Arts & Entertainment

PorchFest brings music, art and history to Allentown

Allentown’s Main Street will become a showcase for music, art and local history Saturday, Sept. 12, when the Allentown Village Initiative presents the borough’s first PorchFest. The free event will...

Lawrence historian wins $25K national scholarship

While many parents take their children on vacation trips to the beach or the mountains, Julia Ciccone's parents...

Piano Jam opens Richardson’s Steinway to all

For generations, some of the world’s leading pianists have taken a seat at the Steinway grand piano in...

Art Cart delivers a new kind of soul food to town

It’s a hot summer day and brightly dressed Brook Beatty stands on South Broad Street in downtown Trenton. After...

Laura Benanti brings ‘Nobody Cares’ home

Laura Benanti says she is “blessed to be a chameleon.” Her context is unexpected. She is not referring to being...

McCarter Theater review: ‘All the Devils Are Here’

Shakespeare must be rejoicing. With simplicity that reveals complexity, subtlety that reveals nuance, economy that reveals textural riches, vocal skill that reveals the majesty of...

Community schools tackle barriers to attendance

When it comes to students missing school, there can be a variety of reasons. The Princeton Area Community Foundation learned this when it set out...

Patrick Page explores Shakespeare’s dark side

Richard III, Aaron the Moor, Shylock, Marcus Junius Brutus, Claudius, Iago, Macbeth. The order in which Shakespeare’s most notorious villains appeared on stage. Also the order...

Bucks County Playhouse review: ‘Rent’

Jennifer Weber’s production of “Rent” at New Hope’s Bucks County Playhouse works on so many levels, touches on so many themes, sheds light on...

For Dragan Milovanovic, chess is a lifelong battle

Chess is a thinking person’s game. Skill requires experience to recognize patterns and strategies. Countering an opponent’s moves can come with deliberate study and...

Alec Baldwin joins Princeton University Concerts series

Actor Alec Baldwin will join WQXR host Terrance McKnight for a conversation about music as a source of solace, self-discovery and renewal at Princeton...
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