QUARTERLY CELEBRATION OF LOCAL ARTS EVENTS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD of JERSEY CITY

Friday, September 11th, 7:00pm-10:00pm Mocha Mic with Millie Ascent (Rooftop) 500 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304 Mocha Mic with Millie: A Rooftop Evening of Poetry & Music FREE TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mocha-mic-with-millie-91126-tickets-1998648590737 We’re taking Mocha Mic with Millie to the rooftop! Join us for an evening of poetry, music, food, and genuine connection at @ascentjc. We are honored to partner with Ascent, who is sponsoring this FREE co

Friday, September 11th, 8:00am-1:00am Delicias Del Ranchito 54 Sip Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306 Step inside this vibrant, family owned and operated restaurant in the heart of Journal Square and enjoy authentic Mexican food lovingly prepared and served with a smile. On view: Tattoo Designs & Art by Daniel Guzman - September 11th through December 4th during regular hours of operation. Accessibility Wheelchair Accessible Wheelchair accessible via the main entrance on Sip Avenue Co

Friday, September 11th, 5:00pm-10:00pm HDSID & Dancing Tony Grove St PATH Plaza 116 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Historic Downtown and Dancing Tony presents: Groove on Grove Season Ending Finale JCFRIDAYS Showcase with performances by : 5 pm Small String and Keys (Violin and Piano Students) 6 pm Wilma Ann Jazz 7 pm The Extensions [Modern Vice Music] 8 pm PeteyxKraze [Hip Hop 9 pm Fascinations Grand Chorus [Vintage Rock Vibes] With the Crafty Creatives from the Artist and

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-9:00pm Art House Gallery 345 Marin Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Art House Productions is proud to celebrate its 25th Anniversary Season. Founded in 2001 in response to the tragic events of September 11, Art House was founded as a way to help heal and connect a devastated Jersey City community through art and dialogue. Over the past twenty-five years, the organization has grown into one of the region's leading multidisciplinary arts organizat

Friday, September 11th, 6:30pm-9:30pm SMUSH Gallery 340 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306 I Know What You Did That Summer: Art, Performances, and Social Hour with SMUSH Summer Residency Artists from the Recent (and More Distant) Past Friday, September 11 6:30-9:30p Free! Part of JC Fridays Join us for a social, arty evening celebrating SMUSH Summer Residency Artists from the last nine (9!) summers. They’re digging up and bringing in visual art, zines, readings, writings, and

Friday, September 11th, 3:00pm-5:00pm Millicent Ansah and West Bergen Branch Library 546 West Side Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07304 🌿✨ STRETCH & SKETCH 4 ✨🌿 An Interactive Workshop Fusing Storytelling, Art & Movement Millicent Ansah and the West Bergen Branch Library are excited to welcome children and families back for the **4th edition of Stretch & Sketch!🖌️📖🧘🏾‍♀️💛🌈 For four years, Stretch & Sketch has created space for children to explore their feelings, imagination, cre

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-9:00pm City Swipes Art Studio 78 Erie St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Try Your Hand at Art! For JC Fridays, City Swipes Gallery invites guests into its Erie Street studio and gallery for an interactive evening exploring one of art’s most fascinating—and challenging—subjects: the human hand. Artists Kelly Heaton and Carri Degenhardt will offer instruction and demonstrations showing dramatically different approaches to creating the hand, from carefully

Friday, September 11th, 12:00pm-6:00pm The Cannabis Place 1542 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Community Impact Room, Jersey City, NJ 07305 COMMUNITY IMPACT ROOM / The Cannabis Place @chillwithtcp 1542 Kennedy Boulevard @Gates Avenue presents “BE RIGHT HERE!” *Original Artwork of ELENA DA RE / JIM LEGGE / IBOU NDOYE / LIZ NDOYE / MARIE TOUCET in various media *Performances by ELDAD TARMU vibraphone / INNER GYPSY with MARIO guitar & TIFFANY flute *Presentation by NATI @exoercista *NEW B

Friday, September 11th, 4:00pm-7:00pm Project Greenville 128 Winfield Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07305 Join us Friday & Saturday (and again for JCAST in October) as we celebrate the talented and creative people in our community who are 60+ (including artists, musicians, photographers, writers & more!) So much wisdom comes with age, experience and time to have honed a craft (or the courage to try new things) that this is sure to be a beautiful show for the audience and artists as we

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-9:00pm ARTS 14C 157B 1st St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (6th Floor) Art Pantry 14C is a community initiative from ARTS 14C - built on creative reuse and shared abundance. Through donations from film, television, and creative companies, we often receive fantastic materials - props, fabric, paper, and more - beyond what our resident artists can use. On September 11, 2026, we’re opening our Art Pantry to the wider creative community to coincide with JC

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-8:00pm Dvora Hamilton House 255 Brunswick St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Take a self-guided tour of the main lobbies featuring a wall installation by Wendy Letven, and large-scale works by James Pustorino, Andrea Epstein and Bruce Halpin. Presented by Drawing Rooms and Dvora. Accessibility Wheelchair Accessible Please contact James Pustorino at 201-208-8032 with questions or concerns. Contact Phone: 201-279-5757

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-8:00pm Dvora Art House 148 1st St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Take a tour of 12 floors of solo artist lobbies: New works by Greg Letson, Jonathan Ricci, with Tim Daly, Guillermo Bublik, Don Fortenberry, Jane Westrick, Jane Dell, Kevin McCaffrey, Eileen Ferara, Sandra DeSando, Jerry Gallo, Shu Tu, Jean-Paul Picard. Produced by Drawing Rooms and Dvora. Accessibility Wheelchair Accessible Please contact James Pustorino at 201-208-8032 with questions or

