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 Natural Habitat Between Poet and Listener

Poet Anthony Carelli is always hungry for poetry conversations. But he has noticed that many of his friends are entirely reticent on the subject,...

Let’s Try . . . the D&R Greenway Poetry Trail

The next time someone tells me to go take a hike, I will happily say thank you. The D&R Greenway unveiled its easy, looping...

Opportunities

Audition Somerset Valley Players has auditions for a...

Theater Review: ‘Arcadia’

British playwright Tom Stoppard knows how to create complex, interlocking plots (“Hapgood”), invent fashionably vexing characters (“The Real Thing”), manipulate the pants off parody...

Blend Pop and Rock, Stir in Acoustic Gypsy Jazz

Talking Heads, meet Django Reinhardt, the early 20th century pioneering jazz guitarist and central figure in what is sometimes called “hot jazz.” This might...

A Little Girl, a Toy Chimp, and the Legend of Jane Goodall

At 77, still sporting that infamous blond ponytail, the woman who looks like a million bucks in safari gear, plays with chimpanzees, and opens...
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