April 2016 archive

Jersey City Farmers Markets 2016

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Here are the schedules for this season’s farmers markets in Jersey City. Besides stocking up on produce and specialty foods, you can eat lunch on the spot from various food trucks and drink stands. And you can shop specialty items, usually handcrafted soaps, oils and other bath & body luxuries. Live music, children’s activities and free yoga are also at certain markets occasionally (check their schedules).

Many markets also have stands with information about community programs in Jersey City and other initiatives happening in your micro community of this grand city. Meet your local vendors, your neighbors (and their pets!), and be involved with the greater picture of the development of Jersey City in 2016.

Grove Street
Monday and Thursday 4-8pm
(May-December)
Grove PATH Plaza

Journal Square
Wednesday and Friday 11am-7pm
(June-November)
Journal Square PATH Plaza

Paulus Hook
Saturday 10am-4pm
(May-Thanksgiving)
Washington St.

The Heights
Sunday 10am-3pm
(May-Thanksgiving)
Riverview-Fisk Park (1 Bowers St.)

Hamilton Park
Wednesday 4-8pm
(May-December)
Hamilton Park (McWilliams @ 8th St.)

New Jersey City University
Thursday 4-7pm
(June-November)
110 Culver Ave. (in front of gym)

Lincoln Park
Sunday 10am-3pm
(late June-November)
Lincoln Park (at the Gazebo)

Van Vorst Park
Saturday 8am-3pm
(May-December)
Van Vorst Park (281 Montgomery St.)

Get your LOCAL on!
JCG

Sustainable JC’s Mother Earth Celebration 4/30

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Celebrate the Mother Earth Festival at The Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery (435 Newark Ave.) on Saturday, April 30th.

The annual fete celebrates over 350 years of nature. Go to:
*Meet Environmental & Crafty Exhibitors & Vendors!
*Learn about their All Volunteer Mission & Urban Youth FARM Club
*Meet the Animals & Livestock!
*Tour the Cemetery
*Listen to live music all day
*Eat, drink & explore the historic Jersey City treasure with family and friends

The festivities begin at 12pm and continue until 7pm. The event is hosted by Sustainable Jersey City SJC and music is sponsered by Rock-it Docket & Brunswick Sounds.

Donate at the gate to Benefit the All-Volunteer Cemetery Mission.

Live it,
JCG

A Jersey City Film

twentymillionpeopleTwenty Million People is a contemporary take on the romantic comedy, and was shot primarily in Jersey City by filmmaker Michael Ferrell, a Grove St. area resident.

In the 90’s indie hit Swingers, we pondered how many days we were supposed to wait before we call. In Twenty Million People it’s how many minutes should we wait before we text back, because you don’t want it to seem like you were just standing here with the phone in your hand. And oh yeah, “everything you text has to have an exclamation point or it sounds sarcastic.”

The main characters travel from the “6th Borough” of Jersey City all the way to Brooklyn in the name of love, giving us a glimpse of what a modern-day romance is like in a city full of so many people. The film took home Best Feature awards at Maryland International Film Festival and Cape Fear Independent Film Festival along with other awards at VisionFest in New York City, Garden State Film Festival in New Jersey, and Williamsburg Independent Film Festival in Brooklyn. It’s available for purchase on amazon, google play and iTunes.

View the trailer here.