HUDSON HAPPENINGS
HOLA New Jersey
Annual Expo
HOLA New Jersey
celebrates the power of our community and promotes Hispanic businesses to reinforce their economic growth, development and interests. Show off your business in the heart of Newport Mall.
Network with fellow professionals at their awards dinner.
Hear from Marelyn Rivera, Executive Director of the New Jersey Center for Hispanic Policy, Research, and Development.
Don’t miss your chance to celebrate, learn and introduce your business to a new audience
(Exhibit tables limited!)
If You Go: Thursday, September 26
Expo - 4:00 PM6:00 PM
Newport Centre Mall (Expo)
30 Mall Dr W, Jersey City, NJ 07310
Dinner - 6:15 PM7:45 PM
Ruth’s Chris Steak House (Dinner)
499 Washington St, Jersey City, NJ 07310
HAMILTON PARK CONSERVANCY MUSIC FESTIVAL FORMERLY THE
Conservancy
October 5, 2024
12–8 Pm
Rain or shine
Hamilton Park
Mcwilliams Place
Jersey City,NJ
For event sponsorship information please contact
Ms. Javia Jackson
201.714.2339 or Javia@ silvermanbuilding.com Silverman
Building Neigborhoods
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The Hoboken Shelter Prepares for Annual 5k Fundraiser
The HoBOOken 5k steps off on October 26, 2024
Saturday, Proceeds to benefit the Hamilton Park
-- The HoBOOken 5K, Hoboken’s only costumed run and one of Hoboken’s largest races, will be inperson at Pier A
on Saturday, October 26, 2024, and a virtual race is available on October 2627, 2024. The HoBOOken 5K Halloween Run to End Homelessness is The Hoboken Shelter’s largest fundraising event of the year and an important opportunity for our community to come together, give back, and have fun on this fa-BOO-lous occasion. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the HoBOOken 5K go to support the work of The Hoboken Shelter.
3K Walk Cancer Away In Memory of
James N.Rentas
Live Music & DJ Food Trucks
Games
Cornhole
Face Painting
Balloon Maker
Schedule
Chcek -in 8:00 am9:45 am
Walk begins at 10:00am
Entry Donation
$30.Ages 13& UP
$15.Ages 5-12
FreeAges 4 & Under Receive a Shirt with ticket purchase (While supplies last)
Social Media: Instagram@ walkcanceraway
3Kwalkcanceraway
If You Go: Sunday, October 6th 24
Stephen R.Gregg County Park
J.F Kennedy Blvd.& 48th StreetBayonne, NJ
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Delicious Dirty Water Hotdogs
Every Friday-Saturday& Sunday
Stephen Gregg Park, Bayonne
HUDSON HAPPENINGS
The All About Downtown Street Fair is proabably one of the largest events Jersey City hosts.
The Historic Downtown Special Improvement District (HDSID)hosts this event and what a grand event it is.
“All About Downtown” Street Fair Saturday, September 21st, 2024 - 12pm to 8pm Newark Avenue from Grove Street to Coles Street in
Downtown Jersey City. Now in its 13 year the’ HDSID recently noted on their Facebook page that this is going to be the largest fair to date with Featuring 250+ local vendors, kids rides, beer gardens, live goats, food trucks, live music, salsa fest, artisan shopping and so much more. Visit https://jcdowntown.org/ for more information about the event.
An Americana, Folk, Country, Blues and Roots Music Festival in Downtown Jersey City Once again this year’s festival is a wonder
2024, 11am to 6pm; Rain date is Sunday October 6th, 2024. fully diverse set of eight music groups performing throughout the day. Enjoy their new, free street festival, join themusic workshops, come taste their wonderful ethnic foods, and more!
Enjoy a day full of world class performances and music workshops for $35 ($40 at door)! Welcome Home New Jersey will bring a taste of ethnic foods to expand your taste buds. In addition to our ticketed indoor festival, this year we have a new free street festival with additional speakers and a hosted jam session. Saturday, September 28 329 Warren Street JC 1pm-10pm
on Washington Street, Sunday September 29th, Live music, artists, crafters, food vendors, local businesses. the entire family with fantastic entertainment
and plenty of food vendors. Visit their Facebook page for more information https://www.facebook. com/
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HUDSON COUNTY ACTRESS TAMMY BLANCHARD’S LATEST ROLE
By Tris McCall
What’s tougher than taking on the role of a football champion and convicted killer?
How about the part of the football player’s mother?
