Glocally Newark

I Heart My Hood

This past Friday I was walking my dog down James St. and for a moment I got a little mushy on Newark.

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Poppin Up Downtown

Planned Parenthood, NJPAC and Glocally Newark have come together to present to you, Newark for Rent. Yesterday at 4pm, performers from the NJPAC production of RENT sang tunes outside the 239 Collective space. This is the first of a few guerilla performances that will be poppin up all over Downtown Newark. If you didn't make it yesterday, check in with us daily to find out when the next Newark for Rent pop up will occur!

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The Latest in the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District.

Developer Baye Adofo-Wilson's latest project in Newark is a "green," a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified collection of affordable one-, two- and three-bedroom rentals produced, in part, with local labor trained in sustainable energy - 66 homes at four locations in the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District in Newark.

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Slim Shady’s 10 Minutes On Broad Street

Eminem was here in Newark yesterday, for all of 10 minutes.

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Tek’tanik shifts perspectives at Gallery Aferro this upcoming Saturday at 7 PM

"When I'm old I'm glad I'll have plenty of stories of when I was middle aged and I had to drag my concrete mold forms for miles to and from the train station, IN THE DRIVING SNOW!!!! None of these namby-pamby automobiles! Good workout though. I'm suuuper excited to put some concrete in this thing in beautiful downtown Newark. " - Says Kai Vierstra, the artist who is currently building a platform in Gallery Aferro located at 73 Market St.

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Making it Home

We’re Brick City Love

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‘Theatre Town’ Kicks Off Open Doors ’09

We all know Newark's Theater District is almost none existant. Matt Gosser's 'Theatre Town' hopes to change that.

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Is Downtown Coming Back?

Broad Street is churning with activity, and not all of it illicit. New stores, pubs, coffee cribs, eateries and more are beginning to pop up. Sign of the times or red herring?

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Fan Afrika!

Did you see it? If you missed it, here's the show in 90 seconds. C'mon, it'll be like you were there.

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Summer Coolers: Wasting Away Again in Newarkaritaville

I randomly went to five Newark bars (2 in the Ironbound, 3 Downtown) to see which one makes the meanest margarita. Some were good, some were bad, one would give Freddy Krueger nightmares, and none were particularly cheap.

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