Princeton University faces its legacy of slavery in a wide-ranging history project that engages the public with art, theater, and ...
Joyce J Scott
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T11:19:58-04:00At Grounds For Sculpture, MacArthur Genius Joyce J. Scott uses beads, glass, fabric, and even dirt in her new exhibition: ...
Washi Tales
Steven Wolock2020-08-13T12:23:04-04:00Washi Tales is a unique performance project that tells stories through the medium of traditional Japanese papermaking. We catch up ...
Valley Arts
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T11:24:27-04:00The Valley Arts District on the border of Orange and West Orange, New Jersey, just 15 block in total, has ...
Turning the Page on Black Comics
Steven Wolock2021-08-16T08:26:15-04:00America has a long and rich history of Black comics and comic books. We meet Rider University professor Sheena ...
Pink Martini
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T11:29:04-04:00State of the Arts caught up with the popular, one-of-a-kind, retro, band Pink Martini at their recent Bergen Performing Arts ...
Emari DiGiorgio, Poet
Steven Wolock2020-09-22T16:46:32-04:00Emari DiGiorgio premiered her first published book of poems, "The Things A Body Might Become," at World Above, an ...
Anthony D’Amato
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T15:07:31-04:00Rolling Stone calls Anthony D’Amato’s songwriting “folk music raised on New Jersey grit.” He's back in his home state to ...
Brandon Ballengée
Steven Wolock2020-09-22T16:47:11-04:00Brandon Ballengée is an artist, a biologist, and an environmental activist. "Collapse" is a monumental piece about the Deepwater ...
Refugee Teens Say It With Clay
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T14:56:55-04:00Refugee teens from Syria, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Myanmar (Burma) create a public artwork at Say It With Clay in ...
Paradise
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T14:13:05-04:00A brilliant Muslim teen in the Bronx and her disgraced biology teacher form an unlikely partnership to research first love. This ...
Ballad of the Undecided
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T14:54:34-04:00In this special extra from an upcoming State of the Arts feature, Anthony D'Amato performs "Ballad of the Undecided" at ...
Amelia and the Animals
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T14:51:27-04:00Robin Schwartz from Hoboken, NJ has made a career photographing animals. When her daughter Amelia was born, she didn't want ...
It’s Nothing New
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T14:48:53-04:00Recent Rutgers University graduate Jessica Dotson has written a play about police shootings of black men, and there's a surprising ...
Kasso’s Journey
Steven Wolock2020-09-22T16:48:51-04:00"Growing up in the inner-city of Trenton, NJ, my only escape from the negative images that plagued my community ...
A Year in the Trenches
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T14:41:58-04:00Some of the world's greatest writers were veterans of war, from Ernest Hemingway to New Jersey's own Joyce Kilmer, the ...
Jersey (New) Moves!
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T16:14:05-04:00State of the Arts goes on location with up-and-coming young choreographer, and Newark native, Nijawwon Matthews as he works with ...
Beatie Wolfe at Bell Labs
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T16:09:05-04:00Beatie Wolfe is a musician and innovator with a new album Raw Space. She worked with Nokia Bell Labs on ...
Theater for Everyone
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T15:54:39-04:00Paper Mill Playhouse is dedicated to the mission of Theater for Everyone. We find out how their new production of ...
Recycling Magic
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T14:59:59-04:00In a new production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," trash becomes treasure. Costumes and sets are made of old keys, ...