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Jersey City has a new resident in town, and her name is Megha Kalia. She recently moved here from Sunnyside, Queens, to be closer to the new performing arts center she just launched in India Square: Sitarrey Performing Arts Center. We recently caught up with her to discuss her vision of Sitarrey and the role she hopes it will play in Jersey City’s vibrant arts community.

Share/Save After a successful inaugural season in 2010, the JC Opens Up the Mic open-mic tour of Jersey City kicks off its second year next Sunday where it all began: The Warehouse Cafe in the Powerhouse Arts District. It was at the Warehouse, after all, that Susan “Rescue” Justiniano first came up with the idea [...]

Share/SaveFor full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY Summer = festival season, and this weekend both the Mt. Carmel Feast in Marion and Downtown‘s I Love St. Anthony’s Festival are on tap from [...]

When Paul Del Forno and Larry Perlaski bought the building at 143 Columbus Drive with partners in 1985, it was full of sewing machines. The late-1800s four-story brick building was a furniture warehouse in the days when trains, not cars, passed by on elevated tracks (giving the thoroughfare its earlier name of Railroad Avenue). Then furniture made way for clothing; seamstresses once worked long hours there, and an “operators wanted” sign still hangs by the front door.

Share/SaveIt’s a pretty light holiday weekend on the cultural front, but there are a few gems happening. For full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY Today’s Creative Grove Artist Market features a “art [...]

Share/SaveFor full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY Sirelo Entertainment once again takes over the Creative Grove Artist Market today for its monthly Creative Grove Under Siege event, which features live music, belly [...]

Share/SaveArt House Productions is launching two new summer programs next week geared towards artistically inclined teenagers under the umbrella of Summerstage JC, and space is still available for anyone who wants to sign up. The Acting for Teens class, taught by professional actress Kit Vogelsang, runs for five Wednesdays from June 29 through July 27, [...]

Share/SaveFor full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY Today’s Creative Grove Artist Market has a bit of a different twist, with what’s being dubbed a one-day “Art Extravaganza Outdoor Salon” with art by [...]

Share/SaveIf you have a young boy interested in dance, listen up. The Jersey City Dance Academy on West Side Avenue is hosting auditions tonight for the first class of its new Boys Training Program. The academy will choose between 15 and 20 boys between 9 and 16 to participate, for free, in a 32-week training [...]

Share/SaveFor full listings, check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY White Star hosts an opening reception for Kris Dulfer‘s solo art-toy showcase, Alchemy in Plastic & Vinyl (7:30 pm), and Nimbus Dance Works continues its [...]