Hazel Baby & Kids Owners Apply Personal Food Allergy Experience
to Help Others in the Community
Jersey City, NJ, October 31, 2019: Hazel Baby & Kids, a high-end infant and toddler
boutique in downtown Jersey City, is kicking off its first neighborhood Teal
Pumpkin trick-or-treat event this Halloween. Store owners Elizabeth and
Donovan Cain recognize that more and more children today are impacted by
peanut, and other food allergies, making Halloween a tricky evening to
navigate. Their son is impacted by several food allergies and the Cains are
committed to providing Jersey City families with a safe and fun option on Halloween.
“Millions of children are living with life-threatening food allergies,
which makes everyday family activities like Halloween a bit scarier, “said
Hazel Baby & Kids owner Donovan Cain. “Most of the popular treats we see on
holidays like Halloween include the top food allergens which in addition to
peanuts, includes milk, eggs and wheat. We know firsthand the risks associated
with Halloween for many local children and hope to provide the city with a safe
way to enjoy the holiday this year.â€
Hazel Baby & Kids’ flagship location on Montgomery Street in Jersey
City will be the center of the Teal Pumpkin event on Halloween from 5pm – 7pm
ET. Steps away from the Grove Street PATH station, neighboring businesses
including Hound About Town, Cool Vines, Luna, Frankie and The Hair Room JC,
among others, have signed on to participate in this first-of-its-kind Jersey
City Halloween celebration. Inspired by the Food Allergy Research &
Education (FARE) Teal Pumpkin Project, all participating shops will offer
non-candy treats to children trick-or-treating on site. Families will
also be invited to participate in an allergy-friend trunk-or-treat extension of
the event in a nearby parking lot.
According to FARE, food allergy is a serious and potentially
life-threatening medical condition affecting 32 million Americans, and 1 in 13
children. In the U.S., the most common food allergens are milk, egg, peanut,
tree nuts, soy and wheat. Currently, there is no cure for food allergies.
For more information about food allergies and the Teal Pumpkin Project,
visit foodallergy.org.
To learn more about the upcoming Teal Pumpkin Event in Jersey City, contact
Alyssa Birkhofer at [email protected]
Not many
companies and organizations can say they’ve been around for 110 years, but this
iconic Hudson County Family-Operated business can boast this honor and so much
more. A. Oliveri & Sons Inc
is based at 4401 Dell Avenue in North Bergen, NJ. They supply the Food Service Industry and
deliver the finest ingredients to the Tri-state area’s premier pizzerias,
bakeries, bagel stores, restaurants, smoothie & health food shops, food
manufacturers + ethnic food stores.
Their passion and expertise of everyday foods and products
has broadened and now include contemporary favorites like Acai, Gluten Free
Products & an exclusive License to distribute Brewery Direct Malts for the
burgeoning Craft Brewery Market in NY/NJ/CT.
A. Oliveri & Sons Inc is a pioneer and had the vision to
bring Acai to the Tri-State area and is now the single largest distributor
carrying all brands and pack sizes of this healthy Superfood.
A trusted
member of the community that got its start as a flour and bakery supply
distributor now operates in our backyard with a 40,000 square foot facility, a
fleet of delivery trucks and over 15 delivery routes daily. In 1904, Anthony
Oliveri began delivering flour to anticipating bakers on horse-drawn wagons in
Hoboken – Technology and logistics have changed since then only to create a
modern and stellar fleet of delivery trucks but their hands-on approach to
customer service remains tried and true. Working with the tri-state’s most
beloved bakeries, pizzerias and restaurants is a testament to their commitment
and personalized attention.
A. Oliveri
& SonsInc provides its customers with knowledge and expertise
on a variety of goods, including: Low
Fat, Blooming Best Flour (High-Gluten for Pizza), Sugar-Free, Kosher, Organic
Sprouted (Keimkraft), Acai from Sambazon + Beer Malts.
Deliveries
are low $300 minimum. A. Oliveri
& Sons Inc provides excellent, diverse selections, complimentary
delivery and a commitment to high quality business relationships. Customers can
also pick up orders between 5a-11a EST at the location.
