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.”...

Land Art Pioneer Smithson Back Home in New Jersey

Last fall a groundbreaking exhibition at Princeton University Art Museum, “New Jersey as Non-Site,” showed how the Garden State’s elevated highways, pastoral ruins, toxic...

Princeton Festival’s 10th Season Nourishing Souls

"In five years I foresee the festival extending no more than 17 days, with, perhaps, an event every night. Maybe in 10 years we’ll...

A Preview of Princeton Fest’s ‘Porgy and Bess’

The Princeton Public Library is providing a series of free events to preview the Princeton Opera Festival’s production of George Gershwin’s celebrated American opera,...

Opportunities

Auditions Pierrot Productions has auditions for “The Secret...

Rothko to Richter: Paint Brush As an Extension of Soul

If the name Preston H. Haskell is familiar to U.S. 1 readers, it is most likely because Haskell — Princeton University Class of 1960...

Off-Broadstreet Review: ‘Merchant of Venice’

Theatergoers interested in catching a performance of “The Merchant of Venice” may be surprised to learn that they have only to go to Hopewell,...
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