A Tapestry of Expression | 08/01/08 The New Jersey State Museum has reopened with an exhibit celebrating New Jersey folk life, “Culture in Context: A Tapestry of Expression” One of the Featured artists is Forked River basketmaker Mary May. Mary May is not only a master basketmaker but an historian of South Jersey baskets. NJN Producer Susan Wallner finds out more about this traditional craft.
Joan Lippincott | 07/07/08 Organ virtuoso Joan Lippincott recently performed J. S. Bach’s monumental "Art of the Fugue" at the Princeton Theological Seminary as part of the Westminster Choir College 2008 Bach Festival. Lippincott spoke with NJN producer Eric Schultz shortly after the concert and explained some of the intricacies of writing a fugue and why she thinks Bach’s "Art of the Fugue" is such a masterpiece.
Cecilia's Last Tea Party | 05/29/08 "Cecilia's Last Tea Party" is a new play at Trenton's Mill Hill Playhouse that the New York Times called "a modest but ravishing new piece of theater well served by the Passage Theater Company's production". NJN producer Christopher Benincasa recently spoke with the play's star Nitya Vidyasagar, who plays Cecilia, a young girl whose parents have disappeared in the midst of 1940s political upheaval on an unnamed island in the Pacific Rim.
NJ Everywhere? | 05/13/08 “Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?” This is the premise of an exhibit featuring over 1,000 images by more than 180 artists from 18 countries at The Pierro Gallery of South Orange through May 25th. NJN producer Susan Wallner spoke to guest curator Laurel Ptak about where she got the idea for the show and why it’s proven to be so popular.
Marlo Thomas | 04/28/08 NJN producer Amber Edwards talks with actress Marlo Thomas -- who's currently at the George Street Playhouse in a world premiere play by Elaine May titled "Roger is Dead"-- about her theater work and her groundbreaking 1960s TV series "That Girl", which altered the television landscape. "Roger is Dead" runs through May 11th at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.
Nell Irvin Painter | 04/18/08 This time on Jersey Arts: The Podcast, NJN producer Amber Edwards talks with Nell Irvin Painter, the eminent historian and author--recently retired from Princeton--who has gone back to school as an undergraduate at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, in order to pursue a career as a professional artist.
Edward Albee | 03/18/08 Welcome to the very first edition of Jersey Arts: The Podcast. On NJN's recent "Stage & Screen" episode of State of the Arts, Christopher Benincasa produced a story about Edward Albee's new play, "Me, Myself, and "', directed by Emily Mann at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton. In this podcast, you'll hear the extended interview with Albee, much of which didn't make it into the story!
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