CULTURAL CONTEMPORARY ARTS FESTIVAL DEMONSTRATES CITY OF BAYONNE, MORE THAN JUST A BRIDGE
Arts, music, and culture will take center stage again in Bayonne during the third annual Bridge Arts Festival on Saturday, September 7 th . With an expected crowd of several thousand people from Bayonne, the NY Tristate area and beyond, the festival will entertain attendees in Dennis P. Collins Park, located on 1st Street adjacent to the Bayonne Bridge.
Festival co-founder Cheryl Mack said the 2019 festival will highlight the spirit of collaboration. “This year, we are thrilled to showcase our strong partnerships with many outstanding arts organizations like the Newark Arts Festival, Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs, our on-going collaboration with Tempest Productions and of course our phenomenal relationship with the Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.†Mack said. “These relationships enhance our ability to continue to provide quality arts entertainment to the greater Bayonne Community.â€
Over 900 residents attended Health Fair and received free backpack in time for the upcoming school year
Jersey City Medical Center at Greenville (JCMC-Greenville), part of RWJBarnabas Health and located at 1825 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, held its 2nd Annual Backpack of Health Wellness Fair on Saturday, August 17. Over 900 attendees enjoyed family-friendly activities, free health education, health screenings, raffle prizes and healthy light refreshments.
Participating JCMC-RWJBarnabas Health service lines educated community members about their services, including JCMC EMS, JCMC Patient Navigation, JCMC’s Project Hudson (Helping Us Develop Strength in Our Neighborhoods), JCMC’s MASSH (Medical and Social Services for the Homeless), Special Child Health Services, Children’s Specialized Hospital, and the Barnabas Retail Pharmacy which opened at JCMC-Greenville this past month. Local community organizations also shared health-related resources.
Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Sheila King, who is based
in Miami Florida
will take the stage Sunday August 18th at 4pm as part of the celebrity lineup of entertainment that culminates the annual Puerto Rican Parade.
” Sheila is a rising star. She is donating her performance to the Puerto Rican Parade and is planning to perform her signature song “Mi Bandera”, a song which relates to the pride and cohesion of puerto ricans everywhere in the wake of deadly hurricane, Maria”, said Raul Vicente Jr., her Northeast Booking Agent, who is a well known figure in the Jersey City entertainment scene.
1st Open House this Saturday Educates Veterans on Resources Available
JERSEY CITY – Marine Corps Veteran, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, and the Office of Veterans Affairs announce a new partnership between the City of Jersey City and Legion Post 419. In celebration of the centennial anniversary of the American Legion, and to commemorate the beginning of the new alliance with the Legion and the City’s Divisions of Veterans Affairs, Office of Cultural Affairs, and Apple Tree House, an open house event will be held on Saturday, August 10th from noon to 3:00pm.
The open house, which will be held at the historic Apple Tree House at 298 Academy Street, serves as an introduction between Jersey City’s veterans who aren’t familiar with the local chapter and to other veterans already involved. The event is free and open to all honorably discharged veterans, as well as members of the Guard and Reserve. In addition to the American Legion Beacon Post 419, representatives from the Jersey City Division of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Chat and Chew will also be present.
“Most American civilians don’t realize that our nation has been at war for nearly two decades,†said Ruth Cordner, Post Commander for American Legion Beacon Post 419. “Every day, more and more veterans are returning to civilian life, and the American Legion is there to assist this growing population with their unique set of needs.â€
This new partnership with the Legion Post 419 is the latest example of the administration’s efforts to expand housing and services for veterans. Under Mayor Fulop’s leadership, Jersey City is the first in the state to pledge to end veterans’ homelessness, joining First Lady Michelle Obama’s nationwide pledge. This effort began with the building of the City’s first-ever housing for homeless veterans, and continues with enhanced City resources and services available to all veterans.
