Michael Bourne reviews Bat Out of Hell and Moulin Rouge. To hear the review click the link above.

In 2012, the Vietnam Veterans of America Jersey Shore Area Chapter 12 created a Cremains Project committee, a group that set out to return deceased fellow veterans to their loved ones. New Jersey based producer and filmmaker Tom Phillips caught wind of the Veterans Cremains Project. “My dad served, he died young and never told me a thing. There was no closure for me,” he said. Phillips previously released the short film Vietnam Aftermath featuring interviews with Garden State veterans sharing

Many middle and high school students in Newark have become sole proprietors of unique businessess, thanks to the Newark Regional Business Partnership's Young Entrepreneur's Academy. WBGO's Charisma Lyles reports on one of the latest success stories where a YEA! student landed a job as a professional photographer. Click above to hear Charisma's feature.

WBGO's Michael Bourne has experienced thousands of musical events throughout his amazing career as an announcer for the greatest jazz station in the world. But before he came to WBGO, he was a young reporter who got a chance to cover Woodstock 50 years ago. His journey was unforgettable. Click above to hear Michael retell his trip to Woodstock.

On the most recent edition of Ask Governor Murphy on WBGO, Goveror Murphy spoke with host Nancy Solomon about what's being done about the high levels of lead in Newark's drinking water. Governor Murphy made it clear that it's not just a local problem, but a national crisis with so many towns and cities using old lead pipes. Click above to hear Governor Murphy from the August 14 edition of Ask Governor Murphy .

WBGO commentator Mildred Antenor is very concerned after seeing in a New York Times article that rapes in New York City are up 19 percent the first quarter of this year. She's also not pleased with the results of a recent poll asking women how they protect themselves. Mildren Antenor is a professor at Seton Hall University and the author of the new memoir The Gladioli Are Invisible: A Memoir.

The Rolling Stone , running off-Broadway at Lincoln Center, is a new play about a tragedy of hatred. Set in Uganda, The Rolling Stone is an intimate yet explosive family drama about two brothers at odds — one a gay man in a clandestine relationship, and the other a church pastor who fervently rails against the life his brother is forced to conceal. Theater critic Michael Bourne says one of the greatest tragedies is how often people kill each other with what they think are the right causes. Click

An innovative system to finance energy efficiency upgrades for renters and low-income people has been gaining traction around the country. The system, basically run by two men working out of their home offices in Vermont, is running in eight states. Although the program known as PAYS (Pay As You Save) has yet to be implemented by any utilities in New Jersey, interest in it is growing around the country, fueled in part by concern over climate change. Landlords like this program because upgrades

Last week President Trump visited both cities where mass shooters attacked earlier this month. In Dayton, Ohio, he met with first responders, injured victims and families of the nine people killed in Sunday's nightclub district attack. He then flew to El Paso, Texas, where 22 people were killed at a Walmart by a man apparently targeting Mexicans and Hispanics. WBGO's guest commentator Josie Gonsalves, an adjunct political science professor at CUNY and a member of the Anti-Racist Alliance of New

Essex County is home for Antoine Saint-Victor, born in Newark and raised in East Orange. “I went to Seton Hall Prep. From there I graduated and went to Cornell University in upstate New York. I worked in health tech for about three years in Boston, and now I’m here,” he said. Saint-Victor is the first member of his family to graduate from college but working in medicine runs in his family. “My grandmother at a time, she was a nurse. My mom works here at University Hospital and also Beth Israel