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.”...

Duo Keeps The Band Playing On and On

‘Thirty-one years and still jamming!” That’s what area guitarist Carmen Marranco exclaimed when he updated the Tone Rangers Band website with the 2015 schedule....

DiDonato Goes ‘Into the Fire’ for Area Premiere

Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato returns to Princeton University on Wednesday, February 18, with the Brentano String Quartet for a program that includes works...

Photographer Lokuta Puts Focus on Sculptor Segal

When veteran photographer Donald Lokuta and internationally renowned American painter and sculptor, the late George Segal (1924-2000), got together with their cameras, they trekked...

Off-Broadstreet Review: ‘Always a Bridesmaid’

Hopewell’s Off-Broadstreet Theater is welcoming the new year with “Always a Bridesmaid,” a comedy that had its premiere some 21 months ago in Grapevine,...

Birstol Riverside Review: ‘Always . . . Patsy Cline’

As Jo Twiss — playing a Houston divorcee listening to 1950s-era TV-host Arthur Godfrey’s morning program — hears an unusually expressive voice come from...

Saxophonist Bowen Shows Commitment in New Brunswick

If the current crop of musicians coming out of the Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble program is as resourceful as Canadian-raised saxophonist Ralph Bowen, they’ll...
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