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.”...

The New Season: Music

All composers get two shots at posthumous fame: the anniversary of their year of birth and the anniversary of their year of death. In...

The New Season: Dance

Mark Morris is coming to town. His admirers, and they are legion, will say that’s all you need to know about the dance season....

What Jazz Looks Like Across Five Decades

‘I don’t like the word ‘cover,’” says Jersey City-based blues singer-guitarist John Hammond regarding his recent Back Porch/ EMI Records release, “Push Comes to...

Film Is a Many-Splendored Thing

For Chris Pepino, a devotee of the band Phish, the announcement in 2004 that the group was going to stop touring and break up...

How I Spent My Summer Stay-cation

We got a bunch of press releases this summer about “stay-cations” — mostly from area hotels whose marketing departments somehow thought that poor working...

Opportunities

Auditions PinnsWorth Productions seeks actors for “Who’s Afraid...
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