopi." The pastor who delivered me was a practicing Protestant, but I didn't say this was a perfect story. In fact, let's fast forward past childhood and get to the part about the word stuff. That's what you wanna know. Questions raised in your mind from very valid points of view. What's this guy about? Is he gonna suck? Is he tanking this biography? To answer your second question, no. To answer your third question, no. To answer your first question.... Its stuff that may or may not involve glass bottom boats, tuna fish, math jokes, stories about how my kids face looks when he poops and how that relates to 16th century French artists specific to Northwest Paris, smacks (the cereal), gingerbread houses, ways to piss off Nascar fans, homeschooling your gerbils, beetle fistfights, other useful things you can do with a crucifix, and of course, Christmas trees and the folks who love them. In the future, I will invent a way to make laser nunchucks. Chase your dream is my message. Come laugh and drink whiskey.

(Drops mic, but not in a cool way. Mic's are expensive)

Art House Productions
136 Magnolia Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07306

Limited FREE PARKING available
Located directly behind the Journal Square PATH Station

Art House Productions'
STAGES! Theater Company for Youth presents

BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL

Two squads, one mission: claim the title at the National Cheerleading Championships. Bring It On: The Musical tells the story of the challenges and unexpected bonds formed through the thrill of extreme competition.

SHOW DATES:
December 9th from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
December 10th from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
December 11th from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM*
December 16th from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
December 17th from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
December 18th from 2:00PM - 4:00 PM

* The Sunday, December 11th performance will offer Sign Language interpretation, Audio Description, and will be a sensory-friendly show for audience members with autism. For this show, our theater will have the lights up and sound down. Audience members are invited to shout and sing, and move around in our break area!

Purchase tickets here: http://biotmstages.brownpapertickets.com/

STARRING:
Eden Ann Anderson,Joshua Begazo, Emma Brunner, Abby Burch, Elliott Clarke, Krystal Cohen, Antonia George, Sophia Gliatto, Davin Greene, Naomi Hazelwood, Syanne Lopez, Noah Navarro, Lina Ovalles, Qu'Raun Scott-McKoy, Tavish Snyder, Jazmine Turner

Michael Schloegl. Director/Set/Costume Design
Nick Masters, Musical Director
Gabriela Gowdie, Stage Manager
Alan Van Antwerp, Assistant Director
Meagan Woods, Choreographer
Lance A. Michel, Lighting Designer/TD
Isadore Haviland, Technical Crew/Board Operator
Crystal Davis, Production Manager

Music by Tom Kitt & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Libretto by Jeff Whitty
Lyrics by Amanda Green & Lin-Manuel Miranda

STAGES! Advanced Level Company for youth ages 12-17 years worked on a staged performance of BRING IT ON! THE MUSICAL written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the smash Broadway hit, HAMILTON!

SPONSORED BY
Morgan Stanley
Jersey City Youth Foundation
Sawyer Smith Residential Brokerage
Wendy and Rami Haim
Karin Williams
and our Snow Ball 2016 Donors

Made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development, and by the County of Hudson, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive, and the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

PERFORMANCE NIGHT + OPEN MIC
December 1 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm | $5 | Featured, Shows
Open Mic Aaya Perez
Art House Productions
presents

ART HOUSE
PERFORMANCE NIGHT AND OPEN MIC
Poets * Musicians * Performance Artists
Coming together in Jersey City

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 | 8-10PM | $5

Hosted by Lillian Bustle

Featuring Poet
Aaya Perez

5-minute open mike for poets, actors, comics and musicians

NOTE: There are 18 first come, first serve performances spaces available!

ABOUT AAYA Perez
Aaya Perez is an intersectional, gender-queer polymath born and raised in NYC- currently living in Jersey City. They have performed at The Apollo Theatre, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Lincoln Center, and The Washington Monument. Aaya is a member of the 2016 Urban Word slam team, placed third in the the New York Youth Poet Laureate Slam and is currently a member of the Quantum Things poetry collective. Aaya has had their work featured in Buzzfeed and Rookie Magazine. They use poetry, music, and visual art to shed light on the personal side of politics, and the struggles of being an oppressed artist in American society.

