This sultry jazz vocalist has a discography that dates back to 1985, holds a spot in the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame (where she’s from), and is a former U.S Jazz Ambassador — and somehow still somehow finds the time to be a mom, tour the world and teach at New Jersey City University, all the while recording album after album.
Share/Save The Actors Shakespeare Company of New Jersey City University will be screening iconic Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s aptly-titled and “Macbeth”-inspired Throne of Blood on February 12, at 3:00pm in Room 144 of NJCU’s Grossnickle Hall (2039 Kennedy Boulevard). The screening comes ahead of ASC’s staging of “Macbeth,” which will run from March 16 – [...]
Share/SavePolice Search for Lawrence Man Missing in Jersey City: Police are searching for a 26-year-old township resident who disappeared in Jersey City this past weekend while spending some time with friends, police said. Former State Senate Candidate from Jersey City Arrested on Charges of Witness Tampering, Making Terroristic Threats: A former state State candidate from [...]
How did Jersey City, population 250,000 — a city without a museum, music venue or dedicated bookstore — manage to edge out the likes of Boston and Philadelphia by placing tenth on The Atlantic magazine’s list of the top artistic cities in the United States?
Share/SaveNew Jersey City University will have $9 million more to spend over the next five years for the purpose of encouraging degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The grant is aimed at both Hispanic students– NJCU is the state’s only Hispanic-Serving Institution, which requires the university be at least 25% Latino in student [...]
Share/SaveAttention Jersey City filmmakers: Black Maria Film + Video Festival is accepting entries for its 31st-annual film festival and tour through November 26th, 2011. The festival shows a wide variety of film forms– from narrative and documentary to experimental– exhibiting work that in no more than 1-hour pushes the medium in new directions. Films will [...]
At first glance, local artist Jon Rappleye’s complex menageries of exotic and everyday animals can strike the viewer as flamboyant, saccharine, even playful. On repeated viewings, his work reveals an artist whose devotion to portraying the natural world borders on the religious.
Share/SaveA jury in U.S. District Court in Trenton has rejected a federal civil suit by Fred Andes, an assistant sociology professor at New Jersey City University who alleged discrimination in the school’s promotion practices. In the suit, Andes alleged that as a Filipino, he was the victim of discrimination by NJCU’s promotion committee. He also [...]
Share/SaveU.S. Sen. Bob Menendez will host his 2nd annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration this weekend in Jersey City, where he will be joined by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. Solis will give the keynote address at the free event; she is expected to discuss the importance of Latinos in the workforce, underscoring the important contributions of [...]
New Jersey City University president Carlos Hernandez, who announced Tuesday he will resign in July after 19 years in the post and nearly 40 at the university, never received the master’s degree he claimed to have as he rose through the NJCU ranks from faculty member to president.
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