montclair arts
Montclair
Montclair
Sept. 16, 2017 through Jan. 6, 2018
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN CAUGHT ON CANVAS
The MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM celebrates the work of resident and renowned
contemporary artist PHILEMONA WILLIAMSON in its ROBERTS GALLERY with a selection
of paintings spanning her three-decade career to date. The artworks highlight girls and young
women, often caught in unusual, enigmatic moments. 3 S. Mountain Ave., (973) 746-5555,
montclairartmuseum.org
Montclair resident
and author LEE
SIEGEL’s new
memoir, The Draw,
looks at the role
money played in the
disintegration of his
parent’s marriage, as
well as the impact it
had on his collegiate
life. “The book
poured out of me, I
really had no choice
in it,” says Siegel, a
veteran of various
publications
including The
Nation, Slate and The New Republic. “It
wrote itself through me.” The book, which he
called a “literary memoir,” is set in the Bronx,
where Siegel was born, and in northern New
Jersey, where he grew up. It examines the
impact of his father, a real estate broker, who
ran into deep debt in the 1970s. The 272-page
hardcover book ($26) was released in the
spring.
Montclair
A RACE FOR
SURVIVAL
Upper Montclair Upper Montclair
Sept. 19 through Oct. 1 Sept. 16-17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The American premiere off Karin
Coonrod’s production of “THE
MERCHANT OF VENICE” – here, at a
staging in Venice, Italy – is most likely
the only interpretation in which Shylock
is played by five actors of different
ethnicities and genders within a single
performance. Drama critic Ben Brantley
of The New York Times has dubbed
Coonrod “a theater artist of far-reaching
inventiveness.” ALEXANDER KASSER
THEATER on the campus of Montclair
State University, 1 Normal Ave.,
(973) 655-5112, peakperfs.org. If fall is around the corner, then so is
the FINE ART AND CRAFTS SHOW in
Anderson Park at Parkside Street and
Bellevue and N. Mountain avenues.
Roughly 150 vendors offer up oil and
watercolor paintings, photography,
jewelry, glass, leather, wood, clay and
more. Event goes on rain or shine.
A UNIQUE “MERCHANT”
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BACK TO SCHOOL 2017 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE
A SEASONAL FAVORITE
In The Dogs of
Avalon: The Race to
Save Animals in Peril
($27), local author
and James Beard
award winner
LAURA SCHENONE
takes on the world
of animal rights
activists who
champion
mistreated
greyhounds. Her
heroine is Marion
Fitzgibbon, the head of
the Irish Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, who, along with a diverse,
international cast of advocates, creates a
sanctuary where animals can heal and thrive.
She will be giving a reading from her work
7-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 14, at WATCHUNG
BOOKSELLERS, 54 Fairfield St., Montclair,
(973) 744-7177, watchungbooksellers.com
OF THE
FINE
MEMOIR EXPLORES MONTCLAIR
AUTHOR’S FAMILY