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.”...

Native American Bead Work Shimmers in New Exhibit

The historic Native American items in the New Jersey State Museum’s collection are certainly interesting in and of themselves. However, Karen Flinn, assistant curator...

McCarter Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’

There is nothing supernatural about the terrific production at McCarter Theater of “The Piano Lesson,” the 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by August Wilson —...

State Museum’s Abstract Art Figures into TCNJ Exhibit

‘Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult,” said the innovative Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), often referred to as the father...

PSO Concert Sets Words to Music

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series is presenting a free concert of music, voice, and poetry at the Institute for Advanced Study on Sunday,...

Opportunities

Auditions Beth-El Theater Productions and JEM Productions has...

Production Companies Put the Region On and Off the Air

‘Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9,” a 90-minute public television special set for a NJTV broadcast on Thursday, January 14, at 8 p.m.,...
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