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The Dreamtime: Hair and Braid Pattern Paintings is a

solo exhibition of a series of 22” x 30” acrylic on paper hair

and braid pattern paintings (samples above) by So Yoon

Lym, which opens at the Paterson Museum on Oct. 23.

“The inspiration came from the students I worked with

at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson where I was

the art teacher for eight years until I was laid off this past

June,” Lym explained. “The Dreamtime is a reference to

the Aborigines in Australia and their way of living and

understanding the world. They believed in what the

European coined, the Dreamtime, which to the Aborigines

was an interconnected way of living on the earth that was

inhabited by the spirits of their ancestors,” she continued.

Done from an aerial perspective, the paintings offer

dramatic views. “In most cultures around the world, as in

Aboriginal art, perspective is aerial. It is not the egocentric

perspective of European Renaissance art. The aerial

perspective that the Aborigines used in their art was a way of

showing that nature, the land, life, the earth is greater than

us, but we are tied to and interconnected to all living things

as well as to our ancestors who live as spirits all around us.”

So Yoon Lym was born in Seoul, Korea and lived in

Kenya and Uganda for her first seven years.

She has since resided in northern NJ, receiving

her BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island

School of Design and her MFA in Painting

from Columbia University. Since being laid

off, she plans to resume life as a full time

painter/artist. See her portfolio at

www.soyoonlym.com.

The Paterson Museum is at 2 Market St.

near the Great Falls in the historic district.

There will be a free public reception for the

artist on Oct. 24 from 1 to 4 pm. Admission to

the museum is $2; hours are Tues. to Fri., 10 am

to 4 pm and weekends 12:30 to 4:30 pm. Call

973-321-1260 or go to www.patersonnj.gov

and look under art and recreation for info. W

Other Upcoming PC Arts Events Oct. 2: Passaic County History Fair, Lambert Castle, Paterson

Oct. 6: St. Timothy Musicales, Wayne

Oct. 5: Passaic County Historical Society Benefit, Paterson

Oct. 14: WPU Art Faculty Reception & Panel Discussion, Wayne

Oct. 14: Hispanic Heritage Month Artists Reception, Paterson

Oct. 16: Long Pond Iron Works Lantern Tour, West Milford

Oct. 16: Eleanor Roosevelt Luncheon, Clifton

Oct. 17: Clifton Arts Center 10th Anniversary Gala

Oct. 22: Pane Amaro, Bitter Bread, film preview, Haledon

Oct. 23: Garden State Opera, Hawthorne

Oct. 28: Reflections on the 1960’s forum, Paterson

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St. Timothy Musicales, a concert series at St. TimothyLutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne, opens at 1 pm

on Oct. 6 with The Alex Chilowicz Quartet — saxophone,

piano, bass and drums — featuring many favorites from

The Great American Songbook. On Oct. 13, The Schwandt

Family Chamber Ensemble performs classical and sacred

music for stringed instruments and voices. The artist for the

Oct. 20 finale is mezzo-soprano Christine Opalka,

accompanied by St. Timothy’s organist Heitor Caballero.

The program includes Broadway favorites, Gershwin tunes,

gospel songs and an audience sing-along. These one-hour

concerts are free, and individuals and groups are welcome.

For details, call 973-956-0026. W, P, V

Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin’ is a live

musical program that sets the songs and spirit of Woody

Guthrie in the context of the American 1930s — the Dust

Bowl, the Depression, the New Deal and the state of

popular music itself. Scholar and musician Will Kaufman

brings hard-hitting Guthrie songs into conversation with

detailed historical commentary, exemplifying the blending

of music and radical politics that marks Guthrie’s most

powerful and evocative work. This performance, presented

by the American Labor Museum/Botto House National

Landmark, will take place on Oct. 2 at 3 pm at Lambert

Castle, as part of the Passaic County History Fair. The

Museum is at 3 Valley Rd., Paterson. Kaufman, a folk

music scholar, guitarist, and professor of American

Literature and Culture at the University of Central

Lancashire, England, was awarded a BMI-Woody Guthrie

Fellowship in 2008. His book, Woody Guthrie, AmericanRadical will be published in 2011 by the University of

Illinois Press. For more on the Passaic County History Fair,

call 973-247-0085 or visit www.lambertcastle.org. W

Where do we go from here? Reflections on struggles ofthe 1960s is a free public forum on Oct. 28 at 3 pm in the

Passaic County Community College Theater, Paterson.

