STATEWIDE - State of the Arts is a half-hour arts magazine program on NJN Public Television. The show has earned 20 Mid-Atlantic Emmys among numerous other awards, and is recognized as one of the outstanding arts magazines in the country. State of the Arts airs Sunday, June 1, at 6 pm, and is rebroadcast on Tuesday, June 10, at 6:30 pm; Tuesday, June 17, at 2 am; and Friday, June 27, at 9:30 pm. For June, SState of the Arts focuses on:

From The Top
State of the Arts goes behind the scenes at a taping of From the Top, the hit public radio program, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. Hosted by internationally renown pianist Christopher O'Riley, this show features young musicians ranging in age from 9 to 18 years old. From the Top is heard by more than 600,000 listeners weekly, on nearly 250 radio stations coast-to-coast including WWFM-FM in Trenton. Soprano Dawn Upshaw is a special guest at this taping.

Dorothy Young
Arts patron and philanthropist Dorothy Young of Ocean Grove has had a remarkable life At 17, Young auditioned for Harry Houdini and won the role as his on-stage assistant. A short stretch on Broadway was followed by a tour of the country with Houdini in 1925 and 1926.

After several other roles, she wrote two novels (one of which was adapted into a movie), toured the world as a Latin dancer with her husband Gilbert Kiamie, and became a prolific and highly acclaimed landscape and still life painter. At 94 years of age, Dorothy Young now says her proudest accomplishment was the endowment she provided for the construction of the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts at New Jersey's Drew University.