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.”...

From Princeton House Concerts to Pop & World Music

Two anecdotes from ace producer and music historian Joe Boyd’s book, “White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s” illuminate the conflicts among people with...

Opportunities

Letter From Santa Arthritis Foundation offers children a...

Boy Story: Males in the Classroom

‘Think about what a boy was doing 4,000 years ago,” she says Abigail Norfleet James, the author of “Teaching the Male Brain.” “A 10-year-old...

From “Jekyll and Hyde’ to the Irish Coast

Every year at holiday time, George Street Playhouse has endeavored to give theatergoers an alternative to “A Christmas Carol” or “The Nutcracker.” Last yea,...

The Beatles’ White Album Turns 40

Just as Glen Burtnik and a crop of New Brunswick area musicians paid tribute to the White Album in early August at the State...

Let’s Try . . . The Blue Rooster

Somewhere in Dublin, a cozy English tearoom fell in love with a robust French cafe and then settled into a Victorian house in Cranbury,...
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