Art & Culture

Art is often misunderstood when it moves beyond paintings on gallery walls or sculptures displayed in museums. Some of the most significant artistic projects...

originally published: 01/10/2025 Photo by Bruce Smith(RUTHERFORD, NJ) -- Comedian and veteran CONAN staff writer Laurie Kilmartin is headlining four shows at Bananas Comedy Club in Rutherford on Friday, January 24 and Saturday, January 25, 2025. Kilmartin's comedy is famously dark.Her 2024 stand-up special Cis Woke Grief Sl*t was named one of the best stand-up releases of the year by NPR’s Bullseye and was praised as “dark humor at its finest” (Paste) and “the bravest set of her career” (Minneapolis Star Tribune). The special is available on AppleTV, Amazon Prime and YouTube. In a January 2024 profile piece, the Los Angeles Times says that “Kilmartin has become one of the most fearless, respected...

June has become far more than a single month of celebration across New Jersey. It has evolved into a statewide cultural movement that brings together communities, businesses, artists, performers, athletes, restaurants, wineries, breweries, nonprofit organizations, and families in a series of events that stretch from North Jersey to Cape May and continue well into late summer. What was once concentrated in a handful of cities has grown into one of the most diverse and expansive collections of Pride celebrations anywhere in the region, demonstrating how deeply these events have become woven into the cultural and economic fabric of the Garden State. This year’s Pride calendar showcases the remarkable breadth of that growth. Large-scale festivals, intimate community...