Share/Save The Jersey City Craft Mafia is looking for handmade artists, local organizations, demo leaders, gingerbread enthusiasts and — most importantly — fans of tacky holiday sweaters for its annual Handmade Holiday Market, which is slated for Sunday, December 19 at Grace Church Van Vorst. The event is a good way for Jersey City residents [...]
Share/SaveAt this year’s Jersey City Artists Studio Tour, the Jersey City Craft Mafia (JCCM) is teaming up with Art House Productions to host a two-day handmade arts event at Art House’s McWilliams Place headquarters. There will be tutorials, demos, a craft supply swap and other activities “geared towards bringing crafts out of the home and [...]
Share/SaveThe Not Yo Mama’s Affairs folks are putting together a showcase at this year’s 4th Street Arts & Music Festival, and they’re looking for up to 20 vendors to showcase and sell their work. They’ll accept all kinds of work, from painting to photography to metal work to sculpture, although they (rightly) point out that [...]
Share/SaveFor more event listings, be sure to check out our full Cultural Calendar. But here are some of the Best Bets for the weekend. Hosting an event? You can submit your events to our calendar directly on the site. It’s easy — check it out here. TODAY This week’s Creative Grove Artist Market is a [...]
On Saturday, April 17, about 1,000 folks from Jersey City and beyond descended on Parlay Studios to check out handmade goods from scores of vendors, listen to music from some of Jersey City’s finest, nibble on some food and hang out. In the process, the fair raised at least $1,500 for the local nonprofit Arts to Grow (the organizers are still tallying everything up.) All in all, the organizers say the event was a big success, and we’ve got the photographic evidence to prove it.
Share/SaveFor Jersey City’s most comprehensive event listings, be sure to check out our full Cultural Calendar. We know you like shortcuts, though, so here are your Best Bets. TODAY The young blues trailblazer Shemekia Copeland will be at the Loew’s tonight as part of the Loew’s-Down Blues series (8 pm); be sure to swing by [...]
After last year’s debut went off swimmingly, the team of young, sassy and excited Jersey City crafters behind the fair — Megan Gülick, Sophie Penkrat and Leah Siegel-Picus — decided they needed to expand this year. “It was a trial run for us,” Gülick explains. “The response showed how much people were looking for this.”
Share/SaveAfter 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, [...]
Share/SaveLast year, Jersey City played host to the first-ever Not Yo Mama’s Craft Fair, which brought the whole idea of a craft fair out of the attic and into the 21st Century. Folks selling all types of handmade goodies, from pillows to jewelry to bags, came out to shill and chill with their fellow crafters [...]
Share/SaveOn a rainy Saturday afternoon in Jersey City one might wonder what to do. Extend brunch well into dinnertime? Stay home and catch up on missed episodes of your favorite shows on Hulu? Venture out into the rain to get going on the Christmas shopping you’ve neglected to start? Sure. Yes. Those are all good [...]
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