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VISIT AVENUE Q – High Tech High School is gearing up for the premiere of ‘Avenue Q.’ Top row: Cliff Boan, Greg Varteresian, Jill Carerra, Daena Engalla, Frankie Alicandri, Jack Haefner. Middle: Carlos Perez, Khalia Rabain, Ana Beliakova, Rob McClure, Faith D’Isa, Cristina DIaz, Kyra Baker. Bottom: Luis Garrido, Julia Small, Max Tamarkin Photos courtesy of HT Musical Theatre
Way Off Broadway
High Tech to perform ‘Avenue Q’ in March

High Tech High School’s Musical Theatre presents “Avenue Q,” their 30th production in 13 years. This will be the first time “Avenue Q” will premiere in Hudson County, directed and choreographed by...
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DOCTOR AND PATIENT – Carlos Valenzuela, 107, and his beloved doctor, Jorge Figueroa, at Valenzuela’s home during a house call on Wednesday morning. Figueroa said there’s no straightforward medical explanation for Valenzuela’s longevity, but that he believes it has everything to do with the man’s uplifted demeanor.
Oldest married couple in country?
WNY pair, 107 and 98, still kickin’ after all these years

If you ask Carlos Valenzuela of West New York how many years he and his wife, Olga, have been married, he will not tell you a number. “There are no numbers in our marriage,” he said with a smile,...
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VAGINAS ASSEMBLE – The cast of the 2012 edition of Vagina Monologues: Hudson County. All the proceeds from the play, which was performed three times last weekend, went to Women Rising, a Jersey City non-profit, and V-Day, a global program that works to stop violence against women. Photo by Jessica Siemens.
The truth from ‘down there’
Hudson County’s Vagina Monologues raises money for women’s advocacy

“Women secretly love talking about their vaginas.” Despite what you may think, they do. At least, according to the opening scene of The Vagina Monologues , which was performed by a group of 12 wo...
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MIDWEEK BRIEFS
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer talks about flood walls on NPR HOBOKEN -- Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer was interviewed on NPR Monday morning about her proposed solutions to hurricanes flooding in the city, i...
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Cristina Villaflor
Worlds apart
JC Fridays art show seeks to introduce downtown, Greenville art scenes

The distance that separates Jersey City’s downtown – arguably the city’s largest art hub – and Greenville, also home to many artists, isn’t huge. And yet, in terms of the level of interaction and ...
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JASON JASKOT – Jason Jaskot shoots agency models from NYC as well as models, actors, and corporate headshots from around the globe.
From fashion to family to fine art
Monroe Center hosts photography exhibit

Monroe Center photographers will be featured in a unique exhibit on Sunday, Feb. 24 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Monroe Center for the Arts on 720 Monroe St. The exhibit features the works of phot...
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FRIENDLY CHATTER – Secaucus local celebrity goose Chatter and two-year-old dog Willow. The photo was taken days before Sandy. Chatter passed away on Jan. 21.
More than just Chatter
Local celebrity goose passes away

After living a long life beyond the average years of many others like her, Secaucus’ own Chatter, the Toulouse goose, passed away on Jan. 21 at the age of 34. Her life was one of relative calm in ...
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NIGHT FALLS ON HOBOKEN – Twilight reflects in the windows of a row of brownstones on Garden Street in Hoboken last Thursday.
MIDWEEK BRIEFS
Jersey City judge in Facebook flap JERSEY CITY – Radames “Ray” Velazquez didn’t have much to say last week moments after the Jersey City Council majority failed to approve his judicial appointm...
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MUSIC CIRCLES – The Symposia Community Bookstore in Hoboken offers drumming and guitar circles on a weekly basis.
Yoga, writing, and music
Local bookstore offers variety of programs

Hoboken’s only used community bookstore, Symposia, continues to offer a variety of workshops and programs that appeal to people of all ages. Since 2001, the small bookshop on 510 Washington St. ha...
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News in 2011 that the tax credit might not be renewed caused several New Jersey-based TV productions, including the NBC drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” which was partially filmed in North Bergen, to leave New Jersey for New York.
Reels rolling… across the Hudson
Is New York’s gain Garden State’s loss?

The film and TV industry in New York State recently received some good news: According To Crain’s New York, the number of hour-long made-for-TV dramas filmed in New York increased by 37 percent t...
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Ray Smith, Guernimex III (La Olympiada), 1989-90, oil on wood. Collection of Franceso Pellizzi, New York.
Border crossing
Mana Contemporary to exhibit internationally acclaimed artist Ray Smith’s ‘Here Now’

When the Gowanus-based art studio of painter Ray Smith was flooded during Hurricane Sandy, a Jersey City arts center opened its doors to help him salvage decades of damaged work. Smith is now pre...
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AVENGERS ASSEMBLE – Several “cosplayers,” comic book fans who frequently attend events or conventions dressed as their favorite superheroes, attended Artists Assemble in Union City this passed weekend.
Superheroes and fanboys unite!
Local comic buff hosts city’s mini-Comic Con

Supervillains steered clear of Union City’s William V. Musto Cultural Center this past weekend. Had they dropped in for some mischief, they would have been in for a rude surprise – The Avengers! S...
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