That’s the challenge that Tammy Blanchard set for herself. The award-winning Bayonne actor plays Terri Hernandez, the mom of Aaron Hernandez, the gifted NFL tight end who made headlines for all the right reasons — until he made them for the wrong ones. “American Sports Story,” a ten-episode miniseries that will air on FX this fall (starting with a two-episode special on Sept. 17), follows Hernandez from his upbringing in a troubled home through his struggles with sexuality and identity to his dazzling success on the gridiron and the violent off-field encounters that were his undoing. It’s an unvarnished look at one of the most infamous athletes of the century, and Blanchard’s conflicted, complicated character is right in the middle of the turmoil.
“True stories are such cautionary tales,” says Blanchard, whose deep performance history includes many emotionally rich portrayals of powerful female characters. “I play a mother who is trying to do her best for her kids, and she’s watching her
dreams and her life fall apart.”
Tammy Blanchard as a young Judy Garland in her 2001 Emmy winning performance Life With Me and Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows her, I stopped going to the gym. I naturally began to gain weight. I started to feel that depression inside.”
Like millions of others, Blanchard watched the documentaries and listened to the podcasts about the life of Aaron Hernandez with a mixture of fascination and horror. When she was cast in “American Sports Story,” she approached her role as she often does: she located a core of compassion within her, and she applied it to her performance.
“I play someone whose life has been a hard one,” says Blanchard, who reminds us that her character never sought the publicity visited on her or her family. “My character has had a history of abusive relationships. Where she grew up and who she ended up marrying — so often she was in muddy waters. I have mercy for her.”
“As I was playing
passes in the Super Bowl. But a little more than a year later, the team cut ties with him after his arrest for the murder of his friend Odin Lloyd.
As a mother herself, Blanchard had no difficulty locating a parent’s sympathy for a troubled child. Aaron Hernandez killed himself in his maximum-security prison cell in 2017, but Blanchard believes that no mother would remember her son as a villain.
“At the end of the day,” she says, “he’ll always be her baby.”
To opposing football players — and even those who lined up on his side — he was nothing so gentle. Instead, he was a force difficult to contain: an explosive receiver with soft hands and a ferocious willingness to deliver a block. Hernandez was drafted by the New England Patriots in 2010; by 2012, he was catching
What went wrong? Why did someone with so much to live for throw it all away? After a postmortem examination of his brain, doctors discovered he was suffering encephalopathy driven by trauma. The speed and impact of modern football may have exacerbated the psychological problems that dogged him from early childhood. The Hernandez home was a turbulent one. Aaron Hernandez felt deep shame about his physical attraction to other men. He both feared and revered his conservative father, who died when Aaron was sixteen.
There was also the ceaseless pressure to succeed, and the expectations of excellence in an endeavor as competitive as football. It reminds Tammy Blanchard of another prodigy who, superficially, couldn’t have been more different from a two hundred pound muscleman: Judy Garland.
“People around you might see you as the golden goose,” says Blanchard, who received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe nomination for her starring role in “Life With Judy Garland:
Me and My Shadows.” “Everyone sees your talent and tells you how and who to be. It can be hard to figure out who you are. If for the sake of fame and fortune, you can’t be open and honest with yourself, that’s dangerous.
“I think everyone needs to get the message that fame and fortune should not be the end all. Fame is damaging to anybody’s ego and spirit.”
With starring roles on Broadway and in filmed entertainment, Tammy Blanchard has certainly had her share of it. But she’s quick to say that she’s never sold her soul for it, and she’s proud to remain in Bayonne with her family. Besides, the actor notes, the industry has lately rediscovered Hudson County. New studios have opened in her hometown. And to make “American Sports Story,” she didn’t have to travel far. Most of the scenes were shot in Kearny.
“I’m proud to be in a Ryan Murphy production,” says Blanchard of the man behind the Aaron Hernandez miniseries — as well as many other shows, including the innovative “American Horror Story.” “I consider him a master of TV. Decades ago, I was in a pilot of his that never got picked up. I always wanted to work with him again.
“I’m grateful that I finally got that chance.”
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HUDSON HAPPENINGS
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with the HCCC Foundation Art The Foundation Art Collection features a rich mosaic of works by Hispanic artists reflecting the College’s robust commitment to supporting Hispanic-American culture.
Renowned American labor leader and Civil Rights activist Cesar Chavez inspired Americans and the world community to work peacefully for social justice. He famously said, “No violencia es nuestra fuerza.” (Translation: Non-violence is our strength). An authentic vintage framed socialjustice campaign button – with Chavez’s image and that quotation – is installed alongside many other items of Americana in a history classroom at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). This educational treasure is a part of the history and cultural heritage collection at the HCCC Foundation Art Collection.
