Thursday, September 10, 2026 · New Jersey
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Browse RMN dispatches by topic and series.
Platform Culture 13
- How Much of Yourself Are You Supposed to Leave at the Office Door?
- Urban Operas Is Betting That Specificity Can Be a Streaming Strategy
- What Happens When a Community Gets Its Own Piece of the Internet?
- Manufacturing the Prediction
- Apparently the Robot Knows What "Normal" Means Better Than We Do
- What Happens When the Website Starts Editing Itself?
- When Healthy Becomes a Moral Category
- Can You Cheat With Something That Isn't a Person?
- The Internet Lost Its Lobby
- The Algorithm Taught Us to Say “Unalive”
- Investment of a Lifetime
- The Web Is Slowing Down on Purpose
- The Internet Is Teaching Us to Leave the Internet
Media Industry 2
AI & Remastering 14
- Your Cat Has an AI Personality Profile Now
- If the Athlete Is a Robot, Who Are We Really Cheering For?
- Your Dog Has a Personality Test Written in Its DNA Now
- More Data, Less Understanding
- If Nobody Is Driving, What Exactly Are We Watching?
- Cognizant Is Trying to Name the Jobs That Come After AI Disruption
- Apparently the Robot Knows What "Normal" Means Better Than We Do
- We Changed the Tool Before We Changed the Job
- Your Dog Is Becoming a Data Source
- AI Doesn't Just Make Culture. It Interprets It.
- What Happens When the Website Starts Editing Itself?
- Can You Cheat With Something That Isn't a Person?
- The Past, Remastered
- The Places We Can Visit Without Entering
Pop Mythology 4
Film & TV 9
- Urban Operas Is Betting That Specificity Can Be a Streaming Strategy
- Behind Every Scream Is Somebody Building the Room
- Adam Sandler Is Filming All Over New Jersey. Again.
- Montclair Film Festival Sets Its October Return as the 15th Edition Approaches
- The New Jersey Film Festival Opens a Month-Long Window for Independent Film
- When the Biopic Becomes a Room
- William Shatner Is Bringing The Wrath of Khan to New Brunswick - Then Taking the Stage
- Rocky Horror Is Ready to Do the Time Warp Again in New Brunswick
- Open All Night: Kevin Smith Brings Clerks Back Home
Music 8
- One More Day in the Field Before the Season Turns
- For One Sunday, Downtown Somerville Becomes the Venue
- New Jersey Has 21 Counties. Earth Kenan Wants Every One to Sound Smooth.
- Duke Farms' 'Wild by Nature' Puts Climate Conversation Beside Music, Film, and an Owl
- Before Springsteen Became an Icon, Monmouth Was Already in the Story
- XPoNential Music Festival Returns to Camden With a Weekend Built for Discovery
- Sea.Hear.Now Returns to Asbury Park for a Weekend Built Around the Shore
- DollyFest Will Bring Dolly Parton's Celebration Home to Tennessee in 2027
Theater & Live Performance 6
- Philly Fringe Is Open, and the City Is Part of the Show
- The Ugly Pancake Comedy Festival Is Building a Jersey Shore Comedy Circuit
- Lenny Bruce Is Still Arguing With the Room
- One Man, Eighteen Lives: Chazz Palminteri Brings the Original A Bronx Tale to Carteret
- At Brook Arts Center, the Fall Calendar Starts Before Opening Night
- Smodcastle Checks Into the Overlook for The Shining: Live on Stage
Comics & Collecting 3
Fandom Events 6
- Darkside NJ Has Two More Chances to Get Weird This Fall
- From Khan to Kirk: New Jersey Marks 60 Years of Star Trek
- Bound Brook Goes to Warp for a Three-Part Star Trek Celebration
- Nerd Fest Brings the Small-Con Advantage Back to South Jersey
- Lunar Faire’s Final Five Nights Move Across Five Very Different New Jersey Grounds
- Rocky Horror Is Ready to Do the Time Warp Again in New Brunswick
Festivals 9
- Philly Fringe Is Open, and the City Is Part of the Show
- One More Day in the Field Before the Season Turns
- The Ugly Pancake Comedy Festival Is Building a Jersey Shore Comedy Circuit
- For One Sunday, Downtown Somerville Becomes the Venue
- Montclair Film Festival Sets Its October Return as the 15th Edition Approaches
- XPoNential Music Festival Returns to Camden With a Weekend Built for Discovery
- Sea.Hear.Now Returns to Asbury Park for a Weekend Built Around the Shore
- The New Jersey Film Festival Opens a Month-Long Window for Independent Film
- DollyFest Will Bring Dolly Parton's Celebration Home to Tennessee in 2027
Seasonal & Holiday 6
- When the Boardwalk Trades Summer for Costumes
- Halloween Works Better When the Whole Downtown Plays Along
- Behind Every Scream Is Somebody Building the Room
- Downtown Somerville Gets a Little Stranger After Dark
- Darkside NJ Has Two More Chances to Get Weird This Fall
- Lunar Faire’s Final Five Nights Move Across Five Very Different New Jersey Grounds
Downtown & Main Street 2
Heritage & Museums 6
- Morven Sets the Table for a September Afternoon Tea Steeped in History
- The Lighthouse Challenge Turns New Jersey Into a Two-Day Maritime Road Trip
- Before Springsteen Became an Icon, Monmouth Was Already in the Story
- Before America 250, New Jersey Looks Back at America's 200th
- The Places We Can Visit Without Entering
- Eighteen Days Until the Lucas Museum Opens the Door on Narrative Art
Maritime & Lighthouses 2
Sports 7
Civic & Service 6
Family & Attractions 12
- The Event Is Wherever the Dog Is
- Your Cat Has an AI Personality Profile Now
- When the Boardwalk Trades Summer for Costumes
- Your Dog Has a Personality Test Written in Its DNA Now
- Pet Friendly, but Make Room
- The Family Costume Has Four Legs Now
- Parenting Now Comes With a Research Department
- Five Runs, One Championship Belt and a Ballpark Full of Dogs
- The Point Was Always to Let Them Go
- Six People, One Tractor, Twenty Yards
- Even the Dog Gets a Girl Scout Cookie Now
- At Morey's Piers, the Water Park Is Going to the Dogs
Nature & Climate Arts 3
Brand & Consumer Culture 14
- The Black Market Behind the Fryer
- Chicken Salad Chick Has One Job, and I Respect That
- Fine, Knorr Got Us
- The Family Costume Has Four Legs Now
- More Data, Less Understanding
- Parenting Now Comes With a Research Department
- Manufacturing the Prediction
- Your Dog Is Becoming a Data Source
- When an Object Becomes Part of You
- New Jersey Joins FTC Challenge to Amazon’s Advertising Auction System
- Even the Dog Gets a Girl Scout Cookie Now
- When Healthy Becomes a Moral Category
- Liberty Biberty Did Not Need a Body
- The Sandwich Has Acquired Counsel