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.”...

A Photographer Examines His Work, Frame by Frame

Michael Mancuso has been a photographer for almost as long as he can remember. He has also been a Times of Trenton photographer for...

Contemporary Composers Marking American History

The “new” of the new arts season will be pronounced over the next few weeks with the regional premieres of two works by two...

Freeman Dyson’s 90 Years of Dreaming Earth and Skies

The Institute for Advanced Study honors 150 years in the life of mathematician/scientist Freeman Dyson with a two-day celebration at the Institute on Friday...

Opportunities

Audition McCarter Theater seeks boys and girls ages...

Coming This Year to a Movie Theater Near You

Survival — of body, intellect, and soul — was an overriding theme of the 2013 Telluride Film Festival, held once again in a former...

McCarter Review: ‘Proof’

David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Proof” cleverly filters an impassioned human drama through a world of higher mathematics. The setting is the decaying back...
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