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The subjects of Joan Ross’s watercolors include the lakes, quiet woodlands and historic farms of northern New Jersey.
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Artery show to feature a media trio
MILFORD, PAThe Artery Gallery will feature textile works by Jane Blake, watercolors by Joan Ross and sculpture and acrylic paintings by Frank Shuback in its exhibition this month. The exhibit opens Thursday, November 9 and ends December 3, with an artists reception on Saturday, November 18 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Blake studied to be a painter in Oxford, England, Paris, and the School of the Visual Arts in New York City, but learned to do batik and sold her first fabrics in Israel. In New York she continued to produce painted fabric for theater, film and the fashion industry.
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What's at the Movies
by Ian Pugh
Trilogies of terror: Saw III and The Santa Clause 3
As we know it today, the trilogy is an artistic attempt to make the piece in question seem somehow rounded and intentional, something where each installment is equally important to the point of some great, all-encompassing work. Its an idea that encompassed mainstream cinema in 2006, where part three figured no fewer than six times. Common for sequels, but not trilogies. How odd it is to find two of these part threes—both, in their own way, touted to be final chapters—placed practically side by side in theaters while being offered to nearly opposite audiences.
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NACL hosts an exercise in puppetry and imagination
HIGHLAND LAKE, NYThe world premiere of the Grand Falloons Soutine and Singer: A Puppet Trilogy, a musical theatre performance for all ages based on stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, November 10 and 11, at the NACL theatre.
The performance is a theatre/puppet show that uses a mixture of physical actors, puppets, original music and a set based on the paintings of the Russian artist Chaim Soutine. The show is directed and adapted by Stephen Ringold, co-founder of The Grand Falloons, based in New York City.
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