Spring 2013 Hoboken Arts & Music Festival: Sunday, May 5th

The first of two Hoboken Arts & Music Festivals in 2013 takes place on Washington Street between Observer Highway and 7th Streets on Sunday, May 6th.

Just like always (rinse, repeat), you can mill around the streets from 11am to 6pm to see hundreds of (mostly) out-of-town vendors selling food, artwork, and myriad of other trinkets and tchotchkes.

Big attractions are typically the zeppoles and fried crab cakes – and of course Cake Boss oglers will be around too. Three music stages also set up. The main stage is south of the CVS downtown, a kiddie stage at 3rd Street, and a secondary stage at the north end of the festival between 6th and 7th Streets.

Some of this year’s featured musical acts include:

• Headlining: Mike Doughty
• John Eddie
• Karyn Kuhl
• Bern & the Brights
• Lloyd United
• Swingadelic, and more.

Unique performance from Taiko Zuko

One particular act that stands out from the rest this year is Taiko Zuko.

Taiko Zuko is a Japanese style drum troupe from Glenn Weber’s New Jersey School of Percussion in West Orange. They perform using traditional Japanese “Taiko” drums and play traditional, contemporary and original pieces, combining choreographed movements and unique rhythms to create exciting percussive performances. This art form, which was developed after World War ll, combines large Temple drums with smaller drums that were used in Kabuki Theatre performances, creating the current Taiko Ensemble.

Here’s a video of what you might expect to see this weekend. Pretty cool, right?

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Right Angle Hoboken hosts NYC artist Simin Vaswani

Starting this Saturday evening, April 27th, Right Angle (1108 Washington St.) hosts “Movement – A unique art exhibition,” featuring Indian artist Simin Vaswani.

“A unique painting exhibition is set to open at the Right Angle Art Gallery in Hoboken.

The exhibition titled “Movement” features a series of paintings by a talented, up and coming NYC artist Simin Vaswani. The artist combines spiritual, energetic and abstract motives in her colorful paintings. Such unique mixture of creativity leads the viewer onto a powerful journey of raw emotions, creativity and ultimately a purifying catharsis.

Simin was born in India and her art is deeply rooted in healing and spiritual practices of both the Eastern and Western traditions.

The opening wine & cheese reception will take place on the night of April 27th.

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GROW at Monroe Center Offers a Day of Free Workshops in Hoboken

GROW at the Monroe Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a day of free workshops to celebrate it’s members breadth of offerings.

On Sunday, April 14th, the twenty member companies of GROW will offer more than 75 free workshops. Topics like digital photography, sewing, dance, silk painting, music, scrapbooking, martial arts, nutrition, drawing, makeup & beauty, bootcamp fitness, and more. Workshops are available for kids and adults, each lasting 45 minutes.

“We want to capture the energy and excitement of the first day of school,” said Craig Wallace Dale, owner of Beyond the Photograph. 

These workshops are meant to inspire participants and allow them to sample programs offered at the Monroe Center. Visitors can attend as many as six free workshops.

This community of teachers at the Monroe Center are dedicated to helping adults and children grow in mind, body, and spirit through art, music, and movement. Which options do you like most? I’ve already mastered everything they offer except makeup & beauty – so I’ll give it a shot!

The event runs from 11am to 5pm.

Early registration for the event is encouraged and you can win a free iPad simply by registering on line at monroecenter.com/GROW

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The Distillery Gallery in Jersey City hosts: City of Life

Have any of you been to The Distillery Gallery & Artspace up in Jersey City yet?

You might want to add it to your list – because our art gallery options here in Hoboken are kind of limited. With the exception of Gallery 1200 on Washington Street, and some more off-the-beaten-path spots at the Monroe Center and Neumann Leathers, not much to choose from here in the mile square.

Starting this Friday, April 5th from 6:30pm to 10:00pm The Distillery is opening their City of Life Gallery – which also features a cool picture from Hoboken photographer Jay Rubenstein (who’s often featured here on Hoboken411 as well.)

Other artists include: John Crittenden, Geraldine Anderson Gaines, Maribel Guerrero, Stephanie Guillen, Daniel Guzman, Jason Henry, Caridad Kennedy, Beth Lucas, Julie McHargue, Kathleen Patricia Odenthal, JoanMarie Palmer, AJ Romano, Roslyn Rose, Alexis Rotter and Richard Satz. The exhibit was curated by Kristin J. DeAngelis.

The Distillery is located at 7 Hutton Street in Jersey City. Enjoy!

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Hoboken Comedy Factory grand opening above Pilsener Haus

Boy the guys uptown at the Pilsener Haus & Biergarten and Kolo Klub don’t stop with the entertainment! Their latest offering is Hoboken Comedy Factory presented by Joe Loesner.

Debut of Hoboken’s Comedy Factory on April 11, 2013

Hoboken’s Comedy Factory debuts on the 2nd floor above the beer garden (1422 Grand St.) on Thursday, April 11th at 8pm.

Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Have a party of 10 or more? Pay just $10 per person. Call (201)893-9777 to reserve your spots!

The inaugural Hoboken Comedy Factory show will feature:

• Rich Carucci
• Gregory K
• Adam Kerr
• Mario Lucena
• Pat Breslin

Here’s a video from Pat Breslin you can sample:

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Benjamins play Hoboken Village Pourhouse for Leprecon (St. Paddy’s)

Village Pourhouse at 205 1st St. downtown is having a special event for tomorrow’s Hoboken Leprecon.

One – they have a live performance scheduled from a very popular tri-state area band The Benjamins starting at 11am.

Additionally – you can get drink specials and reduced admission by pre-registering for this event on Facebook.

Enjoy the packed bars in Hoboken tomorrow!

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