Editing Linden, New Jersey (section)

==Arts and culture==
* Raymond Wood Bauer Promenade is the home of outdoor concerts and other performing arts in Linden. Live bands play R&B, funk and jazz at several live performance venues, and late R&B and jazz vocalist  [[Linda Hayes (singer)|Linda Hayes]], who played with the well-known [[Platters]] (of which her brother was lead singer) was from Linden.<ref>Medleys Jazz Restaurant;  Robins Nest Rhythm & Blues in Tremley Point</ref>
* Catholic-born artist [[Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt]] grew up in poverty in 1950s and 1960s Linden. Openly gay, he recently had a career retrospective on his exploration of  "gay sexuality, class struggle, and religion" in his art at [[MoMA PS1]], and is also known for being photographed as a youth at the [[Stonewall Riots]]. Lanigan-Schmidt worked as a 1960s Linden youth doing "odd jobs to help support his family and was bullied by high school thugs," moving to New York City as a young man.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/arts/design/thomas-lanigan-schmidt-at-moma-ps1.html|title=Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, at MoMA PS1|first=Ken|last=Johnson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 December 2012|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>  As a child in 1950s Linden, after [[Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt|Lanigan-Schmidt]] was assigned to decorate the school bulletin board in his Catholic elementary school, he built a detailed model of a church altar. The impressive model was featured in a local paper while Lanigan-Schmidt was a student at St. Elizabeth School at 170 Hussa Street. The school closed in 2014; it is a part of the campus of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church in Linden.<ref>BOMB Magazine: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt by Jessica Baran http://bombmagazine.org/article/7157/; Newspaper clipping, [http://res.cloudinary.com/bombmagazine/image/upload/v1412026777/paper_clipping_body.jpg "Pupil Constructs Church Model"], c. 1955 (he is misattributed in the photo; he is the boy on the lower right).</ref>
* One of the artists from New Jersey hardcore (now LA-based) punk hip-hop group [[Ho99o9]] (pronounced "Horror"), theOGM, has Linden roots.<ref>Josephs, Brian. [https://www.spin.com/featured/ho99o9-profile-interview/ "Jersey Rap-Punks Ho99o9 Aim to Reclaim Black Rage"], ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', May 25, 2017. Accessed June 3, 2020. "Rather, the molding of Ho99o9 can be traced back to Eaddy's hometown of Newark, as well as theOGM's time growing up in Elizabeth and Linden—both cities consistently rank among New Jersey's most dangerous."</ref>
* [[1910 Fruitgum Company]], a bubblegum pop band from the 1960s, was formed by five Linden residents.<ref name=1910FruitgumCompany>Voger, Mark. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2014/02/1910_fruitgum_company_simon_says.html "1910 Fruitgum Company: From Linden to the Top 10"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], February 28, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed November 25, 2019. "Jeckell's fellow founding members were Mark Gutkowski (lead vocals, keyboards), Pat Karwan (guitar), Steve Mortkowitz (bass), and Floyd Marcus (drums).... And so five young men from Linden with aspirations to be the next Vanilla Fudge scored a Top 10 hit ... with a bubblegum song."</ref>
* [[De Luxe Records]] (later DeLuxe Records) was a record company and label formed in 1944 in Linden, New Jersey, and is known for its famed R&B and early rock recordings.
* In the mid-20th century, Linden was the headquarters for the [[Regal Records (1949)|Regal Records]], as well as the budget record label Springboard International Records later in the century. Transco, before acquisition by Apollo, made sound recording industry [[acetate discs]] (also called acetate blanks, dubplates or lacquers) out of Linden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.analogplanet.com/content/analog-corner-12#FZ9qZoQ5pJb3YJil.97|title=Analog Corner #12|date=11 July 1996|website=analogplanet.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
* The Linden Cultural and Heritage Committee exists to bring entertainment events to area residents such as craft bazaars, street fairs, concerts, and plays, and the Linden Society for Historic Preservation works to preserve the history of the city.
* Linden was chosen as the primary filming location for Volume 2 of the [[streetball]] video series, ''[[AND1 Mixtape Tour|AND1 Mixtapes]]''.<ref name=AND1>Palmer, Chris. [https://books.google.com/books?id=xuhA3VHGhigC&pg=PA38 ''AND1 Streetball: All the ballers, moves, slams and shine''], p. 38.[[HarperCollins]], 2004. {{ISBN|9780060724443}}. Accessed June 16, 2009.</ref> One of the original five streetballers to sign with [[AND1]], [[Waliyy Dixon]], a Linden native who also goes by the nickname "Main Event," helped host a night of basketball at 4th Ward Park that claimed attendance by<ref name=AND1/> 2,000 spectators.<ref name=AND1/>
* Several scenes from the 2008 [[Mickey Rourke]] film ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'', later nominated for several [[Academy Award]]s, were filmed in Linden.<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160112162903/http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090222/NEWS/902200372%26referrer%3DFRONTPAGECAROUSEL "Linden go-go bar gets its close-up in Oscar-nominated ''The Wrestler''"], ''[[Courier News]]'', February 20, 2009, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 12, 2016. Accessed August 4, 2016. "Move over Bada-Bing of ''The Sopranos'', Cheeques at 1230 East Linden Ave., in Linden, featured in the movie ''The Wrestler'', is taking over as the most famous go-go in New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Hal Linden]], the stage and screen actor, television director and musician best known as the star of the ABC TV series ''[[Barney Miller]]'', chose his [[stage name]] after seeing the word "Linden" on a water tower while heading from Philadelphia to perform in New York City.<ref>Lowerison, Jean. [http://sdgln.com/entertainment/2014/02/12/hal-linden-welk-sandiego "Hal Linden coming to Welk San Diego"], SDGLN.com, February 12, 2014. Accessed September 21, 2016. "Born Harold Lipschitz in New York City, he wanted to be a bandleader and studied classical clarinet, playing with symphony orchestras from the age of 15.... He chose his stage name on the way from Philadelphia to an acting job in New York, when he saw the water tower in Linden, New Jersey."</ref>