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Philharmonic Teams up with Circus Clowns, Aerialists, Jugglers, and Steel Band for Avant-Garde Revival

Ballet Mecanique, Antheil’s most renowned musical composition, was originally conceived for a Dadaist film co-directed by artist Fernand Léger, with...

Playing Seriously at the Hunterdon Art Museum

The Pattern & Decoration (P&D) movement emerged in the 1970s as an “irreverent upstart movement,” to borrow the words of New York Times art critic...

Medford Arts 'Just Faces' Juried Exhibition

Art featuring faces holds a unique allure because it taps into our intrinsic human desire to connect and understand others. The Just Faces juried...

'We Are the River' Uses Beauty to Convey a Dire Warning

Driving from central New Jersey to the Gallery at Stockton University on a late February day in which the sunshine hinted at spring, I became aware of...

Celtic Woman Brings St. Patrick’s Day Cheer to New Jersey

When Celtic Woman performs at State Theatre New Jersey at 15 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick, NJ, on March 16, there will certainly be a lot of St...

Danú Ensemble to Take New Jersey Audiences on a Musical Journey to Their Native Ireland

Hailing from the counties Waterford, Cork, Dublin, and Donegal in Ireland, Danú is one of today’s leading traditional Irish music bands to traverse...

Carolyn M. Brown

From 'Survivors of Colonization' to 'Kings and Queens of the Diaspora,' Montclair Art Museum presents Black Joy and Leisure in a Major Exhibition

It’s an all-star lineup of artists’ names, from Faith Ringgold and Howardena Pindell to Emma Amos, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Willie Cole, Bettye...

'Black Girl Magic' Celebrates the History and Accomplishments of Black Women Through Story and Song

Guided by the Ancestors, African Warrior Queens, a woman named Sister struggles to find a place of self-reconciliation and acceptance in the world as...

Carolyn M. Brown

Believing in Bright Colors and Angels Gets Artist Freda Williams through the Atrocities

As soon as the banner announcing the retrospective of Freda Williams hung from the red brick façade of Artworks Trenton, the excitement began. “She...