Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs invites Grades 3-5 to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Contest on Monday, February 25, from 3:30 - 6:00 PM.
The Educational Arts Team, in partnership with the City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs and the Jersey City Free Public Library, will host an engaging art and storytelling workshop based on the novel, Station Eleven, as part of NEA Big Read programming. Hook the Book workshops incorporate drama-based learning techniques […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs invites participating public schools to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Contest Final Competition on Tuesday, February 26, from 3:30 – 6:00 PM.
** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO 2/26 ** In partnership with the City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs and the Jersey City Free Public Library, the Educational Arts Team encourages readers to get their creative juices flowing! Using art, imagination and storytelling, leaders will guide participants to create art […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Juan Pablo Duarte Association, presents the Dominican Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held in City Hall Chambers on Wednesday, February 27, from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. This event is FREE and open to the public. For additional […]
YOU'RE INVITED! Please join the Big Read team for a Kick-Off Celebration on Thursday, February 28 at 6p in City Hall Chambers. The evening will be an opportunity to meet our partnering organizations, enjoy performances by Speranza Theater Company and No Dominion Theater Co., kick-off a month-long of Big Read events and of course - […]
DT Gallery and artist Nachalie Rodriguez will host an opening reception for "Won Love," a solo exhibition. the exhibition will be on show February 26 - March 3. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit the DT 234 Gallery Facebook page.
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Jersey City St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee presents the Irish Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held in City Hall Chambers on Friday, March 1, from 3:30 – 4:30 pm. This event is FREE and open to […]
On Show: March 4 - 31, 2019 Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 27, 3:30 - 5:30 pm This exhibition and opening reception is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (201) 547-4333.
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Progressive Ghanaian Association of JCNJ presents the Ghana Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held in City Hall Chambers on Wednesday, March 6, from 1:00 - 3:00 pm This event is FREE and open to the public. […]
Please join Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs on Wednesday, March 6 for the City of Jersey City Women of Action Awards Ceremony in City Hall Council Chambers. A reception will take place at 5:00 pm, followed by the ceremony at 6:00 pm. […]
Are you a part of the Arts Community? Join New Jersey City University in partnership with Jersey City Art & Culture, Jersey City Arts Council and Rising Tide Capital for a series of four, full-day educational business workshops starting February 8, 2019! Our second workshop will discuss Strategic Planning, Best Practices in Accounting, Protecting Your Assets, and Savvy Methods for Intelligent Growth […]
In Honor of Womyn’s Herstory Month at NJCU and International Women’s Day Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Non-Violence Presented by Black Alumni, Administrators, Faculty, Students and Staff Organization (BAAFSSO) at NJCU and REEL Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival Friday, March 8, from 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm Gilligan Student Union, Multipurpose Room and […]
On Friday, March 8, Waterfront Montessori (WFM) will present The Immigrant Monologues at the Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. The stage-play is written and performed by WFM Middle School students as part of the School’s 15 Years, 15 Hours community outreach initiative, in honor of WFM’s 15th anniversary this year. The goal is to raise […]
JCFamilies and Wildly Fit are excited to host the JC Kids Obstacle Run 2019 on Saturday, March 9. Kids ages 4 - 12 years of age will explore fun and challenging obstacles as they race through the course with their designated age group. The event will take place indoors at The Cordero School (158 Erie […]
Story Slams will showcase real-life stories on themes related to the Big Read novel, Station Eleven. Click here for more information.
On Sunday, March 10, the Jersey City St. Patrick's Day Parade will kick-off from Lincoln Park at 12:30 pm. The parade will march down to Journal Square and will be followed by a Saint Patrick's Day Celebration at Healy's Tavern (6th Street), 3:00 pm. For more information about the parade, please email Maureen Hulings at […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs is proud to host an opening reception for March's Rotunda Art Gallery exhibition. The show will celebrate and feature work inspired by Women's History Month. The exhibition will showcase the artwork of emerging and […]
Join the Educational Arts Team for a Reflection: Station Eleven workshop, where we will lead readers of Station Eleven on a review and reflection of some of the themes and characters they encountered in this powerful novel on survival in a precarious future. This workshop is free and open to the public, but requires advanced registration. Please click […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, the Educational Arts Team and the Jersey City Free Public Library are proud to present "Why We Can't Put Dystopian Fiction Down," a public scholar lecture part of the Big Read. Associate Professor at Montclair State University, Laura Nicosia, Ph.D., […]
Join the Educational Arts Team for a Reflection: Station Eleven workshop, where we will lead readers of Station Eleven on a review and reflection of some of the themes and characters they encountered in this powerful novel on survival in a precarious future. This workshop is free and open to the public, but requires advanced registration. Please click here to […]
Join the Educational Arts Team for a Reflection: Station Eleven workshop, where we will lead readers of Station Eleven on a review and reflection of some of the themes and characters they encountered in this powerful novel on survival in a precarious future. This workshop is free and open to the public, but requires advanced registration. Please click here to […]
Discover new artists - from Jersey City, Hudson County and around the world. More than 200 artists and 50 local, national and international exhibitors take over two floors of the Hyatt Regency Hotel (2 Exchange Place) on the waterfront in New Jersey's only art fair. Friday, March 15: 4:00 – 9:00 pm Saturday, March 16: […]
On Friday, March 15 from 3:00 - 7:00 pm, head down to Healy's Tavern (6th Street) for their annual Saint Patrick's Day One Block Parade! Festivities will include food vendors, music, dancing and much more St. Patty's Day fun!
