Saturday Night Online: Stand Up Comedy
Well, folks, if ever there was a time when we needed to laugh, here it is. Art House presents an hour of live, interactive Stand Up Comedy every Saturday Night […]
Well, folks, if ever there was a time when we needed to laugh, here it is. Art House presents an hour of live, interactive Stand Up Comedy every Saturday Night […]
Grab a coffee, seltzer, or glass of wine and join us for a conversation with the current INKubator cohort. Resident Director Alex Tobey will moderate a discussion with this year’s […]
Each week, we present 5 storytellers who share their own personal stories based on this weeks theme. All you have to do is log on and listen along! Admission is […]
GUIDELINES Artwork must be original. Artwork must be related to the theme. Artwork must be 2D or 3D. Artist must currently own the proposed work. Artist must be currently based […]
Art House Productions is accepting submissions for the Jersey City Community Poem Project. To celebrate National Poetry Month, Art House will create an original, digital, crowdsourced community poem with the […]
Courtesy of Claire Pentecost; Ray Smith, Guernimex III (La Olympiada); Curatorial Talks with Owen Duffy; Curatorial Talks with Daniel Quiles; Courtesy of Robert Burnier; Courtesy of Amy Wilson. Aimed […]
Each week, we present 5 storytellers who share their own personal stories based on this weeks theme. All you have to do is log on and listen along! Admission is […]
afloat curated by Kerry Kolenut Pro Arts first online juried members exhibition. The start of this new decade, has plunged us into what once seemed unimaginable, forever changing the way […]
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9:30pm - Adults Only The Eighties - Let's get totally RAD! Bring your big hair, your new wave, your punk rock, your funk, and your preppy lewks to Bingo. Harmonica […]
This Week on Mana Contemporary MONDAY, MAY 18 2PM EST, 1PM CST Build an Engaging Resume with Talia Abraham RSVP TUESDAY, MAY 19 3PM EST, 2PM CST Across the Screen, […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the […]
Each week, we present 5 storytellers who share their own personal stories based on this weeks theme. All you have to do is log on and listen along! Advance registration […]
"Revelation" - May 22 @ 2PM EST NY/NJ LINEUP: Frank Ippolito Music / Visual Arts / Multimedia / USA Dolly Sfeir / Dance / Physical Theatre /Lebanese Republic David Marin, […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Taste of Culture is our 5th Annual event that aims to feature and celebrate the cultural and ethnic diversity of Jersey City […]
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.