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Susan Murphy’s “GIRL GROUP: A Daughter’s Tale”A Jersey City Story about The Carmelettes All-Girl Singing GroupOpens Feb. 7th at the Loew’s Jersey City

Before Beyoncé, and Madonna, Mariah, Aretha and the all-girl groups of the 1960s, there was The Carmelettes, a trio of teen Jersey girls from the Marion section of Jersey City who sang original pop tunes in tight harmonies. It was 1959, and the girls Angela LaPrete, Vicky Cevetello and Virginia Verga recorded two songs, “My Foolish Heart” and “Promise Me a Rose.” A year later, they cut two more records, “Aching for You” and “Something Tells Me I’m in Love.”

It’s a Jersey City tale that would be long forgotten if not for Susan Murphy, Angela LaPrete’s daughter, a professional singer herself who wrote a play with music about her mother’s experience in “GIRL GROUP: A Daughter’s Tale” to be presented at the Loew’s Jersey City in Journal Square – just blocks from where The Carmelettes were born – on Sat, Feb. 7 at 7 pm. (Tix $20 at www.brownpapertickets.com). A reception follows. cont’d pg. 2

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JERSEY GIRLS Susan Murphy’s “GIRL GROUP: A Daughter’s Tale”

A Jersey City Story about The Carmelettes All-Girl Singing Group Opens Feb. 7th at the Loew’s Jersey City

Cont’d from Cover The piece features Murphy along with Tom Cappadona, Elisabeth Ness, Alison Scaramella, and Jenna Sofi a. It’s directed by Mario Giacalone with vocal direction by Diane Garisto of Brooklyn. The show is produced by Ste-ven Minichiello, Murphy’s close friend who also grew up in Jersey City’s Marion section. Murphy originally produced the musical in 2011 at LaMaMa in Man-hattan. “I always felt like the show had more life in it,” Murphy says. “Sometimes you do those shows, and

it’s like great, did it, done. This show is different. The audience loved it. We loved working on it. It has some-thing.” Murphy describes the piece as, a performance memoir about doo-wop and dreams deferred. It’s a play with music about mothers and daughters, uncelebrated lives and the extraordinary talents that lie hidden with-in them. The main charac-ter played by Murphy is a singer who goes back 50 years to her mother’s life as a member of a successful girl group. Murphy calls the piece an “Alice-through-the-

looking-glass” adventure where the singer reclaims her mother’s legacy and, in doing so, creates her own. “When I was 15, I started writing my own material,” Murphy says, “and somehow I knew I was going to come to this story at some point in my life.”THREE GIRLS WITH A VOICEThe songs are recreations of what The Carmelettes re-corded. Some of the music was by Beatrice Verde, the older sister of one of the girls and the driving forcebehind the group, Murphy

says. “She didn’t sing but she wrote, ar-ranged and played,” Murphy says. Beatrice Verde had tremendous ambition and went on to write for Motown. Murphy describes her as the Sven-gali of the group. “I think of that time, 1957-196, girls just didn’t do that” Murphy says. “It’s before the Ronettes, the Su-premes. It pre-dates the girl groups. We had a rehearsal the other day that was so good, it made me realize

how good these girls re-ally were. They started the group when they were 14. Here we are professionals struggling as we pick apart the harmonies. These girls were only 14 and they were singing it.” To get the girl group sound just right, Murphy asked her good friendDiane Garisto to be vocal

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The Jersey City dance company Nimbus Dance Works’ repertory of dances blends contemporary with classical and newbies with professionals; and Artistic Director Samuel Pott likes it that way. Nimbus Dance Works celebrates its 10th season in Jersey City this year with new works by guest chore-ographers, a performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and a brand new dance studio on Third Street. The school has ex-panded tremendously since the move from the Barrow Mansion and class registra-tion is in full bloom for the spring session which begins Feb. 2nd. Pott founded the com-pany with the mission to “focus work on the inter-section between high-level dance and innovative ways of involving communities and audiences” and he has stayed true to that mis-sion. Nimbus has a lush repertory of dances and its resident company performs regularly in New Jersey, New York and regionally. Nimbus dancers are top-tier

drawn from companies like Ballet Hispanico, Ailey II, and the Martha Graham Dance Company, where Nimbus company mem-ber and Pott’s wife PeiJu Chien-Pott is a principal dancer. Nimbus’ annual performance of JERSEY CITY NUTRACKER casts student dancers from local schools in pivotal roles, and in addition to Pott’s choreographies, Nimbus commissions international choreographers like Pedro

