Arts & Entertainment

Melissa Rauch: Playing Against Type

October 31, 2014

The slight but feisty Melissa Rauch talks with New Jersey Monthly about her star-making turn in the hit show "The Big Bang Theory," as well as her upcoming film, "The Bronze."...
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Bill & Willie Geist: Father and Son Journos

October 6, 2014

Father and son Bill and Willie Geist both wound up working in media. Now they've put their writing skills to good use in their collaborative book, "Good Talk, Dad."...
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Stitches in Time: Needlework as Art

October 3, 2014

Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton will host an exhibition of needlework created by young New Jersey women in the 18th and 19th centuries. ...
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Where Victorians Still Reign

September 16, 2014

Seasonal celebrations of past and present in Cape May....
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Book Fest Bound for Morristown

September 4, 2014

Bibliophiles will go wild for the Morristown Festival of Books! The two-day event takes place September 26-27 and will feature 22 local and national authors....
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Lawns and Literacy: Little Free Libraries

Little Free Libraries are cropping up in front of homes throughout the Garden State....
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Alter Egos, Made in Jersey

August 5, 2014

The characters of Mendham author Ron Felber's books are gritty, colorful, and totally Jersey....
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Small Company, High Ideals: Nimbus Dance Works

July 31, 2014

Building a bridge between world-class concert dance and the Jersey City community was the reason Samuel Pott formed Nimbus Dance Works, a contemporary company celebrating its 10th season....
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Brothers Adam and Zach Braff at the Sundance Film Festival.

Family Friendly: The Braff Brothers Take Hollywood

July 16, 2014

Zach Braff (the star) and Adam Braff (the big brother) collaborate on a new film....
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When the Frame Becomes the Art

After receiving a frame as a gift, Linda Myers obsessed about making it bigger. Today, she pieces frames to create stunning art....
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Rachael Grochowski: Felt Artist

July 7, 2014

Rachael Grochowski has turned her love of felt into a new business venture, creating unique placemats, coasters and napkin rings....
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Where the River Runs: Artists of Salem County

June 23, 2014

Three generations of Waddington women have documented the simple life of Salem County through their art....
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Robert “Kool” Bell: The Gang Plays On

June 12, 2014

Kool and the Gang began as a ragtag group of teens in Jersey City before spinning hits like "Jungle Boogie" and "Celebration." We spoke with Robert "Kool" Bell about the band's origins, and touring with Van Halen. ...
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Still Rockin’: The Sound of the Shore

May 12, 2014

A brotherhood of early Springsteen-era musicians continues to attract crowds to the Jersey Shore club scene....
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He Knows Noise: Life of an NJ Foley Artist

April 24, 2014

Foley artist Marko Costanzo uses found objects to produce the effects that make movies sound real—or surreal. ...
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Critic Frank Bruni: Hungry for Meaning

April 16, 2014

A talk with former New York Times restaurant critic, now op-ed columnist, Frank Bruni, on teaching food writing at Princeton this semester....
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Sold! NJ’s Auction Houses

April 11, 2014

Searching for treasure? Put Jersey’s auction houses on your shopping map....
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Daniel O’Brien: Fighting Words

April 10, 2014

The author of the historical non-fiction book "How To Fight Presidents" talks with us about the eccentricities of past commanders-in-chief, and why Millard Fillmore is dead meat....
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Gandolfini Revealed: Feeling the Pressure

March 26, 2014

In the third part of a four-part series, read about how on-screen stresses bled into, and took a toll, on James Gandolfini's personal life. ...
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Norbert Leo Butz: Broadway Girls

March 24, 2014

Tony Award winning actor Norbert Leo Butz talks with New Jersey Monthly about his upcoming concert "Girls, Girls, Girls" and wanting a tree swing for his kids. ...
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