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: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

What exactly is the price or the reward for seeing a classic farcical masterpiece perhaps one too many times? That is the question that...

The Architect with a Painter’s Sensibility

The tubes of paint are neatly splayed out on the desk. Jars are filled with brushes that have been lovingly cleaned. On an easel...

Opportunities

Auditions Stockton Inn seeks New Jersey’s best fibbers...

The Not So Secret Story of the Woman Behind the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association

While growing up in extraordinary wealth in the early 20th century, heiress to the fortunes of two of the three great Chicago meatpacking dynasties...

A Director Who Sees Opera as Musical Theater

‘I was a tenured professor, but I thought it was time to move on,” says Claudia Zahn, who directed the opera programs at the...

Theater Review: ‘The How And the Why’

There were two good reasons that made me look forward to the world premiere of the new play by Sarah Treem. First, I was...
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