Art House Productions
136 Magnolia Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07306

Limited FREE PARKING available
Located directly behind the Journal Square PATH Station

PERFORMANCE NIGHT + OPEN MIC
December 1 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm | $5 | Featured, Shows
Open Mic Buttered Roll
Art House Productions
presents

ART HOUSE
PERFORMANCE NIGHT AND OPEN MIC
Poets * Musicians * Performance Artists
Coming together in Jersey City

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 | 8-10PM | $5

Hosted by Lillian Bustle

5-minute open mike for poets, actors, comics and musicians

NOTE: There are 18 first come, first serve performances spaces available!

Art House Productions
136 Magnolia Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07306

Limited FREE PARKING available
Located directly behind the Journal Square PATH Station

Art House Productions presents

JC FRIDAYS
A full day of free arts events in Jersey City!
Spring * Summer * Fall * WINTER

Sponsors:
- Destination Jersey City
- The Jersey City Reporter
- Jersey City Magazine
- Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council
& Cultural Affairs
- Jersey City Department of Housing, Economic Development, and Commerce
- Historic Downtown SID
- PATH
-JCEDC*

Made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development, and by the County of Hudson, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive, and the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

* Supported in part by a grant from New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism

Supporters: 4th Street Arts, Jersey City Independent, Village West Gallery, Yelp

Friends: Fox and Crow

Business Specials:
- Jersey City Independent Support community news & enjoy discounts at: Art House Productions, Another Man's Treasure, Delenio, Fussy Friends, GP's, Hamilton Health and Fitness, Indiegrove, Kanibal and Co and more. Become a JCI Member today! www.jerseycityindependent.com/membership


www.jcfridays.com
www.arthouseproductions.org

Art House Productions invites you to the
ART HOUSE FALL SPECTACULAR

Sat, Sept 12th * 2-6pm * Free Admission!

FOOD TRUCKS * BEER TASTING * CRAFT MARKET * WFMU DJs * JC BAKES CAKES * LIVE MUSIC * KIDS PLAYZONE

and THE GREAT BIG JERSEY CITY SCAVENGER HUNT!

Want to take part in our exciting citywide Scavenger Hunt?

**Scavenger hunt: Teams of 3 or 4. Hunt is $10 per person, family friendly. Hunt begins 11am sharp at Art House.
Register here: http://tinyurl.com/JCHunt

**Attention bakers! Submit your cake to our JC BAKES CAKES contest. 1 cake = $10 per entry.
Register here: http://tinyurl.com/JCBakesCakes

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Scavenger Hunt: 11am-2pm
Festival and all other activities to follow: 2pm-6pm

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Thank you to our sponsors!

SAWYER SMITH RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE
ROCKASORRI
TWO TWELVE
WFMU
PANEPINTO PROPERTIES
MODCUP

www.arthouseproductions.org

Art House Productions
presents the
YOUR MOVE DANCE SOIREE
to benefit
Your Move Modern Dance Festival

Friday, August 21 * 7-10pm
$10

Live DJ | Dancing | Film Screening | Live Dance Performances

Join us for a thrilling night of dance and performances to raise funds for Art House Productions' Your Move: NJ's modern dance festival!

Come boogie the night away with our live DJ, get a swing dance lesson from Jersey City Ballroom, view a brief video from ArtPride New Jersey, and catch pop-up surprise dance performances throughout the night!

What a perfect way to spend a summer evening. Keep dance alive and well in our city by...dancing!!! Tickets are just $10 at the door and include the swing dance lesson.

ArtPride New Jersey is thrilled to premiere the latest Art Matters NJ video postcard, straight from Jersey City. Art Matters NJ is a web tool that highlights how the arts transform communities into vibrant, diverse, creative hubs of economic and cultural activity! Visit artpridenj.com/artmatters for more information.

http://www.arthouseproductions.org/event/dance-party/

Please note:

Sunday, March 23 is FAMILY DAY! Youth 12-17 enter Stagefest FREE!

