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continued from pge 13 with Bill Irwin and other cast members and a post-show Q&A at e Roundabout eatre, 254 West 54th St., NY City. $185pp for limited first mezzanine seating, Reserve thru Riverspace box office or call 845 348-1880. WEDNESDAY at the movies All screenings at Riverspace, 119 Main Street, Nyack. Tickets: at the door: $9 , $7 students, seniors & general subscribers, $6 student & senior subscribers. Info: (845) 348-1880, or www.riverspace.org NOTE: matinée on May 6. • WALTZ WITH BASHIR May 6, 1 & 8pm Directed by Art Folman; Israel 2008, 90 min., feature-length animation; in Hebrew & Arabic, with English subtitles. Rated R for violence. A memoir about war—the director’s attempt to make sense of his experience as a soldier in the 1982 war in Lebanon. Nomination, 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. • ROCKLAND STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL Wed, May 13 at 6pm Meet our local filmmakers. Doors open to an equipment exhibit in the lobby from 5 to 8:30. Filmmaker receptions take place after screenings at 6 and 8:30pm. Suggested donation: $9 or $7. For more info visit www.rivertownfilm.org • GOMORRAH May 20 at 8pm Directed by Matteo Garrone. Unrated; Italy, 2008 137 min. In Italian with English subtitles. A deadly serious take on the global reaches of the mob’s tentacles. Winner, 2008 grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival. • THE CLASS May 27 at 8pm Directed by Laurent Cantet, France, 2008, 128 minutes, in French with English subtitles, rated PG-13 for language An artful story of one teacher’s attempt to shepherd his multi-cultural students into responsible, aware young adults. As tightly-focused as a documentary, thanks to the cast of non-professionals who developed the story via improv workshops. e director does something rare in films about children: he allows them to speak. THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ at Olive’s 118 Main St Nyack, NY 10960. • Jazz series continues first & third ursdays of the month, with different guest artists each week, followed by a jam session. Info: Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society: (845) 641 1648. • May 7—Dick Oatts, saxophone, Scott Wendholt, trumpet. • May 21—Erik Lawrence, Saxophones. House Band: Richard Sussman or Mike Holober, piano, Cameron Brown, bass, Steve Johns, drums. Events Sponsored by the Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society; info, call (845) 641-1648 or visit www.rocklandjazzandblues.com ✫ COMMUNITY NOTES Tell e Villager and we’ll tell the community GET READY FOR SUMMER A new series of Weight Watchers meetings will start at the Nyack Public Library on Monday, May 4. Weigh-in will be at 5pm, with meeting to follow. Info: Barbara at (845) 358-0641. CORRECTION We printed an incorrect e-mail address in our New Kids On e Block Column for Janice Styles’ Zumba class in our April 2009 issue. e correct e-mail is: JaniceStyle@yahoo.com Apologies to Janice and our readers. CLUB LATINO AT NYACK CENTER On May 15th at 7:30pm, Nyack Center will be transformed into Club Latino by Nancy August Interiors; the Center will dance when DJ Derek spins the dance tunes and Cowado will be on hand to teach salsa basics; Maria Rocco will do face/body painting; semi-formal attire requested. The cost, $50, includes a performance by Flamenco dancer Ana de la Paz, drinks & yummy tapas. All proceeds go to Nyack Center. Call 358-2600 for tickets. PIERMONT FARMERS’ MARKET 2009 Starting Sun, May 31, shoppers welcome back locally grown & produced foods for sale at Piermont’s Farmers’ Market—wine, chutney, baked goods, pastry, pickles, cut flowers, herbs, plants, vegetables, fruit, quiche, prepared foods, salsa, Community Notes continues on page 15 14 The Nyack Villager May, 2009
The Jazz Scene by Michael Houghton e jazz jam in the RiverSpace complex closes, and a Subway outlet opens —is there a message there? e jam (which began there in Nov, 2006) will move to Olives, just across Main from the theater. Sessions will begin ursday, May 7, then every other ursday thereafter; the sponsor is Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society. e opening get-together features saxophonist Dick Oatts with trumpeter Scott Wendholt, both members of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. On the 21st, Erik Lawrence leads on saxophones. ose with long memories will recall Erik hosted the original grand-daddy of this jam, all those years ago, at the hip 91-Main. Do check out Olives, probably now the oldest largely-unaltered bar in Nyack. e room is well set up for music, with a bar and booths up front for people who want to hang near the bottles, and a few rows of theater seating and an ample stage at the back. We have high hopes for this new venue—after all, jazz began in joints like this! (RiverSpace did a nice job with “the Café”, but it was always basically a stage-set; this is a real club.) Also on an every-other basis—Wednesdays, in this case—the versatile and driving drummer, Ray Levier, hosts a new jam at the 76 House in Tappan. I urge keyboard players to turn out for this, as the house has a nice acoustic piano. No cover charge on this one. John Richmond continues first-class bookings for his Monday Jazz series at the Turning Point. Bassist Mark Egan leads his “Unit 1” with Karl Latham on drums May 4. (Mark is like no other bass player we’ve heard; see if you agree.) en Mon, May 11, be sure to catch chromatic harmonic/ guitarist virtuoso Enrico Granafei, another unique talent. May 18 the fine tenor saxmaster Ralph Lalama returns to celebrate a new CD. (Monday, May 25 is Memorial Day so, as I write, there is some question whether the ‘Point will be open—check online.) I was going to tip you to a new jam in Suffern, at the swank NV Lounge on Wednesdays, but the plug has already been pulled! at was short but sweet. Damn! However, the fine keyboardist and synth-player Neil Alexander urges everyone to join him there on Wed, May 20, promising that if well-attended, it’ll be a regular thing. I’m a big fan of Neil, as well as of his current drummer, the always fine Nadav Zeiniker, so I’ll be there. What else? Catch Sam Waymon’s Magic Band at the Turning Point on May 22nd. Sam always delivers a good Rhythm & Blues program. And check out Sam’s sax-player Colin Pohl, just back from Cuba. Colin played an outstanding date at Casa last month with his own Latin band Zona—keep an eye out for Zona’s future bookings in the area. And Joel Newton continues to mix it up ursdays at the Old Fashion. Lots to hear this month! Michael Houghton is a resident of South Nyack and a long-time jazz fan ✫ Community Notes start on page 14 soup, organic nuts and New York cheese. e 2009 season starts Sun, May 31 at 9:30am, continuing every Sunday from 9:30am to 3:30pm through Nov 22 at the M&T Bank Parking lot in Piermont. Info: rpedinotti@communitymarkets.biz INDOOR MARKET ON THRU JUNE Due to the success of the market, it will continue through June. Sat, May 9, an added attraction will be the Annual Palisades Library Spring Fling, with children's games, activities & raffles. Market is held every Saturday, 9am to 1pm at Palisades Community Center, 675 Oak Tree Rd, Palisades. Visit www.Palisadesny.com JOIN THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP Celebrate Earth Days with a cleanup on Sat, May 2. (Rain date: May 3.) Come out with friends and family and de-litter our streets, parks, Community Notes continues on page 17 The Nyack Villager May, 2009 15
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