Posts Tagged ‘LITM’

Chillfest Film Series Kicks Off Fifth Season This Weekend

By Jon Whiten • Oct 8th, 2009 • Category: Arts, Featured

Chillfest co-founders Charles Ignacio (left) and John Catania (right)
“It’s hard to believe five years of Chillfest have passed,” says John Catania, one of the co-founders of Jersey City’s “mostly gay and lesbian film series.” In August 2005, he and his long-term partner Charles Ignacio, who are both film and TV producers, were looking for a [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- NJ Transit’s walkway connecting the Newport area with Hoboken terminal is now open, and Hoboken 411 has a photo tour. Apparently, the walkway will be closed each night from 9 pm until 6 am the following day, which some residents are criticizing.
- Roughly 50 Jersey City residents rallied yesterday in front of School 11 [...]



Jersey City’s Best Burgers

By Kimberly Kaye • Jun 19th, 2009 • Category: Arts, Featured

Photos: Dominic Perri
Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Summer/Fall 2009 issue of NEW. You can download the entire issue here.
Burger reviewing is damn near impossible. Like carne-based cousins the hot dog and the cheesesteak, the hamburger inspires near-evangelical fanaticism among its worshippers and, if you’re going to stretch the metaphor as far as possible [...]



Shady Characters: Megan Gülick’s Battered Bunnies Bring Fright to Life

By Jessanne Collins • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: Arts, Featured

Gülick, center, spends some quality time with her bunnies (photo by Virginia Kamenitzer)
A larger-than-life severed stuffed bunny head and a bowl of chocolate eggs greeted patrons at the door of LITM last Tuesday night for the opening reception for Megan Gülick’s “Battered Bunnies.” Inside, Alice in Wonderland was projected onto a wall to pulsing mariachi [...]



Attention Crafters: Applications for ‘Not Yo Mama’s Craft Fair’ Due Friday

By Jon Whiten • Feb 24th, 2009 • Category: Arts, Blog

The Not Yo Mama’s Craft Fair, slated to take place on March 28 at LITM (140 Newark Ave.), is accepting applicants through this Friday, Feb. 27. The fee to apply is $25. Organizers Megan Gulick, Sophie Penkrat and Leah Siegel-Picus will jury the applicants and solidify a lineup of between 15 and 18 vendors by [...]



Sunday Morning Blog Roundup

By Shane Smith • Feb 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- Blog city blog uses the opportunity provided by off-duty JC cop and alleged vehicular killer Martin Abreu to editorialize on JC’s high-profile swills. Indeed, we agree that the drunken antics of certain of our elected officials send an unfortunate message to the world about our fair city, and we’re not naive enough to think [...]