River View Observer November 1-November 15, 2020

November 1–November 15, 2020

Volume 24 No. 11

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Art House Productions Announces In-Person and Virtual Programming Through February 2021 Art House Productions (Meredith Burns, Executive Director) is proud to announce a hybrid of visual and performing arts programming through February 2021. The mini-season includes in-person gallery shows, online artist talks, a radio play, Virtual Drag Queen Bingo, and virtual editions of Jersey City’s favorite festivals—including Your Move: New Jersey’s Modern Dance Festival and JC Fridays. The season includes both free and ticketed events. All ticket information can be found at www.arthouseproductions.org.

“Art House is truly pumped to continue our mission virtually. Join our online community for some unforgettable experiences featuring a diverse group of artists in theater, visual arts, dance, comedy, music, and more,” says Art House Executive Director, Meredith Burns.

The season kicks off with the return of Virtual Drag Bingo, a weekly bingo

American soil through the lens of a fictionalized Slovak immigrant and his wife who may or may not be involved in the attack.

Funded in part through the Hudson County Historical Partnership Grant, the original project was imagined to include in-person readings on location in Jersey City, however, to adapt the project to the current safety guidelines, Casella’s play will be adapted as a radio play and distributed as a podcast directed by Alan Muraoka. Additionally, a free virtual panel discussion about the historical event featuring local historians and the play’s creHouse Gallery is excited to Also in November, Art ative team will take place present: “Attachment”, a solo House will produce a radio on Zoom following the exhibition of new paintings, drawings and installations by play of Martin Casella’s release of the podcast. The Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern from Black Tom Island. Based radio play will be distribNovember 7 – 29, 2020. The on an actual incident that uted and the virtual panel in-person artist’s reception took place in Jersey City discussion will take place is scheduled for Saturday, in 1916, Black Tom Island in January 2021.

November 7th from 2pm to explores the first docuIn December, Art House 4pm at the Art House Gallery mented terrorist attack on Cont’d on page 11 17th Street, Jersey City, NJ 07310. Eight guests at a time and masks required; contact information will November 13 at 8:00pm be collected for contract EST - The Cat’s Meow tracing. Additional gallery MEOW! Show that you hours are November 22 & are the king or queen of the November 29 from 12pm to jungle by dressing as your 3pm. Private appointments favorite animal for Bingo are also available; please this week! (furry friends are email Andrea McKenna at invited too) gallery@arthouseproducNovember 20 at 8:00pm tions.org to schedule. A free, EST - Diva’s Week - Donna or Diana? Madonna or Gaga? virtual artist talk hosted by Andrea McKenna taking Get camera ready and dress place on Zoom will be anlike your favorite diva for nounced at a later date.

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game hosted by Jersey City Drag Queen Vanity Ray. Starting October 16, every Friday night at 8:00pm EST / 5:00pm PST, Vanity Ray will host 4 virtual rounds of online bingo using Zoom.

Each round’s winner gets a prize. Prizes include gift certificates to Jersey Social and the West Side Partnership, bingo boards, and cash for the final round! Bingo boards cost $12 each. To register online, please visit: https://bit. ly/3aOpkSK. Upcoming game themes include: November 6 at 8:00pm EST - Sugar, Spice & Everything Nice - Got a sweet tooth, or do you like it hot? Show your allegiance by dressing Sweet or Spicy for Bingo this week.

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VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE A “Choose Your Own Destination” Event.

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The full schedule for the week at: www.hccc.edu/openhouse

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“During this difficult time, our local busiBayonne Distributes $2.6 Million nesses have suffered Coronavirus Relief Funds to Local financially. These relief Businesses funds should help make Mayor Jimmy Davis Bayonne businesses that up for some of their announced that the City applied and qualified for losses in 2020. I would of Bayonne is distribthe relief grants. The like to thank County uting $2.6 million in checks were mailed out Executive Tom DeGise Coronavirus relief funds on Thursday, October and County Freeholder that it received from 29,so business grant Kenny Kopacz for the the Hudson County recipients can expect to county’s work on this administration. receive their checks by important financial reThe relief is in the form mail in early November. lief program.” of checks, which are be- Mayor Davis said, This relief program ing distributed to 172 was designed to provide financial grants to small WINTER COMING WINTERISIS HERE businesses affected by Get Your Fur Coat Ready! the COVID-19 pandemic. First priority was given to businesses which had not received Shearing Take that old fur out of Remodeling your closet & let us reany federal grant Restyling is style it into something

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Join No Dominion Theatre Co. for America!: A Work in Progress, a 3-day online event detailing the progress of our latest work, the epic political drama America! by Michael Joel.

Over fours years in the making, America! is told from the perspectives of a conservative news anchor, a suburban housewife, and a newly elected president and his opposition, and examines the American political system, the media’s effect on it, and how that system can go from seemingly bad to unimaginably destructive.

Each day, we will share new content surrounding the play, from interviews, source material, performances, and more.

