The new curator of the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Mary Birmingham, brings nine years of experience and an academic background to the position.

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Hubert Sumlin, the progenitor of a sound that has roots in the Mississippi Delta, will play at Centenary College as part of a two day blues festival.

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In their top-secret New Jersey labs, flavorists concoct the taste sensations (natural and otherwise) for which the world clamors.

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A Princeton resident's second collection of stories makes waves on the national literary scene.

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The founder of Tempo, a Newark-based TV network with 3.5 million views on 24 Caribbean islands, talks about the company's success.

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Bettye LaVette might be the the greatest R&B singer you've never heard of. The West Orange resident talks about the ups and downs of the music world.

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Randy James, president of Dance New Jersey, makes an effort to raise dance awareness and appreciation.

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Because he is the boss—the Cake Boss, that is—Buddy Valastro does not require anyone’s permission to grow his Hoboken-based empire. Lately, the apron-less reality-TV baker has been expanding in all directions.

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With his hit reality TV show entering its fourth season, TLC’s “Cake Boss”—Buddy Valastro, the owner of Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken—might reasonably be expected to become too big for his baker’s britches any day now.

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Dana Jennings, an assistant editor at the New York Times, has written a new book—Bijou: What a Difference a Dog Makes: Big Lessons on Life, Love, and Healing from a Small Pooch.

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