Presented by the Juvenile Education and Awareness

Project of Passaic and the PCCHC, speakers include

Bonnie Kerness, Laura Whitehorn, Jamal Joseph and Ben

Chaney. Free. For info, call 973-684-6507. W

The Garden State Opera presents ‘Il Tabarro’ by

Giacomo Puccini at the Louis Bay 2nd Library, 345

Lafayette Ave., Hawthorne, at 2 pm on Oct. 23. Tickets

are $10. For info or details, call 973-928-1774 or go to

gardenstateopera.homestead.com. W

The American Labor Museum/Botto House NationalLandmark presents an evening of film for National Arts

and Humanities Month on Oct. 22 at 7 pm. The

documentary feature film, Pane Amaro, Bitter Bread,follows the Italian American journey from ‘despised

immigrants to honored citizens.’ A discussion and light

refreshments will conclude the evening. The Botto House is

at 83 Norwood St., Haledon and was the meeting place for

over 20,000 workers during the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike.

The Museum today offers a free lending library, restored

period rooms, changing exhibits, Museum Store, Old World

Gardens, educational programs and special events. The

exhibit Allied Textile Printers, Paterson, NJ by photographer

Michael Anthony is displayed through Dec. 31. For

hours and details, go to www.labormuseum.org, call

973-595-7953 or email labormuseum@aol.com. W

Uncle Floyd Vivino will perform at The Brownstone on

Oct. 5 at the Annual Beefsteak Dinner to support the

Passaic County Historical Society, the organization that

runs the museum and library at the Lambert Castle.

Seating is $50. Call 973 247-0085, ext. 201.

Alex Chilowicz opens the St. Timothy Musicales series in Wayne on Oct. 6—which closes with Christine Opalka on Oct. 20. At right,Evelyn Thatcher, soprano in the role of Giorgietta in Puccini’s Il Tabarro, which will be performed in Hawthorne on Oct. 23.

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The Friends of Long Pond Ironworks hostcandle lantern tours through the HistoricDistrict on Oct. 16, giving tourists a rare

glimpse of 18th Century village life by

night. Long Pond Ironworks was founded in

1766 and operated continually until 1882,

making iron for a wide range of purposes.

Today, the ruins of three furnaces and other

unique structures remain in a beautiful

setting within Long Pond Ironworks State

Park near the New York border in West

Milford. Tours will culminate with a

performance at the furnaces by balladeer

Linda Russell who plays guitar, mountain

and hammered dulcimers, pennywhistle and

limber jack while her rich singing voice

illuminates our American heritage through

patriotic anthems, broadsides, hymns and

dance tunes. A family tour (children 12 and

up) will be offered at 7:30 pm. An adult

only tour begins at 9 pm. Advance

registration is required; tickets are $10/adult

and $5/child. To make a reservation, leave

name, tour time, number of tickets and

telephone number on the FOLPI info line at 973-657-1688.

The Friends of Long Pond Ironworks, Inc. (FOLPI) is a

nonprofit 501(c) (3) volunteer organization working in

cooperation with the New Jersey Division of Parks and

Forestry to preserve, restore, and interpret the Long Pond

Ironworks Historic District. For more about other

programs, contact info@LongPondIronworks.org, or visit

www.LongPondIronworks.org.

Eleanor Roosevelt was the first President’s wife to hold

press conferences, write a newspaper

column and travel widely. She was

admired and criticized by many. In MeetEleanor Roosevelt hosted by Clifton’s

Hamilton House Museum at noon on

Oct. 16, she steps out of history to share

with frankness and humor some of the

struggles and experiences of her

extraordinary life. In Elena Dodd’s

portrayal (inset), Mrs. Roosevelt’s distinctive speech and

dynamic personality enliven this interactive program, which

include tea and luncheon. Visitors will interact with Mrs.

Roosevelt as this carefully researched program is based on

Mrs. Roosevelt’s autobiography, letters, speeches and

articles. Clifton’s Hamilton House Museum is an 18th

Century Dutch gambrel-roofed homestead, which is located

at 971 Valley Rd. Advance tickets only, which are $25. To

purchase or for info, call 974-744-5707.

