Dates To Remember In Jersey City This Week: 5/31

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Happy Monday, Jersey City! There are plenty of events happening around the city this week, so Patch rounded up a list of the important dates to remember, so you don't miss the fun!

City Meetings

Monday: City Council Caucus meeting. Virtual from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• More info/meeting links online.

Wednesday: City Council meeting. Virtual from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

• More info/meeting links online.

Events

Monday:

• Memorial Day 2021: Master Sergeant Jonathan V. Taylor and Issac G
  • On Monday, May 31, join us with Master Sergeant Jonathan V. Taylor and JCFPL'S Mr. Issac Green to pay tribute and honor to the military men and women who lost their lives in service.

Wednesday:

• Jersey City Blood Drive - Urgent Need for Donors!
  • Urgent Need! Please make an appointment to give blood at DVORA on Wednesday, June 2nd b/w 12:30pm-6:30pm. To make an appointment, you can visit www.nybc.org/donate or text 732-616-8736. Appointments encouraged, Walk-ins welcome if social distancing can be maintained. Please help spread the word
• Meet the Author and Illustrator of Sandwiches and Samosas
  • Author, Suhani Parikh and illustrator, Reshma Srinivas, of Sandwiches and Samosas, will engage the audience in a fun reading, giveaway, and activity.

Thursday:

• How To Learn How To Build Professional Relationships
  • This program will go over important factors that help your career when you build professional relationships. You'll learn important strategies for networking and building better professional relationships.
• Year Up New Jersey
  • Year Up is a one-year career accelerator program empowering young adults (age 18-26) to enter a Technology or Business career. Year Up at HCCC provides young adults with six months of paid professional development and specialized career technical training. This instruction prepares students for the second phase of the program: a six-month paid full-time internship at one of Year Up’s many corporate partners, which include: Bank of America, Google, J.P Morgan, Spotify, and Facebook. Year Up’s mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by ensuring that young adults gain skills, experiences, and support to empower them to reach their potential through both career development and higher education.

Friday:

• Virtual JC Fridays
  • On Friday, June 4, Virtual JC Fridays will take place on Zoom! All participating venues will come together in one online event showcasing the Jersey City arts community, hosted by Art House Productions. This event will have ASL Interpreters and Closed Captions.

Saturday:

• Jersey City Record Riots
  • Don’t miss the crazy OUTDOOR vinyl action! Show hours: 10 AM-6 PM. FREE ADMISSION! Over 40 tables of LPs, CDs, DVDs, 45s, memorabilia and who knows what else. Dealers from all over the NYC area, including the Iris Records gang, Joey Barbosa, and John Bastone (“Jangle-Time”) too. Live DJs all day long. Always a large, fun, musically-intelligent crowd. Hope to see you at the show! Maybe COVID-safe digging in the crates!

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