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Blues People music, remembering Olympian Peter Westbrook and reviews of 'The Brutalist' and 'A Complete Unknown'

By Doug Doyle
Published December 21, 2024 at 4:56 AM EST
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On the December 21 WBGO Journal...

WBGO's Jon Kalish attends the memorial service for Newark's own Olympic Fencing legend Peter Westbrook…

Peter Westbrook
Peter Westbrook Foundation
Peter Westbrook

WBGO’s Dave Popkin chats with the members of the award-winning local band Blues People...

Blues People
C/O of the artists
Blues People

And WBGO’s Film Critic Harlan Jacobson reviews two new movies…

First, The Brutalist

Adrian Brody stars as an immigrant to America after the Holocaust who wrestles to complete a monumental building in The Brutalist
The Brutalist
Adrian Brody stars as an immigrant to America after the Holocaust who wrestles to complete a monumental building in The Brutalist

and then A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown
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A Complete Unknown

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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