20+ Productions! 3 Days!

Tickets: loewsstagefest.brownpapertickets.com

Art House Productions
presents

DANCE FOR THE YOUNG ACTOR




Join Meagan Woods for professional dance training to advance your skills as a musical theater performer! Master classic steps, gain strength and flexibility, and enjoy a fun time devoted to dance.

If you want to improve your posture, excel in choreography, and command attention on stage (or get closer to touching your toes) this is the class for you!

4 Week Intensive
Tuesdays, Feb 25 - March 18, 2014
5:45-6:30pm

Space is limited to give each actor individual attention. Geared toward middle and high school actors looking to expand their skills in musical theater.

Art House Productions
1 McWilliams Pl, 6th Fl, Jersey City, NJ
(SE Corner of Hamilton Park, near Erie/8th)

Meagan Woods, staff choreographer of Art House Productions? STAGES! Theater Company for Youth and co-producer of the Your Move Modern Dance Festival.

TO REGISTER, EMAIL: INFO@ARTHOUSEPRODUCTIONS.ORG

READ THE FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/ ... ndidates-tough-questions/

Artists Ask Mayoral Candidates Tough Questions

By JCI Staff ? May 13th, 2013


Over the course of the mayoral campaign, local nonprofit arts groups Pro Arts, Art House Productions, and Nimbus Dance Works joined forces to create an arts-specific questionnaire in hopes of coming to a better understanding of how each mayoral candidate will support the thriving arts scene in Jersey City if elected.

Each candidate responded, providing an in-depth look into their views on the arts and their importance to the future of the city.

Q: Where and how do the arts fit with your vision for the future of Jersey City? What policies would you propose and enact that would provide a supportive environment for successful Jersey City artists and arts organizations.

Jerramiah Healy (incumbent): Jersey City?s arts community is unique, active and vibrant, making our city a better place to live and visit?The arts are also a vital component for maintaining the economic stability of Jersey City? I happen to be a music lover. I play the piano and guitar and most know that I love to sing, so the performing arts are near and dear to my heart?I look to Jersey City artists to help set the agenda and identify what they feel will best move our city forward in regards to the arts?That is why I have taken on the initiatives of our local groups and provided assistance to them in the form of staffing, funding, rentals, etc?.My administration?s focus is to foster an environment that encourages new art-related development, while supporting and expanding local arts initiated programs. I will continue to do that while also looking for creative methods to address the need for new venues.

Steven Fulop: Generally speaking, my approach to fostering an even stronger arts community has three components: education, incubation and implementation. We will accomplish art education in partnership with our schools; helping them to find their creative voices while they?re young will bring about a new generation of artists who consider Jersey City home?Art incubation means creating an atmosphere in Jersey City government which is supportive and helpful to aspiring artists. I will accomplish my third goal, implementation, with what I like to call the NewSpace program (which will be) a collaboration between the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation, the Division of Cultural affairs, local artists, and investors.

Abdul Malik: I believe that art plays a vital role in a society and shows how vibrant and culturally diverse a society is. As mayor, I will provide needed help to the artists and different art groups both in funding as well as other support that city can provide and will encourage Department of Cultural Affairs to work with different groups in an encouraging and supportive way.

Jerry Walker: (What the Walker administration) would propose and enact to provide a supportive environment for JC artists and art organizations would be more collaboration between artists and organizations, (artist-organization coalitions) to strengthen the arts districts, (artists and organizations wherever and) whenever possible working (as) joint ventures?My administration would assist in seeking donations, grants and foundation funding for artist and arts organizations (and also) work with our colleges and universities.



