This weekend, Jersey City is packed with events to get everyone excited for the summer season. Pride Month is underway, and there will be a Pride Month Drag Brunch Extravaganza at Canopy JC. There’s also the Hamilton Park Festival, a Native Plant Sale, not one but two outdoor film showings, and much more. North River […]
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This Weekend
This weekend, Jersey City is packed with a wide variety of events. Not only is there the 10th annual Jersey City Jazz Festival, but also the 12th annual Jersey City Ward Tour, Access JC Fridays, and the Mizuho Americas Open golf event. Plus, there’s the Jersey City Night Market, theater, and more. Access JC Fridays […]
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Review: The Beyoncé Laser Show at Liberty Science Center
In autumn 2022, Liberty Science Center reinvigorated the laser show genre with a half hour set dedicated to the music of Taylor Swift. That was great — so great that it was a sure thing that the science museum would try again with another artist. It was also inevitable that that artist would be Beyoncé. No other major […]
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Living the Dream on RPM’s New Mega-Track
When I was a boy, before I picked up a guitar and set my sights on rock and roll stardom, I dreamed of becoming a race car driver. It was the age of muscle cars: Plymouth Road Runners, Pontiac GTOs, and fire-breathing Ford Mustangs like the one Steve McQueen used to tear up the streets […]
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ArtPride New Jersey Issues Guide to Holiday Arts Events Statewide
ArtPride New Jersey, the state’s largest arts service organization, has released its guide to holiday arts events throughout the Garden State. Carefully curated, the guide includes shows offered by theaters, museums, performing arts spaces, and galleries. For New Year’s Eve, a comedy show is also on the docket. Listings are provided for children as well […]
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An Olympian Teaches Table Tennis in Jersey City
When Wang Chen, now 48, came to New Jersey via China in 2000, it wasn’t her intention to focus on table tennis, a sport she began playing at age 7 in her native Shanghai. “When I first came, it was to help my sister with her business in New Jersey,” Chen said. “I thought for […]
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Pro-Wrestling Rock Musical Comes to Jersey City
Jersey City Theater Center will present two performances of “The Last Match: a Pro-Wrestling Rock Musical.”
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New Jersey will Allow DoorDash and Others to Deliver Alcohol and Cocktails
New Jersey will permit delivery services like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Instacart to deliver alcohol, including cocktails, from restaurants, bars, and liquor stores under a new rule announced by the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control Friday.
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North River Sing Chorus to Offer Five Free Spots This Fall
North River Sing Community Chorus, which meets in downtown Jersey City, is offering up to five free memberships this fall, spurred by the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund, which awarded a grant to the choir in June.
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Museum of Jersey City History is One Step Closer to Reality
Plans for the nomadic Museum of Jersey City History to take up permanent residency at the historic Apple Tree House on Academy Street are advancing at a rapid pace, according to Martin Pierce, president of the its board of directors.