Dates To Remember In Jersey City This Week: 6/7

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

Tuesday:

• Planning Board meeting. Virtual from 5:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.
  • More info/meeting links online.
• Jersey City Environmental Commission meeting. Virtual from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • More info/meeting links online.

Thursday:

• Zoning Board meeting. Virtual from 6:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.
• More info/meeting links online.

Events

Tuesday:

• Food and Shelter Coalition of Hudson County
  • The Food and Shelter Coalition of Hudson County meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 1:30 pm. Please share within your networks.

Thursday:

• How To Work With A Recruiter and Things To Know
  • This program will cover the differences between an in-house recruiter and a recruiting agency. The participants will learn how a recruiter can help in landing the dream job and debunk any myths about working with a recruiter.
• The Importance of Hudson Milestones
  • Join us for a program that highlights and important organization in Hudson County, Hudson Milestones. Hudson Milestones administers a variety of programs to serve people from our community who are Intellectually/Developmentally Disabled (I/DD) at all stages of their life cycle. Victoria Loehwing will share how this organization supports the learning disabled community and what services are offered.

Saturday:

• Nimbus Arts Festival | Family Arts & Culture Day
  • The Nimbus Arts Festival Family Arts & Culture Day offers an afternoon of arts activities for all ages, youth performances, dance lessons, scholarship awards, magician performance, art vendors with youth-oriented craft items, DJ dance party, and more!
• Nimbus Arts Festival | NJ Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble
  • New Jersey's World Class orchestra and one of the state's oldest and most revered arts institutions, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra makes a rare Jersey City appearance with their Brass Ensemble. Performance features NJSO's exceptional brass musicians in a collection of musical selections that highlight the triumph and grandeur of music written for brass, as well as its subtlety of expression. Opening act by talented Jersey City youth performing artists - winners of the Nimbus Arts Festival's city-wide Youth Talent Show.

Sunday:

• Culture Tree Storytime Series: Foods of India
  • Join us on a virtual trip to experience the foods and spices of India. This virtual event is organized by, The Culture Tree (www.theculturetree.com), a literacy organization that celebrates South Asian cultures. We'll receive an introduction to Indian foods from Dr. Kanchan Koya, reading "The Tiffin Gang" by author Shweta Ganesh Kumar, and learning the "Spice Song" from the Grammy-nominated album, Falu's Bazaar.

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