The Director of the U.S. Open Women's Championship next month at Trump National Bedminister has quite a story to tell. Shannon Rouillard didn't start playing golf until she was 15. She was a gymnast before that, but her father told her she needed to pursue a sport that could lead to a scholarship in college. Golf was the choice. Shannon was driven to succeed at golf. She was a walk-on star at the University of Oregon and eventually became the head coach at Oregon for eight seasons. “To be honest

Summer means baseball, barbecues, heat -- and free Shakespeare in the Park. Theater critic Michael Bourne reviews the first of the plays this summer at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

The city of Newark recently celebrated it’s third class of Hire Newark graduates. The unique job readiness program, in partnership with Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and RWJBarnabas Health, that is giving unemployed residents a fresh outlook on life. “We are so immeasurably different than people think we are by just looking at us.” Fatima Hargrove is one of 20 graduates of Hire Newark, an employment boot camp and job readiness program that helps chronically unemployed residents re-enter the

The New Jersey Gubernatorial race is now set after Democrat and former Goldman Sachs Executive Phil Murphy and Republican Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno won their respective primaries earlier this week. Guadagno greeted her party faithful in West Orange on Primary night. She took her shots at her new opponent and addressed reporters on her first campaign stop after the election. Guadagno defended why she didn't mention Governor Christie in her victory speech. Meanwhile, WBGO’s Naomi Brauner sat down

Thomas Chapin’s undeniable talent could have been enough inspiration for an Emmy-Award winning documentarian to make a movie. Stephanie Castillo who has just put the finishing touches on Night Bird Song: The Incandescent Life of Thomas Chapin has another pretty important reason. She’s his sister in-law. “It think the film is going to add to his legacy. It is not his legacy, his music is. And the people who love his music, listen to his music, that’s the wind upon which he will continue to be

The Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday. WBGO Theater Critic Michael Bourne gives us an idea of what we can expect. Click above to hear Michael's thoughts.

Singer-Songwriter and legendary football star Mike Reid is always looking to what's next in his life. One of the musicals he's written is running at Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ from June 3rd through June 25th. Reid wrote the music for The Ballad of Little Jo in 1997, but he thinks this performance of the show will be the best yet. The book by Reid, Sarah Schlesinger and John Dias was based on the film The Ballad of Little Joe by Maggie Greenwald. "I've worked in the world of opera, chamber

'The Black Monk' is a fiction film inspired by the Anton Chekhov short story. A Newark documentary filmmaker, struggling with sanity, encounters a legendary monk and uncovers the meaning of life and a lost love. WBGO's Ang Santos sat down with Emmy-nominated Newark based filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno, and Dr. Anthony Tobia, who uses the film to teach psychosis to medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. They are presenting a special two day interactive screening

You may have already seen photographer Michael Weintrob’s work on album covers. His photos have graced the pages of dozens of publications. “A lot of times in music photography, stylists and make-up artists are hired and they’re creating an illusion. A lot of times, the musicians don’t like the photos later because it’s not them,” Weintrob said. “I’m trying to lose the ego and just show the human with their instrument.” INSTRUMENTHEAD is Weintrob’s seventeen-year creative journey. To put it

'The Black Monk' is a fiction film inspired by the Anton Chekhov short story. A Newark documentary filmmaker, struggling with sanity, encounters a legendary monk and uncovers the meaning of life and a lost love. WBGO's Ang Santos sat down with Emmy-nominated Newark based filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno, and Dr. Anthony Tobia, who uses the film to teach psychosis to medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. They are presenting a special two day interactive screening