Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage

FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS ____________ LINDA TOBOROWSKY ~ Host ~ Writer ____________ ROY M. STEINBERG~ Artist/ Gallery _____________ KATHRYN JOHNSON GLASER~ Educator ~ Docent ~ Co-Host _____________ KENNETH HARI ~ International Portraitist _____________ DR. HADASSAH GUTTMANN Pianist ~ Educator ___________ Photos Page 1 - 2006 -2007 (1) ___________________ Photos Page 2 - 2006 -2007 (2)_____________ Andy Rothstein Guitarist ~ Songwriter ~ Composer ____________ EAST BRUNSWICK LIBRARY - A 21st Century Community Center ____________ LARRY GROCE - Singer ~ Composer ~ Executive Director of FESTIVALL~ 'When A City Becomes A Work of Art' ____________ ROBERT CUCCIOLI Actor ` Singer ` Director Stage & Television ___________ PHIL PEPE Sports Writer ~ Author _____________ Gary Cohen Producing Director MIDDLESEX COUNTY'S Plays-In-The-Park ______________ MARVIN CHEITEN, Ph.D Playwright ~ Director _____________ Katelyn Dawn - Composer - Singer - Musician ___________ GRANT COOPER ~ Conductor - WVa Symphony ___________ HEALING THROUGH CREATIVITY _____________ THE REDDING BROTHERS ~ Musicians ~ Composers _____________ GARY JAMES Poet - Author - Speaker ___________ POETS WEDNESDAY Edie Eustice ~ Deborah LaVeglia ____________ BARRON ARTS CENTER --CYNTHIA KNIGHT Director ______________ RUTH KIRK - Author Childrens' Books ____________ BLENKO GLASS COMPANY ___________ Dr. MARTIN HALPERN Playwright ~ Poet ~ Composer ~ Educator ___________ LEO KRAFT Composer ~ Theorist ~ Pedagogue ____________ Bobby Gonzalez Storyteller ____________ Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission ___________ ANGELO ORLANDO, Jr. Edison Art Society ______________ MARK TRAUTMAN ~ Conductor ~ New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra _____________ Dr. JOHN SEMMLOW ~ President - NBCO ___________ THORNEY LIEBERMAN~ Photographer ___________ BARBARA GOOD - Pianist~ Soloist MyLifeTime Book ____________ ZITA GEOFFROY HEINZ ~ Actor _____________ AILA ACCAD Speaker ~ Author _____________ BRUCE K. HALEY, Jr --Photographer _______________ CINDY BOGGS- Author - Instructor - Speaker ____________ JULIA SADD Journalist - Lyricist - Author ____________ DEBBIE HILL - Photojournalist ____________ NOELLE COMPINSKY TINTURIN~ Pianist ____________ REBECCA SCOTT - Conductor- Cantabile Chamber Chorale ______________ STEPHEN H. FOREMAN - Screenwriter- Author ___________ DR. BERNARD ROSE ` Musician - Educator _____________ DR. ANITA O. SOLOMON Clinical Psychologist ~ Musician _____________ LARRY McCULLOUGH, Ph.D. Playwright ` Musician ~ Educator ______________ EVA ETZIONI-HALEVY, Ph.D. Biblical Novelist _____________ LIKE-MINDED ENTERTAINMENT~ Film Makers ______________ A Tribute to MARCEL MARCEAU _____________ ROIA RAFIEYAN~ Singer ~ Musician ~ Composer ~ Music Therapist ______________ DR. THEODORE K. SCHLOSBERG ~ NJ Workshop on the Arts ______________ The VILLAGER'S THEATRE _____________ RUSS McCUBBIN ACTOR - STUNTMAN ______________ BOB YUROCHKO~ Musician ~ Author ~ Artist ______________ NINA HAND - Performer - Executive Director _____________ LINDA VONDERSCHMIDT-LaSTELLA _____________ A TRIBUTE to the BEATLES _____________

CELEBRATING the DIVERSITY OF MANY NATIONS....

  Anna Aschkenes is the Executive Director of Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission, the largest and most comprehensive arts and humanities public body in New Jersey. As such, Ms. Aschkenes oversees a coalition of arts groups through which funding and technical assistance is provided. She developed the State's first Folklife Program in 1990, and in 2000, began an effort to provide history grants on a local level.

The Cultural and Heritage Commission is responsible for two museum sites: the East Jersey Olde Towne Village and the Cornelius Low House/Middlesex County Museum which has been awarded 8 national and State honors for educational excellence.

Ms. Aschkenes is the author of the recently published, Crossroads of History, and was a contributing editor to Design for Accessibility, published by National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2000, Ms. Aschkenes' agency received the highest recognition possible when it was designated a Local Legacy by the Congress of the United States.

www.co.middlesex.nj.us/culturalheritage

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY CULTURAL & HERITAGE COMMISSION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ANNA ASCHKENES

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History of East Jersey Olde Towne (EJOT)

Located on River Road in Piscataway, East Jersey Olde Towne is one of the largest collections of original and replica structures in the state. Situated on twelve acres of Johnson Park, Olde Towne, founded in 1971, is comprised of 12 structures, many of which were transported from their original sites in New Jersey.

The Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission assumed responsibility of the Village in May of 1989. An extensive renovation and restoration project was begun on the site, to repair damage caused by time and the elements. Structure by structure, the buildings that comprise EJOT are being renovated for use as a village devoted to New Jersey’s rich heritage.

Student workshops, folklife presentations, storytelling, outdoor concerts, a resource library and archives, lectures, film and other educational activities take place, on a year round basis, at the village. (See Map)

Dr. Joseph Kler, who helped found the Village, loved American history with a passion and was fired with the spirit of preserving the tangible aspects of our country’s past so that future generations. A monograph chronicling his life, as well as brochures on the entire village is available, free of charge.

Programs at the Village see What’s New! and check out our ACCESS page for details on accommodations for persons with disabilities.

East Jersey Olde Towne Village
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