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.”...

What If Harrison Ford Read About You and Made a Movie?

Titles can be deceiving, in a way. Take the titles of a new film and book about Princeton’s Crowley family, “Extraordinary Measures” and “Chasing...

Rossen Milanov Picks Up the PSO Baton

Let me go out on a limb and broadcast my very favorable first impression of Rossen Milanov, Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s new music director. Anybody...

Pizza, Pinot Grigio, and Piano

When I visited Hopewell Valley Vineyards shortly after it opened in Pennington in 2002, it became clear that proprietor Sergio Neri is a man...

Opportunities

The Arts West Windsor Arts Council seeks proposals...

Theater Review: ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man’

A testy but curiously close relationship, indeed a provocative bonding, evidently occurred between boxing champion Muhammad Ali (Evan Parke) and former Hollywood film star...

What Does ‘No Child’ Look Like?

As all educators can tell you, working with students demands personal strength, sensitivity, empathy, insight, and toughness — and of course knowledge of the...
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