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...

Princeton Summer Theater Review: ‘The Great Gatsby’

The worry when any literary classic is adapted for the stage is that the essence and texture of the work will be lost, the...

Bucks County Playhouse Review: ‘Kinky Boots’

Sheryl Kaller and Hope Boykin’s production of “Kinky Boots” at New Hope’s Bucks County Playhouse reminds me of the little girl who had a...

Celebrate Independence Day the New Jersey Way

From carnivals, car shows and fireworks to historical demonstrations, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Independence Day festivities in the Mercer County Area....

Far from the Hurly Burly, a Quiet Slice of History

A cat’s got a job to do. Or not. ...

Exploring Overlooked Regional Landscape Treasures

While the Trenton-Princeton region can claim to be home to designs by one of history’s great landscape designers, Frederick Law Olmsted, two other historically...

Animals and Friends Celebrate 80 Years of SAVE

Dogs and cats are favorite pets in the United States. Sometimes they are left homeless due to illness of the owners, families moving, cost,...
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