“I’m one of the seven percent of Americans who are veterans,†stated Mayor Steven Fulop, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. “It’s important we do everything we can to recognize, thank, support, and honor those who have served. I’m proud that Jersey City can step up to assist the American Legion in its mission to serve our City’s veteran population.â€
Starting this month, the Apple Tree House will be the new meeting location for Post 419, and the City is proud to be able to assist with the mission of supporting veterans.
Now in its 116th Year in Historic
Downtown Jersey City
Music, Dancing & Fellowship; Wed, Aug. 14–Sun,
Aug. 18, 5pm–11pm
(JERSEY
CITY, NJ) Yummy eats &
dancing in the streets – that’s what everyone can look forward to as Holy
Rosary Church prepares for its 116th annual La Festa Italiana,
a street festival like no other to be held five delicious nights on 6th
& Brunswick Streets in Historic Downtown Jersey City.
Starting Wednesday, Aug. 14, and running through
Sunday, Aug. 18, from 5 pm-to-1l pm each night, the neighborhood surrounding
Holy Rosary Church will come alive with a fun-filled block party of vendors
selling fabulous ethnic dishes, popular bands playing Top-40 dance hits, and
rides and games that will give kids happy memories to last a lifetime.
The Hudson Shakespeare Company returns with its second and final installment of its 28th summer Shakespeare touring season with a unique spin on the little done play – Coriolanus. The production is touring to the following libraries and parks throughout northern New Jersey:
Thursday July 18th @ 7pm Kenndy Blvd. between Hutton Street and Manhattan Avenue Leonard Gordon Park, Jersey City, NJ
Friday July 19th @ 7pm Weasel Brook Park, Vanderhoef House, 1 Westervelt Pl. Clifton, NJ (Rain location inside Vanderhoef House)
Tuesday July 23rd @ 7:30pm Monument Park Palisade Ave &, Angioletti Pl, Fort Lee, NJ (Rain Location – Fort Lee Library, 320 Main Street, Fort Lee)
Wednesday July 24th @ 7:30pm Atlantic Street Park 102 State Street, Hackensack, NJ (Rain Location – HACPAC center next to park)
Thursday July 25th @ 7pm Hamilton Park 9th Street and Jersey Avenue, Jersey City, NJ (Rain Location – Under park gazebo)
Tuesday July 30th @ 7:30pm Monument Park Palisade Ave &, Angioletti Pl, Fort Lee, NJ (Rain Location – Fort Lee Library, 320 Main Street, Fort Lee)
All of the above shows are free to the public. The company will also be participating in a special fund raiser performance at:
Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery Thursday August 1st @ 7pm 435 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (Tickets for this event are $10 suggested donation. All proceeds go towards preserving this historic site run by veteran volunteers of the US Armed Forces)
Patrons are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for any outdoor shows as available seating is limited.
The Play Shakespeare’s exploration of military honor, corrupt politics and complicated family relations are shifted from a traditional Roman setting to an ancient, fantasy world with an all-female cast. Based on the semi-legendary, semi-historical figure of Caius Marcius Coriolanus, this is not yet the Rome of Julius Caesar but tells a hard bitten tale of centuries before the classical republic and eventual empire. A country still working itself out. Director Noelle Fair showcases an Amazonian world taking many influences from both historical (women warrior societyie of ancient Eastern Europe) and fantasy sources (Wonder Woman, Game of Thrones), underscoring it with a percussive and female driven soundtrack.
Maricus (Abby Albrecht) is a career soldier fiercely driven by duty to her country, her wife Virgilia (Norah Hogan) and family but has a vast contempt for the common people. The Plebeians, in her view, are beneath her as they won’t defend and shed blood for their country, but they bask in the security she and the other soldiers provide. Word soon comes that Aufidius (Alexandra Taylor), a general in the hostile, neighboring city-state of Volsce and Marcius’ long-time enemy, is mounting a military campaign. Marcius, along with her fellow generals Cominius (Ziggy Schulting) and Titus (Emmy Kuperschmid), meet the threat in the Volsce city of Corioli. At Corioli, the Romans are overrun until Marcius single- handedly breaks through the enemy’s forces and humiliates Aufidius in one-on-one combat.
