Mario “B’ Gonzalez, who has owned, operated, and taught in the Jersey City studio for 17 years after starting in his hometown of Hoboken, says salsa is an “amazing five-minute physical conversation with a person that you can’t get anywhere else.”
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Polygamy in the City
I never imagined that in Jersey City I’d run into anyone from this sect because I thought they rarely travel outside the western states they call home.
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Metaverse “Experiences” for the Whole Family Come to Paramus
This wasn’t a dream, this was Dreamscape, a new “story-based full-roam virtual reality experience” now being offered at the AMC theater at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus.
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Canco Park to Host Native Plant Sale and Gardening Event
The Native Plant Society of New Jersey (Hudson County Chapter) is having its first native plant sale Sunday, Sept 26th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Canco Park in Jersey City.
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Workmen on Pedestrian Mall Upgrade Rush for This Weekend’s Street Fair
Workers on the the $6.7 million upgrade to the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Mall have been working furiously to ready the street for this weekend’s 10th Annual All About Downtown Jersey City Street Fair.
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North River Sing Community Chorus to Hold Auditions, Resume Programming
After more than a year’s hiatus due to Covid-19, this September Jersey City-based North River Sing Community Chorus will spring back to life with auditions in August and September, in-person rehearsals for fully vaccinated members, and a new slew of its signature Broadway and jazz standard songs. In January 2022 the chorus will also resume […]
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Liberty State Park Nature Center Re-Opens After Nine-Year Closure
After a nine-year closure triggered by Superstorm Sandy, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection marked the Liberty State Park Nature Center’s return to life Wednesday, June 23, with the completion of a $3.5 million restoration.
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Jersey City Golf Tournament Sponsors Honor First Responders
The chief executive officer of Servpro announced a “Firefighter Appreciation Program” that will enable firefighters, first responders and their families to attend a major professional golf tournament to take place at Liberty National Golf Club his summer free of charge.
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Eight Great Winter Walks Nearby
American naturalist and nature essayist John Burroughs may have put it best. “I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order.” After a ten-month-long lockdown and a nerve-wracking election culminating in last week’s Capitol insurrection, we could all use a little soothing and healing. Below are eight […]
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Woolly Mammoth Show Addresses Endangered Elephants, Environment
New Liberty Science Center genomics exhibit shows how ancient Woolly Mammoth DNA could help endangered elephants and the environment.