Ruiz (Cuba/USA), Huang Yi (Taiwan), Korhan Basa-ran (Turkey), and Xiao-Xiong Zhang (Australia/Taiwan) to create dances for the company. Nimbus Dance Works offers Hudson resident, both kids and adults, a high level of artistic excellence and guided by Pott’s vision, the company continues to provide inner-city kids opportunities to learn and perform dance to spark their individual creativity

and inspire a life-long ap-preciation and involvement in the arts. RVO: Samuel Pott, how would you describe Nim-bus Dance Works’ style?SP: We’re a contemporary dance company. The danc-ers are all highly trained in ballet and modern dance which are the backbone of technique for the work we do. It’s also very theatrical depending on the piece. We try to do work with great music, from jazz to

classical to contemporary. Our company is made up of seven dancers and three apprentices.RVO: How’s the school doing at the new location? SP: The move from Barrow Mansion to our new studio on Third Street was a big move for us, and enabled us to build up the school quite a lot. We now have classes for kids, adults and a pre-professional program. We focus on ballet and modern dance. That gives students a strong base and real preparation if they want to pursue dance profession-ally or in college dance programs. They’ll have the foundation that will really benefit them. In addition, we have dance programs after-school and during school in 11 schools. Edu-cationally we’ve been able to keep expanding and giv-ing children the opportuni-ties to see performances and take classes. We have a lot of kids that perform in (the annual holiday show) JERSEY CITY NUT-CRACKER. RVO: Why do you think it’s important to teach dance to inner-city kids?

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Samuel Pott, Artistic Director of Nimbus Dance Works cont’d from page 3SP: When I was dancing with ballet and modern dance companies it was an amazing experience in an artistic sense, but one thing I saw over and over was

that audiences were largely made up of senior citizens. Audiences were diminish-ing and it was becoming increasingly hard for these companies to draw young

audiences. So what I wanted to do with Nmbus was find a way to connect with people who didn’t feel like the world of concert dance was open to them or rep-resenting them. And that’s young inner-city kids. Those underserved audiences have the most potential to have their lives changed through dance. Those who have discretionary income to see ballet, they’re going to have plenty of options available to them no matter what. Whereas the audi-ences we try to reach and the community we try to reach, they don’t have a lot of other options available to them. I thought that was a compelling reason to focus our attention on how to bring dance into their lives. Teaching children dance to not just to teach them about the art form, but what it means to take something se-riously, invest in themselves.

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RVO: Are you trying to get a permanent perfor-mance space?SP: Jersey City is grow-ing so fast, its cultural organizations are being left behind. We still lack perfor-mance spaces and funding for the cultural organiza-tions that are here in Jersey City. It’s lacking compared to other areas in the coun-try. We have luxury high-rises, but you’d have a hard time pointing to one cultural group in Jersey City that’s established financially. I don’t think there’s one organization in Jersey City that has a budget over $300,000. It would be great to see Jersey City promote its own arts groups, support them financially and help spread the word. RVO: What are the company’s plans for its 10th season?

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THE PLAY’S THE THING Because the Loew’s is so big, Murphy has decided to present the show with the audience seated onstage instead of in the audito-rium. This helps create an intimacy between the audi-ence and the actors. She also has a band performing the music. “It’s the only way for this show to be in this type of space,” Murphy says. “The show is an intimate, gritty, viscerally close show. It’s about regular people and relationships. I’m thrilled to be at the Loew’s. It’s a beautiful venue with all the memo-ries that are there. That’s part of the show. That’s one of the themes of the show.”

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The staging is bare-bones, Murphy says. Concert-staging with production elements to a minimum so that the story can be told in a clear and simple way. “I’m into giving people an experience, carrying them on a journey,” Mur-phy says. “Maybe it’s my background in experimental

theater. If I can’t give them an experience, it doesn’t matter what venue it’s in. Part of me would like to do this show in pop-up form, like at a bowling alley or a church hall or somebody’s living room. “THE BEAT GOES ON The Broadway musical about Carole King, “Beau-tiful” is set in the same time period as The Carmelettes. Murphy took her mother to see the show last year for her birthday and after-wards, they were invited backstage to meet the cast – thanks to Murphy’s produc-er Steven Minichiello. “They welcomed my mother like she was roy-alty,” Murphy says. Like Murphy, producer Steven Minichiello of Over the Top Productions grew up in Jersey City’s Marion section and at-tended the same parish elementary school. He and Murphy once belonged to a local theater troupe, and have since remained close friends. “I’m so enamored by Susan’s mom’s story,” Minichiello says, “and I love what Susan is

