Editing New Brunswick, New Jersey (section)

==Popular culture==
* On April 18, 1872, at New Brunswick, [[William Cameron Coup]] developed the system of transporting circus equipment, staff and animals from city to city using railroad cars. This system would be adopted by other railroad circuses and used through the golden age of railroad circuses until the 2017 closure of the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]].<ref>Middleton, William D.; Morgan, Rick; and Diehl, Roberta L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bhywDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA243 ''Encyclopedia of North American Railroads''], p. 243. [[Indiana University Press]], 2007. {{ISBN|9780253027993}}. Accessed December 15, 2019. "W.C. Coup has long been credited with putting the circus on rails. Coup was the first to organize the labor and equipment to move efficiently from town to town and to convince the railroad that the trains must arrive on time so that the show could give its scheduled performances.... On April 18, 1872, the Barnum show, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, made its debut as a railroad show with Pennsylvania Railroad Cars on Pennsy rails."</ref>
*  The play and movie ''[[1776 (film)|1776]]'' discusses the Continental Army under General George Washington being stationed at New Brunswick in June 1776 and being inspected by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Chase of Maryland as members of the War Committee.
* The 1980s sitcom, ''[[Charles in Charge]]'', was set in New Brunswick.<ref>Charles Be DeMille, ''Charles in Charge'', Season 5, Prod. Michael Jacobs, Dir. Scott Baio, Writers, Jennifer Burton, David Lang, Perf. Scott Baio, Syndication, December 22, 1990. At about 7'35" into the episode, Charles says in a telephone conversation that someone will come "here to New Brunswick" to visit him.</ref>
* The 2004 movie ''[[Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle]]'' revolves around Harold and Kumar's attempt to get to a [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]] restaurant and includes a stop in a fictionalized New Brunswick.<ref>Morris, Wesley. [https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2004/07/30/harold__kumar_aims_low_but_achieves_a_high/ "'Harold & Kumar' aims low, but achieves a high"], ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', July 30, 2004. Accessed January 11, 2015. "When they can't find a White Castle in their New Brunswick, N.J., neighborhood, a simple jaunt for sliders stretches into a Garden State odyssey that ends up capturing the feeling of being bored and nonwhite in New Jersey."</ref>
*The 2007 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning novel ''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'' is primarily set in New Brunswick.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Theriault|first=Sawyer A.|date=2010|title=The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: The Fate of the de Leon Family|url=http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/326/the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao-the-fate-of-the-de-leon-family|journal=Inquiries Journal|language=en|volume=2|issue=11}}</ref>
*The 2013 novel ''[[Americanah]]'' by [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]] features a taxi driver bragging about having a daughter on the dean's list at Rutgers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bica|first=Paola|date=2021|title=The struggle to pretend and belong: Americanah's case|url=https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5819/581966771002/html/|journal=Revista de Investigación del Departamento de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales|language=en|issue=19|pages=17–29}}</ref>
*Bands from New Brunswick include [[The Gaslight Anthem]],<ref>McCall, Tris. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/06/nj_band_gaslight_anthem_growin.html "N.J. band Gaslight Anthem growing with roots firmly intact"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 13, 2010, updated January 30, 2014. Accessed June 25, 2015. "'Our connection to New Brunswick is something that will never go away,' says Gaslight bassist Alex Levine, who, like the rest of the band members, has recently moved elsewhere."</ref> [[Screaming Females]], [[Streetlight Manifesto]],<ref>Massa, Krysten. [http://sbstatesman.com/2015/04/21/streetlight-manifesto-finally-makes-it-to-the-brook/ "Streetlight Manifesto finally makes it to the Brook"], ''[[The Statesman (Stony Brook)|The Statesman]]'', April 21, 2015. Accessed June 25, 2015. "Streetlight Manifesto is from New Brunswick, New Jersey and one of its first headlining shows was at Rutgers University."</ref> [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]] and [[Bouncing Souls]].<ref>Olliver, Bobby. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/2014/09/the_bouncing_souls_guitarist_talks_return_to_court_tavern.html "The Bouncing Souls' guitarist talks return to New Brunswick ahead of Court Tavern show"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 10, 2014.</ref>
*The independent record label [[Don Giovanni Records]] was established in 2003 to document the music scene in New Brunswick.<ref>Nelson, Lloyd. [https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2013/11/photos_for_10_years_don_giovanni_records_captures_new_brunswick_sound.html "Photos: For 10 years, Don Giovanni Records captures New Brunswick sound"], NJ Advance for [[NJ.com]], November 2, 2013. Accessed July 5, 2022.</ref>
*The store run scene in the movie Little Man was filmed in New Brunswick.