Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Dec. 16, 2020)
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Karen Eterovich and Frank Farrell are cast in First Flight Theatre Company s Dickens by Candlelight: A Christmas Carol. First Flight Theatre Company
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The Ridgewood-based First Flight Theatre Company was created in November 2019 but has yet to take off, grounded by the coronavirus.
The not-for-profit troupe “devoted to presenting the plays of 20th century American playwright Maxwell Anderson” and other playwrights who “instill poetry in their writing” has had a couple of test-flight readings and workshop productions over the past year, but still awaits the day it can mount its first full-fledged work.
Film by RVCC Dance Professor Named Finalist in International Festival
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Terpsichore s Sacrilegium, a dance film by Raritan Valley Community College Professor of Dance Loretta Di Bianca Fois of Branchburg, has been named a finalist in the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival of Athens, Greece. The piece, which was filmed outside the RVCC Arts Building, features RVCC Adjunct Associate Professor of Dance Lauren Beirne of Brooklyn, NY.
The international festival honors films monthly, and
Terpsichore s Sacrilegium was a recent finalist in the “Best Music/Dance/Art Film” category. The year’s 12 finalists will compete for the annual award of “Best Movie of the Year” in November 2021.
He is the son of John and Jan Simonetti of Netcong.
âAll Mount Olive Police Officers, once they graduate the police academy, must successfully complete the Field Training Program,â said Police Chief Stephen Beecher.
âThe program generally lasts three months and rookie officers must successfully meet the 597 training objectives that cover a multitude of police activities, laws, policies and procedures.â
Simonetti is a 2011 graduate of Belvidere High School. He attended Raritan Valley Community College in fall that year and, in February 2012, enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving through December of 2015. During that time he was deployed to Djibouti and Kuwait.
Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Dec. 9, 2020)
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
The Raritan Valley Community College arts and design department will continue its virtual concert series with “Cinderella,” a live-streamed from Nash Theatre on the Branchburg campus 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, performed by pianist Artyom Pak.
The program will include 19 pieces from Sergey Prokofiev’s ballet, “Cinderella,” in the composer’s own piano arrangements. An online discussion with Pak will follow the program.
Born in Tashkent, Pak gave his first solo recital at age 9, made his first appearance with an orchestra at age 13, and since has played with the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, State Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, and the Mihail Jora orchestra of Bacau, Romania. His solo repertoire contains works from J.S. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, John Cage others