Q: Jersey City has few viable art venues. Quality venues are indispensable for a thriving art scene for multiple reasons: They help to bolster an art group?s identity with a clear destination for events and practice; they help build the legitimacy of arts organizations in the eyes of funders; they create a focus and a buzz contributing to the sense that something is happening in Jersey City; and they help with artistic quality by allowing for improved production and presentation in the areas of lighting, set design/construction, exhibition space, audio/acoustics, etc. Without professional venues for exhibition and performance, the arts are severely impeded. What will you do as mayor to address this critical need?

Healy: I have an obligation to keep taxes stable, to meet housing needs of low income families, and address unemployment?Those needs must be prioritized with the needs of local nonprofits. That said, there are plenty of things my administration has been doing?new art venues can be encouraged through zoning and property use changes, such as the new Riverview Arts District? In addition to that, my administration is committed to sustaining the majestic Landmark Loew?s Jersey Theatre in Journal Square?The long-awaited restoration of the Van Wagenen House, affectionately known as the ?Apple Tree House? is near completion?Lastly, we are very excited about the new White Eagle Hall project located on Newark Avenue?Plans are to develop the property as a mixed-use arts center and performance space.

Fulop: My NewSpace program will address this need?(by first acting) as a scout, identifying properties which meet criteria such as vacancy or underutilization, size and availability. NewSpace will then hold a public forum where businesses, organizations and individuals will have the opportunity to present proposals for the property?A board made up of representatives of the artistic community, city government and neighborhoods near the property will vote on a winner?The winner will then work closely with the JCEDC to negotiate financing and help via public-private partnership. New locations should be driven by the arts community not just a select organization.

Malik: I agree that quality venues are indispensable for a thriving art scene for multiple reasons and I believe that Jersey City needs a fully equipped art gallery for artists to plan exhibitions and without patronizing by the city, it?s very difficult for the art groups to survive? Without professional venues for exhibition and performance, the arts are severely impeded. As mayor, I will do all what I can within the (city?s)resources to help art groups.

Walker: JC needs a state-of-the-art performance center and cultural museum that will provide space for local groups and artists.

Q: Toll Brothers is committed to building a 500-fixed-seat theater (a proscenium theater) in the PAD as part of a development now under construction; but the real need in Jersey City is for two or three small, flexible theaters (black box theaters, capacity 50 to 200) that would cost about the same amount of money. Two or three such spaces would create a destination, a critical mass, that would make Jersey City recognized as a major player in the art world; small theaters are inexpensive and easier to fill; black box theaters can be used for a variety of purposes such as dance, theater, music, pop music, weddings and other events, so it would be easier to support itself. Theaters of this modest size would serve local artists much more effectively?giving local artists a much needed resource for their growth and emergence. On the other hand, a 500-seat theater is expensive to rent and would only be able to show major productions that would have to compete with New York City?s theater and entertainment resources. Jersey City already has theaters with 500 seats or more which are underutilized because they don?t meet the needs of Jersey City artists: they?re too large to fill and no one wants to present (or attend) a production with an empty house. Would you as mayor change the Toll Brothers redevelopment plan to call for black box theaters?

Healy: I am committed to working with Toll Brothers to allow public input about the best use of the theater space and other areas included in the project before construction begins. I understand the pitch for black box theaters in (the PAD) and will ask Toll Brothers to take that into consideration. Though there is an approved preliminary site plan, I will request a meeting with Toll Brothers and the artist community for input on the totality of performance space included in the project.

Fulop: The development in question is symptomatic of a deeper problem with Jersey City: its relationship with developers. Unfortunately, the story of the PAD over the last decade or so is a perfect example of money and connections trumping the will of the people?I want to shift the focus of the JCEDC away from land and real-estate development towards small businesses and startups?With regards to an overall amendment requiring black box theaters, it is not clear what the legal implications (would be)?or how that would be structured. I think the city would be best served by visiting multiple redevelopment sites around the city for amendments so that the arts community will flourish not only in one small pocket of the city but rather in every corner.

