The Jersey City Art and Studio Tour, better known as JCAST, will kick off its 31st year tonight, Sept. 30, with an opening reception, dance performances, and other events at Nimbus Arts Center (329 Warren St.) starting at 6 p.m.
September 2021
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“Surface Tension” and “Too Much” at NJCU
Two sharply pointed shows — protest shows, really — at New Jersey City University (2039 Kennedy Boulevard) foreground waste, and ask us to re-examine our careless relationship to what we use and discard.
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“FeelLicks” at Novado Gallery
The spirit of the Cat retains enough psychic power to guide the hand of at least one contemporary artist — painter and sculptor Paul Leibow, whose “FeelLicks” is on view at Novado Gallery (110 Morgan Street) until October 16.
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Trial Date is Set for Jersey City’s January 6 Insurrectionist Hector Vargas
The criminal case against accused Capitol insurrectionist and former Jersey City resident Hector Vargas moved forward yesterday before a federal judge in Washington D.C. with the setting of May 16, 2022 for trial.
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Report: Shooting Leaves One Critically Wounded in Bergen-Lafayette
According to an unconfirmed report, a man was critically wounded this afternoon when a shooter fired into a Greenville home.
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NJCU Faculty Approve ‘No Confidence’ Vote in School’s President
Faculty members at New Jersey City University signaled they want to oust the state school’s president after a tense, two-hour Zoom meeting Monday.
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McNair Junior Organizes Local Protest on Oct. 3 Against Texas Abortion Law
Aleyna Kilic, a junior at Jersey City’s McNair Academic High School, will be leading a rally Sunday, Oct. 3 at city hall to protest the recent passage of the Texas Heartbeat Act, which went into effect Sept. 1.
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Mayor Calls Refund of Property Tax Overcharge a “Tax Reduction”
In a Facebook post this morning, Mayor Fulop described a refund made necessary by an overcharge on third quarter property tax bills, as a tax cut.
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Hudson County Announces Vaccine Distribution Center Will Begin Distributing Pfizer Booster Shots
Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise has announced that anyone eligible to receive a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine will be able to do so at the Hudson County Vaccine Distribution Center starting Monday, free of charge with no appointment necessary.
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“Body Language” at Hamilton Square Condominiums
An artist going by the heady name of Occipital has mounted a show that feels simultaneously timeless and very much of the moment: an examination of the human form under stress, bending like a bough in a gale.