WHEN: Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15, 2020 WHERE: Eventbrite Virtual Event Page (link to be provided) Tickets are pay-whatyou can with a suggested donation of $20. One ticket purchase gains access to all three days, as well as future access to any of the materials (after the event has ended).

Any donation over $40 will receive a copy of the script in progress!

10% of all ticket sales will be donated to the ACLU. WEEKEND SCHEDULE FRI, NOV 13: Take a

peek at curated source materials that inspired the play, including texts, video clips, music, and images, and tune in for an interview with the playwright, Michael Joel, and our resident dramaturg, Carrie O’Dell, about the inspiration for the play and exciting plans for the future.

SAT, NOV 14: Commissioned works based on the play will be available to view at your leisure on the event page. We are thrilled to commission our frequent collaborators and friends to develop new, original pieces in different mediums, using the play as inspiration.

More details to follow.

SUN, Nov 15: Our weekend concludes on with an immersive live virtual performance followed by a live Q&A with all of the commissioned artists.

For questions, please email nodominiontheatre@gmail.com. #AmericaWIP No Dominion Theatre Co. is a Jersey Citybased, nonprofit company whose mission is to produce original theatre that is visceral, engaging, and utilizes unconventional storytelling with a collaborative ensemble.

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Art House Productions Announces In-Person and Virtual Programming Through February 2021 Cont’d from page 3

will present Virtual JC Fridays on December 4 at 7pm on Zoom. Now in its third iteration, Virtual JC Fridays is an online version of JC Fridays, a free, quarterly arts festival spotlighting performing and visual arts in Jersey City. Presentations include studio visits, art tutorials, music performances, and more. This event will feature ASL interpreters and closed captions. Admission is free, advance registration is required to receive the Zoom link. To register, please visit www.jcfridays.com.

Also in December, the Art House Gallery will present “The Very Affordable Art Show,” curated by Andrea McKenna. For the past three years, the Art House Gallery has hosted the “The Affordable Art Show” with works $500 and under. This year, understanding the financial strain the pandemic has had on so many individuals and families, all works will be priced at $250 and under, hence “The Very Affordable Art Show!” The group exhibit will feature local artists from Jersey City and Hudson County. A free, virtual tour of the exhibit will be part of Virtual JC Fridays on Friday, December 4 at 7pm on Zoom. The in-person artist’s reception is scheduled for Saturday, December 5th from 12pm to 5pm, and Sunday December 6th from 12pm to 5pm at the Art House Gallery in the Cast Iron Lofts, 262 17th Street, Jersey City, NJ 07310. Eight guests at a time and masks required; contact information will be collected for contract tracing. Private appointments are also available; please email Andrea McKenna at gallery@ arthouseproductions.org to schedule.

In early 2021, Art House will produce the 11th Annual Your Move: New Jersey’s Modern Dance Festival, the

jete award-winning festival designed to support inventive choreographers from New Jersey and beyond. For the first time in the festival’s history, the events will be presented virtually. This program is supported by a Masterwork Arts Community Grant. The festival will include online dance performances and artist talks. The festival will take place in January or February 2021.

Art House Productions also provides private bingo parties for corporate events and personal celebrations.

Previous parties have been held for company happy hours, college student groups and birthday parties. “My friends surprised me with [Virtual Drag Bingo] and the moment I joined the zoom call, I knew it was going to be amazing. The music was spot on to my taste, the jokes had me dying of laughter and the little roasts were hilarious. Everyone who joined the call had a great time. I truly enjoyed Drag Bingo and recommend it to anyone celebrating a birthday, bachelorette/bachelor party or need a way to stay connected with friends,” says Samantha of Los Angeles, California.

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BAYONNE’S ENZO PALUMBO SITS AT FINAL TWO WITH RIGHT OR DIE JERSEY BOY CODY CALAFIORE

Enzo Palumbo No final three for Viewers knew that Cody Bayonne’s Enzo Califore was a clear Palumbo when his winner for the $500,000 main bro in the house based on his outstandCody Calafiore picked ing performance; never Palumbo over Nicole sitting on the block the Franzel winner of BB 18 entire time in the house to sit in as his final two and winning nine comfor the finale of BB 22 petitions (five HOHs All Stars finale. and four POVs).Plus an Palumbo was ecstatic excellent social game at the news he would be creating alliances with sitting with Calafiore members of the house and may have a chance and never getting blood at winning the $500,000 on his hands as house prize. He hailed Cody as memebers were voted a great guy, his guy, his off the show. bro, and Palumbo didn’t Enzo fans were hophold back thanking and ing somehow Palumbo telling Calafiore how would be selected by grateful he was at the the Jury to win BB 22 chance to sit as his final based on his game play two. winning comps early on Ten years ago and being a Big Brother Palumbo came in 3rd house favorite. place in BB 12. A feat In our house there he had expressed this were screams of anticigame cycle he didn’t pation for the viewer fawant to repeat and vorite Palumbo ,howevhoped to go all the way er, when the votes were in BB 22. counted Calafiore won It was obvious to nine of the nine votes viewers that these two cast by the remaining Jersey Boys had a genu- Jury members for his ine love and respect for outstanding play during each other from the first the game. day when entering the Palumbo wons house Calafiore and $50,000 for his 2nd Palumbo created an alli- place spot. ance for final two under Da Vonne Rogers won the name The Root. $25,000 as Favorite Houseguest

Cody Calafiore A well deserved win for Calafiore. Palumbo was visibly excited for his friend as the two hugged at Calafiore’s win.

