This Week's Broadcasts
James P. Johnson
This week on your PBS stations, James P. Johnson (1894-1955) pioneered the stride style of jazz piano and composed "The Charleston," considered the anthem of the 1920s. The New Brunswick Jazz Project honors Johnson with a concert featuring pianist Sharp Radway.

Also on this week's episode, Gloria: A Life, artist Nam June Paik, and painter Julie Heffernan.


Sat, 9/25 @ 7:30 pm
Thurs, 9/30 @ 11:30 pm

Sun, 9/26 @ 11:30 am

Mon, 9/27 @ 10:30 am & 3:30 pm
Wed, 9/29 @ 10 am & 3 pm
National Piano Month
Min Kwon
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Korean-born American classical pianist Min Kwon asked more than 70 very different composers to create variations on the familiar song “America the Beautiful,” originally composed in 1882 by the music director of Grace Church in Newark. “America/Beautiful” is now a streaming series, with over 6 hours of new music recorded to date.
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Arts organizations across the state, such as Roxey Ballet and the South Orange Performing Arts Center, have experienced extensive damage from Tropical Storm Ida. 

Today at 10 am on Zoom, join NJ Governor Phil Murphy for a Town Hall regarding storm recovery efforts and resources. Register to attend here.
Poets Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Annie Lanzillotto will be reading this Sat, Sept 25 from 6-8 pm as part of the Italian American Writers Association (IAWA)'s Literary Series, presented for free with registration via Zoom!

Our related story: Maria Mazziotti Gillan
See Frontline Arts' By Our Own Hand installation at the Montclair Art Museum's Fall Fest on Sat, Sept 18th! Ron and Walt of Frontline Paper will be there from 12-6 pm, hosting activities such as pulling sheets of handmade military paper.

It's time for Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras), an annual celebration of new plays by Latinx theater artists at Two River Theater in Red Bank. This year, the festival is curated by José Zayas, and takes place in a series of recorded Zoom readings for free virtual viewing, available through Oct 10. Register at their website!

Our related story: Cuba in Red Bank
Catch up on some of the best of State of the Arts
Uroda, an 18 1/2 foot high artwork created by Ursula von Rydingsvard for the campus of Princeton University, is one of the largest sculptures ever made in copper. 

"When I get up in the morning, I begin to sculpt myself." For sculptor Chakaia Booker, every act can be a work of art—including getting dressed in the morning.

Our 2003 story: Chakaia Booker
A photo exhibition of Bruce Springsteen through the years at the Morven Museum & Garden revealed the many aspects of the rock legend. We spoke with photographer Ed Gallucci, whose work is shown here.

Our 2017 story: Springsteen in Photos
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