Malik: I agree that Jersey City needs small theaters as small theaters are inexpensive and easier to fill; black box theaters can be used for a variety of purposes such as dance, theater, music, pop music, weddings and other events, so it would be easier (for it) to support itself. Theaters of this modest size would serve local artists much more effectively?giving local artists a much needed resource for their growth and emergence. As mayor, I will do my best to help art groups to have a small theater by lobbying to different developers and the State of New Jersey.

Walker: My administration would go back and change the 500-seat theater and require smaller venues throughout the city that will not be underutilized.

Q: The city currently owns multiple unused buildings and properties which could easily be converted for temporary use as exhibition space, studio space, and, where possible, performance space. Such use would serve artists, beautify the streetscape, and promote pedestrian foot traffic. Would you enact legislation to make such spaces available to Jersey City artists and arts groups?

Healy: At this time there are no vacant buildings that I know of which would be appropriate for an arts center or performance space. The truth of the matter is that our Business Administrator has been charged with bringing in as many dollars as possible to balance the budget and keep taxes stable for our homeowners in this financial crisis. Part of that directive was to sell off city-owned properties and get them back on the tax rolls. Our city has experienced massive cuts from the State of New Jersey and we must make up that shortfall. That having been said, if available city owned properties pass fire code inspections they could be made available to nonprofit organizations on a case-by-case basis.

Fulop: Yes. This is exactly the kind of thing NewSpace will target.

Malik: Yes, I think that city can and should help in this regards and as mayor, I will provide the needed help.

Walker: My administration will allow for city-owned property to be used as temporary-use?artistic venues. Some properties may also become permanent.

Q: The Cultural Affairs Division is a hub for arts and culture in Jersey City. Given cut-backs in funding, how can resources be prioritized to ensure that they can effectively reach out and provide support to the diverse communities that make up Jersey City? Would you personally as mayor use your office to help artists and arts groups to reach out to corporations and individuals for funding?

Healy: In the face of staffing and budget cuts, I am proud of the work that the Division of Cultural Affairs has done? Though some festival funding cuts were necessary, Cultural Affairs went out and raised corporate dollars to provide seed money to our ethnic groups. In addition, they have raised corporate dollars to fund some of our concert series and assist ProArts annually with reaching out to corporate entities for tour sponsorships?City grants writers will remain cognizant of grant funding available for the arts and go after it aggressively. I have instructed our grants writers to partner with local nonprofits in seeking funding sources for citywide arts initiatives and to offer year-round assistance to local nonprofits who are writing grants. I have also encouraged our Redevelopment Agency and Economic Development Corporation to seek corporate sponsorship to help fund future art-related development and projects.

Fulop: City Hall, as well as other relevant city departments, needs to create an environment which fosters the arts?Navigating the maze of permits and regulations is so complex and time-consuming that developers pay politically connected expediters to do it for them. Those without the resources to do so, such as artists and cultural organizations, are left to fend for themselves. In addition to streamlining the city?s various approval processes, I want my office to be a resource for help securing state and federal grant funding, as well as donations and corporate investment.

Malik: Yes, I think that city can and should help in this regards and as mayor I will provide the needed help.

Walker: Yes, the Mayor?s Office can be utilized to support various artist endeavors including (submitting) grant applications to major corporations and foundations.

Q: The City Council by an 8 to 1 vote approved a resolution in October 2006 urging the City to set aside 1 percent of the hotel tax revenues (up to $100,000) for the promotion of tourism, particularly ?Jersey City?s art community, its cultural resources, such as museums and theaters, and its historic sites and recreational opportunities, all of which should make Jersey City both a unique tourist and vacation destination?. To date this resolution has not been adopted. If elected, would your administration commit to making these monies available to Jersey City arts and cultural organizations? If so, what process/procedure would you propose to disburse these monies equitably?

Healy: The 1% for the Arts resolution has been instituted and funding has been committed to Destination Jersey City programming. I am instructing my Budget Director to meet with the Director of the Division of Cultural Affairs to identify how much funding is available this year to support art programming in conjunction with our local arts and cultural community.