The West Milford Farmers’ Market offers Jersey Fresh

fruits, vegetables and live acoustic music on Wednesdays

2 to 6 pm now through Oct. 27 on the grounds of the Our

Lady Queen of Peace Church, 1911 Union Valley Rd.

Info at WMFarmersmarket.org. W

The Ringwood Farmers’ Market, in the Ringwood Park

and Ride, is held Saturdays through Oct. 30, rain or shine.

A project of Eat Local, Inc. the Market also offers free

performances by regional musicians. Sets are at 10 am and

noon. Info at www.ringwoodfarmersmarket.org. W

The Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts hosts the

45th Annual Fall Open Juried Exhibition at the Barn

Gallery in historic Ringwood Manor State Park through

Oct. 13. The public is invited to an awards reception on

Oct. 3, from 1:30 to 3:30. Entrance to the Park and Gallery

is free and the gallery is open Wednesdays and weekends

from 1-4. For info, go to rmaarts.wordpress.com. W

The 10th anniversary of the Clifton Arts Center andSculpture Park will be marked at a gala on Oct. 17 at 4

pm at the Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton. Built

in the early twentieth century and listed on the National

Register of Historic Places, the CAC is housed in a

former U. S. Animal Quarantine Station which has been

skillfully updated. Tickets are $70 or $135 per couple;

children ages 5 through 12 are $30. For info or tickets,

call 973-473-8122 or 973-472-5499.

Balladeer Linda Russell (right) holds one the few instruments native to this country,the mountain dulcimer, invented in Pennsylvania in colonial days. Linda was joined byher daughter, fiddler Hallie Stotler, at July 4th festivities at Washington’s Headquartersin Morristown. Russell performs in West Milford on Oct. 16. Photo by Kevin Coughlin.

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Artworks created by facultymembers at William PatersonUniversity in Wayne will be on

exhibit at the Ben Shahn Galleries

through Oct. 15. Artists include

Miriam Bisceglia, James Andrew

Brown, Robert Castillo, Giovanna

Cecchetti, Zhiyuan Cong, Angela

DeLaura, Leslie Nobler Farber, Ming

Fay, Glen Guarino, David Horton,

Robert Kerwin, Alan Lazarus, Elaine

Lorenz, Charles Magistro, Gina

Miccinilli, Ken Morris, Lori Nozick,

Tiana Petersen, Lily Prince, Lauren

Razzore, Michael Rees, Steve Rittler,

Robin Schwartz, William Truran,

Tom Uhlein and Dave Zavracky.

Works include painting, drawing,

sculpture, mixed media, collage,

furniture design, photography, textile

design and printmaking. The exhibit

is one of three shows on view

concurrently in the Ben Shahn

Galleries. Admission is free. A

panel discussion with the artists

is on Oct. 14 at 3 pm, followed by

a reception at 4 pm. For info:

973-720-2654. W, L

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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Passaic County

Cultural & Heritage Council presents Duende, an art exhibition by

Jose Roderio and Sergio Villamizar. Both artists have Hispanic

heritage and are professors at New Jersey City University. The

works in the exhibit explore the Duende, a source for artistic

inspiration and creativity. The show will be on view in the

Broadway & LRC Galleries at PCCC through Nov. 5, Broadway at

Memorial Dr., in the downtown historic district of Paterson. A

reception for the artists will be held in the Broadway Gallery,

Oct. 14, 4:30- 6:30 pm. Admission to the exhibit and reception is

free and open to the public. For hours and other details, contact Jane

Haw, Gallery Curator, at 973-684-5448 or jhaw@pccc.edu. W

Writing Your Way Home, a poetry weekend intensive led by Laura

Boss and Maria Mazziotti Gillan, will be held at St. Marguerite’s

Retreat House in Mendham, on Dec. 10, 11, and 12. Fee $375.

Includes room, meals, and all workshops, as well as 15 professional

development credits. For registration and additional information,

email Maria Mazziotti Gillan at mgillan@pccc.edu. W

The New Jersey Poetry Calendar offers a list of readings in the

metropolitan region. For events and info on how to subscribe,

go to www.pccc.edu/poetry.Els Quatre Gats Cafe by Jose Rodeiro