Friday, March 29, 2013

Cabaret at the Museum






















Get ready for a good old time!!!

www.UnionCityMuseum.org
The place for entertainment!!!

 "Cabaret at the Museum", the new monthly music/cabaret series held at the Union City Museum of Art. 

On Friday, April 19, 2013 the show will feature "Rev. Yolanda's Old Time Gospel Hour"  with special guest Tracy Stark; and hosted by Lucio Fernandez.

Rev. Yolanda's Old Time Gospel Hour is:  "A Gender Bending Gospel Celebration for The New Thought Generation" Taking traditional sounding melodies and instrumentation, Rev. Yolanda creates new inspirational songs with lyrics that affirm the God/Goddess within, and embrace the diversity of humankind.

Refreshments will be served & admission is free. 
For more information, visit:  www.UnionCityMuseum.org

Cabaret at the Museum 
presents
"Rev. Yolanda's Old Time Gospel Hour" 
Special guest Tracy Stark
Hosted by Lucio Fernandez
Friday, April 19, 2013
8:00 PM

Union City Museum of Art
@ The William V. Musto Cultural Center
420 - 15 Street
Union City, NJ

Free Admission
Refreshments Served

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"Rev. Yolanda's Old Time Gospel Hour" 
starring Rev. Yolanda 

Rev. Yolanda is an accomplished singer/songwriter/drag queen/performance artist and Interfaith Minister garnering awards from:
The GLBT Hall of Fame 
Outvoice GLBT Music Charts 
Pride In The Arts 
Stonewall Society 
The Fresh Fruit Festival, and more.

He has been called " The Alien Love Child of Louise Hay and John Waters, with a splash of Tammy Faye ! " 
Rev. Yolanda is an eccentric, and ecstatic performer with a southern rock, country gospel style. He brings his message of Non Duality into every event by merging GLBT and Mainstream Popular Culture with Integrated Spirituality. Possessing a soulful voice, a message of oneness, great costumes, and a wicked sense of humor, his shows and cd's emphasize love, beautiful melodies, interesting stories, and a bit of inspiration.

Rev Yolanda was born and raised as Roger Mapes in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, The Hit Recording Capital of the World and the birthplaces of
Helen Keller and W.C. Handy.

The Muscle Shoals area is populated by an abundance of musicians and visual artists/painters. Rev. Yolanda began studying music, painting and drawing at a young age with local artists and was encouraged to develop his own unique vision, which combines GLBT culture, drag performance, personal spirituality, and a love for Old Time Gospel Music. Rev. Yolanda is influenced by pop, rock, blues,gospel, country, and folk, but doesn’t self-consciously follow any one tradition…combining them all into some hybrid of his own.
Along the way Roger decided to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a minister. He enrolled at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in NYC and became an ordained Interfaith Minister in June 2011.

Rev. Yolanda is also a fine artist, who paints abstract expressionist paintings. Rev. Yolanda's paintings on canvas and clothing are in private collections all over the world. You can visit his art gallery here: www.fine-art.com/rogermapes
Rev. Yolanda's official website: http://www.yolanda.net

Monday, March 25, 2013

Union City Theatre goes to NYC

Union City's own The Grace Theatre Workshop, Inc. returns to producing shows in New York City.  This highly anticipated production will undoubtedly be enjoyed by many.

Don't miss The Grace Theatre Workshop's production of "Busco Amigo".  The premiere presenter of bilingual & Spanish language theatre in the State of New Jersey makes its triumphant return to NYC!!!
































www.GraceTheatre.com
Buy your tickets now.  Visit:  http://www.smarttix.com/Show.aspx?ShowCode=BUS6

Thursday, March 14, 2013

A Woman's Scream


International Poetry Festival

(Union City, NJ) The City of Union City, Mayor Brian P. Stack & Board of Commissioners in commemoration of Women's History Month present the international poetry festival  "A Woman's Scream", to be held at the William V. Musto Cultural Center located at 420 - 15th Street in Union City, NJ on Friday, March 29, 2013 at 7:00 PM

Performing poetry that evening will be Lourdes Batista, Elizabeth Balaguer, Rafael Palacios, Jane Pedler, SaraEve Daly , Susy Gonzalez, Elsa Batista, Judith Guerra, Armando G. Muñoz, Ben Figueroa, Berkis Contreras, and Jael Uribe.

Refreshments will be served & admission is free. 
For more information, visit:  www.UnionCityMuseum.org

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Cabaret at the Museum



The Union City Museum of Art presents "Cabaret at the Museum", a new monthly cabaret series to be held at the William V. Musto Cultural Center located at 420 - 15th Street in Union City, NJ.  

The monthly cabaret/variety show is produced and hosted by Lucio Fernandez, and will feature a talented array of performing artists. 

Music, comedy, poetry... find it all at Cabaret at the Museum.  

The opening night concert will take place on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 8:00 PM and will feature performances by soprano Michele Sexton, tenor John Jay Hebert, and Craig Ketter on piano, with special guest, classical pianist Jahye Kim.  

Refreshments will be served & admission is free. 
For more information, visit:  www.UnionCityMuseum.org

Cabaret at the Museum
Opening Night
Friday, March 15, 2013
8:00 PM

Union City Museum of Art
@ The William V. Musto Cultural Center
420 - 15 Street
Union City, NJ

Free Admission
Refreshments Served

Thursday, March 7, 2013

The Color of Sound


Art Exhibit 
by Johanny Monsanto

The Union City Museum of Art in conjunction with Procreart, Inc. present "The Sound of Color", an Art Exhibit by Johanny Monsanto, Opening Night Reception to be held Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 7:00 PM at William V. Musto Cultural Center, 420-15th Street, Union City, NJ. Live Performance by Jay Rodriguez. Refreshments will be served.  Free Admission.  

For more information, visit: www.UnionCityMuseum.org



About the Artist

Johanny Monsanto’s Art
She portrays her feelings and interpretations in painterly styles and techniques that can best reflect her message. Her passion ventures into the worlds of Impressionistic, Realism, Surrealism and Abstract paintings with Mixed Media. Her success is mirrored by the many exhibitions and satisfied clientele throughout her long career. Her exhibitions were widely received with much success in her hometown, Santiago, and other municipalities throughout the Dominican Republic.

Here in the United States and in New York her paintings are anxiously received for exhibition in well-known galleries as well as in cultural sites in Westchester County, Yonkers, New York, where she resides and manages her studio.  A Graduate from Universidad Tecnologica de Santiago, (UTESA) for Interior Design and Centro Cultural Dominico Americano, at Santiago, Dominican Republic for Art Painting Majors in Painting And Interior Design. After graduation Johanny began her true struggle to release her latent visions and feelings that affect her ever evolving nature. These reactions are reflected by the variety of Arts on Canvas and Mixed Media on Prestiges Art Papers, she has laboriously portrayed with passion. Johanny’s other true love, besides painting, is Interior Design. Her skill is demonstrated by her portfolio and from her clientele whose demographic extent from private homes to corporate offices, restaurants and entertainment establishments.