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.”...

At the Library: Journalist Turned Novelist Brad Parks

Brad Parks wrote “Faces of the Gone,” a mystery whose investigative hero is a journalist, while he was still a news writer at the...

Pamela Gilmore, One Woman Opera Department

Pamela Gilmore is the opera department at Rutgers’ Mason Gross School. Yes, the entirety of a one-person department, she says in a telephone interview....

U.S. 1 Crashes a Party: The Brodsky Center Gala

We crash a lot of parties and what we like is when we walk into a party with 250 guests and everyone looks either...

Let’s Try…The Peacock Inn

You had to look closely last week to see the “Now Open” sign that quietly appeared in front of the Peacock Inn on Bayard...

Opportunities

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Love 101: A Curriculum for Building Relationships

It’s not too difficult to find classes that will teach you how to cook, dance, play the piano, sharp-shoot, and even operate a locomotive....
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