On the January 13 edition of the WBGO Journal...
The Newark City Council this past week voted in favor of allowing 16 and 17 years the right to vote in school board elections….i
We get more on the Council's historic vote in our third episode of our "Inside Newark" feature with Council President LaMonica McIver….
![Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver joins the WBGO Journal team with a monthly segment "Inside Newark"](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e5ade22/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1280+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff8%2Fea%2Fddb7cfbc4beb999ddded82efae25%2Fmciver-1.jpeg)
LaMonica McIver
Host Doug Doyle chats with award-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard and acclaimed drummer Nasheet Waits about two special Max Roach Centennial events coming up in Newark this month….
![Nasheet Waits (top left) and Sam Pollard (bottom) join WBGO News Director Doug Doyle to talk about two Max Roach Centennial events in Newark](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c2bcabb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/640x380+0+0/resize/880x523!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa5%2Fd7%2F4d18eb584585ba44163bb7dab3ee%2Fnasheet-sam-and-doug.jpeg)
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And WBGO’s Jon Kalish has the story of Nobuki Takamen, a Jersey City jazz guitarist who grew up in Japan.
![Nobuki Takamen](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4a74ccb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1437+0+0/resize/880x659!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc4%2F36%2Fca33a3db4211b141ff068ede1438%2Fnobuki-takamen.png)
Courtesy of the artist