Rapper Flo Rida will headline at Jersey City’s Fourth of July celebration. Shaquille O’Neal aka DJ Diesel and Funk Flex will each DJ their own sets prior to Flo Rida taking the stage.
Recreation and events
June 11 “Borscht” Comedy Show to Benefit Ukraine and Temple Beth El
On June 11th, the Ukranian Community Center will host the 11th All Points Borscht Comedy Benefit for Temple Beth El and the Ukrainian National Home.
June 16 Liberty State Park 5K to Benefit York Street Project
Winning Events Group has announced that York Street Project will be this year’s beneficiary of the Exchange Place Corporate Challenge 5K race slated for Thursday, June 16 at 6 p.m. in Liberty State Park.
Food and Music Lineup Announced for June 7 Taste of Hoboken
The Hoboken Community Center which provides charitable and community services has announced the lineup for its annual fundraiser, “Taste of Hoboken.”
Oishii Opens Huge Indoor Strawberry Farm in Jersey City
Japanese agricultural technology company Oishii announced today the opening of a 74,000-square-foot indoor vertical farm in Jersey City to grow its “Omakase” variety of strawberry.
Riverview Jazz Announces March 22 Fundraiser at Corgi Distillery
Riverview Jazz, the local non-profit that produces The Jersey City Jazz Festival, is hosting its annual fundraiser Tuesday, March 22nd at Corgi Distillery.
Stoned Comedians Take the Stage in Gameshow This Weekend
A gaggle of comics take the stage. Most of them are stoned; one is sober. Can you find the straight one?
A Salsa Dance Studio in the Heights Open to All
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.”
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.
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.