State of the Arts has been taking you on location with the most creative people in New Jersey and beyond since 1981. The New York and Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award-winning series features documentary shorts about an extraordinary range of artists and visits New Jersey’s best performance spaces. State of the Arts is on the frontlines of the creative and cultural worlds of New Jersey.
State of the Arts is a cornerstone program of NJ PBS, with episodes co-produced by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Stockton University, in cooperation with PCK Media. The series also airs on WNET and ALL ARTS.
On this week's episode... New Jersey Heritage Fellowships are an honor given to artists who are keeping their cultural traditions alive and thriving. On this special episode of State of the Arts, we meet three winners, each using music and dance from around the world to bring their heritage to New Jersey: Deborah Mitchell, founder of the New Jersey Tap Dance Ensemble; Pepe Santana, an Andean musician and instrument maker; and Rachna Sarang, a master and choreographer of Kathak, a classical Indian dance form.
When X-Men: First Class hit theaters in 2011, it didn't just reboot a struggling franchise; it redefined the superhero origin story. Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the , the film traded modern explosions for a sleek, "Mad Men" inspired aesthetic and a deeply personal look at the friendship-turned-rivalry between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr .
Directed by , First Class took us back to the beginning. We saw a young, idealistic Xavier (James McAvoy) and a vengeful, trauma-scarred Erik (Michael Fassbender) find common ground in a world that feared them.
But for many fans, the experience of First Class is tied to a specific digital era—the era of . The "First Class" Origin Story
Shaped by his survival of the Holocaust, he believed humanity would always fear—and eventually destroy—what it couldn't control. The YIFY Connection
Advocated for peaceful coexistence and working within human systems.
When X-Men: First Class hit theaters in 2011, it didn't just reboot a struggling franchise; it redefined the superhero origin story. Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the , the film traded modern explosions for a sleek, "Mad Men" inspired aesthetic and a deeply personal look at the friendship-turned-rivalry between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr .
Directed by , First Class took us back to the beginning. We saw a young, idealistic Xavier (James McAvoy) and a vengeful, trauma-scarred Erik (Michael Fassbender) find common ground in a world that feared them.
But for many fans, the experience of First Class is tied to a specific digital era—the era of . The "First Class" Origin Story
Shaped by his survival of the Holocaust, he believed humanity would always fear—and eventually destroy—what it couldn't control. The YIFY Connection
Advocated for peaceful coexistence and working within human systems.
