Groove on Grove with Creative Grove on JC FRIDAYS

Groove on Grove together with Creative Grove celebrates art and culture on
Friday June 6, JC FRIDAYS, a citywide art day, excitement and fest!

At the Grove Street PATH plaza, June 6   2014,    3pm - 10 pm
the music program  starts with

• 3pm DJ Cloak Dagger aka Noc Boots, and K7 www.soundcloud.com/cloakdaggernyc
• 4pm TRUSOL, Jersey City based national Acapella Soul group, www.trusolmusic.net 
• 5pm Vespertine  
• 6pm Shayfer James 
• 7pm Sylvana Joyce & the Moment
• 8pm Pat Van Dyke 
• 9pm Kiwi 

Groove on Grove bringing music to the district outdoors since 2008,

Creative Grove establishing JC's outdoor art scene since 2009 with the aim to build a sustainable  outdoor public forum and marketplace for visual and performing arts! @Grove Street PATH plaza,

for 5 years a weekly presence every friday, 

in 2014 monthly on 3rd fridays (not weekly).

Groovy Creative Holidays

Dec 13  Holidays Celebrate

with Dj IRS taking you from 70s Funk to soulful R & B,

live performance by vocalist

M Josephine  at 4 pm

Poopchat with Meredith at 8 pm  Line Up: Lizmairy Manana of DIY Collective; Thomas Van Cott aka St. Pat; DJ Pastiche; and Techretaries

you might find ice crystal fairies instead of Santa Elves

                                        

Ice dance to the groovey soul beats

with hot teas, hot soup by our wonderful food vendors, Honey Bakery, Taste of India (lentil soup!!)

and a super extra spicy taco by El Chilango

Original gifts, art, leather, warm things, jewelery, adornments, vintage, fashion, antiques, surprises..

Our Creative Grover Tees and Shopping Bags are here, first batch,  girl with Teddy mascot, speech bubble saying "Creative Grove Jersey City"

available for your supportive donations to fund the Creative Grove movement of art and culture Jersey City

 

Creative Interactive Grove

Nov 22,2013 at Creative Grove

watch a beat up Ford Taurus  getting  painted by various artists:

Uta Brauser and Paws 21 joined by those who show up to join in. (you never know who comes through, that is the character of a scene..)

The owners of the car are Ray and BetheAnne Schwartz.

Paint action starts at 4.30 pm

Mega Mission with Wolf Juice keep the Urban spoken word and Urban sounds alive:

Jersey City raw style 

on the plaza.

photography Daniel Kodaq Morteh

Urban tribal market always with new faces and surprises,

special suggestion:

when you see amazing works, get them as they are present,

not everyone will be there every week.

We live in the now. We celebrate NOW.

The crowd source fundraiser for keeping this market at a weekly level is 

"Keep Creative Grove spinning" on Indiegogo

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keep-creative-grove-spinning/x/4720216

get your perks folks!, we have lots of fun and original items helping you to release Dollars

towards your neighborhood character maker: Creative Grove

We do need to inform the community that if we do not see the support needed,

changes to this creative original institution in Jersey City will apply. 

Zombie Crawl and Eyeball Hunt!

Zoooombieeee......

(Oct 25, Grove Street PATH, Jersey City) 3 - 9 pm

a Crawl prep, for Jersey City's zombie crawl: fourth year of undead revelry, as we devour the living (and shots) in Jersey City.

Get zombied-up at Creative Grove,

move to LITM bar and restaurant at 140 Newark Ave at 9.30pm

for the 4th annual Jersey City Zombie crawl

Haunted Spirit,

Mysterious Deejay

Mysterious O_O  will walk her mouse family on a leash,

look for eyeballs 
everywhere on the plaza.

we will do a count of eyeballs versus zombies.

Green Creative Grove JC Green Week

CREATIVE GROVE  may 3,
GREEN WEEK JC

with green activities brought to you by the City of
Jersey City, Dept of Cultural Affairs,

DJ  Pastiche with minimal techno and experimental electronica,
an ipod mixer from Berlin

artists and designers, our true creative force from the metro area,
live sewing on the plaza,
live painting

the refrigerator public paint installation
(we use washable paint ) for your free expression
still encouraging to VOTE (May 14!!!)

The NOMAD TRUCK mobile boutique with American clothing,
young casual chiq

Food and delicacies including Gluten free bakeries.

Chill out and play in your outdoor livingroom,
Creative Grove

Floody groovey Creative Grove artist market

Big after storm floody moody creative market and show down on the plaza:
the community comes together with even more joy,
new  ideas and initiatives being brewed,

the spark for wind and solar power, pedal power will get us to showcase ideas and
demos of local manufacturers of such devices soon.

DJ Pastiche on the decks with his Berlin trophys in electronic treasures,


Chill out with our independence charme and
hunger for innovation:
CREATIVE GROVE artist & designer market JERSEY CITY !!

