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The Project 365: Jersey City Green Week Closing Party and Adopt-A-Lot/Adopt-A-Park Kickoff

JERSEY CITY SEAL LOGOJERSEY CITY — Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, in collaboration with the Environmental Commission, the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation, the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, the Jersey City Parks Coalition, the Planning Division, the Law Department, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Health & Human Services/Division of Cultural Affairs, and several other city departments and agencies as well as local businesses and civic organizations, will end this year’s Project 365: Jersey City Green Week with the second annual closing festival, as well the start of Adopt-A-Lot/Adopt-A-Park.

“As we come to the end of this year’s Project 365: Green Week, I hope all residents continue to in our

effort to make Jersey City one of the greenest cities in the nation,” said Mayor Healy. “We will continue to

provide opportunities for our residents to lead sustainable lifestyles, as well as develop new ways in which

we can remain green.” Continue reading The Project 365: Jersey City Green Week Closing Party and Adopt-A-Lot/Adopt-A-Park Kickoff →

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Popular Children’s Book Author R.L Stine Visits Jersey City’s Tachair Bookshoppe

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Popular children’s book author R.L. Stine stopped by Tachair Bookstore in Jersey City on April 25th to read to an SRO crowd of children and parents who came to hear Stine read from some of his bestsellers. Author of hundreds of children’s horror books including GOOSEBUMPS, ROTTEN SCHOOL, MOSTLY GHOSTS and THE NIGHTMARE ROOM series, Stine is known in literary circles as the “Stephen King” of children’s books selling over 500 million copies since 2008. Stine is seen here with Paul Valleau, son of Tachair owner Aleta Valleau and her mother Carol Valleau minutes before Stine read to a very eager and loyal audience.

Education

Registration Is Now Open for Courses at Hudson County Community College This Summer

 

 

hccc-logo300dpiJERSEY CITY, N.J. / April 19, 2013 — Hudson County Community College announces that registration is now open for summer term and fall semester courses.  Registration is currently underway at 25 Journal Square in Jersey City.

 

Classes for the Summer I and Summer II terms will begin on May 28 and July 15, respectively, and fall the semester will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at the Journal Square campus and North Hudson Higher Education Center. Classes are also being offered in off-campus locations including Bayonne and Kearny during the fall. In addition, several courses will be available in online format for the summer and fall terms. Continue reading Registration Is Now Open for Courses at Hudson County Community College This Summer →

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Jersey City Public Library Community Listings and Special Programs

Library logo jcApril 2013 – Community Listings

Jersey City Free Public Library

Special Programs:

* Five Corners, 678 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306, 201-547-4543 – For Children:  Musical Program –A Tale of Two Cities. / Featuring: Bob Albrecht, a singer/songwriter in the tradition of the troubadour of old, who combines music and poetry to tell tales of the world within and around us. / Musical Guest: Sam Oliver, a guitarist/ percussionist/songwriter, who will perform a few of his own original compositions. / Presented by: Five Corners Branch Library & Community Awareness Series, a department of the Jersey City Free Public Library. / Saturday, April 20 /  

2 – 3 p.m.

* Five Corners, 678 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306, 201-547-4543 – For Children & Families: Acoustic Guitars, featuring Bob Albrecht & Sam Oliver. Come & enjoy a variety of children’s songs! / Presented by: Five Corners Branch Library & the Community Awareness Series, a department of the Jersey City Free Public Library. / Tuesday, April 16 @ 10:30 a.m.

* Miller, 489 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304, 201-547-4551 – For Young Adults (Grades 7 – 12): Teen Poetry Slam. / * Talent * Refreshments * Prizes! * / Sign up begins April 1st. Audience open to all ages. / Wednesdays, April 24 & May 1 / 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Earth Day:

Bonetti Children’s Room, Main Library, 1st Floor, 472 Jersey Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 201-547-4519 – For Children: Earth Day Craft. / Monday, April 22 @ 3 p.m.

Bonetti Children’s Room, Main Library, 1st Floor, 472 Jersey Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 201-547-4519 – For Children: Earth Day Movie. / Monday, April 22 @ 3 p.m. Hoot. / When a boy and his classmates realize that a population of endangered, burrowing owls is threatened by new construction, the kids decide to take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of savings their new friends.

* NJ Room, Main Library, 3rd Floor, 472 Jersey Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07302, 201-547-4503 – For Jersey City History-Lovers – Meet the Authors: Mark W. Falzini & James Davidson, who will speak on their book, New Jersey’s Lindbergh Kidnapping and Trial, an account of the real-life kidnapping that gripped the nation. / Saturday, April 27 /

  Continue reading Jersey City Public Library Community Listings and Special Programs →
Cover Story, Education

HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACTS UP!

 

 hccc-logo300dpi Playwright and Professor Joseph Gallo Initiates New Theater Arts Program at Hudson County Community College

 

By Sally Deering

 originalsizeJosephGall,HCCCsnewTheaterArtsCoordinatorIn September 2012, Hudson got a little more artsy when professional playwright Joe Gallo brought Hudson County Community College to a new stage – or rather, brought the stage to HCCC.

 Gallo, whose plays have been performed in Hoboken, New York and other cities throughout the country, is a theater arts professor at HCCC who helped institute a new theater arts degree program. The new curriculum – which began in the 2012-2013 school year – is designed to provide students with a broad-based liberal arts education with core curriculum classes in theater that include Acting, Playwriting and Drama. Students who successfully complete the two-year program earn an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts – Theater, that prepares them to transfer to four-year colleges and universities where they can earn Bachelor of Arts degrees in theater and related programs.

