Arts & Entertainment
Stealing A Criminal Life
April 9, 2012
A former Star-Ledger editor turns to crime fiction to help him better explore the subtle realities of life. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Writer Harvey Araton: On Yogi Berra and His Valet
March 12, 2012
A new book from a New York Times sports columnist charts the progressively deepening relationship between Ron Guidry and Yogi Berra. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Super Dudes
January 16, 2012
Reality TV’s newest Jersey haunt is quirky director Kevin Smith’s Red Bank comic-book store....
Read More »
Read More »
Our Q&A with Queen Latifah covers her latest film, the Garden State's influence on her inspirational books, and the possibility of releasing a new album. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Tea Party Like It’s 1774
December 12, 2011
In Ten Tea Parties: Patriotic Protests That History Forgot, New Jersey-based historian Joseph Cummins shines a bright light on some obscure and forgotten rebellions from America's past. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Our Q&A with Janet Evanovich focuses on how her inaugural Stephanie Plum novel made it into movie theaters...albeit 17 years after publication. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Author Joyce Carol Oates: New Jersey Noir
November 14, 2011
We spoke with noted author and Princeton University professor Joyce Carol Oates about her work, her latest editing effort and life in New Jersey....
Read More »
Read More »
When Bruce Is The Soundtrack
October 10, 2011
Robert J. Wiersema's book Walk Like a Man: Coming of Age with the Music of Bruce Springsteen, personalizes the impact of the rock superstar's musical canon. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Our Q&A with Paul Sorvino covers his film career, his relationship with his children, and his under-the-radar singing apperances. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Patch Work
September 13, 2011
AOL’s hyperlocal sites are sprouting all over the Garden State. How do they fit in New Jersey’s changing media landscape?...
Read More »
Read More »
The Saturday-night scene at Albert Music Hall transports country music fans back to a simpler time....
Read More »
Read More »
Author Mary Higgins Clark’s stellar career began with three simple questions. ...
Read More »
Read More »
We chat with Gaslight Anthem front man Brian Fallon about his Jersey roots, his band's upcoming European tour, and "the Bruce thing" he has no desire to shake. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Where Has Everybody Gone?
August 15, 2011
New Jersey native Tom Perrotta's new novel The Leftovers imagines what happens after the Rapture....
Read More »
Read More »
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick is one of the largest university art museums in the country. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Breathing Life Into Batman
July 11, 2011
Michael Uslan describes his struggles to bring Batman to the silver screen in a new memoir—The Boy Who Loved Batman....
Read More »
Read More »
The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University looks to expand its opera program. ...
Read More »
Read More »
The Folk Project, a nonprofit, artistic community centered around music, seeks to recapture the magic of the coffeehouse. ...
Read More »
Read More »
Whodunnit?
June 13, 2011
If it’s a best-selling crime novel, the answer is probably Ridgewood’s Harlan Coben....
Read More »
Read More »
Barbara Sinatra recounts her 22-year marriage to the Chairman of the Board in her new memoir Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank Sinatra....
Read More »
Read More »