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Montclair
‘ WEAR’ YOUR WEDDING GOWN FOR YEARS
The KEELY & CO. website shows dozens of necklaces featuring pendants fashioned from pretty fabrics, but it’ s the custom order options that make the company stand out. Customers send fabric from beloved wedding dresses, uniforms, ties, blankets and other possessions that carry sentimental value, and Montclair resident JEAN KEELY DABROWSKI, the site’ s owner and operator, incorporates it into pendant necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and artworks. Visitors click on the Custom Orders & Inspiration Portfolio option to interact with Dabrowski.“ I ask the client to send me apicture of the fabric, and Iprovide suggestions on how it will look bestprior to production,” she says. Clients entrust her with 3-inch by 3-inch swatches, which she fashions into keepsakes that can include monogramming and protective glass covering the fabric. Necklaces may be made with sterling silver, wood and lockets. Turnaround takes about a week; the average cost of a necklace is $ 20- $ 25. • jean @ keelyandco. com,( 201) 600-0577, keelyandco. com
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Cedar Grove
TV SHOW FOR TWEENS HAS LOCAL ROOTS
David Schoner believes in the power of telling stories onscreen. In his day job, he’ s the associate director of the NEW JERSEY MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION COMMISSION in Newark. In his spare time, he’ s a filmmaker who, over the summer, shot ARTHUR FUTURO, a half-hour pilot( so far) about a middle school kid who catches a glimpse of the future, and scrambles in the present to changeit. As aCedar Grove Board of Education member familiar with arranging shoots at New Jersey locations, Schoner used Memorial Middle School, Cedar Grove High School, a private home in Cedar Grove and Verona Park as settings. His company, Great Mustachio Filmworks( inspired by his signature facial hair), has financed the project through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, with an original budget of $ 15,000; he is currently seeking a distributor, and hopes to turn his story into a series.“ Content for tweens isn’ t usually serialized,” he says.“ It’ s one show and done. Arturo Futuro has smart jokes but is alittle serious. It can’ t be Stranger Things— that’ s made for adults. You don’ t want to scare them so much, but they’ re mature enoughtodeal with certain issues.”
Montclair
BOOK REVIEWERS SHARE THEIR INSIGHTS
What could be more enticing to a town full of editors and authors than hearing what high-profile book reviewers have to say? CHARLES“ CHIP” McGRATH, the former editor of The New York Times Book Review section and a contributor to The New Yorker, moderates a discussion with Dwight Garner, reviewer for The New York Times, and Joan Acocella of The New Yorker. The event is part of the Open Book / Open Minds series at the Montclair Public Library. Event is free; advance online registration is necessary to guarantee a seat. • Montclair Public Library auditorium, 50 S. Fullerton Ave.,( 973) 744-0500, montclairplf. org
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RINGS: COURTESY OFJEAN KEELY DABROWSKI; ARTHUR FUTURO: COURTESY OFTERESA PYSKATY
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