Fulop: I would certainly like to commit to making these funds available to the arts and cultural communities here but it would be subject to looking at the municipal budget post May 14th. Per recent Jersey Journal articles, the administration has been using overtime and raises as part of its campaign strategy and I would be hesitant to 100 percent commit on this front ?til I saw what the final impact is of their decisions during that time?with that in mind I do think this sort of funding is crucial and would do everything to see it through.

Malik: Yes, my administration will commit to making these monies available to Jersey City arts and cultural organizations.

Walker: Under the Walker Administration the 1 percent set aside will be strictly enforced and we will review prior years? allocation and wherever possible reallocate funds for the 1 percent set aside for arts. With regard to funding, my administration will use equal distribution of funds. For groups and or artist that demonstrate the need for additional funding, my administration will assist them in obtaining additional funds.

The Last Celebrity opens tomorrow! 2 DAYS ONLY

Dinner and a show special for our audience! After the show, bring your ticket stub from "The Last Celebrity" to GP's Hamilton Park right across from Art House Productions and get 10% off your bill!

For families, tweens and teens - consider joining us for the 2pm show this Saturday, with opening performances by youth from the Writopia Lab and 16 year-old Daniel Wilson performing his one-man show about learning to drive, "Click, Spark, Vroom"

Art House Productions
proudly presents
the Premiere of

THE LAST CELEBRITY
A multimedia one-man show
written and performed by
Reg E Gaines

FRI, FEBRUARY 15 at 7PM
SAT, FEBRUARY 16 at 2PM
SAT, FEBRUARY 16 at 7PM

In celebration of Black History Month 2013

Tickets $10
Buy tickets here: thelastcelebrity.brownpapertickets.com

**ADVANCE PURCHASE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED**

with Special Guests
2/15 at 7pm: RUDE
Written and Performed by Azeem

2/16 at 2pm: Writopia Lab Slam Poets
Click, Spark, Vroom
Written and Performed by Daniel Wilson

2/16 at 7pm: KOOKSPEAK
Written and Performed by Summer Dawn Hortillosa

A collage of poetry, music and monologue, The Last Celebrity is a non-linear look at reg?s accidental brush with fame and his journey from obscure street poet to writer of the Tony Award winning musical, Bring in da Noise/Bring in da Funk. This solo performance piece gives a dynamic view of Black History utilizing the vibrant energy of the current Spoken Word scene.

ABOUT REG E GAINES
reg e gaines is a two-time Tony Award and Grammy Award nominee, Bring in da Noise/Bring in da Funk, Heideman Award Finalist, The Beatles Killed Jazz, and winner of the 2003 Downtown Urban Theater Festival?s Best Play Award, Other Aspects. Directing credits include Underground Voices, Jerry Quickley?s Live from the Front, Regie Cabico?s Straight/Out, Marcella Goheen?s BLAK, Aileen Reyes? Sadico, Brick City Blues, Lesson on the A Train, and Other Aspects.

reg has published three volumes of poetry, including The Original Buckwheat, and appears in the anthologies, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Caf?, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Bum Rush the Page, City Works Literary Magazine, and The Paterson Literary Review. This former Nuyorican Poets Caf? Grand Slam Champ has read his poems on The Arsenio Hall Show, John Stewart Show, MTV?s Spoken Word Un-Plugged, Woodstock ?94, MSNBC?s Edgewise and Seasons Four/Five of HBO?s Def Poetry. His work as a composer includes the score for Senior Year, a thirteen episode series for PBS.

reg has facilitated his popular ?Is Poetry Theater?? workshops during various residencies, including The University of Southern California, Oregon Shakespeare Festivals, Hip-Hop Theater Boot Camp, The New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Nuyorican Poets Caf?, and Voz Alta Project Gallery. reg is returning for his fifth year as Artistic Director of the 2013 New York City Downtown Urban Theater Festival.

ABOUT THE SPECIAL GUESTS
Each showing of The Last Celebrity will open with a Special Guest performance.

