Grand Bazaar JC offers a diverse & artsy shopping experience for Jersey City residents on the 2nd Friday of each month from April through December (weather-permitting). The fun takes place downtown on the Grove Street PATH Plaza. We offer great vendors from Jersey City & beyond! And so much to browse: African art, various types […]
Support artists while crossing gifts off of your holiday shopping list. Join us in celebrating the artists of the Mana Contemporary community with books and art objects on sale. Take advantage of a 15% discount on everything in Mana’s bookstore, from art books to skate decks, scarves, prints, coasters, kids art sets, and a launch […]
On December 14 in City Hall from 1:00 – 4:00p, Pro Arts will be hosting a professional development workshop lead by Dorie Dahlberg, co-president of Pro Arts. Ms. Dahlberg has taught over 25 years and is currently an adjunct professor at NJCU in the Art Educator Certification program. In addition she is an award winning […]
threeASFOUR makes one of a kind circle totes solely from repurposed denim, using pant pockets as outside facing pockets. Bring in your old beloved jeans and work with Gabi Asfour and Adi Gil in their studio to create your own threeASFOUR denim tote to take home. ABOUT threeASFOUR threeASFOUR is a trio of transnational New […]
RSVP* Serve It Forth is a workshop and exhibition that examines the intersection of attention and taste. Participants are invited to reconsider fundamental questions about food and sensory experience, while sharing a multi-course meal under heightened conditions of mindful awareness. With each edible item, guests are asked to engage in a new “protocol” of taste, […]
Nothing says the holidays like cowboy aprons, fake mustaches, and a tap-dancer on a stick horse!
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs and the Dante Alighieri Society of Jersey City are pleased to extend an invitation to the 7th Annual Jersey City Mayor's Holiday Concert.
Cantigas Women’s Choir invites you to join us for our 18th annual winter concert with music inspired by the Rumi quote, "Light and Shadow are the Dance of Love" and featuring songs of the winter holiday season. Tickets: $10 - $20 For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.cantigas.net.
Special Holiday Dinner tickets ($75) include a ticket to the 3:00PM matinee of A Christmas Carol and post-show holiday meal (including unlimited wine and buffet dinner). GP's Italian Restaurant will provide an Italian feast likely including pasta, salad, bread, etc. Tickets & Info: https://www.arthouseproductions.org/products/christmas-carols A live mash-up of nearly every movie version of A Christmas […]
A monthly drawing session provides artists with an unstructured forum for open-ended creativity, a place to hone skills, and the opportunity to meet new friends. Easels, benches, chairs, drawing boards, and a live model are provided—feel free to bring any other materials of your choosing. The club meets one Thursday a month, with dates announced […]
The Kennedy Dancers Repertory Company will be performing along with The Kennedy Dancers Inner City Youth Pre-professional Dancers; as well as students from The Kennedy Dance School in Ms. Dragone’s Caribbean ‘Silent Night’, and ‘Akiwowo’, music by Babatunde Ala Tunji. An added feature this year are several variations from the Nutcracker, including Le Promenade of […]
Join host Bryan Beninghove for his annual Christmas Spectacular!
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 annual City Hall Menorah Lighting & Hanukkah Celebration! The event will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers on Monday, December 23 at […]
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.
