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MEAT MUSIC – Matt Chertkoff performed at eight locations in seven hours at area hot dog establishments July 1 to promote the release of his first CD called “Hot Dog Rock: It’s For Real.” Hot dog rock
Local musician sings about one of America’s favorite meals

To say Weehawken resident Matt Chertkoff likes hot dogs is an understatement. The musician, who sings under the name McSAPRR, an acronym for “Matt Chertkoff sings and plays rock and roll,” perfor...
Jul 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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HOPING FOR FILM ROLE – Jersey City resident Rich Garcia’s is hoping his ‘uncanny resemblance’ to the late rap star Tupac Shakur will land him the starring role in a new Hollywood biopic. ‘Pathmark Tupac’ Hollywood bound?
Rapper look-a-like hopes to land role in forthcoming biopic

Like scores of other Tupac Shakur fans, Rich Garcia of Jersey City would jump at the opportunity to portray Shakur in the Hollywood biopic about the late rapper that is scheduled to begin filming...
Jul 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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WHAT’S IN A NAME? – The local duo Dara and Frank are among the musical acts that will perform as part of the Secaucus summer music series, which kicks off Thursday, July 8. Free music each week
Cheaper, revamped summer concerts kick off Thursday

The revamped Secaucus summer concert series returns on Thursday, July 8 for 10 music-filled shows under the stars in Buchmuller Park. A number of new acts will headline the popular annual music ...
Jul 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Can business theory help with dating? Yes it can!
Six Sigma is a process for improving businesses and reducing errors. Lately I have been wondering if the same things that have helped countless institutions could also be used in something as eso...
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ALL THE WAY – Men from as far as Italy came to compete in the Frank Sinatra Idol Contest in Hoboken last week. David Arellano from Staten Island won first place. Greg Myers from Plainfield, N.J. took second, and Rory Aylward from Astoria, N.Y. won third. In the photo, Arellano is seen third from the right, Aylward is sixth, and Myers, seventh. Let’s be Frank
Three ‘Sinatra Idol’ contestants return home with bragging rights

Donning tuxedos and bow ties, 13 men vied for the “Frank Sinatra Idol” title in an annual contest in Sinatra Park in Hoboken a week ago Thursday. David Arellano, a 49-year-old retired police dete...
Jun 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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HUNT FOR ADVICE
(Editor’s Note: Hunt Ethridge is a dating consultant living in Hoboken. His column runs in the entertainment sections every other week, as well as at www.hudsonreporter.com.) This week, a lette...
Jun 20, 2010 | 3 3 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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CUTTING REMARKS – At the star-studded event were cast members of Style Network’s ‘Jerseylicious.’ Left to right: Gayle Giacomo and Christy Pereira, hairstylists. Eat it raw
Celebs celebrate 10th anniv of Sushi Lounge

The ultra chic restaurant Sushi Lounge hosted “The White Party” to commemorate 10 years of business at their locations in Hoboken, Morristown, and Totowa, and to kick off this summer’s Al Fresco ...
Jun 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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HUDSON COUNTY ART – Pictured is a print by Guttenberg artist Stephen Byram called "Disrupted Birdhouse,” which is featured in an exhibit at the new Hoboken art gallery Suckerpunch located on the corner of Newark and Jackson Street. Suckers for art
New gallery to open with much fanfare in Hoboken

The new Hoboken art gallery Suckerpunch, opening next week in the southwesternmost pocket of town, isn’t your average upscale art space. With an “e-commerce destination” – a website that allows v...
Jun 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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THE END IS NEAR – “Joys of Armageddon,” a play written by the couple Mike and Rivka Kilmer, opens for one weekend only, Friday and Saturday June 18 and 19, at the Monroe Theater Space in the Monroe Center for the Arts, 720 Monroe St. in Hoboken. Happy endings
New end-of-the-world musical in Hoboken

It’s not your average post-apocalyptic story. Sure, there are the references to the end of the Mayan calendar and a new-fangled technology called “cybergenic reincarnation” – but “Joys of Armaged...
Jun 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hunt for Advice
How far is too far away when you’re dating someone? Hello readers and welcome back! I hope you all had a great unofficial “first weekend of summer.” So now that people are renting shore houses ...
Jun 06, 2010 | 8 8 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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HOBOKEN ARTIST –Mile Square resident Andrea Benham shot a video for her new single “My Life” at Room 84, at 84 Washington St. in Hoboken. For more information on Benham, visit her website www.andreabenham.com. ‘My Life’
New music video shot in Hoboken

The swanky and sort-of-new hot spot Room 84, on the corner of Newark and Washington streets in Hoboken, isn’t just a plush lounge for Hudson County’s nightlife elite. It’s also the backdrop for a...
May 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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UNUSUAL PERSPECTIVE – A new angle on Pier A Park. Catch a new view of Hoboken in Chris Amaral’s photography show
If you haven’t had a chance to see the Upper Gallery exhibit, A New Hoboken: Photographs by Chris Amaral, be sure to stop by the Hoboken Museum before it closes on July 11. At 4 p.m. on July 11...
May 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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