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A preview of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's upcoming NJPAC performances and a look at a special Brooklyn synagogue

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to NJPAC May 9-11, 2025
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The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to NJPAC May 9-11, 2025

On the April 26 WBGO Journal...

We have more on the investigation and arrest in connection with the huge Jones Road Wildfire in Southern Ocean County….

WBGO’s Jon Kalish takes us to a synagogue in Brooklyn that has been the epicenter on cantorial music in America….

Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park has been a destination for lovers of cantorial music for more than 100 years
Jon Kalish
Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park has been a destination for lovers of cantorial music for more than 100 years

And the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to NJPAC on Mother’s Day weekend. Host Doug Doyle chats with Ailey's Artistic Director Matthew Rushing and Ailey's musical director/composer Du'Bois A'Keen

Matthew Rushing (top left) and Du’Bois A’Keen join WBGO's Doug Doyle to talk about the 2025 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance at NJPAC
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Matthew Rushing (top left) and Du’Bois A’Keen join WBGO's Doug Doyle to talk about the 2025 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance at NJPAC

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.