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Inspired Orginality

As a continuation of Modern Movement, I wanted to share a personal experience of the final pieces my peers and I shared. I do not want to influence you with my perspectives… so watch with your artistic ears. Enjoy!

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A Theater is More than JUST a Theater

Crossroads Theater is more than home to Tony Award winning Crossroads Theater Company, the nation’s premiere African American theater company in downtown New Brunswick, NJ, it also serves as an artistic platform for a plethora of organizations in the community. This past weekend Crossroads Theater was the location for Black NJ.com’s first Gospel Game Lounge [...]

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Modern Movement

As a rising senior at Rutgers, I have the pleasure of taking classes that I enjoy that are outside the curriculum required of my major. So, this summer I enrolled in Modern Dance I with T. McCree. In the small intimate dance studio at Mason Gross, the evening’s burnt orange sunlight beamed across the wooden [...]

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An Unordinary Sunday Afternoon

Date nights are usually reserved for Friday or Saturday nights, but not this summer. Check out the Zimmerli Art Museum for an unordinary Sunday afternoon. I encourage you to enjoy the closing exhibit of Out of the Ordinary:Garry Winogrand and Larry Clark’s redefined documentary photography of the 1960s-70s American social landscape. This exhibit is not [...]

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World Cup Craze!

Well, if you don’t consider yourself to be a fanatic sports fan, you rather paint a ball then kick one, or even if you classify art as body paint at the super bowl, one thing you can’t deny is the World Cup Craze! This 2010 summer has united the global people over the game of [...]

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Concrete Gallery

For the past 11 years, I do what most mid-westerns do; I head out to Chicago for the Fourth of July weekend. I enjoy the windy city and its independence celebration: Navy Pier, The Taste, Millennium Park, and of course the fireworks.  Sadly, even the economic disparity has affected a 30 year tradition–This year’s spectacular [...]

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A Fresh Start

Well HELLO New Brunswick! I am your latest New Brunswick Cultural Center blogger. Stay tuned for upcoming events in the arts around the city; live music, comedy and even special events. Check back often for fresh discussion on the arts and beyond. I invite you to listen to the art around you. Ahh, sounds limiting [...]

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