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Theater & Performance

Directing an August Wilson Play in Red Bank: "The Movement is in the Words"

At a rehearsal of August Wilson's "King Hedley II" at Two River Theater in Red Bank, director Brandon J. Dirden speaks softly and lets Wilson's language soar.

Behind the Curtain at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey needed a place for its stuff. It found that, and rehearsal and design space to boot, in an old valve factory in Florham Park.

Violinist Jonathan Dinklage enjoys a rare moment on stage prior to a performance of Broadway’s Hamilton. Dinklage normally is under stage right, as leader of the string section.

Jonathan Dinklage, Lead Violinist for Hamilton, is Not Throwing Away His Shot

While his brother achieves film and TV fame, Jonathan Dinklage thrives under the stage as lead violinist of Broadway’s Hamilton.

Literature

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A Conversation with U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith

The Director of Creative Writing at Princeton University and Pulitzer Prize winner sat down with us to discuss how New Jersey has affected her work.

Historian Finds Freedom in Art

When Nell Irvin painter returned to college, after retiring from a prestigious career as an author, historian and professor at Princeton University, she faced plenty of questions. Most often: Why? Painter, already a Harvard PhD., was 64 when she enrolled as an undergraduate at Rutgers’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, where she earned a […]

The Garden State is Fertile Ground for Poetry

New Jersey is a hotbed of contemporary poets. Ever wonder why?

Music

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Joanna Darrow has picked up where her late husband left off, teaching their favorite instrument at Acme Accordion School. “It breathes,” she says of the once-trendy squeezebox.

Acme Accordion School Breathes New Life into Old Fashioned Instrument

At this Haddon Township school, accordion lessons are still the rage.

Bouncing Souls front man Greg Attonito bounces through last year's Stoked for Summer concert at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park. The annual event returns to Asbury Park on August 4.

The Bouncing Souls are Bouncing Back to Asbury Park

The Bouncing Souls will headline Stoked for the Summer, an annual gathering of the quartet’s friends and fans at the Stone Pony Summer Stage, on August 4.