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2011 Oktoberfest Date Announced!

Back by popular demand, this year’s Oktoberfest Party will take place on Friday, October 14 from 4pm-midnight! Come by for beers, brats and a great time!

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Art at Hamilton Square

On June 3, 2011 “Laurie Riccadonna: Whisper and Scurry of Small Lives” will open in the Hamilton Square lobby. The exhibit, curated by Brendan Carroll, will be on view until September 2, 2011. Laurie Riccadonna is an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the Hudson County Community College. She earned her MFA at Yale University …

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Cinco de Mayo 2011

Now in it’s sixth year, Cinco de Mayo 2011 was a tremendous success. Warm temperatures and abundant sunshine helped set a festive mood from the onset of the event. Festivities kicked off at 4pm with a parade down Grove Street, featuring CDM2011 honorees, local officials, neighborhood residents and the North Brunswick Township High School Winter …

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Walkable Living- Jersey City’s “Sidewalk Ballet”

Jane Jacobs, urban activist and author of the acclaimed Death and Life of Great American Cities, described the vibrancy of her neighborhood as akin to a “sidewalk ballet.” A term coined partly to combat the Robert Moses pedagogy of top-down urban planning, Jacobs used the phrase to highlight the wonderful daily interplay of commercial, residential …

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NJ Symphony Orchestra

On January 6, 2011, we invited a string quartet from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to perform at Hamilton Square. A highly acclaimed orchestra, the NJSO performs for communities across New Jersey, enriching lives through beautiful music. It was a pleasure to host this string quartet and their performance of selections from Ravel’s String Quartet …

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