Champion slam poet and Bay area hip hop legend Azeem will present his one-man show, RUDE at 7pm on Friday, February 15th. East Bay Express, which once crowned Azeem "Best of the Bay -Hip Hop Artist", calls RUDE ?intense, revelatory, transcendent, brilliant, poignant, and tragic.?

The 2pm show on Saturday, February 16th will open with youth performances from Writopia Lab, a national community of young writers, and 16 year-old Jersey City resident Daniel Wilson?s one-man show, Click, Spark, Vroom.

Rounding out the weekend, well known Hudson County arts and entertainment journalist Summer Dawn Hortillosa will open the 7pm show on Saturday, February 16th with her hilarious and heartwarming one-woman show, Kookspeak.

SO LOW Theater Festival opens tonight!! We've got "You Gotta Have Faith (or We'll Disown You)" at 7pm and "Kookspeak" at 8pm. JOIN US! Here is an excellent article about the festival by The Jersey City Independent http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/ ... as-comedies-to-the-stage/ All shows are $6 each, or you can buy a FESTIVAL PASS for $25 and catch as many as you can! 10 amazing shows celebrating the art of solo performance!

Thank you for your interest in the SO LOW festival, Moxiebaby!

The ticket price is $6 per show.

The one exception to this is our "shorts block" where we have bundled 3 shorter pieces together: Letters to My Mother (But Really for my Father), The Shim-Sham Slam: A Dancer's Manifesto, and Click, Start Vroom.

Also, in an effort to support the continuing development of original theater, Art House will be splitting 50% of the ticket price with the performer him/herself!

Hope you can make it out. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Art House Productions presents



Solo shows at low ticket prices!

Thursday, Sept 27
Friday, Sept 28
Saturday, Sept 29
Sunday, Sept 30

BUY TICKETS AT:
www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/13884
All shows $6.00

Location:
Art House Productions Theaterspace
1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor
Jersey City, NJ

Sponsored by
Hamilton Square
Silverman
Provident Bank

A full weekend of original one-person shows!

You Gotta Have Faith (or We'll Disown You)
9/27 @7pm, 9/28 @10:30pm
A hilarious, honest and provocative account of what it's like to be an atheist in a very Catholic family

Kookspeak
9/27 @8pm, 9/29 @10:30pm
A series of monologues from the mouths of people who live inside their heads.

Makeshift
9/27 @9pm, 9/29 @9:15pm
Beatbox stories of living on the urban grid.

Hurricane Alana
9/28 @7pm, 9/30 @5:45pm
A funny and touching story about a girl's search for love, a home and a good mold specialist.

Musical Theater for Asian Males (Only Edition)
9/28 @8:15pm, 9/29 @4pm
One Asian man looks at the role of his race in theater, media, and society.

RUDE
9/28 @9:30pm, 9/30 @ 8pm
A poetic world where Demetrius has a spirit child in his hand, Hipsters attempt the great revolution, and televisions are manufactured to watch people back.

Going to America
9/29 @5:15pm, 9/30 @3pm
A Welsh boy immigrating to the fantasy of a new life experiences the journey we all take from childhood to adolescence.

Fore/closure
9/29 @6:30pm, 9/30 @7pm
The riveting true account of a family's turbulent journey down the rabbit hole of unemployment, poverty and the threat of homelessness.

Letters to My Mother (But Really for my Father)
9/29 @7:45pm, 9/30 @4:15pm
Sometimes, the most important conversation you can have is with someone who is gone.

Click, Start, Vroom
9/29 @7:45pm, 9/30 @4:15pm
A 17-year-old explains the first time he ever experienced the thrill of being behind the wheel.

The Shim-Sham Slam: A Dancer's Manifesto
9/29 @7:45pm, 9/30 @4:15pm
Blending spoken word with dance, The Shim Sham Slam: a Dancer's Manifesto looks at the highs and lows of dedicating your life to a near impossible dream.


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