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Christmas Day

The Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs will be closed today for the Christmas holiday. Please enjoy this time with your family and friends!

Kwanzaa Celebration

The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affairs would like to invite you to join us for this year’s Kwanzaa Celebration! The event will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers on Monday, December 30 at 5:00 pm. This event is free […]

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Panel Discussion: Histories of Black Jersey City

Join us for a conversation on Black history & legacy of Jersey City, in conjunction with the on-view archival exhibition, "Histories of Black Jersey City, 1630-Present". On the panel is Deborah Hairston (Co-Curator, Saint Peter's University) Muriel D. Roberts (Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society Inc.-New Jersey Chapter), Dr. John Johnson (Assistant Professor of History St. […]

Pegasus at Mana: Piano Duo, Gryaznov and Hakobyan

Award-winning pianist-composers Vyacheslav Gryaznov and Karén Hakobyan join forces in a special piano concert. The program features Gryaznov’s original composition Rhapsody in Black in three movements, based on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and Rachmaninov’s beloved Suite No. 2 for two pianos. PROGRAM V. GRYAZNOV Rhapsody in Black for two pianos I Day in New York. […]

Special Event Permitting and Planning Open House

The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, The Jersey City Municipal Council, and The Office of Cultural Affairs welcome all of our event organizers to join us for this year's Special Event Permitting Open House. Meet Cultural Affairs staff, ask questions about updates to the special events permitting process, and start planning your […]

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The Living Room, Hosted by CultureHub

  7:00PM Reception 7:30PM Performances The Living Room is a lively, quarterly program hosted by guest artists. The evening brings together short performance works to be experienced in an intimate, community atmosphere. For this edition, CultureHub curates an evening featuring work by their current and past artists-in-residence, who hitchhike across the internet, destroy selfie culture, […]

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Cathedral Arts Live

Cathedral Arts Live is Thrilled to Announce Our 2019-2020 Season! Mark your calendar and purchase your tickets today! Now in its fifth season, Cathedral Arts Live aims to create a transcendent musical experience and strengthen our community by welcoming and celebrating a diverse group of artists, performers, and audiences in our beautiful space. January 17, […]

Computational Sublime Screenings: The Digital Wizardry of Gregg Biermann

3PM Reception 3:15PM Screenings 4:40PM Q&A with Gregg Biermann In partnership with the Film-Makers’ Cooperative New Jersey-based experimental filmmaker and video artist Gregg Biermann introduces a survey of his works completed over the last decade. Often incorporating footage from Hollywood classics like the Wizard of Oz (1939), Rear Window (1954), and North by Northwest (1959), […]

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New Moves

Join performers J. Bouey, Elena Demyanenko, Javier Padilla, and Marion Spencer in a community setting, as they share new work developed in their Gibney choreographic residencies at Mana. The performers showcase new ideas in the field of dance and engage in cross-pollination between creative communities in New York and Jersey City. The works interrogate a […]

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Beginning Again! From Prison to Praise

Beginning Again is an Non-For-Profit organization that focuses on transformation of life during and after incarceration. Various presenters who was once prodigal sons, will share their stories of separation, hardship and the joys of reuniting with family and community. In addition, those who assist returning citizens will explain how you can help them, their families, […]

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Career Development: Artist Statements with Shama Rahman

A clear, concise artist statement helps communicate an artist’s intention and the type of work they create to a broad audience. Join Shama Rahman, integrated marketing manager at the Wall Street Journal, to learn the basics of writing and editing artist statements. Rahman covers the components of creating effective personal narratives, tangible tips for keeping […]

Egyptian Flag Raising

The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Bakka Corp., the Egyptian Festival Committee and the Egyptian American Community presents the Egyptian Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held in City Hall Council Chambers on Monday, January 27 at 4:00 pm. This event is FREE […]

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Opening Reception – Heart Echoes: Paintings by Marta Blair

~SMUSH Gallery Presents~ Heart Echoes: Paintings by Marta Blair January 25 - February 15, 2020 Preview January 25, 12-4p Opening Reception January 30, 6-9p Gallery Hours Thursdays 5-8p, Saturdays 12-4p Heart Echoes: Paintings by Marta Blair combines large loose canvases and small mixed media works created through a process of transformation and addition, removal, erasure, […]