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Oct 2012 • The Gallery

The Places of Our Lives

October 9, 2012 – January 7, 2013

Meet the Artists, Tuesday, October 9, 6:30—8pm
Gallery Talk
, Monday, October 29, 6:30—8pm

Juror’s Statement:

Painting The Mill by Vimala Arunachalam ©2012The exhibiting artists present work in a range of styles that use traditional materials and classical and contemporary techniques, offering an array of sites and ideas for the viewer to contemplate. Some are fanciful and wondrous, Carole Grand (Time and Eternity) and some are Continue reading

Oct 2012 • Camera Club

South Brunswick
Camera Club

Next Meeting October 3, 7:00pm–9:45pm

Now Meeting at the South Brunswick: Public Works–Water & Sewer Utilities Building (map and photo below) adjacent to the Municipal Building.  SBCC meetings are from 7:00pm–9:45pm and will start promptly. No food or drinks are allowed.

Announcing: South Brunswick & Princeton Camera Clubs Joint Photography Show–Art Ways Gallery, December, 2012. (Gallery opening date to be determined)

October 3 Meeting Agenda:

How to prepare your photos for the Gallery Show. Continue reading

Oct 2012 • Jazz Cafe

South Brunswick Arts Commission

presents

The Jazz Café

Shikantaza • Friday, October 12, 8—10pm

Skikantaza

Shikantaza

Lori Pantaleo, vocalist

Lori Pantaleo, vocalist

Shikantaza is a musical group dedicated to finding the hidden jazz jewels in the Great American Songbook, as well as performing original and esoteric musical works. Continue reading

Oct 2012 • Poetry Series

South Brunswick Arts Commission

Poetry Series

in Cooperation with South Brunswick Library

Sunday October 21, 2–4pm

Poet Wanda Praisner

Wanda S. Praisner

 

Wanda S. Praisner is a recipient of fellowships from the NJ State Council on the Arts and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, is author of A Fine and Bitter Snow (Palanquin Press, USCA, 2003), On the Bittersweet Avenues of Pomona (winner of the Spire Press Poetry Chapbook Competition, 2005), and Where the Dead Are, forthcoming from CavanKerry Press. Her poems appear in Atlanta Review, Lullwater Review, and Prairie Schooner. She is a resident poet for the NJ State Council on the Arts.

Elizabeth Anne Socolow

Elizabeth Anne Socolow

Elizabeth Anne Socolow was a founding member of the US 1 Poets’ Cooperative in 1972, and has Continue reading

Sept-Oct 2012 • The Gallery

Through The Camera’s Eye

Photography Exhibit Through October 2 features
Bob Ambrosio, Michael Derer, Bill Hoo, John Sandstedt
Exhibit Through October 2

Gallery Talk, Monday, September 24, 6:30–8pm  Followed by Camera Club Meeting

The photographers exhibiting in Through the Camera’s Eye will show images and discuss their work. Each presents a unique point of view. Bob Ambrosio (Dayton), “…focuses with a fine artistic sense, momentsin time that move him.” Michael Derer (Kendall Park), “…A former photojournalist, now turns his eye away from public people and events to the world in his own backyard.” Bill Hoo, (Plainsboro), Continue reading

Sept-Oct 2012 • Jazz Cafe

Eric Mintel Quartet
Friday, September 7, 8—10pm

In 1993, Eric Mintel formed his Quartet. His jazz work is heavily influenced by Dave Brubeck, but he also composes and performs orchestral and choral music, blending jazz, classical and the sacred choral music of Duke Ellington. The quartet has performed twice at the White House for Presidents Clinton and Obama, as well as numerous times at the Kennedy Center. His piano performance is accompanied by Nelson Hill (sax, clarinet and flute), Jack Hegyi (bass) and David Mohn (drums). In July 2012, the quartet released their 10th CD, this time of all original music, Just Around The Corner. For more, visit www.ericmintelquartet.com. Continue reading

Sept-Oct 2012 • Poetry Series

Basil Rouskas • Hank Kalet
Sunday, September 16, 2–4pm

Basil Rouskas has been writing poetry for over 30 years. His first poetry lines in the Greek language were protests against the military Junta who took over Greece and ruled it until the mid 70’s. He currently writes mainly in English. His first chapbook, Redrawing Borders, was published in 2010 by Finishing Line Press and drew favorable reviews in the Journal of Hellenic Diaspora in 2012. Basil’s poetry has been featured in many poetry venues, including the New York Times, Princeton Public Library Podcast, Helix Magazine, Shot Glass Journal, and TIFERET, A Journal of Spiritual Literature. www.nov-aspire.com

Hank Kalet is a freelance writer and political columnist whose poetry Continue reading

Sept-Oct 2012 • Camera Club

  Camera Club

 September 24 meeting is a double event featuring Through the Camera’s Eye Gallery Talk at 6:30-8pm and Grounds for Sculpture SBCC Members’ Photo Slideshow at 8pm-10pm. Both will take place at The Gallery and Main Conference Room on the 1st floor, SB Municipal Building, 540 Route 522, Monmouth Junction. Continue reading

August 2012 • The Gallery

THE GALLERY

Through the Camera’s Eye
Bob Ambrosio, Michael Derer,
Bill Hoo, John Sandstedt

Photography Exhibit Through October 2
Gallery Talk, Monday September 24, 6:30-8pm

 SeptGalleryTalk

“We have shown the work of many fine photographers in past exhibits. Among them, these four particularly stand out as extremely gifted and professional. Each is so unique in his background and approach to his craft that I felt, together, they would present a rich invitational exhibit. Continue reading

Fall 2012 • Jazz Cafe

The Jazz Café  2012 Fall Programs

begin Friday, September 7, 8-10pm

September 7Eric Mintel Quartet, www.ericmintel.com
October 12 • Shikantaza, www.shikantazamusic.com
November 2 Sandy Sasso Quintet, www.sandysasso.com
December 14Carol Hamersma, www.carolhamersma.com
Admission $6 at the door, (includes light refreshment); doors open 7:30pm Information: 732.329.4000 x7635 • arts@sbtnj.net
For more jazz throughout the state, www.NJJazzList.com.

September 7 • Eric Mintel Quartet Continue reading