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: ‘Phaedra Backwards’

It is already the end at the beginning of “Phaedra Backwards,” an imaginatively conceived and often amusing new play by Irish playwright Marina Carr...

Dancing Under the Moon — with a Camera

The Sierra Tarahumara in northern Mexico is one of the most unspoiled areas of wilderness left in the world today. “Words like mystical, powerful,...

Opportunities

Auditions Somerset Valley Players have auditions for “Leader...

Theater Review: ‘It Shoulda Been You’

The stereotypical image of the over-bearing, impossible-to-please, emotionally crippling Jewish mother is not one that is easy to erase from our mind, especially considering...

No Seat Belt Needed: The State Theater Brings Europe Here

"There’s nothing like a live performance,” says Mark Jones, who arrived as CEO of New Brunswick’s State Theater in January. He steers a theater...

Phaedra Through the Eyes of an Irish Playwright

Irish playwright Marina Carr grew up in a household full of artistic pursuits and a general love of the arts and literature. Both of...
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