 A theater professional – he’s a producer and Associate Artist at Mile Square Theater in Hoboken – Gallo earned an MFA in playwriting from Ohio University and his plays have been produced Off-Broadway, at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and at other theaters throughout the country. Gallo has taught Playwriting, Acting and other theater-related courses at the School of Visual Arts, Drew University and Kean University.

 Recently, Gallo spoke with Riverview Observer about how he initiated the new Theater Arts program and what prospective students can look forward to if they decide to enroll.

 RVO: Joe, can you share with our readers how the new theater arts program began?

JG: In 2007 HCCC hired to teach creative writing and because I have an MFA in playwriting, I was asked to revamp its Introduction to Acting class. I did that for the college and when I asked why the college doesn’t offer more theater classes, I was told, ‘because we don’t have a theater.’

  Continue reading HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACTS UP! →

Hudson People

Retired Wrestler Tony Santana of Jersey City Takes Life One Day at a Time

 Hudson People: Tony Santana -The Wrestler in White

By Sally Deering

Tony Santana He was known as “Dr. Santana” because he always wore white when he entered the ring. Long retired from wrestling, Tony Santana still  dresses in his signature ‘whites’ when he’s out and about in his Jersey City neighborhood. 

 Born in Puerto Rico, Santana came to Jersey City when he was 13 and went to work at the Eisen Bros. button company in Manhattan’s garment district. (Being tall and burly, Santana passed for 18 to get the job.) He worked there 30 years, starting first in delivery and moving his way up to manager.  He work ed at Liz Claiborne in Jersey City and owned his own button company at 111 First Street.  After five years of being his own boss, Santana turned to bartending at Rolon’s Keyhole Bar on Bay Street, retiring in 2010.

 During that time, Santana raised 18 children.  He also took an interest in wrestling Continue reading Retired Wrestler Tony Santana of Jersey City Takes Life One Day at a Time →

Our Community

H & M Powerhouse Loses Smokestacks Gains Momentum in Jersey City

  Stabilization of  Jersey City  Powerhouse Moves Forward

 

By Sally Deering

 

POWERHOUSE IN JC FILTEREDThe Hudson & Manhattan RR Powerhouse in the downtown section of Jersey City stands amidst the million-dollar high-rises like a drab Cinderella before her Fairy Godmother turns her into a Princess. An icon of the golden age of Jersey City, the H&M Powerhouse that once harnessed electrical power to the Hudson Trains and Tunnel that connected New Jersey and New York before the PATH is now a deconstructed shell of her former self and – just like Cinderella – about to receive a makeover.

 

Located on Washington Boulevard between First and Bay Streets in downtown Jersey City, the H & M Powerhouse is in the city’s Warehouse Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.  Designed by architect John Oakman and his partner W. Powell Robins, the H & M Powerhouse began powering up H & M Railroad’s Hudson Tunnels subway line that connected New Jersey and New York on February 25, 1908. It provided power 24/7 to the cars, lines, stations and terminals here and in New York.  In 1929 the H & M Powerhouse closed and in December 2001, the National Register of Historic Places certified it as a national landmark.  Continue reading H & M Powerhouse Loses Smokestacks Gains Momentum in Jersey City →

General, Live On Stage

Make ‘Em Laugh- Stand Up Comedy at Art House Productions, Jersey City

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It’s April and maybe you could use a few good laughs to cheer up those IRS blues. Then why not head over to Art House Productions in Jersey City on Sat, April 27 for a night of stand-up comedy featuring Mike Britt. Host Rich Kiamco, who runs the comedy nights at Art House Productions, promises it will be an evening of topical comedy not “Photoshop commentary”.

“The show is great,” Kiamco says. “This is almost our third year at Art House. The show has a following; it’s a good time. There’s always a headliner from ‘The Tonight Show’ or Comedy Central.”

Living in Hudson offers plenty of resources to inspire laughs, Kiamco says, especially when the comedy is based on natural disasters.

“We had two disaster shows, one right after Hurricane Sandy and one after the blizzard,” Kiamco says, “The place was packed.” Continue reading Make ‘Em Laugh- Stand Up Comedy at Art House Productions, Jersey City →

Sports Limited

Bruno Sammartino Wrestling Great Receives Key to Jersey City

Bruno Sammartino Wrestling Great Gets Key to the City of Jersey City from River View Observer on Vimeo.

At a special ceremony in the Jersey City's, City Hall, Mayor Jerramiah Healy presented Wrestling legend Bruno Samartino with a Proclamation and Key to the City of Jersey City.Sammartino has fought at different venues in Jersey City during his lengthly career as a wrestler.
Sammartino was in the Jersey City area for his induction ceremony at the Meadowlands Sports Complex on Satruday, April 6th where he is to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Live On Stage

Jersey City Student Autumn Stiles Participates In Denison Production

GRANVILLE, OH (04/01/2013)(readMedia)– Autumn Stiles of Jersey City (07304) performed the role of a chorus member in “Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God,” which was presented over seven nights at Denison University’s Black Box Theatre.

The play reveals an epic story of remarkable love, incredible heists, an extraordinary dying wish and communities that know pride and keep faith. Award-winning Canadian playwright Djanet Sears has set this moving, poetic, and ultimately life-affirming drama in present-day Negro Creek, a 200-year-old black community in Western Ontario. Supporting the action of the play is a “chorus of souls,” ancestral beings who provide a window into African tradition and beliefs. Continue reading Jersey City Student Autumn Stiles Participates In Denison Production →