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-8:00pm Dvora 175 2nd 175 2nd St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 From 6pm to 8pm - tour 14 floors of solo-artist lobbies. New works by Glenn Garver, Beatrice Mady, Cynthia Egle, Sean Burns, with John Cerra Bud McNichol, Jill Hellman, Martine Kasmin, Jean-Paul Picard, Shu Tu, John Donovan, Stephanie DeManuelle, Anne Trauben, Andrea Epstein, Kati Villim, Eugenio Espinosa, Maria Pavlovska. Produced by Drawing Rooms and Dvora. Accessibility Wheelchair Accessi

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-8:00pm The Oakman 160 1st St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 From 6 - 8pm, take a tour of 14 floors of solo artist lobby exhibits: new works by Marion Held with recent works by Sunny Chapman, David W. Cummings, Andrew Schwartz, Laura Lou Levy, Pam Kalish, Tim Daly, Harriet Finck, John Hampshire, Oksana Lerman, Rochelle Rubin, Jill Scipione, Mary Judge, Bruce Halpin, Bud McNichol, James Pustorino, Mindy Gluck, Maria Pavlovska. Produced by Drawing Rooms an

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-9:00pm ARTS 14C 157B 1st St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Step inside the studios of 16 exceptional artists and get a behind-the-scenes look at works in progress across visual art, music, dance, and more. The ARTS 14C Special Project Residency is a competitive, merit-based program supporting artists across disciplines. For the 2026 Summer/Fall cycle, we received more than 150 applications and selected just 16 artists to participate. Open Studios offers

Friday, September 11th, 12:00pm-6:00pm Mana Contemporary / Pierogi Gallery 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306 FLAT FILES is an interactive archive and exhibition series presented by Pierogi in partnership with Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary. Featuring approximately 300 portfolios of original works on paper, the project invites visitors to explore and experience the artworks directly—creating an intimate, self-guided viewing experience rarely found in traditional g

Friday, September 11th, 6:30pm-9:30pm Jersey City Writers 157B 1st St, Room 608, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (6th Floor) Step up. Speak out. Stand tall. Jersey City Writers invites you to One-Mic Stand with SJ—an open mic experience like no other! This is where raw talent meets electrifying energy, and every voice has a chance to shine. On the 2nd Friday of every month, two incredible featured poets will take the stage alongside a lineup of fearless performers from our vibrant poet

Friday, September 11th, 4:00pm-6:00pm Mana Contemporary 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306 Please join us at Mana Contemporary as we celebrate the opening of Before Identity Takes Form, an exhibition by Mana Contemporary Studio Artist Kota Onouchi. Before identity takes form, names, definitions, and meanings remain open, unfixed and undefined. The moment we attempt to describe something through language, it begins to take on a particular meaning. Onouchi’s work explores th

Friday, September 11th, 11:30am-6:30pm Meow Mini Mart 57 Congress Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306 Meow Mini Mart is a destination uniquely devoted to cats and their humans, providing organic, eco-friendly food & products for cat obsessed people. Featuring a curated boutique offering handmade and one-a-kind kitty treasures, artwork and much more! Be sure to ask about their loyalty program, adoption events and animal rescue fundraisers. On display: Community Cat Wall - a fundrais

Friday, September 11th, 2:00pm-10:00pm DGA Studio 35 Journal Square Plaza, Unit 815, Jersey City, NJ 07306 “The Eye of the Beholder” is a deep dive into the concept of beauty and what it means to us. Beauty is seen, felt, held, sought out, recollected and judged. It is both costly and free, can be either prison or paradise and exists in the extraordinary and the ordinary alike. Group exhibition featuring multiple artists, curated by Daniel Guzman & Mariah DeBenedetto. On vie

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-8:00pm Gallery 14C 157A 1st Street, Jersey City NJ 07302 (2nd Floor) Join ARTS 14C for the closing reception of "The Fabric of a Nation", a thought-provoking exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the United States through the lens of contemporary textile and fiber art. Featuring work by fourteen artists selected through the ARTS 14C Special Project Residency, the exhibition explores the complexities, contradictions, and evolving narratives

Friday, September 11th, 1:00pm-9:00pm HDSID Historic Downtown Special Improvement District Grove St PATH Plaza 116 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302 HDSID presents the Handmade Market: JC Fridays Edition. As part of Art House Productions’ JC Fridays, Grove St PATH Plaza transforms into a full-day celebration of art, shopping, food, and music. Explore 30+ local makers from 1–9pm, and live music curated by Rock It Docket from 5–10pm. This event is free to attend, open to all ag

Friday, September 11th, 5:00pm-9:00pm Outliers Gallery 157A 1st St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (2nd Floor) Outliers Gallery presents recent work by collective member Brad Terhune, featuring new paintings, collages and photographs, and combinations thereof. September 11, 5-9PM, in studio 246, floor 2 of Art150. Entrance at 1st and Provost. Accessibility Wheelchair Accessible Please contact Brad Terhune - (973)896-6488 Contact Phone: 973-896-6488

Friday, September 11th, 6:00pm-8:00pm Deb Sinha 157A 1st St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (Studio #240, 2nd Floor) Experience the newest collection of oil paintings by Jersey City artist Deb Sinha. This special Open Studio event offers a first look at Sinha’s latest plein air series capturing local light and neighborhood streets, as well as an array of fresh studio works. Come meet the artist, explore the creative process behind the easel, and take home an original piece of local ar