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.”...

Opportunities

Auditions Pierrot Productions seeks statements of interest for...

Opera New Jersey Storms Out of the Gate

‘There are a lot of moving parts to an opera company,” says Richard Russell, the new general manager of Opera New Jersey (ONJ). “In...

What’s Funny About White Folks? Plenty.

How do you go from blogs to riches in just two years? Christian Lander did it, but even he can’t tell you quite how...

Opera Review: ‘Ariodante’

Princeton Festival’s “Ariodante” is a voyage to the 18th century. Staging, vocal accomplishments, and instrumentation ensure that the audience time-travels back almost 300 years....

Theater Review: ‘Fences’

It is entirely possible that August Wilson’s unashamedly melodramatic play “Fences” is even better than I originally thought it was, or just that it...

CASA of Mercer County

We go to a lot of parties for “U.S. 1 Crashes a Party,” and it’s usually the same formula — cocktail hour, sit-down downer,...
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