The troops return triumphantly to Rome and having won a decisive victory in Corioli, Marcius is granted the honorary name of Coriolanus to commemorate the victory. However, what Marcius sees as her simple duty, her mother Volumnia (Maggie Schweppe) and her mentor Menenius (Amanda Cook) see as an opportunity for political advancement. The office of Consul, similar to the Secretary of Defense, is up for election but Marcius must get the vote of the very people who she hates and who hate her. Complicating matters, the city’s Plebian representatives, the cunning Tribune Sicinius (Mia Christinis) and the blunt Tribune Brutus (Klara Gribetz) openly plot to thwart Marcius’ nomination.
Receiving pressure from her overbearing mother and allies, Marcius reluctantly seeks the office and is elected. Sicinius and Brutus later sow discontent amongst the same populace with news of Marcius’ true feelings about them leading to a riot and her eventual banishment. However, the political victory of Sicinius and Brutus is short-lived as Marcius goes to the home of her enemy Aufidius and raises an army to destroy Rome. Will they succeed in their military invasion or will more subtle and familiar forces stop the vengeful Coriolanus?
Written in 1606, “Coriolanus†marks the end of Shakespeare’s high tragedies of “Macbeth†and “King Lear†before moving on to more hopeful redemption stories of “Pericles†and “The Winter’s Taleâ€.
Hudson Shakespeare Company was begun in 1992 and for 28 seasons has toured free Shakespeare to parks and libraries in northern New Jersey presenting the Bard’s well known and lesser done titles in a variety of settings and periods. For more information, visit, www.hudsonshakespeare.co
Noelle Fair (Director) Originally from Baltimore, Maryland. She attended Towson University as an undergrad where she got a bachelor’s in Theater Arts. She then attended the University of Exeter in England where she received her MFA in Staging Shakespeare. There she studied with Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London as well as members of the Royal Shakespeare Company such as the late Cicely Berry and John Barton. Â
Abby Albrecht (Coriolanus) Originally from Chicago, IL. She attended Northwestern University (BA Theater Arts) and holds a Masters from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Abby’s take on Coriolanus: “ I play Coriolanus— the accomplished war hero of Rome with a famous temper and disdain for the common people. Playing Coriolanus is a gift as a female actor, because I don’t have to think twice about taking up space and speaking my mind. It’s incredibly empowering as both an actor and a woman. I also enjoy playing a flawed protagonist— it means I get to delve into darker parts of myself while at the same time letting the sincerity of the character seep through in monumental moments. Basically, despite the extremity of the plot, I get to play a real human being. Thanks Shakespeare!â€
Alexandra Taylor (Aufidius) Originally from Charlotte, North Caroline. She attended Barnard College (BA in Theater Arts). Alex’s take on Aufidius: “Aufidius is strong, commanding, and yet also consumed by an obsession with Coriolanus. Playing Aufidius as a woman, I think, makes the emotional journey of what it means to love, loathe, and want to be someone all in the same moment richer and more fully fleshed.â€
Maggie Schweppe (Volumnia) Originally from Philadelphia, PA. She holds a BFA in Acting from PACE University and has also attended LAMBDA. Maggie’s take on Volumnia: “I play Volumnia, the mother of Coriolanus. She values honor over everything else and takes great pride in her child’s success. She is integral to the story because she is the only person who can always get through to Coriolanus. At the end of the play, she saves Rome. She’s a hero.
