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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Out of the darkness and into the light, Cantigas returns to live music making with a sampling of music from many wintertime traditions For online more information please visit, http://www.cantigas.net From Greek Orthodox saints to the Buddha, from Persian New Year celebrations to Norwegian folk songs, the unique voice of Cantigas will once again bring […]
The ever popular Jersey City Jazz Festival is back for a two-day celebration the weekend of June 4th and 5th in the Powerhouse Arts District. The free-to-the-public annual event will feature fourteen bands on two stages, food trucks, a full bar, and a VIP experience at the 107 Morgan Street lot in Jersey City. The […]
Artist & Maker Market is an open-air bazaar featuring locally created fine art and premium hand-crafted goods while connecting artists and artisans with the metro NYC community. Founded in 2015 with only 5 dates and one location, we have grown to over 60 market event dates in 2022 in our Grove St. PATH Plaza location. […]
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.
