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.”...

The Daedalus Quartet Comes To Stanton Reformed Church

Jessica Thompson, violist of the Daedalus String Quartet, observes that the lifestyles of orchestral players and members of string quartets diverge. “In a string...

A Thoroughly Modern Sleeper

When McCarter Theater produced “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in the spring of 2006, they introduced area audiences to the band GrooveLily, who performed live...

Theater Review: ‘The Book of Mormon’

Word has been getting out that the new musical “The Book of Mormon” might be considered by some to be offensive and even insulting....

Alvin Ailey’s Signature Work, ‘Revelations,’ Turns 50

When Alvin Ailey choreographed “Revelations,” a stirring suite of dances set to spirituals he remembered from his Texas childhood, his dance company was only...

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Boheme Christens Its New Home with ‘Tosca’

About to begin rehearsals for the title role in Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” Valerie Bernhardt has definite ideas about the tragic heroine. Still, she looks...
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