doing. She’s not only paying tribute to her moth-er’s accomplishments, it’s a story about the love of a daughter for her mother. I’m so honored to be part of it, and add any little touch I can. It’s a wonderful story and it should be told.” Murphy’s hoping the performance at the Loew’s will be even more magi-cal than the show they did at LaMama a few years back. Closing night of the LaMama run all three Carmelettes were in the audience, Murphy says, and at the after-party they sang together for the fi rst time in 50 years. “Something special hap-pened that night,” Murphy says. “It wrapped some-thing up that had not been wrapped up before.”If you go:Sat, Feb. 7 at 7 pmGIRL GROUP: A Daughter’s TaleLoew’s Jersey CityJournal Square JCTix: $20For tix: www.brownpapertickets.com

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SP: We’re trying to propel the company’s profi le to another level. We’re doing a show at BAM in May. Italian choreographer Luca Veggetti is creating a new piece for us. We’ll be going up to Vermont in March and western Massachusetts for out-of-town engage-ments. We’ll be performing at Drew University at the

end of April. In the spring, we will present two impor-tant historic modern danc-es, LYNCHTOWN from 1936 by Charles Weidman, one of the early pioneers of modern dance. It’s a politi-cal piece based on when he witnessed a lynching in his home town in Nebraska. We’re also doing a com-pany premiere by

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4358 Victory Blvd. Staten Island NY 718.982.5040 138 Fingerboard Rd. Staten Island, NY 718.720.1650

Major Credit Cards Accepted at all locations

Open for Lunch & Dinner Now Accepting Reservations for

Valentine’s Day Available to Cater All Ocasions

On & Off Premises

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Valentine’s Day Reservations Now Being Accepted

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Hootch, Vittles & a Bull Called Frankie The Stewed Cow on Adams Street Great Food, Draught Beers andBourbons that will ‘Blow off Your Cowboy Boots’

By Sally Deering Hoboken’s Adams Street runs west of Washington Street and is typically quiet and residential with a restaurant or pub here and there. On the corner of 4th & Adams, the neighbor-hood sports a beautiful little gem of a place, a country-western themed restaurant & bar called The Stewed Cow. Beautifully decorated with natural wood floors, tables and a long, sexy barwith spinning bar stools,

The Stewed Cow is a ter-rific place to go for some great food and a menu of beers, bourbons and whis-keys that are all made in the good ol’ U.S.A. “It adds to the lore of the place,” managing partner Anthony Ruiz says. No foreign beers can be found on tap at The Stewed Cow which features mostly craft beers from local brew-ers. Bourbons & whiskies are given the same respect and there are 107 of them to choose from. Along with a great menu, one of the big attractions is towards the back of the restaurant, “Frankie Stewnatra” the mechanical bull that gets a lot of attention especially on weekend nights when clientele, after they’ve had a few, will try ride the bucking Frankie longer than a minute. The record,

for now, is 73 seconds and held by a PBR: Professional Bull Rider. Previously known as the Gaslight, The Stewed Cow opened in March 2013 as an old west saloon. Almost two years later, and the staff still meets at every shift change to go over the day’s specials and discuss what drinks – beers, bourbons, whiskeys and cocktails– will go well with the dishes on the menu. This is also to maintain consistency,

Ruiz says. The bartenders are all instructed to make the cocktails the same way. And instead of 1 or ½ jiggers of booze – these bartenders use 2 ounces for every drink -- and some of the drinks are one-of-a-kind. “We have a Prohibition Pig,” Ruiz says. “It’s made with bacon-infused bour-bon.” The Stewed Cow’s menu features Saloon Bites, Burgers, Sandwiches,

Hearty Selections, Sal-ads and a Brunch menu on weekends. The Saloon Bites (appetizers) include Bourbon Onion Soup; Texas Caviar; Buffalo Cala-mari; Mini Burger Trio; Bourbon Chili & Chips; House Made Beef Jerky; Bourbon Glazed Wings; The Infamous SC Quesa-dilla; Deviled Eggs; Black Bean Hummus; Spicy Pimento & Crab Dip; Veg-gie Burger Slider; Mac & Cont’d on page 16

