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.”...

Online Meetups: Friendships Built on Food and Fun

On a not too distant Friday night, a group of seven young adults including me heads for ice cream at Halo Pub on Hulfish...

Palette of Pixels Takes Gaming to an Artistic Level

When Christopher Ault, associate professor in the interactive multimedia department at the College of New Jersey, thinks back on his youth in Houston, Texas,...

Artist Combines Imagined Pasts and Distant Futures

Artist Chitra Ganesh — artist in residence at the Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities at Rutgers — is interested in the...

The Spirited Art of the Ghost Tour

‘It’s a distinct genre,” says theater artist Rob Thompson about the seasonal appearance of ghost tours in old New Jersey towns such as Princeton...

Paper Mill Playhouse Review: ‘Bandstand’

Tricks and gimmicks are used as often as are the tried-and-true as the fallback in the creation of musicals. Imagination and daring are desirable...

Opportunities

Auditions Theater to Go has auditions for “Room...
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