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.”...

Shots from Cannon Green: Events on the Princeton Campus

Below is a small sampling of the many events scheduled in the next few weeks on the Princeton University campus — events that would...

A Little-Known Chapter of History May Become a Feature Film

From 1960 to 1962, more than 14,000 Cuban children left their homes and families for life in the United States. They were sent by...

How Mexican Artists Protested Without Words

Last year in Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, and Moldova, protest organizers took advantage of Twitter to get the word out. But in 2006 in Oaxaca,...

Missed an Indie Film? No Worries

"The concept behind Second Chance Cinema is to give discriminating movie buffs the chance to see films that got away, in effect. Either they...

Pat Tanner: Stockton Market

Every year around this time I begin to suffer farmers market withdrawal syndrome. It’s not that I’m yearning for sun-ripened Jersey tomatoes and just-picked...

Theater Review: ‘Wit’

‘Wit” opened to great acclaim Off Broadway in 1998. This was a stunning playwriting debut for its author, Margaret Edson, even as it brought...
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