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.”...

Theater Review: ‘Blue Flower’

"The Blue Flower” is a wondrously dreamy Dada-era-invoked new musical, a beautifully incremented multi-media confluence of truth and fantasy, art and history. It is...

A Fricassee of Mexican Folk and Country-Fried Americana

When David Wax first lived and worked in Mexico, he didn’t speak Spanish all that well. What he did know how to do, though,...

Behold Music from the Depths of Nazi Horror

Violinist Aleeza Wadler, founder and artistic director of Motyl Chamber Ensemble, grew up knowing about the Holocaust. The ensemble that she founded in 2003...

Debunking the ‘Tude Towards Close Male Friendships

In the last five or so years, the word “bromance,” that is, a close, non-sexual friendship between men, or “bros” in pop parlance, has...

Theater Review: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

Harper Lee’s popular and lauded 1960 novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” was lovingly adapted by Horton Foote for the 1962 film version. The film...

Theater Review: ‘The History of Light’

"The History of Light” by Eisa Davis is having its New Jersey premiere at Passage Theater in Trenton. It is only one play, but...
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