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...

Go with the Flow in ‘George Nakashima: Woodworker’

George Nakashima, the late internationally known New Hope-based architectural designer who preferred the title woodworker, is the subject of a new documentary, “George Nakashima,...

In Retrospect: Bruce Beasley at Grounds For Sculpture

For me, the real magic is finding human feeling in the arrangements and intersections of shapes that when taken alone have none. It is...

Bruce Beasley: Evolution and Innovation in Sculpture

American sculptor Bruce Beasley is the both the subject of the current Grounds For Sculpture retrospective and the organization’s next publication — a series...

New Jersey History Alive and Well at Batsto Village

For those interested in getting back into family daytrips yet still concerned about getting out in public, New Jersey affords simple and affordable outdoor...

Rejoyce: Celebrating Bloomsday & Sylvia Beach

The Arts Council of Princeton is making a trial run of what can be a significant annual event, Bloomsday. ...

Off the Presses: ‘Abandoned Ruins on Public Lands’

"Abandoned Ruins on Public Lands in New Jersey: Forgotten and Unknown Pasts” is the fruit of author Kathleen Butler’s self-described “exploring trips.” ...
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