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lackawanna
blues
 Tony
Award-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson's
Obie Award-winning drama Lackawanna Blues
is coming to NJPAC April 3 - 6. Santiago-Hudson
lovingly transports us back to the days
of his youth in Lackawanna, New York, in
a tender, soulful ode to the remarkable
woman who raised him. Accompanied by live
music written and performed by legendary
bluesman Bill Sims Jr., Santiago-Hudson
brings to life more than twenty rich and
colorful characters in a vivid recollection
of his days with his beloved Miss Rachel
in her boarding-house, a place where men
and women with little hope could find love
and care and a second chance at life.
- where
to see
lackawanna blues
april 3-6
new jersey performing arts center
36 park place
newark, nj
www.njpac.org
888-go-njpac
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great
pots
 A
pot can serve a function and can serve as
art. That's the basis for a new exhibit
at the Newark Museum. Great Pots: Contemporary
Ceramics from Function to Fantasy features
over 175 pieces of artist-made studio ceramics
from all over the world. State of the Arts
takes a look at these unique and original
pieces and explains how a great pot can
be beautiful, useful, and wise.
- where
to see
great pots: contemporary ceramics from
function to fantasy
through June 1
the newark museum
49 washington street
newark, new jersey
www.newarkmuseum.org
973-596-6550
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george
antheil
 Born
in Trenton, NJ, in 1900, George Antheil
was a musical genius, concert pianist, and
avant-garde composer. He became famous for
his mechanically-inspired works: the Airplane
Sonata, the Ballet Mecanique, and the Death
of Machines. He lived in Paris where he
was embraced by the moderns, Ezra Pound,
Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and Erik Satie.
He later moved to Hollywood and wrote dozens
of film scores. His colorful autobiography
is called Bad Boy of Music. The Composers
Guild of New Jersey is sponsoring a George
Antheil Festival in Trenton the weekend
of March 21-23. State of the Arts gives
a preview.
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man
ray
Painter,
photographer, filmmaker, and writer,
Man Ray is one of the best known artists
of the 20th century. Born in Philadelphia
in 1890, he grew up in Brooklyn, and
later lived in Paris and Hollywood.
But from 1913 to 1916, Man Ray lived
in Ridgefield, New Jersey, in a little
shack near other artists and writers
in a kind of artists' colony. It was
in Ridgefield that he met and married
the Belgian poet Adon Lacroix, and that
he first became friends with Marcel
Duchamp. Conversion to Modernism:
The Early Work of Man Ray explores
this little known and seminal period
of Man Ray's development.
- where to see
conversion to modernism: the early work of man ray
through august 3
the montclair art museum
3 south mountain avenue
montclair, new jersey
www.montclair-art.com
973-746-5555
- also read
"man ray: american artist" by neil baldwin, dacapo press, 2000
- also visit
"man ray: prophet of the avant-garde", a pbs american masters production
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Man
Ray by Alfred Stieglitz
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