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NJM | VOLUME 44 | NO.6
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UPFRONT
14 FIRST WORD
By Kate Tomlinson
18 IN-BOX
Reader feedback.
19 GARDEN VARIETY
People and places making
news in New Jersey.
25 ONLY IN NEW JERSEY
By Steve Adubato
26 GIVING BACK
The RAIN Foundation provides
a supportive environment
for LGBTQ teens.
32
By Royal Thomas II
27 STYLEPHILE
Your monthly guide to
Garden State shopping.
FEATURES
31 In the Dark
New Jersey’s arts institutions
await word about reopening,
fear longterm financial woes.
By Jacqueline Klecak
35 Urgent Call For Help
Covid-19 hit hardest at
longterm-care facilities.
Now come the postmortems.
By Kathleen O’Brien
EVENTS GUIDE
60 This month’s virtual
events around New Jersey.
Plus: rescheduled festivals.
EAT & DRINK
63 Settling for Survival
Amid huge losses, restaurants
adapt for takeout and
brace for a chastened new
normal. By Eric Levin
68 STATEWIDE DINING
Updated restaurant listings.
EXIT RAMP
72 Finding Love
in a Pandemic
Drastic times call for drastic
measures—like diving headlong
into a new relationship.
By Shelby Vittek
ABOUT THE COVER
Chalk drawings began to appear on New
Jersey streets soon after Governor Phil
Murphy issued a statewide stay-at-home
order on March 21. Though many were
simple and quickly washed away by spring
rains, they conveyed personalized messages
of caring and hope that could never
be matched by digital communications.
They also suggested the perfect medium
for the cover of New Jersey Monthly.
Photographers Chad Hunt and James
Worrell, both residents of Maplewood
and frequent contributors to this magazine,
often hang out together, but had
never collaborated on a photo shoot—
until now. Happy to get outdoors, the two
sought inspiration from chalk drawings
around town, then recruited Worrell’s
16-year-old daughter Edie to draw the
cover art and serve as their model.
With the chalk drawing done, and only
a short window when the light and shadows
would be just right, Hunt and Worrell
got to work. Hunt took drone photos of
Edie’s creation while James shot from his
ladder (as seen below).
Ultimately, we chose one of Worrell’s
shots from the ladder, adding just
six words to tell the story. The resulting
cover—austere yet hopeful—captures
the unified and confident spirit with
which New Jersey has stared down the
Covid-19 crisis.
PHOTOGRAPHS: (FISH) COURTESY OF AISHLING STEVENS; (COVER SHOOT) CHAD HUNT
Last year’s
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winner
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NJM and Unique Photo present the
Cover Search 2019 winners.
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ENTER YOUR BEST JERSEY PHOTO
IN OUR ANNUAL COVER SEARCH
Even with the current state of emergency, you can still flex your
creative muscles and enter the New Jersey Monthly & Unique
Photo Cover Search 2020. This year, amateurs and professionals
alike can submit an unlimited number of their favorite
Garden State shots. And you can submit any photo taken after
January 1, 2019. Entry deadline: September 30. The winning
photo will become the cover of the December 2020 issue of New
Jersey Monthly. For details about our great contest prizes, visit
njmonthly.com/CoverSearch2020
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