Posts Tagged ‘books’

This Weekend’s Best Bets

By • Mar 11th, 2011 • Category: Arts, Blog

Share/Save For full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY As Jersey City emerges from the downpour and gets ready for a near-spring weekend, the Creative Grove Artist Market will be out enjoying the [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By • Jan 12th, 2011 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- Manzo Trial: Comments and questions by federal appeals judges yesterday seemed to suggest that the panel will uphold a lower judge’s ruling that resulted in dismissal of four of six counts against former Jersey City mayoral candidate Louis Manzo and his brother Ronald Manzo. – Keeping Panasonic in NJ: Panasonic Corp. of North America [...]



Mamarama: Those Lovely Bones

By • Nov 19th, 2010 • Category: Blog, Mamarama

Share/Save Like many people, I read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold when it came out some years ago. I enjoyed the book (as best as a parent can) and, more recently, became curious about the film adaptation. Directed by Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame, I wondered how he had approached this [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By • Nov 12th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Share/SaveFor full calendar listings, be sure to check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY This afternoon a handful of Hispanic literary poets –Carlos Aguasaco, Juana Ramos, Tomas Modesto Galan, Jose de la Rosa, Yrene Santos [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By • Oct 25th, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- Bonding for Retiree Payouts: Jersey City wants to borrow $22 million to cover payouts for unused sick, vacation and compensatory time to city workers who are retiring. The city — like others across New Jersey — has seen a spike in retirements this year as the Christie administration and state legislators have pushed a [...]



Attention Artists: Pro Arts Wants Your Art Books for Studio Tour Book Fair

By • Sep 7th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Share/SavePro Arts Jersey City is organizing an artist book fair and exhibition that will take place next month during the annual Jersey City Artists Studio Tour. The organization is looking for a wide range of artist books — from handmade ones to self-published limited editions and more — for submissions. The exhibition, which will be [...]



Jersey City Public Library Announces Lineup for 3rd Annual Book Festival

By • Aug 23rd, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Share/SaveThe Jersey City Free Public Library has set a date and unveiled the 18 authors lined up for its third annual book festival, “A Tale of Our City.” Among the writers who will descend on Van Vorst Park this September 18 are Seton Hall Law School professor John B. Wefing, local historians Bob Leach and [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By • Jul 9th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Share/SaveJersey City comes back strong this weekend after the sleepy holiday, with cultural events out the ears. For full listings, you can click here — but here are the Best Bets. TODAY You have the chance to help fund 1 of 8 grassroots arts projects right here in Jersey City at Pro Arts‘ second Art [...]



Jersey City Illustrator Don Sipley Carves Out a Niche in Fantasy Romance

By • Jun 15th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Featured

Sipley is one of the most prolific illustrators in his field, a sub-genre of fiction many never think about, but one that has a small, intense, and largely female fan base — fantasy romance novels.



Library Looking for Authors for Third Annual Book Festival

By • May 25th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Share/SaveThe Jersey City Free Public Library has set a date and location for the third annual “Tale of Our City” book festival — Sept. 18 in Van Vorst Park. Now it is beginning the search for authors who want to take part. Previous incarnations of the festival have focused on Jersey City authors, or authors [...]

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