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Student performers sing, play instruments, and move across a stage.

Princeton Playhouse Ensembles on building community and grappling with loss: ‘How to Be Not Alone’

Contributing writer for The Prospect Michael Grasso covers the Princeton Playhouse Ensembles Concert “How to be Not Alone.”

Contributing writer for The Prospect Michael Grasso covers the Princeton Playhouse Ensembles Concert “How to be Not Alone.”

THE PROSPECT | February 24

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Princeton’s Todd Bashore adds another Grammy win to distinguished jazz career

Princeton Creative Large Ensemble Director Todd Bashore reflects on his recent 2026 Grammy win, his collaborative work in jazz, and how his professional experience shapes his teaching philosophy centered on discipline, passion, and musical community.

Princeton Creative Large Ensemble Director Todd Bashore reflects on his recent 2026 GRAMMY win, his collaborative work in jazz, and how his professional experience shapes his teaching philosophy centered on discipline, passion, and musical community.

THE PROSPECT | February 15

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On top of a box of plastic cartons sits a bag of empty water bottles all strung together within black netting.

In Abigail DeVille’s latest exhibit, one man’s trash is another’s manifestation of the heart

Contributing writer for The Prospect Amaya Taylor covers artist Abigail DeVille’s latest exhibition, “the heart knows its own bitterness (Manifest).”

Contributing writer for The Prospect Amaya Taylor covers artist Abigail DeVille’s latest exhibition, “the heart knows its own bitterness (Manifest).”

THE PROSPECT | December 9

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‘Chile, look at where she is’: Patricia Smith wins National Book Award for Poetry

Contributing writer for The Prospect Michael Grasso details Princeton professor in creative writing Patricia Smith’s acceptance of the National Book Award for Poetry for her book “The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems.”

Contributing writer for The Prospect Michael Grasso details Princeton professor in creative writing Patricia Smith’s acceptance of the National Book Award for Poetry for her book “The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems.”

THE PROSPECT | November 24

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PUAM’s Ancient Mediterranean Pavilion steps into the past, with a modern twist

Contributing writer for The Prospect Zane Mills VanWicklen details how the Ancient Mediterranean pavilion in the new Princeton University Art Museum is a “step back in time.”

Contributing writer for The Prospect Zane Mills VanWicklen details how the Ancient Mediterranean pavilion in the new Princeton University Art Museum is a “step back in time.”

THE PROSPECT | November 14