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Concentric Circles of Influence: An evening of film, art and music

07/15/2017 07:30 PM - 10:00 PM ET

Category

Ticketed Events

Location

West Windsor Arts Center

Summary

This event will feature a short documentary by Ilene Dube about the art community of Roosevelt, NJ and a conversation with renowned artists Mel Leipzig and Jonathan Shahn. Musical performances by the “Woe Nellies,” an all-female ukulele quartet, and “The Big Rascals” singing songs from the Great American Songbook will round out the evening. Ice cream social sponsored by The Bent Spoon.

Description

Concentric Circles of Influence: An evening of film, art and music

The film, Generations of Artists: Roosevelt, NJ is a short documentary about a central New Jersey arts community that has continued through three generations. Ever since Rockefeller Center mural painter Ben Shahn was invited by the Works Progress Administration to create a mural in Jersey Homesteads (since renamed Roosevelt), this rural village has become a haven for potters, painters, musicians and writers. Generations of Artists is a visit with the artists who continue to make Roosevelt their home nearly a century after the town’s founding.

Performances of music by Roosevelt based bands the Woe Nellies and The Big Rascals will give a taste of local talent along with an ice cream social sponsored by The Bent Spoon.