Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa joins forces with his friend, composer and pianist Vince di Mura to create their powerful ...
The Fate of Frankenstein
Mae Kellert2025-12-18T06:41:18-05:00For two centuries, every generation has had a Frankenstein to call their own. Now, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, ...
Food for the Soul: the Trenton Community A-Team
Mae Kellert2025-12-18T06:36:07-05:00The artists of the Trenton Community A-Team show how creativity can foster resilience and self-expression. After connecting at the Trenton ...
Hannah Arendt’s Escape from Nazi Germany in a Play by Jenny Lyn Bader
Mae Kellert2025-10-23T04:47:56-04:00In 1933, Hannah Arendt was arrested by the Nazis for conducting “illegal research.” A play by Jenny Lyn Bader explores ...
The Moving Architects: Where She Once Stood
Mae Kellert2025-10-23T04:47:19-04:00The Moving Architects explores the complex history of the Crane House and Historic YWCA in Montclair with an on-site dance. ...
Stanley Clarke: The Trajectory of Jazz
Mae Kellert2025-10-23T04:45:27-04:00Legendary musician Stanley Clarke revolutionized the bass in the 1970s and has been dazzling audiences ever since; Stanley tells us ...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Generations of Joy
Mae Kellert2025-07-17T09:50:04-04:00For decades, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has carried the spirit of South Africa across the globe—through harmony, joy, and a legendary ...
Mighty Writers In Atlantic City
Mae Kellert2025-07-17T09:48:21-04:00Mighty Writers is on a mission to help kids think clearly and write with purpose. In Atlantic City, Senior Director ...
Edelman Fossil Park & Museum: Architecture As Metaphor
Mae Kellert2025-07-17T09:47:08-04:00America’s newest dinosaur attraction is built overlooking a former quarry and active paleontological dig site in Mantua, New Jersey. The ...
The Art of the New Jersey State House
Mae Kellert2025-07-17T09:44:26-04:00New Jersey’s State House is the third oldest in continuous use in the nation, and it’s full of history. Lieutenant ...
Rekindling The Firebird
Mae Kellert2025-04-24T09:59:16-04:00Nimbus Dance joins forces with the full New Jersey Symphony for a reimagined Firebird, bringing Stravinsky’s classic into the present ...
Batsto Homestead: Connecting to the Pine Barrens at Rowan University
Mae Kellert2025-04-24T09:56:31-04:00At Rowan University, ceramic artist Syd Carpenter and sculptor Jack Larimore connect the campus to its Pine Barrens surroundings with ...
Deborah Jack: The Duality of Nature
Mae Kellert2025-04-24T09:56:51-04:00Deborah Jack blends film and poetry in immersive video installations that explore the eroding coastlines of St. Maarten and New ...
Sonia Sanchez
Mae Kellert2025-04-07T06:24:09-04:00Esteemed poet and activist Sonia Sanchez sat down with State of the Arts host Amber Edwards on April 5th, 2001, ...
Clifford Ward: I’ll Make Me a World
Mae Kellert2025-03-27T06:40:43-04:00The electrifying two-part exhibition I'll Make Me a World presents a decade of Clifford Ward's work envisioning a Black future ...
CavanKerry Press: Exploring Everyday Life
Mae Kellert2025-03-27T06:35:19-04:00CavanKerry Press, a small New Jersey publisher of beautiful editions of poetry and creative non-fiction, has flourished by focusing on ...
Richard Thompson at the Tabernacle
Mae Kellert2025-03-27T06:15:04-04:00Legendary English singer, songwriter, and virtuosic guitarist Richard Thompson brings his wide-ranging collection of powerful songs to the Tabernacle, a ...
Athol Fugard In Production
Mae Kellert2025-03-12T11:17:26-04:00Athol Fugard, the South African playwright whose work exposed the psychological damage of apartheid, died on March 8, 2025. In ...
Land and Art: A Sacred Symbiosis
Mae Kellert2025-02-20T05:50:38-05:00Indigenous artists delve into their profound relationship with land and its symbiosis with art in Indigenous Approaches, Sustainable Futures, an ...
No Wrong Notes At The Birdhouse
Mae Kellert2025-02-20T05:48:20-05:00The Birdhouse Center for the Arts, located in the quaint river town of Lambertville, is a creative hub founded on ...