The Distillery Brings Jersey City’s Gallery Scene to the Heights
In the past few years, art galleries have begun popping up outside of Downtown Jersey City, the epicenter of the city’s art scene. Lenapeeps and the Chamot Gallery are both making a go of it in Bergen Hill, and this weekend the gallery scene will officially continue its geographic expansion when the Distillery opens its doors for the first time.
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Friday Morning News Roundup»- No Teacher Contract: The school board failed last night to ratify a teachers union contract that had been negotiated over a 15-month period and agreed to by the administration. Meawhile, the New Jersey School Boards Association is pushing to skip the customary public votes on local school budgets this year, as one way of [...]
Jersey City Art School Wins Grassroots Money at Art Eat-Up»At last weekend’s inaugural Art Eat-Up, Thomas John Carlson took home the most votes — and $640 — to rejuvenate the Jersey City Art School’s 1,100 square-foot backyard by creating a space where artists can draw plants and botanicals.
The garden, which backs up from the Art School’s 5th Street location to the Embankment, will feature [...]
The furlough day scheduled for Friday, March 19 will close the majority of city offices; the Recreation Department will remain open, as will the police and fire departments.
Here’s the schedule for the remaining furlough days, which will run through June.
The following city offices will be closed on these days:
Friday, March 19, 2010: Administration; City [...]
On Sunday at 6 pm, the New Jersey rock band Kindred Souls will stop by the Brownstone Diner on Jersey Avenue for a 20-minute acoustic set. If the band seems a little tired, you’ll have to forgive them: it will be the 21st show they’ve played in three days.
Thursday Morning News Roundup»- School Aid Down $23 Million: The Jersey City school district will lose $23 million, or 4.9 percent, of state school aid, according to figures released by the state Department of Education yesterday. The district will still receive nearly $449 million in state aid. “It could have been worse,” Board of Education member Gerald McCann [...]
Horror Convention Brings ‘Nightmares’ to the Loew’s This Weekend»The Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre is used to hosting classic films and the occasional concert, but this weekend, the Journal Square landmark will play host to something a little different — a horror convention.
“Saturday Nightmares” descends on the Loew’s Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21, with a frightful lineup featuring film screenings, dozens [...]
Representatives from the Census will be at the main library and five regional branches for the next several weeks answering questions about the 2010 U.S. Census forms that are beginning to arrive in residents’ mailboxes.
Here’s the schedule, broken down by library:
Greenville Branch Library (1841 Kennedy Blvd.)
Monday, March 22, 10 am - 1 pm
Tuesday, March 23, [...]
- Christie’s Proposed Budget Unveiled: Gov. Christie unveiled a Fiscal Year 2011 budget that relies almost entirely on spending cuts to close a deficit he asserts is approaching $11 billion. Among other things, Christie is calling for the layoffs of 1,300 state workers, closings of state psychiatric institutions, an $820 million cut in aid to [...]
Jersey City Dad: An Introduction»Hi folks.
In what is likely to be a grand act of embarrassing myself, I’ve begun this blog — Jersey City Dad — to chronicle my adventures as a working-stay-at-home dad. My day job, if you can call it that, is as a freelance music journalist who covers jazz, world music, rock and other odds and [...]
After a short winter hiatus, the Creative Grove Artist Market will once again begin gracing the Grove Street PATH plaza with its presence this Friday. Each Friday from 2 to 8 pm, the market will feature art, live music and DJs, local designers and handmade goods and more.
If you want to be a vendor, [...]
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