Ed Rodriguez owns Rascals, the vanguard of New Jersey comedy clubs. Now he’s bringing the Rascals brand to cyberspace....
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New Jersey politics is known for being two steps ahead of peculiar (see: McGreevey, Jim). Filmmakers Kristian Fraga and Juan Dominguez capture the weirdness in Anytown, U.S.A., a documentary about the 2003 mayoral campaign in, of all places, Bogota....
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Life sure gets complicated when you look like TV’s most lovable sad sack....
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Paul Jennis recently spent six months to complete each of two murals in the renovated basement of the Church of St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi in Flemington —reproductions of The Crucifixion, by Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino, and The Pentecost, by 18th-century neoclassicist Jean Restout. ...
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Comedy legends and wannabes alike know that all roads to success run through the Garden State. The next Chris Rock or Jerry Seinfeld could be playing at a club near you....
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Mila Tsang McDermott uses ancient Chinese art in a modern American way, designing neckties that feature traditional Eastern symbols....
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Olga Nini has served four governors during her eight years working at Drum-thwacket, the governor’s mansion in Princeton. She’ll get a new boss this month when Jon Corzine takes the oath of office at noon on the 17th....
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Upon entering the Bent Spoon in Princeton (35 Palmer Square West, 609-924-BENT), sweet-toothed customers are greeted by a hand-printed sign proclaiming We Love NJ....
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A bevy of buff cops grace an arresting new calendar....
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Celebrity chef Dennis Foy says that there’s no need to leave the Garden State for a fabulous meal. But, of course, you will have to pay for it....
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It all started in 1980, when a publisher directed him to make New Jersey look like New England. Walter Choroszewski set about exploring every overlooked nook in the Garden State, driving hundreds of miles a day to photograph scenes of stunning natural beauty for a book that would celebrate a place more commonly derided for the polluted air over its congested highways....
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With the January rediscovery of an unpublished Jack Kerouac play in a Jersey City warehouse, fans of the On the Road author could someday see the production performed....
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A tiny Asian pest is threatening crops across New Jersey. Sounds like a job for Paul Raybold, the official state beekeeper. ...
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Good works and good service are the hallmarks of this year’s Family Business of the Year Award winners. Two businesses at opposite ends of New Jersey, each dedicated to the delivery of good food and service, take the cake in this year’s New Jersey Family Business of the Year Awards....
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When Clifton Freshwater opened his first restaurant in 1988, he couldn’t even boil water. Not to worry, he thought. I’ll just hire a good chef and be free to run the business....
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His band was discovered in a radio talent search. Jon Bon Jovi and his mates have since sold 100 million albums. They may be gazillionaires, but they’re regular Jersey gazillionaires....
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How do people who are around food and wine 24/7 stay in shape? Joyce and Eugene Flynn (Amanda’s, Hoboken) practice Yoga to keep fit and build stamina. Mitchell Altholz (Highlawn Pavilion, West Orange) burns off his buns at the stove for twelve hours each day....
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How does a man turn himself into a $65 million enterprise? He goes to Rutgers, graduates with degrees in economics and Spanish theater, and hones his stromboli-making skills. Mario Batali’s road to celebrity-chef stardom isn’t exactly conventional....
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Plenty of New Jersey musicians are hot this month—no doubt sweating it out while awaiting the opening of the Grammy envelopes. And the nominees (with their sometime Garden State hometowns) are:...
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