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 […]
2007 Tchaikovsky International gold medalist Sergey Antonov (cello) and Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze (piano) join Pegasus: the Orchestra to perform Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, and Schumann’s Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, Op. 34, respectively, with Karén Hakobyan as conductor. The full Pegasus orchestra plays Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. SERGEY ANTONOV, cello Cellist Sergey […]
Sarah Golley March 14 | 8pm Sarah Golley is a solo act from New Haven, CT who’s uninhibited style stems from her use of music to excavate the darkest parts of herself and spread them out for thoughtful analysis. With a piano and a loop machine, she creates a cinematic landscape for her powerhouse vocals […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED 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 features student artwork K-12 from Jersey City Schools. An opening […]
Gengis Don & The Empire w/ Keenyn Omari March 21 | 8pm Join us for Gengis Don’s final in-gallery concert as a More Sound Music Residency artist! Keenyn Omari opens. Gengis Don - drummer, producer, song writer, engineer and bandleader - combines his deep knowledge of Hip Hop and his study of jazz/improvisational music to […]
Co-hosted by Art House Productions & No Dominion Theatre Co., this new virtual Story Slam series celebrates the power of live storytelling, resilience of the arts and human connection during tough times. This week's theme is DATING NIGHTMARES. Tell a story about the worst or most crazy date you have ever been on. That date […]
Harmonica Sunbeam will host 4 rounds of bingo online using Zoom. Each round winner gets a prize, with a cash prize for the final round! Boards will be emailed after registration. Registration closes on April 10 at 5pm or when all boards sell out. This week's theme: Welcome to the Jungle! Go wild this week […]
Art House and SILVERMAN present an hour of live, interactive Stand Up Comedy on Saturday, April 11 at 8pm EST on Zoom. Featuring: Hosted by Rich Kiamco COMEDIANS ANNOUNCED SHORTLY Zoom can be accessed online via a computer or mobile device, you just need Wifi. To download Zoom and create a free account on a […]
Co-hosted by Art House Productions & No Dominion Theatre Co., this new virtual Story Slam series celebrates the power of live storytelling, resilience of the arts and human connection during tough times. This week's theme is WHOA! I Can't Believe I'm Here Right Now. Tell a story about a time when you ended up in […]
Harmonica Sunbeam will host 4 rounds of bingo online using Zoom. Each round winner gets a prize, with a cash prize for the final round! Boards will be emailed after registration. Registration closes on April 17 at 5pm or when all boards sell out. This week's theme: Beach Party! Bring the summer fun inside with […]
Art House and SILVERMAN present an hour of live, interactive Stand Up Comedy on Saturday, April 18 at 8pm EST on Zoom. Zoom link emailed 1 hour before showtime. Featuring: Hosted by Rich Kiamco COMEDIANS ANNOUNCED SHORTLY Zoom link will be emailed to ticket holders 1 hour before showtime. Zoom can be accessed online […]
Produced by Ben Wendel of Kneebody, Scenic Design features David Smith on trumpet, Ben Wendel on saxophone, Matt Clohesy on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums. When writing Scenic Design, David Cook aimed to spread the melodies past the piano, enlisting the performers on the record to create a collective sound. Cook and his quintet […]
Jersey City's favorite queen, Harmonica Sunbeam, will host 4 rounds of bingo online using Zoom. Each round winner gets a prize, with a cash prize for the final round! As in regular bingo, you can use the same board for all 4 games or buy more to increase your odds! Boards will be emailed after […]
Nimbus Launches: Stagedoor Series | ONLINE - Saturdays, 7pm Featuring in-depth conversation, behind-the-scenes engagement with Nimbus Dancers, Choreographers, Collaborators, PLUS preview of inaugural season at the Nimbus Arts Center. April 25 - Get to Know a Nimbus Dancer! With Donterreo Culp, Victoria Santaguida and Hannah Weeks May 2 - Process deconstructed: A look inside Samuel […]
Art House presents an hour of live, interactive Stand Up Comedy on Saturday, April 25 at 8pm EST on Zoom. Zoom link emailed 1 hour before showtime. Featuring: Hosted by Rich Kiamco COMEDIANS ANNOUNCED SHORTLY Zoom link will be emailed to ticket holders 1 hour before showtime. Zoom can be accessed online via a computer […]
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.
