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Celebrate New Times — The Newark Museum of Art Reopens

The Newark Museum of Art, the largest museum in New Jersey, reopens with the “2021 New Jersey Arts Annual” and a full lineup of art and culture...

Rachel Fawn Alban

Fifty-one Years in the Making: Peters Valley Is Back

Enrolling in a workshop at Peters Valley School of Craft was like taking a journey back in time. You could have an immersive experience studying...

Jumping Across the Chasm — Perkins Center for the Arts

Perkins Center for the Arts has two locations and a lot of moving parts — education, events, exhibitions, folklife center, and more — which all came...

Shen Shellenberger

"There's Also a Baby Goat" – An Interview with the Director of the Comedy “Sweethurt”

The New Jersey International Film Festival, which runs June 4-6 & June 11-13, will screen “Sweethurt” on Sunday, June 6. A wonderful young-adult...

The Lighthouse International Film Festival Leads the Way Back to the Movies

LIFF begins its four-day celebration of filmmaking this week. The festival takes place once a year on New Jersey’s famous Long Beach Island and...

Christopher Benincasa

On the Street and in the Studio with LNY

Based in Newark, NJ, Layqa Nuna Yawar is known internationally for his large-scale, community-based murals. His work often centers the complex...

Rachel Fawn Alban

Operating Without Walls While Building Anew at Princeton University Art Museum

When museums that closed their doors during the pandemic re-open, the Princeton University Art Museum will not be among them. Instead, the creation of...

#RIFT Takes Theatre Beyond the Stage

Playwright Gabriel Jason Dean navigates a deeply personal landscape in #RIFT: his brother is currently incarcerated, and the two had barely spoken in...

Hard Questions about Class, Race, Education, and Duty Raised in SCTC's "Pipeline"

In this moving drama from Dominique Morisseau, a dedicated inner-city public high school teacher is desperate to give her only son opportunities her...

Shen Shellenberger