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River View Observer Best Pick- Up Coming Exhibition -Art- RoCa: Jersey Style

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rcalero_aypapi_w5.jpgTake a closer look at the work of NuJeRICAN artist Rodriguez Calero and her colorful Characters. With AN inimitable, impulsive Style.

 Rodriguez Calero
Slam Master 2007  

Collage, Courtesy of the artist

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 www.jerseycitymuseum.org

Jersey City Museum 350 Montgomery St. @ Monmouth St.

 Jersey City, NJ 201-414-0303

September 18, 2008 – February 22, 2009

Opening Reception: September 25th, 2008

This season, the Project Gallery features one of Jersey’s own. Rodriguez Calero-or RoCa-presents us with a gallery full of her cast of characters that include dancers, children, fashion models, and pop culture icons. A self-described NuJerican (Puerto Rican born in New Jersey), the artist fills her inimitable, impulsive collages with images inspired by the local urban landscape.

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September Cover Story-Caring for Those Who Cared For Us

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By Tom Dwyer
            With a budget of ten million dollars, Edward Benoit, the Executive Director of the Hudson County Office on Aging (HCOA), has learned to stretch a buck.  With a staff of ten employees, he oversees an agency that is currently assisting over 20,000 Hudson County senior citizens every year.  The sobering fact is that Hudson County has the highest percentage of senior poverty in the state of New Jersey.  But Ed Benoit, who has been the director of the HCOA for over two years, has big plans for the future. “My agency wants to reach out to as many seniors as possible and help them in every way that we can. We offer a number of community-based services including legal services, protective services, nutrition programs, Meals-on-Wheels, dental programs and housing.”  That’s why Benoit and senours-at-computers-sept-cover-rvo.JPGhis staff are about to kick off a marketing blitz to reach out to seniors in Hudson County to let them know more about programs available to them. Using flyers, meetings, focus groups, a new website and booklet, Benoit is determined to reach all who need assistance.  He is also targeting those who help take care of seniors.   “There are many caregivers who are taking care of a family member, friend or neighbor. We want to let them know that there are services available for them as well.”

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River View Observer asks?-Will Hudson County Residents Drink NYC Bottled Water?

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Their Marketing information has the tag line:

 No Glaciers Were Harmed Making This  Water or Not From The Top Of Some Far Away Mountain and The Anti-Bottle Water, Bottled Water

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If you havent figured it out already, this marketing information is from a company selling bottled water but just not any water –NYC tap water – The company Tap’d NY .Their tap’d NY Manifesto for the New  Age states…Year after year, bottled water companies have told us that their water was somehow healthier or better for us than our own water. They spent billions of dollars on marketing to make us believe that we needed exotic water, in sleek packaging, from far away Arctic glaciers, tropical islands, and European volcanoes. We fell for the fancy marketing gimmicks, too, and the brands we drank started to become status symbols. But we’re New Yorkers and are ready for an honest change.  It’s time for a better way of thinking, er, drinking: A Tap’dNY Manifesto for the new age.

For more informaiton         http://www.tapdny.com/index.php  

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River View Observer Local Theater Best Pick-The Sisters Rosensweig at The Attic Ensemble

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       http://atticensemble.org.  September 19-28,         

By Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Sherrie Ahlin

The Sisters Rosensweig follows the reunion of three Jewish sisters who come together for a visit in Queen Anne’s Gate, London, and the joys and struggles they share concerning romance, careers, childhood, and family–joys and struggles with which we all identify, not only as women but as human beings.

 Featuring:

Jean Brookner, Meredith Burns, Art Delo, Hugh Heckman, David Hoffman, Ana Jacome, Michael Rhett and Victoria Steele

Performances are September 19-28, 2008: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 3 pm and Thursday September 25 at 7 pm. and Sunday Matinees at 3 pm.
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River View Observer’s- Fashion Pick of the Month

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Eclectic Handbag E-Boutique

Use Code RIVER20 for a 20% discount, free ground shipping(in US) and an additional FREE eco-tote with purchase. 

Fresh and eclectic e-Boutique, stefaniBags.com  Founded by handbag aficionado, Monica Prestia, stefaniBags.com offers both modern, functional classics and chic, independent styles that transcend time and trend.

Featured contemporary brands include, but are not limited to: Cynthia Rowley, Foley & Corinna, Olivia Harris, Alexis Hudson, Jenny Yuen, Bliss Lau, Jalda, Abas, Matt & Nat, Elliott Lucca and Linea Pelle. Price points range from $200-$850.

“I wanted to create the Cybil of handbag websites—offering customers something unique and special; something for every personality.” Continue reading River View Observer’s- Fashion Pick of the Month →