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...

Fall Arts: En Plein Air

Outdoor events involving regional artists and architects may provide an ideal and illuminating and fun day out. Here are several autumn happenings: ...

Opportunities

Call for Volunteers Volunteer for the fourth annual...

Pimen Sofronov & the Painting of a Trenton Treasure

That Trenton is a city of secret treasures is reflected in the Peipsimaa Museum in Estonia statement, “The name of artist-icon painter Pimen Sofronov...

How a Trenton Native Brought Tibetan Mysticism to the World

One summer afternoon in the early 20th century a young Trenton man lounging on the banks of the Delaware River had an overwhelming sensation...

Elsie the Cow, Plainsboro’s Advertising Icon

Her real name was You’ll Do Lobelia. She changed it and became a star. Long before there was Cher, Madonna, or Beyoncé, there was...

Artist Patience Wright: Lady of Legends

Bordentown, founded in 1682, was the home of some of the nation’s “founding fathers,” including Thomas Paine, the pamphleteer who wrote “Common Sense,” and...
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