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Share/Save The Historic Downtown Special Improvement District (HDSID) is organizing a Holiday Sidewalk Fair for artists and crafters to sell their work along major shopping routes in Downtown Jersey City during December 3′s citywide JC Fridays arts celebration. Vendors will be set up along streets including Newark Avenue, Grove Street and Jersey Avenue from 2 [...]

Share/SaveWhile Trenton band Honah Lee played at last Thursday’s closing reception for the Glossolalia exhibition, the Jersey City Police Department (JCPD) visited 58 Gallery, issuing two tickets — for “maintaining a nuisance” and operating without an entertainment license — to promoter Tony Susco. That’s led the gallery to scale back the festivities for tonight’s opening [...]

Jersey City’s Katie Niewodowski is an artist, professor and yogi, and most recently she has also become a small business owner. We recently caught up with her as she made some final preparations on her new installation, which will be featured at Friday’s grand opening of her yoga studio, SunMoon Yoga.

Share/SaveIf you walked down Grove Street in Downtown Jersey City over the weekend, you may have noticed a new establishment on the east side of the street just north of the PATH plaza. But the “new” workout studio, Maximum Motion Fitness, isn’t really new at all — it has just moved to 340 Grove St. [...]

Share/SaveAs Art House Productions prepares to begin its 10th year of work this fall, founder Christine Goodman — a staple of Jersey City’s cultural scene — will finally be coming on board full-time as the organization’s first official staff member, beginning August 1. “I believe that every step toward formalization taken by every Jersey City [...]

This Friday began early for me as I got out to check out Creative Grove, and see how the shops would set up with Groove on Grove’s special appearance for JC Fridays. I spent some time wandering around checking out the local art scene and the available wares. With items ranging from screen printed T-shirts to homemade organic cookies and lemonade, there was something for everyone. Around 6 pm the music started up, with four acts slated to go on.

Share/SaveFor Jersey City’s most comprehensive arts and entertainment listings, be sure to check our full Cultural Calendar. Here are your Best Bets for the coming weekend. TODAY With JC Fridays back in town today, there is plenty of good stuff going on. While you can see the full event listings on the JC Fridays website, [...]

Share/SaveThe quarterly arts extravaganza JC Fridays returns to Jersey City this Friday, March 5, with nearly 40 events lined up all over town for art lovers of all ages. As part of the festivities, the city and Art House Productions will honor three local businesses — Fischer Confections, Churrasqueira Europa Restaurant & Bar and Light [...]

This charismatic quintet just released a new EP, Where We Fall, and are fresh off a U.S. tour. Tree (vocals,guitar) Larry Brinkman (vocals, guitar) and Joe Daly (vocals, guitar) serve up the frontline to a host of songs about drinking and heartbreak, with Chuck Daly (bass) and Patrick Byrne (drums) bearing down for rhythm support. This is one of the must-see — or I should say must-hear — groups in Jersey City.

Share/SaveAnother Rainy Jersey City Friday: It seems the elements themselves conspire against us each time the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District throws an event, and the latest JC Fridays special Groove on Grove last Friday was no exception. But this is Jersey City, and there’s not much short of a flash flood that could stop [...]