The 2012 “A Cat in Every Home” adoption campaign continues this Sunday, February 5th, and every Sunday thereafter at Grace Church. You can find a cat at the church’s Parish Hall, 39 Erie Street from 12:30 – 4:30pm. The campaign is run by Hudson County animal welfare organizations Companion Animal Trust (CAT) and Hudson County [...]
No longer must art grants be the sole province of faceless judges selected by a philanthropic organization who behind closed doors choose which art and what artist should receive funding for a project. At least not when it’s Pro Arts Jersey City’s Art Eat-Up, a fundraiser dinner with a democratic twist. For a small donation, [...]
On the corners surrounding Downtown’s Grace Church Van Vorst, the polling site for Ward E 13, 14 and 15, there were plenty of people holding signs, handing out cards, keeping their watch on campaigners and shouting slogans. The only thing missing was voters. “Voter turnout has been very light today,” said Dale Hardman, a Jersey [...]
Story Haven, a creation of local professional actress Anna Nugent and her business partner Amy Elise de Jong, is currently entering its third season of programming aimed at inspiring creativity in Jersey City’s little ones. One eight-week workshop series kicks off Saturday at Art House Productions, while another six-week after-school workshop series starts October 3 at Grace Church Van Vorst.
Organizers of the Cathedral Arts Festival, which they say is the longest-running arts festival in Hudson County, are looking for “unexpected” artwork submissions this year. “As always, artwork in all media and encompassing all subject matter will be considered, but in 2011 we are seeking surprise; something new from the familiar,” the call for submissions [...]
Grace Church Van Vorst is currently looking for photographers to submit works for its upcoming spring photography show, which will be on display at the church in May. Photographers can submit up to four jpgs (the preferred method, at 8″ x 10″ and 72 dpi) or prints no later than April 10 to spring.photo.show (at) [...]
Rev. Nick Lannon is leaving Grace Church Van Vorst to take a position at a church in the Northwest New Jersey town of Denville, he announced this week. “It has been an incredible four years that I’ve been here at Grace; I’ve learned to be a minister here,” Lannon says in a message posted to [...]
Like most other schools, All Saints Episcopal Day School and Stevens Cooperative School don’t have classes scheduled on Monday, in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. But that isn’t stopping them from honoring the late Dr. King with a day of service at Hoboken and Jersey City shelters, soup kitchens and charitable [...]
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 to [...]
The Cathedral Arts Festival is entering its third decade this year, and the organizers are looking for artists to be part of the show. All work accepted by the festival will be for sale, with 60 percent of the cost going to the artist and 40 percent to Grace Chuch Van Vorst, which hosts the [...]
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