THE
BUZZ
WRITTEN BY CAROL BOTT JARGER
GIRL CHALK, INC.
GLAZE ARTISAN DONUTS
CAROL BENNETT AND LINDA KEENAN-CUCCURULLO
IT AINT JUST PAINT
Linda Keenan-Cuccurullo and Carol Bennett, sisters and Wayne residents, started
GIRL CHALK, INC. (200 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pequannock, 973-930-2114,
girlchalk.com) to fuel their love of changing well-made vintage furniture and home
décor items into more modern pieces.
It’s a hometown shop that sells hand-painted upcycled furniture or the supplies to
do it yourself. They sell sealers, creative products, and brushes. According to Linda,
Fusion Mineral paints well on wood, glass, and metal. A specific line of paint is
recommended for children and nursery equipment.
“We do light upholstery and furniture repair, redo kitchen cabinets and bathroom
vanities, and do other custom painting in private homes,” adds Carol. They have a basement filled with furniture to help people find pieces for their homes. “We’re furniture
finders and matchmakers,” says Linda. There are barn doors, vintage mirrors, and toy
boxes. Girl Chalk artists will build custom benches for fire pits, and make foot and
headboards for beds. Do-it-yourselfers can attend their classes to learn the ins and
outs of painting, waxing, techniques, and stenciling.
DANCIN’ DOWN THE STREET
RHINO STUDIO 237
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WAYNE MAGAZINE
Jule Hazou, owner of GLAZE
ARTISAN DONUTS (1055 Hamburg
Turnpike, Wayne, 973-832-7742,
glazeartisan.com), “When you start
with quality ingredients, you end up
with quality.” Glaze Artisan Donuts is a
full bakery that crafts and bakes traditional and eccentric donuts multiple
times daily to insure freshness. Classic
or infused, full-size and mini artisan
donuts challenge the imagination.
Hazou flavors the dough as well as
the icing. There’s buttermilk strawberry,
red velvet, and mint chocolate. Glaze’s
Italian rainbow cookie donut got them
national attention when Hazou
appeared on the Good Morning
America TV show. His cannoli donut is
the No. 1 specialty donut, and the
plain glazed donut is still their best
seller. His maple bacon donuts
became very popular, so he made
maple bacon ice cream, too.
Rhino Theatre in Pompton Lakes just got bigger with its new
second location down the street at RHINO STUDIO 237
(237 Wanaque Ave., Pompton Lakes, 973-248-9491,
rhinotheatre.com) that’s available to rent. Carmela Wolosz
partnered with JoAnn Ventor for a combination of theater and
dance in a different type of space just a short walk from the
mainstage. Wolosz says, “The smaller stage and smaller theater
have the ability to make those comedy shows and dramas really
intimate because audiences are close up and feel part of the
performance.” Everything on one floor makes it accessible to all.
Rhino Theatre still has a full schedule. Check the website to
see all that makes Rhino the area's theater destination, and to
get ticket information for their holiday performances of Disney’s
full-length version of “Beauty and the Beast.” ■
HOLIDAY 2016
CHALK GIRLS: ANNE-MARIE CARUSO; RHINO STUDIO 237: COURTESY OF RHINO THEATRE; DONUT: NITEENRKX/GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO
TIME TO
MAKE DONUTS