Arts & Entertainment

A former Star-Ledger editor turns to crime fiction to help him better explore the subtle realities of life. ...
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A new book from a New York Times sports columnist charts the progressively deepening relationship between Ron Guidry and Yogi Berra. ...
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Super Dudes

January 16, 2012

Reality TV’s newest Jersey haunt is quirky director Kevin Smith’s Red Bank comic-book store....
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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. ...
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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. ...
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Our Q&A with Janet Evanovich focuses on how her inaugural Stephanie Plum novel made it into movie theaters...albeit 17 years after publication. ...
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We spoke with noted author and Princeton University professor Joyce Carol Oates about her work, her latest editing effort and life in New Jersey....
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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. ...
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Our Q&A with Paul Sorvino covers his film career, his relationship with his children, and his under-the-radar singing apperances. ...
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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?...
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The Saturday-night scene at Albert Music Hall transports country music fans back to a simpler time....
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Author Mary Higgins Clark’s stellar career began with three simple questions. ...
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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. ...
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New Jersey native Tom Perrotta's new novel The Leftovers imagines what happens after the Rapture....
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The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick is one of the largest university art museums in the country. ...
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Michael Uslan describes his struggles to bring Batman to the silver screen in a new memoir—The Boy Who Loved Batman....
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The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University looks to expand its opera program. ...
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The Folk Project, a nonprofit, artistic community centered around music, seeks to recapture the magic of the coffeehouse. ...
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Whodunnit?

June 13, 2011

If it’s a best-selling crime novel, the answer is probably Ridgewood’s Harlan Coben....
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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....
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