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...

Regional Orchestras Go for Hollywood Sound

Full disclosure: I am a lifelong Korngold fan. ...

Clear Voices Share Details of Colorful Community Glass

The overlooked artistry and legacy of the region’s stained glass has become an occasional story topic. ...

An ‘Explosion of Color’ Offers Meaning at St. Greg’s

Officials at St. Gregory the Great Church in Hamilton describe their wall-length stained glass work, “The Creation,” as a “series of dynamic swirls and...

Journey Through Irish History with Fintan O’Toole

Irish journalist, author of nearly 20 books, and Princeton University professor Fintan O’Toole discusses his new book, “We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History...

Dance Review: ARB’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

A principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre from 1997 to 2012, the Pennsylvania-born Ethan Stiefel set the hearts of a whole generation of tween-age...

‘Jaw-Dropping’ Exhibit Brings Sharks to NJSM

There are no megalodons in the ocean. None. Zip. Nada. The prehistoric giant sharks are dead and gone, and they’ve been gone for more...
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