Back in Bayonne, residents are waiting for the return of our favorite son Palumbo, and perhaps for his undying love of Bayonne shown

by Palumbo often wearing Bayonne T-shirts on the popular Big Brother show, the city of Bayonne could present him with a key to the city showing Palumbo in Bayonne he is first, not second or Third.

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Galleries presented a According to historian special group exhibition Barbara Petrick, “A called ‘Jerseyscapes’ beehive, symbolize[ed] to celebrate the garden the thrift and industry state from wide-ranging of many humble workperspectives. That exers . . . .” (Petrick 30). hibition was created In 1843 a local newsand curated by Ms. paper, the Jersey City Yoshimoto. It featured SILVERMAN and Advertiser, described over thirty works in dithe purpose of the sav- Hamilton Square verse media, (including Condominium ings bank: “We expect glass sculpture, video, to see deposits made by Association present and a public art projmechanics, and artisans, PRO ARTS JERSEY ect), by sixteen local CITY Jerseyscapes III laborers, and servants, and international artists Artist Talkwith shopkeepers and apAccording to Ms. Curator Kristin J. prentices, men and Yoshimoto, “In the women, boys and girls . DeAngelis and the original ‘Jerseyscapes,’. . . these will be the pro artists of

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the collected vistas represented, each in their own way, the artists’ particular interests and experiences. As a whole, ‘Jerseyscapes’ exhibitions invite viewers to explore surprisingly multifaceted views of Jersey City.”

Exhibition on view in the Hamilton Square lobby from July 15, 2020 to December 2020.

Please contact curator Kristin J. DeAngelis for a private tour: 201.280.4821.

The exhibition will be on view at SILVERMAN’s The Hamilton Square Condominiums through the end of December 2020 during regular business hours and by appointment.

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HUDSON COUNTY REAL ESTATE NEWS

Foreclosure Prevention Project for Struggling Homeowners Launches at The Waterfront Project with Support from Hudson County Many residents have lost income due to the COVID-19 health crisis.

While much attention has been paid to the tenants unable to pay their rent, homeowners are also struggling to make their mortgage payments.

Concerned about Hudson County’s struggling homeowners, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, in coordination with the Board of Chosen Freeholders, has launched a Foreclosure Prevention Project with local nonprofit organization, The Waterfront Project, Inc. The Foreclosure Prevention Project provides free, confidential foreclosure prevention counseling by an

experienced housing counselor, certified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

County Executive Tom DeGise explained that “if a homeowner is having difficulty making their mortgage payments, I encourage them to contact the Foreclosure Prevention Project as soon as possible, you do not have to go through this process alone.

The County of Hudson wants you to get the help that you need.”

The Waterfront Project, Inc. (WFP) has hired veteran housing counselor William “Bill” Paige to serve as the HUDcertified housing counselor. Bill brings nearly 20 years of foreclosure

prevention counseling experience to Hudson County. Bill previously served as a Sr. Foreclosure Specialist and a Homeownership Counselor for the Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island, The Urban League, and the Tri-City People’s Corporation.

Bill Paige explained that a foreclosure prevention counselor will provide struggling homeowners with information and guidance tailored to their specific situation, “it’s my job to help you understand your options and, in many cases, help you renegotiate the terms of your mortgage, making it more affordable. If your circumstances do not allow

for you to remain in your home, I can identify programs that will help you relocate and transition into new housing.”

The Waterfront Project, Inc. (WFP) is a nonprofit legal services organization and HUD-certified housing counseling agency serving low and moderate income Hudson County residents. Since its founding in 2013, due to the growing eviction crisis WFP has primarily focused on eviction through housing counseling by HUD-certified housing counselors and free legal representation in Landlord Tenant Court.

WFP Board President, Isabel Chou, is pleased about this new partnership with Hudson County, “our expansion to include foreclosure prevention among our offered services, fits nicely with our eviction prevention work, both prevent the displacement of Hudson County residents from their communities and ensure that

vulnerable residents have equal access to justice.”

WFP Executive Director, Rebecca Symes, explained a unique function of the program, related to a foreclosure registry that Hudson County has created giving municipalities the option to participate. “Local ordinances require banks and mortgagees to register as they initiate foreclosure proceedings.

The program is available to all Hudson County resident homeowners.

Hudson County Executive DeGise elaborated “there is no income eligibility criteria for this program, we wanted to make the program available to all homeowners, so there are no barriers to receiving these free services.”

Homeowners can schedule an appointment with the Foreclosure Prevention Project at The Waterfront Project by calling (551) 256-7578 or emailing wpaige@thewaterfrontproject.gov.

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