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Graffiti moves from city walls to museum halls

If all goes as planned, sometime in the next few years East State Street in Trenton will welcome an outstanding museum celebrating graffiti and street art, one that the...

Ritenauer leads Capital Philharmonic into a new chapter

The Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey will launch its 2026-27 season on Saturday, Oct. 24, introducing the audience...

Unruly Sounds: A festival for adventurous ears

Now in its 10th year, the Unruly Sounds Music Festival returns to Hinds Plaza in Princeton on Saturday,...

Emily Nemens gets a grip with ‘Clutch’

Emily Nemens is a writer’s writer. Drawing on personal experience and interests, her new novel, “Clutch,” has been...

Debbie Schaeffer takes her passion for the arts beyond Mrs. G’s

Debbie Schaeffer is CEO of Mrs. G’s Appliances in Lawrence Township. Her grandparents, Abe and Beatrice Greenberg, opened...

Maintaining Calm in a Sea of Constant Change

Within the next year, more than two linear miles of books and periodicals will land on the doorstep of Karin Trainer. All of these,...

Before the Answer, Getting the Question

Here’s one indication of how much the job of librarian has changed in recent times: When Erica Bess became a librarian, she found that...

Digital Atelier: Where the Muse and Software Meet to Make Art

At first glance the Digital Atelier — housed on the Grounds For Sculpture campus in Hamilton — looks anything but monumental. ...

Defending the Arts Amid a Culture of Fear

It’s the afternoon of January 20, 2011, and I am in front of a microphone before the New Jersey State Assembly Tourism and Arts...

Tales of Two Beverages: Bai Is Flying High

Ben Weiss has grown a soft drink company from a home office startup to a nationwide empire, all by finding a use for something...

Informed by Lessons from Bot, A New Snack Product Is Born

Cricket and Brian Allen are partners at work and at home. Having started a business together, Bot Beverages, selling a flavored water for children,...
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