In regards to our production, this role was originally written for a woman, so there was no need to switch gender. It’s fascinating because in this play Shakespeare created a man’s world with few women. However, it is one of the few who changes everything. Although Shakespeare wrote significantly less roles for women, they, for the most part, are incredibly complex, cunning, and powerful.â€
Amanda Cook (Menenius) Originally from Chicago, IL. Amanda attended the University of Southern California where she received a BA Theater. As part of this program she also attended the British American Drama Academy. Amanda’s take on Menenius: “
Menenius is the humorous patrician which, I believe, she actually uses as a political tactic. “ Director’s addition to this character description: Menenius is a high ranking patrician and friend to both the citizens of Rome and Coriolanus. She is constantly trying to keep the peace between the two, and constantly attempts to be the voice of reason. However, this seems to fall on deaf ears as Coriolanus loses her temper at the people and the people dispise Coriolanus for her current and past wrongs against them. Within a traditional staging of the play, Menenius almost becomes a parental figure to Coriolanus (sort of acting as “Dad†and Volumnia as “Momâ€) but in this instance Menenius sort of became “the fun parentâ€, and thus the domestic scenes become extremely light, funny, and comedic when three women and a child (Virgilia, Volumnia, Menenius,and Marciius’ young daughter) are chatting, knitting, and gossiping about the latest news and their love for Coriolanus. This made a lot of the interaction in scenes with the other scripted women come across more as “girl talk†(super chatty, excitable, light, fun, playful) rather than diplomatic.
Norah Hogan(Virgilia) is originally from Massachusetts. She attended NYU Tish School of the Arts (BA: Theater). Norah’s take: “Virgilia has been such an interesting role to explore. She has very little text and she’s referred to as “sweet silence†and “gracious silence†by Coriolanus at various points in the play. I’m personally someone whose primary means of expression is always verbal so it’s a delightful challenge to find means of expressing her opinions and vast emotional life in her silences. I think she is very strong, much stronger than an initial read of the text might suggest.†Director’s addition to this: “The thing that I found interesting about Virgilia is her vulnerability – and how that vulnerability becomes a strength for her. In the end, it is Virgilia’s vulnerability and sensitivity which gets through the tough outer shell of Coriolanus in order to aid in the saving of Rome from imminent destruction.â€
Ziggy Schulting (Cominius) Is originally from Farmington, CT. She attended Skidmore College where she worked with the SITI Company. Ziggy’s take on Cominius: “Cominius is sort of the moral compass of the play. She’s a caretaker, and she’s taking care of everyone–exchanging glances with Volumnia, watching out for what night slip out of Menenius’ mouth, minding Titus Lartius in the field, and above all, she deeply cares about her friendship with Marcius. She’s a direct foil of Coriolanus in that way, who often acts impulsively and selfishly, Cominius is quiet for a great deal of the play, but she’s there for every big moment, listening. Because I’m a woman playing this traditionally male role as a woman, I think the audience is able to see her as more than a powerful war general, which she still obviously is, but more importantly, they’re able to see her maternal side and how deeply she feels for the people in her life. While she doesn’t always say it, she feels the impact of everyone else’s moves, and hopefully that comes across.â€
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Emmy Kuperschmid (Titus Lartius/Young Marcius) Emmy is originally from Canton, MA and also attended Skidmore College (BA: Theater) Emmy’s take on Titus: “These are all traditionally male characters, and it’s been great not only to get to play these roles, but play them as women (as opposed to being a woman playing a man). Especially for Titus Lartius, the war general—it’s been so exciting to explore her place in this world and find a version of strength that is not necessarily rooted in masculinity.â€
Klara Gribetz (Brutus) Klara is originally from White Plains, NY and attended Hofstra University where she holds a BFA in Theater Arts. Klara’s take on Brutus: “I play the role of Brutus. Klara views the conniving Tribune Brutus as a hot head who is trying her best to stay temporized and poised for the people, in order for them to trust her as their leader.â€
Mia Christinis (Scinius) originally from London, UK. She attended American Academy of Dramatic Art two year Conservatory program and is a member of British Equity. Mia’s take on Scinius: “I play the role of Sicinius, who is in charge of voicing the people’s opinions to the patricians and generals. However, she uses her power to manipulate the people and to seek her own motives, with the help of Brutus. Sicinius is an incredibly interesting character because she falls between being a mind player and also fighting for what she truly believes is right. Being a woman playing Sicinius allows me to tap into the more conscious part of her. She’s more of a planner, she thinks things through and uses her words very carefully.â€
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