Frankie The Bull

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Stewed Cow Cont’d from page 15 Cheese; Cheesy Tater-Tots; Texas Potato Salad; On-ion Strings; and Campfi re Nachos with pulled bris-ket BBQ & cheese sauce, topped with bacon & scal-lions ($4-$12). Burgers and sandwiches include the All-American Cheeseburger; Green Chili Cheese Steak; and Sacred Cow Original Burgers all prepared with the restau-rant’s special, hand-select-ed beef blend. ($11-$16). Heartier selections include Cajun Fettuccine & Grilled Chicken; Tequila & Lime Glazed Salmon; Bourbon Braised Short Ribs; Fish Tacos; BBQ Brisket Platter; Stewed Cow Sirloin; Spicy Chick-en Pot Pie; BBQ BabyBack Ribs; BBQ Shrimp

and Kentuckilicious Fried Chicken -- which one cus-tomer described as incred-ibly tasty with moist plump chicken pieces in a fresh, crunchy breading served with mashed potatoes. ($14-$25). The Infamous Brunch served Sat & Sun from 11 am-3 pm includes choice of Western Omelet, All-American Burger, Cajun-Style Salmon, Steak & Eggs Skillet, Spicy Enchilada, the Cowboy Sandwich made with Texas toast, sausage, fried eggs, jack cheese and jalapeno ranch sauce; Stewed Cow Quiche; Bourbon & Banana French Toast with pecans and bacon; and the RoadKill Platter with brisket, bacon, scrambled eggs and

a biscuit served with spicy sausage gravy. You get two cocktails and a basket of muffi ns, too. ($20). On tap, draught beers include Kane “Single Fin”, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, Magic Hat #9, News-haminy Country Line IPA, NJ Beer Co Hudson Pale Ale, Rogue “Dead Guy Ale”, UFO Hefeweizen, and rotational draughts

include Aces High, Bar dog’s DBL IPA, Mixed with Mash and Most Wanted. The list of Bourbons is big and features Baker’s 7yr Bourbon, E.H. Taylor Single Barrel, High West Campfi re, Hudson Baby Bourbon, Knob Creek Single Barrel, ands Widow Jane Bourbon. Whiskeys include Gentlemen Jack, George Dickel No. 12, Basil Hayden Bourbon, Bernheim Wheat Whiskey, Bib & Tucker Bourbon, Blanton’s Bourbon, Clyde May’s Special Reserve, Filibuster, and Journeyman Silver Cross. “The fi rst year we opened, we were rated 8th Best Bourbon Cocktails in New York” Ruiz says. There are 10 fl atscreen

TVs throughout that show sports all day Sunday and the place will be jammed when the Superbowl is aired on Feb. 1st. Ruiz says: “We smoke our own meats – brisket, ribs – and for the Superbowl, we’ll be serving porkbutt sliders and lots of beer specials.”If you go:The Stewed Cow saloon400 Adams StHoboken(201) 706-8589www.thestewedcow.com

Stewed Cow Bar & Dining Room

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578 Ave C, Bayonne (201.243.6855

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3 FOOT SUB Feeds 10-15 people

Includes: Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, Coleslaw,

Chicken Fingers, Wings, Mozzarella Sticks $100

All Sauces & Paperware Included

6 FOOT SUB Feeds 25-30 people

Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, Coleslaw, Chicken Fingers, Wings, Mozzarella Sticks

$195

All Sauces & Paperware Included

SPECIAL SUPER BOWL TRAYS FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY FEB.1st, 2015 1/2 Tray Full Tray 1/2 Tray Full Tray

Sausage & Peppers……..$30 Eggplant Parmesan……..$30 Eggplant Rollantini…….. $35 Stuffed Mushrooms…… $30 Clams Oreganata……… $30 Mussels…………………. $25 (White or Red Sauce) Baked Ziti……………... $30

….$55 ….$55 ….$65 ….$55 ….$55 ….$50 ….$55

Please Place Orders Early

Lasagna……………….. $30 Chicken……………….. $35 (Francaise, Marsala, Parmesan) Veal……………………… $60 (Francaise, Marsala, Picata, Parmesan Shrimp………………………. $60 Scampi, Francaise, Parmesan

….$75 ….$70 ….$120 ….$118

Antipasto...Small $45 Medium $75 Large $95

906 Broadway (cor. Of 43rd Street) Bayonne, NJ

201.436.0043 www.Buonappetitoitalian.com

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Chris’ Corner Italian American Restaurant Proudly Presents

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY SPECIAL +3 ft. Cold Cut Hero +Buffalo Wings +Jalapeno Poppers +Chicken Tenders +Sausage and Mozzarella Strombolis +Garden Salad +Potato Salad +Macaroni Salad +Bonus 3 Complimentary 2 Lt. Bottles of Soda

$299.00

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117 West 2nd Street, Bayonne, NJ Call 201-438-8181 or 201-401-2757

www.chriscornerrestaurant.com

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Office –201-437-0411 808 Broadway, Bayonne

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