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By Anthony Stoeckert    It comes as no surprise that Joyce Carol Oates is often asked to write essays for magazines, from The New York Times Magazine to The New Yorker to AARP Magazine. In these pieces, she has written about her pet chicken, being bullied, her autistic sister and much more.    Those pieces now comprise…

By Linda Holt    Wanted: Performance partners, no experience necessary. Without leaving your seats, engage with professional dance and have an in-person conversation with the arts. So might a classified ad read for the new season of the American Repertory Ballet (ARB), the Princeton-based professional dance company with an international influence. ARB will present its season…

By Anthony Stoeckert    From jazz to rock, pop and country, there is no shortage of concerts taking place in our area this fall.    McCarter Theatre in Princeton will kick off its concert season with Chick Corea and Bela Fleck, Sept. 24. The songwriters will play jazz, standards, bluegrass, rock, gospel and more on piano and…

By Anthony Stoeckert    A few years ago, Jarrett J. Krosoczka and his wife Gina took their daughter Zoe, then about 3, to a friend’s birthday party. Toward the party’s end, Zoe was given a balloon, then did something kids often do.    ”Of course, she let it go and she was absolutely devastated at the sight…

By Mike Morsch    Harry Wayne Casey isn’t often at a loss for words. He has, for decades, urged people to get up out of their chairs and shake their booties.    But last Fourth of July was different for KC and The Sunshine Band. They were celebrating the country’s birthday right in the nation’s capital, Washington,…

By Anthony Stoeckert    Thomas Reeder’s work as a film scholar involves him writing articles for magazines and journals, as well as some books that delve into lesser-known chapters of movie history.    But the Hopewell resident also is a fan of mysteries — on the page and on the screen — and he has recently published…