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Living Room Concert Celebrating Paul Robeson
YouTubeCommunity Awareness Series celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with live music and the annual tribute to the great activist, academic, actor, and athlete Paul Robeson.
Spotlight on the Community
YouTubeCommunity Awareness Series spotlights figures in Jersey City who are working to provide quality of life and a healthier and more positive community. Joining CAS are Jersey City's Urban Green Spaces representatives Dawn Giambalvo of Canco Park Conservancy and Sam Pesin of Friends of Liberty State Park.
Living Room Concert
YouTubeCommunity Awareness Series celebrates African American history and the cultural arts featuring Winard Harper and the Jeli Possi Band.
Spotlight on the Community
YouTubeJoin the Community Awareness Series, coordinator of the African Burial Ground Committee, Jerome Choice, and Mary McLeod Bethune Center Director, Alvin Pettit, to discuss the history and research of Jersey City's African Burial Ground and the Mary McLeod Bethune Center.
Annual MLK Tribute
YouTubeCommunity Awareness Series presents the annual tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
YouTubeCommunity Awareness Series presents its 44th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration.
Les Invisables 2.0
YouTubeCommunity Awareness Series presents a film by international artist Mina Agossi. A look at how the global pandemic impacted the international artist community.
Lovely Leaves
YouTubeColorful leaves are a fun part of autumn. We love to celebrate their beauty and how useful they can be for our animal friends in nature. Join Ms. Ayoola for a storytime and a leaf impressions craft. The story will be "Leaf Thief," written by Alice Hemming and illustrated by Nicola Slater. "Leaf Thief" is […]
Author Talk with Noah Nieves
YouTubeJoin us for an author talk with Noah Nieves. Noah, the Kid Gamer, is a fun story that every child and parent can relate to because most children are busy with video games or television and don’t want to play outside. In this picture book, Noah, a young boy, told his own story and how […]
Images of 9/11: Photo Books from the NJ Room Collection
YouTubeIn commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, the New Jersey Room will present a short video on the library’s YouTube channel featuring books that collect images of the attack and its immediate aftermath. The video will premiere at 9AM on Saturday, September 11, 2021. The featured books and others […]
Olympians in the Community
YouTubeWe celebrate the Olympic spirit with this program featuring three Olympic athletes who live and work in Hudson County, and remember earlier Jersey City Olympians, in conversation with local sports writer Jim Hague. Featuring Otis Davis (1960), Gail Marquis (1976), Elena Pirozhkova (2012, 2016), Charles Mays, Jr. (on Charlie Mays, 1968) and Alan Delozier (on […]
JCFPL College Readiness Presents: Health Sciences Week
YouTubeJoin the Jersey City Free Public Library College Readiness Team starting the week of May 24 for Health Sciences Week. We will be hosting speakers from various colleges and universities to discuss their Health Sciences Programs to prospective college-goers in Jersey City and the surrounding Hudson County. Joining us will be New Jersey City University, […]