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This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Shane Smith • Mar 19th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

It’s gonna be a gorgeous weekend, folks; make sure you get out there and make the most of it. For the most comprehensive arts and entertainment listings, be sure to check our Cultural Calendar. But if you want a little help planning your weekend, here are your Best Bets.
TODAY
Today’s sun will greet the Creative Grove [...]



Meeting on Starting Local Food Co-op Scheduled for Saturday

By Jon Whiten • Mar 19th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

The Jersey City Food Co-op Initiative is holding an informal community meeting Saturday, March 20, at 2 pm, to talk about the idea behind and the vision for starting a food co-op in the city. Food co-ops are usually customer-owned, with members often pitching in to work, which helps bring the price of high-quality food [...]



Jersey City Art School Wins Grassroots Money at Art Eat-Up

By Jon Whiten • Mar 18th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

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 Distillery Brings Jersey City’s Gallery Scene to the Heights

By Jon Whiten • Mar 18th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Lead Story

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.



Hey Mercy, Hire Dirt Pie the Empathy Dog Surach Now!

By Melissa Surach • Mar 18th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Featured

Dear NBC, Universal Media Studios, Blond Nurse, President Obama, et al,

You have been filming Mercy on my block for nearly a year now, but despite my dog’s constant begging, you have not hired him to star on it. Dirt Pie the Empathy Dog Surach is very upset about this and it would behoove you to rectify the situation immediately.



Brownstone Stop Part of Band’s Fund-raising Diner Tour

By Jon Whiten • Mar 18th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog, News

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.



Horror Convention Brings ‘Nightmares’ to the Loew’s This Weekend

By Jon Whiten • Mar 17th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

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 [...]



Creative Grove Artist Market Returns Friday

By Jon Whiten • Mar 16th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

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, [...]



You’re Welcome!: Life After Honor

By Melissa Surach • Mar 15th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Featured

On Sept. 25, 2009, the City Council voted unanimously to honor me. Although I was disappointed that my dog wasn’t allowed to join me in the chambers that day, I was almost happy for once. I’d been publicly nagging the council for an award for nearly a year, and I’d finally seen the fruits of [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By Jon Whiten • Mar 12th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

It’s another jam-packed weekend for Jersey City culture vultures. For the most comprehensive arts and entertainment listings, be sure to check our Cultural Calendar. But if you want a little help planning your weekend, here are your Best Bets.
TODAY
The first East Coast solo show for Oakland-based printmaker and digital artist Favianna Rodriguez is happening [...]