Arts & Entertainment

Basement venues give young musicians a place to be heard

On a show night, an ordinary basement in Mercer County can become a concert venue, packed with young music fans standing just a few feet from the bands while...

Leon Rainbow paints Trenton’s story on a larger canvas

Leon Rainbow is an exciting artist to watch. People have been watching him for years as he paints...

Princeton Arts Council seeks market vendors

Artists, food busines ses and vintage dealers have several August deadlines to apply for fall and holiday markets...

Bucks County marks ‘Rent’ 30th anniversary

Bucks County Playhouse will mark the 30th anniversary of Jonathan Larson’s rock musical “Rent” with a new production...

Karly C and Rebel Y’all find their stride

Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, Mercer County folks can say they knew Mike Matisa and Karly C. “when.”...

Dancers Help Westminster Transform Trenton Spaces

Heidi Cruz-Austin is channeling her years of ballet training and performance as she calmly molds her dancers’ arms and legs into 19th-century shapes to...

Review: Princeton Symphony Orchestra

A near-capacity crowd at Richardson Auditorium came in from the pouring rain to enjoy both familiar and rarely heard music, when the Princeton Symphony...

It’s All Performance for Blues Singer McDonough

Peter McDonough Jr. is known to many as Rutgers University’s vice president of external affairs. To others he is former Gov. Christie Whitman’s communications...

A Musical Chamber of Film Horrors Arrives at the Princeton Garden Theater

With the looming inevitability of Halloween, the Princeton Garden Theater gets into the restless spirit of things with screenings of two horror classics accompanied...

Review: George Street Playhouse’s ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’

It has been a full generation since the musical revue “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” first emerged and enjoyed a 12-year run...

Review: Capital Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey

When the Capital Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey is at “full throttle,” its power and resonant sound rival that of its big city brethren...
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