Grove Street PATH plaza,
our central community square downtown

fridays, 3  - 9 pm, all year.
rain, shine, hurricanes, heat, or economic crashes,
we hold down the fort.. through art

sus stain, fundraiser party with music

SUS-STAIN
Fundraiser for the Creative Grove Artist & Designer Market,
JC bands slam,

March 24, 2012, at Boca Grande Cantina Mexicana, Pavonia Newport, 564 Washington Blvd
    10pm - 2 am

The artist market needs the community to keep the fabulous programs, music and awesomeness WEEKLY, let's chip in and party at the same time!
We will be showcasing three excellent bands at Boca Grande
564 Washington Blvd., Jersey City, Pavonia Newport
...
THOMAS FRANCIS TAKES HIS CHANCES
THE AUDIOBODIES
OMEGA PLEASE

all JC favorites, homegrown music, supporting our
weekly public platform for the artists and creatives

Special guest DJ to be announced.

Funky City Baby Animal hat give-a-ways (for Big Babies..), gift bags

More details to come. Its going to be an extraordinary event.

Creative Grove and JC Fridays

March 2nd, part of JC Fridays:
 DJ Pastiche on the decks with Jazzy and Latino Influence: Drum and Bass.

                                           


sculpture garden by Uta Brauser, sculptures based on drawings by Eva Moll

"Anger depot", a participatory installation designed to allow the public to
rid anger with a hammer
Visit art with a hammer.

Outdoor living room,
lounge,
crafters, designers,
artists

www.creativegrove.org
facebook page: creative grove artist & designer market

 

our partner for QR codes: codesquare.me

where you can build your own code for free, linking to a facebook page

Free ... your mind, wallet and pets

Feb 24:
DJ tanner and DJ presp. Fruits Of the Thomas tree. Playing a beautiful blend of tunes from the past, the present and the FUTURE!  

Celebrate February on the Plaza with artists and the Handmade revolution..

Rocking Grove (CREATIVE GROVE)

Sunshine this winter

Feb 3rd
with DJ Tanner and DJ Presp (mems. of Thomas Francis)
spilling their alternative indie selections, keeping it real
3 - 9 pm
Grove Street PATH plaza Jersey City, outdoors!
2 miles West from "the Village", Manhattan..

Foodies
Handmade local designs
Art
Selected vintage
                          Ideas

                         


by the way, Creative Grove is a lifestyle
an approach to organic ways to do business, growing the Fair Trade aspect at home,
interact with your community.
hang out and play.
Find sparks.
Learn how to hoolahoop
find the non gentrified remnance of our corporate machine

creativegrove.org

X-mas Hanukah and Kwanzaa edition Creative Grove

Holidaaayyyyyys

last fun day with the artist market on Grove street this year

art
art
and more fun expressions
handmade amazements by LOCAL designers and creative folks

share the love with your favorite artist's works

music: deejay mix and instrumentals by
Thomas Francis Takes his chances members

food Taste of India  with their delicious authentic cuisine
        Le petit temptations, specialty: macaroons


enjoy the fun and the spirit
before the year runs out

see you in 2012

Creative Grove   Dec 16

DJ IRS dishing up Urban Funkey Dope Grooves
not shy from Urban poetry and political Hip Hop
www.djirs.com


possible appearances by breakdancers

and musicians or DJs coming through to sit in


free expression encouraged
art by
Uta Brauser
Eric Champagne
Paul Richard
Mike DiFeo
Kaliptus
Anna Almquist
Laura DeJean
www.fishwithbraids.blogspot.com

locally made designs
hot accessories
all MADE RIGHT HERE
(5 mile radius, as green as it gets)

foods by Taste of India
                 Le Petit Temptations desserts


connect with your neighborhood

discover new ideas

after-feast thank the arts day

Thomas Causey (infamous Lex Leonard home deejay)
of  URBAN LIFE VENTURES LLC
party/music/ fun time producer
   on the decks
with house, dance, electro, break beats and funk,

Neville L Green and Matt from  Language of music, Grove street music school
give us a set of bass and keys with their funky groove

artists at plaza:
Michael Di Feo with his photographs of light,
charred frames, charred everything
Uta Brauser line drawings, Fish with Braids Gallery
Stephanie Riggi might be back with her ultra funky Urban portraits


and your local designers, makers bringing locally made homegrown works to the plaza!

Most original gifts for all ages.

Zombie Grove

Oct 28, this week the plaza becomes
Zombie Grove

DJ Dion Blitz, a Webster Hall household DJ,
feeding Zombies with his sound bites,
underlining the scary mood of  protestors and the undead

do Zombies talk or just growl and moan?
Look for a haunted house

and get zombie-safe in the prep tent!

Latin jazzy drum n base at Creative Grove

 Creative Grove April 1st:
Latin and jazz   drum and bass set
with DJ Pastiche

 

your interpretation with rhythm instruments is welcome,

with poi or hoolahooping,

no firespitting, sorry..

the outdoor lounge defies the weathers, Jersey City celebrates the 

art scene, self reliance, visibility, Urban culture.

meet the local talent

music

art

animation

fashion designs

printmakers

textile

jewelery

food

books

psychedelic House of Grove (CREATIVE GROVE really)

Fridays at the Grove Street PATH plaza,
friday march 18
Kaliptus Art spinning psychedelic electro noise and trance,
sideshow, acoustics

at 5 pm DJ Nyck bringing you rhythmic House grooves

celebrate the art scene outdoors downtown JC,
in the outdoor lounge and market, Creative Grove

a piece of interactive culture, democratic, spontaneous, independent and
ever changing
in New Jersey unique and the only of it's kind.