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This Sunday, Dec. 14th, Santa and Mrs. Claus will take selfies with brunch-goers from 11AM to 1PM at eight restaurants along the Newport, Jersey City waterfront.
Santa and Mrs. Claus will be making rounds at Loradella’s, Morton Williams, Raaz, Cosi, Bertucci’s, Dorrian’s, Fire & Oak and Battello.
Say Cheese!
JCG
It’s time for the annual Santa’s Elf Factory in Jersey City. The next two weekends 12/13-14 and 12/20-21 from 10am-5pm at Tommy 2 Scoops (177 York St.) organized by JC Fun-raisers.
Gets the whole family into the holiday spirit with festive fun for children of all ages and their parents. “Become an elf” with your very own name and accessories, help Mrs. Claus decorate (and EAT!) cookies, create holiday cards and ornaments, learn the secret elf dance and then take home a very special photo with Santa! Frostee the Snowman will also be singing carols and tell seasonal stories!
Tickets: $20 per child (Sponsors will fund local children who don’t have the financial means to attend). Half of all net proceeds this year are being donated to KFM, a local non-profit autism advocacy group. They help provide college scholarships to people with autism.
Get elfishly festive,
JCG
Con Vivo Music is wrapping their season with a Gala! The once-a-year fundraiser will be a celebration of Con Vivo’s first CD release “Modern Dances.”
The orchestra will perform selections off our album alongside Prokofiev’s Quintet in G minor. Food and wine are included, as well as their annual raffle/auction on Saturday, December 13th at 8pm at Barrow Mansion (83 Wayne St.)
Support Con Vivo’s 2015 season so they continue to present free chamber music concerts in Jersey City. Sponsored by the Barrow Mansion Development Corp.
To recap 2014: Con Vivo presented 10 concerts with over 40 compositions! Highlights: Stockhausen’s Tierkreis, our 5th annual Bach concert, Rhymes With Opera’s sci-fi opera Red Giant, music for solo/duos/trios, the second performance of Richard Carrick’s meditative, bold, and evocative Stone Guitars, the acclaimed percussion/flute group Iktus Duo, a 30-min world premiere by New Thread Sax Quartet, and beautiful art songs with Sarah Nelson Craft and Paul Vasile.
To the sound of music,
JCG
The 3rd Annual Historic Downtown Holiday Market is in full swing. Every Monday and Thursday from 4pm to 8pm, check it out at the Grove Street PATH Plaza, where you’ll find some of the best local artists/crafters in town selling the most unique holiday gifts around!
Support JC and Shop Local,
JCG
Will Hench of Jersey City introduced me to the term “Nipyata,” an adult pinata filled with baby bottles of booze—”nips”—instead of candy.
The standard Nipyatas come with about 12 brands: Fireball, Svedka, Jose Cuervo, Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort, Dr. McGillicuddy’s, Peachtree, Captain Morgans, and more. Or, customers can tell creator Will Hench and his team their favorite brands to include.
Cutomized pinatas need approx 35 days lead time on the order – email custom@nipyata.com. For all regular orders, please visit their site nipyata.com.
Jersey City-ans can pick up their Nipyatas at The Thirsty Quaker (495 Monmouth St.) or have it delivered to your house/party, and those further away can have them shipped for free, which usually takes 3-5 business days. Check their website to see if your state is eligible for shipping and “For best results, ship your Nipyata to a Business Address where someone 21 + can sign for it. If you ship it to your home, and nobody 21 + is present to sign, it will be returned to sender. Then your party will stink,” warns Hench.
“A good friend from home would do ‘home made’ Nipyatas for parties and they were always a huge hit. The wide variety of spirits in each Nipyata was always a blast and watching your friends try to break it open while blindfolded was always hilarious fun. So we wanted to see if we could create a Nipyata brand and sell them online to be delivered for parties or birthday gifts.”
Nipyatas range from $59.99 to $229.99: the smallest come with 12 nips and the largest has 60 nips. It also includes Blind Fold, Nipyata Stick and String to hang up the Nipyata.
“We love the Jersey City community and how the small businesses all help to support each other. It’s an amazing and exciting place to be right now to launch a new product or service,” says Hench.