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[ August 23, 2008; 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] JCLGO will be hosting its 8th Annual Pride Festival two months from now.

The theme for this year is “Keeping the Vision Alive”. This event sounds like fun, based on the press release (see below) that I had read and cool photos that I saw from last year’s event.

The event will include rally, entertainment, and [...]

[ June 8, 2008; 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]

Who loves to go to an arts festival? This Sunday, despite the scorching heat, Jersey City will celebrate the 34th Annual Cultural Arts Festival to commemorate Morris Pesin — known as the “father” of Liberty State Park. He spent 18 years spearheading the crusade to create an urban state park, which is now the Liberty [...]

The first “Everyhing Jersey City Festival” happened exactly a week ago (May 17, 2008). As expected, parking was terrible. The traffic (on parallel road like Summit Avenue) was slow-moving as some of the roads were barricaded by the police.
A lot of people went to celebrate, and the kids obviously enjoyed the activities like the rock [...]

It’s better late than never. Below are a few photos from St. Aedan International Festival in McGinley Square area, May 11, 2008. Mayor Healy and Councilman Brennan were both in attendance. International dishes were served by parishioners and seminarian volunteers. The performers were fantastic, especially the cultural dancers who delighted the audience with their dazzling [...]

[ May 17, 2008; ]
Artwork from JCHeights website.

Two Saturdays from now – on May 17, 2008 – Everything Jersey City Festival will take place on Central Avenue in the Heights area. i will be there, neither as an exhibitor nor as a volunteer, but as a blogger who will cover some of the events. Anyone else going? If you [...]