Midnight Market Jersey City offers a one of a kind Night Market. Head down to the Harborside Atrium (210 Hudson Street) on Friday, March 15 at 6:30 pm to experience this creative food and dance experience! This even is open to the public. For more information, please visit the Midnight Market Facebook event page.
Story Slams will showcase real-life stories on themes related to the Big Read novel, Station Eleven. Click here for more information.
“Survival is not Enough: Reflections on the Importance of the Arts & Humanities in the Modern World” Presented by the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, the Educational Arts Team, the Jersey City Free Public Library and New Jersey City University presents "Survival is Not Enough," a panel discussion responding to the themes of survival […]
On Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 pm, we're excited to welcome the Jersey City Writers for their Big Read event, "Survival is Insufficient." Please join us at the Apple Tree House (298 Academy Street) to listen to a selection of readings based on the featured Big Read novel, Station Eleven. This event is free and […]
Join the Educational Arts Team for a Reflection: Station Eleven workshop, where we will lead readers of Station Eleven on a review and reflection of some of the themes and characters they encountered in this powerful novel on survival in a precarious future. This workshop is free and open to the public, but requires advanced registration. Please click here to […]
Story Slams will showcase real-life stories on themes related to the Big Read novel, Station Eleven. Click here for more information.
In it's inaugural season Shakespeare@ is excited to present the production of HAMLET, with performances beginning Thursday, March 28 at at Grace Church Van Vorst (39 Erie Street), 7:30 pm. Opening night is set for Sunday, March 31 at Grace Church Van Vorst, 7:00 pm, and shows will run through April 14. Full show dates and times: Thursday, March […]
Speranza Theatre Company and the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs are excited to present Unveiling Liberty. Please join us on the weekend of March 29th at the Apple Tree House (298 Academy Street) and travel back in time as we experience Jersey City in 1886 when the Statue of Liberty was unveiled! About the […]
Join the Educational Arts Team for a Reflection: Station Eleven workshop, where we will lead readers of Station Eleven on a review and reflection of some of the themes and characters they encountered in this powerful novel on survival in a precarious future. This workshop is free and open to the public, but requires advanced registration. Please click here to […]
Please join us on Wednesday, April 3 at 6:00 pm in welcoming Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven for the Big Read finale! This event will be held at the NJCU School of Business at Harborside 2 (200 Hudson Street). After the month-long series of Station Eleven-themed events, this discussion with the author will be an […]
Dickinson High School, in collaboration with McNair Academic High School, is proud to present their second annual student art exhibition in celebration of Autism Awareness Month. An opening reception will take place on Thursday, April 4 at 4:30 pm at Dickinson High School.
Join Kennedy Dancers for an evening of international folk dance accompanied by educational lectures by Dr. William Westerman, to give us contextual backgrounds to these diverse and rich cultures, their traditions, and means of furthering these through dance! The performances will be followed by an intimate reception with light refreshments! Performances By: The Kennedy Dancers, […]
Art House Productions and NJCU Center for the Arts is excited to present Reg E Gaines, with Poet Laureate Rashad Wright: The Art of Spoken Word. Interactive Lecture and Performance at the NJCU School of Business, Skyline Room. An exciting evening of lecture/demonstration and performance by two-time Tony Award-nominated playwright & GRAMMY Award-nominated lyricist Reg E Gaines. […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs were honored to commemorate The Chadian Independence today Friday, August 11, 2023. The Chadian Community of New Jersey has directly contributed to the diversity and positive growth of Jersey City in various fields, including education, entrepreneurship, government as well as all aspects of life throughout the United States and abroad. Today the City of Jersey City and members of the Chadian community commemorate this day August 11, 2023 by proudly displaying the flags of the United States and the Republic of Chad together, high above City Hall in recognition of the socially adopted culture and ethnic diversity of our community of Jersey City.
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city N’Djamena.
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad’s Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the South’s hegemony. The rebel commanders then fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. The Chadian–Libyan conflict erupted in 1978 by the Libyan invasion which stopped in 1987 with a French military intervention (Operation Épervier). Hissène Habré was overthrown in turn in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. With French support, a modernization of the Chad National Army was initiated in 1991. From 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan spilt over the border and destabilized the nation. While many political parties participated in Chad’s legislature, the National Assembly, power laid firmly in the hands of the Patriotic Salvation Movement during the presidency of Idriss Déby. After President Déby was killed by FACT rebels in April 2021, the Transitional Military Council led by his son Mahamat Déby assumed control of the government and dissolved the Assembly. Chad remains plagued by political violence and recurrent attempted coups d’état.
Today’s flag raising reflects the camaraderie built between the United States and Republic of Chad and our enduring love for freedom, liberty and democracy that today the world is still inspired by.
