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17
Sep
2014

Newport Liberty Half Marathon 9/21

categories: Events, Exchange Place, Gym & Fitness, Jersey City Families, Live Music, Neighborhood, Newport, Outdoor Fun!, Parks & Recreation, The Waterfront, This Weekend in Jersey City

This Sunday (9/21) is the 21^st annual Newport Liberty Half Marathon in Jersey City.

Recreational and elite runners from around the country can compete for $3,000 in prize money on a USA Track & Field-certified course that interweaves with the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway from Newport to Liberty State Park.

The open-air race, sponsored this year by BATS Global Markets, has been called the most beautiful course in the Tri-State area with spectacular views of Lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty and the Verrazano Bridge.

Winnings and records will be awarded immediately after, during the Post-Race Party with refreshments, a local DJ and several prize drawings for gift cards and event tickets.

Proceeds are being donated to the Jersey City Medical Center, the area’s newest regional teaching hospital, proving the highest level of care for women, infants, and trauma and heart patients.

Racers take their mark at 8:30 a.m. in Town Square. (Registration opens at 6:45 a.m.) For registration details visit http://www.newporthalfmarathon.com or call 201-665-4005.

Keep calm and run on,
JCG

03
Sep
2014

End of Summer Lot Party 9/5

categories: Comedy, Events, Historic Downtown Jersey City, Jersey City Families, Live Music, Outdoor Fun!, This Weekend in Jersey City

As part of JC Fridays, Jersey City Ties and The Thirsty Quaker, will be hosting an evening of local music & comedy, as well as beer, wine, and food from 6-10pm on Friday, September 5th.

The lot party is located at 494 Monmouth Street (between 8th St. and Pavonia) in Downtown JC. Proceeds will help support Jersey City Ties in its mission of community building and networking through service and social events.

This event is free to attend, with an entertainment lineup including: Tucker Janisch, Jon’s Banjo Jug Band, Darren Deicide, and National Scandal sketch comedy (lineup is subject to change). Drinks and food will be available for purchase. Jersey City Ties will be selling select beer and wine to benefit their cause, and The Lamp Post Bar & Grille will be selling food.

More information about the event can be found here.

Celebrate in the streets!
JCG

17
Aug
2014

Theater: So What If I Loved You 8/21

categories: Art, Events, Jersey City Families, This Weekend in Jersey City

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) presents “So What If I Loved You” (SWIILY), a one-woman show by Summer Dawn Hortillosa, debuting August 21st at 8pm at Merseles Studios Theater (339 Newark Avenue.)

In SWIILY, Hortillosa portrays a millenial haunted by post-breakup memories of a lost lover. Unable to sleep, she remembers various incarnations of this man and their time together through two monologues and an original song.

Opening night will include an opening reception and a multimedia art show in the Merseles Studios Gallery at 6pm.

Other Showtimes: August 22 and 23 at 8 pm and August 24 at 7 pm

Tickets are $12 in advance online; $15 at the door.

To the love of theater,
JCG

13
Aug
2014

La Festa Italiana 8/13- 8/17

categories: Events, Jersey City Families, Live Music, Outdoor Fun!, This Weekend in Jersey City

From now until Monday night, join in on the fun that is La Festa Italiana, Jersey City’s Italian Street Festival.

Each evening from 5-11pm on Sixth St. between Brunswick and Monmouth, celebrate the 111th year of the festival with tons of street-fair food (rice balls, zeppole, sausages, shish kabobs, corn on the cob, homemade desserts), live entertainment, children’s activities and adult beverages.

Visit http://www.lafestaitalianajc.com for full details.

Divertiti,
JCG