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(Photo by T. Charles Erickson)

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"KEYS TO THE KINGDOM": Lonnie (Kevin Jackson, left) and Big Sweet (Kecia Lewis) reminisce about their courting days and dream of their future together in one of many romantic moments in "Polk County," a comedy with music by Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring, playing through October 31 at McCarter¹s Matthews Theatre in Princeton.

Lyrical "Polk County" Dramatizes 1930s Black Rural South In Zora Neale Hurston Tribute to Love, Life and the Blues

Donald Gilpin

Classic comedy? Blues musical? Romance? Folklore? Autobiography? Anthropology? Polk County by Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring, recently discovered in the Library of Congress and playing now in a rousing production at McCarter's Matthews Theatre, defies labels.

Institute for Advanced Study Opens Music Series With "A Different Kind of Concert Experience"

Nancy Plum

With the addition of some very aggressive research scholars to its roster, the Institute for Advanced Study has served notice that it is turning away from a cordial intellectual "think tank" to being a major contender among research centers. So it is only natural that its music series, led by Institute Artist-in-Residence John Magnussen, would be looking toward new and innovative forms of musical presentation.

 

 

 
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