http://blog.monroecenter.com Keeping a creative eye on the world of art, entertainment and ideas. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:27:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Mayor of Hoboken, Dawn Zimmer, The City of Hoboken and Urban Arts of Monroe Center will present an Exhibition of  student work, inspired by Oriental Art at Hoboken City Hall, situated at: 94 Washington Street, Hoboken, N.J. The exhibition will be on from the 1st of March to April ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2010/03/11/urban-arts-at-city-hall-a-touch-of-the-orient/ ATTENTION: ARTISTS, ARTISANS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, CRAFTS PEOPLE AND VENDORS. The Monroe Center  will be holding the next  Open Studio Day on Sunday, March 21st.  Hoboken’s Independent Arts Festival, The Digable Arts Festival, begins at The Monroe Center on March 20. This Event will roll into Sunday, March 21st, Monroe Center Open Studio ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2010/03/10/an-invitation-to-exhibit-and-sell/ By Jonathan Mandell/The Jersey Journal Hoboken Now Long before director Spike Jonze made a movie out of the beloved children’s book “Where The Wild Things Are,” a playwright and National Public Radio commentator from Minnesota named Kevin Kling turned another beloved children’s book, by an author and illustrator from Wisconsin ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2009/10/27/lillys-purple-plastic-purse/ The Theater at Monroe Center is now a hub of creative theatrical energy.  The Hoboken Children’s Theater is now officially a part of the growing theater scene at The Monroe Center for Performing Arts. They join another illustrious theater company from Hoboken, The Mile Square Theater. Chase Leyner started the Hoboken ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2009/08/05/monroe-hoboken-children-theater%e2%80%a6/ Saturday, May 30, 6pm-10pm FEAR Into Action-- The FireWalk Experience Spend an evening learning how to let go of your limiting beliefs.  Learn how to turn FEAR into Action.  We all experience fear from time to time.  Wouldn't it be great to use FEAR to take Action, instead of being stopped by ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2009/05/05/fire-walking-at-monroe-center/ The next year is going to be a cultural filled one at The Monroe Center For Performing Arts. From Music to Theater and Comedy, Opera Singers, Classical Music Events, Rock and Pop Performances, the list goes on... The Monroe Center has a fantastic new Theater on the Second Floor, Hoboken's Mile ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2008/12/18/the-buzz-is-on-at-monroe-center/ Halloween Night, 31st October. Julio Fernandez of Spryo Gyra with his band Cat Lingo will be rocking at Shades restaurant and Bar. The concert begins at 8pm. Ends when all souls go home. There are a number of musical acts that will also be playing in Shades that night. Admission ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2008/10/28/halloween-bash-at-shades/ The Jersey City Reporter Sunday, October 12, 2008 By Ricardo Kaulessar Reporter staff writer  Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly   Does the terms UFO and alien abduction get your heart racing with excitement? Do you feel like you're the only one among your family and ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2008/10/14/theyre-he-e-e-re-ufo-festival-comes-to-jersey-city-next-weekend/ Monroe Center is at the center of a creative buzz right now. Good things are happening here. Mile Square Theater has transformed Our Art Gallery into a Broadway stage where The Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2008/10/07/an-extra-terrestrial-buzz-at-monroe-center/ ‘WANTED’  A New  Recording by Guitarist Wolfgang Schalk who has his studio at The Monroe Center: Wolfgang Schalk: guitar Geoffrey Keezer: piano Dave Carpenter: bass Marvin “Smitty" Smith: drums  Recorded at Encore/Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, CA "Schalk creates impressive structures for improvisation, and he fits each and every structure with a hip, catchy melody. If other ... http://blog.monroecenter.com/2008/08/28/monroe-centers-wolfman-new-cd-release/