Events
November 2004
November 6th to December 28th
Montclair State University
Exhibit: Italians of Montclair, New Jersey
Crane House Museum - Upper Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair State University has organized an exciting exhibit at the
Crane House Museum on 110 Orange Road in Montclair, New Jersey. The goal
of this oral history project is to collect and preserve the precious traces
of the Italian American experience in Montclair throughout the community's
history from the late 19th century to today. Tracing the history of the
Italians of Montclair is only one component of an initiative that will
identify and revalorize all the stories of the various communities whose
unique experiences, woven together, form the rich tapestry that is the
multiethnic Montclair
experience.
The exhibit can be viewed as part of the regular guided tour of the Crane House, which is open Fridays and Saturdays from 1 to 4pm and Sundays from 2 to 5pm (except Dec. 24-26). Tours take place on the hour with the last tour one hour before closing. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for students (11-17) and free for children 10 and under. Half-price admission days will also take place Monday, December 27 and Tuesday, December 28 with tours at 1, 2 and 3pm. For more information, contact the Montclair Historical Society at 973-744-1796, email mail@montclairhistorical.org or visit www.montclairhistorical.org.
November 12-13th 8 p.m. and November 14th 3
p.m.
The Coccia Institute – Double Theater Performance
The Papaleo Case – Il Caso Papaleo
Upper Montclair, New Jersey (Montclair State University)
Il Caso Papaleo, which was
first performed in 1960 at the Festival dei due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy,
will now take place
at Montclair State University. The Coccia Institute is pleased
to co-sponsor this world premiere tour of The Papaleo Case in
English.
The series of bilingual performances constitute the first part of the complete project, "Ennio Flaiano's Theater in Translation," coordinated by theater director Laura Caparrotti and Professor Marisa Trubiano of Montclair State University. This is a Double Theater performance: the one-act play, in English, followed by its performance in Italian. The ticket cost for this event is $15 for General Admission and $10 for Students, Seniors and Coccia Institute Members.
For information, please call 646-932-4688 or for ticket purchases, please call the Montclair Box Office at 973-655-5112. In addition, tickets will be sold at the Kasser Theater box office Mondays through Fridays, from 10-5 p.m., and one hour before each performance at the Memorial Auditorium box office.
Fox Theater is located to the left of Memorial Auditorium, in the Speech Building.
November 21st
The New Jersey Music and Arts Performing Arts Series presents the Garden State
Opera in a Double Bill Opera Production – The Marriage Counselor & La
Cambiale di Matrimonio
Clifton, New Jersey
The New Jersey Music and Arts Performing Arts Series presents the Garden
State Opera in a double bill opera production. The Marriage Counselor,
a premier romantic opera, features a wise marriage counselor who helps
a struggling couple to understand their true heart (Music and English
Libretto by Francesco Santelli).
The second presentation, La Cambiale di Matrimonio, is a comic opera by Gioacchino Rossini. In this performance, an English merchant plans to repay his debt to an American businessman with a marriage deal that goes wrong.
This project is funded, in part, by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic County Community College, through a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of the State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts."
The opera productions will take place at 5 p.m. in the Woodrow Wilson Middle School Auditorium with a pre-performance lecture by Gloria Thurmond beginning at 4 p.m. For ticket sales information and any other questions, please call (973) 272-3244. Tickets are $25 at the door and $20 in advance.
