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.”...

Opportunities

Audition LaShir, the Jewish Community Choir of Princeton,...

A Body of Work Stitched By Sure Hand & Eye

Bound Brook: It’s the Somerset County borough where Upton Sinclair, the muckraking novelist who exposed conditions in the meatpacking industry, died in 1968. Fortune...

Tracey Jones: Trusting the Paint and the Partner

In his 1963 novel “Cat’s Cradle,” American author Kurt Vonnegut introduced the concept of a duprass: a loving couple linked in a cosmically significant...

McCarter Review: ‘Bathing in Moonlight’

It has been 13 years since we have had a major play from Cuban-born Nilo Cruz, whose “Anna in the Tropics” won the 2003...

Opportunities

Volunteer Literacy New Jersey seeks volunteer tutors to...

Fall Arts: Theater

Allow me to respectfully suggest that we turn our thoughts away from politics for a few moments during this election year and consider voting...
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