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.”...

Let’s Try…Onsen for All

For more than 35 years Dale Krieger managed the finances of wealthy families. Yet in an ironic twist of fate that echoes the core...

Pat Tanner: A New Kind of Breakfast Club

This club has all the trappings (minus one) of an exclusive New York City hot spot. There is no sign over door. The general...

Jamie Saxon: My 30th High School Reunion

I admit I’m not a big fan of Facebook. I don’t see the point of broadcasting the more mundane details of one’s life —...

Opportunities

Audition Pierrot Productions has auditions for “Pygmalion” at...

It Can Take Nine Months for a Song to Be Born

Folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter Chris Smither writes the songs, period. Not to paraphrase Barry Manilow, but that’s what Smither says: “I just write...

Theater Review: ‘Memphis’

‘Everybody Wants to Be Black on a Saturday Night” is a terrific song, one of many written by Bon Jovi keyboard player David Bryan...
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