Chavez also stated, “We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.” Hudson County Community College (HCCC) and the HCCC Foundation Art Collection seek to embody this ethos each day, and the HCCC Foundation Art Collection proudly reflects this diversity and celebrates the College community’s strong Hispanic presence, featuring 75 permanently installed paintings, sculptures, and limited-edition prints by Hispanic artists. September 15 marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through October 15, making it a great time to celebrate and reflect on the contributions of these Hispanic artists in the HCCC Foundation Art Collection. Over 50% of Hudson County Community College
Francisco Zuniga’s 1977 work, Evelia en un boutique, is displayed on the 5th Floor of the Gabert Library at 71 Sip Avenue and was recently featured in a Museum of Modern Art exhibition catalog.
(HCCC) students identify as Hispanic or Latino. HCCC is a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and a proud member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), a national organization dedicated to championing the success of Hispanic students in higher education. In 2023, the College was recognized for its excellence in
support of this mission with the organization’s “Outstanding HACUMember Institution Award.”
HCCC President Dr. Christopher Reber stated, “Art has the unique power to transcend boundaries and connect us to diverse cultural experiences. Our collection of Hispanic art not only celebrates the rich heritage and contributions of Hispanic artists, but also serves to inspire our students and community.”
The Hispanic heritage experience in the United States ranges from the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay all the way north to Caribbean islands like Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, and everywhere in between, and the Foundation Art Collection reflects that diversity.
The Foundation’s collection of artwork by Hispanic artists also ranges in time from a pre-Columbian (before
1492) sculpture from the Colima Alcarraza culture dating back to 400 B.C., to modernday works from both world-renowned artists like Teresita Fernandez and Picasso, and awardwinning HCCC student artists.
While these works are exhibited throughout HCCC’s Journal Square and North Hudson campuses so that all members of the HCCC community can enjoy them, the third-floor corridor of the Gabert Library at 71 Sip Avenue is dedicated to Hispanic art and features many pieces by prominent Hispanic artists, including Alejandro Anreus and Felix Gonzales-Torres.
If You Go: HCCC Foundation Art Collection Now to October15th 2024
If you’re interested in checking out the collection online, visit www. hccc.edu/
“One Peaceful Kingdom”
Drawing Rooms is excited to announce their Fall exhibit, “One Peaceable Kingdom” in both The Terrarium Gallery The Alcove Gallery. This is a perfect time to contemplate a vision of peace and harmony on earth.
Inspired by folk artist Edward Hicks’iconic versions of a Peaceable Kingdom, six artists come together to cre-ate “One Peaceable Kingdom”, featuring anthropomorphized animals in a bucolic, lush and other-worldly
natural landscape. The exhibit includes painting, ceramic sculpture, drawing and collage by artists Beth DiCara, Cheryl Hochberg, Claire McConaughy, Pat Brentano, Shelley Haven and TerriAmig.Curated byAnneTrauben. www.drawingrooms.org
If You Go
One Peaceful Kingdom Sept. 19th-Oct. 26 2024 DRAWING ROOMS 926 Newark Ave, # T107 Jersey City NJ
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HUDSON HAPPENINGS
ART CRAWL JOURNAL SQUARE
Art lovers and community members are invited to Art Crawl Journal Square, happening on Saturday,September 21st, from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The event kicks off at two main hubs: SMUSH Gallery (340Summit Avenue) and Mana Contemporary (888 Newark Avenue
Now in its third year
ARTS 14C’s Art Crawl continues to bring together art enthusiasts to explore Jersey City’s culturally vibrant neighborhoods. This time the event will focus exclusively on the arts, merging captivating art exhibitions and open studios, all in one walkable, art-filled afternoon.
Following successful crawls in The Heights and Bergen-Lafayette earlier this spring,the
Journal Square edition of the Art Crawl will feature five galleries and arts spaces as well as over six artist open studios, stretching from as far north as
Mana Contemporary through to SMUSH gallery on Summit Avenue. Cultural highlights include an exhibition by Saint Peter’s University’s Fine Arts Faculty, Poetry in the Galleries at Monira Foundation in collaboration with Jersey City Reads Poems, a solo show at SMUSH by Buttered Roll, as well as an extraordinary group of artiststhat have been brought togetheri in the
Dineen Hull gallery
Generously underwritten by a grant from Goldman Sachs, Saturday’s Art Crawl is the fifth and final for 2024, returning again in March of 2025.
For more information, visit https://artfair14c. com/art-crawl/ or @artcrawljc on Instagram.
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