Suburban Essex Magazine, March 2010

Calendar of Events

Monday, March 1 C alendar of Events MARCH 2010 Women's Workshops March programs are: Choose Less Stress: Break Free From the Stress in Your Life; Work/Life Balance: How to Tip the Scale in Your Favor; and Don't Wait! It's Time to Take Control of Your Finances. Please call for dates and times. NCJW Center for Women, 513 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. 973-994-4994. Career Quest New ongoing program assists single and married women to become "job ready" and successfully find employment. Meet with a professional and receive guidance in goal setting, career planning, resume writing, interview techniques and job search strategies. NCJW Center for Women, 513 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. 973-994-4994. Computer Classes for Women Computer training is available to all women at all levels. Classes scheduled for March are: Intro to Windows, the Internet & Email; Intro to WORD; and Basic EXCEL. Please call for dates and times. NCJW Center for Women, 513 W. My. Pleasant Ave., Livingston. 973-994-4994. Normandy Beach Art Exhibit This exhibit features the work of Ugo Giannini, an artist born in Newark who later trained in Paris. From now until July, explore the art of the Julius As a soldier, he was part of the invasion of NorRosenwald Fund at the Montclair Art Museum. mandy in World War II. As an artist, he did the only drawings of the landings on D-Day. The multimedia exhibit includes these amazing artifacts and a collection of Professor Giannini's post-war paintings that were inspired by one of history's greatest A Force for Change: battles. Opening reception today. Runs through March 5. 2pm, Gaelen Gallery, 901 Rte. 10, Whippany. Visit www. African American Art & the Julius Rosenwald Fund The first exhibition to explore the artistic legacy of the Juujcnj.org/normandy for more information. lius Rosenwald Fund, which awarded stipends to hundreds Skies Alive: Bird Migration in the Garden State of African American artists, writers, and scholars from the Discover and explore the phenomenon of bird migration late 1920s through the 1940s. The show presents the arthrough an interactive computer game highlighting their tistic products of that support, featuring over 60 paintings, migratory challenges, spectacular photography displaying sculptures, and works on paper by Rosenwald Fellows. Runs their magnificent beauty and diversity, interactive manipulathrough July 25. Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain tions illustrating finding their way from nesting and breedAve., Montclair. 973-746-5555. ing grounds, and immersive dioramas of their unique, but Myths, Memories, & Inspirations: threatened habitats. Runs through April 2010. Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark. 973-596-6550. A Mural by Dan Fenelon Dan Fenelon is best known for his vibrantly colored works Out of the Vault: 95 Years of Collecting at MAM that include sculpture, toys, paintings, and murals. His work Marking the occasion of MAM's 95th anniversary, and its is a blending of cartooning, street art, graffiti, and ancient distinction as the first institution in New Jersey designed as a tribal motifs. Dan will create this site-specific mural for museum, the exhibition celebrates the Museum's unique foMAM's Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation Art Stairway. The cus on American and Native American art in this installation mural, inspired by works from the Montclair Art Museum's of over 60 works of art. The works selected include 23 recent permanent collection, re-imagines these images with acquisitions and nearly 40 familiar treasures. Twenty-one of Fenelon's distinct tribal style. Runs through fall 2010. the works in the show have never before been on view at the Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Ave., Montclair. Museum. Runs through summer 2010. Montclair Art Mu973-746-5555. seum, 3 South Mountain Ave., Montclair. 973-746-5555. (continued on page 18) Events and dates subject to change. Vicinity Media Group is not responsible for changes. indicates family/child friendly event. March 2010 SuburbanEssex.com 17

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